Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Kohei Uchimura (2011).jpg
Gold medalist Kōhei Uchimura (2011)
Venue North Greenwich Arena 1
Dates28 July – 1 August
Competitors41 from 27 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kōhei Uchimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Marcel Nguyen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Danell Leyva Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2008
2016  

The men's artistic gymnastics individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 1 August 2012. [1] It included 41 competitors from 27 nations. [2]

Kōhei Uchimura of Japan won the gold medal, his nation's first victory in the men's all-around since 1984 and its fifth overall. (At that point, Japan was second to the Soviet Union, whose gymnasts won the event six times; Uchimura would win again in 2016, bringing the two nations even.) Uchimura was the 14th man to earn multiple all-around medals, adding to his silver from 2008.

Germany's Marcel Nguyen earned silver, the first men's all-around medal for a German gymnast (including the United Team of Germany, East Germany, and West Germany) since the 1936 Games in Berlin. Danell Leyva of the United States took bronze.

Background

This was the 26th appearance of the men's individual all-around in the Olympics. The event was first held in 1900 and has been included in every Games since then. [2]

Two of the top 10 gymnasts from the 2008 Games returned in 2012: Uchimura and seventh-place finisher Fabian Hambüchen of Germany. Uchimura had won the past three World Championships and was the favorite coming into the Games. [2]

Azerbaijan made its debut in the event. France made its 24th appearance, the most of any nation.

Qualification process

Qualification for the 2012 Olympics was based primarily on the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The top 8 teams at the world championships could send a full team of 5 gymnasts to the Olympics. The teams ranked 9th through 16th competed in the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, where the top 4 finishers also qualified full teams for the Olympics.

The individual apparatus medalists from the World Championships also qualified, if their nation had not already qualified a team. The FIG Executive Board made invitational selections to ensure host country and continental representation, and the Tripartite Commission made an invitation. The remainder of the quota of 98 gymnasts was filled through the individual all-around rankings at the Test Event, with only one gymnast per nation able to qualify in that manner.

At the Games, the top 24 competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country), based on combined scores on all six apparatuses, advanced to the individual all-around final. [2] The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting. [3]

Results

Qualifying

RankGymnastNation Gymnastique au sol.svg Cheval d'arcon.svg Gymnastique aux anneaux.svg Saut de cheval.svg Barres paralleles.svg Barre fixe.svg TotalNotes
1 Danell Leyva Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15.10014.86614.60015.50015.33315.66691.265Q
2 David Belyavskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15.10014.90014.36616.30015.30014.86690.832Q
3 Fabian Hambüchen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15.13314.10014.76615.83315.30015.63390.765Q
4 John Orozco Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15.16614.76615.06615.80014.53315.26690.597Q
5 Kristian Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15.36614.13314.56616.20015.62515.36690.256Q
6 Nikolai Kuksenkov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14.53314.90015.00015.76615.06614.66689.931Q
7 Marcel Nguyen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14.43313.90015.10014.87515.53515.00089.833Q
8 Emin Garibov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.53314.23314.63315.23315.60015.56689.798Q
9 Kōhei Uchimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15.76612.46614.96616.03315.53315.00089.764Q
10 Daniel Purvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15.20013.40015.03316.10014.73314.73389.199Q
11 Sérgio Sasaki Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 14.53314.03314.63316.20015.20014.53389.132Q
12 Alexander Shatilov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 15.63314.13314.03315.53314.70015.00089.032Q
13 Oleg Verniaiev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15.03314.36614.60016.33314.56614.06688.964Q
14 Cyril Tommasone Flag of France.svg  France 14.50015.33314.16615.46615.10014.13388.698Q
15 Fabián González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15.26614.73314.03316.00013.33315.00088.365Q
16 Javier Gómez Fuertes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14.83313.83313.90015.95815.06614.54488.123Q
17 Philipp Boy Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14.76614.33314.16615.70014.93313.80087.6982 per NOC
18 Koji Yamamuro Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14.43314.40014.90015.33314.20014.36687.632Q, withdrew
19 Claudio Capelli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 14.76614.13314.13315.20014.60014.76687.598Q
20 Oleg Stepko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15.03314.40014.86615.91613.36613.46687.0472 per NOC
21 Enrico Pozzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14.76613.63314.03315.60014.36614.50086.898Q
22 Kazuhito Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13.66612.20015.10015.75015.72514.40086.841Q
23 Kim Soo-myun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 14.76613.43313.83315.66614.70013.93386.331Q
24 Paolo Ottavi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14.26613.70014.86614.93314.50014.06686.331Q
25 Flavius Koczi Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 15.66613.40014.60016.06613.50012.63385.865Q
26 Sergio Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14.60014.00013.96616.00013.83313.26685.6652 per NOC
27 Joshua Jefferis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13.80013.43314.53315.50014.56613.76685.598Q
28 Roman Kulesza Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13.93312.96613.46614.90014.70014.73384.698Q
29 Guo Weiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12.26613.26614.40015.30013.96614.93384.131
30 Stepan Gorbachev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 13.90013.73313.53315.66613.43313.66683.931
31 Jimmy Verbaeys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14.50010.86614.06615.26614.53314.33383.564
32 Felix Aronovich Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 14.03313.43314.10013.90014.23313.50083.199
33 Jorge Hugo Giraldo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 13.40012.16614.93315.46613.63313.50083.098
34 Martin Konečný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 14.26612.90013.16614.86613.73314.10083.031
35 Manuel Campos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14.16612.50014.43314.20014.40013.20082.899
36 Artur Davtyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 13.80013.90013.40014.16614.23313.36682.865
37 Mohamed El-Saharty Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 13.90012.60013.56615.46613.40013.66682.598
38 Dmitrijs Trefilovs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 12.90014.23313.13314.73313.53314.03382.565
39 Fabian Leimlehner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 12.96612.10013.63314.96614.20013.53381.398
40 Shakir Shikhaliyev Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 14.60012.86613.16615.43313.66610.63380.364
41 Matteo Morandi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14.1330.00015.76615.63314.5000.00060.032

