Artistic Gymnastics: Paris 2024 competition draw announced
What event could four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles start on at the Olympic Games Paris 2024? FIG announces the competition draw, men’s and women’s subdivisions, and more details about the Olympic competition kicking off on 27 July.
Artistic Gymnastics
The first phase of the artistic gymnastics competition draw for Paris 2024 has been announced, with reigning world champions - Team USA's women and Japan's male team - getting their Olympic circuit underway on balance beam and vault respectively.
With twelve men’s and women’s teams to compete in Paris, the Olympic draw serves as the “blueprint of how the competitions will play out,” according to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
It lays out the order in which the gymnasts will compete during the team and individual qualification tournaments, as well as the apparatus finals.
The women’s competition is separated into five subdivisions and the men’s into three, with each of them having their own time slot to compete. At the conclusion of the qualification rounds, the best eight men’s and women’s teams will advance to team finals on 29 and 30 July.
For the women, subdivision one is made up of Great Britain and Romania, subdivision three is Japan and the Netherlands, four is Canada, France and the Republic of Korea, and subdivision five is Brazil and Australia.
Team USA is in subdivision two with Italy and People’s Republic of China, and it’s surely going to be one to watch.
Although the United States women took silver at the Tokyo Games, they have been the dominant force in women’s gymnastics since their win at the Olympic Games London 2012, and have not missed the podium in nearly four decades. This year, they are looking to take back their title and they will do that starting on the balance beam.
2023 World Championship silver medalists Brazil will kick off their Olympic competition on vault, while bronze medalists and hometown favourites France will be on the uneven bars. The three are all in different subdivisions.
The women’s competition gets underway on 28 July with subdivision one starting a day early and subdivision five closing it out late in the evening.
For the men, subdivision includes Germany, USA, Great Britain and Canada, subdivision two is the Netherlands, People’s Republic of China, Japan and Ukraine, and subdivision three is Türkiye, Switzerland, Italy and Spain.
Japan dominated the World Championships in 2023 and the nation, including reigning Olympic all-around champion Hashimoto Daiki, will look to have an explosive start on their quest to Olympic glory on vault.
The men get off to a hasty start with day one of competition falling on 27 July, just one day after the Opening Ceremony.
- As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC
- Click here to see the official qualification system for each sport.