2016 in gymnastics
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The following were the events of Gymnastics for the year 2016 throughout the world.
- April 16 – 24: Aquece Rio Final Gymnastics Qualifier in
Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)[1]
- August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Arena Olímpica do Rio
- August 6 – 16: Artistic gymnastics
- Men
- Men's Team All-Around:
Japan; 
Russia; 
China - Men's Individual All-Around: Kōhei Uchimura;
Oleg Verniaiev; 
Max Whitlock - Men's Floor: Max Whitlock; Diego Hypólito; Arthur Mariano
- Men's Pommel Horse: Max Whitlock; Louis Smith;
Alexander Naddour - Men's Rings:
Eleftherios Petrounias; Arthur Zanetti; Denis Ablyazin - Men's Vault:
Ri Se-gwang; Denis Ablyazin; Kenzō Shirai - Men's Parallel Bars: Oleg Verniaiev; Danell Leyva; David Belyavskiy
- Men's Horizontal Bar:
Fabian Hambüchen; Danell Leyva; Nile Wilson - Women
- Women's Team All-Around: United States; Russia; China
- Women's Individual All-Around: Simone Biles; Aly Raisman; Aliya Mustafina
- Women's Balance Beam:
Sanne Wevers; Laurie Hernandez; Simone Biles - Women's Floor: Simone Biles; Aly Raisman; Amy Tinkler
- Women's Uneven Bars: Aliya Mustafina; Madison Kocian; Sophie Scheder
- Women's Vault: Simone Biles; Maria Paseka;
Giulia Steingruber
- August 12 & 13: Trampolining
- Men:
Uladzislau Hancharou; Dong Dong; Gao Lei - Women:
Rosie MacLennan; Bryony Page; Li Dan
- Men:
- August 19 – 21: Rhythmic gymnastics
- Individual All-Around: Margarita Mamun; Yana Kudryavtseva; Ganna Rizatdinova
- Group All-Around: Russia;
Spain; 
Bulgaria
- Individual All-Around:
- August 6 – 16: Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
- February 19 – 21: 2016 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup AGF Trophy (#1) in
Baku[2][3]
- Japan won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- March 5: AT&T American Cup World Cup 2016 C II (#2) in Newark, New Jersey[4][5]
- Men's winner: Ryōhei Katō
- Women's winner: Gabby Douglas
- Men's winner:
- March 12: World Cup 2016 C II (#3) in Glasgow[6][7]
- Men's winner: Max Whitlock
- Women's winner: MyKayla Skinner
- Men's winner:
- March 19 & 20: EnBW DTB-POKAL World Cup 2016 C II (#4) in Stuttgart[8][9]
- World Cup: Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Overall Men's Team Challenge winners: Great Britain
- Individual Men's Apparatus Team Challenge: Brazil, Great Britain, and Ukraine won 2 gold medals each. Ukraine won the overall medal tally.
- Overall Women's Team Challenge winners: Russia
- Individual Women's Apparatus Team Challenge: Switzerland won the gold medal tally. Russia won the overall medal tally.
- World Cup:
- March 23 – 26: 2016 African Artistic Gymnastics Championships for Men and Women in
Algiers[10]
- Algeria won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- March 24 – 26: 9th FIG ART Gymnastics World Challenge Cup (#5) in
Doha[11][12]
- Switzerland won the gold medal tally. Brazil and
Slovenia won 4 overall medals each.
- March 31 – April 4: 40th "TURNIER DER MEISTER" FIG World Challenge Cup (#6) in Cottbus[13][14]
- April 8 – 10: 12th Ljubljana FIG World Challenge Cup (#7) in Slovenia[15][16]
- Slovenia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- April 28 – May 1: FIG World Challenge Cup #8 in
Osijek[17][18]
- Great Britain won the gold medal tally. Russia won the overall medal tally.
- May 13 – 15: FIG World Challenge Cup #9 in Varna[19][20]
- Ukraine won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- May 20 – 22: FIG World Challenge Cup #10 in São Paulo[21][22]
- Brazil won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- May 25 – 29: 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern[23]
- Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- June 1 – 5: 2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern[24]
- Seniors: Russia and Switzerland won 2 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
- Juniors: Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- Seniors:
- June 23 – 26: FIG World Challenge Cup Artistic Gymnastics (#11) in
Anadia, Portugal[25][26]
- July 1 – 3: FIG World Challenge Cup #12 in
Mersin[27][28]
- Turkey won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- October 7 – 9: FIG World Challenge Cup #13 (final) in
Szombathely[29]
- China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
- November 17 – 20: 41st Turnier der Meister FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup 2016 in Cottbus[30][31]
- Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
