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2012 Olympic Team, the "Fierce Five" at the White House

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896,[1] but women's events first appeared in 1928. American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980.[2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 11 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 7 in vault, 10 in uneven bars, 11 in balance beam, and 12 in floor exercise. The medals include 19 golds. The U.S. has medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics since 1992, winning golds in 1996, 2012, 2016, and 2024.

Eight American female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games the most of which was Simone Biles's tally of eleven total medal (including seven gold medals). Other top medalists include: Shannon Miller (seven), Sunisa Lee (six), Aly Raisman (six), Nastia Liukin (five), Mary Lou Retton (five), Dominique Dawes (four), and Shawn Johnson (four).[3][4][5][6][7]

In 1984, Mary Lou Retton became the first American female gymnast to win the individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics.[8] She won five total medals that year in the only Olympic Games she participated in.[5]

Shannon Miller, who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, won seven total Olympic medals, which was the most of any American female gymnast before the 2021 Olympics in which Simone Biles tied for the number of Olympic medals won. Miller won five medals in 1992 and added two more in 1996.[9][3] Dominique Dawes competed at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics, winning four medals.[6] Miller and Dawes were both members of the "Magnificent Seven", the 1996 team that became the first American squad to win the team all-around gold medal at the Olympics. The competition was highlighted by Kerri Strug sticking a vault while injured to ensure the U.S. victory.[10]

Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson won five and four medals, respectively, in 2008, the only Olympics that either one participated in. Liukin won the individual all-around gold medal, and Johnson won the balance beam gold medal.[4][7]

In 2012 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second time. This team, which was nicknamed the "Fierce Five", featured five gymnasts who were all making their first appearance at the Olympics.[11] That year, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and Aly Raisman won the gold medal on floor exercise and the bronze medal on balance beam. McKayla Maroney won silver on vault.[12][13]

In 2016 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team was nicknamed "The Final Five" (as the team members were the last 5 who competed under Marta Karolyi) and featured the return of 2012 Olympic gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. It also featured newcomers Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and three-time reigning world all-around champion Simone Biles. Biles won the individual all-around, vault, and floor exercise gold medals, and also took bronze on the balance beam. Raisman won silver medals in the all-around and floor exercise. Hernandez took the silver on the balance beam while Kocian, the reigning uneven bars world co-champion, won silver on that event. The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall.

For the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the U.S. women's team earned the team silver medal. Simone Biles was the only gymnast from the previous Olympics to return to the team. Sunisa Lee became the individual all-around champion, the sixth women from the U.S. to do so. Lee also won the bronze on uneven bars, Biles won bronze on balance beam, MyKayla Skinner won silver on Vault, and Jade Carey won gold on floor exercise.

Four U.S. Olympic gymnasts returned to the 2024 Olympics - Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee. In addition, 16 year old Hezly Rivera was chosen for the team. The five won the team all-around gold medal, while Biles and Lee won the gold and bronze individual all-around medals, respectively. Biles went on to win gold on vault and silver on floor exercise, while Lee won the bronze on uneven bars and Carey won bronze on vault.

