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

Event:Women's balance beam
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:North Greenwich Arena
Date:7 August 2012
Competitors:8
Nations:4
Gold:Deng Linlin
Goldnoc:CHN
Silver:Sui Lu
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Aly Raisman
Bronzenoc:USA
Win Label:Winning points
Win Value:15.600
Prev:2008
Next:2016

The women's balance beam competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 7 August.[1] Deng Linlin of China took gold, Sui Lu of China took silver, and Aly Raisman of the United States took the bronze via a tie-breaker.

Format of competition

The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting.[2]

Final results

Oldest and youngest competitors

GymnastNationDate of birthAge
Oldest competitor 20 August 1987 24 years
Youngest competitor 19 June 199616 years
RankGymnastNationTotal
scope=row style="text-align:center" Deng Linlin6.6009.00015.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" Sui Lu6.5009.00015.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" Aly Raisman6.3008.76615.066
scope=row style="text-align:center" Cătălina Ponor6.6008.46615.066
scope=row style="text-align:center" Ksenia Afanasyeva5.8008.78314.583
scope=row style="text-align:center" Larisa Iordache6.4007.80014.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" Gabby Douglas6.0007.63313.633
scope=row style="text-align:center" Viktoria Komova6.2006.96613.166

Qualification results

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic qualification.

RankGymnastNationTotal
scope=row style="text-align:center" Sui Lu6.4009.00015.400Q
scope=row style="text-align:center" Viktoria Komova6.4008.86615.266Q
scope=row style="text-align:center" Gabby Douglas6.5008.76615.266Q
scope=row style="text-align:center" Deng Linlin6.5008.66615.166Q
scope=row style="text-align:center" Aly Raisman6.4008.70015.100Q
scope=row style="text-align:center" Kyla Ross6.1008.97515.075-
scope=row style="text-align:center" Ksenia Afanasyeva5.9009.16615.066Q
scope=row style="text-align:center" Cătălina Ponor6.4008.63315.033Q
scope=row style="text-align:center" Anastasia Grishina6.0008.90014.900-
scope=row style="text-align:center" Diana Bulimar6.1008.76614.866Q
scope=row style="text-align:center" Larisa Iordache6.4008.40014.800-
scope=row style="text-align:center" Aliya Mustafina6.0008.70014.700-
scope=row style="text-align:center" Jordyn Wieber6.0008.70014.700-
scope=row style="text-align:center" Sandra Izbașa5.8008.80014.600-
scope=row style="text-align:center" Asuka Teramoto5.7008.76614.466R
scope=row style="text-align:center" Vanessa Ferrari6.1008.33314.433R
scope=row style="text-align:center" Carlotta Ferlito6.0008.42514.425R
  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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-artistic/about/ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-artistic/event/women-all-around/competition-format/index.html Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic
  3. Web site: The Beam Queen.
  4. News: Aly Raisman earns floor exercise gold. ESPN. August 7, 2012.
  5. News: Armour. Nancy. Aly Raisman wins gold in Olympic floor after bronze in beam. Newsday (via The Associated Press). August 7, 2012.

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