Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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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
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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]

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

**Artistic (North Greenwich Arena)**^[2]
Event↓/Date →	Sat 28	Sun 29	Mon 30	Tue 31	Wed 1	Thur 2	Sun 5	Mon 6	Tue 7
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

**Rhythmic (Wembley Arena)**^[3]
Event↓/Date →	Thu 9	Fri 10	Sat 11	Sun 12
Individual all-around	Q		F
Group all-around	Q			F

**Trampoline (North Greenwich Arena)**^[4]
Event↓/Date →	Fri 3		Sat 4
Men	Q	F
Women			Q	F

Overall medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	4	3	12
2	Russia	3	5	4	12
3	United States	3	1	2	6
4	Japan	1	2	0	3
5	Romania	1	1	1	3
6	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	South Korea	1	0	0	1
11	Germany	0	3	0	3
12	Great Britain	0	1	3	4
13	Belarus	0	1	1	2
14	Italy	0	0	2	2
15	France	0	0	1	1
15	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		18	18	18	54

Events[]

Artistic gymnastics[]

Men's events[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	China (CHN) Chen Yibing Feng Zhe Guo Weiyang Zhang Chenglong Zou Kai	Japan (JPN) Ryohei Kato Kazuhito Tanaka Yusuke Tanaka Kōhei Uchimura Koji Yamamuro	Great Britain (GBR) Sam Oldham Daniel Purvis Louis Smith Kristian Thomas Max Whitlock
Individual all-around details	Kōhei Uchimura Japan	Marcel Nguyen Germany	Danell Leyva United States

Floor exercise details	Zou Kai China	Kōhei Uchimura Japan	Denis Ablyazin Russia
Pommel horse details	Krisztián Berki Hungary	Louis Smith Great Britain	Max Whitlock Great Britain
Rings details	Arthur Zanetti Brazil	Chen Yibing China	Matteo Morandi Italy
Vault details	Yang Hak-seon South Korea	Denis Ablyazin Russia	Igor Radivilov Ukraine
Parallel bars details	Feng Zhe China	Marcel Nguyen Germany	Hamilton Sabot France
Horizontal bar details	Epke Zonderland Netherlands	Fabian Hambüchen Germany	Zou Kai China

Women's events[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team all-around details	United States (USA) Gabby Douglas Jordyn Wieber Aly Raisman Kyla Ross McKayla Maroney	Russia (RUS) Aliya Mustafina Viktoria Komova Ksenia Afanasyeva Anastasia Grishina Maria Paseka	Romania (ROU) Cătălina Ponor Larisa Iordache Diana Bulimar Sandra Izbașa Diana Chelaru
Individual all-around details	Gabby Douglas United States	Viktoria Komova Russia	Aliya Mustafina Russia

Vault details	Sandra Izbașa Romania	McKayla Maroney United States	Maria Paseka Russia
Uneven bars details	Aliya Mustafina Russia	He Kexin China	Elizabeth Tweddle Great Britain
Balance beam details	Deng Linlin China	Sui Lu China	Aly Raisman United States
Floor exercise details	Aly Raisman United States	Cătălina Ponor Romania	Aliya Mustafina Russia

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Group all-around details	Russia (RUS) Ksenia Dudkina Alina Makarenko Uliana Donskova Anastasia Bliznyuk Karolina Sevastyanova Anastasia Nazarenko	Belarus (BLR) Maryna Hancharova Anastasia Ivankova Nataliya Leshchyk Aliaksandra Narkevich Ksenia Sankovich Alina Tumilovich	Italy (ITA) Elisa Blanchi Romina Laurito Marta Pagnini Elisa Santoni Anzhelika Savrayuk Andreea Stefanescu
Individual all-around details	Yevgeniya Kanayeva Russia	Daria Dmitrieva Russia	Liubov Charkashyna Belarus

Trampoline[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual details	Dong Dong China	Dmitry Ushakov Russia	Lu Chunlong China
Women's individual details	Rosannagh MacLennan Canada	Huang Shanshan China	He Wenna China

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[]

"Gymnastics - Artistic 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 - 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
Official results book – Gymnastics Artistic
Official results book – Gymnastics Rhythmic
Official results book – Gymnastics Trampoline

[SR-1] "Gymnastics at the 2012 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[2] "Gymnastics – Artistic – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

[3] "Gymnastics – Rhythmic – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

[4] "Trampoline – Schedule & Results". London 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

[NBC-Evening-30-07-2012-5] NBC, 2012 Olympic Summer Games - Evening, airdate: 30 July 2012

[6] Liviu Bird (30 July 2012). "2012 Olympic Men's Gymnastics: Judges, US Fold Under Pressure of Biggest Stage". Bleacher Report.

[7] Patrick Clarke (30 July 2012). "Men's Gymnastics Olympic Controversy: Japan Takes Silver, Great Britain Snubbed". Bleacher Report.

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Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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
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Group all-around		women
Individual all-around		women
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Individual	men	women
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