Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars

These are the results of the women's uneven bars competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 21, 23 and 28th at the Georgia Dome.

Women's uneven bars
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Svetlana Khorkina  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amy Chow  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bi Wenjing  China
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Results

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Qualification

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Eighty-nine gymnasts competed in the uneven bars event during the compulsory and optional rounds on July 21 and 23. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 28. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final.

Rank Gymnast Score
1   Simona Amânar (ROU) 19.675
2   Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) 19.662
  Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR)
4   Dina Kochetkova (RUS) 19.625
5   Dominique Dawes (USA) 19.612
6   Amy Chow (USA) 19.599
7   Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU) 19.587
8   Bi Wenjing (CHN) 19.575

Final

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The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta was also the last games to allow awarding of joint medals for identical scores in artistic gymnastics as there were no tie-breaking rules established yet by the International Gymnastics Federation at the time to separate gymnasts who tied with the same scores.

Rank Gymnast Order J1  J2  J3  J4  J5  J6  Total
    Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) 5 9.85 9.85 9.85 9.85 9.85 9.90 9.850
    Amy Chow (USA) 7 9.85 9.80 9.80 9.90 9.85 9.85 9.837
  Bi Wenjing (CHN) 8 9.85 9.80 9.75 9.85 9.90 9.85
4   Dominique Dawes (USA) 4 9.80 9.80 9.80 9.80 9.75 9.85 9.800
5   Simona Amânar (ROU) 6 9.80 9.75 9.70 9.80 9.80 9.80 9.787
  Dina Kochetkova (RUS) 3 9.75 9.80 9.80 9.85 9.75 9.80
  Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) 1 9.75 9.80 9.75 9.80 9.80 9.80
8   Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU) 2 9.80 9.70 9.70 9.80 9.75 9.75 9.750

References

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