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

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.

Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueNorth Greenwich Arena
Date7 August
Competitors8 from 4 nations
Winning points15.600
Medalists
Deng Linlin  China
Sui Lu  China
Alexandra Raisman  United States
Gymnastics at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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Qualificationmenwomen
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen
Rhythmic
Group all-aroundwomen
Individual all-aroundwomen
Trampoline
Individualmenwomen

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

Final

Oldest and youngest competitors

Gymnast Nation Date of birth Age
OldestCătălina Ponor Romania1987.08.2024 years
YoungestLarisa Iordache Romania1996.6.1916 years
Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
Deng Linlin China6.6009.00015.600
Sui Lu China6.5009.00015.500
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

Qualification
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic qualification
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]

  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.today
  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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