Section 2 · Gymnasts

Warm-Up and the Clock

The 50-second touch warm-up, who may prepare the apparatus, and the time limits of the general rules in one list.

Unofficial summary. The FIG Code of Points and its newsletters are the authority; every rule links to its page there.

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The gymnast

Touch Warm-Up

Time: 50 seconds for each gymnast. On vault, at most two vaults instead.
Where: On the podium, immediately before he competes, on every apparatus.
Phases: Every phase: Qualifications, Team Final, All-Around and Apparatus Finals.

Qualifications, Team Final: The warm-up time belongs to the team. The team must leave enough time for its last gymnast.
Mixed groups: The warm-up time belongs to each gymnast, in competition order.

An audible signal ends the warm-up.
A gymnast who is ready to vault, or who is still on the apparatus, may finish the element or sequence he has begun.
After the warm-up, and during a “competition pause”, the apparatus may be prepared but not used.

Warm-up time not respected, or more than two warm-up vaultsby D1, from the Final Score−0.3
A team's warm-up time not respected — from the team totalby the Superior Jury President−1.0each

The line judge on vault counts the warm-up vaults; D1 controls the warm-up time.

On vault the gymnast keeps his two warm-up vaults even when the warm-up time has run out.

The coach

Qualifications, Team Final: Any FOP-accredited person from the gymnast's federation may help prepare the apparatus.
All-Around, Apparatus Finals: At most three people on the podium: the gymnast, his coach, and one other accredited person.

For the next rotation, coaches may prepare the apparatus only after the last exercise of the current rotation is over and its score is published.

Every judge

Request to rate a new element or raise the bar24 h before podium training
Judges present1 h before the start
Touch warm-up, per gymnast50 sec (vault: 2 vaults)
From the green light to the start30 sec; after 60 sec, terminated
From being on his feet after a fall to remounting30 sec; after 60 sec, ends at the fall
Any hold2 sec
E judges' deductions after the exerciseWithin 20 sec
Floor exercise, maximum length70 sec; signals at 60 sec and at 70 sec
D-Jury's written reportWithin 2 weeks
Superior Jury President's report to the FIG Executive CommitteeWithin 30 days

All timing is in whole seconds. The green light comes on 30 seconds before the exercise is expected to begin.