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1 QUALIFICATION SYSTEM YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018 Original Version: ENGLISH 24 January 2018 Page 1/17 INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS FEDERATION artistic GYMNASTICS Men s Events (7) Women s Events (5) Mixed Events (1) Individual all-around Floor Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar Individual all-around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Mixed multi-discipline team event 1. Total Quota for artistic GYMNASTICS : Qualification Places Host Country Places Universality Places Total Men 34 1 1 36 Women 34 1 1 36 Total 68 2 2 72 2. Maximum Number of Athletes per NOC: Quota per NOC Men 1 Women 1 Total 2 3. Type of Allocation of Quota Places: The quota place is allocated to the NOC.

2 All athletes must comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force, including but not limited to, Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors). Only those athletes who have complied with the Olympic Charter may participate in the Youth Olympic Games. Age A. EVENTS (13) B. ATHLETES QUOTA C. ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATION SYSTEM YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018 Original Version: ENGLISH 24 January 2018 Page 2/17 To be eligible to participate in the Youth Olympic Games, the male athletes must be born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2002. For female athletes they must be born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003.

3 Additional IF criteria Athletes who have participated in FIG senior competitions or multisport games (including continental championships and world cup events) may not participate in the Youth Olympic Games. All NOCs, as well as candidates for NOC Universality Places and the host country, must have participated in their Junior Continental Championship (or any other continental qualifying event approved by the FIG). Hold a valid FIG License until the end of the YOG 2018 artistic GYMNASTICS competitions. All qualified athletes for the YOG must compete in the multi-discipline event. QUALIFICATION PLACES MEN & WOMEN Number of Quota Places Qualification Event 72 athletes (36 men & 36 women) including Host country and Universality Places D1.

4 Continental Junior Championships The Continental Junior Championships or any other continental qualifying event approved by the FIG (strictly following the FIG Rules for Juniors) will take place between September 2017 and June 2018. The exact dates and locations of the qualifying competitions will be decided by the FIG by 31 July 2017 and communicated to the NOCs. The best ranked athletes at each qualification event will grant a quota place to their NOC, according to the following quotas and based on one (1) athlete per NOC and per gender. These quotas include the Universality Places and the host country places. Europe Asia Africa America Oceania Total MAG 17 8 3 7 1 36 WAG 17 8 3 7 1 36 In the event of ties, the Olympic Games tie-breaking rules, as per Technical Section 2 Regulations in the FIG Technical Regulations, will apply.

5 In case a qualification place must be allocated to a different continent because of lack of participating NOCs, then this place will be allocated in order of priority as follows: MAG: 1. Europe / 2. Asia / 3. America / 4. Africa / 5. Oceania WAG: 1. Europe / 2. America / 3. Asia / 4. Africa / 5. Oceania D. QUALIFICATION PATHWAY QUALIFICATION SYSTEM YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018 Original Version: ENGLISH 24 January 2018 Page 3/17 HOST COUNTRY PLACES The host country will automatically qualify one (1) male and one (1) female athlete, on the condition that the athletes meet the eligibility requirements described under section C.

6 The host country places will be allocated to the best ranked eligible gymnast of the respective Junior Continental qualification event by name. UNIVERSALITY PLACES Two (2) Universality Places (one (1) man and one (1) woman) will be made available to eligible NOCs at the YOG, subject to the athletes meeting the required technical level and the eligibility criteria defined under section C. The INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee will invite all eligible NOCs to submit their requests for Universality Places by 15 January 2017. The Tripartite Commission will confirm, in writing, the allocation of invitation places to the relevant NOCs, in collaboration with FIG, as of 13 March 2017.

7 The NOCs will have until 31 March 2017 to confirm the use of their places to the Tripartite Commission. CONFIRMATION OF QUALIFICATION PLACES As of 29 April 2018, the FIG will inform all qualification places to NOCs immediately following the completion of each Junior Continental Championship (or any other continental qualifying event approved by FIG) As of 12 May 2018, the NOCs will then have two (2) weeks until, to confirm to FIG and BAYOGOC if they wish to use the quota places, as detailed in section G. Qualification Timeline. CONFIRMATION OF HOST COUNTRY PLACES The host country must confirm to the FIG and BAYOGOC by 8 July 2018, no later than two (2) weeks after the completion of the Continental Junior Championships the participation of its athletes.

8 REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUALIFICATION PLACES Should an NOC decline, or not be able to use an allocated quota place, the place will be reallocated to the next eligible NOC from the same continent. In case this qualification place must be reallocated to a different continent because of lack of participating NOCs, then this place will be reallocated in order of priority as follows: MAG: 1. Europe / 2. Asia / 3. America / 4. Africa / 5. Oceania WAG: 1. Europe / 2. America / 3. Asia / 4. Africa / 5. Oceania E. CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUOTA PLACES F. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES QUALIFICATION SYSTEM YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018 Original Version: ENGLISH 24 January 2018 Page 4/17 REALLOCATION OF UNUSED HOST COUNTRY PLACES Should the host country qualify through the Continental Junior Championships (or equivalent), or should the host country be unable to fulfil the conditions as detailed in section C.

9 , or should the host country decline the allocated quota place, then the places will be reallocated to the next best ranked NOC from Americas. In case this host country place must be reallocated to a different continent because of lack of participating NOCs, then this place will be reallocated in order of priority as follows: MAG: 1. Europe / 2. Asia / 3. America / 4. Africa / 5. Oceania WAG: 1. Europe / 2. America / 3. Asia / 4. Africa / 5. Oceania REALLOCATION OF UNUSED UNIVERSALITY PLACES Any unused Universality Places, including those returned after the final allocation by the YOG Tripartite Commission, will be reallocated to the next eligible NOC from the same continent according to the results of the men or women s qualifying event.

10 In case this quota place must be reallocated to a different continent because of lack of participating NOCs, then this place will be reallocated in order of priority as follows: MAG: 1. Europe / 2. Asia / 3. America / 4. Africa / 5. Oceania WAG: 1. Europe / 2. America / 3. Asia / 4. Africa / 5. Oceania QUALIFICATION SYSTEM YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018 Original Version: ENGLISH 24 January 2018 Page 5/17 Period Date Milestone Universality Places 31 March 2017 Validation of final allocation of Universality Places by the YOG Tripartite Commission Qualification 1 April 2017 - 31 July 2018 YOG 2018 qualification period 25 28 April 2018 Asian Continental Junior Championships, (INA) 7 12 May 2018 African Continental Junior Championships, Welvis-Bay (NAM) 21 May 2018 4 June 2018 Oceania Continental Junior Championships, Melbourne (AUS) 9 16 June 2018 American Continental Junior Championships, (ARG) 19 24 June 2018 European Continental Junior Championships, Baku (AZE)