Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars

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Women's uneven bars
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg He Kexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Nastia Liukin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Yang Yilin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2004
2012  

Women's uneven bars competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 18 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium.

The eight competitors (with a maximum of two per nation) with the highest scores in qualifying proceeded to the women's uneven bars finals. There, each gymnast performed again; the scores from the final round (ignoring qualification) determined final ranking.

Final

The final scores work as per the normal scoring procedure: the A score measures the difficulty of the routine and the B score measures how well it was executed. The B score has a maximum of 10.000 and is reduced for each deduction (for every error in the performance).

PositionGymnastCountryA ScoreB ScorePenaltyTotal
Gold medal icon.svg He Kexin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.7009.02516.725
Silver medal icon.svg Nastia Liukin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Yang Yilin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8.95016.650
4 Beth Tweddle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7.8008.82516.625
5 Anastasia Koval Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7.3009.07516.375
6 Ksenia Semenova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7.4008.92516.325
7 Steliana Nistor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7.0008.57515.575
8 Dariya Zgoba Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7.1007.8750.10014.875

Tiebreaker

During the uneven bar finals, Nastia Liukin and He Kexin had a tied score of 16.725, which was followed by a tiebreaking procedure. [1] In this procedure there are six judges who judge each competitor on a scale of 1-10. When all six scores are finalised, the highest and lowest are eliminated and the remaining four are averaged. [1] The first tiebreaking procedure is determined by the E score, the execution score. Since Liukin and He tied with an E score of 9.025, the second tiebreaking procedure was required to determine a winner. [1] In this event, the lowest score given to each competitor is dropped. Before this, the remaining scores were:

1234Average
Nastia Liukin9.19.09.025
He Kexin9.19.08.9

When the next lowest scores were deducted, the averages became: [1]

1234Average
Nastia Liukin9.19.09.09.033
He Kexin9.19.08.99.066

Thus, since Nastia Liukin's average was lower after the second round of score elimination, He Kexin was declared the winner. [1]

Qualified competitors

PositionGymnastA Score [2] B ScorePenaltyTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Yilin  (CHN)7.7008.95016.650
2Flag of Russia.svg  Ksenia Semenova  (RUS)7.4009.07516.475
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anastasia Koval  (UKR)7.3009.02516.325
4Flag of Romania.svg  Steliana Nistor  (ROU)8.67515.975
5Flag of the United States.svg  Nastia Liukin  (USA)7.7008.25015.950
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  He Kexin  (CHN)7.5008.22515.725
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Dariya Zgoba  (UKR)6.9008.8750.10015.675
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Beth Tweddle  (GBR)7.6008.05015.650

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tough math leaves Liukin silver Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback Machine NBC Retrieved 2008-08-18
  2. Scoring in artistic gymnastics is based on two separate scores that are then combined in order to come to the final score. The A score measures the difficulty of each element (and combinations of elements) within the routine, while the B score evaluates the performance, ie, the "execution, composition and artistry" of the routine. For further information, please see the Code of Points article.