Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. The trampoline events were held at the North Greenwich Arena (normally called The O2 Arena) from 3 to 4 August; the artistic events were also held at the North Greenwich Arena, from 28 July to 7 August. The rhythmic gymnastics events took place at Wembley Arena from 9 to 12 August.[1]

Gymnastics
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Pictograms for Artistic gymnastics (left), Rhythmic gymnastics (center), and Trampolining (right)
VenueNorth Greenwich Arena (trampoline, artistic)
Wembley Arena (rhythmic)
Dates28 July – 12 August 2012
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A total of 54 medals were awarded across the three disciplines. The most successful nation was China, winning five gold medals and 12 in total. Brazil and South Korea won their first gold medals in the discipline in the Summer Olympic Games history. Yevgeniya Kanayeva of Russia marked history by becoming the first back-to-back Olympic champion at the individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics.

Qualification

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Qualification was based on the results of the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Montpellier, France, from 19 to 25 September; the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 7–16 October; the 2011 Trampoline World Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 17 to 20 November; and Olympic test events held in January 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena.

Schedule

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Q Qualification F Final
Artistic (North Greenwich Arena)[2]
Event↓/Date → Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thur 2 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7
Men's individual all-around Q F
Men's team all-around F
Men's vault F
Men's floor F
Men's pommel horse F
Men's rings F
Men's parallel bars F
Men's horizontal bar F
Women's individual all-around Q F
Women's team all-around F
Women's vault F
Women's uneven bars F
Women's balance beam F
Women's floor F
Rhythmic (Wembley Arena)[3]
Event↓/Date → Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11 Sun 12
Individual all-around Q F
Group all-around F
Trampoline (North Greenwich Arena)[4]
Event↓/Date → Fri 3 Sat 4
Men Q F
Women Q F

Overall medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China54312
2  Russia35412
3  United States3126
4  Japan1203
5  Romania1113
6  Brazil1001
  Canada1001
  Hungary1001
  Netherlands1001
  South Korea1001
11  Germany0303
12  Great Britain0134
13  Belarus0112
14  Italy0022
15  France0011
  Ukraine0011
Totals (16 entries)18181854

Events

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Artistic gymnastics

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Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
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  China (CHN)
Chen Yibing
Feng Zhe
Guo Weiyang
Zhang Chenglong
Zou Kai
  Japan (JPN)
Ryohei Kato
Kazuhito Tanaka
Yusuke Tanaka
Kōhei Uchimura
Koji Yamamuro
  Great Britain (GBR)
Sam Oldham
Daniel Purvis
Louis Smith
Kristian Thomas
Max Whitlock
Individual all-around
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Kōhei Uchimura
  Japan
Marcel Nguyen
  Germany
Danell Leyva
  United States
Floor exercise
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Zou Kai
  China
Kōhei Uchimura
  Japan
Denis Ablyazin
  Russia
Pommel horse
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Krisztián Berki
  Hungary
Louis Smith
  Great Britain
Max Whitlock
  Great Britain
Rings
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Arthur Zanetti
  Brazil
Chen Yibing
  China
Matteo Morandi
  Italy
Vault
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Yang Hak-seon
  South Korea
Denis Ablyazin
  Russia
Igor Radivilov
  Ukraine
Parallel bars
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Feng Zhe
  China
Marcel Nguyen
  Germany
Hamilton Sabot
  France
Horizontal bar
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Epke Zonderland
  Netherlands
Fabian Hambüchen
  Germany
Zou Kai
  China

Women's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around
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  United States (USA)
Gabby Douglas
Jordyn Wieber
Aly Raisman
Kyla Ross
McKayla Maroney
  Russia (RUS)
Aliya Mustafina
Viktoria Komova
Ksenia Afanasyeva
Anastasia Grishina
Maria Paseka
  Romania (ROU)
Cătălina Ponor
Larisa Iordache
Diana Bulimar
Sandra Izbașa
Diana Chelaru
Individual all-around
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Gabby Douglas
  United States
Viktoria Komova
  Russia
Aliya Mustafina
  Russia
Vault
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Sandra Izbașa
  Romania
McKayla Maroney
  United States
Maria Paseka
  Russia
Uneven bars
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Aliya Mustafina
  Russia
He Kexin
  China
Elizabeth Tweddle
  Great Britain
Balance beam
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Deng Linlin
  China
Sui Lu
  China
Aly Raisman
  United States
Floor exercise
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Aly Raisman
  United States
Cătălina Ponor
  Romania
Aliya Mustafina
  Russia

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Group all-around
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  Russia (RUS)
Ksenia Dudkina
Alina Makarenko
Uliana Donskova
Anastasia Bliznyuk
Karolina Sevastyanova
Anastasia Nazarenko
  Belarus (BLR)
Maryna Hancharova
Anastasia Ivankova
Nataliya Leshchyk
Aliaksandra Narkevich
Ksenia Sankovich
Alina Tumilovich
  Italy (ITA)
Elisa Blanchi
Romina Laurito
Marta Pagnini
Elisa Santoni
Anzhelika Savrayuk
Andreea Stefanescu
Individual all-around
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Yevgeniya Kanayeva
  Russia
Daria Dmitrieva
  Russia
Liubov Charkashyna
  Belarus

Trampoline

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
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Dong Dong
  China
Dmitry Ushakov
  Russia
Lu Chunlong
  China
Women's individual
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Rosannagh MacLennan
  Canada
Huang Shanshan
  China
He Wenna
  China

Judging controversies

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The men's artistic team all-around final became the subject of controversy when the judges were booed by the crowd following Japan's Kōhei Uchimura's score for his pommel horse routine, and how it shuffled the medals of Japan, Great Britain, and Ukraine.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 2012 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Gymnastics – Artistic – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Gymnastics – Rhythmic – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Trampoline – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  5. ^ NBC, 2012 Olympic Summer Games - Evening, airdate: 30 July 2012
  6. ^ Liviu Bird (30 July 2012). "2012 Olympic Men's Gymnastics: Judges, US Fold Under Pressure of Biggest Stage". Bleacher Report.
  7. ^ Patrick Clarke (30 July 2012). "Men's Gymnastics Olympic Controversy: Japan Takes Silver, Great Britain Snubbed". Bleacher Report.
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