Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's floor

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Women's floor
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueHSBC Arena
Date16 August 2016
Competitors14 from 8 nations
Winning score15.966
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Simone Biles  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aly Raisman  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Amy Tinkler  Great Britain
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The women's floor competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the HSBC Arena on 16 August.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman of the United States finished first and second in qualifications and then won the gold and silver medals in the event final. Raisman was the defending Olympic champion on floor. For Biles, it was her fourth gold medal and fifth overall medal of the 2016 Olympics.

Competition format

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The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Qualification

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic qualification

The gymnasts who rank in the top eight qualify for the final round, with a maximum of two gymnasts from any single NOC eligible to move to the finals. When more than two competitors from one country finish in the top eight, the gymnast(s) who are third or lower ranked from that country are replaced by the next best ranking gymnast.

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total Qual.
1 Simone Biles  United States 6.800 8.933 15.733 Q
2 Aly Raisman  United States 6.600 8.675 15.275
3 Vanessa Ferrari  Italy 6.200 8.666 14.866
4 Laurie Hernandez  United States 6.000 8.800 14.800 –
5 Giulia Steingruber  Switzerland 6.200 8.466 14.666 Q
6 Wang Yan  China 6.300 8.366
7 Amy Tinkler  Great Britain 8.300 14.600
8 Mai Murakami  Japan 6.200 8.366 14.566
9 Gabby Douglas  United States 6.100 8.366 −0.100 14.366 –
10 Erika Fasana  Italy 6.600 7.733 14.333 Q
11 Claudia Fragapane  Great Britain 6.200 8.133 14.333 R1
12 Pauline Schäfer  Germany 5.700 8.600 14.300 R2
13 Elisa Meneghini  Italy 5.600 8.633 14.233 –
14 Cătălina Ponor  Romania 5.900 8.300 14.200 R3

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the floor exercise final. Therefore, in some cases, a third and/or fourth gymnast placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota. Gymnasts who did not advance to the final, but had high enough scores to do so were:

Final

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Rank Name Difficulty Execution Penalty Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Simone Biles (USA) 6.900 9.066 15.966
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Aly Raisman (USA) 6.600 8.900 15.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Amy Tinkler (GBR) 6.400 8.533 14.933
4  Vanessa Ferrari (ITA) 6.300 8.466 14.766
5  Wang Yan (CHN) 8.366 14.666
6  Erika Fasana (ITA) 6.100 8.433 14.533
7  Mai Murakami (JPN) 6.300 8.233
8  Giulia Steingruber (SUI) 5.400 6.700 −0.300 11.800

The medals were presented by Larry Probst, IOC member, and Ali Zaater, FIG Executive Committee Member.

References

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