Shannon Miller
Gymnastics events have been staged at the
Olympic Games since
1896 ,
[1] but women's events first appeared in
1928 . American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980.
[2] A total of 83 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 48 medals at the Olympics – 9 in team all-around, 8 in individual all-around, 4 in vault, 8 in uneven bars, 10 in balance beam, and 9 in floor exercise. The medals include 28 golds.
[3] The U.S. has medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics since 1992, winning golds in 1996, 2012, and 2016.
[2]
Seven American female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games:
Shannon Miller (seven),
Simone Biles (seven),
Aly Raisman (six),
Nastia Liukin (five),
Mary Lou Retton (five),
Dominique Dawes (four), and
Shawn Johnson (four).
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
In 1984, Mary Lou Retton became the first American female gymnast to win the individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics.
[9] She won five total medals that year in the only Olympic Games she participated in.
[6]
Shannon Miller, who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, won seven total Olympic medals, which was the most of any American female gymnast before the 2021 Olympics in which Simone Biles tied for the number of Olympic medals won. Miller won five medals in 1992 and added two more in 1996.
[3]
[4] Dominique Dawes competed at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics, winning four medals.
[7] Miller and Dawes were both members of the "
Magnificent Seven ", the 1996 team that became the first American squad to win the team all-around gold medal at the Olympics. The competition was highlighted by
Kerri Strug sticking a vault while injured to ensure the U.S. victory.
[10]
Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson won five and four medals, respectively, in 2008, the only Olympics that either one participated in. Liukin won the individual all-around gold medal, and Johnson won the balance beam gold medal.
[5]
[8]
In 2012, the U.S. won the team all-around for the second time. This team, which was nicknamed the "
Fierce Five ", featured five gymnasts who were all making their first appearance at the Olympics.
[11] That year,
Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and
Aly Raisman won the gold medal in floor exercise.
[12]
[13]
In 2016, the U.S. won the team all-around gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team was nicknamed "The Final Five" (as 2016 was the last year when five team members were allowed to participate) and featured the return of 2012 Olympic gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. It also featured newcomers Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and three-time reigning world all-around champion
Simone Biles . Biles won the individual all-around, vault, and floor exercise gold medals, and also took bronze in the balance beam final. Raisman won silver medals in the all-around and floor exercise. Hernandez took the silver on the balance beam while Kocian, the reigning uneven bars world co-champion would win silver in that event. The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall.
Gymnasts
Simone Biles
Gabby Douglas
Nastia Liukin
McKayla Maroney
Dominique Moceanu
Carly Patterson
Samantha Peszek
Gymnast
Years
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total medals
Age at Last Olympics
Ref.
Marian Barone
1948, 1952
0
0
1
1
28
[14]
Mohini Bhardwaj
2004
0
1
0
1
25
[15]
Pam Bileck
1984
0
1
0
1
15
[16]
Simone Biles
2016, 2020
4
1
2
7
24
[17]
Amanda Borden
1996
1
0
0
1
19
[18]
Wendy Bruce
1992
0
0
1
1
19
[19]
Jade Carey
2020
1
0
0
1
21
[17]
Colleen Casey
[1]
1976
0
0
0
0
16
[20]
Kimberly Chace
[2]
1972, 1976
0
0
0
0
20
[21]
Jordan Chiles
2020
0
1
0
1
20
[17]
Amy Chow
1996, 2000
1
1
1
3
22
[22]
Wendy Cluff
[3]
1968
0
0
0
0
17
[23]
Kathy Corrigan
[4]
1964
0
0
0
0
19
[24]
Dorothy Dalton
1948, 1952
0
0
1
1
30
