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

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.

Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Canary wharf and dome London
VenueNorth Greenwich Arena
Date7 August 2012
Competitors8 from 4 nations
Winning points15.600
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deng Linlin  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sui Lu  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aly Raisman  United States
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Format of competition

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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

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Oldest and youngest competitors

Gymnast Nation Date of birth Age
Oldest competitor Cătălina Ponor   Romania 20 August 1987 24 years
Youngest competitor Larisa Iordache   Romania 19 June 1996 16 years
Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
  Deng Linlin   China 6.600 9.000 15.600
  Sui Lu   China 6.500 9.000 15.500
  Aly Raisman   United States 6.300 8.766 15.066
4 Cătălina Ponor   Romania 6.600 8.466 15.066
5 Ksenia Afanasyeva   Russia 5.800 8.783 14.583
6 Larisa Iordache   Romania 6.400 7.800 14.200
7 Gabby Douglas   United States 6.000 7.633 13.633
8 Viktoria Komova   Russia 6.200 6.966 13.166

Qualification results

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Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total Qual.
1 Sui Lu   China 6.400 9.000 15.400 Q
2 Viktoria Komova   Russia 6.400 8.866 15.266 Q
3 Gabby Douglas   United States 6.500 8.766 15.266 Q
4 Deng Linlin   China 6.500 8.666 15.166 Q
5 Aly Raisman   United States 6.400 8.700 15.100 Q
6 Kyla Ross   United States 6.100 8.975 15.075 -
7 Ksenia Afanasyeva   Russia 5.900 9.166 15.066 Q
8 Cătălina Ponor   Romania 6.400 8.633 15.033 Q
9 Anastasia Grishina   Russia 6.000 8.900 14.900 -
10 Diana Bulimar   Romania 6.100 8.766 14.866 Q
11 Larisa Iordache   Romania 6.400 8.400 14.800 -
12 Aliya Mustafina   Russia 6.000 8.700 14.700 -
12 Jordyn Wieber   United States 6.000 8.700 14.700 -
14 Sandra Izbașa   Romania 5.800 8.800 14.600 -
15 Asuka Teramoto   Japan 5.700 8.766 14.466 R
16 Vanessa Ferrari   Italy 6.100 8.333 14.433 R
17 Carlotta Ferlito   Italy 6.000 8.425 14.425 R

* Kyla Ross (USA), ranked 6th, and Anastasia Grishina (RUS), ranked 9th, did not advance to the final because of the two-per-country rule.

* Larisa Iordache (ROU), Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Jordyn Wieber (USA), and Sandra Izbașa (ROU) ranked 11th, 12th, 12th, and 14th, respectively, but did not qualify as reserves because of the two-per-country rule. On 6 August, Diana Bulimar gave up her spot to Iordache, whom Bulimar believed had a better chance of medaling.[3]

  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]

References

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  1. ^ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at archive.today
  2. ^ Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Beam Queen".
  4. ^ "Aly Raisman earns floor exercise gold". ESPN. August 7, 2012.
  5. ^ Armour, Nancy (August 7, 2012). "Aly Raisman wins gold in Olympic floor after bronze in beam". Newsday (via The Associated Press).