News The first places in the men’s artistic gymnastics competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have been confirmed after eight teams won slots for their nations via the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow After the USA headed a group of eight women’s teams to qualify for Rio, Japan led the way in the men’s event, topping the list of teams to reach the final in Scotland and thus earn berths in Brazil, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has confirmed Led by five-time world and reigning Olympic champion Kohei Uchimura, the Japanese finished ahead of China, Great Britain, Russia, USA, Switzerland, Brazil and Republic of Korea The outcome is a major success for Brazil, featuring Olympic rings champion Arthur Zanetti, who have never qualified for the men’s team event at an Olympic Games before The Olympic dream lives on for another eight nations – Germany, France, Ukraine, Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Romania and Belarus – who will compete for four spots in the Olympic Games team compeition at the Rio 2016 Test Event in April Follow the race to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games across all sports    Rio2016 com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games) The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC) Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota