The women's artistic individual all-around event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on 29 July 2021. Approximately 80 gymnasts from 49 nations (of the 98 total gymnasts) competed in the all-around in the qualifying round.

Sunisa Lee won the competition, continuing the winning streak of the United States since 2004 in the women's individual all-around. All five events were won by different athletes. Lee is the first women's individual all-around champion of Asian descent, the first Asian-American individual Olympic champion in women's artistic gymnastics, and the first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade earned the silver medal for her first Olympic medal, as well as the first medal in women's artistic gymnastics for her country. Andrade is also the first all-around medalist from a country which did not qualify a full team to the Olympics. Angelina Melnikova of ROC rounded off the podium in bronze, adding an individual medal to her two Olympic team medals. Melnikova earned a third consecutive bronze medal for Russian gymnasts in the women's individual all-around, following two from Aliya Mustafina.

The medals for the competition were presented by Anant Singh, South Africa; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Donatella Sacchi, Italy; FIG Delegate.

Background This was the 18th appearance of the women's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition was held at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and has been held at every edition since. Defending champion Simone Biles of the United States was aiming to become the first woman to defend their Olympic title since Věra Čáslavská did so in 1964 and 1968. However, she withdrew after the first rotation of the women's team final on 26 July after an issue on vault. During the post-meet press conference, Biles cited mental health reasons as the reason she did not continue the competition. The following day, USA Gymnastics confirmed that following further medical evaluation, Biles would also not be competing in the women's individual all-around final. Ellie Black of Canada re-injured her ankle during training the day before the individual women's all around final, and subsequently announced her withdrawal. They were replaced by Jade Carey and Lieke Wevers in the final.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 6 qualified gymnasts: a team of 4 and up to 2 specialists. A total of 98 quota places are allocated to women's 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 (the United States, Russia, and China) and the top nine teams (excluding those already qualified) at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (France, Canada, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Japan, and Spain) 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) advance to the all-around final. The finalists perform an additional exercise on each apparatus. Qualification scores are then ignored, with only final round scores counting. Scoring is according to the FIG Code of Points.

Schedule The competition was held over two days, Sunday, 25 July and Thursday, 29 July. The qualifying round (for all women's gymnastics events) was the first day; the all-around final was on the second day.

Date Time Round Subdivision25 July 10:00 Qualification Subdivision 1 11:50 Subdivision 2 15:10 Subdivision 3 17:05 Subdivision 4 20:20 Subdivision 5 29 July 19:50 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 cases where more than two gymnasts from the same NOC were in the top twenty-four, only the top two ranked among them would qualify to the final round, while the others would be excluded; the next-best ranked gymnast would qualify instead.

Rank Gymnast Total 1 14.966 14.566 14.066 14.133 57.731 Q W 2 15.400 14.200 13.733 14.066 57.399 Q 3 14.333 15.200 14.200 13.433 57.166 Q 4 14.466 14.933 13.733 14.000 57.132 Q 5 14.600 14.866 14.000 13.633 57.099 Q 6 14.300 14.766 13.866 14.000 56.932 – 7 13.900 15.366 13.766 13.566 56.598 Q 8 14.300 14.433 14.333 13.366 56.432 Q 9 15.166 14.133 12.866 14.100 56.265 – S 10 14.466 14.566 13.233 13.166 55.431 Q 11 14.933 13.666 13.233 13.566 55.398 – 12 14.500 13.800 12.866 14.033 55.199 Q 13 14.533 14.100 13.066 13.466 55.165 – 14 13.600 14.700 14.100 12.666 55.066 Q 15 14.433 13.100 13.966 13.433 54.932 – 16 14.500 14.433 13.133 12.666 54.732 Q 17 14.533 13.066 13.300 13.800 54.699 Q 18 14.233 13.966 13.200 12.900 54.299 Q 19 14.266 14.700 12.333 12.933 54.232 Q 20 14.333 14.233 12.600 13.033 54.199 Q 21 14.300 14.400 12.866 12.533 54.099 Q 22 14.133 13.000 13.300 13.533 53.966 Q 23 14.433 12.133 13.466 13.933 53.965 Q 24 14.533 12.800 14.100 12.266 53.699 Q W 25 14.966 13.666 12.500 12.500 53.632 – 26 13.400 13.633 13.666 12.933 53.632 Q 27 14.100 13.700 13.066 12.700 53.566 Q 28 14.766 12.900 12.266 13.633 53.565 – 29 13.400 14.333 12.841 12.966 53.540 Q 30 14.833 12.800 12.600 13.300 53.533 Q 31 13.466 14.066 12.666 13.200 53.398 Q 32 13.600 13.533 13.366 12.866 53.365 R1 S 33 13.858 13.833 13.033 12.466 53.190 – 34 14.233 13.933 13.133 11.833 53.132 – 35 13.766 13.366 13.033 12.766 52.931 – 36 14.433 13.000 12.333 13.133 52.899 R2 37 13.766 13.033 12.900 13.166 52.865 R3 38 13.466 13.233 13.766 12.333 52.798 – 39 12.266 14.133 13.000 13.333 52.732 R4

Reserves The reserves for the individual all-around event final were: – called up after Ellie Black's withdrawal

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:

– called up after Simone Biles' withdrawal

Final

Rank Gymnast Total 14.600(=5) 15.300(1) 13.833(2) 13.700(=5) 57.433 15.300(1) 14.666(5) 13.666(5) 13.666(7) 57.298 14.633(4) 14.900(3) 13.700(4) 13.966(2) 57.199 4 14.500(=9) 14.866(4) 14.200(1) 13.400(10) 56.966 5 14.533(8) 13.733(12) 13.766(3) 14.000(1) 56.032 6 13.900(19) 15.266(2) 13.366(6) 13.433(9) 55.965 7 14.233(16) 14.233(8) 13.066(9) 12.966(18) 54.498 8 15.200(2) 13.500(15) 11.533(23) 13.966(3) 54.199 9 14.200(17) 14.500(6) 12.933(10) 12.433(23) 54.066 10 14.566(7) 13.666(13) 12.033(20) 13.700(=5) 53.965 11 14.366(13) 13.833(10) 12.166(18) 13.333(12) 53.698 12 14.400(12) 13.566(14) 12.566(14) 13.033(15) 53.565 13 14.400(11) 12.400(23) 12.933(11) 13.800(4) 53.533 14 14.500(=9) 14.233(9) 12.100(19) 12.600(22) 53.433 15 14.833(3) 12.800(20) 12.400(16) 13.333(11) 53.366 16 14.300(=14) 13.000(18) 12.433(15) 13.566(8) 53.299 17 13.466(21) 13.766(11) 12.600(13) 13.166(13) 52.998 18 13.500(20) 13.333(17) 13.133(7) 12.833(19) 52.799 19 14.033(18) 12.466(22) 13.066(8) 13.000(16) 52.565 20 14.300(=14) 13.000(19) 11.633(22) 12.966(17) 51.899 21 13.400(=22) 14.300(7) 11.266(24) 12.666(20) 51.632 22 14.600(=5) 12.100(24) 11.700(21) 13.133(14) 51.533 23 13.400(=22) 12.466(21) 12.733(12) 12.633(21) 51.232 24 13.266(24) 13.366(16) 12.400(17) 12.066(24) 51.098

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