2008 United States Olympic trials (gymnastics) explained

2008 U.S. Olympic trials
Venue:	Wachovia Center
Location:	Philadelphia
Sponsor:	USA Gymnastics
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials were held from June 19 to 22, 2008, at the Wachovia Center (now known as Wells Fargo Center) in Philadelphia.^[1]

Venue

The Wachovia Center, which has a capacity of up to 20,478 spectators, is home to the Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Philadelphia Wings.

Participants

The 13 national team gymnasts were invited to attend:^[2]

Name	Hometown	Club
		Bieger International
		Aerials
		Orlando Metro
		GAGE
		Texas East
		Chow's Gymnastics
		WOGA
		Hill's Gymnastics
		M&M Gymnastics
		DeVeau's
		Brestyan's
		Excalibur

The following people were also invited to Olympic trials:

Name	Hometown	Club
		Texas Dreams Gymnastics
		Will-Moor
		Excalibur
		Sharp's
		Orlando Metro

Broadcast

NBC broadcast all nights of competition at the trials.^[3]

Results

Final standings

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Individual all-around			Chellsie Memmel
Vault			Britney Ranzy
Uneven bars			Jana Bieger
Balance beam			Nastia Liukin
Floor			N/A

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Final scores

Full Olympic trial scores are as follows:

Rank	Gymnast					Day Total	Total
		15.950	15.700	16.250	16.100	64.000	127.650
		15.900	15.350	16.200	16.200	63.650
		15.000	16.700	16.100	15.700	63.500	125.850
		14.800	16.150	15.850	15.450	62.350
		14.800	16.150	16.000	15.300	62.250	124.800
		14.200	16.400	16.100	15.850	62.550
4		15.100	15.300	15.800	15.650	61.850	123.250
		15.150	15.200	15.800	15.550	61.400
5		14.800	15.200	15.700	15.150	60.850	120.950
		14.800	15.550	14.450	15.300	60.100
6		14.600	15.650	15.250	14.600	60.100	120.600
		14.650	15.700	15.450	14.700	60.500
7		14.800	15.100	14.400	15.250	59.550	119.700
		14.700	14.900	15.050	15.500	60.150
8		14.700	15.000	14.750	14.850	59.300	119.300
		14.600	15.00	14.750	14.850	60.000
9		14.900	14.950	14.600	14.950	59.400	119.150
		14.900	14.950	15.000	14.900	59.750
10		14.700	14.400	13.550	14.750	57.400	115.700
		14.700	14.250	14.450	14.900	58.300
11		14.740	13.450	13.900	15.200	57.300	115.100
		14.950	13.900	14.550	14.400	57.800
12		13.800	14.100	13.900	14.250	56.050	111.850
		13.500	14.000	13.900	14.400	55.800
13		15.900	–	15.650	15.400	46.950	94.150
		16.000	–	15.500	15.700	47.200
14		14.600	15.400	14.800	–	44.800	89.100
		14.700	14.200	15.400	–	44.300
15		–	15.600	14.850	14.550	44.300	88.050
		–	14.500	14.250	14.300	43.050
16		14.650	–	13.000	14.950	42.600	86.750
		14.500	–	14.450	15.200	43.100
17		15.100	13.700	–	14.300	43.100	72.850
		15.250	–	–	14.500	29.750
18		13.250	–	14.400	14.250	41.900	70.900
		–	–	14.650	14.350	29.000

Olympic team selection

At the conclusion of the Olympic trials only Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were named to the team to represent the USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The remaining members of the team were to be determined after a selection camp; attendees included: Jana Bieger, Chelsea Davis, Ivana Hong, Mattie Larson, Corrie Lothrop, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Alicia Sacramone, Bridget Sloan, and Shayla Worley.^[9] The camp concluded in mid-July with Memmel, Peszek, Sacramone, and Sloan being named to the team while Bieger, Hong, and Lothrop were named as the alternates.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Session Tickets for 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics go on sale on Wednesday.
2. Web site: U.S. women who advanced to the U.S. Olympic Team trials - Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics. June 7, 2008.
3. Web site: U.S. Olympic Team trials - Gymnastics on the networks of NBC. USA Gymnastics. June 19, 2008.
4. Web site: 2008 Olympic Team Trials - Day 2, Meet Results - Multi, Women, Competition II . USA Gymnastics.
5. Web site: 2008 Olympic Team Trials - Day 2, Vault Rankings, Women, Competition II . USA Gymnastics.
6. Web site: 2008 Olympic Team Trials - Day 2, Bars Rankings, Women, Competition II . USA Gymnastics.
7. Web site: 2008 Olympic Team Trials - Day 2, Beam Rankings, Women, Competition II . USA Gymnastics.
8. Web site: 2008 Olympic Team Trials - Day 2, Floor Rankings, Women, Competition II . USA Gymnastics.
9. Web site: Johnson, Liukin nominated to 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team. USA Gymnastics. June 22, 2008.
10. Web site: USA Gymnastics finalizes 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for women's gymnastics. USA Gymnastics. July 19, 2008.