Paris 2024 was one for the history books.
The artistic gymnastics events dazzled spectators at Bercy Arena with record-breaking performances and unforgettable historic moments. The arena, packed with thousands of enthusiastic fans, including plenty of famous faces (such as John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Ariana Grande, and Kendall Jenner) witnessed one of the most thrilling chapters in the history of the Games.
Here's a look back at all the action, from highlights to medal results and everything in between.
FULL EVENT REPLAYS:ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
RESULTS: ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
| Country | 🥇-🥈-🥉 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 - 1 - 6 | 10 |
| China | 2 - 5 - 2 | 9 |
| Japan | 3 - 0 - 1 | 4 |
| Brazil | 1 - 2 - 1 | 4 |
| Italy | 1 - 1 - 1 | 3 |
| Philippines | 2 - 0 - 0 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 0 - 0 - 2 | 2 |
| Algeria | 1 - 0 - 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 - 0 - 0 | 1 |
| Armenia | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Colombia | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Israel | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
Men's Team Final
Coming into the Games, winning a team medal was the No. 1 goal for the U.S. men's gymnastics team. The team had not been on an Olympic medal podium since 2008, but didn't miss a beat in Paris to clinch the bronze.
The team was led by 2023 World all-around medalist Frederick Richard and three-time U.S. national all-around champion Brody Malone, who rebounded from a tough day in qualifications just two days prior to hit when his team needed it most. It's was storybook ending for Malone, who missed the majority of the 2023 season due to a devastating knee injury where he had to re-learn how to walk. At one point in time, his chances of making it to Paris seemed uncertain, but he continued to fight and brought his journey full circle with an Olympic bronze medal.
Asher Hong and Paul Juda, 2023 world team bronze medalists, also contributed solid efforts to the team score, leaving it all up to pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik to seal the deal as the final routine for the U.S. men.
Nedoroscik was affectionately dubbed the Clark Kent of men's gymnastics and became an internet meme after the world noticed he had waited on the sidelines for over two hours for his one chance to shine. When it was time for Nedoroscik to compete in the sixth and final rotation, he calmly took off his glasses and did exactly what he was brought to Paris to do. His clean, difficult pommel horse routine made the long-awaited dream a reality, and the U.S. men's gymnastics team was able to bring home a medal for the first time in 16 years.
Japan reclaimed the gold medal, getting back on the top of the podium after winning the silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. China took the silver.
Medalists
Gold: Japan (259.594)
Silver: China (259.062)
Bronze: United States (257.793)
Women's Team Final
After winning silver at the Tokyo 2020 Games, the U.S. women's gymnastics team looked to bounce back in Paris, declaring this year's Olympic run their "Redemption Tour."
The team, led by the legendary Simone Biles, erased any bad memories from Tokyo with a golden performance in Paris.
Biles, along with Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera — know known as the "Golden Girls" — landed themselves in the history books as just the fourth American team to win an Olympic gold medal in the event.
Italy nabbed its first Olympic team medal in 96 years with the silver and Brazil won bronze — its first Olympic team medal in history.
The team final gold moved Biles' Olympic medal tally to eight, surpassing Shannon Miller to become the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast in history.
Medalists
Gold: United States (171.296)
Silver: Italy (165.494)
Bronze: Brazil (164.497)
Men's All-Around Final
In the last three Olympic Games, the men’s gymnastics all-around title had been won by a Japanese gymnast and first-time Olympian Shinnosuke Oka made it four. Shinnosuke joins a legendary list of champions that includes 2012 and 2016 Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura, and 2020 Tokyo Olympic all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto.
Zhang Boheng, 2021 world all-around champion, rebounded from a fall in the first rotation to win the silver. Tokyo Olympic all-around silver medalist Xiao Ruoteng finished third — marking the first men’s Olympic all-around podium that featured two Chinese gymnasts.
Defending champ Hashimoto was a favorite to bring the title home once again, but dug himself into a hole after a fall on pommel horse in the second rotation and couldn’t recover, finishing sixth.
The Americans had a few struggles throughout the competition but still finished in the top 15. Paul Juda, who was stellar in qualifications to upset medal-contender Brody Malone for a spot in the final, finished 14th. Frederick Richard finished 15th.
Medalists
Gold: Shinnosuke Oka - Japan (86.832)
Silver: Zhang Boheng - China (86.599)
Bronze: Xiao Ruoteng - China (86.364)
Women's All-Around Final
Simone Biles once again ascended to the pinnacle of her sport, claiming her second Olympic all-around title.
Biles’ victory kept the American women’s all-around gold medal streak alive for the sixth consecutive Games — a streak that dates back to Carly Patterson's golden performance at the Athens 2004 Games.
At age 27, Biles is also the oldest female gymnast to achieve the feat in 72 years — second only to Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya, who won the title at age 30 during the 1952 Helsinki Games.
