The 1996 World Championships were held from April 16 through April 20 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Vault Final Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.800 |
| 2 | Simona Amanar | Romania | 9.787 |
| 3 | Annia Portuondo | Cuba | 9.756 |
| 4 | Elisabeth Valle | Spain | 9.668 |
| 5 | Svetlana Khorkina | Russia | 9.637 |
| 6 | Joana Juarez | Spain | 9.537 |
| 7 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.518 |
| 8 | Yureisis Bermudes | Cuba | 9.456 |
Bars Final Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Svetlana Khorkina | Russia | 9.787 |
| Elena Piskun | Belarus | 9.787 | |
| 3 | Isabelle Severino | France | 9.775 |
| 4 | Elvire Teza | France | 9.750 |
| Liubov Sheremeta | Ukraine | 9.750 | |
| 6 | Kathleen Stark | Germany | 9.725 |
| Anna Mirgorodskaya | Ukraine | 9.725 | |
| 8 | Jaycie Phelps | United States | 9.712 |
| 9 | Liu Xuan | China | 9.700 |
| 10 | Lavinia Milosovici | Romania | 9.687 |
| 11 | Dominique Dawes | United States | 8.787 |
Beam Final Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Dina Kochetkova | Russia | 9.887 |
| 2 | Alexandra Marinescu | Romania | 9.812 |
| 3 | Liu Xuan | China | 9.800 |
| Dominique Dawes | United States | 9.800 | |
| 5 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.675 |
| 6 | Mercedes Pacheco | Spain | 9.637 |
| 7 | Jaycie Phelps | United States | 9.187 |
| 8 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.075 |
Floor Final Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.850 |
| Kui Yuanyuan | China | 9.850 | |
| 3 | Liubov Sheremeta | Ukraine | 9.800 |
| Lavinia Milosovici | Romania | 9.800 | |
| 5 | Gemma Paz | Spain | 9.775 |
| Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.775 | |
| 7 | Ludivine Furnon | France | 9.712 |
| 8 | Rozalia Galiyeva | Russia | 9.637 |
Vault Semifinal Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Simona Amanar | Romania | 9.831 |
| 2 | Annia Portuondo | Cuba | 9.749 |
| 3 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.743 |
| 4 | Svetlana Khorkina | Russia | 9.662 |
| 5 | Yureisis Bermudes | Cuba | 9.643 |
| 6 | Elisabeth Valle | Spain | 9.631 |
| 7 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.612 |
| 8 | Joana Juarez | Spain | 9.568 |
| 9 | Svetlana Zelepukina | Ukraine | 9.537 |
| 10 | Anna Mirgorodskaya | Ukraine | 9.518 |
| 11 | Adrienn Varga | Hungary | 9.506 |
| Rozalia Galiyeva | Russia | 9.506 | |
| 13 | Alena Polonskaya | Belarus | 9.268 |
| 14 | Shanyn MacEachern | Canada | 9.149 |
| 15 | Amy Chow | United States | 9.125 |
| 16 | Kathleen Stark | Germany | 8.793 |
Bars Semifinal Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Svetlana Khorkina | Russia | 9.825 |
| 2 | Dominique Dawes | United States | 9.800 |
| 3 | Elena Piskun | Belarus | 9.762 |
| 4 | Elvire Teza | France | 9.750 |
| Isabelle Severino | France | 9.750 | |
| Liubov Sheremeta | Ukraine | 9.750 | |
| Anna Mirgorodskaya | Ukraine | 9.750 | |
| 8 | Liu Xuan | China | 9.737 |
| Kathleen Stark | Germany | 9.737 | |
| Jaycie Phelps | United States | 9.737 | |
| 11 | Simona Amanar | Romania | 9.725 |
| 12 | Lavinia Milosovici | Romania | 9.662 |
| 13 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.650 |
| 14 | Alena Polonskaya | Belarus | 9.512 |
| 15 | Dina Kochetkova | Russia | 9.250 |
| 16 | Mercedes Pacheco | Spain | 9.212 |
Beam Semifinal Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Liu Xuan | China | 9.887 |
| 2 | Dina Kochetkova | Russia | 9.862 |
| 3 | Jaycie Phelps | United States | 9.837 |
| 4 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.800 |
| 5 | Dominique Dawes | United States | 9.787 |
| 6 | Alexandra Marinescu | Romania | 9.737 |
| 7 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.700 |
| 8 | Mercedes Pacheco | Spain | 9.687 |
| 9 | Soraya Carvalho | Brazil | 9.600 |
| 10 | Rozalia Galiyeva | Russia | 9.462 |
| 11 | Alena Polonskaya | Belarus | 9.275 |
| Kui Yuanyuan | China | 9.275 | |
| 13 | Elena Piskun | Belarus | 9.250 |
| 14 | Elisabeth Valle | Spain | 8.787 |
| 15 | Leyanet Gonzalez | Cuba | 8.550 |
| 16 | Ruth Moniz | Australia | 8.100 |
Floor Semifinal Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.812 |
| 2 | Kui Yuanyuan | China | 9.800 |
| 3 | Lavinia Milosovici | Romania | 9.787 |
| 4 | Ludivine Furnon | France | 9.762 |
| Rozalia Galiyeva | Russia | 9.762 | |
| 6 | Liubov Sheremeta | Ukraine | 9.725 |
| 7 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.700 |
| 8 | Gemma Paz | Spain | 9.650 |
| 9 | Annia Portuondo | Cuba | 9.587 |
| 10 | Annika Reeder | Great Britain | 9.562 |
| 11 | Joana Juarez | Spain | 9.537 |
| Kristy Powell | United States | 9.537 | |
| 13 | Olga Kozevnikova | Kazakhstan | 9.450 |
| 14 | Dina Kochetkova | Russia | 9.425 |
| 15 | Anna Mirgorodskaya | Ukraine | 9.012 |
| 16 | Kyriaki Firinidou | Greece | 8.900 |
Vault Qualification Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Rozalia Galiyeva | Russia | 9.687 |
| 2 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.668 |
| Annia Portuondo | Cuba | 9.668 | |
| Svetlana Khorkina | Russia | 9.668 | |
| 5 | Simona Amanar | Romania | 9.637 |
| 6 | Yureisis Bermudes | Cuba | 9.625 |
| 7 | Amy Chow | United States | 9.612 |
| 8 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.581 |
| 9 | Elisabeth Valle | Spain | 9.556 |
| 10 | Alena Polonskaya | Belarus | 9.499 |
| Shanyn MacEachern | Canada | 9.499 | |
| 12 | Adrienn Varga | Hungary | 9.487 |
| 13 | Joana Juarez | Spain | 9.462 |
| 14 | Anna Mirgorodskaya | Ukraine | 9.456 |
| 15 | Kathleen Stark | Germany | 9.443 |
| Svetlana Zelepukina | Ukraine | 9.443 | |
| 17 | Adrienn Nyeste | Hungary | 9.437 |
| 18 | Yvonne Tousek | Canada | 9.406 |
| Ji Liya | China | 9.406 | |
| 20 | Brenda Magana | Mexico | 9.387 |
| 21 | Kristy Powell | United States | 9.381 |
| 22 | Ariadna Argoitia | Argentina | 9.362 |
| Aikaterini Mamouti | Greece | 9.362 | |
| 24 | Ana Destefano | Argentina | 9.349 |
| 25 | Irina Yevdokimova | Kazakhstan | 9.343 |
| 26 | Ludivine Furnon | France | 9.325 |
| 27 | Sara Nabais | Portugal | 9.318 |
| 28 | Olga Kozevnikova | Kazakhstan | 9.306 |
| 29 | Annika Reeder | Great Britain | 9.293 |
| 30 | Tania Rebagliati | Italy | 9.274 |
| 31 | Kong Yoonjin | South Korea | 9.256 |
| 32 | Ji Haesung | South Korea | 9.243 |
| 33 | Niina Parjanen | Finland | 9.175 |
| 34 | Charlotte Andreasen | Denmark | 9.174 |
| 35 | Eileen Diaz | Puerto Rico | 9.143 |
| 36 | Ilenia Meneghesso | Italy | 9.049 |
| 37 | Gabriella Brunn | Sweden | 9.031 |
| 38 | Jenny Cox | Great Britain | 9.018 |
| 39 | Beatrice Martins | Brazil | 8.906 |
| 40 | Damaris Cruet | Puerto Rico | 8.899 |
| 41 | Maja Predic | Croatia | 8.881 |
| 42 | Lina Rosales | Colombia | 8.875 |
| 43 | Mariana Goncalves | Brazil | 8.818 |
| 44 | Darina Stastna | Czechia | 8.774 |
| 45 | Yadira Soler | Colombia | 8.756 |
| 46 | Paulina Sirvio | Finland | 8.681 |
