GYMNASTICS
July 19-July 23, July 25-July 26
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum-Uniondale, N.Y.

All Days - $38 and $24

The world’s best gymnasts will compete in all-around, individual apparatus and mixed team events. Athletes from traditional gymnastic powerhouses, including USA, China and Romania, will compete for the gold medal and the financial reward that comes with it. Olympic and world champions Dominique Dawes of the U.S., Naoya Tusukahara of Japan, Ivan Ivankov of Belarus, Simona Amanar of Romania and Meng Fei of China have confirmed their participation.

• Two groups of six compete in all-around (12 men and 12 women total)
• Eight athletes compete in all-around apparatus final
• Athletes will be invited to compete in specific events or all events
• The mixed competition will consist of teams composed of one male and one female from the same country on each mixed team (12 total teams)
• Medalists from the 1998 Games, special guests and Goodwill Games alumni will take part in a gymnastics exhibition on the final evening

July 19 - 7:00pm-9:00pm

Women’s All-Around Final - vault, uneven bars, beam, floor exercise

July 20 - 7:00pm-9:30pm

Men’s All-Around Final - floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar

July 21 - 7:30pm-10:00pm

Men’s Individual Apparatus - floor exercise, pommel horse
Women’s Individual Apparatus - vault, uneven bars

July 22 - 8:00pm-10:00pm

Men’s Individual Apparatus - rings, vault
Women’s Individual Apparatus - beam, floor exercise

July 23 - 7:30pm-10:30pm

Men’s Individual Apparatus - parallel bars, high bar

July 25 - 8:00pm-10:30pm

Preliminary Mixed Competition (Day 1 of 2)
Men’s - floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, high bar
Women’s - uneven bars, beam, floor exercise

July 26 - 12:30-2:00pm

Gymnastics - Final Mixed Competition – Final (Day 2 of 2)
Men’s - floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, high bar
Women’s - uneven bars, beam, floor exercise

July 26 - 7:30-9:30pm

Gymnastics -- Exhibition
Medalists/Guest Exhibition

HIGHLIGHTS OF GYMNASTICS AT THE GOODWILL GAMES

Goodwill Games gymnastics alumni include: Shannon Miller, Kim Zmeskal, Liliya Podkopayeva and Vitali Scherbo.

• 1994: Aleksei Nemov of Russia won more medals than any other athlete in the Games: four gold, one silver and one bronze.
• 1990: The Soviet Union's Natalya Kalinina scored a surprise upset over teammate Svetlana Boginskaya in the women's all-around.
• 1986: The Soviet Union swept the gold medals in the individual and team competitions.

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