| Vault at the Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
 The first men's vault winner, Carl Schuhmann, in 1896 | |
| Overview | |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Gender | Men and women |
| Years held | Men: 1896, 1904, 1924–2020 Women: 1952–2020 |
| Reigning champion | |
| Men |  Shin Jea-hwan (KOR) |
| Women |  Rebeca Andrade (BRA) |
The vault is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1904, but not in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920 when no apparatus events were awarded medals. The vault was one of the components of the men's artistic individual all-around in 1900, however. The men's vault returned as a medal event in 1924 and has been held every Games since. Vault scores were included in the individual all-around for 1924 and 1928, with no separate apparatus final. In 1932, the vault was entirely separate from the all-around. From 1936 to 1956, there were again no separate apparatus finals with the vault scores used in the all-around. The women's vault was added in 1952 and has been held every Games since. Beginning in 1960, there were separate apparatus finals.
The vault used a "vaulting horse" until 2000; after that, a "vaulting table" has been used.
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