Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's floor

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Women's floor
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 5 nations
Winning points15.600
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Aly Raisman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Aliya Mustafina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2008
2016  

The women's floor competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 7 August. [1]

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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

RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Gold medal icon.svg Aly Raisman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.5009.10015.600
Silver medal icon.svg Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.2009.00015.200
Bronze medal icon.svg Aliya Mustafina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.9009.00014.900
4 Vanessa Ferrari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.2008.70014.900
5 Lauren Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.4008.43314.833
6 Ksenia Afanasyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.1008.6660.2014.566
7 Jordyn Wieber Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.1008.5000.1014.500
8 Sandra Izbașa Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 5.6008.0330.3013.333

Qualification results

Oldest and youngest competitors

NameCountryDate of birthAge
Youngest Jordyn Wieber Flag of the United States.svg United States12 July 199517 years
Oldest Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg Romania 20 August 198724 years
RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.TotalQual.
1 Aly Raisman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.5008.82515.325Q
2 Sandra Izbașa Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.3008.76615.066Q
3 Vanessa Ferrari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6.2008.70014.900Q
4 Ksenia Afanasyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.9008.93314.833Q
5 Lauren Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.3008.53314.833Q
6 Jordyn Wieber Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.0008.7660.1014.666Q
7 Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 5.9008.70014.600Q
8 Aliya Mustafina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5.9008.6330.1014.433Q
9 Beth Tweddle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5.8008.63314.433R
10 Diana Chelaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.0008.6330.3014.333-
11 Marta Pihan-Kulesza Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5.9008.43314.333R
12 Asuka Teramoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5.5008.73314.233R

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