Ten individual competitors and six national teams qualified for the women's rhythmic gymnastics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| Gymnastics at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Georgia Dome (artistic) Stegeman Coliseum (rhythmic) |
| Dates | 20 July – 4 August 1996 |
Individual all-around qualification edit
Final qualifiers edit
| Gymnast | Gymnast | Gymnast | Gymnast | Gymnast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Larisa Lukyanenko Belarus
Qualification: 4 Semi-final: 5 |
Tatiana Ogrizko Belarus
Qualification: 9 Semi-final: 6 |
Maria Petrova Bulgaria
Qualification: 6 Semi-final: 4 |
Eva Serrano France
Qualification: 7 Semi-final: 8 |
Magdalena Brzeska Germany
Qualification: 15 Semi-final: 10 |
Yanina Batyrchina Russia
Qualification: 13 Semi-final: 3 |
Amina Zaripova Russia
Qualification: 3 Semi-final: 7 |
Almudena Cid Spain
Qualification: 5 Semi-final: 9 |
Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Ukraine
Qualification: 2 Semi-final: 1 |
Elena Vitrichenko Ukraine
Qualification: 1 Semi-final: 2 |
Preliminaries edit
In total, 37 gymnasts from 22 countries competed in the qualification round. The top 20 gymnasts advanced to the semifinal.
Preliminaries results
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | 
|
|
|
|
Total | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elena Vitrichenko | Ukraine
|
9.800 (2) |
9.800 (1) |
9.800 (=2) |
9.800 (1) |
39.200 | Q |
| 2 | Ekaterina Serebrianskaya | Ukraine
|
9.799 (3) |
9.783 (2) |
9.832 (1) |
9.699 (5) |
39.113 | Q |
| 3 | Amina Zaripova | Russia
|
9.716 (4) |
9.699 (4) |
9.583 (7) |
9.750 (2) |
38.748 | Q |
| 4 | Larisa Lukyanenko | Belarus
|
9.699 (5) |
9.366 (=15) |
9.716 (5) |
9.700 (4) |
38.481 | Q |
| 5 | Almudena Cid | Spain
|
9.600 (7) |
9.600 (=5) |
9.600 (6) |
9.600 (7) |
38.400 | Q |
| 6 | Maria Petrova | Bulgaria
|
9.666 (6) |
9.183 (=24) |
9.800 (=2) |
9.733 (3) |
38.383 | Q |
| 7 | Eva Serrano | France
|
9.516 (10) |
9.600 (=5) |
9.466 (13) |
9.566 (9) |
38.148 | Q |
| 8 | Maria Pangalou |  Greece
|
9.500 (11) |
9.500 (=7) |
9.533 (=8) |
9.450 (11) |
37.983 | Q |
| 9 | Tatiana Ogrizko | Belarus
|
8.766 (37) |
9.750 (3) |
9.750 (4) |
9.633 (6) |
37.899 | Q |
| 10 | Diana Popova | Bulgaria
|
9.550 (9) |
9.500 (=7) |
9.516 (11) |
9.283 (=18) |
37.849 | Q |
| =11 | Alba Caride | Spain
|
9.416 (14) |
9.433 (12) |
9.532 (10) |
9.400 (=13) |
37.781 | Q |
| =11 | Alina Stoica |  Romania
|
9.316 (19) |
9.499 (9) |
9.500 (12) |
9.466 (10) |
37.781 | Q |
| 13 | Yanina Batyrchina | Russia
|
9.816 (1) |
9.266 (=18) |
9.350 (17) |
9.316 (17) |
37.748 | Q |
| 14 | Kristin Sroka | Germany
|
9.432 (13) |
