| | Event type
Individual, Women
| Date | 20 August 2004 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympiako Kleisto Gymnastirio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi |
| Participants | 16 from 14 countries |
Multiple world champion, and 2000 gold medalist, Irina Karavayeva (RUS) was back. But the last two world titles had been won by Karen Cockburn (CAN) (2003) and Anna Dogonadze (GER) (2001). In the qualifying, Karavayeva attempted a routine with an unprecendented difficulty tariff of 15.0, but fell off the trampoline and was eliminated, her worst ever international showing. In the final, Cockburn had the highest difficulty, but Dogonadze, an ethinc Georgian who became a German citizen in 1998, won the gold medal with much higher execution scores. Cockburn had been the bronze medalist in Sydney.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Dogonadze |  GER | 66.7 (2) | 39.6 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Karen Cockburn |  CAN | 65.1 (5) | 39.2 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Huang Shanshan |  CHN | 65.4 (4) | 39.0 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Nataliya Chernova |  RUS | 66.8 (1) | 38.6 (4) | |||
| 5 | Olena Movchan |  UKR | 65.8 (3) | 37.6 (5) | |||
| 6 | Heather Ross-McManus | CAN | 63.8 (6) | 37.4 (6) | |||
| 7 | Haruka Hirota |  JPN | 63.0 (7) | 37.2 (7) | |||
| 8 | Rea Lenders |  NED | 62.7 (8) | 24.3 (8) | |||
| 9 r1/2 | Rusudan Khoperia |  GEO | 62.5 (9) | – | |||
| 10 r1/2 | Katarína Prokešová |  SVK | 61.9 (10) | – | |||
| 11 r1/2 | Yekaterina Khilko |  UZB | 61.6 (11) | – | |||
| 12 r1/2 | Kirsten Lawton |  GBR | 60.2 (12) | – | |||
| 13 r1/2 | Lesley Daly |  AUS | 58.9 (13) | – | |||
| 14 r1/2 | Jennifer Parilla |  USA | 52.7 (14) | – | |||
| 15 r1/2 | Irina Karavayeva | RUS | 39.9 (15) | – | |||
| 16 r1/2 | Tatsiana Piatrenia |  BLR | 32.9 (16) | – |
Qualifying Round
| Date | 20 August 2004 — 16:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Top eight finishers advanced to the final. | |
| Judge #1 | Dimosthenis Chrysospathis |  GRE |
| Judge #2 | Fermín Pérez |  ESP |
| Judge #3 | Marcos de Oliveira |  BRA |
| Judge #4 | Martin Andreas Thorsson |  SWE |
| Judge #5 | Vladimír Zeman |  CZE |
| Difficulty Judge #1 | Nikolay Makarov | RUS |
| Difficulty Judge #2 | Pat Henderson | USA |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Routine #1 | Routine #2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nataliya Chernova | RUS | 66.8 | 28.1 (1) | 38.7 (3) | ||
| 2 | Anna Dogonadze | GER | 66.7 | 27.3 (6) | 39.4 (1) | ||
| 3 | Olena Movchan | UKR | 65.8 | 27.8 (2) | 38.0 (5) | ||
| 4 | Huang Shanshan | CHN | 65.4 | 26.4 (13) | 39.0 (2) | ||
| 5 | Karen Cockburn | CAN | 65.1 | 27.0 (8) | 38.1 (4) | ||
| 6 | Heather Ross-McManus | CAN | 63.8 | 26.8 (=11) | 37.0 (6) | ||
| 7 | Haruka Hirota | JPN | 63.0 | 26.9 (=9) | 36.1 (8) | ||
| 8 | Rea Lenders | NED | 62.7 | 27.4 (5) | 35.3 (10) | ||
| 9 | Rusudan Khoperia | GEO | 62.5 | 26.3 (14) | 36.2 (7) | ||
| 10 | Katarína Prokešová | SVK | 61.9 | 25.9 (15) | 36.0 (9) | ||
| 11 | Yekaterina Khilko | UZB | 61.6 | 26.8 (=11) | 34.8 (11) | ||
| 12 | Kirsten Lawton | GBR | 60.2 | 27.6 (=3) | 32.6 (13) | ||
| 13 | Lesley Daly | AUS | 58.9 | 25.8 (16) | 33.1 (12) | ||
| 14 | Jennifer Parilla | USA | 52.7 | 26.9 (=9) | 25.8 (14) | ||
| 15 | Irina Karavayeva | RUS | 39.9 | 27.1 (7) | 12.8 (15) | ||
| 16 | Tatsiana Piatrenia | BLR | 32.9 | 27.6 (=3) | 5.3 (16) |
Final Round
| Date | 20 August 2004 — 17:48 | |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #1 | Dimosthenis Chrysospathis | GRE |
| Judge #2 | Fermín Pérez | ESP |
| Judge #3 | Marcos de Oliveira | BRA |
| Judge #4 | Martin Andreas Thorsson | SWE |
| Judge #5 | Vladimír Zeman | CZE |
| Difficulty Judge #1 | Nikolay Makarov | RUS |
| Difficulty Judge #2 | Pat Henderson | USA |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Judge 1 Points | Judge 2 Points | Judge 3 Points | Judge 4 Points | Judge 5 Points | Execution Points | Difficulty | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Dogonadze | GER | 39.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 25.4 | 14.2 | ||
| 2 | Karen Cockburn | CAN | 39.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 24.6 | 14.6 | ||
| 3 | Huang Shanshan | CHN | 39.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 25.0 | 14.0 | ||
| 4 | Nataliya Chernova | RUS | 38.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 24.6 | 14.0 | ||
| 5 | Olena Movchan | UKR | 37.6 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 23.6 | 13.0 | ||
| 6 | Heather Ross-McManus | CAN | 37.4 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 23.0 | 14.4 | ||
| 7 | Haruka Hirota | JPN | 37.2 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 24.4 | 12.8 | ||
| 8 | Rea Lenders | NED | 24.3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 16.7 | 7.6 |