Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Three gymnastics disciplines contested at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris featured three disciplines: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline. The artistic and trampoline competitions were held at the Accor Arena, known as the Bercy Arena under IOC sponsorship rules, while rhythmic gymnastics took place at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena.
Qualification for these Games was streamlined compared to the 2020 Olympics. In artistic gymnastics, teams grew to a maximum of five athletes, up from the previous four-per-team plus two individuals. Three teams qualified through the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, and most remaining spots were awarded at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp. Additional places were available via the 2024 World Cup series for individual apparatus events.
For rhythmic gymnastics, Olympic quotas were primarily determined at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, where the individual and group all-around medalists secured berths. Fourteen individual gymnasts and five nations qualified there. In trampoline, half the slots went to top finishers at the 2023 World Championships in Birmingham, with most others coming from the 2023–2024 World Cup series. Across all disciplines, leftover places were filled through continental qualification meets.
Fifty-four nations participated in the gymnastics events.
Quick Facts
- Event
- Gymnastics
- Games
- 2024 Summer
- Venue
- Bercy Arena / Porte de La Chapelle Arena
- Dates
- 27 July – 10 August 2024
- Competitors
- 318 (110 men and 206 women)
- Num Events
- 18 (9 men, 9 women)
- Prev
- 2020
- Next
- 2028
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Lore & Background
The qualification pathway for the 2024 Summer Olympics was significantly simplified and modified from those in 2020. In the artistic team event, a maximum of five gymnasts were eligible to participate as opposed to the four per team and two individuals who competed in Tokyo 2020. Three teams who finished on the podium qualified for the Olympics through the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, with a large proportion of quota places distributed at the same meet in Antwerp, Belgium by the following year. The 2024 World Cup series also gave the gymnasts an opportunity to earn more spots in separate apparatus events. For rhythmic gymnastics, Olympic quotas were not awarded at the 2022 Worlds; instead, they were primarily determined at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia.
Reader's Guide
The 2024 Summer Olympics gymnastics competitions marked a significant shift in team size and qualification structure from the previous Games. The artistic gymnastics team event increased from four gymnasts per team plus two individuals to a maximum of five gymnasts per team, altering team dynamics and strategy. Qualification relied heavily on the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool and the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, alongside the 2024 World Cup series. In rhythmic gymnastics, the 2022 World Championships in Sofia and the following year's meet in Valencia allocated most quota places, with fourteen individual gymnasts and five nations qualifying. Trampoline qualification awarded half its slots at the 2023 World Championships in Birmingham, with the remainder from the 2023–2024 World Cup series. Across all disciplines, remaining places were offered through continental meets. The events were held at two Paris venues: the Accor Arena for artistic and trampoline, and Porte de La Chapelle Arena for rhythmic.
Did You Know?
- The artistic gymnastics team event allowed a maximum of five gymnasts per team, up from four in 2020.
- Three teams qualified for artistic gymnastics through the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool.
- Half of the trampoline qualifying slots were awarded at the 2023 World Championships in Birmingham.
- Rhythmic gymnastics qualification saw Olympic berths awarded at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, not the 2022 Worlds.
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