| 47 | Kuo Pei-Chi | Taiwan | 8.649 |
| 48 | Mary Jaramillo | Ecuador | 8.537 |
| 49 | Yvonne Pioch | Germany | 4.481 |
Bars Qualification Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Liu Xuan | China | 9.825 |
| Svetlana Khorkina | Russia | 9.825 | |
| 3 | Liubov Sheremeta | Ukraine | 9.775 |
| 4 | Dina Kochetkova | Russia | 9.762 |
| 5 | Kathleen Stark | Germany | 9.750 |
| Elena Piskun | Belarus | 9.750 | |
| Isabelle Severino | France | 9.750 | |
| Lavinia Milosovici | Romania | 9.750 | |
| Anna Mirgorodskaya | Ukraine | 9.750 | |
| 10 | Mercedes Pacheco | Spain | 9.737 |
| 11 | Elvire Teza | France | 9.725 |
| Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.725 | |
| 13 | Jaycie Phelps | United States | 9.712 |
| 14 | Simona Amanar | Romania | 9.700 |
| Dominique Dawes | United States | 9.700 | |
| 16 | Alena Polonskaya | Belarus | 9.662 |
| 17 | Stefanie Pimperl | Germany | 9.637 |
| Annia Portuondo | Cuba | 9.637 | |
| 19 | Ana Destefano | Argentina | 9.612 |
| 20 | Olga Kozevnikova | Kazakhstan | 9.525 |
| 21 | Ilenia Meneghesso | Italy | 9.512 |
| 22 | Irina Yevdokimova | Kazakhstan | 9.500 |
| 23 | Ruth Moniz | Australia | 9.462 |
| 24 | Virginia Karentzou | Greece | 9.437 |
| Brenda Magana | Mexico | 9.437 | |
| 26 | Annika Reeder | Great Britain | 9.412 |
| 27 | Marilou Cousineau | Canada | 9.387 |
| 28 | Leyanet Gonzalez | Cuba | 9.375 |
| 29 | Ariadna Argoitia | Argentina | 9.350 |
| Adrienn Varga | Hungary | 9.350 | |
| Sara Nabais | Portugal | 9.350 | |
| 32 | Katerina Fialova | Czechia | 9.237 |
| 33 | Soraya Carvalho | Brazil | 9.225 |
| 34 | Laura Moreno | Mexico | 9.212 |
| 35 | Yvonne Tousek | Canada | 9.200 |
| 36 | Mariana Goncalves | Brazil | 9.187 |
| Diana Teixeira | Portugal | 9.187 | |
| 38 | Eileen Diaz | Puerto Rico | 9.175 |
| Joana Juarez | Spain | 9.175 | |
| 40 | Jenny Cox | Great Britain | 9.125 |
| 41 | Ji Haesung | South Korea | 9.112 |
| 42 | Gabriela Krcmarova | Czechia | 8.975 |
| 43 | Charlotte Andreasen | Denmark | 8.887 |
| Adrienn Nyeste | Hungary | 8.887 | |
| 45 | Ruscha Kouril | Austria | 8.775 |
| 46 | Cynthia Molnar | Puerto Rico | 8.537 |
| 47 | Monica Vargas | Colombia | 8.112 |
| 48 | Choi Misun | South Korea | 8.025 |
| 49 | Ingrid Tellez | Colombia | 7.812 |
Beam Qualification Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Dina Kochetkova | Russia | 9.875 |
| 2 | Liu Xuan | China | 9.862 |
| 3 | Alexandra Marinescu | Romania | 9.800 |
| Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.800 | |
| Elena Piskun | Belarus | 9.800 | |
| 6 | Jaycie Phelps | United States | 9.775 |
| Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.775 | |
| 8 | Dominique Dawes | United States | 9.762 |
| Rozalia Galiyeva | Russia | 9.762 | |
| 10 | Kui Yuanyuan | China | 9.737 |
| Mercedes Pacheco | Spain | 9.737 | |
| 12 | Soraya Carvalho | Brazil | 9.662 |
| 13 | Alena Polonskaya | Belarus | 9.550 |
| 14 | Leyanet Gonzalez | Cuba | 9.537 |
| 15 | Ruth Moniz | Australia | 9.500 |
| 16 | Elisabeth Valle | Spain | 9.487 |
| 17 | Jennifer Exaltacion | Canada | 9.450 |
| 18 | Liubov Sheremeta | Ukraine | 9.275 |
| 19 | Tania Rebagliati | Italy | 9.250 |
| Adrienn Varga | Hungary | 9.250 | |
| 21 | Annia Portuondo | Cuba | 9.237 |
| 22 | Yvonne Tousek | Canada | 9.212 |
| Jenny Cox | Great Britain | 9.212 | |
| 24 | Elivre Teza | France | 9.187 |
| Svetlana Zelepukina | Ukraine | 9.187 | |
| 26 | Nikolett Krausz | Hungary | 9.150 |
