Preview of the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics competition at #Paris2024

The 33^rd edition of the Olympic Games will be held in the French capital Paris from Friday 26 July till Sunday 11 August.

It’s the third time Paris welcomes the Games, after 1900 and 1924. 10,500 athletes from all 206 National Olympic Committees will participate, including 324 gymnasts!

Gymnastics fact sheet

13	Competition Days
196	Artistic gymnasts
32	Trampoline gymnasts
96	Rhythmic gymnasts
18	Medal sets

 

Who to watch

Records are bound to be broken in Paris! For Great Britain, triple Olympic Champion Max Whitlock aims to add more trophies to his extensive collection. Should he medal, he will become the first artistic gymnast, from any nation, to medal at four consecutive Olympics. Gold on pommel horse can make him the only male gymnast to win three in a row. Whitlock is joined by World Champion teammate Jake Jarman, European floor Champion Luke Whitehouse, 2022 European all-around champion Joe Fraser and Harry Hepworth.

The proud owner of two World and 3 European titles on pommel horse, Rhys McClenaghan has Ireland’s hopes on his shoulders. Finalist at Tokyo 2020, the 25-year-old Irishman aims for a medal on his signature apparatus, and has looked calm and confident in the lead-up to the Games.

At this year’s European Championships in Rimini, Eleftherios Petrounias became the sole gymnast to hold 7 European titles on a single apparatus. Well acquainted with Olympic success already, the Greek Lord of the Rings won gold at Rio 2016, and bronze in Tokyo. Can he regain the title or complete the set, we‘ll soon see at the iconic Bercy arena.

On hand to defend his Olympic floor title is Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat, who currently also holds the world title. As does Lukas Dauser on parallel bars. The German star is back in top shape and looking for another Olympic medal, hoping to upgrade from the silver won in Tokyo. With Dauser on the podium in Tokyo, Ferhat Arican wrote history then by winning Türkiye’s first Olympic medal in gymnastics, a feat he’s keen to repeat.

The title of ultimate star of the European Championships clearly went to Illia Kovtun. At still only 20 years old, the talented Ukrainian topped the standing on both parallel bars and horizontal bar, before leading his team to the European crown. Acing his many World Cup performances this year, Kovtun is eager to shine in the City of Light.

More European stand outs to keep your eye on: Croatia’s Tin Srbic, Armenian brothers Vagahn and Artur Davtyan, Rayderley Zapata for Spain, 2023 European all-around Champion Adem Asil (TUR),  current European all-around Champion, the history-making Cypriot Marios Georgiou, Italy’s Nicola Bartolini, and many many others.

Outside of Europe, Japan and China are the main powerhouses, with USA and Canada ready to battle for medals as well. Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto is the defending Olympic all-around Champion, looking to lead his team to the podium yet again.

Competition kicks off on Saturday!

 

European participants

Europe will be represented  by 8 teams featuring 5 gymnasts each, and 16 individuals.

 

Teams

Great Britain: Max Whitlock, Joe Fraser, Harry Hepworth, Jake Jarman and Luke Whitehouse

Germany: Andreas Toba, Nils Dunkel, Pascal Brendel, Timo Eder and Lukas Dauser

Italy: Carlo Macchini, Yumin Abbadini, Nicola Bartolini, Lorenzo Minh Casali and Mario Macchiati

Switzerland: Luca Giubellini, Matteo Giubellini, Florian Langenegger, Noe Seifert and Taha Serhani

Spain: Nestor Abad, Joel Plata, Thierno Diallo, Nicolau Mir and Rayderley Zapata

Türkiye: Ahmet Onder, Adem Asil, Emre Dodanli, Ferhat Arican and Ibrahim Colak

Netherlands: Frank Rijken, Martijn De Veer, Jermain Gruenberg, Loran De Munck and Casimir Schmidt

Ukraine: Illia Kovtun, Oleg Verniaiev, Nazar Chepurnyi, Radomyr Stelmakh and Igor Radivilov

 

Individuals

Glen Cuyle (BEL)

Artem Dolgopyat (ISR)

Artur Davtyan (ARM)

Krisztofer Meszaros (HUN)

Luka Van den Keybus (BEL)

Andrei Vasile Muntean (ROU)

Rhys McClenaghan (IRL)

Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)

Kevin Penev (BUL)

Noah Kuavita (BEL)

Tin Srbic (CRO)

Aurel Benovic (CRO)

Vahagn Davtyan (ARM)

Samir Ait Said (FRA)

Robert Tvorogal (LTU)

Marios Georgiou (CYP)

 

Check out the full participants list: FIG - Event Detail - 17041 (gymnastics.sport)

 

Schedule – All times in Paris (FRA) local time zone CEST

Saturday 27 July

11:00 – 13:30    Qualifications    Subdivision 1

15:30 – 18:00    Qualifications   Subdivision 2

20:00 – 22:30    Qualifications   Subdivision 3

 

Monday 29 July

17:30 – 20:30    Team Final

 

Wednesday 31 July

17:30 – 20:15    All-Around Final

 

Saturday 3 August

15:30 – 16:15    Floor exercise Final       

17:15 – 18:30    Pommel horse Final

 

Sunday 4 August

15:00 – 15:40    Rings Final

16:24 – 17:15    Vault Final

 

Monday 5 August

11:45 – 12:35    Parallel bars Final          

13:30 – 14:20    Horizontal bar Final

 

Competition format

In qualification, a team consists of 5 gymnasts, 4 perform per apparatus and the three best scores count towards the team total. The eight best nations advance to the Team Final where 3 gymnasts perform per apparatus and all three scores count towards the total score.

The 24 best all-around gymnasts in the qualification round, with a maximum of 2 per country, advance to the All-Around Final. The 8 best per apparatus, again with a maximum of 2 per country, will compete in the respective Apparatus Finals.

In Men’s Artistic Gymnastics, there are 8 medal opportunities: Team, All-Around, Floor, Pommel horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel bars, and Horizontal bar.

 

How to follow

The Olympic Games will be broadcast internationally on all major TV channels. Check your local TV listing for detailed information.

European Gymnastics will provide social media coverage, and photo albums and competition reports on its website.