Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification Summary

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* Artistic Gymnastics, NOCs with 6 entered athletes may also enter the team competition.

Nation Artistic Rhythmic Trampoline Total
Men Women Individual Group Men Women
 Australia 1 6 1 1 9
 Austria 1 1
 Azerbaijan 2 6 8
 Belarus 6 1 2 6 1 1 17
 Belgium 1 1 2
 Brazil 1 6 6 13
 Bulgaria 1 1 2 6 10
 Canada 6 2 1 1 2 12
 Cape Verde 1 1
 China 6 6 1 6 2 2 23
 Colombia 1 1 2
 Croatia 1 1 2
 Czech Republic 1 1 1 3
 Denmark 1 1
 Egypt 1 1 2
 Estonia 1 1
 Finland 1 1
 France 6 6 1 13
 Georgia 1 1 2
 Germany 6 6 1 1 14
 Great Britain 2 6 1 9
 Greece 1 1 1 6 9
 Hungary 1 1 2
 Israel 1 2 6 9
 Italy 6 6 6 1 19
 Japan 6 6 6 2 1 21
 Kazakhstan 1 1
 Lithuania 1 1
 Luxembourg 1 1
 Mexico 1 1
 Netherlands 1 1 2
 North Korea 2 2
 Poland 1 1 1 3
 Portugal 1 1 2
 Puerto Rico 1 1
 Romania 6 6 12
 Russia 6 6 2 6 2 2 24
 Slovakia 1 1
 Slovenia 1 1 2
 South Africa 1 1
 South Korea 6 1 1 8
 Spain 6 2 1 6 15
 Switzerland 2 1 3
 Ukraine 2 6 2 6 1 1 18
 United States 6 6 1 1 14
 Uzbekistan 1 1 2
 Venezuela 1 1 2
 Vietnam 1 1
 Yemen 1 1
Total: 49 NOCs 98 98 24 72 16 16 324

Qualification timeline

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Event Date Venue
2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships September 1–9, 2007 Germany Stuttgart
2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships September 19–21, 2007 Greece Patras
2007 World Trampoline Championships Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2007 Canada Quebec
Tripartite Invitation March 17, 2008 -

Artistic

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An NOC may enter up to 6 men and 6 women athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Men

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Event Criterion Qualified Athletes
per NOC
World Championship Teams places 1-12  China
 Japan
 Germany
 United States
 South Korea
 Spain
 Russia
 Romania
 France
 Italy
 Canada
 Belarus
6
Teams places 13-15  Ukraine
 Switzerland
 Great Britain
2
Teams places 16-18  Puerto Rico
 Brazil
 Greece
1
Top 7 athletes from NOCs not already qualified Bulgaria Yordan Yovchev
Uzbekistan Anton Fokin
Croatia Filip Ude
Venezuela José Luis Fuentes
Netherlands Epke Zonderland
Czech Republic Martin Konečný
Georgia (country) Ilia Giorgadze
Individual Apparatus Gold medal winners Poland Leszek Blanik
Slovenia Mitja Petkovšek
FIG Executive Board Invitations* Australia Samuel Simpson
Egypt Mohamed Serour
Additional athletes from NOCs not already qualified Hungary Róbert Gál
Belgium Koen Van Damme
Luxembourg Sascha Palgen
Israel Alexander Shatilov
Colombia Jorge Hugo Giraldo
Tripartite Invitation Yemen Nashwan Al-Harazi
TOTAL 98

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Women

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Event Criterion Qualified Athletes
per NOC
World Championship Teams places 1-12  United States
 China
 Romania
 Italy
 Brazil
 France
 Great Britain
 Russia
 Ukraine
 Germany
 Australia
 Japan
6
Teams places 13-15  North Korea
 Canada
 Spain
2
Teams places 16-18  Czech Republic
 Netherlands
 Switzerland
1
Top 9 athletes from NOCs not already qualified Greece Stefani Bismpikou
Belarus Nastassia Marachkouskaya
Hungary Dorina Böczögő
Colombia Natalia Sánchez
Mexico Marisela Cantù
South Korea Jo Hyun-Joo
Poland Marta Pihan
Belgium Gaelle Mys
Slovenia Adela Šajn
Individual Apparatus Gold medal winners -
FIG Executive Board Invitations* Egypt Sherine El Zeiny
Additional athletes from NOCs not already qualified Croatia Tina Erceg
Finland Annamari Maaranen
Venezuela Jessica López
Bulgaria Nikolina Tankoucheva
Slovakia Ivana Kovacova
Lithuania Jelena Zanevskaya
Tripartite Invitation Vietnam Do Thi Ngan Thuong
TOTAL 98

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Rhythmic

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An NOC may enter up to 1 Group and 2 athletes for individual competition. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.

Individual

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Event Criterion Qualified
World Championship Top 20  Ukraine
 Russia
 Russia
 Belarus
 Azerbaijan
 Kazakhstan
 Israel
 Belarus
 Canada
 Bulgaria
 Spain
 Greece
 Azerbaijan
 Austria
 Bulgaria
 Poland
 South Korea
 Estonia
 Ukraine
 Israel
FIG Executive Board* China Li Hongyang
South Africa Odette Richard
Australia Naazmi Johnston
Tripartite Invitation Cape Verde Wania Monteiro
TOTAL 24

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Group

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Event Criterion Qualified
World Championship Top 10  Russia
 Italy
 Belarus
 Bulgaria
 Spain
 Israel
 Japan
 Ukraine
 China
 Azerbaijan
FIG Executive Board*  Brazil
 Greece
TOTAL 12

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Trampoline

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An NOC may enter up to 2 men and 2 women athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Championships.

Men

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Event Criterion Qualified
World Championship Top 14  China
 China
 Russia
 Germany
 Japan
 Japan
 Russia
 Italy
 Ukraine
 Canada
 Denmark
 Belarus
 France
 Portugal
 United States**
FIG Executive Board* Australia Ben Wilden
Tripartite Invitation** -
TOTAL 16

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

** The tripartite commission invitation was returned to the FIG since no NOC met both the requirements of the commission and the FIG and was awarded to the next eligible federation from the world championships.

Women

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Event Criterion Qualified
World Championship Top 15  Russia
 China
 Russia
 China
 Canada
 Germany
 Belarus
 Canada
 Great Britain
 Japan
 Uzbekistan
 Portugal
 Ukraine
 Georgia
 United States
 Czech Republic**
FIG Executive Board* -
Tripartite Invitation** -
TOTAL 16

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

** The tripartite commission invitation was returned to the FIG since no NOC met both the requirements of the commission and the FIG and was awarded to the next eligible federation from the world championships.

References

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