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| Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of gymnasts Qualification | ||
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| Qualification | men | women |
| Team all-around | men | women |
| Individual all-around | men | women |
| Vault | men | women |
| Floor | men | women |
| Pommel horse | men | |
| Rings | men | |
| Parallel bars | men | |
| Horizontal bar | men | |
| Uneven bars | women | |
| Balance beam | women | |
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| Group all-around | women | |
| Individual all-around | women | |
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| Individual | men | women |
Women's uneven bars competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 18 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium.
The eight competitors (with a maximum of two per nation) with the highest scores in qualifying proceeded to the women's uneven bars finals. There, each gymnast performed again; the scores from the final round (ignoring qualification) determined final ranking.
Final
The final scores work as per the normal scoring procedure: the A score measures the difficulty of the routine and the B score measures how well it was executed. The B score has a maximum of 10.000 and is reduced for each deduction (for every error in the performance).
| Position | Gymnast | Country | A Score | B Score | Penalty | Total |
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He Kexin |  China |
7.700 | 9.025 | 16.725 | |
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Nastia Liukin |  United States |
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Yang Yilin | China |
8.950 | 16.650 | ||
| 4 | Beth Tweddle |  Great Britain |
7.800 | 8.825 | 16.625 | |
| 5 | Anastasia Koval |  Ukraine |
7.300 | 9.075 | 16.375 | |
| 6 | Ksenia Semenova |  Russia |
7.400 | 8.925 | 16.325 | |
| 7 | Steliana Nistor |  Romania |
7.000 | 8.575 | 15.575 | |
| 8 | Dariya Zgoba | Ukraine |
7.100 | 7.875 | 0.100 | 14.875 |
Tiebreaker
During the uneven bar finals, Nastia Liukin and He Kexin had a tied score of 16.725, which was followed by a tiebreaking procedure.[1] In this procedure there are six judges who judge each competitor on a scale of 1-10. When all six scores are finalised, the highest and lowest are eliminated and the remaining four are averaged.[1] The first tiebreaking procedure is determined by the E score, the execution score. Since Liukin and He tied with an E score of 9.025, the second tiebreaking procedure was required to determine a winner.[1] In this event, the lowest score given to each competitor is dropped. Before this, the remaining scores were:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Average | |
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| Nastia Liukin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.025 | ||
| He Kexin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | ||
When the next lowest scores were deducted, the averages became:[1]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Average | |
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| Nastia Liukin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.033 | |
| He Kexin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.066 | |
Thus, since Nastia Liukin's average was lower after the second round of score elimination, He Kexin was declared the winner.[1]
Qualified competitors
| Position | Gymnast | A Score[2] | B Score | Penalty | Total |
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| 1 | Yang Yilin (CHN) |
7.700 | 8.950 | 16.650 | |
| 2 | Ksenia Semenova (RUS) |
7.400 | 9.075 | 16.475 | |
| 3 | Anastasia Koval (UKR) |
7.300 | 9.025 | 16.325 | |
| 4 | Steliana Nistor (ROU) |
8.675 | 15.975 | ||
| 5 | Nastia Liukin (USA) |
7.700 | 8.250 | 15.950 | |
| 6 | He Kexin (CHN) |
7.500 | 8.225 | 15.725 | |
| 7 | Dariya Zgoba (UKR) |
6.900 | 8.875 | 0.100 | 15.675 |
| 8 | Beth Tweddle (GBR) |
7.600 | 8.050 | 15.650 | |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Tough math leaves Liukin silver NBC Retrieved 2008-08-18
- ↑ Scoring in artistic gymnastics is based on two separate scores that are then combined in order to come to the final score. The A score measures the difficulty of each element (and combinations of elements) within the routine, while the B score evaluates the performance, ie, the "execution, composition and artistry" of the routine. For further information, please see the Code of Points article.