Overview
Artistic gymnastics is one of the centerpiece sports of the Olympic Games, featuring athletes competing across multiple apparatus — four for women (vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise) and six for men (floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar).
Competition is structured in four phases: qualification, team finals, all-around finals and individual apparatus finals, with athletes advancing through each stage based on scores. In modern scoring, each routine receives a combined score made up of a difficulty (D) score and execution (E) score, allowing for increasingly complex skills while still rewarding precision and form.
Gymnastics has been part of the Olympic program since the first modern Games at the 1896 Summer Olympics, initially featuring only men’s events. Women’s gymnastics was added at the 1928 Summer Olympics, and the sport has evolved significantly since, particularly with the introduction of the open-ended scoring system in 2006, which replaced the traditional “perfect 10” and removed the ceiling on difficulty.
The Olympic gymnastics program will add a new event, mixed team, in 2028.
When it was contested for the first time at the 2025 European Championships, each nation's team consisted of a male gymnast and a female gymnast. Men competed on floor, parallel bars and high bar while women competed on vault, beam and floor. While the Olympic event hasn't been set in stone, the competition could be expected to follow a similar format.
What are the Olympic gymnastic events for 2028?
Men
- Team Final
- All-Around
- Floor Exercise
- Pommel Horse
- Still Rings
- Vault
- Parallel Bars
- Horizontal Bar
Women
- Team Final
- All-Around
- Vault
- Uneven Bars
- Balance Beam
- Floor Exercise
Mixed
- Team Final
What is the competition schedule for gymnastics at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?
Olympic gymnastics is set to begin Saturday, July 15, and end Tuesday, July 25.
| Date/Time (ET) | Event |
|---|---|
| Sat, 7/15 2:30-5p |
Men’s Qualification 1 |
| Sat, 7/15 6:30-9p |
Men’s Qualification 2 |
| Sat, 7/15 10:30p-1a |
Men’s Qualification 3 |
| Sun, 7/16 12:45-4:35p |
Women’s Qualification 1 & 2 |
| Sun, 7/16 6:05-7:45p |
Women’s Qualification 3 |
| Sun, 7/16 9:15-10:55p |
Women’s Qualification 4 |
| Mon, 7/17 12:45-2:05a |
Women’s Qualification 5 |
| Mon, 7/17 8:15-11:30p |
Men’s Team Final 🥇 |
| Tue, 7/18 9-11:30p |
Women’s Team Final 🥇 |
| Wed, 7/19 9-11:30p |
Men’s All-Around Final 🥇 |
| Thu, 7/20 9-11:30p |
Women’s All-Around Final 🥇 |
| Sat, 7/22 2:30-5:15p |
Apparatus Finals (Men/Women) 🥇 |
| Sun, 7/23 2-4:45p |
Apparatus Finals (Men/Women) 🥇 |
| Mon, 7/24 2-5:30p |
Apparatus Finals (Men/Women) 🥇 |
| Tue, 7/25 7-9:30p |
Mixed Team Final 🥇 |
These dates are subject to change. Check the NBC Olympics schedule page closer to the Games for more detailed viewing information.
You can watch every event at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics LIVE by subscribing to Peacock. Users can also authenticate with their cable subscription, which allows them to watch live streams of every Olympic event on NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, the NBC app or the NBC Sports app.
All streams can be viewed in web browsers or on your phones, tablets or connected TV devices.
Where will the gymnastics competition be held at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?
Gymnastics will take place at the DTLA Arena, also known as the Crypto.com Arena, a major indoor venue in downtown Los Angeles that will serve as the central stage for gymnastics, trampoline and boxing during the Games.
