INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS FEDERATION (FIG) Artistic Gymnastics

QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS FEDERATION (FIG)

Artistic Gymnastics

A. EVENTS (14)

Men’s Events (8) Women’s Events (6) Team Team All-Around All-Around Floor Exercise Vault Pommel Horse Uneven Bars Rings Balance Beam Vault Floor Exercise Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar

B. ATHLETES QUOTA

1. Total Quota for Artistic Gymnastics:

Tripartite Commission Qualification Places Host Country Places Total Invitation Places Men 96 1 1 98 Women 96 1 1 98 Total 192 2 2 196

2. Maximum Number of Athletes per NOC:

Quota per NOC and Event Specific Quota • Maximum one (1) team of four (4) athletes plus max. two (2) individual athletes per NOC who are not part of the team. Men • All qualified individual athletes for NOCs with no team (max. one (1) athlete from Criteria 3, three (3) athletes from Criteria 4, one (1) athlete from Criteria 5, one (1) athlete from Criteria 6, one (1) athlete from Criteria 7). These athletes are not allowed to compete as a team. • Maximum one (1) team of four (4) athletes plus max. two (2) individual athletes per NOC who are not part of the team. Women • All qualified individual athletes for NOCs with no team (max. one (1) athlete from Criteria 3, three (3) athletes from Criteria 4, one (1) athlete from Criteria 5, one (1) athlete from Criteria 6, one (1) athlete from Criteria 7). These athletes are not allowed to compete as a team.

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3. Type of Allocation of Quota Places:

Team + two (2) individuals

The quota places are allocated as follows:

- to the NOC for the team - to the NOC through the Individual All Around World Cup Series, for the individuals - to the NOC through the Continental Championships, for the individuals

- by name through the Individual Apparatus World Cup Series, for the individuals

Individuals

The quota places are allocated as follows:

- by name for the All-Around athletes from Qualifications at the 2019 World Championships - by name for the individual apparatus athletes from Apparatus Finals at the 2019 World Championships - by name through the Individual Apparatus World Cup Series - by name through the Continental Championships

Host Country and Tripartite Commission The quota places are allocated to the athlete by name.

C. ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY

All athletes must comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force, including but not limited to, Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors) and Rule 43 (World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions). Only those athletes who comply with the Olympic Charter may participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Age Requirements:

All athletes participating in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 must be born:

- on or before 31 December 2003 for the Men’s competitions. - on or before 31 December 2005 for the Women’s competitions.

Additional IF Eligibility Criteria:

To be eligible to participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, all athletes must:

− hold a valid FIG License until the end of the 2020 Olympic Games Artistic Gymnastics competitions. In addition, only NOCs which had a team entered at the 2018 or 2019 World Championships will be eligible to earn a team quota place. All individual athletes who are not part of a team, including those receiving Host Country and/or Tripartite Commission Invitation places must have participated at:

- the 2019 World Championships, and/or - the 2018-2019/2019-2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series, and/or - the 2020 Individual All-Around World Cup Series, and/or - the 2020 Continental Championships.

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D. QUALIFICATION PATHWAY

MEN/WOMEN

The events are listed in chronological order of qualification. In case of ties at any place, ties will be broken using tie breaking procedures: https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/rules/rules.php#13.

Team Qualification

Number of Quota Place Qualification Events Quota Places Allocated to:

Criteria 1 2018 World Championships – Team Final (25 October – 3 November 2018)

Participation rights: 24 athletes Open to all NOCs in good standing with a team of five (5) athletes + one NOC 12 M / 12 W (1) reserve. (3 teams)

Qualification places: The three (3) highest ranked NOC’s based on the Team ranking results of the Team Final will qualify a team quota place (four (4) athletes).

Criteria 2 2019 World Championships – Team Qualification (4 – 13 October 2019)

Participation rights:

Restricted NOC participation. The 24 highest ranked teams of the 2018

World Championships (including the three (3) teams already qualified

for the Olympic Games), based on the results of Qualifications will be

entitled to participate.

If a continent is not represented among the 24 teams, the highest

ranked team from the 2019 Continental Championships concerned will

be allocated a team of five (5) athletes and one (1) reserve. All the 72 athletes nominations for the participation at the 2019 World Championships are NOC 36 M / 36 W to be submitted to FIG no later than 31 May 2019. In case no Championships take place in 2019 in the continent concerned, then the (9 teams) highest ranked team from the Continent concerned, based on the team ranking results of the Qualifications of the 2018 World Championships will be allocated a team of five (5) athletes and one (1) reserve.

