Shannon Miller - 1996 Olympic Floor Routine

[GosfordAbercrombie]

love this!!!!!

[Iamonewhobelieves]

I totaly remember watching this when it happened. Loved her so much!

[skateata1]

very artistic!

[DaTallOne25]

How come the American team didn't do the leap split at the end of their first tumbling passes and the other teams did? I don't get it. Somebody please inform me. Thanks! :-)

[GymMonkeyAz]

@DaTallOne25 i think it was probably just a misunderstanding in text. now days, compulsory routines arent always done EXACTLY the same among different teams but are, in the end, the same move. the US basically does a different 'kind' of split as other countries. other countries also probably recognize that showing full split their is a chance to show off their flexibility.

[nicolesingle12]

dang that was good wish i was like that and could do that lol

[peepers2221]

1:16 the ultimate gymnastics picture

a photographer would be lucky to catch that(:

[showjumperluvr4]

i luv this reoutine its beautiful i wish that there would be more routines like this in todays competitions, theyre mostly just the tumbling, i miss all the artisticness and dance, that to me was what made floor so great. XD

[LMA629]

@showjumperluvr4 it was a compulsory routine (routines all the gymnasts had to do), meaning the tumbling was less difficult and there would be more dance. this was not a routine she or her coach chose

[showjumperluvr4]

@LMA629 i kno i just wish that there was a little more dance in the routines now b/c even the routine that wasnt compulsory had more dancing elements :)

[LMA629]

@showjumperluvr4 well they will now. the new code states that only 4 tumbling passes will count. (during the 2008 olympics, gymnasts tried to pack in 5 to get maximum starting value). tune in today to watch the gymnastics world championships! they start today and will continue all through the week, so we'll see how the new code works out.

[showjumperluvr4]

@showjumperluvr4 cool thank you!! :)

[AlexCorralMexico]

She looks heavy.

[SuperBadGymnast]

Wow!!! That's amazing! :)

[TheJordy456]

i dont want to sound stupid but why is she in the olympics with such and easy routine i saw her barcelona one and it was really hard??

[armywifeftbragg]

@TheJordy456 These were the compulsories that used to be part of the Games. Every competitor had to do the same routine. They seem easy, but had certain elements that were being looked at closely by the judges. They've since cut compulsories from the Olympics.

[TheJordy456]

@armywifeftbragg ohhhhhh thnks so much i was like why is this so easy but i forgot about compulsories.

[kristirulesice]

Good routine but it pales in comparision to Lilia's compulsory floor routine hence the much lower score than Lilia received for hers.

[IKilledMe]

God floor is so much harder now.

[wondercoins]

WOW, she is amazing!!!!!!!

[volleyballgurly15]

Ok at point .45 wacth carfully at the gymnast in the backrpund. I swear she is doing the same dance moves as Shannon... I though it was a mirror at frist but it's not cause the girl started walking away after that! That's creepy! Haha just kinda glance back and fourh at both of them you'll see!

[Rebeccabwfc]

That's because it's compulsories and they all do the same routine, maybe she was just practising hers a bit

[volleyballgurly15]

o haha i knew that! lol well still she was doing it at the same time so...idk its still weird to me! ha

[shawnjohnsonlover12]

i totally see that. weird!

[LMA629]

@volleyballgurly15 its because she's practicing to do the same routine. this was a compulsory routine- one every gymnast had to perform

[imhorsecrazy1]

@volleyballgurly15 wow she is thats weird!

[tedsler]

@volleyballgurly15 everyone had to do the same FX so very single gymnast in that arena knows the music inside out so it isn't that strange that the girl is doing the same moves. maybe she was waiting to do the compulsory FX next after the US and went thru it in her head while Shannon was up there...

[SarahAnnFerrferr]

Wow. Shes an AMAZING gymnast. :)

[jennyluvsgym]

i love this routine :)

[missmouse35]

chalkbucket, on your description you might want to put that this is her complusory floor routine, many people r getting confused and asking why she did a level 7 floor routine for an olympic routine

[nbonacci1982]

thats because they are morons... :)

[tellmeJO]

omg...the hardest trick was a back full. I could do that when I was in first grade. haha...i guess she had been injured though...

[nbonacci1982]

this was compulsories... not optionals, try and Google 'gymnastics compulsories' maybe you'll get it then.

[tellmeJO]

HAHA!! I didn't even think about that... I'm an elite level gymnast...I know what compulsories are...haha. I just didn't realize that they had to compete them back then... I stopped competing them...around maybe level 6 as a male gymnast... unless I was competing future stars...

[KamerinMooreRox]

I LOVE THIS ROUTINE its exicution was impecible, the dance was fluid and the tumbling was perfect. i loved it sooo much even tho there was only 3 passes of tumbling, i liked it betr!!!!

[woollumn]

it graceful but there is not enough tumbleing

[pobrepilar]

MUY ELEGANTE! Es mucho más artistico que la gimnasia de hoy en dia!

