Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Pictograms for Artistic gymnastics (left), Rhythmic gymnastics (center), and Trampolining (right)
Venue	North Greenwich Arena (trampoline, artistic) Wembley Arena (rhythmic)
Dates	28 July – 12 August 2012
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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]

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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	4	3	12
2	Russia	3	5	4	12
3	United States	3	1	2	6
4	Japan	1	2	0	3
5	Romania	1	1	1	3
6	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	South Korea	1	0	0	1
11	Germany	0	3	0	3
12	Great Britain	0	1	3	4
13	Belarus	0	1	1	2
14	Italy	0	0	2	2
15	France	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		18	18	18	54

Events

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	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 details	Kōhei Uchimura   Japan	Marcel Nguyen   Germany	Danell Leyva   United States
Floor exercise details	Zou Kai   China	Kōhei Uchimura   Japan	Denis Ablyazin   Russia
Pommel horse details	Krisztián Berki   Hungary	Louis Smith   Great Britain	Max Whitlock   Great Britain
Rings details	Arthur Zanetti   Brazil	Chen Yibing   China	Matteo Morandi   Italy
Vault details	Yang Hak-seon   South Korea	Denis Ablyazin   Russia	Igor Radivilov   Ukraine
Parallel bars details	Feng Zhe   China	Marcel Nguyen   Germany	Hamilton Sabot   France
Horizontal bar details	Epke Zonderland   Netherlands	Fabian Hambüchen   Germany	Zou Kai   China

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	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 details	Gabby Douglas   United States	Viktoria Komova   Russia	Aliya Mustafina   Russia
Vault details	Sandra Izbașa   Romania	McKayla Maroney   United States	Maria Paseka   Russia
Uneven bars details	Aliya Mustafina   Russia	He Kexin   China	Elizabeth Tweddle   Great Britain
Balance beam details	Deng Linlin   China	Sui Lu   China	Aly Raisman   United States
Floor exercise details	Aly Raisman   United States	Cătălina Ponor   Romania	Aliya Mustafina   Russia

Rhythmic gymnastics

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Group all-around details	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 details	Yevgeniya Kanayeva   Russia	Daria Dmitrieva   Russia	Liubov Charkashyna   Belarus

Trampoline

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

Judging controversies

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

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.

External links

Media related to Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

• Gymnastics - Artistic at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Gymnastics - Rhythmic at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Trampoline at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Official results book – Gymnastics Artistic. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
• Official results book – Gymnastics Rhythmic. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
• Official results book – Gymnastics Trampoline. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
• Artistic Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Trampoline at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique