The women's vault event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 July and 3 August 2024 at the Accor Arena (referred to as the Bercy Arena due to IOC sponsorship rules). Unlike the other apparatus events, vault requires gymnasts to perform two exercises in order for results to count towards the vault final; most of the gymnasts perform only one (if they are participating in team or individual all-around) or none (if they are only participating in other apparatus). 19 gymnasts from 14 nations (of the 95 total gymnasts) competed two vaults in the qualifying round.

Background This was the 20th appearance of the event, after making its debut at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The previous two champions Simone Biles (2016) and Rebeca Andrade (2020) both qualified for the event final.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 5 qualified gymnasts. A total of 95 quota places are allocated to women's artistic gymnastics.

The 12 teams that qualified were able to send 5 gymnasts in the team competition, for a total of 60 of the 95 quota places. The top three teams at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (the United States, Great Britain, and Canada) and the top nine teams (excluding those already qualified) at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (China, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Australia, Romania, and South Korea) earned team qualification places.

The remaining 35 quota places are awarded individually. Each gymnast can only earn one place. These places are filled through various criteria based on the 2023 World Championships, the 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, continental championships, a reallocation guarantee and a Tripartite Commission invitation.

Each of the 95 qualified gymnasts are eligible for the vault competition, but due to the requirement that the gymnast perform two vault exercises in the qualifying round (rather than the one needed to count for team and individual all-around events), many gymnasts do not attempt to qualify for the vault final.

Competition format The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. For the vault, only gymnasts who performed two exercises on the vault were considered for the final; the average score of the two exercises was counted. The finalists again performed two vaults. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores (average of the two exercises) counting.

Schedule Date Time Round Subdivision28 July 09:30 Qualification Subdivision 1 11:40 Subdivision 2 14:50 Subdivision 3 18:00 Subdivision 4 21:10 Subdivision 5 3 August 16:20 Final – All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Results

Qualifying

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

Rank Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total Score 1Score 2 1 6.4 9.400 15.800 5.6 9.200 14.800 15.300 Q 2 5.6 9.400 0.100 14.900 5.0 9.466 14.466 14.683 Q 3 5.6 9.166 0.100 14.666 5.0 9.200 14.200 14.433 Q 4 5.0 9.333 14.333 4.8 9.300 14.100 14.216 – 5 5.4 9.000 14.400 5.0 8.966 13.966 14.183 Q 6 5.0 9.066 14.066 5.6 8.700 14.300 14.183 Q 7 5.6 8.833 14.433 5.0 8.900 13.900 14.166 Q 8 5.0 9.100 14.100 4.8 9.100 13.900 14.000 Q 9 5.0 9.166 14.166 4.8 9.033 13.833 13.999 Q 10 5.4 8.766 14.166 5.2 8.533 13.733 13.949 R1 11 5.4 8.833 14.233 4.4 8.933 13.333 13.783 R2 12 5.0 8.900 13.900 4.8 8.833 13.633 13.766 R3

Reserves The reserves for the vault event final were:

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the vault 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 Vault 1 Vault 2 TotalScore 1Score 2 6.4 9.400 0.100 15.700 5.6 9.300 14.900 15.300 5.6 9.500 15.100 5.4 9.433 14.833 14.966 5.6 9.133 14.733 5.0 9.20014.200 14.466 4 5.0 9.066 14.066 5.6 8.766 14.366 14.216 5 5.0 9.100 14.100 4.8 9.066 13.866 13.983 6 5.0 9.100 14.100 4.8 8.966 13.766 13.933 7 5.4 8.766 14.166 5.0 7.666 12.666 13.416 8 5.6 8.500 14.100 5.0 7.633 12.633 13.366

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