Short answer first, because I respect your time: I’ve covered four Games from press row and coached two club teams through elite qualifiers, and here’s the deal. The artistic gymnastics Olympics 2024 schedule runs over roughly 10 days in Paris: qualifiers first, then team finals, then the all-around, and finally the apparatus finals. If you’re chasing the Paris 2024 gymnastics schedule for men’s and women’s events—team qualifying, all-around medals, and those spicy vault, bars, beam, and floor showdowns—this is your week.
And yes, I’ll say it plainly: the artistic gymnastics olympics 2024 schedule puts the heavy drama right in the middle of the week. Team finals Monday/Tuesday, all-around Thursday/Friday, apparatus finals Saturday–Monday. Simple. Well—simple if you don’t mind time zones, rotation orders, and your coffee getting cold.
Key dates at a glance
In my experience, people want the “when do medals happen?” answer before anything else. So here’s your fast track. This is Paris local time (CEST), and exact session times can shift a bit. Always cross-check with the official listings here: official artistic gymnastics schedule and the day-by-day grid here: daily results and times.
| Day | Main Action | What to Watch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend 1 | Qualifications (Men & Women) | Big names debut; team lineups | Long sessions; split subdivisions; top 8 teams advance |
| Mon | Men’s Team Final | Six apparatus, high risk, huge scores | 3-up/3-count format—every fall hurts |
| Tue | Women’s Team Final | Beam nerves, floor fireworks | Also 3-up/3-count—no safety net |
| Thu | Men’s All-Around Final | Consistency wins the crown | 24 gymnasts, two per nation max |
| Fri | Women’s All-Around Final | Beam + floor = clutch time | 24 gymnasts, two per nation max |
| Sat–Mon | Apparatus Finals | Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor; Floor, PH, Rings; PBars, High Bar | Event specialists take over; two per nation per final |
If you care about bigger patterns (ratings spikes, prime-time windows, who gets the spotlight), I’ve been tracking sports trends around gymnastics for years. The women’s team final and women’s all-around almost always explode in attention. Not shocking.
Why the schedule is built like this
I’ve always found that people underestimate qualifiers. The sport’s not hiding the ball—qualifying slots the team final lineups, all-around finalists, and apparatus finalists. It’s like three drafts in one day. Brutal but efficient.
- Qualifications: Multiple “subdivisions,” basically time blocks. Scores set the cut for teams (top 8), all-arounders (top 24, two-per-country), and apparatus finals (top 8 per event, two-per-country).
- Team Finals: The infamous 3-up/3-count. No dropped scores. Someone slips on pommel horse? The whole squad pays.
- All-Around: Same course, no team buffer. Six rotations for men, four for women. The most complete gymnast wins.
- Apparatus Finals: Pure chaos. Specialists bring gigantic start values. Execution decides who gets hardware.
Want a deeper dive into who’s peaking and who’s sandbagging their difficulty like it’s a poker game? I file my odd little notes under our athlete spotlights section. I’ve seen vault lineups change in the call room. Fun times.
Where it happens (and why it matters)
Everything lives at the Accor Arena (Bercy). Tight arena, great atmosphere. Men’s events rotate PH–Rings–Vault–PBars–High Bar (varies by draw), women go Vault–Bars–Beam–Floor in some sessions—but don’t cling to that; rotations are assigned. To get a boring-but-correct explanation of the apparatus and format, here’s the official sport page: artistic gymnastics overview.
Time-zone math without the headache
What I think is essential: set alerts by finals, not whole sessions. Finals are your medal moments. If you’re in the Americas, many big sessions land in the afternoon or evening; in Asia-Pacific, it leans late night to early morning.
- Create calendar reminders with “local time” plus your time. Yes, double label it.
- Follow a results site push alert instead of doom-scrolling spoilers.
- Keep a two-hour window open for each final; warm-ups and ceremonies stretch.
If you’d rather not juggle ten tabs, I send a quick-hit sports newsletter with daily medal cues and zero fluff. Think “watch this at 19:35 CEST; here’s why.”
What to watch each day (mini cheat sheet)
Qualifications weekend
- Men’s quals: Watch for team depth on pommel horse and high bar. Those are landmine events.
- Women’s quals: Beam survival rate tells you almost everything about team medal chances.
- All-around seeds: Look at consistency across all events, not the single big floor score.
Team finals
- Men’s team final: Shake-ups usually come from pommel or high bar. Big D-scores, bigger nerves.
- Women’s team final: Uneven bars is where the margin grows; beam is where it shrinks.
All-around finals
- Men’s AA: Rings and parallel bars stability vs. high bar fireworks.
- Women’s AA: Beam decides, floor confirms. Vault starts the story.
Apparatus finals
- Day 1: Women’s vault, uneven bars. Men often have floor and pommel horse here.
- Day 2: Women’s beam and floor; men’s rings typically shows up.