| 27 | Eileen Diaz | Puerto Rico | 9.137 |
| 28 | Annika Reeder | Great Britain | 9.062 |
| Klara Slavikova | Czechia | 9.062 | |
| 30 | Gabriela Krcmarova | Czechia | 9.012 |
| 31 | Aldana Simone | Argentina | 8.975 |
| 32 | Kong Yoonjin | South Korea | 8.937 |
| 33 | Diana Teixeira | Portugal | 8.925 |
| 34 | Gabriella Brunn | Sweden | 8.900 |
| 35 | Irina Yevdokimova | Kazakhstan | 8.875 |
| 36 | Rahiza Burneo | Ecuador | 8.825 |
| 37 | Judith Cavazos | Mexico | 8.750 |
| 38 | Kyriaki Firinidou | Greece | 8.737 |
| Maja Predic | Croatia | 8.737 | |
| 40 | Pauliina Sirvio | Finland | 8.712 |
| 41 | Park Jooyoung | South Korea | 8.687 |
| 42 | Ilenia Meneghesso | Italy | 8.512 |
| 43 | Nadja Ziehfreund | Germany | 8.475 |
| Leticia Ishii | Brazil | 8.475 | |
| Charlotte Andreasen | Denmark | 8.475 | |
| 46 | Sara Nabais | Portugal | 8.450 |
| 47 | Yariza Yulian | Puerto Rico | 8.362 |
| 48 | Olga Kozevnikova | Kazakhstan | 8.262 |
| 49 | Kuo Pei-Chi | Taiwan | 8.237 |
| 50 | Laura Alvarez | Argentina | 8.150 |
| 51 | Ruscha Kouril | Austria | 8.112 |
| 52 | Niina Parjanen | Finland | 7.475 |
| 53 | Yadira Soler | Colombia | 7.325 |
| 54 | Lina Rosales | Colombia | 7.275 |
Floor Qualification Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 9.837 |
| 2 | Lavinia Milosovici | Romania | 9.787 |
| 3 | Liubov Sheremeta | Ukraine | 9.750 |
| 4 | Kristy Powell | United States | 9.737 |
| Kui Yuanyuan | China | 9.737 | |
| 6 | Dina Kochetkova | Russia | 9.725 |
| Rozalia Galiyeva | Russia | 9.725 | |
| 8 | Joana Juarez | Spain | 9.712 |
| 9 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou | Greece | 9.700 |
| 10 | Gemma Paz | Spain | 9.650 |
| 11 | Ludivine Furnon | France | 9.587 |
| 12 | Annia Portuondo | Cuba | 9.550 |
| 13 | Olga Kozevnikova | Kazakhstan | 9.537 |
| 14 | Annika Reeder | Great Britain | 9.425 |
| 15 | Anna Mirgorodskaya | Ukraine | 9.412 |
| Kyriaki Firinidou | Greece | 9.412 | |
| Yvonne Pioch | Germany | 9.412 | |
| 18 | Gabriela Krcmarova | Czechia | 9.387 |
| 19 | Leticia Ishii | Brazil | 9.375 |
| 20 | Irina Yevdokimova | Kazakhstan | 9.337 |
| 21 | Eileen Diaz | Puerto Rico | 9.312 |
| 22 | Dominique Dawes | United States | 9.300 |
| 23 | Yureisis Bermudes | Cuba | 9.275 |
| 24 | Tania Rebagliati | Italy | 9.250 |
| 25 | Yvonne Tousek | Canada | 9.212 |
| 26 | Ji Liya | China | 9.200 |
| Ilenia Meneghesso | Italy | 9.200 | |
| 28 | Jenny Cox | Great Britain | 9.137 |
| Gabriella Brunn | Sweden | 9.137 | |
| 30 | Alena Polonskaya | Belarus | 9.125 |
| 31 | Darina Stastna | Czechia | 9.112 |
| 32 | Isabelle Severino | France | 9.062 |
| 33 | Choi Misun | South Korea | 9.037 |
| 34 | Aldana Simone | Argentina | 9.000 |
| 35 | Ruscha Kouril | Austria | 8.975 |
| Niina Parjanen | Finland | 8.975 | |
| 37 | Kathleen Stark | Germany | 8.950 |
| 38 | Judith Cavazos | Mexico | 8.937 |
| Shanyn MacEachern | Canada | 8.937 | |
| Laura Alvarez | Argentina | 8.937 | |
| 41 | Nikolett Krausz | Hungary | 8.900 |
| 42 | Ingrid Tellez | Colombia | 8.887 |
| 43 | Eszter Ovary | Hungary | 8.837 |
| 44 | Pauliina Sirvio | Finland | 8.775 |
| 45 | Maja Predic | Croatia | 8.762 |
| 46 | Beatrice Martins | Brazil | 8.725 |
| 47 | Ji Haesung | South Korea | 8.700 |
| 48 | Laura Moreno | Mexico | 8.562 |
| 49 | Diana Teixeira | Portugal | 8.212 |
| 50 | Charlotte Andreasen | Denmark | 8.025 |
| 51 | Damaris Cruet | Puerto Rico | 7.975 |
| 52 | Monica Vargas | Colombia | 7.387 |
The Gymternet 