Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars

Women's uneven bars
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Svetlana Khorkina  Russia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ling Jie  China
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yang Yun  China

These are the results of the women's uneven bars competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 17 and 24 at the Sydney SuperDome.

Results

Qualification

Eighty-three gymnasts competed in the uneven bars event during the qualification round on September 17. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 24. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final.

Final

Svetlana Khorkina ended up winning the Gold Medal in the final, successfully defending her Uneven Bars title from the 1996 Summer Olympics. She was the second gymnast to defend her Olympic Uneven Bars Title, following Polina Astakhova of the Soviet Union, who defended her title during the 1964 Summer Olympics. Aside from Astakhova and Khorkina, the only other female gymnast who has defended her Olympic Uneven Bars Title is Aliya Mustafina of Russia, who defended her title during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Rank Gymnast Score
 Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) 9.862
 Ling Jie (CHN) 9.837
 Yang Yun (CHN) 9.787
4  Viktoria Karpenko (UKR) 9.775
5  Tatiana Zharganova (BLR) 9.737
6  Olga Roshupkina (UKR) 9.725
7  Yelena Produnova (RUS) 9.650
8  Elvire Teza (FRA) 9.512

References


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