USA Gymnastics at the Olympics Artistic gymnastics in the United States



the first time united states olympic committee sent u.s. athletes compete in artistic gymnastics @ 1904 olympics, held in st louis, missouri. united states team won every event excluding triathlon, won adolf spinnler of switzerland. individually, anton heida best gymnast of countries, winning 5 golds , silver. julius lenhart all-around champion. despite being austrian citizen, permitted represent united states because represented philadelphia-based team. united states didn t compete in artistic gymnastics again 16 years until sent delegation 1920 olympics in antwerp, belgium. 4 participants didn t compete in team event, in individual all-around. frank kriz finished tenth in all-around. @ 1924 olympics, u.s. team placed fifth in team event. team picked individual gold medal frank kriz on vault. following games, 1928 olympics, u.s. didn t win medals. @ 1932 olympics, held in los angeles, california, u.s. team finished second in team event. took 5 individual gold medals. @ 1948 olympics, u.s. sent first female delegation olympics, finishing second in team event. @ 1976 olympics, peter kormann won bronze in floor final. due 1980 summer olympics boycott, there no participants @ games. @ next games, 1984 olympics, held in los angeles, california, mary lou retton won all-around competition, becoming first ever american athlete win title. also, men s team won team gold in team final, women finished second in women s team final, julianne mcnamara tied ma yahong bars title, mary lou retton won 2 bronzes , silver, , kathy johnson won bronze on balance beam. in men s individual events, peter vidmar pommel horse champion , took silver in individual all-around. bart conner parallel bars champion, , mitchell gaylord won silver medal on vault , 2 bronze medals on rings , parallel bars. tim daggett won bronze medal on pommel horse. @ time, games deemed best usa gymnastics. 4 years later, @ 1988 olympics, phoebe mills took bronze in beam final. @ 1992 olympics, u.s. women s team won bronze medal in team all-around competition. individually, shannon miller won 2 silver , 2 bronze medals. in men s competition, team placed sixth trent dimas high bar champion.


at 1996 olympics, in atlanta, georgia, u.s. women won first ever gold medal in team all-around competition, earning name of magnificent seven. later, shannon miller won balance beam title, amy chow tied second on uneven bars china s bi wenjing , dominique dawes third on floor. u.s. men finished fifth in team all-around final, jair lynch won individual silver medal on parallel bars. @ 2000 olympics, u.s. women s team won bronze medal in team all-around final. 4 years later, @ 2004 olympics, u.s. men s team won silver medal in team all-around competition. paul hamm won individual all-around final, first american citizen win, after julius lenhart, austrian citizen represented united states, won in 1904. hamm later won silver on horizontal bar. on women s side, u.s. team took silver in team final. carly patterson won individual all-around final, second american win title since retton in 1984. annia hatch won silver in vault final, did terin humphrey in bars final. courtney kupets won bronze medal on bars , patterson won silver on balance beam.



nastia liukin on balance beam during 2008 individual all-around final


at 2008 olympics, u.s. women won silver medal in team final, nastia liukin won individual all-around final, becoming third american winner. shawn johnson finished second in event also. nastia liukin won silver medals on uneven bars , balance beam finals, shawn johnson crowned balance beam champion , johnson , liukin won silver , bronze in floor final. @ 2012 olympics, recent, u.s. women won team all-around final second time in history, garnering nickname of fierce five. in individual all-around final, gabby douglas crowned individual all-around champion, fourth american win event , first african-american win. mckayla maroney second in vault final , aly raisman crowned floor champion, winning bronze medal on balance beam. in men s competition, team placed fifth in team final. danell leyva individual medalist u.s. men, winning bronze in individual all-around final.


currently, united states ranked second in medal table artistic gymnastics, behind soviet union. united states ranked first in medal table active nocs.








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