Biles edged out Brazilian rival Rebeca Andrade, who backed up her all-around silver from the Tokyo 2020 Games, and Tokyo Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee, who took home the bronze. Biles and Lee etched their names in the history books with Paris marking the first time two Olympic all-around champions landed on the same medal podium.
Medalists
Gold: Simone Biles - United States (59.131)
Silver: Rebeca Andrade - Brazil (57.932)
Bronze: Suni Lee - United States (56.465)
Event Finals
Men's Floor Final
The Philippines has a new hero in Carlos Yulo, who was undeniable on the floor to not only win the first Olympic medal for the Philippines in gymnastics, but just the second Olympic gold medal in the country's Olympic history. Yulo is also the first man in any sport to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines.
His feat has been celebrated with a plethora of rewards, including thousands of dollars in cash, a free house, a fully furnished two-bedroom condo and a lifetime of free ramen.
Yulo knocked off Tokyo Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel, who improved his performance from the qualification round by five tenths, but gave away too many tenths on his landings to defend his title.
Great Britain’s Jake Jarman entered the final as the top qualifier and impressed with his high level of difficulty — including a triple twisting double layout and a triple twisting double tuck. Jarman, however, did not stick any of his landings and was unable to top Yulo in the end. Jarman finished third, securing the first Olympic medal of his career.
Medalists
Gold: Carlos Yulo - Philippines (15.000)
Silver: Artem Dolgopyat - Israel (14.966)
Bronze: Jake Jarman - Great Britain (14.933)
Women's Vault Final
After pulling out of the vault final at the Tokyo 2020 Games, Simone Biles landed back on top of the medal podium thanks to two explosive and extremely difficult vaults — a Yurchenko double pike and Cheng.
Although defending Olympic champion Rebeca Andrade outscored Biles' Cheng with a remarkable Cheng of her own, she was unable to contend with Biles’ level of difficulty on the Yurchenko double pike and finished second. Freshly minted two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey finished third to add a third Olympic medal to her haul.
Carey was on a bit of a mission — perhaps her own personal "Redemption Tour" — after an uncharacteristic mistake on vault forced her to the bottom of the standings in Tokyo. Carey performed two of the best vaults of her career to secure the bronze in Paris.
Medalists
Gold: Simone Biles - United States (15.300)
Silver: Rebeca Andrade - Brazil (14.966)
Bronze: Jade Carey - United States (14.466)
Men's Pommel Horse Final
The two-time pommel horse world champion, Rhys McClenaghan, upgraded his status to Olympic champion in Paris.
McClenaghan left very little to deduct, perhaps performing one of the best routines of his career to clinch the first Olympic gymnastics medal for Ireland.
Nariman Kurbanov of Kazakhstan was the first routine of the final and set the bar extremely high with a 15.433, which was over two tenths higher than the highest qualifying score. In the end, Kurbanov’s efforts were enough to secure Kazakhstan’s first Olympic medal in gymnastics.
The American sensation Stephen Nedoroscik performed a tenth higher than he did in the qualifying round to lock up his second Olympic bronze medal of the Games.
Two-time Olympic champion Max Whitlock of Great Britain was looking to win his third consecutive title on the event but had a few form breaks that made it difficult for him to keep pace for the medal race.
Medalists
Gold: Rhys McClenaghan - Ireland (15.533)
Silver: Nariman Kurbanov - Kazakhstan (15.433)
Bronze: Stephen Nedoroscik - United States (15.300)
Men's Rings Final
The Chinese gymnasts have long been known for being masters of the rings and proved it once again in Paris.
Defending Olympic rings champion and two-time world champion Liu Yang qualified into the final in second, but was exceptionally clean to ensure he would go back-to-back at the Games.
Zou Jingyuan, perhaps Liu's strongest competition, entered as the top qualifier but finished second, less than a tenth behind first.
Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias, known as the “Lord of the Rings,” couldn't have performed a better routine in the final. He'll be leaving Paris with the bronze, making him a three-time Olympic medalist (gold in 2016 and bronze in 2020).
Medalists
Gold: Liu Yang - China (15.300)
Silver: Zou Jingyuan - China (15.233)
Bronze: Eleftherios Petrounias - Greece (15.100)
Women's Uneven Bars Final
For the first time in history, Algeria has not just an Olympic medalist in gymnastics — but a gold medalist. The French-born Kaylia Nemour, who started representing Algeria after a dispute with the French Gymnastics Federation, is also the first Olympic medalist in gymnastics from the African continent, topped the reigning world champion from China, Qiu Qiyuan and Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Suni Lee.
Both Nemour and Qiu performed two of the most difficult routines being done in the world (7.1 D-score) and put on a fierce battle for gold and silver. Lee and Tokyo Olympic uneven bar champion Nina Derwael couldn't quite contend for gold with their difficulty level in Paris, but provided an intense battle for the bronze.
