Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars
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These are the results of the women's
uneven bars The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is made of a steel frame. The bars are made of fiberglass with wood coating, or less commonly wood. The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is UB or ...
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. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 21, 23 and 28th at the
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Results


Qualification

Eighty-nine gymnasts competed in the uneven bars event during the compulsory and optional rounds on July 21 and 23. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 28. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final.


Final

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1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
was also the last games to allow awarding of joint medals for identical scores in artistic gymnastics as there were no tie-breaking rules established yet at the time to separate gymnasts who tied with the same scores.


References


Official Olympic Report
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