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

Tonight’s the night! The moment the world has been eagerly anticipating has finally arrived.

The Games of the 33^rd Olympiad will open with a spectacular Ceremony, not in a stadium as is tradition, but in the very heart of the host city, Paris, floating along the mythical river Seine, passing by iconic monuments like the Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Louvre, to disembark by the Eiffel Tower.

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

The eyes of the entire world are on Bercy Arena, as the GOAT -the Greatest of all Time- Simone Biles (USA) returns to Olympic competition. The reigning World all-around Champion and 2016 Olympic Champion needs 5 gold medals to tie Soviet legend Larisa Latynina as record-holder for most Olympic titles, nine!, won by any female Olympian in history. A feat 27-year-old Biles is definitely capable of.

Star of this year’s European Championships, Manila Esposito is making her Olympic debut. As reigning continental Champion not only in the all-around, but also on beam and floor, and with the Italian team, hopes are high. Esposito can count on the support and experience of teammates like European bars Champion Alice D’Amato, Angela Andreoli, Elisa Iorio, and 2018 Youth Olympic Champion Giorgia Villa, whose missed the Tokyo Olympics because of injury.

Great Britain, second at the recent Europeans and bronze medal winners at the Tokyo Olympics, will be represented by Georgia-Mae Fenton, Abigail Martin, Alice Kinsella, Ruby Evans, and fan favourite Becky Downie, returning to the Olympic podium for the third time, after Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016.

The host nation France have absolute superstars in their team. Having won bronze both at the World Championships last autumn and the Europeans this spring, the team featuring Coline Devillard, Morgane Ossysek-Reimer, Ming Van Eijcken, Marine Boyer, Melanie de Jesus dos Santos, has proven that they are ready to perform in front of an enthusiastic home crowd.

Back in action are Sanne Wevers, the Dutch Olympic Champion on beam at Rio 2016, and Belgium’s first Olympic Champion in gymnastics Nina Derwael (BEL) who won gold on uneven bars in Tokyo 2020. Not having qualified as a team since 2012, Romania came back strong with Sabrina Maneca-Voinea winning two silver medals at Europeans, and Ana Barbosu sweeping the junior Europeans back in 2020. First-year senior Germany’s Helen Kevric hoped to benefit from her extensive junior experience: she’s the 2022 European all-around champion and two-time European Youth Olympic Festival Champion.

Competition kicks off on Sunday with a whopping 5 subdivisions in the qualification rounds!

 

European participants

Europe will be represented  by 5 teams featuring 5 gymnasts each, and 19 individuals.

 

Teams

Great Britain: Georgia-Mae Fenton, Abigail Martin, Alice Kinsella, Rebecca Downie and Ruby Evans

Italy: Giorgia Villa, Alice D’Amato, Manila Esposito, Angela Andreoli and Elisa Iorio

Netherlands: Tisha Volleman, Lieke Wevers, Sanne Wevers, Naomi Visser and Sanna Veerman

France: Coline Devillard, Morgane Ossysek-Reimer, Ming Van Eijcken, Marine Boyer, Melanie de Jesus dos Santos

Romania: Lilia Cosman, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, Amalia Ghigoarta, Andreea Preda and Ana Barbosu

 

Individuals

Helen Kevric (GER)

Zoja Szekely (HUN)

Pauline Schaefer-Betz (GER)

Filipa Martins (POR)

Bettina Lilli Czifra (HUN)

Alba Petisco (ESP)

Anna Lashchevska (UKR)

Lena Bickel (SUI)

Sona Artamonova (CZE)

Lihie Raz (ISR)

Lucija Hribar (SLO)

Csenge Maria Bacskay (HUN)

Ana Perez (ESP)

Sarah Voss (GER)

Valentina Georgieva (BUL)

Nina Derwael (BEL)

Charlize Moerz (AUT)

Laura Casabuena (ESP)

Maellyse Brassart (BEL)

 

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

 

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

Sunday 28 July

09:30 – 11:10    Qualifications    Subdivision 1

11:40 – 13:20    Qualifications   Subdivision 2

14:50 – 16:30    Qualifications   Subdivision 3

18:00 – 19:40    Qualifications   Subdivision 4

21:10 – 22:50    Qualifications   Subdivision 5

 

Tuesday 30 July

18:15 – 20:30    Team Final

 

Thursday 1 August

18:315 – 20:25  All-Around Final

 

Saturday 3 August

16:20 – 17:15    Vault exercise Final       

 

Sunday 4 August

15:40 – 16:25    Uneven bars Final

 

Monday 5 August

12:35 – 13:30    Balance beam Final       

14:25 – 15:15    Floor exercise 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 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, there are 6 medal opportunities: Team, All-Around, Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor exercise.

 

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.