American gymnast
Jordan Chiles, who was the last competitor to perform in the final, initially received a score of 13.666, which put her in fifth place directly behind Romanian gymnasts
Ana Bărbosu and
Sabrina Voinea who each received a score of 13.700 with Bărbosu winning the execution-score tie-breaker. Chiles's coach,
Cécile Canqueteau-Landi, filed an inquiry on Chiles's score which resulted in a review that increased her difficulty score by a tenth (0.1) – it was adjusted to 5.9 from 5.8. Therefore the overall score was upgraded to 13.766, moving her from fifth into a bronze medal position. Further controversy arose when it was revealed that Voinea had received a 0.1 point deduction for going out of bounds. The replay showed that Voinea may not have gone out of bounds. If the deduction was not taken, Voinea would have scored 13.800, which would have put her in the bronze medal position even after Chiles's score was increased. Former Romanian Olympic gymnast,
Nadia Comăneci, and
Mihai Covaliu, president of the
Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, requested that
Morinari Watanabe, the president of the
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), allow for Voinea's floor exercise to be re-analyzed. The Prime Minister of Romania,
Marcel Ciolacu, stated that he would boycott the
closing ceremony due to "the scandalous situation in the gymnastics, where [Romanian] athletes were treated in an absolutely dishonorable manner". after the one-minute deadline, and therefore should not have been reviewed in the first place. On August 10, five days after the final, the CAS found that Chiles' inquiry was filed beyond the 1-minute deadline specified in art. 8.5 of FIG 2024 Technical Regulations, with the official
Omega system time clocking the inquiry at 1 minute and 4 seconds. The CAS therefore ruled that the "initial score of 13.666 given to Ms Jordan Chiles in the final of the women's floor exercise shall be reinstated" and ordered the FIG to determine the ranking of the final and "assign the medal(s) in accordance with the above decision." Voinea's appeal was simultaneously rejected. The FIG reinstated the original standings, which led to Bărbosu placing third, Voinea placing fourth, and Chiles placing fifth. Later that day, Bărbosu posted on her
Instagram a message to Voinea and Chiles saying that "my thoughts are with you. I know what you are feeling, because I've been through the same. [...] This situation would not have existed if the persons in charge had respected the regulation. We, athletes are not to be blamed, and the hate directed to us is painful." On 11 August 2024, the
International Olympic Committee formally confirmed the new rankings and ordered that Chiles return the bronze medal and it be reallocated to Bărbosu. Later that day,
USA Gymnastics (USAG) submitted additional video evidence suggesting that the inquiry was made at 47 seconds as opposed to the official time of 1 minute and 4 seconds and requested reinstatement of the 13.766 score. The CAS denied USAG's appeal to reopen the case. USAG stated its intent to continue pursuing "every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the
Swiss Federal Tribunal". The Romanian Federation eventually proposed that there could be three bronze medals awarded one each to Bărbosu, Voinea and Chiles, given the complicated nature of the situation, but the proposal never went ahead. On 16 August 2024, Bărbosu was officially awarded the
Olympic bronze medal in her hometown of
Focșani. On 16 September 2024, it was confirmed Chiles had filed an appeal in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. The appeal was filed on two separate grounds, with the first being that the panel's chair is claimed to have had a conflict of interest with regards to representing Romania in
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes cases in a claimed violation of art. 190.2.a of the Swiss Private International Law Act and the second being that CAS is accused to have violated art. 190.2.d. of the Swiss Private International Law Act by not ensuring the right to be heard due to claims that CAS failed to properly contact the
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee until 15 hours prior to the hearing, that the CAS decision was not final until 14 August when its written decision was officially published, and that the panel supposedly did not follow procedure by failing to independently attempt to obtain the video footage that USAG obtained on 11 August. On 29 January 2026, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled that the case should be re-examined by the CAS, taking the new visual-audio evidence presented by USA Gymnastics into account. The Federal Supreme Court, however, rejected Chiles' appeal concerning the alleged lack of independence and impartiality of the arbitrator on the original CAS case. Additionally they rejected Voinea's appeal. == References ==