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This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta from 19 July to 4 August 1996. Gymnasts in two disciplines ( artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics ) participated in the Games.
This was the only individual gold for the United States at the 1996 Olympics and only the third-ever individual Olympic gold for U.S. women's gymnastics – the first in a non-boycotted Olympics. ( Mary Lou Retton won all-around gold in 1984 and Julianne McNamara won gold on uneven bars in 1984 ).
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29.
Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, ... will compete for one of five places on the women’s team at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials — Gymnastics, which will be held June 27 through June 30 in ...
After 1996, the team regressed for several years as their stars took breaks from competing. Márta Károlyi headed the program after the 2000 Olympics, ushering in an era of success for the U.S. team as they became one of the most dominant countries in women's gymnastics. The U.S. team has medalled in every Olympics and Worlds since 2000.
When Dominique Dawes competed in the Olympic trials for the 1992 Barcelona Games, she was the first Black gymnast to ever qualify. Three decades later, 80% of the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics ...
Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the Chinese team be stripped, and awarded to the fourth-placed United States team, as it was revealed that Dong Fangxiao was underage (14, with age limit >16) at the time. The IOC upheld the FIG decision in April 2010.
The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall. For the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the U.S. women's team earned the team silver medal. Simone Biles was the only gymnast from the previous Olympics to return to the ...