Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

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Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Canary.wharf.and.dome.london.arp.jpg
Canary wharf and dome London
Venue North Greenwich Arena
Date7 August 2012
Competitors8 from 4 nations
Winning points15.600
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Deng Linlin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Sui Lu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Aly Raisman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2008
2016  

The women's balance beam competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 7 August. [1] Deng Linlin of China took gold, Sui Lu of China took silver, and Aly Raisman of the United States took the bronze via a tie-breaker.

Format of competition

The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting. [2]

Final results

Oldest and youngest competitors

GymnastNationDate of birthAge
Oldest competitor Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 20 August 198724 years
Youngest competitor Larisa Iordache Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 19 June 199616 years
RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Gold medal icon.svg Deng Linlin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.6009.00015.600
Silver medal icon.svg Sui Lu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.5009.00015.500
Bronze medal icon.svg Aly Raisman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.3008.76615.066
4 Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.6008.46615.066
5 Ksenia Afanasyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.8008.78314.583
6 Larisa Iordache Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.4007.80014.200
7 Gabby Douglas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.0007.63313.633
8 Viktoria Komova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.2006.96613.166

Qualification results

RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.TotalQual.
1 Sui Lu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.4009.00015.400Q
2 Viktoria Komova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.4008.86615.266Q
3 Gabby Douglas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.5008.76615.266Q
4 Deng Linlin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6.5008.66615.166Q
5 Aly Raisman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.4008.70015.100Q
6 Kyla Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.1008.97515.075-
7 Ksenia Afanasyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.9009.16615.066Q
8 Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.4008.63315.033Q
9 Anastasia Grishina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.0008.90014.900-
10 Diana Bulimar Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.1008.76614.866Q
11 Larisa Iordache Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.4008.40014.800-
12 Aliya Mustafina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.0008.70014.700-
12 Jordyn Wieber Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.0008.70014.700-
14 Sandra Izbașa Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 5.8008.80014.600-
15 Asuka Teramoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5.7008.76614.466R
16 Vanessa Ferrari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.1008.33314.433R
17 Carlotta Ferlito Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.0008.42514.425R

* Kyla Ross (USA), ranked 6th, and Anastasia Grishina (RUS), ranked 9th, did not advance to the final because of the two-per-country rule.

* Larisa Iordache (ROU), Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Jordyn Wieber (USA), and Sandra Izbașa (ROU) ranked 11th, 12th, 12th, and 14th, respectively, but did not qualify as reserves because of the two-per-country rule. On 6 August, Diana Bulimar gave up her spot to Iordache, whom Bulimar believed had a better chance of medaling. [3]

  1. ^ Raisman was initially given a D score of 6.200 for a total score of 14.966. However, on appeal, her D score was raised to 6.300 for a total score of 15.066 and a third-place tie with Ponor. The tie was broken based on Raisman's higher E score. [4] [5]

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