Gymnasts

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Simone Biles
Gabby Douglas
Nastia Liukin
Aly Raisman
Sunisa Lee
Carly Patterson
Shannon Miller
Gymnast Years Gold Silver Bronze Total medals Age at Last Olympics Ref.
Marian Barone 1948, 1952 0 0 1 1 28 [14]
Mohini Bhardwaj 2004 0 1 0 1 25 [15]
Pam Bileck 1984 0 1 0 1 15 [16]
Simone Biles 2016, 2020, 2024 7 2 2 11 27 [17]
Amanda Borden 1996 1 0 0 1 19 [18]
Wendy Bruce 1992 0 0 1 1 19 [19]
Jade Carey 2020, 2024 2 0 1 3 24 [20]
Kolleen Casey 1976 0 0 0 0 16 [21]
Kimberly Chace 1972, 1976 0 0 0 0 20 [22]
Jordan Chiles 2020, 2024 1 1 0 2 23 [23]
Amy Chow 1996, 2000 1 1 1 3 22 [24]
Wendy Cluff 1968 0 0 0 0 17 [25]
Kathy Corrigan 1964 0 0 0 0 19 [26]
Dorothy Dalton 1948, 1952 0 0 1 1 29 [27]
Jamie Dantzscher 2000 0 0 1 1 18 [28]
Dominique Dawes 1992, 1996, 2000 1 0 3 4 23 [6]
Gabby Douglas 2012, 2016 3 0 0 3 20 [12]
Michelle Dusserre 1984 0 1 0 1 15 [29]
Meta Elste-Neumann 1948, 1952 0 0 1 1 32 [30]
Carrie Englert 1976 0 0 0 0 18 [31]
Doris Fuchs 1956, 1960 0 0 0 0 22 [32]
Kelly Garrison 1988 0 0 0 0 21 [33]
Kathy Gleason 1968 0 0 0 0 19 [34]
Muriel Grossfeld 1956, 1960, 1964 0 0 0 0 24 [35]
Ruth Grulkowski 1952 0 0 0 0 21 [36]
Annia Hatch 2004 0 2 0 2 26 [37]
Laurie Hernandez 2016 1 1 0 2 16
Marie Hoesly 1952 0 0 0 0 35 [38]
Kathy Howard 1976 0 0 0 0 18 [39]
Judy Howe 1956 0 0 0 0 21 [40]
Terin Humphrey 2004 0 2 0 2 17 [41]
Brandy Johnson 1988 0 0 0 0 15 [42]
Kathy Johnson 1984 0 1 1 2 24 [43]
Shawn Johnson 2008 1 3 0 4 16 [7]
Doris Kirkman 1952 0 0 0 0 22 [44]
Jackie Klein 1956 0 0 0 0 19 [45]
Madison Kocian 2016 1 1 0 2 19
Courtney Kupets 2004 0 1 1 2 18 [46]
Sunisa Lee 2020, 2024 2 1 3 6 21 [47]
Nastia Liukin 2008 1 3 1 5 18 [4]
Kristen Maloney 2000 0 0 1 1 19 [48]
Melissa Marlowe 1988 0 0 0 0 16 [49]
McKayla Maroney 2012 1 1 0 2 16 [50]
Betty-Jean Maycock 1960 0 0 0 0 17 [51]
Dorothy McClements 1964 0 0 0 0 19 [52]
Courtney McCool 2004 0 1 0 1 16 [53]
Grace McCallum 2020 0 1 0 1 18 [54]
Julianne McNamara 1984 1 2 0 3 18 [55]
Chellsie Memmel 2008 0 1 0 1 20 [56]
Linda Metheny 1964, 1968, 1972 0 0 0 0 25 [57]
Shannon Miller 1992, 1996 2 2 3 7 19 [3]
Phoebe Mills 1988 0 0 1 1 15 [58]
Dominique Moceanu 1996 1 0 0 1 14 [59]
Theresa Montefusco 1960 0 0 0 0 19 [60]
Joan Moore 1972 0 0 0 0 18 [61]
Colleen Mulvihill 1968 0 0 0 0 16 [62]
Betty Okino 1992 0 0 1 1 17 [63]
Carly Patterson 2004 1 2 0 3 16 [64]
Samantha Peszek 2008 0 1 0 1 16 [65]
Jaycie Phelps 1996 1 0 0 1 16 [66]
Roxanne Pierce 1972 0 0 0 0 17 [67]
Joyce Racek 1956 0 0 0 0 18 [68]
Aly Raisman 2012, 2016 3 2 1 6 22 [13]
Elise Ray 2000 0 0 1 1 18 [69]
Mary Lou Retton 1984 1 2 2 5 16 [5]
Sharon Richardson 1960 0 0 0 0 17 [70]
Cathy Rigby 1968, 1972 0 0 0 0 19 [71]
Hezly Rivera 2024 1 0 0 1 16 [72]
Kyla Ross 2012 1 0 0 1 15 [73]
Sandra Ruddick 1956 0 0 0 0 24 [74]
Alicia Sacramone 2008 0 1 0 1 20 [75]
Clara Schroth 1948, 1952 0 0 1 1 31 [76]
Tasha Schwikert 2000 0 0 1 1 15 [77]
MyKayla Skinner 2020 0 1 0 1 24 [78]
Bridget Sloan 2008 0 1 0 1 16 [79]
Gail Sontgerath 1960 0 0 0 0 16 [80]
Janie Speaks 1964 0 0 0 0 16 [81]
Hope Spivey 1988 0 0 0 0 17 [82]
Chelle Stack 1988 0 0 0 0 15 [83]
Kerri Strug 1992, 1996 1 0 1 2 18 [84]
Tracee Talavera 1984 0 1 0 1 17 [85]
Joyce Tanac 1968 0 0 0 0 18 [86]
Nancy Thies 1972 0 0 0 0 15 [87]
Ruth Topalian 1952 0 0 0 0 25 [88]
Marie Walther 1964 0 0 0 0 19 [89]
Jordyn Wieber 2012 1 0 0 1 17 [90]
Debra Willcox 1976 0 0 0 0 16 [91]
Leslie Wolfsberger 1976 0 0 0 0 17 [92]
Kim Zmeskal 1992 0 0 1 1 16 [93]

