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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 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.

Artistic gymnastics

Format of competition

The 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.

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	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 details	Paul Hamm United States (USA)	Kim Dae-Eun South Korea (KOR)	Yang Tae-Young South Korea (KOR)
Floor details	Kyle Shewfelt Canada (CAN)	Marian Drăgulescu Romania (ROU)	Jordan Jovtchev Bulgaria (BUL)
Pommel horse details	Teng Haibin China (CHN)	Marius Urzică Romania (ROU)	Takehiro Kashima Japan (JPN)
Rings details	Dimosthenis Tampakos Greece (GRE)	Jordan Jovtchev Bulgaria (BUL)	Juri Chechi Italy (ITA)
Vault details	Gervasio Deferr Spain (ESP)	Jevgēņijs Saproņenko Latvia (LAT)	Marian Drăgulescu Romania (ROU)
Parallel bars details	Valeri Goncharov Ukraine (UKR)	Hiroyuki Tomita Japan (JPN)	Li Xiaopeng China (CHN)
Horizontal bar details	Igor Cassina Italy (ITA)	Paul Hamm United States (USA)	Isao Yoneda Japan (JPN)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	Romania (ROU) Oana Ban Alexandra Eremia Cătălina Ponor Monica Roşu Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie Silvia Stroescu	United States (USA) Mohini Bhardwaj Annia Hatch Terin Humphrey Courtney Kupets Courtney McCool Carly Patterson	Russia (RUS) Liudmila Ezhova Svetlana Khorkina Maria Krioutchkova Anna Pavlova Elena Zamolodchikova Natalia Ziganchina
Individual all-around details	Carly Patterson United States (USA)	Svetlana Khorkina Russia (RUS)	Zhang Nan China (CHN)
Vault details	Monica Roşu Romania (ROU)	Annia Hatch United States (USA)	Anna Pavlova Russia (RUS)
Uneven bars details	Émilie Le Pennec France (FRA)	Terin Humphrey United States (USA)	Courtney Kupets United States (USA)
Balance beam details	Cătălina Ponor Romania (ROU)	Carly Patterson United States (USA)	Alexandra Eremia Romania (ROU)
Floor details	Cătălina Ponor Romania (ROU)	Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie Romania (ROU)	Patricia Moreno Spain (ESP)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	Russia (RUS)	Italy (ITA)	Bulgaria (BUL)
Individual all-around details	Alina Kabaeva Russia (RUS)	Irina Tchachina Russia (RUS)	Anna Bessonova Ukraine (UKR)

Trampoline

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual details	Yuri Nikitin Ukraine (UKR)	Alexander Moskalenko Russia (RUS)	Henrik Stehlik Germany (GER)
Women's individual details	Anna Dogonadze Germany (GER)	Karen Cockburn Canada (CAN)	Huang Shanshan China (CHN)

Medal table

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	Italy (ITA)	1	1	1	3
6	Japan (JPN)	1	1	2	4
7	China (CHN)	1	0	3	4
8	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
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
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 (women)
• 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

References

• Official Olympic Report
• www.gymnasticsresults.com
• www.gymn-forum.net

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