When is Olympic gymnastics floor exercise final? What to know about Paris Games event
American female gymnasts have dominated the floor exercise at the Olympics the last dozen years.
U.S. women have won floor exercise gold the past three Olympic Games, most recently Jade Carey in Tokyo in 2021, preceded by Simone Biles in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Aly Raisman in London in 2012.
Team USA has a chance to make it four consecutive gold medals in a row. Carey, the reigning Olympic floor exercise champion, will represent Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, in addition to Biles, the reigning floor exercise world champion. Biles narrowly edged out Brazil's Rebeca Andrade for gold in floor at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, which marked Biles' first major international competition since withdrawing from several events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to "the twisties."
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The last female gymnast to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the floor exercise was the Soviet Union's Larisa Latynina (1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo). Latynina, Ágnes Keleti of Hungary (1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne) and Nellie Kim of the Soviet Union (1976, 1980) are the only female gymnasts to win multiple Olympic gold medals in floor exercise.
Here's everything you need to know about the floor exercise final:
When is gymnastics floor exercise final?
The women's floor exercise final is Monday, Aug. 5, at 8:23 a.m. ET at the Bercy Arena in Paris.
How to watch the gymnastics floor exercise final
The women's floor exercise final will broadcast live on NBC, USA Network and E! Network. It can also be streamed on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com and the NBC Sports app.
Who is the reigning women's floor exercise champion?
Team USA's Jade Carey is the reigning Olympic floor exercise champion after earning gold in Tokyo in 2021. Here's how the final floor exercise podium rounded out:
Gold: USA's Jade Carey — 14.366
Silver: Italy's Vanessa Ferrari — 14.200
Bronze: Japan's Mai Murakami and ROC's Angelina Melnikova — 14.166
Who qualified for the floor finals at the Paris Olympics?
1. Simone Biles, USA, 14.600
2. Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 13.900
3. Jordan Chiles, USA, 13.866
4. Sabrina Voinea, Romania, 13.800
5. Alice D’Amato, Italy, 13.700
6. Ou Yushan, China, 13.666
7. Manila Esposito, Italy, 13.633
8. Kishi Rina, Japan, 13.600
Ana Barbosu, Romania, 13.600
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