Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification Summary edit

* 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
Individual Apparatus Gold medal winners   Leszek Blanik
  Mitja Petkovšek
FIG Executive Board Invitations*   Samuel Simpson
  Mohamed Serour
Additional athletes from NOCs not already qualified   Róbert Gál
  Koen Van Damme
  Sascha Palgen
  Alexander Shatilov
  Jorge Hugo Giraldo
Tripartite Invitation   Nashwan Al-Harazi
TOTAL 98

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Women edit

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
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
Tripartite Invitation   Do Thi Ngan Thuong
TOTAL 98

* Ensure participation of the Host Nation and each continent.

Rhythmic edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

An NOC may enter up to 2 men and 2 women athletes. Qualification is based on the results of the 2007 World Championships.

Men edit

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 edit

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.

References edit