[25]
Jamie Dantzscher
2000
0
0
1
1
18
[26]
Dominique Dawes
1992, 1996, 2000
1
0
3
4
23
[7]
Gabby Douglas
2012, 2016
3
0
0
3
20
[12]
Michelle Dusserre
1984
0
1
0
1
15
[27]
Meta Elste-Neumann
1948, 1952
0
0
1
1
28
[28]
Carrie Englert
1976
0
0
0
0
18
[29]
Doris Fuchs
1956, 1960
0
0
0
0
22
[30]
Kelly Garrison
1988
0
0
0
0
21
[31]
Kathy Gleason
[5]
1968
0
0
0
0
19
[32]
Muriel Grossfeld
1956, 1960, 1964
0
0
0
0
23
[33]
Ruth Grulkowski
1952
0
0
0
0
21
[34]
Annia Hatch
2004
0
2
0
2
26
[35]
Laurie Hernandez
2016
1
1
0
2
16
Marie Hoesly
1952
0
0
0
0
35
[36]
Kathy Howard
1976
0
0
0
0
18
[37]
Judy Howe
1956
0
0
0
0
21
[38]
Terin Humphrey
2004
0
2
0
2
17
[39]
Brandy Johnson
1988
0
0
0
0
15
[40]
Kathy Johnson
1984
0
1
1
2
24
[41]
Shawn Johnson
2008
1
3
0
4
16
[8]
Doris Kirkman
1952
0
0
0
0
22
[42]
Jacquelyn Klein
1956
0
0
0
0
19
[43]
Madison Kocian
2016
1
1
0
2
19
Courtney Kupets
2004
0
1
1
2
18
[44]
Sunisa Lee
2020
1
1
1
3
18
[17]
Nastia Liukin
2008
1
3
1
5
18
[5]
Kristen Maloney
2000
0
0
1
1
19
[45]
Melissa Marlowe
1988
0
0
0
0
16
[46]
McKayla Maroney
2012
1
1
0
2
16
[47]
Betty-Jean Maycock
1960
0
0
0
0
17
[48]
Dorothy McClements
1964
0
0
0
0
19
[49]
Courtney McCool
2004
0
1
0
1
16
[50]
Grace McCallum
2020
0
1
0
1
18
[17]
Julianne McNamara
1984
1
2
0
3
18
[51]
Chellsie Memmel
2008
0
1
0
1
20
[52]
Linda Metheny
1964, 1968, 1972
0
0
0
0
25
[53]
Shannon Miller
1992, 1996
2
2
3
7
19
[4]
Phoebe Mills
1988
0
0
1
1
15
[54]
Dominique Moceanu
1996
1
0
0
1
14
[55]
Theresa Montefusco
[6]
1960
0
0
0
0
19
[56]
Joan Moore
[7]
1972
0
0
0
0
18
[57]
Colleen Mulvihill
[8]
1968
0
0
0
0
16
[58]
Betty Okino
1992
0
0
1
1
17
[59]
Carly Patterson
2004
1
2
0
3
16
[60]
Samantha Peszek
2008
0
1
0
1
16
[61]
Jaycie Phelps
1996
1
0
0
1
16
[62]
Roxanne Pierce
[9]
1972
0
0
0
0
17
[63]
Joyce Racek
1956
0
0
0
0
18
[64]
Aly Raisman
2012, 2016
3
2
1
6
22
[13]
Elise Ray
2000
0
0
1
1
18
[65]
Mary Lou Retton
1984
1
2
2
5
16
[6]
Sharon Richardson
[10]
1960
0
0
0
0
17
[66]
Cathy Rigby
1968, 1972
0
0
0
0
19
[67]
Kyla Ross
2012
1
0
0
1
15
[68]
Sandra Ruddick
1956
0
0
0
0
24
[69]
Alicia Sacramone
2008
0
1
0
1
20
[70]
Clara Schroth
1948, 1952
0
0
1
1
21
[71]
Tasha Schwikert
2000
0
0
1
1
15
[72]
MyKayla Skinner
2020
0
1
0
1
24
[17]
Bridget Sloan
2008
0
1
0
1
16
[73]
Gail Sontgerath
[11]
1960
0
0
0
0
16
[74]
Janie Speaks
[12]
1964
0
0
0
0
16
[75]
Hope Spivey
1988
0
0
0
0
17
[76]
Chelle Stack
1988
0
0
0
0
15
[77]
Kerri Strug
1992, 1996
1
0
1
2
18
[78]
Tracee Talavera
1984
0
1
0
1
17
[79]
Joyce Tanac
[13]
1968
0
0
0
0
18
[80]
Nancy Thies
[14]
1972
0
0
0
0
15
[81]
Ruth Topalian
[15]
1952
0
0
0
0
25
[82]
Marie Walther
1964
0
0
0
0
19
[83]
Jordyn Wieber
2012
1
0
0
1
17
[84]
Debra Willcox
[16]
1976
0
0
0
0
16
[85]
Leslie Wolfsberger
[17]
1976
0
0
0
0
17
[86]
Kim Zmeskal
1992
0
0
1
1
16
[87]
Medalists
Medal
Name
Year
Event
Bronze
Bakanic ,
Barone ,
Lenz ,
Dalton ,
Elste ,
Schifano ,
Schroth ,
Simonis
1948 London
Women's team
Silver
Bileck ,
Dusserre ,
Johnson ,
McNamara ,
Retton ,
Talavera
1984 Los Angeles
Women's team
Gold
Mary Lou Retton
Women's all-around
Silver
Mary Lou Retton
Women's vault
Gold
Julianne McNamara
Women's uneven bars
Bronze
Mary Lou Retton
Bronze
Kathy Johnson
Women's balance beam
Silver
Julianne McNamara
Women's floor exercise
Bronze
Mary Lou Retton
Bronze
Phoebe Mills
1988 Seoul
Women's balance beam
Bronze
Bruce ,
Dawes ,
Miller ,
Okino ,
Strug ,
Zmeskal
1992 Barcelona
Women's team
Silver
Shannon Miller
Women's all-around
Bronze
Shannon Miller
Women's uneven bars
Silver
Shannon Miller
Women's balance beam
Bronze
Shannon Miller
Women's floor exercise
Gold
Borden ,
Chow ,
Dawes ,
Miller ,
Moceanu ,
Phelps ,
Strug
1996 Atlanta
Women's team
Silver
Amy Chow
Women's uneven bars
Gold
Shannon Miller
Women's balance beam
Bronze
Dominique Dawes
Women's floor exercise
Bronze
Chow ,
Dantzscher ,
Dawes ,
Maloney ,
Ray ,
Schwikert
2000 Sydney
Women's team
Silver
Bhardwaj ,
Hatch ,
Humphrey ,
Kupets ,
McCool ,
Patterson
2004 Athens
Women's team
Gold
Carly Patterson