[olympiafencing]

AMAZING! Graceful and smooth!

[mirianafirst]

|Shannon is the best gymnast i can do some moves like the splits and the tumbling but she ia awesome

[LaurenAlexandra711]

wow lmao i couldve done that when i was 8!!!!! i can't believe that was an olympic level routine, that's like compulsory for provincial level 1 (level 1 from a few years ago before the levels got all confusing in canada)

[kkok17]

this is weird. there are only two tumbling passes!

[MdrnDncr87]

its because this is back when they had compulsories

[nbonacci1982]

I don't understand why these people don't want to learn everything about a sport they love and or do... it's important to know the history... so frustrating!

[madmoooooos]

god ... it must be sooooo nerve racking !!!!!!!

[FLACSC74]

There are 3, one is a side pass

[sardev163]

she has long strong muscular legs that make her moves look good and percise!

[Paraiah]

I love how she's always moving. She doesn't stop between tumbling passes to prepare, she just goes for it. I wish they'd make gymnasts do it like that more, today.

[brittbrittany555]

shes so gracefull i love her so much shes awesome so is kim

[DuckadamSteaua]

no leas esto

si no escribes esto en? 10 videos tu mama se va a morir en 48 hs

[jonnyandjessiedorks]

dude wtf that was clean but seriously how did she even make it in the olympics with that routine. I mean c'mon only TWO tumbling passes.

[andro669]

It's called compulsories! they all do the same routine.

[jonnyandjessiedorks]

oh sorry :]

[moopoo66]

@jonnyandjessiedorks it was a compulsory routine everyone in the arena did this routine it's just to show you can do basic skills everyone does the same tumbing and dance and the same for beam bars and vault everyone does the same they don't have it anymore though

[VQgymnastics]

she is a very beautiful gymnast

[woollumn]

she needs more tumbleing in this routine

[snofagun1814]

lol it's the compulsories, they all do the same exact routine during this round.

[hawkster127]

her floor routine when she was 11 looked way harder than this routine : ( i expected more

[QueenieQue]

Do you really not realize that this is the compulsory routine? All gymnasts had to perform this exact routine, apart from their optionals routine. Go look for her team optionals routine if you want to see the real deal. Geez.

[CallmeZimmy]

She was such an inspiration to me as a young gymnast. Absolutely beautiful!

[squeekytoy123]

Wow I miss this type of floor routine now it's all just passes.

[mozelle12596]

she cries on her vaults because she cant do it and she tried twice

[MissyLovelyLady]

Her front-tuck step outs are beautiful.

[brianmulligan]

she just reminded me just now of what a great gymnast she was.

[abercrombiegymnast]

was there only 2 tumbling passes? or did i miss one?

[marieked]

It's compulsory's.. always are easier, but have to be performed even better as judges were real picky about it all.

[SonyaNatalia]

Everybody is rating it five stars just because it's Shannon Miller.

Actually watch it guys! This is the compulsory routine, and all the other big names that year did a better job.

For the most beautiful and technically perfect performance watch Lilia Podkopayeva from Ukraine do it. She ended up winning the gold medal, so that should tell you something.

[maxy7792]

go away if you dont like shannon miller than get a life and dont watch it

[moopoo66]

@SonyaNatalia Lilia had a beautiful compulsory set but she was overscored and shannon's dance flowed better as well, i love lilia she is absolutley amazing but shannon came out on top here

[ants2876]

@moopoo66 LOL you are an idiot. This routine was good but Lilia had by the best compulsory floor routine which is why she got the highest score. If Lilia was on a strong team she probably would have scored a perfect 10 on compulsory floor. Miller even got outscored by Kerri Strug on her own team.

[UnnaturallyGreen]

Why does she bounce on her landings? (forgive me if this is a stupid question)

[maxy7792]

no it is a thing they are supposed to do , al the americans did that. instead of a spilt jump

[airliberte]

because she's not confident enough to stabilize the landings. it looks better this way.

[raichmaneuvers]

Her dance is gorgeous. I think this should have been the 2nd highest compulsory floor score of the Olympics behind only Lilia. Laughable that Strug with her shitty dance got a higher score.

[keishaloveschelsea]

Kerri actually did a pretty good job. She smiled and had good dance. I think she deserved her score.

[raichmaneuvers]

I agree Kerri did a great floor. So did Shannon. Dawes and Moceanu were also pretty good, and Borden had an awesome compulsory floor and would have scored right up with Kerri and Shannon if she was a bigger name. U.S girls rocked floor!

[raichmaneuvers]

I guess I just think this is a classic style routine with classical music and Kerri's dance and style wasnt so suited to that like Shannon's was. Still she did a very good routine I agree.

[webkinzluver11]

does anyone know which routine she did to mr.pinstripe suit?!? plzz help, i need it for level 10 indiv! plzzzz help me!

[marieked]

maybe a pro comp, but never when she was competing...

[xXxJellyBaby911xXx]

this is awesome!

