Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's rings
| Men's rings at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 Canary wharf and dome London | ||||||||||
| Venue | North Greenwich Arena 1 | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 July (qualifying 6 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 68 from 31 nations | |||||||||
| Winning score | 15.900 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
Rhythmic | ||
| Group all-around | women | |
| Individual all-around | women | |
Trampoline | ||
| Individual | men | women |
The men's rings competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the North Greenwich Arena 1 on 28 July and 6 August.[1] There were 68 competitors from 31 nations.[2] The event was won by Arthur Zanetti of Brazil, the nation's first medal in the men's rings. 2008 winner Chen Yibing of China was not successful in repeating as Olympic champion, but earned silver to become the 12th man to win multiple medals in the event. Matteo Morandi of Italy took bronze.
Background[]
This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Three of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: gold medalist Chen Yibing of China, sixth-place finisher (and 2004 finalist) Matteo Morandi of Italy, and eighth-place finisher Yordan Yovchev of Bulgaria. Yovchev was competing in his sixth Olympic Games, still a record for a male gymnast; he had previously won a silver medal in 2004 and a bronze medal in 2000.[3] Chen had added two more world championships (2010 and 2011) to his resume since his Olympic victory in 2008 and was the favorite in this event. Arthur Zanetti of Brazil had been the world championships runner-up in 2011.[2]
Azerbaijan and Vietnam each made their debut in the men's rings. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 rings and the boycotted 1980 Games.
Qualification[]
Qualification for the men's artistic gymnastics in 2008 was based primarily on the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The top 8 teams at the world championships could send a full team of 5 gymnasts to the Olympics. The next 8 teams (#9 through #16) competed in the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, with the top 4 of those teams also qualifying a team of 5 gymnasts for the Olympics. The individual apparatus medalists from the World Championships also qualified, if their nation had not already qualified a team. The FIG Executive Board made invitational selections to ensure host country and continental representation and the Tripartite Commission made an invitation. The quota of 98 gymnasts was then filled through the individual all-around rankings at the Test Event, with each nation able to qualify only one gymnast in that manner (though this one gymnast could be added to the world championship apparatus medalists—for example, Brazil qualified Diego Hypólito as bronze medalist in the floor, Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti as silver medalist in the rings, and Sérgio Sasaki through the Test Event).
Competition format[]
The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then erased, with only final round scores counting.[4]
Scoring in artistic gymnastics under the Code of Points 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.
Schedule[]
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Saturday, 28 July 2012 | 11:00 | Qualifying |
| Monday, 6 August 2012 | 14:00 | Final |
Results[]
Qualifying[]
The top eight gymnasts, with a limit of two per nation, advanced to the final.
Final[]
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
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Arthur Zanetti |  Brazil |
6.800 | 9.100 | 15.900 | |
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Chen Yibing |  China |
6.800 | 9.000 | 15.800 | |
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Matteo Morandi |  Italy |
6.800 | 8.933 | 15.733 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Balandin |  Russia |
6.700 | 8.966 | 15.666 | |
| 5 | Denis Ablyazin | Russia |
6.600 | 9.033 | 15.633 | |
| 6 | Tommy Ramos |  Puerto Rico |
6.800 | 8.800 | 15.600 | |
| 7 | Yordan Yovchev |  Bulgaria |
6.600 | 8.508 | 15.108 | |
| 8 | Federico Molinari |  Argentina |
6.700 | 8.033 | 14.733 |
References[]
- ^ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at archive.today
- ^ a b "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Oksana Chusovitina was also competing in her sixth Games in 2012, sharing at the moment the record for any gymnast with Yovchev. She competed again in 2016 for a total of seven Games.
- ^ Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
 Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Still Rings | |
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