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

Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue North Greenwich Arena
Date 7 August
Competitors 8 from 4 nations
Winning points 15.600
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Deng Linlin  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sui Lu  China
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Alexandra Raisman  United States

The Women's balance beam competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 7 August.[1] Deng Linlin from China took gold, Sui Lu also from China took silver and Alexandra Raisman from the United States took the bronze via the inquiry and tie-breaker.

Format competition

The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.[2]

Schedule

North Greenwich Arena

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 7 August 201214:00Finals

Qualification

Oldest and youngest competitors

Gymnast Nation Date of birth Age
OldestCătălina Ponor Romania1987.08.2024 years
YoungestLarisa Iordache Romania1996.6.1916 years

Qualification results

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total Qual.
1 Sui Lu China6.4009.00015.400Q
2 Viktoria Komova Russia6.4008.86615.266Q
3 Gabrielle Douglas United States6.5008.76615.266Q
4 Deng Linlin China6.5008.66615.166Q
5 Alexandra Raisman United States6.4008.70015.100Q
6 Kyla Ross United States6.1008.97515.075-
7 Ksenia Afanasyeva Russia5.9009.16615.066Q
8 Cătălina Ponor Romania6.4008.63315.033Q
9 Anastasia Grishina Russia6.0008.90014.900-
10 Diana Bulimar Romania6.1008.76614.866Q
11 Larisa Iordache Romania6.4008.40014.800-
12 Aliya Mustafina Russia6.0008.70014.700-
12 Jordyn Wieber United States6.0008.70014.700-
14 Sandra Izbașa Romania5.8008.80014.600-
15 Asuka Teramoto Japan5.7008.76614.466R
16 Vanessa Ferrari Italy6.1008.33314.433R
17 Carlotta Ferlito Italy6.0008.42514.425R

* Kyla Ross (USA) ranked 6th and Anastasia Grishina ranked 9th but did not qualify to finals because of the 2-per-country rule.

* Larisa Iordache (ROU), Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Jordyn Wieber (USA) and Sandra Izbașa (ROU) ranked 11th, joint 12th and 14th respectively but did not qualify as Reserves for this final due to teammates ranked above them. On August 6, Diana Bulimar decided to give up her spot to Larisa Iordache, because she thought that her teammate had a better chance of medaling than her.[3]

Final

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st, gold medalist(s) Deng Linlin China6.6009.00015.600
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sui Lu China6.5009.00015.500
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Alexandra Raisman United States6.3008.76615.066
4 Cătălina Ponor Romania6.6008.46615.066
5 Ksenia Afanasyeva Russia5.8008.78314.583
6 Larisa Iordache Romania6.4007.80014.200
7 Gabrielle Douglas United States6.0007.63313.633
8 Viktoria Komova Russia6.2006.96613.166

  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]

References

  1. ↑ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at Archive.is
  2. ↑ Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ http://thebeamqueen.tumblr.com/post/28855306411/diana-bulimar-has-no-medical-problems-she-gave-up
  4. ↑ "Aly Raisman earns floor exercise gold". ESPN. August 7, 2012.
  5. ↑ Armour, Nancy (August 7, 2012). "Aly Raisman wins gold in Olympic floor after bronze in beam". Newsday (via The Associated Press).
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