Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Gymnastics (Artistic) London 2012.png Gymnastics (Rhythmic) London 2012.png Gymnastics (Trampoline), London 2012.png
Pictograms for Artistic gymnastics (left), Rhythmic gymnastics (center), and Trampolining (right)
Venue North Greenwich Arena (trampoline, artistic)
Wembley Arena (rhythmic)
Dates28 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 medal in the discipline in the history of the Summer Olympic Games. Yevgeniya Kanayeva of Russia marked history by becoming the first back-to-back Olympic champion at the individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics.

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

QQualificationFFinal
Artistic (North Greenwich Arena) [2]
Event↓/Date →Sat 28Sun 29Mon 30Tue 31Wed 1Thur 2Sun 5Mon 6Tue 7
Men's individual all-around QF
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 QF
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 9Fri 10Sat 11Sun 12
Individual all-around QF
Group all-around F
Trampoline (North Greenwich Arena) [4]
Event↓/Date →Fri 3Sat 4
Men QF
Women QF

Overall medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54312
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 35412
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3126
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1203
5Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1113
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1001
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1001
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1001
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1001
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1001
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0303
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0134
13Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 0112
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0022
15Flag of France.svg  France 0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0011
Totals (16 entries)18181854

Events

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events

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

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Team all-around
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Gabby Douglas
Jordyn Wieber
Aly Raisman
Kyla Ross
McKayla Maroney
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Aliya Mustafina
Viktoria Komova
Ksenia Afanasyeva
Anastasia Grishina
Maria Paseka
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
Cătălina Ponor
Larisa Iordache
Diana Bulimar
Sandra Izbașa
Diana Chelaru
Individual all-around
details
Gabby Douglas
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Viktoria Komova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Aliya Mustafina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Vault
details
Sandra Izbașa
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
McKayla Maroney
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Maria Paseka
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Uneven bars
details
Aliya Mustafina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
He Kexin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Elizabeth Tweddle
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Balance beam
details
Deng Linlin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sui Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Aly Raisman
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Floor exercise
details
Aly Raisman
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Cătălina Ponor
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Aliya Mustafina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Rhythmic gymnastics

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Group all-around
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Ksenia Dudkina
Alina Makarenko
Uliana Donskova
Anastasia Bliznyuk
Karolina Sevastyanova
Anastasia Nazarenko
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)
Maryna Hancharova
Anastasia Ivankova
Nataliya Leshchyk
Aliaksandra Narkevich
Ksenia Sankovich
Alina Tumilovich
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Elisa Blanchi
Romina Laurito
Marta Pagnini
Elisa Santoni
Anzhelika Savrayuk
Andreea Stefanescu
Individual all-around
details
Yevgeniya Kanayeva
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Daria Dmitrieva
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Liubov Charkashyna
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus

Trampoline

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual
details
Dong Dong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Dmitry Ushakov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Lu Chunlong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Women's individual
details
Rosannagh MacLennan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Huang Shanshan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
He Wenna
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  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]

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References

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  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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