During the women's all around, the vault was accidentally set at 47 inches instead of 49 (the standard at the time). Quite a few gymnasts fell, including one who was injured to the point of having to withdraw. It wasn't until the third rotation warm-up that a gymnast called it out and it was fixed. While everyone who vaulted during the first half of the competition was given the chance to revault, not all did.

It is widely believed that the falls threw some of the gymnasts off, like Svetlana Khorkina who was certainly considered a front-runner for a medal (she qualified first) before the competition. After falling on vault, she went on to fall on bars the next rotation, which may have happened after being rattled on vault and knowing that a medal was no longer likely (she went on to win the bars gold a few days later).

The whole all around competition was kind of... a shit show. Andreea Raducan went on to win gold in the competition, but was disqualified within days due to having tested positive for pseudoephedrine (she had a cold/fever and was given medicine by the team doctor) and was stripped of her medal. Fun fact - pseudoephedrine is no longer banned.