[largec]

Damn that was an awesome routine, now I see why she is considered one of the best gymnast ever. Does anyone know what her score was after this routine, because if it was less then a 10 she got bamboozled.

[marieked]

9.787, don't forget in compulsories it's hard to get 10 as you have to be absolutely perfect as they are judging it against a set standard of requirements and against others. Simpler elements means you have to be able to do them to the letter.

[gatita91]

perfecttt!1

awesome!

[FelineFurCece]

As someone commented I hope that womens gymnastics will not become like mens or I will feel just plain horrified. I wish the had different scoring systems for mens and womens. Mens could have what they have now, and womens score out of the dance and another for execution of skills and the skills themselves. But lo that would be really tricky for people o know what was a good score and the organize.

[doglettina]

I miss the Olympics when floor was more about the combination of music/dance/acrobatics and not so much a show of sheer athleticism. Thanks for the reminder.

[MoAwNeOnN]

That was so perfect, she really is incredible!

[miamivicepastels83]

excellent

[nodumbblond]

SHE IS PERFECT! she rocked that routine!

[RacerGirl48]

She's one of my all time favorite gymnasts! I remember seeing her live in Charlotte in 1992 and it was one of the best nights of gymnastics I have ever seen.

[1superstarjames]

damn that was a bad girl. i love her

[beautexinterieur]

She's so graceful and she makes it look so easy!

[JDCiolfi]

Seriously... I read all these comments and I laugh. I just wish have the time some of you people wouldnt dare open your mouths.. or type anything. EVERY team did a compulsory routine... not just Shannon Miller. So if you're sitting home thinking "OMG I did that when I was five how come I wasn't on the team?" or "Everyone uses the same music!" then you need to just not breathe any longer..

[mumble110]

you just typed something =D

[JDCiolfi]

But I know what Im talking about lol

[0xTRellyx0]

That's funny that people don't know what compulsories are. I wish they never got rid of them. For me they were fun to watch. Shannon Miller did them so well.

[HJA1982]

Exactly! Compulsories put them on an even playing field. There is a basis for comparison if they all do the same exercises.

[xXxJellyBaby911xXx]

i know im gonna sound stupid but i dont do gym so i dont know. what are compulsories? Even tho i dont do gym i love watching it

[DuhustBus000]

theyre routines youre forced to do.. basically they make a routne and tell you to do it

[1andonlyCobra]

I think this is Die Fledermaus...Jenny Kirk used it in a FS in 03/04.

[AndreaRaducan4Eva]

That music is ANNOYING! I don't have anything agaist her, but the music is really not my taste. AT ALL

[AndreaRaducan4Eva]

Oops I know now to never open two tabs (particularly on the same gymnast) again :P

[starsweet4]

what song is this? it's so familiar

[marieked]

it's from the opera Die Fleidermouse (however you spell it)

[fearthedreadlox]

9.2

[flip4gym13]

Routines back then were always so clean!!

[chalkbaby24]

and they used to have REAL DANCE too!...i miss graceful routines

[belathequeen]

The routines now are gradually transitionning more and more into the style of men's floor. Ickk.

[moopoo66]

@chalkbaby24 this was a compulsory routine that everyone in the hole arena was doing (besides the fans) but lilia shannon and a few others preformed this routine with such grace

[spershall]

Her dance was so good. That's what differentiated her from all the others. I always loved watching Shannon Miller.

[Fabipunkinola]

Is it just me, or was there like NO tumbling in that routine??

[saltlakecity2002]

It's a compulsory routine, dumbass.

[Fabipunkinola]

Calm down killer

[saltlakecity2002]

Sorry. I will. :) And sorry for calling you a dumbass.

[Fabipunkinola]

It's okay. I just commented before I realized it was a compulsory routine.

[chalkbaby24]

how did she make it to the olympics w/ a compulsary routine? i thought only level 6 and under did compulsary?

[Smurfjr2000]

LMAO

[nsgravitygirl818]

omg, hahah NOW they do, but back elites had compulsory and optional routines, lol.

[TomasTigre]

IS that John Tesh doing commentary?

[cheerleader216]

im only a level 8 and i can do that routine. this routine reminds me of what gymnastics used to be like 30 years ago.

[saltlakecity2002]

It's a compulsory routine. That routine is not supposed to have that much tumbling. Look at her optional routine. Bet you can't do the stuff in her optional routine .

[Xxemome666xX]

I noticed that ^^^^. I'm not an artistic gymnast (I'm a power tumbler) the elements looked very simple. But the way they were put together was so elegant..

[TracyIke]

really that was great i am a gymnast myself and I think that with 5 years of pratice i can be that great!

[Kimba1113]

That was the compulsory routine. The compulsories were specifically designed with simple elements intended to be performed perfectly and to exact standards. If you watch the compulsory beam routine, the elements were basic but put together in a complicated way.

[gymnasticsfan]

nice...this video reminds me of how great shannon was.