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
1 Deng Linlin China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 6,600 9,000 15,600
2 Sui Lu China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 6,500 9,000 15,500
3 Alexandra Raisman United StatesUnited States United States 6,300 8,766 15,066
4th Cătălina Ponor RomaniaRomania Romania 6,600 8,466 15,066
5 Xenia Afanasseva RussiaRussia Russia 5,800 8,783 14,583
6th Larisa Iordache RomaniaRomania Romania 6,400 7,800 14,200
7th Gabrielle Douglas United StatesUnited States United States 6,000 7,633 13,633
8th Viktoria Komova RussiaRussia 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.

Picture gallery

  • Olympic Champion Deng Linlin (CHN)

  • Sui Lu (CHN) wins silver

  • Alexandra Raisman (USA) wins bronze

  • Xenija Afanassjewa (RUS), 5th place

  • Larisa Iordache (ROM), 6th place

  • Gabrielle Douglas (USA), 7th place

  • Viktorija Komowa (RUS), 8th place

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information in Sports Reference (Section 2)