2008 U.S. Olympic trials | |
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Venue | Wachovia Center |
Location | Philadelphia |
Date | June 19–22, 2008 |
The 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials were held from June 19 to 22, 2008, at the Wachovia Center (now known as Wells Fargo Center) in Philadelphia. [1]
The Wachovia Center, which has a capacity of up to 20,478 spectators, is home to the Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Philadelphia Wings.
The 13 national team gymnasts were invited to attend: [2]
Name | Hometown | Club |
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Jana Bieger | Coconut Creek, FL | Bieger International |
Mackenzie Caquatto | Naperville, IL | Aerials |
Olivia Courtney | Orlando, FL | Orlando Metro |
Ivana Hong | Blue Springs, MO | GAGE |
Alaina Johnson | Tyler, TX | Texas East |
Shawn Johnson | West Des Moines, IA | Chow's Gymnastics |
Mattie Larson | Los Angeles, CA | All Olympia |
Nastia Liukin | Parker, TX | WOGA |
Corrie Lothrop | Gaithersburg, MD | Hill's Gymnastics |
Chellsie Memmel | West Allis, WI | M&M Gymnastics |
Samantha Peszek | Indianapolis, IN | DeVeau's |
Alicia Sacramone | Winchester, MA | Brestyan's |
Randy Stageberg | Chesapeake, VA | Excalibur |
The following people were also invited to Olympic trials:
Name | Hometown | Club |
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Chelsea Davis | Lakeway, TX | Texas Dreams Gymnastics |
Darling Hill | Mt. Laurel, NJ | Will-Moor |
Britney Ranzy | Gaithersburg, MD | Excalibur |
Amber Trani | Richlandtown, PA | Parkettes |
Bridget Sloan | Pittsboro, IN | Sharp's |
Shayla Worley | Orlando, FL | Orlando Metro |
Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Individual all-around | Shawn Johnson | Nastia Liukin | Chellsie Memmel |
Vault | Alicia Sacramone | Shawn Johnson | Britney Ranzy |
Uneven bars | Nastia Liukin | Chellsie Memmel | Jana Bieger |
Balance beam | Shawn Johnson | Chellsie Memmel | Nastia Liukin |
Floor | Shawn Johnson | Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek | N/A |
Full Olympic trial scores are as follows:
Rank | Gymnast | Day Total | Total | ||||
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Shawn Johnson | 15.950 | 15.700 | 16.250 | 16.100 | 64.000 | 127.650 | |
15.900 | 15.350 | 16.200 | 16.200 | 63.650 | |||
Nastia Liukin | 15.000 | 16.700 | 16.100 | 15.700 | 63.500 | 125.850 | |
14.800 | 16.150 | 15.850 | 15.450 | 62.350 | |||
Chellsie Memmel | 14.800 | 16.150 | 16.000 | 15.300 | 62.250 | 124.800 | |
14.200 | 16.400 | 16.100 | 15.850 | 62.550 | |||
4 | Samantha Peszek | 15.100 | 15.300 | 15.800 | 15.650 | 61.850 | 123.250 |
15.150 | 15.200 | 15.800 | 15.550 | 61.400 | |||
5 | Ivana Hong | 14.800 | 15.200 | 15.700 | 15.150 | 60.850 | 120.950 |
14.800 | 15.550 | 14.450 | 15.300 | 60.100 | |||
6 | Jana Bieger | 14.600 | 15.650 | 15.250 | 14.600 | 60.100 | 120.600 |
14.650 | 15.700 | 15.450 | 14.700 | 60.500 | |||
7 | Mattie Larson | 14.800 | 15.100 | 14.400 | 15.250 | 59.550 | 119.700 |
14.700 | 14.900 | 15.050 | 15.500 | 60.150 | |||
8 | Chelsea Davis | 14.700 | 15.000 | 14.750 | 14.850 | 59.300 | 119.300 |
14.600 | 15.00 | 14.750 | 14.850 | 60.000 | |||
9 | Corrie Lothrop | 14.900 | 14.950 | 14.600 | 14.950 | 59.400 | 119.150 |
14.900 | 14.950 | 15.000 | 14.900 | 59.750 | |||
10 | Olivia Courtney | 14.700 | 14.400 | 13.550 | 14.750 | 57.400 | 115.700 |
14.700 | 14.250 | 14.450 | 14.900 | 58.300 | |||
11 | Randy Stageberg | 14.740 | 13.450 | 13.900 | 15.200 | 57.300 | 115.100 |
14.950 | 13.900 | 14.550 | 14.400 | 57.800 | |||
12 | Alaina Johnson | 13.800 | 14.100 | 13.900 | 14.250 | 56.050 | 111.850 |
13.500 | 14.000 | 13.900 | 14.400 | 55.800 | |||
13 | Alicia Sacramone | 15.900 | – | 15.650 | 15.400 | 46.950 | 94.150 |
16.000 | – | 15.500 | 15.700 | 47.200 | |||
14 | Shayla Worley | 14.600 | 15.400 | 14.800 | – | 44.800 | 89.100 |
14.700 | 14.200 | 15.400 | – | 44.300 | |||
15 | Bridget Sloan | – | 15.600 | 14.850 | 14.550 | 44.300 | 88.050 |
– | 14.500 | 14.250 | 14.300 | 43.050 | |||
16 | Darling Hill | 14.650 | – | 13.000 | 14.950 | 42.600 | 86.750 |
14.500 | – | 14.450 | 15.200 | 43.100 | |||
17 | Britney Ranzy | 15.100 | 13.700 | – | 14.300 | 43.100 | 72.850 |
15.250 | – | – | 14.500 | 29.750 | |||
18 | Amber Trani | 13.250 | – | 14.400 | 14.250 | 41.900 | 70.900 |
– | – | 14.650 | 14.350 | 29.000 |
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