United States Olympic trials (gymnastics)

The United States Olympic team trials in gymnastics are held before every Summer Olympic Games to select the participants for the US Olympic gymnastics team. The event is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and run by USA Gymnastics.

The first Olympic trials were held in 1960 in West Point, New York, to select athletes for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[1] The men's and women's trials have been held both separately and then as one event.[2] Many of the early results are hard to come by as they were not recorded or published to the public.

Editions

YearLocationDatesWomen's championMen's championNotesRef
1960West Point, New York
1964San Fernando, California (MAG)
Kings Point, New York (WAG)
1968Los Angeles, California (MAG)
Long Beach, California (WAG)
1972Des Plaines, Illinois (MAG)
Long Beach, California (WAG)
May 26–28Roxanne PierceSteve Hug[3]
1976University Park, Pennsylvania (MAG)
Los Angeles, California (WAG)
May 20–22Kathy HowardKurt Thomas[4]
1980Jacksonville, FloridaTracee TalaveraBart ConnerOlympic trials were held and teams for both MAG and WAG were selected;
however the USA boycotted the Olympics.
[5]
1984Jacksonville, FloridaJune 1–3Mary Lou RettonPeter Vidmar[6][7]
1988Salt Lake City, UtahAugust 4–7Phoebe MillsCharles Lakes[8]
1992Baltimore, MarylandJune 9–14Shannon MillerScott Keswick[9]
1996Boston, MassachusettsJune 25–30Dominique DawesJohn Roethlisberger[10][11][12]
2000Boston, MassachusettsAugust 17–20Elise RayBlaine Wilson[13][14]
2004Anaheim, CaliforniaJune 24–27Courtney KupetsPaul Hamm[15][16]
2008Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJune 19–22Shawn JohnsonJonathan Horton[17][18][19]
2012San Jose, CaliforniaJune 28–July 1Gabby DouglasDanell Leyva[20][21][22]
2016St. Louis, Missouri (MAG)
San Jose, California (WAG)
June 23–26
July 8–10
Simone BilesSam Mikulak[23][24]
[25][26]
2020St. Louis, MissouriJune 25–28, 2020
June 24–27, 2021
Simone BilesBrody MalonePostponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[27][28][29]
[30][31]
2024Minneapolis, MinnesotaJune 27–30, 2024Simone BilesFred Richard[32]

See also

References