Qualification places: The nine (9) highest ranked NOCs based on the Team ranking results of Qualifications, with the exception of NOCs already qualified from Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team Final) will qualify a team quota place (4 athletes).

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Individual Qualification

An athlete may only obtain one (1) quota place for his/her NOC except for an athlete who competed actively with a team which qualified for the Olympic Games during the 2018 or 2019 World Championships who may also qualify an additional quota place for his/her NOC through the 2020 Individual All Around World Cup Series.

Number of Quota Place Qualification Events Quota Places Allocated to:

Criteria 3 2019 World Championships – All-Around Qualification Athletes (4 – 13 October 2019)

Participation rights:

All athletes who are part of a team based on the participation rights for teams at the 2019 World Championships (Criteria 2) or a maximum of three (3) individual athletes per NOC in good standing which is not represented with a team.

Minimum 32 Qualification places: Athlete athletes The highest placed eligible All-Around athletes (12 Men and 20 Women) (12 M / 20 W) based on the Individual All-Around results of the Qualifications, with a maximum of one (1) quota place per NOC allocated to the athlete by name. Athletes from NOCs with a qualified team from Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team Qualification) are not eligible.

Criteria 4 2019 World Championships –Apparatus Final Athletes (4 – 13 October 2019)

Participation rights: All athletes who are part of a team based on the participation rights for teams at the 2019 World Championships (Criteria 2) or a maximum of three (3) individual athletes per NOC in good standing which is not represented with a team.

Maximum 30 Qualification places: Athlete athletes The three (3) highest placed eligible athletes on each apparatus from (18 M / 12 W) Apparatus Finals will earn one (1) quota place allocated to the athlete by name with a maximum of three (3) athletes per NOC for all apparatus.

Athletes from NOCs with a qualified team from Criteria 1 (2018 World

Championships – Team Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team

Qualification) are not eligible to receive a quota place. Athletes already qualified from Criteria 3 (2019 World Championships –All-Around athletes) or on another apparatus in Criteria 4 (2019 World Championships –Apparatus athletes) are not eligible.

Note: At the Olympic Games these athletes may participate in Qualifications at all apparatus.

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Criteria 5 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series (Nov. 2018 – March 2019 and Nov. 2019 – 29 June 2021)

Min. seven (7) and max. eight (8) Individual Apparatus World Cup competitions will be held between November 2018 and 29 June 2021 with the three (3) highest results per athlete per apparatus being taken into consideration.

Participation rights: All NOCs in good standing with a maximum of two (2) athletes per federation per apparatus.

An athlete who competed actively with a team which qualified in Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team Qualification) may participate but may NOT obtain an additional quota place for his/her NOC through the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series.

An athlete who already obtained a quota place in Criteria 3 (2019 World Championships –All-Around Qualification athlete) or 4 (2019 World Championships –Apparatus Final athlete) may participate but may NOT obtain an additional quota place. Maximum 10 Athlete athletes Qualification places: (6 M / 4 W) The highest ranked athlete at each apparatus, based on the result of the Olympic qualification ranking list (based on the highest three (3) results per apparatus of the 2018-2019/2019-2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series combined) will earn one (1) quota place allocated to the athlete by name with a maximum of one (1) place per NOC for all apparatus.

An athlete from an NOC with a team qualified from Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team Qualification) who did not compete actively with the team that earned the qualification, may obtain a quota place. The quota place is allocated to the athlete by name.

Note: At the Olympic Games these athletes may participate in Qualifications at all apparatus.

Criteria 6 2020 Individual All-Around World Cup Series (March 2020 – 29 June 2021)

Min. three (3) and max. four (4) competitions of the Individual All-Around NOC Maximum 6 World Cup Series held between March 2020 and 29 June 2021. The best athletes two (2) out of three (3) results or the best three (3) out of four (4) results (3 M / 3 W) per NOC being taken into consideration.

Participation rights:

The 12 highest ranked teams of the 2019 World Championships based on

the results of Qualifications with a maximum of one (1) athlete per NOC.

Athletes may be different at each competition.

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An athlete who competed actively with a team which qualified for the Olympic Games in Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team Qualification) may participate to possibly obtain an additional quota place for his/her NOC through the Individual All-Around World Cup Series.

Qualification places: The highest ranked (3 Men’s and 3 Women’s) NOCs from the 2020 Olympic Qualification ranking list (the best two (2) out of three (3) results or the best three (3) out of four (4) results per NOC being taken into consideration) will obtain a quota place for his/her NOC with a maximum of one (1) place per NOC.

Criteria 7 2020 Continental Championships (March 2020 – 29 June 2021)

The Continental Championships held in 2021 will serve as Olympic Qualification, regardless if a Continental Championships is also held in 2020, unless the 2020 Continental Championships have already been completed as the Olympic Qualification.

Participation rights: Participation in the 2020 Continental Championships will be open to all Maximum 18 NOCs in good standing of the respective continent and in accordance with Athlete athletes the continent’s specific participation rights. (except when (9 M / 9 W) an NOC An athlete who competed actively with a team which qualified for the qualified with Olympic Games under Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team a team, in Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team Qualification) may that case the participate but may NOT obtain an additional quota place for his/her NOC quota place through the Continental Championships. belongs to the NOC) An NOC who qualified a team in Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team Qualification) and no other or only one other additional quota place either by name or NOC, may participate with an athlete who did not compete actively with the team which earned a quota place, and obtain an additional quota place for his/her NOC through the Continental Championships.

An NOC who qualified a team in Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team Qualification) and qualified two (2) additional individuals in Criteria 5 (Individual Apparatus World Cup Series) and 6 (Individual All-Around World Cup Series) may participate, but may NOT qualify an additional quota place for his/her NOC through the Continental Championships.

Qualification Places: The highest ranked All-Around athletes with a maximum of one (1) per NOC based on the results of the All-Around Final (or if previously agreed, based on the results of the All-Around Qualifications) of the Continental Championships will obtain a quota place. Two (2) quota places are available for UEG, PAGU, AGU and UAG, and one (1) quota place for OCE. The quota places are allocated by name, except when an NOC qualified with a team based on Criteria 1 (2018 World Championships – Team Final) or 2 (2019 World Championships – Team Qualification)

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Continental representation The minimum continental representation is guaranteed with the qualification through the Continental Championships.

HOST COUNTRY PLACES

The Host Country is guaranteed one (1) male athlete and one (1) female athlete, if not qualified through any other Criteria.

If the presence of the Host Country is not guaranteed after all other Criteria, the highest ranked eligible male and/or female All-Around athlete from the Host Country based on All-Around ranking results at Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships will obtain the quota place. The quota place is allocated by name.

TRIPARTITE COMMISSION INVITATION PLACES

Two (2) Tripartite Commission Invitation Places allocated by name are made available to one (1) male and one (1) female athlete at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, provided that they have met the eligibility Criteria as described in paragraph C. Athlete Eligibility.

On 14 October 2019, the International Olympic Committee will invite all eligible NOCs to submit their requests for Tripartite Commission Invitation Places. The deadline for NOCs to submit their requests is 15 January 2020 The Tripartite Commission will confirm, in writing, the allocation of invitation places to the relevant NOCs after the end of the qualification period for the concerned sport.

Detailed information on Tripartite Invitation places is contained in the “Games of the XXXII Olympiad, 2020 Tokyo - Olympic Games Tripartite Commission Invitation Places - Allocation Procedure and Regulations”.

E. CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUOTA PLACES

Following each qualification event, FIG will publish the results on its website at http://www. gymnastics.sport. After the completion of the final qualification event, FIG will inform the respective NOCs of their allocated quota places. Following receipt of the confirmation from FIG, the NOCs will then have two (2) weeks to confirm if they wish to use these quota places, as detailed in paragraph G. Qualification Timeline. After this deadline, unused quota places will be reallocated as per the procedure defined in paragraph F. Reallocation of Unused Quota Places.

F. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES

REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUALIFICATION PLACES, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Team quota places The unused quota places will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible NOC based on the Team ranking results of the Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships. This quota place will be allocated to the NOC.

All-Around Athletes places from 2019 World Championships The unused quota places will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible All-Around athlete based on the results of the All-Around ranking list from Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships. This quota place will be allocated to the athlete by name, respecting a maximum of one (1) athlete per NOC without a qualified team.

