Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Apparatus Gymnastics - Horse Jump (Women)

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Olympic rings
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sport do gymnastics
discipline Leap
gender Women
Attendees 18 athletes from 15 nations
Competition location North Greenwich Arena
Competition phase July 29th to August 5th, 2012
Medalists
gold medal RomaniaRomania Sandra Izbașa
Silver medal United StatesUnited States McKayla Maroney
Bronze medal RussiaRussia Marija Passeka

The final of the horse jump women in the 2012 Olympic Games in London was on August 5, 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena discharged. A total of 18 gymnasts competed.

In the qualifying competition on July 29, 2012, eight gymnasts had qualified for the final. The regulations stipulated that only two starters per NOK were allowed to compete in the final. A third qualifier was not allowed to compete and was replaced by the gymnast who was the next best.

Each athlete completed two jumps. Each jump was rated according to difficulty (A-Score) and execution (B-Score) and added to the overall grade, any penalty points were deducted directly. The final score was determined using the average of the two overall grades. The points of the qualification jumps were not taken into account.

qualification

rank Athlete Points annotation
1 United StatesUnited States McKayla Maroney 15,800 Qualified for the finals
2 RomaniaRomania Sandra Izbașa 15,316 Qualified for the finals
3 RussiaRussia Marija Passeka 15,049 Qualified for the finals
4th GermanyGermany Oksana Chusovitina 14,808 Qualified for the finals
5 Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Yamilet Peña 14,699 Qualified for the finals
6th GermanyGermany Janine Berger 14,483 Qualified for the finals
7th CanadaCanada Brittany Rogers 14,483 Qualified for the finals
8th CanadaCanada Ellie Black 14,366 Qualified for the finals
9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Giulia Steingruber 13,924
10 BelarusBelarus Anastasiya Marachkovskaya 13,800
11 CanadaCanada Kristina Vaculik 13,800
12 VietnamVietnam Phan Thị Ha Thanh 13,533
13 Hong KongHong Kong Angel Wong 13,533
14th CroatiaCroatia Tina Erceg 13,516
15th PortugalPortugal Zoi Lima 13,316
16 IsraelIsrael Valeria Maksyuta 13,300
17th HungaryHungary Dorina Böczögő 12,916
18th LithuaniaLithuania Laura Švilpaitė 11,933

Bottom line

space Gymnast Jump 1 Jump 2 total
difficulty execution Penalty points Points difficulty execution Penalty points Points
1 RomaniaRomania Sandra Izbașa 6,100 9,283 15,383 5,800 9,200 15,000 15.191
2 United StatesUnited States McKayla Maroney 6,500 9,666 0.3 15,866 6,100 8,200 14,300 15,083
3 RussiaRussia Marija Passeka 6,500 8,900 15,400 5,600 9,100 14,700 15,050
4th GermanyGermany Janine Berger 6,300 8,833 15,133 6,000 8,900 14,900 15,016
5 GermanyGermany Oksana Chusovitina 6,300 8,800 15,100 5,500 8,966 14,466 14,783
6th Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Yamilet Peña 7,100 7,566 0.1 14,566 5,800 8,666 14,466 14,516
7th CanadaCanada Brittany Rogers 5,800 8,966 14,766 5,600 8,600 14,200 14,483
8th CanadaCanada Ellie Black 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000 0,000

Winner Sandra Izbașa ensured the fifth Romanian gold medal in this discipline.
Canada's Ellie Black received a 0,000 rating in her first jump because she didn't land on her feet. In the second jump she had to go through injury due to an injury and again received a rating of 0,000.
Oksana Chusovitina (GER) was the oldest participant at 37 and her teammate Janine Berger was the youngest at 16. Like her Bulgarian colleague Yordan Yovtchev, Chusovitina took part in her sixth Olympic Games here. In 1992 she started for the CIS and won gold in the team all-around competition. In 1996, 2000 and 2004 she started for Uzbekistan , since 2008 for Germany (silver in horse jumping).

Picture gallery

  • Olympic champion Sandra Izbașa (ROM)

  • McKayla Maroney (USA) wins silver

  • Marija Passeka (RUS) wins bronze

  • Janine Berger (GER), 4th place

  • Oksana Chusovitina (GER), 5th place

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