Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around
| Women's artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
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| Venue | Sydney Superdome | ||||||||||||
| Date | September 21st, 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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Simona Amanar |
 Romania
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Maria Olaru |
Romania
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Liu Xuan |
 China
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These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 17 and 21 at the Sydney SuperDome.
The all-around competition in the discipline of women's artistic gymnastics (WAG) was marred by three separate scandals. The vault apparatus was set incorrectly for more than half of the meet; consequently many gymnasts fell or were injured on the event. The apparatus was adjusted during the third rotation and those gymnasts who had vaulted on the incorrectly set equipment were invited to re-do the event at the end of the competition.
Notably, Svetlana Khorkina, who led champion Andreea Răducan by nearly 0.3 in qualifications, was thrown out of medal contention due to the wrongly measured vault. Additionally, world all-around silver medalist Viktoria Karpenko, who led the competition until the last rotation, was thrown from first place after she stubbed her toe, tripped, and fell out of bounds on her floor exercise. These are testaments to the upset of the entire competition.
Finally, though not necessarily a favorite for an all-around medal, Dong Fangxiao was found in 2010 to have been underaged at the Sydney Olympics. Consequently, all of her results from the competition - including her all-around results - were cancelled.
Sixty-four gymnasts competed in the all-around during the qualification round on September 17. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 21. Each country was limited to three competitors in the final.
*Annika Reeder was injured on the faulty vaulting horse and forced to withdraw from the competition.
**Andreea Răducan (ROU) was stripped of the all-around gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance. The gold was reawarded to the silver medalist, Simona Amânar (ROU).
***Dong Fongxiao's (CHN) scores have been cancelled after being found guilty of being underaged during these olympics.
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