Women's all-around
Silver
Annia Hatch
Women's vault
Silver
Terin Humphrey
Women's uneven bars
Bronze
Courtney Kupets
Silver
Carly Patterson
Women's balance beam
Silver
Johnson ,
Liukin ,
Memmel ,
Peszek ,
Sacramone ,
Sloan
2008 Beijing
Women's team
Gold
Nastia Liukin
Women's all-around
Silver
Shawn Johnson
Silver
Nastia Liukin
Women's uneven bars
Gold
Shawn Johnson
Women's balance beam
Silver
Nastia Liukin
Silver
Shawn Johnson
Women's floor exercise
Bronze
Nastia Liukin
Gold
Douglas ,
Maroney ,
Raisman ,
Ross ,
Wieber
2012 London
Women's team
Gold
Gabby Douglas
Women's all-around
Silver
McKayla Maroney
Women's vault
Bronze
Aly Raisman
Women's balance beam
Gold
Aly Raisman
Women's floor exercise
Gold
Biles ,
Douglas ,
Hernandez ,
Kocian ,
Raisman
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Women's team
Gold
Simone Biles
Women's all-around
Silver
Aly Raisman
Gold
Simone Biles
Women's vault
Silver
Madison Kocian
Women's uneven bars
Silver
Laurie Hernandez
Women's balance beam
Bronze
Simone Biles
Gold
Simone Biles
Women's floor exercise
Silver
Aly Raisman
Silver
Biles ,
Chiles ,
Lee ,
McCallum
2020 Tokyo
Women's team
Gold
Sunisa Lee
Women's all-around
Silver
MyKayla Skinner
Women's vault
Bronze
Sunisa Lee
Women's uneven bars
Bronze
Simone Biles
Women's balance beam
Gold
Jade Carey
Women's floor exercise
See also
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"Annia Hatch" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Kathy Howard" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Judy Howe" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Terin Humphrey" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Brandy Johnson" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Kathy Johnson" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Dale McClements" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Courtney McCool" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Julianne McNamara" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Chellsie Memmel" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Linda Metheny" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Phoebe Mills" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Dominique Moceanu" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Theresa Montefusco" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Joan Moore" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Colleen Mulvihill" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Betty Okino" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Carly Patterson" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Samantha Peszek" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Jaycie Phelps" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Roxanne Pierce" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Joyce Racek" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Elise Ray" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Sharon Richardson" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Cathy Rigby" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Kyla Ross" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Sandra Ruddick" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Alicia Sacramone" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Gail Sontgerath" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Janie Speaks" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Hope Spivey" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Nancy Thies" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Ruth Topalian" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Marie Walther" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Jordyn Wieber" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Leslie Wolfsberger" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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"Kim Zmeskal" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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