Few sports have tradition in the modern Olympics quite like gymnastics, which has been a staple of the Summer Games since Athens in 1896.
Gymnastics was a crowd favorite at the 2024 Olympics, with Simone Biles, Suni Lee, and Team USA shining in multiple events.
How does gymnastics work at the Summer Olympics? Here's everything you need to know.
When were gymnastics events at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
Gymnastics took place during a 10-day stretch starting on July 27 and ending on Aug. 5.
Where were gymnastics events at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
Events took place at Bercy Arena in Paris. The venue also hosted basketball during the Games.
What are Olympic gymnastics events?
There are 14 total gymnastics events at the Summer Games -- six in the women's division and eight in the men's.
The men will compete for medals as a team and in the individual all-around, as well as in the individual events: floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar.
The women will also compete as a team and in the all-around, as well as in each individual event: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
What is the Olympic gymnastics format?
Gymnasts rotate from one event to the next in the following order, also known as the Olympic order.
Men's: Floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar
Women's: Vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor
Gymnasts are split into groups, each starting on a different event.
There are four phases of competition: qualification, team finals, all-around finals and event finals. The qualification round consists of competing gymnasts randomly split into smaller subdivisions. Gymnasts complete one routine per qualifying round event save for vault, which requires two if attempting to qualify for the finals.
In qualifications, teams put up four of their five athletes in each event, counting the top three scores. The top eight team scores qualify for the final round, and scores don't carry over.
The top 24 individual scores qualify for the all-around finals (with a maximum of two competitors per nation). The top eight individual gymnasts in each specific event qualify for that respective event final (again, with only two per country allowed).
In the team final, each competing team can put forth three athletes for each specific event. All three scores in each of these events count towards a team's final score, with no dropped scores. The same Olympic order as the qualifying round is used. The top cumulative team score wins.
In individual all-around finals, the top 24 qualifiers are divided into groups of six who rotate through the events in Olympic order.
How did Team USA gymnastics perform at the 2024 Olympics?
Team USA scored 3 golds and 10 medals total at the Summer Games in Paris.