Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Apparatus Gymnastics - Balance Beam (Women)
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sport | Apparatus gymnastics |
discipline | Balance beam |
gender | Women |
place | The O₂ |
Attendees | 8 athletes from 4 countries |
Competition phase | August 7, 2012 |
The final on the women's balance beam at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on August 7, 2012 at The O₂ . A total of eight 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. The US-American Kyla Ross in 6th place in the qualification had to give way accordingly. The Romanian Diana Bulimar should fill in for her , but she had to cancel due to an injury.
The evaluation of an exercise consisted of the degree of difficulty (D-Score) and the execution (E-Score), which were added to the overall evaluation and from which any penalty points were deducted. If two gymnasts have the same total number of points, the higher score of the execution is decisive.
Bottom line
space | Gymnast | nation | difficulty | execution | Penalty points | total |
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1 | Deng Linlin | People's Republic of China | 6,600 | 9,000 | 15,600 | |
2 | Sui Lu | People's Republic of China | 6,500 | 9,000 | 15,500 | |
3 | Alexandra Raisman | United States | 6,300 | 8,766 | 15,066 | |
4th | Cătălina Ponor | Romania | 6,600 | 8,466 | 15,066 | |
5 | Xenia Afanasseva | Russia | 5,800 | 8,783 | 14,583 | |
6th | Larisa Iordache | Romania | 6,400 | 7,800 | 14,200 | |
7th | Gabrielle Douglas | United States | 6,000 | 7,633 | 13,633 | |
8th | Viktoria Komova | Russia | 6,200 | 6,966 | 13,166 |
Alexandra Raisman's difficulty level was first set to 6,200. Raisman's trainer protested against the underestimation. The protest was accepted and the level of difficulty increased by 0.1 to 6,300. Now Raisman had the same total number of points as the Romanian Ponor. Raisman's higher score in execution was the decisive factor in winning the bronze medal.