| Event: | Women's uneven bars |
| Games: | 2008 Summer |
| Gold: | He Kexin |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Nastia Liukin |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Yang Yilin |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2012 |
Women's uneven bars competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 18 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 women's uneven bars finals. There, each gymnast performed again; the scores from the final round (ignoring qualification) determined final ranking.
The final scores work as per the normal scoring procedure: the A score measures the difficulty of the routine and the B score measures how well it was executed. The B score has a maximum of 10.000 and is reduced for each deduction (for every error in the performance).
| Position | Gymnast | Country | A Score | B Score | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.700 | 9.025 | 16.725 | ||||
| 8.950 | 16.650 | |||||
| 4 | 7.800 | 8.825 | 16.625 | |||
| 5 | 7.300 | 9.075 | 16.375 | |||
| 6 | 7.400 | 8.925 | 16.325 | |||
| 7 | 7.000 | 8.575 | 15.575 | |||
| 8 | 7.100 | 7.875 | 0.100 | 14.875 | ||
During the uneven bar finals, Nastia Liukin and He Kexin had a tied score of 16.725, which was followed by a tiebreaking procedure.[1] In this procedure there are six judges who judge each competitor on a scale of 1-10. When all six scores are finalised, the highest and lowest are eliminated and the remaining four are averaged.[1] The first tiebreaking procedure is determined by the E score, the execution score. Since Liukin and He tied with an E score of 9.025, the second tiebreaking procedure was required to determine a winner.[1] In this event, the lowest score given to each competitor is dropped. Before this, the remaining scores were:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nastia Liukin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.025 | ||
| He Kexin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | ||
When the next lowest scores were deducted, the averages became:[1]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Average | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nastia Liukin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.033 | ||
| He Kexin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.066 | ||
Thus, since Nastia Liukin's average was lower after the second round of score elimination, He Kexin was declared the winner.[1]
| Position | Gymnast | A Score[2] | B Score | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.700 | 8.950 | 16.650 | ||
| 2 | 7.400 | 9.075 | 16.475 | ||
| 3 | 7.300 | 9.025 | 16.325 | ||
| 4 | 8.675 | 15.975 | |||
| 5 | 7.700 | 8.250 | 15.950 | ||
| 6 | 7.500 | 8.225 | 15.725 | ||
| 7 | 6.900 | 8.875 | 0.100 | 15.675 | |
| 8 | 7.600 | 8.050 | 15.650 | ||