After qualifications, where Japan, China, and the ROC were separated by only three tenths of a point, ROC narrowly won the competition by a tenth of a point over host nation Japan in silver medal position. It is ROC's first title since the 1996 Summer Olympics, when they competed as Russia. China repeated their bronze medal finish from the 2016 Summer Olympics.
After the ROC women won the team all-around title the following day, ROC became the first nation to win both the men's and women's team all-around titles at the same Olympics since China did so at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The top eight teams in qualifications, based on combined scores of each apparatus, advanced to the final. In the final, each team selected three gymnasts to compete on each apparatus. All scores on each apparatus were summed to give a final team score. The scores in qualification did not carry over to the final.[3]