| | Event type
Floor Exercise, Women
| Date | 10 – 17 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Guojia Tiyuguan, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing |
| Participants | 82 from 34 countries |
The format was the same as it had been from 1984-2004, with eight gymnasts advancing from the team all-around, but no more than two per nation. The last two World Champions had been American Shawn Johnson (2007) and China’s Cheng Fei (2006). Both made the final with Cheng leading the qualifying. Johnson was first up in the final and scored 15.500 points. Cheng fell twice during her routine and would finish only seventh. Johnson’s teammate Nastia Liukin had the highest execution scores but her lower difficulty gave her only 15.425. The last gymnast up was Romania’s Sandra Izbaşa, the 2008 European Champion. She nailed her routine, which had the highest difficulty score, and won the gold medal over Johnson, with Liukin taking bronze.
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VIEQualifying Round
| Date | 10 August 2008 — 10:00-21:22 | |
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| Format | Top eight (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final. | |
| A1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Lynn Smith |  CAN |
| A2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Rieko Sakurai |  JPN |
| B1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Sylvie Martinet |  SUI |
| B2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Antanina Koshal |  BLR |
| B3 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Joanna Uracz-Kocur |  POL |
| B4 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | María San Martín |  ESP |
| B5 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Agneta Göthberg |  SWE |
| B6 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Debbie Gordon |  RSA |
| Timer - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Chen Guangsheng |  CHN |
| Line 1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Zhu Jieya | CHN |
| Line 2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Floor Exercise) | Zhu Zheng | CHN |
Final
| Date | 17 August 2008 — 20:19-20:47 | |
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| A1 Judge - Apparatus Final | Lynn Smith | CAN |
| A2 Judge - Apparatus Final | Rieko Sakurai | JPN |
| B1 Judge - Apparatus Final | Carmen Basla |  ITA |
| B2 Judge - Apparatus Final | Berglind Petursdottir |  ISL |
| B3 Judge - Apparatus Final | Lyudmyla Korolenko |  UKR |
| B4 Judge - Apparatus Final | María San Martín | ESP |
| B5 Judge - Apparatus Final | Sylvie Martinet | SUI |
| B6 Judge - Apparatus Final | Mónica Calabro |  ARG |
| Timer - Apparatus Final | Chen Guangsheng | CHN |
| Line 1 Judge - Apparatus Final | Zhu Jieya | CHN |
| Line 2 Judge - Apparatus Final | Zhu Zheng | CHN |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | ||
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| 1 | 382 | Sandra Izbașa |  ROU | 15.650 | ||
| 2 | 411 | Shawn Johnson |  USA | 15.500 | ||
| 3 | 412 | Nastia Liukin | USA | 15.425 | ||
| 4 | 323 | Jiang Yuyuan | CHN | 15.350 | ||
| 5 | 393 | Yekaterina Kramarenko |  RUS | 15.025 | ||
| 6 | 312 | Daiane dos Santos |  BRA | 14.975 | ||
| 7 | 321 | Cheng Fei | CHN | 14.550 | ||
| 8 | 394 | Anna Pavlova | RUS | 14.125 |