Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

The women's vault competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the HSBC Arena on 14 August.

Women's vault
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueHSBC Arena
Date14 August 2016
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Winning score15.966
Medalists
Simone Biles  United States
Maria Paseka  Russia
Giulia Steingruber  Switzerland
Gymnastics at the
2016 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Qualification
Artistic
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Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen
Rhythmic
Group all-aroundwomen
Individual all-aroundwomen
Trampoline
Individualmenwomen

The medals were presented by Larry Probst IOC member, United States and Nellie Kim, FIG Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee President.

Format competition

The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting. Each gymnast performed two vaults.

Qualification
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic qualification
Rank Gymnast D Score E Score Pen. Score 1 D Score E Score Pen. Score 2 Total
Vault 1 Vault 2
1  Simone Biles (USA)6.3009.70016.0006.4009.70016.10016.050
2  Hong Un-jong (PRK)6.3009.46615.7666.4009.20015.60015.683
3  Giulia Steingruber (SUI)6.2009.40015.6005.8009.13314.93315.266
4  Maria Paseka (RUS)6.4008.633-0.30014.7336.3009.06615.36615.049
5  Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)6.2008.96615.1666.0008.83314.83314.999
6  Shallon Olsen (CAN)6.3009.00015.3005.9008.70014.60014.950
7  Wang Yan (CHN)6.0008.93314.9336.2008.866−0.10014.96614.949
8  Dipa Karmakar (IND)7.0008.10015.1006.0008.60014.60014.850

Reserves

Final
NameCountryDate of birth (Age)
Youngest competitorShallon Olsen Canada(2000-07-10)July 10, 2000 (age 16)
Oldest competitorOksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan(1975-06-19)June 19, 1975 (age 41)
Rank Gymnast D Score E Score Pen. Score 1 D Score E Score Pen. Score 2 Total
Vault 1 Vault 2
 Simone Biles (USA)6.3009.60015.9006.4009.63316.03315.966
 Maria Paseka (RUS)6.4008.966−0.10015.2666.3008.94115.24115.253
 Giulia Steingruber (SUI)6.2009.33315.5335.8009.10014.90015.216
4  Dipa Karmakar (IND)6.0008.86614.8667.0008.26615.26615.066
5  Wang Yan (CHN)6.0008.86614.8666.2008.93315.13314.999
6  Hong Un-jong (PRK)6.4009.00015.4006.3008.200−0.10014.40014.900
7  Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)7.0007.93314.9336.0008.833−0.10014.73314.833
8  Shallon Olsen (CAN)6.3008.66614.9665.9008.76614.66614.816

Notable moments

Simone Biles was the first gymnast since Larisa Latynina at the 1956 Olympics to win team gold, AA gold and vault gold in succession. Dipa Karmakar made history as the first ever Indian gymnastics event finalist, male or female. Simone Biles is the first American to have won Olympic gold on the vault. Giulia Steingruber's bronze was the first Olympic medal for a native Swiss gymnast in 64 years, and the very first one for the country in women's gymnastics.

Hong Un-jong tried to perform the TTY (Triple Twisting Yurchenko) for the first time in female artistic gymnastic history, but she failed it. It would have been valued with a 6.8 D-Score.

References
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