2016 United States Olympic trials (gymnastics)

The 2016 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials were split into separate events for Women's Artistic Gymnastics and Men's Artistic Gymnastics. The women's event was held from July 8 to 10, 2016 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California and the men's event was held June 23–26, 2016 at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

Venue The women's event was held at the SAP Center, which has a capacity of up to 19,190 spectators for concerts and hosted the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials, which held both women's and men's artistic gymnastics events. It is home to the National Hockey League team, the San Jose Sharks. The men's event was held at Chaifetz Arena.

Promotion In February 2016, 2008 Olympian Shawn Johnson visited the San Jose area to promote the women's event. 2012 Olympian Jordyn Wieber visited St. Louis to promote the men's event in early June.

Ticket sales On May 3, 2016, it was revealed that the competition had sold out.

Participants Name Hometown Club College Nationals Plano, TX WOGA Florida(2017–18) 7th Simone Biles Spring, TX World Champions — 1st Christina Desiderio Hackettstown, NJ Parkettes LSU(2017–18) 12th Gabby Douglas Tarzana, CA Buckeye — 4th Brenna Dowell Odessa, MO GAGE Oklahoma(2014–15) 11th Rachel Gowey Urbandale, IA Chow's Florida(2016–17) 9th Laurie Hernandez Old Bridge, NJ MG Elite, Inc. — 3rd Amelia Hundley Hamilton, OH Cincinnati Florida(2016–17) 6th Madison Kocian Dallas, TX WOGA UCLA(2016–17) 5th Ashton Locklear Hamlet, NC Everest — 22nd Maggie Nichols Little Canada, MN Twin City Twisters Oklahoma(2016–17) 23rd Aly Raisman Needham, MA Brestyan's — 2nd Emily Schild Huntersville, NC Everest Georgia(2017–18) 13th MyKayla Skinner Gilbert, AZ Desert Lights Utah(2016–17) 10th Ragan Smith Lewisville, TX Texas Dreams Oklahoma(2019–20) 8th

Broadcast NBC broadcast both nights of competition at trials.

Results

Final standings Women Simone Biles Laurie Hernandez Aly Raisman Simone Biles MyKayla Skinner Aly Raisman Madison Kocian Ashton Locklear Gabby Douglas Laurie Hernandez Ragan Smith Aly Raisman Simone Biles Aly Raisman Laurie Hernandez Men Sam Mikulak Chris Brooks Jacob Dalton Jacob Dalton Eddie Penev Paul Ruggeri Alex NaddourSam Mikulak Donothan Bailey CJ Maestas Donnell Whittenburg Alex Naddour Jacob Dalton Donnell Whittenburg Sam Mikulak Chris Brooks Danell Leyva Donnell Whittenburg Chris Brooks John Orozco Donnell Whittenburg

Final scores Full Olympic trial scores are as follows:

Rank Gymnast Day Total Total Simone Biles 16.000 14.950 15.200 15.700 61.850 123.250 16.200 14.900 14.750 15.550 61.400 Laurie Hernandez 15.150 14.900 15.500 15.300 60.850 121.150 15.150 14.750 15.700 14.700 60.300 Aly Raisman 15.250 14.450 14.800 15.450 59.950 119.750 15.200 14.300 15.250 15.050 59.800 4 MyKayla Skinner 15.500 14.300 14.850 14.800 59.450 118.600 15.450 14.400 14.500 14.800 59.150 5 Ragan Smith 14.700 14.600 14.900 14.500 58.700 117.750 14.550 14.500 15.300 14.700 59.050 6 Maggie Nichols 15.100 14.550 13.700 14.900 58.250 117.600 15.100 14.600 14.900 14.750 59.350 7 Gabby Douglas 15.100 15.100 13.700 14.650 58.550 117.450 15.000 15.250 14.100 14.550 58.900 8 Madison Kocian 13.900 15.750 14.700 14.250 58.600 117.050 14.000 15.900 13.850 14.700 58.450 9 Amelia Hundley 14.950 14.700 14.100 14.250 58.000 116.850 15.100 14.750 14.400 14.600 58.850 10 Brenna Dowell 14.850 14.900 13.600 14.550 57.900 116.600 15.100 14.950 14.150 14.500 58.700 11 Rachel Gowey 14.400 14.900 14.200 12.900 56.400 114.250 14.900 14.800 14.700 13.450 57.850 12 Christina Desiderio 14.300 13.500 14.400 12.900 56.650 112.150 12.950 13.500 14.650 13.450 55.500 13 Emily Schild 14.950 13.900 12.750 13.800 55.400 111.950 14.700 14.150 14.150 13.550 56.550 14 Ashton Locklear – 15.750 13.200 – 28.950 59.050 – 15.700 14.400 – 30.100

Olympic team selection

Women's team

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Gabby Douglas were selected to represent the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. MyKayla Skinner, Ragan Smith, and Ashton Locklear were selected as the three alternates.

Men's team Sam Mikulak was automatically named to the Olympic team after scoring the highest four day all-around total from both Olympic trials and the 2016 National Championships. The selection committee then named Chris Brooks, Alex Naddour, Jacob Dalton, and John Orozco to the team. Danell Leyva, Akash Modi, and Donnell Whittenburg were named as the alternates.

Two weeks after the Olympic trials Orozco tore his ACL and meniscus. Levya was selected as his replacement.

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