9.450 (11) |
9.399 (15) |
9.416 (12) |
37.697 | Q |
| 15 | Magdalena Brzeska | Germany
|
9.566 (8) |
8.933 (33) |
9.533 (=8) |
9.583 (8) |
37.616 | Q |
| 16 | Zhou Xiaojing |  China
|
9.333 (=17) |
9.416 (13) |
9.416 (14) |
9.383 (15) |
37.549 | Q |
| 17 | Irene Germini |  Italy
|
9.466 (12) |
9.466 (10) |
9.216 (=28) |
9.400 (=13) |
37.548 | Q |
| 18 | Miho Yamada |  Japan
|
9.350 (16) |
9.350 (17) |
9.249 (=26) |
9.182 (27) |
37.131 | Q |
| 19 | Akane Yamao | Japan
|
9.183 (29) |
9.366 (=15) |
9.283 (22) |
9.283 (=18) |
37.116 | Q |
| 20 | Katia Pietrosanti | Italy
|
8.983 (36) |
9.400 (14) |
9.366 (16) |
9.350 (16) |
37.099 | Q |
| 21 | Krystyna Leskiewicz |  Poland
|
9.250 (20) |
9.232 (22) |
9.250 (25) |
9.250 (20) |
36.982 | - |
| 22 | Lenka Oulehlová |  Czech Republic
|
9.232 (24) |
9.266 (=18) |
9.266 (=23) |
9.199 (26) |
36.963 | - |
| 23 | Viktória Fráter |  Hungary
|
9.233 (=21) |
9.116 (30) |
9.333 (19) |
9.249 (=21) |
36.932 | - |
| 24 | Birgit Schielin |  Austria
|
9.200 (=26) |
9.166 (=27) |
9.266 (=23) |
9.249 (=21) |
36.881 | - |
| 25 | Ekaterina Abramia |  Georgia
|
9.200 (=26) |
9.250 (20) |
9.183 (30) |
9.200 (=23) |
36.833 | - |
| 26 | Evangelia Sotiriou | Greece
|
9.233 (=21) |
9.183 (=24) |
9.299 (21) |
8.983 (34) |
36.699 | - |
| 27 | Anna Kwitniewska | Poland
|
9.233 (=21) |
8.932 (34) |
9.349 (18) |
9.166 (=28) |
36.680 | - |
| 28 | Andrea Šebestová | Czech Republic
|
9.366 (15) |
8.783 (36) |
9.249 (=26) |
9.200 (=23) |
36.598 | - |
| 29 | Nina Taborsky | Austria
|
9.133 (33) |
9.183 (=24) |
9.083 (33) |
9.166 (=28) |
36.566 | - |
| 30 | Jessica Davis |  United States
|
9.166 (31) |
9.200 (23) |
9.216 (=28) |
8.982 (35) |
36.564 | - |
| 31 | Cindy Stollenberg |  Belgium
|
9.033 (34) |
9.166 (=27) |
9.149 (32) |
9.116 (=30) |
36.464 | - |
| 32 | Dana Carteleanu | Romania
|
9.150 (32) |
9.166 (=27) |
9.050 (34) |
9.016 (33) |
36.382 | - |
| 33 | Camille Martens |  Canada
|
9.333 (=17) |
8.599 (37) |
9.316 (20) |
9.116 (=30) |
36.364 | - |
| 34 | Katri Kalpala |  Finland
|
9.182 (30) |
8.800 (35) |
9.166 (31) |
9.200 (=23) |
36.348 | - |
| 35 | Wu Bei | China
|
9.216 (25) |
9.249 (21) |
8.933 (35) |
8.899 (37) |
36.297 | - |
| 36 | Andrea Szalay | Hungary
|
9.000 (35) |
9.033 (31) |
8.883 (36) |
8.982 (36) |
35.899 | - |
| 37 | Kristina Kliukevičiūtė |  Lithuania
|
9.199 (28) |
8.966 (32) |
8.499 (37) |
9.083 (32) |
35.747 | - |
| - | Lina-Mohamed Monir |  Egypt
|
- | - | - | - | - | DNS |
| - | Kasumi Takahashi |  Australia
|
- | - | - | - | - | DNS |
Semi-finals edit
20 gymnasts from 12 countries competed in the semifinal round. The 10 highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final.
