1996 U.S. National Championships

1996 Knoxville U.S. National Championships
City	Knoxville, Tennessee
All-Around Gold Medalist	Shannon Miller
Vault Gold Medalist	Dominique Dawes
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Dominique Dawes
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Dominique Dawes
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Dominique Dawes
Junior All-Around Gold Medalist	Vanessa Atler
Preceded by	1995 New Orleans U.S. National Championships
Succeeded by	1997 Denver U.S. National Championships

The 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships were held in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 5-8th. These were the last championships to be sponsored by Coca-Cola.

Format of Competition

The competition was split into junior and senior divisions, with both divisions competing in the same two days of competition, where the all-around was contested on both days.

The senior division of these Championships also served as the qualifications into the Olympic Trials. The top 14 in the all-around moved onto the Olympic Trials.

Results

Seniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
All- Around	Shannon Miller Dynamo	Jaycie Phelps Cincinnati	Dominique Moceanu Karolyi's
Vault	Dominique Dawes Hill's	Kerri Strug Karolyi's	Kristy Powell Aerials
Uneven Bars	Dominique Dawes Hill's	Katie Teft Twistars	Monica Flammer Cypress
Balance Beam	Dominique Dawes Hill's	Mohini Bhardwaj Brown's	Katie Teft Twistars
Floor Exercise	Dominique Dawes Hill's	Kerri Strug Karolyi's	Jennie Thompson Dynamo

Juniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
All-Around	Vanessa Atler Charter Oak Gliders	Alexis Brion Gymstrada	Elise Ray Hill's

Notable Moments

• Amy Chow did not finish the Championships due to back spasms. She did, however, successfully petition into the Olympic Trials.

Advanced to the Olympic Trials

1. Shannon Miller
2. Jaycie Phelps
3. Dominique Moceanu
4. Amanda Borden
5. Kerri Strug
6. Dominique Dawes
7. Kristy Powell
8. Jennie Thompson
9. Mary Beth Arnold
10. Katie Teft
11. Theresa Kulikowski
12. Mohini Bhardwaj
13. Larissa Fontaine
14. Kristen Maloney
15. Amy Chow (petitioned)