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American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. [2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 11 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 7 in vault, 10 in uneven bars, 11 in balance beam, and 12 in floor exercise.
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. [1] Since then, 30 female gymnasts have won at least five total medals. The country with the most athletes on this list is the Soviet Union, with nine. Romania (6), United States (6), Hungary (4), East Germany (2), Russia (2), Brazil (1), and Czechoslovakia (1) are also ...
Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the Chinese team be stripped, and awarded to the fourth-placed United States team, as it was revealed that Dong Fangxiao was underage (14, with age limit >16) at the time. The IOC upheld the FIG decision in April 2010.
After participating in the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996, Shannon Miller earned the distinction as the most decorated U.S. female Olympic gymnast of all time, with two gold, two silver and three ...
Simone Biles has made history as the most decorated American Olympic gymnast, surpassing fellow Olympian athlete Shannon Miller. ... Biles set an American record for most gold medals in women’s ...
Suni Lee competed in the Tokyo Olympics and won a gold medal for best all-around athlete at the time, in 2021. Last year, she began suffering from kidney ailments that hindered her ability to train.
Biles became the third female gymnast to win two Olympic all-around titles after Larisa Latynina (1956–1960) and Věra Čáslavská (1964–1968) and the first to do so non-consecutively. [11] Lee became the first reigning champion since Nadia Comaneci in 1980 to return to the Olympic all-around podium.
The United States' women’s gymnastics team dominated, winning gold in team competition here with a score of 171.296, a full 5.802 ahead of second-place Italy. Brazil took bronze. Brazil took bronze.