Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Canary wharf and dome London
VenueNorth Greenwich Arena
Date7 August 2012
Competitors8 from 4 nations
Winning points15.600
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deng Linlin  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sui Lu  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aly Raisman  United States
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The women's balance beam competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 7 August.[1] Deng Linlin of China took gold, Sui Lu of China took silver, and Aly Raisman of the United States took the bronze via a tie-breaker.

Format of competition

The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting.[2]

Final results

Oldest and youngest competitors

Gymnast Nation Date of birth Age
Oldest competitor Cătălina Ponor  Romania 20 August 1987 24 years
Youngest competitor Larisa Iordache  Romania 19 June 1996 16 years
Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deng Linlin  China 6.600 9.000 15.600
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sui Lu  China 6.500 9.000 15.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aly Raisman  United States 6.300 8.766 15.066
4 Cătălina Ponor  Romania 6.600 8.466 15.066
5 Ksenia Afanasyeva  Russia 5.800 8.783 14.583
6 Larisa Iordache  Romania 6.400 7.800 14.200
7 Gabby Douglas  United States 6.000 7.633 13.633
8 Viktoria Komova  Russia 6.200 6.966 13.166

Qualification results

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic qualification
Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total Qual.
1 Sui Lu  China 6.400 9.000 15.400 Q
2 Viktoria Komova  Russia 6.400 8.866 15.266 Q
3 Gabby Douglas  United States 6.500 8.766 15.266 Q
4 Deng Linlin  China 6.500 8.666 15.166 Q
5 Aly Raisman  United States 6.400 8.700 15.100 Q
6 Kyla Ross  United States 6.100 8.975 15.075 -
7 Ksenia Afanasyeva  Russia 5.900 9.166 15.066 Q
8 Cătălina Ponor  Romania 6.400 8.633 15.033 Q
9 Anastasia Grishina  Russia 6.000 8.900 14.900 -
10 Diana Bulimar  Romania 6.100 8.766 14.866 Q
11 Larisa Iordache  Romania 6.400 8.400 14.800 -
12 Aliya Mustafina  Russia 6.000 8.700 14.700 -
12 Jordyn Wieber  United States 6.000 8.700 14.700 -
14 Sandra Izbașa  Romania 5.800 8.800 14.600 -
15 Asuka Teramoto  Japan 5.700 8.766 14.466 R
16 Vanessa Ferrari  Italy 6.100 8.333 14.433 R
17 Carlotta Ferlito  Italy 6.000 8.425 14.425 R

* Kyla Ross (USA), ranked 6th, and Anastasia Grishina (RUS), ranked 9th, did not advance to the final because of the two-per-country rule.

* Larisa Iordache (ROU), Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Jordyn Wieber (USA), and Sandra Izbașa (ROU) ranked 11th, 12th, 12th, and 14th, respectively, but did not qualify as reserves because of the two-per-country rule. On 6 August, Diana Bulimar gave up her spot to Iordache, whom Bulimar believed had a better chance of medaling.[3]

  1. ^ Raisman was initially given a D score of 6.200 for a total score of 14.966. However, on appeal, her D score was raised to 6.300 for a total score of 15.066 and a third-place tie with Ponor. The tie was broken based on Raisman's higher E score.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at archive.today
  2. ^ Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Beam Queen".
  4. ^ "Aly Raisman earns floor exercise gold". ESPN. August 7, 2012.
  5. ^ Armour, Nancy (August 7, 2012). "Aly Raisman wins gold in Olympic floor after bronze in beam". Newsday (via The Associated Press).