2021 All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships

2021 All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Venue
Location
Dates
  • 15 - 18 April, 2021 (individual all-around)
  • 05 - 06 June, 2021 (apparatus)
  • 11 - 12 December, 2021 (team)
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The 75th All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held on 3 occasions. The individual all-around took place from 15-18 April, followed by the apparatus finals on 5-6 June, and finally the team all-around from 11-12 December.

Takasaki hosted all the individual events, both all-around and apparatus, while the team competition was held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo. The tournaments also served as the national trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the participation of over 170 gymnasts nationwide.[1][2][3]

Qualification

Men's Events

Individual All-around

The maximum of 90 male gymnasts would be qualified to compete for the men's individual all-around event, following these criteria:[4]

  • 2020 All Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships top ranks: 44 gymnasts.
  • National Tryout (tournament 3): 18 gymnasts.
  • Men's Junior Strengthening Department recommendation: 5 gymnasts.
  • Japan Gymnastics Association recommendation: 5 gymnasts.
  • 2021 Summer Universiade shortlist: 18 gymnasts.
    • 53rd All Japan Senior Gymnastics Championships top team: 6 slots.
    • Gakuren recommendation: 12 gymnasts.

Individual Apparatus

The maximum of 24 male gymnasts would be qualified to compete for the men's individual all-around event, following these criteria:[5]

① Winner of 2020 event and the gymnast selected to represent Japan at the World Cup in Doha; or top 2 of 2020 event.

② Top 22-24 gymnasts (not included in ①) all-around qualifying and tryout results to make the maximum of 24.

③ 2 spot for team contribution based on the results up to the NHK Trophy among the players who met the B-selection conditions (NHK Trophy 10th place or less, best team member, world ranking 1st-place winner). This 2 gymnast who didn't passed the All-Japan event-specific qualifying were allowed to perform (but wouldn't advance to the final)

  • Selected athletes for ③ were allowed perform, but the results wouldn't be in the eventual ranking.

  • The selection of qualification ③ was announced after the end of the NHK Trophy.

Team All-around

16 male gymnastics clubs qualified for the team final following these criteria:[6]

  • 12 teams with the highest scores at the competitions below:
    • 75th All Japan Student Championships (1st division)
    • 75th All Japan Student Championships (2nd division)
    • 54th All Japan Senior Gymnastics Championships (1st division)
  • Top 2 teams of the 2021 All-Japan Junior Championships.
  • 1 team with the highest score at the 2021 National High School Championships that hadn't qualified yet.
  • 1 Junior National Selection team.

Schedule

Q Qualification F Finals
Date Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 18 Jun 5 Jun 6 Dec 11 Dec 12
Men's team all-around F
Men's individual all-around Q F
Men's floor Q F
Men's pommel horse Q F
Men's rings Q F
Men's vault Q F
Men's parallel bars Q F
Men's horizontal bar Q F
Women's team all-around F
Women's individual all-around Q F
Women's vault Q F
Women's uneven bars Q F
Women's balance beam Q F
Women's floor Q F

Medal summary

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around Juntendo University
Shigeto Suzuki
Keitaro Okubo
Teppei Miwa
Daiki Hashimoto
Kakuto Murayama
Azusa Emata 		Tokushukai Gymnastics Club
Kazuya Takahashi
Seiya Taura
Takaaki Sugino
Minori Haruki
Takeru Kitazono
Kentaro Yunoki 		Central Sports
Shogo Nonomura
Wataru Tanigawa
Kenta Chiba
Kazuma Kaya
Kakeru Tanigawa
Fuya Maeno
Individual all-around Daiki Hashimoto
Juntendo University 		Wataru Tanigawa
Central Sports 		Kazuma Kaya
Central Sports
Floor exercise Kazuki Minami
Sendai University 		Kenzo Shirai
Nittaidai (teaching) 		Ryosuke Doi
Nittaidai
Pommel horse Yamato Ichiguchi
NIFS Kanoya 		Kenta Chiba
Central Sports 		Kakeru Tanigawa
Central Sports
Rings Yuya Kamoto
Konami Sports 		Kazuya Takahashi
Tokushukai Gymnastics Club 		Takuya Nagano
Kagoshima Sports Association
Vault Hidenobu Yonekura
Tokushukai Gymnastics Club 		Junya Sakumoto
Shizuoka Sangyo University 		Hiyo Kabeya
Nihon University
Parallel bars Yusuke Tanaka
Konami Sports 		not awarded Carlos Yulo
Asahi Life
Kaito Sugimoto
Nittaidai
Horizontal bar Daiki Hashimoto
Juntendo University 		Kohei Uchimura
Joyca 		Takaaki Sugino
Tokushukai Gymnastics Club/NIFS Kanoya

[7]

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around Nittaidai Legyc Sports Sabae High School
Individual all-around Mai Murakami
Nittaidai club 		Hitomi Hatakeda
Central Sports 		Yuna Hiraiwa
Toda Sports
Vault Mai Murakami
Nittaidai club 		Shoko Miyata
Sabae Gymnastics School 		Chiaki Hatakeda
Central Sports
Uneven bars Hitomi Hatakeda
Central Sports 		Ai Takagi
Sohgoh 		Yumika Nakamura
Nittaidai club
Balance beam Mai Murakami
Nittaidai club 		Aiko Sugihara
Mukogawa Women's University 		Yumika Nakamura
Nittaidai club
Floor exercise Aiko Sugihara
Mukogawa Women's University 		Chiaki Hatakeda
Central Sports 		Sae Miyakawa
Sun Music

See also

References

  1. ^ "The 75th All Japan Gymnastics Individual General Championship". Japan Gymnastics Association. March 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "The 75th All Japan Gymnastics Group Championship". Japan Gymnastics Association. October 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "The 75th All Japan Gymnastics Championship". Japan Gymnastics Association. May 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Qualified Participants of the 75th All Japan Gymnastics All-around Championship (Men)" (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association. March 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "List of Qualified Participants for the 75th All Japan Event Championships (Men)" (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association. 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 All Japan Gymnastics Group Championship Qualification" (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association.
  7. ^ "Daiki Hashimoto wins maiden national title to lead race for Olympics". The Japan Times. April 18, 2021.