Medalists
Gold: Kaylia Nemour - Algeria (15.700)
Silver: Qiu Qiyuan - China (15.500)
Bronze: Suni Lee - United States (14.800)
Men's Vault Final
Just one day after winning an historic gold medal for the Philippines on the floor exercise, Yulo picked up a second gold medal on the vault, topping Artur Davtyan (14.966) - the first-ever Olympic medal for Armenia in gymnastics - and Great Britain's Harry Hepworth.
Medalists
Gold: Carlos Yulo - Philippines (15.116)
Silver: Artur Davtyan - Armenia (14.966)
Bronze: Harry Hepworth - Great Britain (14.949)
Men's Parallel Bar Final
China’s Zou Jingyuan undoubtedly came to Paris as the best parallel bar worker in the world and further solidified that status with his second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event at the Games. The defending Olympic champion posted the top score in qualifications by nearly a point, over Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun and Japan’s newest rising star Shinnosuke Oka, who delivered a phenomenal routine as the very last gymnast in the rotation to lock in the bronze (15.300).
Medalists
Gold: Zou Jingyuan - China (16.200)
Silver: Illia Kovtun - Ukraine (15.500)
Bronze: Shinnosuke Oka - China (15.4300)
Women's Balance Beam Final
Coming into Paris, Alice D’Amato wasn’t necessarily the favorite to win the gold medal on balance beam but she made the absolute most of the opportunity when many of the top contenders faltered.
The door opened early when the top qualifier, Zhou Yaqin of China, who was the very first athlete to compete, touched her hands down on the beam after a full straight jump — a five tenth deduction. Yaqin managed to hold on to second place while D'Amato's teammate Manila Esposito, the 2024 European balance beam champion, grabbed the bronze.
D'Amato is the first Olympic gold medalist in Italian women's gymnastics history.
Simone Biles and Suni Lee both competed in the final, but had falls on their acrobatic series which placed them fifth and sixth. Paris marks the first time since 2000 that an American has not finished on the balance beam medal podium.
Medalists
Gold: Alice D'Amato - Italy (14.366)
Silver: Zhou Yaqin - China (14.100)
Bronze: Manila Esposito (14.000)
Men's High Bar
The door was wide open for a new champion to emerge in the men’s high bar final after defending champion Daiki Hashimoto shockingly did not advance to the final and it was his teammate Shinnosuke Oka rose to the occasion to win the gold in his absence.
Oka and Colombia’s Angel Barajas both scored a 14.533, which meant the tie had to be broken by execution scores. Oka had a 8.633 and Barajas had a 7.933, which put Barajas in silver medal position — the first Olympic medal for Colombia in gymnastics.
China's Zhang Boheng, who was the top qualifier, was excellent throughout his routine, but put his hands down on the dismount (13.966). Tang Chia-Hung of Chinese Taipei also had gold medal potential but fell on his Cassina for a 13.966.
Since Chia-Hung and Boheng had the same execution score and difficulty score, both athletes received the bronze medal.
Medalists
Gold: Shinnosuke Oka - China (14.533)
Silver: Angel Barajas - Colombia (14.533)
Bronze: Zhang Boheng - China & Tang Chia-Hung - Chinese Taipei (13.966)
Women's Floor Exercise Final
To close out the gymnastics competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade pulled off a feat that very few gymnasts have ever been able to do: she beat Simone Biles.
Andrade had one of her best floor routine of the Games to grab the lead. However, when Biles went out of bounds on two of her tumbling passes, the gold was all but assured for Andrade.
Andrade's Olympic medal tally bumped up to six, making her the most decorated Brazilian Olympian in history.
American Jordan Chiles had originally finished fifth, but a last-second inquiry (as a result of a leap not getting credited) bumped her score by one tenth to give her the bronze (13.766) over Romania's Ana Barbosu (13.700).
As it turns out, the inquiry came four seconds too late.
Five days after the competition concluded, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of Barbosu that Chiles' inquiry came after the required time frame of one minute.
Due to the untimely inquiry, Chiles' initial score of 13.666 was reinstated. The FIG, the international governing body for gymnastics, confirmed that the results of the floor final will be amended, with Barbosu ranking third. The IOC confirmed that Chiles' medal will be reallocated to Barbosu.
Although she didn't take home any gold medals on the final day of competition, Biles’ performance in Paris has further cemented her place in the history books. She concludes her third Olympic Games with 11 Olympic medals, seven of which are gold, and even hinted that she might not be done with the sport just yet.
Medalists
Gold: Rebeca Andrade - Brazil (14.166)
Silver: Simone Biles - United States (14.133)
Bronze: Jordan Chiles - United States (13.766)