Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around
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Women's artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Ariake Gymnastics Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | 29 July 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning total | 57.433 points | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's artistic individual all-around event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on 29 July 2021.[1] Approximately 80 gymnasts from 49 nations (of the 98 total gymnasts) competed in the all-around in the qualifying round.[2]
Sunisa Lee won the competition, continuing the winning streak of the United States since 2004 in the women's individual all-around. Lee is the first women's individual all-around champion of Asian descent, the first Asian-American individual Olympic champion in women's artistic gymnastics, and the first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport.[3] Brazil's Rebeca Andrade earned the silver medal for her first Olympic medal, as well as the first medal in women's artistic gymnastics for her country. Andrade is also the first all-around medalist from a country which did not qualify a full team to the Olympics.[4] Angelina Melnikova of ROC rounded off the podium in bronze, adding an individual medal to her two Olympic team medals. Melnikova earned a third consecutive bronze medal for Russian gymnasts in the women's individual all-around, following two from Aliya Mustafina.
The medals for the competition were presented by Anant Singh, South Africa; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Donatella Sacchi, Italy; FIG Delegate.