- Day 3: Men’s parallel bars and high bar—always a highlight reel.
I park broader crossover notes in our multi-sport news feed, since broadcast windows and medal ceremonies can bleed into each other across sports. It’s the Olympics. Everything’s crowded.
The one table you’ll check twice
Bookmark this. If you only remember one thing, remember when the medals happen. Again, times are in CEST, verify exact slots on the day.
| Session | Typical Day | Window (CEST) | Tips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifications (Men) | Sat–Sun | Morning to late evening | Split into subdivisions; rotate snacks and sanity |
| Qualifications (Women) | Sat–Sun | Morning to late evening | Two-per-country rule already looming for AA and apparatus |
| Men’s Team Final | Mon | Evening | 3-up/3-count—no dropped scores, no “oops” allowed |
| Women’s Team Final | Tue | Evening | Beam pressure is the whole show |
| Men’s All-Around | Thu | Evening | Watch the high bar anchor rotation—title often decided there |
| Women’s All-Around | Fri | Evening | Vault starts hot; beam is the test; floor is the closer |
| Apparatus Finals I | Sat | Afternoon–Evening | Vault/Bars fireworks; men’s floor/PH drama |
| Apparatus Finals II | Sun | Afternoon–Evening | Women’s beam + floor, bring tissues and ice |
| Apparatus Finals III | Mon | Evening | PBars craft, High Bar chaos, medals everywhere |
How to follow without losing your mind
- Use official sources: I keep the results feed open. Rotations, start lists, quick updates.
- Don’t camp on social media during finals: The spoilers will find you.
- Pick two focus events per session: Example: women’s beam + bars, or men’s pommel + high bar.
- Note the two-per-country rule: It’s why a star might miss an AA or apparatus final. Brutal, yes. Still the rule.
I sometimes post quick takes during the session, and if something confuses you (it will), you can contact me and I’ll translate the judges’ hieroglyphics into normal English.
My seasoned-gym-nerd notes
- Scoring swings happen late: On high bar and beam especially. Stay till the end.
- Difficulty inflation in finals: Watch for last-minute upgrades. Or… downgrades after warm-up wobble.
- Vault final roulette: Two vaults for women, different families required. It’s risk city.
- Floor music matters: Crowd energy can lift scores. Or make a nerve soup.
If you want a clean primer on event formats and history, the wiki round-up is decent: event overview (Wikipedia). Cross-check with the official schedule link above; Wikipedia is quick but not gospel.
Who’s peaking (and who’s pretending)
In my experience, you can tell a lot from the first vault in quals. Landings don’t lie. I’ll keep posting names and mini breakdowns in our athlete spotlights, especially for event specialists who fly under the radar and then casually drop a medal on Monday.
If you remember just one phrase
Remember this: qualifiers seed the story, team finals write the plot, the all-around sets the tone of the Games, and apparatus finals deliver the quotes everyone repeats. That’s the spine of the artistic gymnastics olympics 2024 schedule, and it’s why we collectively forget to blink for ten days.
If you like this kind of straight-to-the-point breakdown, you’ll get even more out of the weekly sports trends I track after each major meet. Postmortems are where patterns scream.
Quick glossary for non-nerds
- AA: All-Around. Every apparatus, one individual title.
- D-score: Difficulty score. Start value. The “how hard is it?” part.
- E-score: Execution. The “did you actually stick it?” part.
- 3-up/3-count: Three gymnasts go, all three scores count. No safety net.
I’ll keep my play-by-play notes clean and stash the nerdier bits with cross-sport context in our multi-sport news rollup. It helps when swimming or track collide with medal ceremonies and your brain melts.
By the way, if you want daily bite-size nudges during the Games, the free sports newsletter is literally built for “tell me what to watch and when.” I made it because my friends were tired of my 2,000-word texts.
Anyway, set your reminders, pick your finals, and save your voice for the beam dismount sticks. The artistic gymnastics olympics 2024 schedule doesn’t babysit casual fans—but once you map it, it’s smooth. Mostly.
FAQs
When do the biggest medals get decided?
Team finals early week (Mon/Tue), all-around midweek (Thu/Fri), apparatus finals over the weekend. Check exact times on the official schedule.
How do qualifications work for finals?
Top 8 teams, top 24 all-around (max two per country), and top 8 per apparatus (also two per country) move on from quals.
Why did a star miss the all-around final?
Two-per-country rule. Even if they’re 3rd overall, a third teammate can’t advance in AA or event finals.
What’s the difference between all-around and apparatus finals?
All-around is every event for one title; apparatus finals are single-event medals for specialists and AA monsters alike.
Where can I see live times and rotations?
Use the official listings and live results pages; they update start lists, subdivisions, and rotations as they change.
I’m Oliver Scott, and I live to bring every sports moment to life. Get breaking multi-sport news, in-depth match highlights, fantasy tips, athlete spotlights, and the latest trends right here.
