The men's artistic individual all-around event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 24 and 28 July 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Approximately 70 gymnasts from 35 nations (of the 98 total gymnasts) competed in the all-around in the qualifying round.

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan became the youngest men's artistic gymnastics individual all-around champion in history at the age of 19, 355 days, earning his first individual Olympic (gold) medal and second Olympic medal overall. He is also Japan's second youngest gymnast to win Olympic gold, losing the youngest title to Kenzo Shirai by only 6 days. It was the third gold in a row for Japan in the men's artistic individual all-around, after two consecutive gold medals won by Kōhei Uchimura at the last two Olympics in 2012 and 2016. This victory was Japan's seventh overall, breaking the tie Japan shared with the Soviet Union, which now have one fewer at six, for the most victories in the men's individual all-around event. Hashimoto's medal also earned the Japanese gymnastics program its 100th overall Olympic medal. Chinese gymnast Xiao Ruoteng won the silver, also his first individual Olympic medal. Nikita Nagornyy of the ROC, a two-time Olympic team medalist, took the bronze. The score difference between silver and bronze was only 0.034. Nagornyy's medal is the first for Russia on the men's artistic gymnastics individual all-around event since Alexei Nemov won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

The medals for the competition were presented by Emma Terho, Finland (IOC Member), and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Arturs Mickevics, Latvia (FIG Delegate).

Background

This was the 28th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900. Two-time defending champion Kōhei Uchimura of Japan did not qualify to attempt winning a third consecutive title, after which he choose to focus on the individual horizontal bar during qualifications. All three World all-around champions from this quad – Xiao Ruoteng of China (2017), and Artur Dalaloyan and Nikita Nagornyy of Russia (2018 and 2019) – qualified in the top six.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 6 qualified gymnasts—a team of 4 and up to 2 specialist individuals. A total of 98 quota places are allocated to men's artistic gymnastics.

The 12 teams that qualify will be able to send 4 gymnasts in the team competition, for a total of 48 of the 98 quota places. The top three teams at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (China, Russia, and Japan) and the top nine teams (excluding those already qualified) at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Ukraine, Great Britain, Switzerland, the United States, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Brazil, Spain, and Germany) earned team qualification places.

The remaining 50 quota places are awarded individually. Each gymnast can only earn one place, except that gymnasts that competed with a team that qualified are eligible to earn a second place through the 2020 All Around World Cup Series. Some of the individual events are open to gymnasts from NOCs with qualified teams, while others are not. These places are filled through various criteria based on the 2019 World Championships, the 2020 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, continental championships, a host guarantee, and a Tripartite Commission invitation.

Each of the 98 qualified gymnasts are eligible for the individual all-around competition, but many gymnasts do not compete in each of the apparatus events.

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for gymnastics. The 2018 and 2019 World Championships were completed on time, but many of the World Cup series events were delayed into 2021.

Competition format The top 24 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the all-around final. The finalists performed an additional exercise on each apparatus. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting. Scoring was according to the FIG Code of Points.

Schedule The competition was held over two days, 24 July and 28 July. The qualifying round (for all men's artistic gymnastics events) was on the first day with the all-around final on the second day.

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round Subdivision24 July 10:00 Qualification Subdivision 1 14:30 Subdivision 2 19:30 Subdivision 3 28 July 19:15 Final – All times are local time (UTC+09:00).

Results

Qualifying

The gymnasts who ranked in the top twenty-four qualified for the final round. In a case where more than two gymnasts from the same NOC were in the top twenty-four, the last ranked among them would not qualify to final round. The next-best ranked gymnast would qualify instead.

Rank Gymnast Total 1 14.700 14.766 13.866 14.866 15.300 15.033 88.531 Q 2 15.066 14.366 14.333 14.700 14.966 14.466 87.897 3 14.866 14.300 14.200 14.700 15.400 14.266 87.732 4 14.333 14.833 14.233 14.766 15.133 14.000 87.298 5 14.066 14.666 14.400 13.833 15.400 13.933 86.298 6 13.700 13.800 14.500 14.658 15.233 14.066 85.957 7 14.666 13.916 13.333 14.700 14.900 14.433 85.948 8 14.600 13.333 14.366 14.333 15.200 13.833 85.665 9 13.933 14.833 14.366 13.200 15.100 14.033 85.465 2 per NOC 10 12.933 14.733 14.000 14.300 15.325 14.033 85.324 11 13.666 13.733 14.200 14.533 14.633 14.533 85.298 Q 12 13.966 14.100 13.433 14.666 14.733 14.200 85.098 2 per NOC 13 14.466 13.833 14.300 13.666 15.241 13.400 84.906 14 14.466 13.900 13.866 14.133 15.433 12.866 84.664 Q 15 14.033 12.400 14.800 15.100 14.091 14.100 84.524 16 13.866 14.100 13.733 14.333 14.333 14.066 84.431 17 14.200 15.266 13.033 14.500 14.233 13.100 84.332 18 13.966 13.400 14.333 14.600 14.533 13.466 84.298 19 14.866 14.233 14.033 14.133 13.900 12.933 84.098 2 per NOC 20 13.766 13.666 13.533 13.600 15.733 13.433 83.731 Q 21 14.733 13.366 13.866 13.000 14.700 13.700 83.365 2 per NOC 22 14.333 13.000 13.833 14.400 13.966 13.400 82.932 Q 23 14.666 12.166 13.366 14.600 14.933 13.100 82.831 2 per NOC 24 13.566 12.866 13.466 14.100 15.333 13.400 82.731 Q 25 14.766 11.900 13.300 14.433 13.400 14.766 82.565 26 14.266 13.833 13.333 14.166 13.800 13.100 82.498 27 13.733 13.233 13.333 14.533 14.500 13.100 82.432 28 13.733 12.900 13.700 14.433 14.266 13.366 82.398 29 13.733 13.500 13.633 14.533 14.900 12.000 82.299 2 per NOC 30 12.833 13.700 13.733 14.000 14.100 13.800 82.166 31 13.500 12.466 13.533 14.333 14.700 13.366 81.898 Q 32 12.933 14.133 13.600 13.533 14.433 13.000 81.632 2 per NOC 33 13.833 12.700 13.766 13.566 15.200 12.566 81.631 34 12.866 13.666 12.833 13.816 14.700 13.700 81.581 Q 35 14.133 13.566 13.466 12.733 15.066 12.600 81.564 2 per NOC 36 14.200 12.800 13.133 14.066 13.900 13.233 81.332 Q 37 13.500 13.433 13.300 13.966 14.633 12.466 81.298 R1 38 13.733 13.600 13.333 13.666 13.166 13.733 81.231 R2 39 14.900 11.833 13.600 14.233 13.666 12.800 81.032 R3 40 13.200 13.266 13.366 13.933 14.033 13.100 80.898 R4

Reserves The reserves for the individual all-around event final were:

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the all-around final. Gymnasts who did not qualify for the final because of the quota, but had high enough scores to do so were:

Final

Rank Gymnast Total 14.833 15.166 13.533 14.700 15.300 14.933 88.465 14.700 14.700 14.533 14.700 15.366 14.066 88.065 14.433 14.266 14.666 14.900 15.400 14.366 88.031 4 14.500 14.966 14.066 14.900 14.966 14.400 87.798 5 14.566 14.500 13.500 14.666 15.066 14.400 86.698 6 14.050 13.900 14.666 14.466 15.033 14.133 86.248 7 14.366 13.333 14.100 14.433 13.800 14.766 84.798 8 14.466 13.433 13.966 14.300 14.433 14.000 84.598 9 14.100 13.300 14.433 13.133 15.133 14.400 84.499 10 14.300 14.100 13.833 14.366 13.466 14.400 84.465 11 14.133 14.266 13.133 13.833 14.666 13.766 83.797 12 12.933 13.566 13.533 14.533 14.966 13.633 83.164 13 14.300 13.666 13.433 14.300 13.700 13.333 82.732 14 15.033 13.266 12.866 14.066 13.966 13.333 82.530 15 14.300 13.166 13.700 15.133 12.600 13.600 82.499 16 13.800 13.866 13.300 13.033 14.533 13.200 81.732 17 12.933 12.133 14.500 14.200 14.500 13.266 81.532 18 13.533 13.566 13.325 13.433 15.400 12.033 81.290 19 13.900 13.633 13.200 14.233 13.266 13.033 81.265 20 14.133 12.833 13.233 13.833 13.700 13.466 81.198 21 14.400 12.666 12.733 14.400 13.900 12.600 80.699 22 13.966 12.766 13.466 13.800 14.166 12.300 80.464 23 13.133 12.100 12.833 13.666 14.000 12.833 78.565 – 12.900 13.866 14.333 – – DNF

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