Semi-final Results
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation |
|
|
|
|
Total | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Serebrianskaya | Ukraine
|
9.916 (1) |
9.933 (1) |
9.583 (8) |
9.900 (1) |
39.333 | Q |
| 2 | Elena Vitrichenko | Ukraine
|
9.750 (3) |
9.900 (2) |
9.750 (2) |
9.866 (2) |
39.266 | Q |
| 3 | Yanina Batyrchina | Russia
|
9.850 (2) |
9.866 (3) |
9.733 (=3) |
9.783 (3) |
39.233 | Q |
| 4 | Maria Petrova | Bulgaria
|
9.716 (=4) |
9.750 (=5) |
9.733 (=3) |
9.700 (4) |
38.899 | Q |
| 5 | Larisa Lukyanenko | Belarus
|
9.700 (6) |
9.750 (=5) |
9.616 (=6) |
9.683 (=5) |
38.749 | Q |
| 6 | Tatiana Ogrizko | Belarus
|
9.633 (8) |
9.682 (9) |
9.700 (5) |
9.666 (7) |
38.681 | Q |
| 7 | Amina Zaripova | Russia
|
9.716 (=4) |
9.850 (4) |
9.782 (1) |
9.316 (18) |
38.664 | Q |
| 8 | Eva Serrano | France
|
9.666 (7) |
9.700 (=7) |
9.566 (9) |
9.683 (=5) |
38.615 | Q |
| 9 | Almudena Cid | Spain
|
9.583 (9) |
9.700 (=7) |
9.616 (=6) |
9.549 (9) |
38.448 | Q |
| 10 | Magdalena Brzeska | Germany
|
9.550 (10) |
9.583 (10) |
9.516 (10) |
9.583 (8) |
38.233 | Q |
| 11 | Diana Popova | Bulgaria
|
9.449 (13) |
9.466 (15) |
9.466 (11) |
9.449 (13) |
37.830 | - |
| 12 | Maria Pangalou | Greece
|
9.516 (11) |
9.500 (=13) |
9.333 (12) |
9.466 (=11) |
37.815 | - |
| 13 | Irene Germini | Italy
|
9.266 (17) |
9.500 (=13) |
9.250 (=13) |
9.500 (10) |
37.516 | - |
| 14 | Katia Pietrosanti | Italy
|
9.366 (14) |
9.366 (17) |
9.250 (=13) |
9.333 (17) |
37.315 | - |
| 15 | Alina Stoica | Romania
|
9.483 (12) |
9.533 (12) |
8.766 (20) |
9.466 (=11) |
37.249 | - |
| 16 | Kristin Sroka | Germany
|
9.283 (16) |
9.550 (11) |
8.900 (19) |
9.400 (=14) |
37.133 | - |
| 17 | Zhou Xiaojing | China
|
9.200 (19) |
9.266 (18) |
9.250 (=13) |
9.400 (=14) |
37.116 | - |
| 18 | Akane Yamao | Japan
|
9.233 (18) |
8.966 (20) |
9.216 (16) |
9.383 (16) |
36.799 | - |
| 19 | Alba Caride | Spain
|
9.049 (20) |
9.449 (16) |
8.933 (18) |
9.266 (19) |
36.697 | - |
| 20 | Miho Yamada | Japan
|
9.316 (15) |
9.133 (19) |
9.200 (17) |
8.616 (20) |
36.265 | - |
Group all-around qualification edit
Final qualifiers edit
| Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus Natalia Boudilo Olga Demskaia Oxana Jdanovitch Svetlana Louzanova Galina Malachenko Alesija Pohodina |
Bulgaria Ina Deltcheva Valentina Kevlian Maria Koleva Maja Tabakova Ivelina Taleva Vjara Vatachka |
China Cai Yingying Huang Ting Huang Ying Zheng Ni Zhong Li |
France Charlotte Camboulives Caroline Chimot Sylvie Didone Audrey Grosclaude Frédérique Léhon Nadia Mimoun |
Russia Yevgeniya Bochkaryova Irina Dzyuba Yuliya Ivanova Yelena Krivoshey Olga Shtyrenko Angelina Yushkova |
Spain Marta Baldó Núria Cabanillas Estela Giménez Lorena Guréndez Tania Lamarca Estíbaliz Martínez |
| Preliminaries: 4 | Preliminaries: 1 | Preliminaries: 6 | Preliminaries: 5 | Preliminaries: 3 | Preliminaries: 2 |
Team rosters edit
Team rosters
Preliminaries edit
Nine teams participated in the preliminary round; the top six teams advanced to the final.
Preliminaries results
| Rank | Team | 5 
|
3 + 2
|
Total | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria
|
19.466 (3) |
19.550 (1) |
39.016 | Q |
| 2 | Spain
|
19.500 (2) |
19.466 (2) |
38.966 | Q |
| 3 | Russia
|
19.516 (1) |
19.366 (3) |
38.882 | Q |
| 4 | Belarus
|
19.300 (4) |
19.133 (4) |
38.433 | Q |
| 5 | France
|
19.200 (6) |
19.033 (5) |
38.233 | Q |
| 6 | China
|
19.133 (7) |
18.999 (6) |
38.132 | Q |
| 7 | Italy
|
19.283 (5) |
18.733 (8) |
38.016 | - |
| 8 | Germany
|
19.050 (8) |
18.832 (7) |
37.882 | - |
| 9 | United States
|
18.400 (9) |
18.233 (9) |
36.633 | - |