Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' uneven bars

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Women's uneven bars
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
2018-10-13 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Girls' Artistic Gymnastics - Apparatus finals - Uneven bars - Victory ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 44.jpg
The medalists: Villa (left), Klimenko (center), and Tang (right)
Venue America Pavilion
DateOctober 13
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Winning score14.266
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ksenia Klimenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Giorgia Villa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Tang Xijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2014
2026  

The women's artistic gymnastics uneven bars final at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held at the America Pavilion on October 13.

Contents

Qualification

Qualification took place on October 9. Giorgia Villa from Italy qualified in first, followed by Ukraine's Anastasiia Bachynska and Tang Xijing of China. [1]

The reserves were: [1]

  1. Flag of Germany.svg  Lisa Zimmermann  (GER)
  2. Flag of Australia.svg  Kate Sayer  (AUS)
  3. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Emma Spence  (CAN)

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Uneven barsFlag of Russia.svg  Ksenia Klimenko  (RUS)Flag of Italy.svg  Giorgia Villa  (ITA)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tang Xijing  (CHN)
Victory ceremony, from left to right: Giorgia Villa, Ksenia Klimenko, Tang Xijing 2018-10-13 Uneven bars (Apparatus finals Girls' Artistic Gymnastics) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank-062.jpg
Victory ceremony, from left to right: Giorgia Villa, Ksenia Klimenko, Tang Xijing

Results

Oldest and youngest competitors

NameCountryDate of birthAge
Youngest Ksenia Klimenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 November 200314 years, 11 months and 12 days
Oldest Tang Xijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3 January 200315 years, 9 months and 10 days

[2]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Ksenia Klimenko  (RUS)5.9008.36614.266
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Giorgia Villa  (ITA)6.0008.16614.166
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tang Xijing  (CHN)6.0007.90013.900
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Amelie Morgan  (GBR)5.1008.30013.400
5Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Yun-seo  (KOR)5.1008.06613.166
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anastasiia Bachynska  (UKR)5.2007.93313.133
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Tonya Paulsson  (SWE)4.6008.20012.800
8Flag of Ireland.svg  Emma Slevin  (IRL)4.6008.00012.600

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References

  1. 1 2 "Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Uneven Bars – Qualification Results" (PDF). Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  2. "Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Uneven Bars – Final Results" (PDF). Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Retrieved October 13, 2018.