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Individual Apparatus Athletes places form the 2019 World Championships – Apparatus Finals The unused quota places will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete based on the results of Apparatus Finals of the 2019 World Championships up to rank eight (8). If the quota place cannot be reallocated based on this Criteria, it will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible All-Around athlete based on the All-Around results from Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships. This quota place will be allocated to the athlete by name, respecting a maximum of one (1) athlete per NOC.

Individual Apparatus places from the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series The unused quota places will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete based on the Olympic Qualification ranking list (based on the best three (3) results per apparatus of the 2018-2019/2019-2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series combined).

Should an NOC choose to include an athlete who has earned a nominative quota place in its team, this nominative quota place will be lost and the place will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete based on the Olympic Qualification ranking list (based on the highest three (3) results per apparatus of the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series combined).

Should the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series not be held, the unused quota places will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible All-Around athletes by name based on the All- Around results from Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships. Allocation continuing with the procedure outlined in Criteria 3 (1 athlete per NOC).

Individual All-Around places from the 2020 Individual All-Around World Cup Series The unused quota places will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible NOC based on the 2020 Olympic Qualification ranking list (the best two (2) out of three (3) results or the best three (3) out of four (4) results per NOC being taken into consideration). Should the 2020 Individual All-Around World Cup Series not be held, the unused quota places will be reallocated to the highest ranked eligible NOC based on the Team ranking results of Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships.

Individual Continental Championship places

Should the Continental Championships not take place or not be held by latest 29 June 2021, the unused quota place(s) of the respective continent will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible All-Around athlete from the same continent by name based on the All-Around results from Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships from an NOC without a qualified team, respecting a maximum of one (1) athlete per NOC.

The unused quota places will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete or NOC based on the individual ranking results of All-Around Finals (or, if previously agreed, the All-Around Qualifications) of the 2020 Continental Championships. Allocation continuing with the procedure outlined in Criteria 3 (1 athlete per NOC).

REALLOCATION OF UNUSED HOST COUNTRY PLACES

The unused quota places will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible All-Around athlete by name based on All-Around results from Qualifications of the 2019 World Championships, continuing in successive order from the reallocation of Criteria 3 (one (1) athlete per NOC).

REALLOCATION OF UNUSED TRIPARTITE COMMISSION INVITATION PLACES

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G. QUALIFICATION TIMELINE

Date Milestone 25 October – 3 November 2018 48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships (Doha QAT)

November 2018 to March 2019 2018-2019 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series

4 – 13 October 2019 49th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships (Stuttgart, GER)

November 2019 - 29 June 2021 2019-2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series Deadline for NOCs to submit their requests for Tripartite Commission 15 January 2020 Invitation Places March 2020 – 29 June 2021 Individual All-Around World Cup

March 2020 – 29 June 2021 Continental Championships Immediately after the completion of the final qualification event, FIG Dates to be determined shall inform NOCs/NFs of their allocated quota places for the Olympic Games Two weeks after information by the FIG, the NOCs must confirm the Date to be determined use of allocated quota places to FIG (teams and individuals). Dates to be determined FIG to reallocate all unused quota places In relation to the end of the The Tripartite Commission to confirm in writing the allocation of qualification period for each Invitation Places to the NOCs sport Tokyo 2020 Sport Entries deadline NOCs who have qualified with a team must declare the composition 5 July 2021 of the team by name. NOCs who have qualified individuals (NOC places, including those with teams as +1 or +2) must declare gymnasts by name. 23 July – 8 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

H. ADDITIONAL NOTES

After the Tokyo 2020 Sport Entries deadline (5 July 2021), NOCs may integrate athletes who have obtained additional quota places in their team, but if they do so, the respective additional quota place will be definitively lost and reallocated as mentioned under the criteria “2018/2019 and 2019/2020 Individual Apparatus World Cup Series”, “2020 Individual All-Around World Cup Series”, “2020 Continental Championships” above. Should the NOC concerned change the team composition at a later stage, the rules for athletes’ replacement must be respected. The quota place on which the NOC renounced, cannot be recuperated.

Should a team athlete sustain an injury between the technical meeting at the Olympic Games and the beginning of the Qualification competition at the Olympic Games only, he/she may be replaced by 1 of the 2 individual athletes qualified (with no restriction on the apparatus on which the replacing athlete may compete). The injured athlete shall in no way be authorised to participate in the Team Final.

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