At the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, three disciplines of gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

were contested: artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...

 (August 14–23), rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...

 (August 26–29) and trampoline

Trampolining

Trampolining is a competitive Olympic sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. These can include simple jumps in the pike, tuck or straddle position to more complex combinations of forward or backward somersaults and twists....

 (August 20–21). The artistic gymnastics and trampoline events were held at the Olympic Indoor Hall

Olympic Indoor Hall

The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall which is part of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spiros Louis" , was completed in 1995 and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is located in the suburb of Maroussi...

 and the rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Galatsi Olympic Hall

Galatsi Olympic Hall

The Galatsi Olympic Hall is an indoor arena in Athens, Greece. It is located in Galatsi and it was the site of table tennis and rhythmic gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The arena was completed in May 2004 and officially opened on July 30, 2004, shortly before the beginning of the Olympics...

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Format of competition

The competition format was largely the same as at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, three different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics and trampoline events were held at the Sydney SuperDome on September 16–25 and September 22–23, respectively...

. All participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

• The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. For the first time, each team of six gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total.

• The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. For the first time, each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.

• The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Men's events

Team all-around	Takehiro Kashima Takehiro Kashima is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kashima won a gold medal in the team all-around and a bronze medal in pommel-horse at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens... Hisashi Mizutori Hisashi Mizutori , is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in the team event at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships... Daisuke Nakano Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita has three Olympic medals from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-Early life:... Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara is a Japanese artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multi Gold Medalist in Olympic Games... Isao Yoneda Isao Yoneda is a Japanese gymnast. He was raised in Tokyo. He is the 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the team event and the bronze medalist in the high bar.-External links:...	Jason Gatson Jason Gatson Jason Gatson is a retired American gymnast.Gatson competed in his first World Championship in 1997 at the age of 17, where he placed 5th with team USA and 22nd in the all-around... Morgan Hamm Morgan Hamm Morgan Carl Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the silver medal in the team competition. He was a member of the silver-medal winning team at the 2003 World Artistic... Paul Hamm Paul Hamm Paul Elbert Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He is a World Champion gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist. He won the all-around competition at the 2004 Olympic Games.-Career:... Brett McClure Blaine Wilson Blaine Wilson Blaine Carew Wilson is an American gymnast from Columbus, Ohio.Wilson won his first World Championships medal at the 2003 Worlds when he helped the team to a silver-medal finish. Months later, at the 2004 Visa American Cup, Wilson tore his left biceps tendon, and vowed to return for the 2004... Guard Young	Marian Drăgulescu Marian Dragulescu Marian Drăgulescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. During his senior gymnastics career he has won an impressive number of 26 medals at Olympic games, World or European Championships among which eight gold medals at World Championships... Ilie Daniel Popescu Ilie Daniel Popescu Ilie Daniel Popescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, a world silver medalist and a multiple European medalist. His best event is the vault.-External links:... Dan Nicolae Potra Dan Nicolae Potra Dan Nicolae Potra is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who was Romania's first male gymnast to win the European all around title . He is an Olympic bronze medalist with the team and a three time continental gold medalist.-References:... Răzvan Dorin Şelariu Razvan Dorin Selariu Răzvan Dorin Şelariu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. He is a bronze Olympic medalist and a multiple European medalist. Răzvan is an all around gymnast; he is a silver all European medalist on this event.-Awards:... Ioan Silviu Suciu Ioan Silviu Suciu Ioan Silviu Suciu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. His best event was the pommel horse. One of his closest rivals was his team mate and pommel horse Olympic champion Marius Urzică, who was defeated by Suciu in Ljubljana, 2004, when the latter won the title while Urzică took 8th place... Marius Urzică Marius Urzica Marius Daniel Urzică is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic games, medaling each time on pommel horse and contributed to the team bronze in Athens 2004...
Individual all-around
Floor
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar

