Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Qualification Summary
* Artistic Gymnastics, NOCs with 6 entered athletes may also enter the team competition.
| Nation | Artistic | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Individual | Group | Men | Women | ||
| Australia | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Austria | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Belarus | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Brazil | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |||
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Canada | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1 | |||||
| China | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Egypt | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Finland | 1 | 1 | |||||
| France | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Germany | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Great Britain | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Greece | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Israel | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Italy | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Japan | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Lithuania | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| North Korea | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Romania | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Russia | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | |||||
| South Korea | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Spain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Ukraine | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| United States | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Vietnam | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Yemen | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total: 49 NOCs | 98 | 98 | 24 | 72 | 16 | 16 | 324 |
Qualification timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | September 1–9, 2007 | Stuttgart |
| 2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships | September 19–21, 2007 | Patras |
| 2007 World Trampoline Championships | Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2007 | Quebec |
| Tripartite Invitation | March 17, 2008 | - |
Artistic
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.
Men
| Event | Criterion | Qualified | Athletes per NOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship | Teams places 1-12 | China Japan Germany United States South Korea Spain Russia Romania France Italy Canada Belarus |
6 |
| Teams places 13-15 | Ukraine Switzerland Great Britain |
2 | |
| Teams places 16-18 | Puerto Rico Brazil Greece |
1 | |
| Top 7 athletes from NOCs not already qualified | Yordan Yovchev Anton Fokin Filip Ude José Luis Fuentes Epke Zonderland Martin Konečný Ilia Giorgadze |
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| Individual Apparatus Gold medal winners | Leszek Blanik Mitja Petkovšek |
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| FIG Executive Board Invitations* | Samuel Simpson Mohamed Serour |
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| Additional athletes from NOCs not already qualified | Róbert Gál Koen Van Damme Sascha Palgen Alexander Shatilov Jorge Hugo Giraldo |
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| Tripartite Invitation | Nashwan Al-Harazi | ||
| TOTAL | 98 | ||
* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.
Women
| Event | Criterion | Qualified | Athletes per NOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship | Teams places 1-12 | United States China Romania Italy Brazil France Great Britain Russia Ukraine Germany Australia Japan |
6 |
| Teams places 13-15 | North Korea Canada Spain |
2 | |
| Teams places 16-18 | Czech Republic Netherlands Switzerland |
1 | |
| Top 9 athletes from NOCs not already qualified | Stefani Bismpikou Nastassia Marachkouskaya Dorina Böczögő Natalia Sánchez Marisela Cantù Jo Hyun-Joo Marta Pihan Gaelle Mys Adela Šajn |
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| Individual Apparatus Gold medal winners | - | ||
| FIG Executive Board Invitations* | Sherine El Zeiny | ||
| Additional athletes from NOCs not already qualified | Tina Erceg Annamari Maaranen Jessica López Nikolina Tankoucheva Ivana Kovacova Jelena Zanevskaya |
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| Tripartite Invitation | Do Thi Ngan Thuong | ||
| TOTAL | 98 | ||
* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.
Rhythmic
An NOC may enter up to 1 Group and 2 athletes for individual competition. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Individual
| Event | Criterion | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship | Top 20 | Ukraine Russia Russia Belarus Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Israel Belarus Canada Bulgaria Spain Greece Azerbaijan Austria Bulgaria Poland South Korea Estonia Ukraine Israel |
| FIG Executive Board* | Li Hongyang Odette Richard Naazmi Johnston | |
| Tripartite Invitation | Wania Monteiro | |
| TOTAL | 24 | |
* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.
Group
| Event | Criterion | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship | Top 10 | Russia Italy Belarus Bulgaria Spain Israel Japan Ukraine China Azerbaijan |
| FIG Executive Board* | Brazil Greece | |
| TOTAL | 12 | |
* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.
Trampoline
An NOC may enter up to 2 men and 2 women athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Championships.
Men
| Event | Criterion | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship | Top 14 | China China Russia Germany Japan Japan Russia Italy Ukraine Canada Denmark Belarus France Portugal United States** |
| FIG Executive Board* | Ben Wilden | |
| Tripartite Invitation** | - | |
| TOTAL | 16 | |
* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.
** The tripartite commission invitation was returned to the FIG since no NOC met both the requirements of the commission and the FIG and was awarded to the next eligible federation from the world championships.
Women
| Event | Criterion | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship | Top 15 | Russia China Russia China Canada Germany Belarus Canada Great Britain Japan Uzbekistan Portugal Ukraine Georgia United States Czech Republic** |
| FIG Executive Board* | - | |
| Tripartite Invitation** | - | |
| TOTAL | 16 | |
* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.
** The tripartite commission invitation was returned to the FIG since no NOC met both the requirements of the commission and the FIG and was awarded to the next eligible federation from the world championships.