Artistic Gymnastics by the Numbers via FIG

The 2016 Rio Olympic Games begin today and it's sure to be an incredible month of gymnastics. The FIG broke down artistic gymnastics by the numbers below. A

Aug 5, 2016 by Rebecca Johnson

Artistic Gymnastics by the Numbers via FIG

The 2016 Rio Olympic Games begin today and it's sure to be an incredible month of gymnastics. The FIG broke down artistic gymnastics by the numbers below.

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Among the 98 competitors in the women's competition...

6 Olympic champions

Catalina Ponor (ROU/3: Balance Beam, Floor and Team 2004. Ponor also has a silver medal on Floor and Team bronze from 2012)
Gabrielle Douglas (USA/2: All-around and Team 2012)
Alexandra Raisman (USA/2: Floor and Team 2012, she also won bronze on Beam in 2012)
Alyia Mustafina (RUS/1: Uneven Bars 2012, also Team silver medal and All-Around and Floor bronzes from 2012)
Oksana Chusovitina (former EUN, GER and now UZB/1: Team 1992, also has a silver medal on Vault from 2008)
Hong Un Jong (PRK/1: Vault 2008)

1 other Olympic medallist

Maria Paseka (RUS/Team silver 2012 and bronze on Vault 2012)

11 World champions

Simone Biles (USA/a record 10 titles: 2013,14,15 All-around and Floor, 2014/15 Beam and Team)
Oksana Chusovitina (former EUN, GER and now UZB/3: Floor and Team 1991, Vault 2003)
Madison Kocian (USA/3: Uneven Bars 2015 and Team 2014/15)
Aliya Mustafina (RUS/3: All-Around and Team 2010, Beam 2013)
Gabrielle Douglas (USA/2: Team 2011/15)
Alexandra Raisman (USA/2: Team 2011/15)
Fan Yilin (CHN/1: Uneven Bars 2015)
Vanessa Ferrari (ITA/1: All-Around 2006)
Hong Un Jong (PRK/1: Vault 2014)
Maria Paseka (RUS/1: Vault 2015)
Daria Spiridonova (RUS/1: Uneven Bars 2015)

Youngest gymnast

Senna Deriks,15 (BEL/born 2000/12/30)

Oldest gymnast

Oksana Chusovitina, 41 (UZB/born 1975/06/19)
Chusovitina, who has during her career competed under four different flags (USSR, Unified Team, GER and UZB), is taking part in her seventh Olympic Games in Rio, a new record in Gymnastics.

Among the 98 competitors in the men's competition...

4 Olympic champions

Kohei Uchimura (JPN/All-Around 2012, he also owns four Olympic silver medals: All-Around 2008, Team 2008 and Floor and Team 2012)
Zhang Chenglong (CHN/Team 2012)
Arthur Zanetti (BRA/Still Rings 2012)
Epke Zonderland (NED/Horizontal Bar 2012)

15 other Olympic medallists

Marian Dragulescu (ROU/3: silver on Floor 2004, bronze on Vault and Team 2004)
Louis Smith (GBR/3: bronze 2008 and silver 2012 on Pommel Horse, Team bronze 2012)
Denis Abliazin (RUS/2: silver on Vault and bronze on Floor 2012)
Fabian Hambuechen (GER/2: silver in 2012 and bronze in 2008 on Horizontal Bar)
Marcel Nguyen (GER/2: silver All-Around and on Parallel Bars 2012)
Max Whitlock (GBR/2: bronze on Pommel Horse and Team 2012)
Anton Fokin (UZB/1: bronze on Parallel Bars 2008)
Filip Ude (CRO/1: silver on Pommel Horse 2008)
Yoo Wonchul (KOR/1: silver on Parallel Bars 2008)
Ryohei Kato (JPN/1: Team silver 2012)
Yusuke Tanaka (JPN/1: Team silver 2012)
Danell Leyva (USA/1: All-Around bronze 2012)
Igor Radivilov (UKR/1: bronze on Vault 2012)
Kristian Thomas (GBR/1: Team bronze 2012)
Koji Yamamuro (JPN/1: Team silver 2012)

22 World champions

Kohei Uchimura (JPN/10: All-Around 2009,10,11,13,14,15, Floor 2011, Parallel Bars 2013, Team and Horizontal Bar 2015)
Marian Dragulescu (ROU/8: Floor 2001/02/06/09 and Vault 2001/05/06/09)
Zhang Chenglong (CHN/4: Team 2010,11,14, Horizontal Bar 2010)
Kenzo Shirai (JPN/3: Floor 2013,15 and Team 2015)
Diego Hypolito (BRA/2: Floor 2005,07)
Liu Yang (CHN/2: Team and Still Rings 2014)
Vlasios Maras (GRE/2: Horizontal Bar 2001/02)
Ri Se Gwang (PRK/2: Vault 2014/15)
You Hao (CHN/2: Team 2014, Parallel Bars 2015)
Epke Zonderland (NED/2: Horizontal Bar 2013,14)
Denis Abliazin (RUS/1: Floor 2014)
Deng Shudi (CHN/1: Team 2014)
Fabian Hambuechen (GER/1: Horizontal Bar 2007)
Ryohei Kato (JPN/1: Team 2015)
Danell Leyva (USA/1: Parallel Bars 2011)
Lin Chaopan (CHN/1: Parallel Bars 2013, Team 2014)
Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE/1: Still Rings 2015)
Yusuke Tanaka (JPN/1: Team 2015)
Yuri Van Gelder (NED/1: Still Rings 2005)
Oleg Verniaiev (UKR/1: Parallel Bars 2014)
Max Whitlock (GBR/1: Pommel Horse 2015)
Arthur Zanetti (BRA/1: Still Rings 2013).