Medalists

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Medal Name Year Event
 Bronze Bakanic, Barone, Lenz, Dalton, Elste, Schifano, Schroth, Simonis United Kingdom 1948 London Women's team
 Silver Bileck, Dusserre, Johnson, McNamara, Retton, Talavera United States 1984 Los Angeles Women's team
 Gold Mary Lou Retton Women's all-around
 Silver Mary Lou Retton Women's vault
 Gold Julianne McNamara Women's uneven bars
 Bronze Mary Lou Retton
 Bronze Kathy Johnson Women's balance beam
 Silver Julianne McNamara Women's floor exercise
 Bronze Mary Lou Retton
 Bronze Phoebe Mills South Korea 1988 Seoul Women's balance beam
 Bronze Bruce, Dawes, Miller, Okino, Strug, Zmeskal Spain 1992 Barcelona Women's team
 Silver Shannon Miller Women's all-around
 Bronze Shannon Miller Women's uneven bars
 Silver Shannon Miller Women's balance beam
 Bronze Shannon Miller Women's floor exercise
 Gold Borden, Chow, Dawes, Miller, Moceanu, Phelps, Strug United States 1996 Atlanta Women's team
 Silver Amy Chow Women's uneven bars
 Gold Shannon Miller Women's balance beam
 Bronze Dominique Dawes Women's floor exercise
 Bronze Chow, Dantzscher, Dawes, Maloney, Ray, Schwikert Australia 2000 Sydney Women's team
 Silver Bhardwaj, Hatch, Humphrey, Kupets, McCool, Patterson Greece 2004 Athens Women's team
 Gold Carly Patterson Women's all-around
 Silver Annia Hatch Women's vault
 Silver Terin Humphrey Women's uneven bars
 Bronze Courtney Kupets
 Silver Carly Patterson Women's balance beam
 Silver Johnson, Liukin, Memmel, Peszek, Sacramone, Sloan China 2008 Beijing Women's team
 Gold Nastia Liukin Women's all-around
 Silver Shawn Johnson
 Silver Nastia Liukin Women's uneven bars
 Gold Shawn Johnson Women's balance beam
 Silver Nastia Liukin
 Silver Shawn Johnson Women's floor exercise
 Bronze Nastia Liukin
 Gold Douglas, Maroney, Raisman, Ross, Wieber United Kingdom 2012 London Women's team
 Gold Gabby Douglas Women's all-around
 Silver McKayla Maroney Women's vault
 Bronze Aly Raisman Women's balance beam
 Gold Aly Raisman Women's floor exercise
 Gold Biles, Douglas, Hernandez, Kocian, Raisman Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's team
 Gold Simone Biles Women's all-around
 Silver Aly Raisman
 Gold Simone Biles Women's vault
 Silver Madison Kocian Women's uneven bars
 Silver Laurie Hernandez Women's balance beam
 Bronze Simone Biles
 Gold Simone Biles Women's floor exercise
 Silver Aly Raisman
 Silver Biles, Chiles, Lee, McCallum Japan 2020 Tokyo Women's team
 Gold Sunisa Lee Women's all-around
 Silver MyKayla Skinner Women's vault
 Bronze Sunisa Lee Women's uneven bars
 Bronze Simone Biles Women's balance beam
 Gold Jade Carey Women's floor exercise
 Gold Biles, Carey, Chiles, Lee, Rivera France 2024 Paris Women's team
 Gold Simone Biles Women's all-around
 Bronze Sunisa Lee
 Gold Simone Biles Women's vault
 Bronze Jade Carey
 Bronze Sunisa Lee Women's uneven bars
 Silver Simone Biles Women's floor exercise

See also

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References

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