Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

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Men's vault
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Canary wharf and dome London
VenueNorth Greenwich Arena 1
Dates28 July (qualifying)
6 August (final)
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning score16.533
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Hak-Seon
 South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denis Ablyazin
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Radivilov
 Ukraine
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The men's vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the North Greenwich Arena 1 on 6 August.[1] There were 17 competitors from 14 nations.[2] The event was won by Yang Hak-Seon of South Korea, the nation's first victory in the men's vault and first medal since 1996. Denis Ablyazin of Russia took silver, while Igor Radivilov earned Ukraine's first medal in the event as an independent nation.

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). Two of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: seventh-place finisher Flavius Koczi of Romania and eighth-place finisher Isaac Botella of Spain. Yang Hak-Seon of South Korea was the reigning (2011) world champion. He was the favorite, particularly with 2010 world champion Thomas Bouhail of France injured and unable to compete.[2]

Chile and Hong Kong each made their debut in the men's vault. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation.

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. Only those gymnasts who performed two vault exercises were considered for advancement to the vault final; the average score of the two exercises was used. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting. Each gymnast performed two vaults, with average score counted.[3]

Scoring in artistic gymnastics is based on two separate scores that are then combined in order to come to the final score. The D score measures the difficulty of each element (and combinations of elements) within the routine, while the E score evaluates the performance, ie, the "execution, composition and artistry" of the routine. For further information, please see the Code of Points article.

Schedule[]

North Greenwich Arena

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012 11:00 Qualifying
Monday, 6 August 2012 14:00 Final

Results[]

Qualifying[]

Rank Gymnast Nation Vault 1 Vault 2 Total Notes
D Score E Score Penalty Vault Score D Score E Score Penalty Vault Score
1 Denis Ablyazin  Russia 7.000 9.300 16.300 7.200 9.233 16.433 16.366 Q
2 Yang Hak-Seon  South Korea 7.000 9.233 16.233 7.000 9.433 16.433 16.333 Q
3 Tomás González  Chile 7.000 9.433 16.433 6.600 9.366 0.1 15.866 16.149 Q
4 Samuel Mikulak  United States 7.000 9.300 16.300 6.600 9.266 15.866 16.083 Q
5 Kristian Thomas  Great Britain 7.000 9.300 0.1 16.200 6.600 9.166 15.766 15.983 Q
6 Flavius Koczi  Romania 7.000 9.166 0.1 16.066 7.000 8.933 0.1 15.833 15.949 Q
7 Isaac Botella  Spain 6.600 9.266 15.866 6.600 9.200 15.800 15.833 Q
8 Igor Radivilov  Ukraine 7.000 9.266 16.266 7.000 8.633 0.3 15.333 15.799 Q
9 Dzmitry Kaspiarovich  Belarus 7.000 9.333 16.333 7.000 8.300 0.3 15.000 15.666 R
10 Matteo Angioletti  Italy 7.000 8.866 0.3 15.566 6.600 9.000 15.600 15.583 R
11 Oleg Verniaiev  Ukraine 7.000 9.333 16.333 6.600 8.466 0.3 14.766 15.549 R
12 Mohamed El-Saharty  Egypt 6.200 9.266 15.466 6.200 9.300 15.500 15.483
13 Shek Wai Hung  Hong Kong 6.600 8.400 0.1 14.900 7.000 9.033 16.033 15.466
14 Jacob Dalton  United States 7.000 9.200 0.3 15.900 6.600 8.266 0.1 14.766 15.333
15 Artur Davtyan  Armenia 6.200 8.266 0.3 14.166 6.200 9.300 15.500 14.833
16 Kim Soo-Myun  South Korea 6.600 9.066 15.666 4.200 8.958 13.158 14.412
17 Koji Yamamuro  Japan 7.000 8.633 0.3 15.333 4.200 9.000 13.200 14.266

Final[]

Rank Gymnast Nation Vault 1 Vault 2 Total
D Score E Score Penalty Vault Score D Score E Score Penalty Vault Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Hak-Seon  South Korea 7.400 9.066 16.466 7.000 9.600 16.600 16.533
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denis Ablyazin  Russia 7.000 9.433 16.433 7.200 9.166 16.366 16.399
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Radivilov  Ukraine 7.000 9.400 16.400 7.000 9.233 16.233 16.316
4 Tomás González  Chile 7.000 9.400 16.400 6.600 9.366 15.966 16.183
5 Samuel Mikulak  United States 7.000 9.100 16.100 6.600 9.400 16.000 16.050
6 Isaac Botella  Spain 6.600 9.300 15.900 6.600 9.233 15.833 15.866
7 Flavius Koczi  Romania 7.000 9.200 0.1 16.100 6.200 9.066 0.1 15.166 15.633
8 Kristian Thomas  Great Britain 7.000 9.366 16.366 6.600 8.200 0.1 14.700 15.533

References[]

  1. ^ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at archive.today
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
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