United States Olympic trials (gymnastics)

The United States Olympic team trials in gymnastics are held before every Summer Olympic Games to select the participants for the US Olympic gymnastics team. The event is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and run by USA Gymnastics.

The first Olympic trials were held in 1960 in West Point, New York, to select athletes for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[1] The men's and women's trials have been held both separately and then as one event.[2] Many of the early results are hard to come by as they were not recorded or published to the public.

Editions

Year Location Dates Women's champion Men's champion Notes Ref
1960 West Point, New York
1964 San Fernando, California (MAG)
Kings Point, New York (WAG)
1968 Los Angeles, California (MAG)
Long Beach, California (WAG)
1972 Des Plaines, Illinois (MAG)
Long Beach, California (WAG)		 May 26–28 Roxanne Pierce Steve Hug [3]
1976 University Park, Pennsylvania (MAG)
Los Angeles, California (WAG)		 May 20–22 Kathy Howard Kurt Thomas [4]
1980 Jacksonville, Florida Tracee Talavera Bart Conner Olympic trials were held and teams for both MAG and WAG were selected;
however the USA boycotted the Olympics.		 [5]
1984 Jacksonville, Florida June 1–3 Mary Lou Retton Peter Vidmar [6][7]
1988 Salt Lake City, Utah August 4–7 Phoebe Mills Charles Lakes [8]
1992 Baltimore, Maryland June 9–14 Shannon Miller Scott Keswick [9]
1996 Boston, Massachusetts June 25–30 Dominique Dawes John Roethlisberger [10][11][12]
2000 Boston, Massachusetts August 17–20 Elise Ray Blaine Wilson [13][14]
2004 Anaheim, California June 24–27 Courtney Kupets Paul Hamm [15][16]
2008 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 19–22 Shawn Johnson Jonathan Horton [17][18][19]
2012 San Jose, California June 28–July 1 Gabby Douglas Danell Leyva [20][21][22]
2016 St. Louis, Missouri (MAG)
San Jose, California (WAG)		 June 23–26
July 8–10		 Simone Biles Sam Mikulak [23][24]
[25][26]
2020 St. Louis, Missouri June 25–28, 2020
June 24–27, 2021		 Simone Biles Brody Malone Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[27] [28][29]
[30][31]
2024 Minneapolis, Minnesota June 27–30, 2024 Simone Biles Fred Richard [32]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Timeline".
  2. ^ "U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials change format, name host city". NBC Sports. August 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Cathy Rigby Added To Gymnastic Team Despite Foot Injury". New York Times. May 28, 1972.
  4. ^ "On the Beam for Montreal". Sports Illustrated. May 24, 1976.
  5. ^ "1980 U.S. Gymnastics Team To Be Honored In Hartford In August". Hartford Courant. June 10, 2010.
  6. ^ "OLYMPICS ROUNDUP". The Washington Post.
  7. ^ "Gymnastics Results U.S. Olympic Gymnastics trials At Jacksonville, Fla., June 4". United Press International. June 2, 1984.
  8. ^ "1988 U.S. OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS TRIALS". Deseret News. August 2, 1988.
  9. ^ "Politics on women's side throw gymnastics trials for ugly tumble". Baltimore Sun. June 15, 1992.
  10. ^ "Women's Petitions Approved to the U.S. Olympic trials-Gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. June 11, 1996.
  11. ^ "1996 U.S. Olympic trials-Gymnastics: Veteran Men's Team Headed to Atlanta". USA Gymnastics. June 29, 1996.
  12. ^ "1996 U.S. Olympic trials-Gymnastics: Strong Women's Team Headed to Atlanta". USA Gymnastics. June 30, 1996.
  13. ^ "Elise Ray Wins U.S. Olympic Team trials". USA Gymnastics. August 20, 2000.
  14. ^ "Blaine Wilson Wins U.S. Olympic Team trials". USA Gymnastics. August 19, 2000.
  15. ^ "Qualifiers Set For 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. June 15, 2004.
  16. ^ "Kupets, McCool Secure Spots On U.S. Olympic Team". USA Gymnastics. June 27, 2004.
  17. ^ "Philadelphia hosts activities as prelude to U.S. Olympic Team trials". USA Gymnastics. June 15, 2008.
  18. ^ "Horton, Paul Hamm nominated to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team". USA Gymnastics. June 21, 2008.
  19. ^ "Johnson, Liukin nominated to 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team". USA Gymnastics. June 22, 2008.
  20. ^ "Field set for 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics in San Jose, Calif". USA Gymnastics. June 12, 2020.
  21. ^ "Douglas wins all-around at 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials". USA Gymnastics. July 2, 2012.
  22. ^ "Orozco, Leyva punch tickets to the 2012 Olympic Games". USA Gymnastics. June 30, 2012.
  23. ^ "Women's Olympic trials, Congress bring gymnastics community to San Jose this week". USA Gymnastics. July 7, 2016.
  24. ^ "USA's best gymnasts head to St. Louis for the men's Olympic trials and P&G Championships". USA Gymnastics. June 21, 2016.
  25. ^ "Biles wins all-around at 2016 U.S. Olympic Team trials; U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team named in San Jose". USA Gymnastics. July 10, 2016.
  26. ^ "Mikulak wins all-around at 2016 U.S. Olympic Team trials; U.S. Olympic Men's Gymnastics Team named in St. Louis". USA Gymnastics. June 25, 2016.
  27. ^ "Update on 2020 USA Gymnastics Events - March 27". USA Gymnastics. March 27, 2020.
  28. ^ "St. Louis will host 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. April 23, 2019.
  29. ^ "USA Gymnastics announces rescheduled 2021 dates for postponed U.S. Olympic Team trials, USA Gymnastics Championships and the 2021 National Congress and Trade Show". USA Gymnastics. July 17, 2020.
  30. ^ "USA Gymnastics announces men's Olympic team roster for artistic gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. June 26, 2021.
  31. ^ "Simone Biles secures spot on United States Gymnastics team for next month's Tokyo Olympics". CNN. June 28, 2021.
  32. ^ "Minneapolis, Minnesota to host 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, become Gymnastics City USA 2024". USA Gymnastics. June 13, 2023.