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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