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

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.

Format of competition

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

Oldest and youngest competitors

Gymnast Nation Date of birth Age
Oldest competitorCătălina Ponor Romania20 August 198724 years
Youngest competitorLarisa Iordache Romania19 June 199616 years
Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deng Linlin China6.6009.00015.600
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sui Lu China6.5009.00015.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aly Raisman United States6.3008.76615.066
4 Cătălina Ponor Romania6.6008.46615.066
5 Ksenia Afanasyeva Russia5.8008.78314.583
6 Larisa Iordache Romania6.4007.80014.200
7 Gabby Douglas United States6.0007.63313.633
8 Viktoria Komova Russia6.2006.96613.166

Qualification results

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total Qual.
1 Sui Lu China6.4009.00015.400Q
2 Viktoria Komova Russia6.4008.86615.266Q
3 Gabby Douglas United States6.5008.76615.266Q
4 Deng Linlin China6.5008.66615.166Q
5 Aly Raisman United States6.4008.70015.100Q
6 Kyla Ross United States6.1008.97515.075-
7 Ksenia Afanasyeva Russia5.9009.16615.066Q
8 Cătălina Ponor Romania6.4008.63315.033Q
9 Anastasia Grishina Russia6.0008.90014.900-
10 Diana Bulimar Romania6.1008.76614.866Q
11 Larisa Iordache Romania6.4008.40014.800-
12 Aliya Mustafina Russia6.0008.70014.700-
12 Jordyn Wieber United States6.0008.70014.700-
14 Sandra Izbașa Romania5.8008.80014.600-
15 Asuka Teramoto Japan5.7008.76614.466R
16 Vanessa Ferrari Italy6.1008.33314.433R
17 Carlotta Ferlito Italy6.0008.42514.425R

* 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

  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).
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