Women's events

Team all-around	Oana Ban Oana Ban Oana Mihaela Ban is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team... Alexandra Eremia Alexandra Eremia Alexandra Georgiana Eremia is a Romanian artistic gymnast. Her best apparatus was the balance beam on which she had an interesting routine starting with her trademark split mount. She is an Olympic and a European gold medalist with the team. Individually, she won several medals on beam in... Cătălina Ponor Catalina Ponor Cătălina Ponor is a gymnast from Constanţa, Romania. After beginning training with the national team in 2002, Ponor won several medals with the Romanian team, along with individual balance beam and floor exercise medals. Almost unknown until late 2003, Ponor has made several important... Monica Roşu Monica Rosu Monica Roşu is an artistic gymnast from Romania. During her career she won two Olympic gold medals , a silver medal with the team at world championships and two gold continental medals .... Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie, is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic and a European gold medalist with the team. She is also an Olympic silver medalist of floor and the 2004 European all around silver medalist.-Gymnastics career:She started gymnastics in 1992 in her hometown Constanţa and... Silvia Stroescu Silvia Stroescu Silvia Alexandra Stroescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic, world, and European gold medalist with the team. A skill on the floor exercise is named after her; "Stroescu" is a stretched forward salto with 2½ twists.-Early life and career:She was one of the most successful junior...	Mohini Bhardwaj Mohini Bhardwaj Mohini Bhardwaj is a retired American gymnast who competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships and earned a team silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens... Annia Hatch Annia Hatch Annia Portuondo Hatch is a Cuban-American gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Olympics.Hatch began gymnastics in her native Cuba at the age of five... Terin Humphrey Terin Humphrey Terin Marie Humphrey is a United States gymnast. She was a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, Greece where she helped the team to a silver medal. This was the best ever result achieved by an American Olympic gymnastics team away from home. Her teammates were Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia... Courtney Kupets Courtney Kupets Courtney Anne Kupets is an American gymnast. She is best known for her 2003 and 2004 all-around national championships ; her membership on the 2002 and 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2004 Olympic teams; and her individual bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2004... Courtney McCool Courtney McCool Courtney Lynn McCool is an American gymnast, who was a team member in the 2004 Summer Olympics women's artistic gymnastic team. Although she didn't compete in the team finals, she helped the team place second, earning the silver medal behind Romania... Carly Patterson Carly Patterson Carly Rae Patterson is an American singer and former gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame...	Liudmila Ezhova Svetlana Khorkina Svetlana Khorkina Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina is a popular Russian gymnast and seven-time Olympic medalist, who is now a deputy at the Russian State Duma. With an unprecedented nine gold, eight silver, and three bronze World Championships medals, she is one of the most successful female gymnasts of her era and has... Maria Krioutchkova Maria Krioutchkova Maria Yevgenyevna Krioutchkova, , born 7 July 1988 in Rostov-on-Don, is a Russian gymnast of olympic calibre. She won bronze medal in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-External links:**... Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlova (gymnast) Anna Anatolyevna Pavlova , is a Russian artistic gymnast training at MGFSO Dynamo in Moscow who was a double bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She is well known for her beautiful balletic style and clean technique. She is trained by her mother Nataliya Evgenevna Pavlova... Elena Zamolodchikova Elena Zamolodchikova Elena Mikhailovna Zamolodchikova , nicknamed "Zamo", was a two-time Olympic gymnast. She began gymnastics at the age of six. In 1999 she participated in her first major senior competition, the World Gymnastics Championships, where she won the gold in vault, the bronze in the all-around... Natalia Ziganchina Natalia Ziganchina Natalia Kamilovna Ziganshina, , born 24 December 1985 in Saint Petersburg, is a former Russian gymnast. She won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics....
Individual all-around
Vault
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor

Rhythmic gymnastics

Group all-around	Olesya Belugina Olga Glatskikh Olga Glatskikh Olga Glatskikh is a Russian gymnast and Olympic champion.She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she received a gold medal in the rhythmic group competition.- External links :... Tatiana Kurbakova Tatiana Kurbakova Tatiana Kurbakova is a Russian gymnast and Olympic champion.She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she received a gold medal in the rhythmic group competition.-References:... Natalia Lavrova Natalia Lavrova Natalia Lavrova was a dual Olympic gold medalist. Lavrova won a gold medal in the rhythmic gymnastics group event at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.She was born in Penza, Soviet Union... Yelena Posevina Elena Murzina Elena Murzina Elena Murzina is a Russian gymnast and Olympic champion.She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she received a gold medal in the rhythmic group competition.-References:...	Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Fabrizia D'Ottavio Fabrizia D'Ottavio is an Italian gymnast born in Chieti on February 3, 1985. She started doing gymnastics when she was five years old. In 2002, she was selected for the national team and the very next year she debuted in an international tournament.-Biography:... Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Laura Vernizzi	Zhaneta Ilieva Eleonora Kezhova Zornitsa Marinova Kristina Ranguelova Galina Tancheva Vladislava Tancheva
Individual all-around

Trampoline

Men's individual
Women's individual

Medal table

1		4	3	3	10
2		2	6	1	9
3		2	3	2	7
4		2	0	1	3
5		1	1	1	3
6		1	1	2	4
7		1	1	0	2
8		1	0	3	4
9		1	0	1	2
		1	0	1	2
11		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
13		0	1	2	3
14		0	1	1	2
15		0	1	0	1
Total		18	18	18	54

Participating nations

A total of 252 gymnasts from 45 nations competed at the Athens Games.

See also

• Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
  Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
  This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in gymnastics from 1896 to 2008.-All-around, individual:-All-around, team:-Floor exercise:-Horizontal bar:-Parallel bars:-Pommel horse:-Rings:-Vault:-Individual:-Club swinging:...
  
  
• Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
  Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
  This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in gymnastics from 1928 to 2008.-All-Around, Individual:-All-Around, Team:Note: The Chinese team of 2000 was stripped of its bronze medal...
  
  
• 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
  2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
  The 37th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States, in 2003.Tie-breakers were not used at this competition...