Only two gymnasts per country were allowed to advance to the all-around final. The following gymnasts finished in the top 24 in the qualifying round but did not advance because of the two-per-country rule: [4]

Kazuhito Tanaka (22nd place) was initially excluded by the two-per-country rule as well, but advanced to the final after his teammate Koji Yamamuro was injured on vault during the men's team competition. [5]

Final

RankGymnastNation Gymnastique au sol.svg Cheval d'arcon.svg Gymnastique aux anneaux.svg Saut de cheval.svg Barres paralleles.svg Barre fixe.svg Total
Gold medal icon.svg Kōhei Uchimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15.100
(8)
15.066
(2)
15.333
(2)
16.266
(1)
15.325
(7)
15.600
(2)
92.690
Silver medal icon.svg Marcel Nguyen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15.300
(5)
13.666
(17)
15.366
(1)
15.666
(9)
15.833
(=1)
15.200
(4)
91.031
Bronze medal icon.svg Danell Leyva Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15.366
(4)
13.500
(19)
14.733
(14)
15.566
(10)
15.833
(=1)
15.700
(1)
90.698
4 Nikolai Kuksenkov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14.633
(11)
14.600
(5)
15.200
(=3)
15.533
(=11)
15.400
(=4)
15.066
(6)
90.432
5 David Belyavskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.466
(15)
14.866
(3)
14.833
(9)
16.200
(3)
15.166
(10)
14.766
(12)
90.297
6 Kazuhito Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14.166
(18)
13.433
(20)
15.200
(=3)
15.533
(=11)
15.500
(3)
15.575
(3)
89.407
7 Kristian Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15.566
(2)
14.566
(6)
14.633
(15)
14.908
(20)
14.733
(=17)
15.000
(7)
89.406
8 John Orozco Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15.433
(3)
12.566
(23)
15.200
(=3)
15.900
(8)
15.266
(8)
14.966
(=8)
89.331
9 Fabián González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14.600
(12)
14.733
(4)
13.966
(23)
16.133
(4)
14.400
(=21)
15.166
(5)
88.998
10 Sérgio Sasaki Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 14.233
(17)
14.366
(=7)
14.233
(17)
16.100
(5)
15.200
(9)
14.833
(=10)
88.965
11 Oleg Verniaiev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14.533
(13)
13.966
(14)
14.866
(=7)
16.233
(2)
15.033
(12)
14.300
(17)
88.931
12 Alexander Shatilov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 15.600
(1)
14.266
(=9)
14.200
(=18)
15.133
(18)
14.400
(=21)
14.833
(=10)
88.432
13 Daniel Purvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15.166
(7)
14.266
(=9)
14.800
(=10)
16.000
(=6)
13.600
(24)
14.500
(=13)
88.332
14 Emin Garibov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.475
(14)
14.233
(11)
14.866
(=7)
14.833
(21)
15.366
(6)
14.233
(18)
88.006
15 Fabian Hambüchen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15.200
(6)
13.266
(21)
14.800
(=10)
14.766
(22)
15.400
(=4)
14.333
(16)
87.765
16 Cyril Tommasone Flag of France.svg  France 13.500
(22)
15.333
(1)
14.400
(16)
15.358
(16)
15.000
(13)
14.066
(20)
87.657
17 Claudio Capelli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 14.866
(9)
14.366
(=7)
14.166
(20)
14.566
(23)
14.850
(15)
14.500
(=13)
87.314
18 Enrico Pozzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14.700
(10)
13.900
(15)
14.000
(=21)
15.466
(=13)
14.533
(20)
14.433
(15)
87.032
19 Joshua Jefferis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.066
(19)
13.533
(18)
14.800
(=10)
15.433
(15)
14.900
(14)
14.133
(19)
86.865
20 Kim Soo-myun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 12.266
(24)
13.700
(16)
14.200
(=18)
16.000
(=6)
14.641
(19)
14.966
(=8)
85.773
21 Jimmy Verbaeys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13.933
(20)
14.033
(=12)
14.000
(=21)
15.266
(17)
14.833
(16)
13.166
(23)
85.231
22 Paolo Ottavi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12.466
(23)
14.033
(=12)
15.016
(6)
15.000
(19)
14.100
(23)
14.033
(21)
84.648
23 Javier Gómez Fuertes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14.266
(16)
12.433
(24)
14.800
(=10)
15.466
(=13)
14.733
(=17)
12.733
(24)
84.431
24 Roman Kulesza Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13.866
(21)
13.000
(22)
13.866
(24)
14.400
(24)
15.100
(11)
13.933
(22)
84.165

Number in brackets indicates rank in the event.

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