At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics (August 14–23), rhythmic gymnastics (August 26–29) and trampoline (August 20–21). The artistic gymnastics and trampoline events were held at the Olympic Indoor Hall and the rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Galatsi Olympic Hall.[1]
| Gymnastics at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
   Pictograms for artistic (left), rhythmic (center), and trampoline (right) | |
| Venue | Olympic Indoor Hall (artistic and trampoline) Galatsi Olympic Hall (rhythmic) |
| Dates | 14 – 29 August 2004 |
| Competitors | 252 from 45 nations |
Artistic gymnastics
editFormat of competition
editThe competition format was largely the same as at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 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.
Medalists - Men's Events
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team all-around |
 Japan (JPN)Takehiro Kashima Hisashi Mizutori Daisuke Nakano Hiroyuki Tomita Naoya Tsukahara Isao Yoneda |
 United States (USA)Jason Gatson Morgan Hamm Paul Hamm Brett McClure Blaine Wilson Guard Young |
 Romania (ROU)Marian Drăgulescu Ilie Daniel Popescu Dan Nicolae Potra Răzvan Dorin Şelariu Ioan Silviu Suciu Marius Urzică | |||
| Individual all-around |
Paul Hamm United States
|
Kim Dae-eun South Korea
|
Yang Tae-young South Korea
| |||
| Floor Exercise |
Kyle Shewfelt Canada
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Marian Drăgulescu Romania
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Yordan Yovchev Bulgaria
| |||
| Pommel horse |
Teng Haibin China
|
Marius Urzică Romania
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Takehiro Kashima Japan
| |||
| Rings |
Dimosthenis Tampakos Greece
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Yordan Yovchev Bulgaria
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Jury Chechi Italy
| |||
| Vault |
Gervasio Deferr Spain
|
Jevgēņijs Saproņenko Latvia
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Marian Drăgulescu Romania
| |||
| Parallel bars |
Valeri Goncharov Ukraine
|
Hiroyuki Tomita Japan
|
Li Xiaopeng China
| |||
| Horizontal bar |
Igor Cassina Italy
|
Paul Hamm United States
|
Isao Yoneda Japan
| |||
Medalists - Women's Events
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Rhythmic gymnastics
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual all-around |
Alina Kabaeva Russia
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Irina Tchachina Russia
|
Anna Bessonova Ukraine
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| Group all-around |
 Russia (RUS)Olesya Belugina Olga Glatskikh Tatiana Kurbakova Natalia Lavrova Yelena Posevina Elena Murzina |
 Italy (ITA)Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Laura Vernizzi |
 Bulgaria (BUL)Zhaneta Ilieva Eleonora Kezhova Zornitsa Marinova Kristina Rangelova Galina Tancheva Vladislava Tancheva |
Trampoline
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual |
Yuri Nikitin Ukraine
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Alexander Moskalenko Russia
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Henrik Stehlik Germany
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| Women's individual |
Anna Dogonadze Germany
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Karen Cockburn Canada
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Huang Shanshan China
|
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania (ROU) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
Participating nations
editA total of 252 gymnasts from 45 nations competed at the Athens Games.
Argentina (1)
Australia (9)
Azerbaijan (1)
Belarus (8)
Belgium (1)
Bolivia (1)
Brazil (7)- Bulgaria (5)
- Canada (15)
Cape Verde (1)- China (15)
Colombia (1)
Cuba (3)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (1)- France (13)
Georgia (2)- Germany (11)
Great Britain (9)- Greece (7)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (1)
Israel (2)- Italy (10)
- Japan (10)
Kazakhstan (2)- Latvia (2)
Malaysia (1)
Mexico (2)
Netherlands (4)
North Korea (8)
Portugal (2)
Puerto Rico (1)- Romania (12)
- Russia (18)
Slovakia (2)
South Africa (2)- South Korea (7)
- Spain (13)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (4)
Tunisia (1)- Ukraine (16)
- United States (14)
Uzbekistan (2)
Controversies
editThe gymnastics competition had scoring controversies, most prominently with the South Korean competitor Yang Tae-young.
The Korean team contested Tae-Young's parallel bars score after judges misidentified one of the elements of his routine. The effect of this misidentification was that the start value was recorded as 9.9 rather than 10. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the Korean Olympic Committee's appeal on the grounds that the appeal, coming after the end of competition, was made too late, and insufficient evidence of corruption or bad faith on the part of the judges was presented to overturn a strong preference for a "field of play" judgment rather than one made after the fact.[2][3]
Further problems occurred in the men's horizontal bar competition. After performing a routine with six release skills in the high bar event final (including four in a row – three variations of Tkatchev releases and a Gienger), the judges posted a score of 9.725, placing Nemov in third position with several athletes still to compete. This was actually a fair judging decision because he took a big step on landing which was a two tenths deduction. The crowd became unruly on seeing the results and interrupted the competition for almost fifteen minutes. Influenced by the crowd's fierce reaction, the judges reevaluated the routine and increased Nemov's score to 9.762, but this did not improve his placement and he finished without a medal.
The controversies led to the reconstruction of the scoring system which was implemented in 2006. The rule changes are credited as having encouraged more acrobatic activity and increasing difficulties on the high bar apparatus seen in later competitions.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Gymnastics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "CAS Arbitral Award: Yang Tae-Young v. FIG" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2005.
- ^ "Was there ANOTHER MISTAKE MADE in the 2004 men's Olympic all-around???". 22 January 2010.
- ^ Emma John (7 August 2012). "London 2012: Gymnastic gold for true flying Dutchman Epke Zonderland". Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
External links
edit- Official result book – Gymnastics Artistic
- Official result book – Gymnastics Rhythmic
- Official result book – Gymnastics Trampoline
- gymnasticsresults.com
- gymn-forum.net
- Artistic Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- Trampoline at the 2004 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)