Gymnastics Trampoline by the numbers
Updated: 2008-08-15 20:34:38
(BEIJING, August 15) — Some key numbers on the Gymnastics Trampoline competitions at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
18,000 - Spectator capacity of the National Indoor Stadium.
179 - Height in centimeters of Gregoire Pennes of France, the tallest Trampoline gymnast at Beijing 2008.
156 - Height in centimeters of Hirota Haruka of Japan and Olena Movchan of Ukraine, the shortest competitors at Beijing 2008.
35 - Age of Anna Dogonadze of Germany, the oldest Trampoline competitor in Beijing 2008.
32 - Number of athletes competing in Gymnastics Trampoline.
30 - Number of skills elements performed by the finalists during the competition (three routines of 10 skills each).
18 - Age of Luba Golovina of Georgia, the youngest Trampoline gymnast in the Games.
17 - Number of National Olympic Committees (NOC) competing in Trampoline.
14.7 - Square meters, the size of the trampoline bed (5.05m x 2.91m).
8 - Judges are appointed for individual competition: a Chair, two Difficulty Judges and five Execution Judges.
6 - Number of NOCs to have won a Trampoline medal.
5 - Number of world championships titles won by Russian Irina Karavaeva.
3 - Gymnastics Trampoline is an Olympic sport for the third time.
2 - Aleksander Moskalenko of Russian and Karen Cockburn of Canada are the only multi-medalists in this young Olympic sport.
1 - Number of Olympic medals won by China in Trampoline prior to Beijing 2008.
0 - Number of gold medals won by non-European NOCs.
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