Artistic Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Artistic Gymnastics competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 19, at the National Indoor Stadium.

Events

14 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

Team All-Around Men
Individual All-Around Men
Floor Men
Pommel Horse Men
Rings Men
Vault Men
Parallel Bars Men
Horizontal Bar Men
Team All-Around Women
Individual All-Around Women
Vault Women
Uneven Bars Women
Balance Beam Women
Floor Women

Qualification Criteria

An NOC may enter up to 6 men and 6 women athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart (GER) from September 1-9, 2007. The places (98 men + 98 women) are awarded as follows:

Event	Criterion	Qualified Men	Qualified Women
Team All-Around	Teams places 1-12 6 athletes per team	China Japan Germany United States Russia Romania Spain South Korea France Italy Canada Belarus	United States China Romania Russia Italy United Kingdom France Brazil Ukraine Germany Australia Japan
Team All-Around	Teams places 13-15	2 athletes per team	2 athletes per team
Team All-Around	Teams places 16-18	1 athlete per team	1 athlete per team
Individual All-Around	Top athletes from NOCs not already qualified	7 athletes	9 athletes
Individual Apparatus Finals	Gold medal winners, if are not already qualified.	6 athletes	4 athletes
FIG Executive Board Invitations	Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.	3 athletes	3 athlets
Tripartite Invitation		1 athlete	1 atlete

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