Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's floor explained

Event:	Men's floor
Games:	2008 Summer
Gold:	Zou Kai
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Gervasio Deferr
Silvernoc:	ESP
Bronze:	Anton Golotsutskov
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

Men's floor competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 17 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium.

The eight competitors (with a maximum of two per nation) with the highest scores in qualifying proceeded to the men's floor finals.

There, each gymnast performed again; the scores from the final round (ignoring qualification) determined the final ranking.

Final

Position	Gymnast	Country	A Score	B Score	Penalty	Total
			6.700	9.350		16.050
			6.500	9.275		15.775
			6.500	9.225		15.725
4			6.500	9.150		15.650
5			6.300	9.275		15.575
6			6.700	8.500		15.200
7			6.500	8.350		14.850
8			6.600	7.925	0.400	14.125

Qualified competitors

Position	Gymnast	A Score^[1]	B Score	Penalty	Total
1st		6.600	9.350		15.950
2nd		6.900	9.025		15.925
3rd		6.500	9.325		15.825
4th		6.500	9.300		15.800
5th		6.500	9.225		15.725
6th		6.700	9.100	0.100	15.700
7th		6.500	9.100		15.600
8th		6.600	9.000		15.600

Reserves

The reserves for the Floor event final were:

• (9th place: 6.700 A, 8.875 B, 15.575 Total)
• (10th place: 6.400 A, 9.150 B, 15.550 Total)
• (11th place: 6.500 A, 9.025 B, 15.525 Total)

References

• Qualification results

1. Scoring in artistic gymnastics is based on two separate scores that are then combined in order to come to the final score. The A score measures the difficulty of each element (and combinations of elements) within the routine, while the B score evaluates the performance, ie, the "execution, composition and artistry" of the routine. For further information, please see the Code of Points article.