Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. The trampoline events were held at the North Greenwich Arena (normally called The O2 Arena) from 3 to 4 August; the artistic events were also held at the North Greenwich Arena, from 28 July to 7 August. The rhythmic gymnastics events took place at Wembley Arena from 9 to 12 August.[1]
Gymnastics at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Pictograms for Artistic gymnastics (left), Rhythmic gymnastics (center), and Trampolining (right) | |
Venue | North Greenwich Arena (trampoline, artistic) Wembley Arena (rhythmic) |
Dates | 28 July – 12 August |
Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Artistic![]() | ||
Qualification | men | women |
Team all-around | men | women |
Individual all-around | men | women |
Vault | men | women |
Floor | men | women |
Pommel horse | men | |
Rings | men | |
Parallel bars | men | |
Horizontal bar | men | |
Uneven bars | women | |
Balance beam | women | |
Rhythmic![]() | ||
Group all-around | women | |
Individual all-around | women | |
Trampoline![]() | ||
Individual | men | women |
A total of 54 medals were awarded across the three disciplines. The most successful nation was China, winning five gold medals and 12 in total. Brazil and South Korea won their first gold medal in the discipline in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, at these games Yevgeniya Kanayeva of Russia marked history by becoming the first back-to-back Olympic champion at the individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics.
Qualification
Qualification was based on the results of the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Montpellier, France, from 19–25 September; the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 7–16 October; the 2011 Trampoline World Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 17–20 November; and Olympic test events held in January 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena.
Schedule
Q | Qualification | F | Final |
Event↓/Date → | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thur 2 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 |
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Men's individual all-around | Q | F | |||||||
Men's team all-around | F | ||||||||
Men's vault | F | ||||||||
Men's floor | F | ||||||||
Men's pommel horse | F | ||||||||
Men's rings | F | ||||||||
Men's parallel bars | F | ||||||||
Men's horizontal bar | F | ||||||||
Women's individual all-around | Q | F | |||||||
Women's team all-around | F | ||||||||
Women's vault | F | ||||||||
Women's uneven bars | F | ||||||||
Women's balance beam | F | ||||||||
Women's floor | F |
Event↓/Date → | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 | Sun 12 |
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Individual all-around | Q | F | ||
Group all-around | F |
Event↓/Date → | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | ||
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Men | Q | F | ||
Women | Q | F |
Overall medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 nations) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
Events
Artistic gymnastics
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Team all-around |
![]() Chen Yibing Feng Zhe Guo Weiyang Zhang Chenglong Zou Kai |
![]() Ryohei Kato Kazuhito Tanaka Yusuke Tanaka Kōhei Uchimura Koji Yamamuro |
![]() Sam Oldham Daniel Purvis Louis Smith Kristian Thomas Max Whitlock | |||
Individual all-around |
Kōhei Uchimura![]() |
Marcel Nguyen![]() |
Danell Leyva![]() | |||
Floor exercise |
Zou Kai![]() |
Kōhei Uchimura![]() |
Denis Ablyazin![]() | |||
Horizontal bar |
Epke Zonderland![]() |
Fabian Hambüchen![]() |
Zou Kai![]() | |||
Parallel bars |
Feng Zhe![]() |
Marcel Nguyen![]() |
Hamilton Sabot![]() | |||
Pommel horse |
Krisztián Berki![]() |
Louis Smith![]() |
Max Whitlock![]() | |||
Rings |
Arthur Zanetti![]() |
Chen Yibing![]() |
Matteo Morandi![]() | |||
Vault |
Yang Hak-seon![]() |
Denis Ablyazin![]() |
Igor Radivilov![]() |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Team all-around |
![]() Gabby Douglas Jordyn Wieber Aly Raisman Kyla Ross McKayla Maroney |
![]() Aliya Mustafina Viktoria Komova Ksenia Afanasyeva Anastasia Grishina Maria Paseka |
![]() Cătălina Ponor Larisa Iordache Diana Bulimar Sandra Izbașa Diana Chelaru | |||
Individual all-around |
Gabby Douglas![]() |
Viktoria Komova![]() |
Aliya Mustafina![]() | |||
Vault |
Sandra Izbașa![]() |
McKayla Maroney![]() |
Maria Paseka![]() | |||
Uneven bars |
Aliya Mustafina![]() |
He Kexin![]() |
Elizabeth Tweddle![]() | |||
Balance beam |
Deng Linlin![]() |
Sui Lu![]() |
Aly Raisman![]() | |||
Floor exercise |
Aly Raisman![]() |
Cătălina Ponor![]() |
Aliya Mustafina![]() |
Rhythmic gymnastics
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Group all-around |
![]() Ksenia Dudkina Alina Makarenko Uliana Donskova Anastasia Bliznyuk Karolina Sevastyanova Anastasia Nazarenko |
![]() Maryna Hancharova Anastasia Ivankova Nataliya Leshchyk Aliaksandra Narkevich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich |
![]() Elisa Blanchi Romina Laurito Marta Pagnini Elisa Santoni Anzhelika Savrayuk Andreea Stefanescu |
Individual all-around |
Yevgeniya Kanayeva![]() |
Daria Dmitrieva![]() |
Liubov Charkashyna![]() |
Trampoline
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's individual |
Dong Dong![]() |
Dmitry Ushakov![]() |
Lu Chunlong![]() |
Women's individual |
Rosannagh MacLennan![]() |
Huang Shanshan![]() |
He Wenna![]() |
Judging controversies
The men's artistic team all-around final became the subject of controversy when the judges were booed by the crowd following Japan's Kōhei Uchimura's score for his pommel horse routine, and how it shuffled the medals of Japan, Great Britain, and Ukraine.[5][6][7]
References
- "Gymnastics at the 2012 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- "Gymnastics – Artistic – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- "Gymnastics – Rhythmic – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- "Trampoline – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- NBC, 2012 Olympic Summer Games - Evening, airdate: 30 July 2012
- Liviu Bird (30 July 2012). "2012 Olympic Men's Gymnastics: Judges, US Fold Under Pressure of Biggest Stage". Bleacher Report.
- Patrick Clarke (30 July 2012). "Men's Gymnastics Olympic Controversy: Japan Takes Silver, Great Britain Snubbed". Bleacher Report.
External links
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- "Gymnastics - Rhythmic at the 2012 Summer Olympics (London2012.com)". Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- "Trampoline at the 2012 Summer Olympics (London2012.com)". Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics
- Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics
- Trampolining at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics
- Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique