Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's floor

The Men's floor competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the HSBC Arena on 14 August.

Men's floor
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueHSBC Arena
Date14 August 2016
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Winning score15.633
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Max Whitlock  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Diego Hypólito  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arthur Mariano  Brazil
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The medals were presented by Sir Philip Craven IOC member, Great Britain and Steve Butcher, FIG Men's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee President.

Competition format

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The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Qualification

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The gymnasts who ranked in the top eight qualified for the final round. If there were more than two gymnasts in same NOC, the last ranked among them would not qualify for the final round, and the next best ranked gymnast would qualify instead.

Rank Name Difficulty Execution Penalty Total Qualification
1   Sam Mikulak (USA) 6.800 9.000 15.800 Q
2   Jacob Dalton (USA) 6.700 8.900 15.600
3   Kōhei Uchimura (JPN) 6.900 8.633 15.533
4   Diego Hypólito (BRA) 6.800 8.700 15.500*
  Max Whitlock (GBR)
6   Kenzō Shirai (JPN) 7.600 7.833 −0.1 15.333
7   Kristian Thomas (GBR) 6.200 9.033 15.233*
8   Yūsuke Tanaka (JPN) 6.300 8.933 2 per NOC**
9   Arthur Mariano (BRA) 6.400 8.800 15.200* Q
10   Manrique Larduet (CUB) 6.500 8.700 R1
11   Rayderley Zapata (ESP) 6.700 8.383 15.083 R2
12   Benjamin Gischard (SUI) 6.400 8.666 15.066 R3

*When two athletes record the same total score, the one with the higher execution score finishes ahead. If the execution score is the same, then the one with the higher D-score finishes ahead. If the D-score is also the same, then they finish tied.

**Yūsuke Tanaka of Japan was skipped even though he qualified within the top eight because of the strict “two per country” (2 per NOC) rule in individual apparatus finals, and Shirai and Uchimura had already placed ahead of Tanaka.

Final

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Rank Name Difficulty Execution Penalty Total
    Max Whitlock (GBR) 6.800 8.833 15.633
    Diego Hypólito (BRA) 6.800 8.733 15.533
    Arthur Mariano (BRA) 6.700 8.733 15.433
4   Kenzō Shirai (JPN) 7.600 7.766 15.366
5   Kōhei Uchimura (JPN) 6.900 8.641 −0.3 15.241
6   Jacob Dalton (USA) 6.700 8.433 15.133
7   Kristian Thomas (GBR) 6.200 8.858 15.058
8   Sam Mikulak (USA) 6.600 7.833 −0.1 14.333

Crowd Controversy

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Max Whitlock of Great Britain was a somewhat unexpected winner. Kenzō Shirai of Japan, the two-time and reigning world champion on floor, was the overwhelming favorite owing to the extremely high difficulty of his routine and excellent execution. But on this occasion Shirai had problems with his landings on three of his six passes. In separate interviews after the competition, both Shirai and American Sam Mikulak, who was the top qualifier but finished in last place, expressed disappointment with the crowd, whose booing and jeering had grown increasingly loud during non-Brazilian routines as the competition went on.[1] Whitlock had avoided this due to his early draw in the final performance.

References

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  1. ^ "Brazilian gymnasts make history, but Rio crowd accused of disrespect for rivals". 15 August 2016 – via Brisbane Times.