Rhythmic Gimnastics is only for women and there are just two events within the Olympic Program: individual all-around competition (introduced in 1984) and team competition (introduced in 1996). There are five different accessories (hoop, rope, clubs, ball, and ribbon), but individual routines are performed with only four of those five. The all-around competition consists of a qualifying round and a semifinal round; the ten best gymnast in the semifinals advance to the final. In the team competition, the best eight advance.
Year |
Gold |
CNT |
Mark |
Silver |
CNT |
Mark |
Bronze |
CNT |
Mark |
2020 |
Simona Dyankova, Stefani Kiryakova, Madlen Radukanova, Laura Traets, Erika Zafirova |
BUL |
92.100 |
Anastasiia Bliznyuk, Anastasiia Maksimova, Angelina Shkatova, Anastasiia Tatareva, Alisa Tishchenko |
ROC |
90.700 |
Martina Centofanti, Agnese Duranti, Alessia Maurelli, Daniela Mogurean, Martina Santandrea |
ITA |
87.700 |
2016 |
Vera Biriukova, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasiia Maksimova, Anastasiia Tatareva, Maria Tolkacheva |
RUS |
36.233 |
Sandra Aguilar, Artemi Gavezou, Elena Lopez, Lourdes Mohedano, Alejandra Quereda |
ESP |
35.766 |
Reneta Kamberova, Lyubomira Kazanova, Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova, Tsvetelina Naydenova, Hristiana Todorova |
BUL |
35.766 |
2012 |
Anastasia Bliznyuk, Uliana Donskova, Ksenia Dudkina, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, Karolina Sevastyanova |
RUS |
57.000 |
Maryna Hancharova, Anastasia Ivankova, Nataliya Leshchyk, Aliaksandra Narkevich, Kseniya Sankovich, Alina Tumilovich |
BLR |
55.500 |
Elisa Blanchi, Romina Laurito, Marta Pagnini, Elisa Santoni, Anzhelika Savrayuk, Andreea Stefanescu |
ITA |
55.450 |
2008 |
Margarita Aliychuk, Anna Gavrilenko, Tatiana Gorbunova, Elena Posevina, Daria Shkurikhina, Natalia Zueva |
RUS |
35.550 |
Cai Tongtong, Chou Tao, Lu Yuanyang, Sui Jianshuang, Sun Dan, Zhang Shuo |
CHN |
35.225 |
Olesya Babushkina, Anastasia Ivankova, Zinaida Lunina, Glafira Martinovich, Kseniya Sankovich, Alina Tumilovich |
BLR |
34.900 |
2004 |
Olesia Beluguina, Olga Glatskikh, Tatiana Kurbakova, Natalia Lavrova, Elena Murzina, Elena Posevina |
RUS |
51.100 |
Elisa Blanchi, Fabrizia D“Ottavio, Marinella Falca, Daniela Masseroni, Elisa Santoni, Laura Vernizzi |
ITA |
49.450 |
Zhaneta Ilieva, Eleonora Kezhova, Zornitsa Marinova, Kristina Ranguelova, Galina Tancheva, Vladislava Tancheva |
BUL |
48.600 |
2000 |
Irina Belova, Elena Chalamova, Natalia Lavrova, Maria Netessova, Vera Shimanskaya, Irina Zilber |
RUS |
39.500* |
Tatyana Ananko, Tatyana Belan, Anna Glazkoya, Irina Ilyenkova, Maria Lazuk, Olga Puzhevich |
BLR |
39.500* |
Eirini Aindili, Evangelia Christodoulou, Maria Georgatou, Zacharoula Karyami, Charikleia Pantazi, Anna Pollatou |
GRE |
39.283 |
1996 |
Marta Baldo, Nuria Cabanillas, Estela Gimenez, Lorena Gurendez, Tania Lamarca, Estibaliz Martinez |
ESP |
38.933 |
Ivelina Taleva, Valentina Kevlian, Ina Deltcheva, Maja Tabakova, Maria Koleva, Vjara Vatachka |
BUL |
38.866 |
Evguenia Botchkareva, Irina Dziouba, Angelina Iouchkova, Olga Chtyrenko, Elena Krivochei, Ioulia Ivanova |
RUS |
38.365 |
* Russia (Sidney 2000) takes gold for having a better total without deducting the highest and lowest marks.