2012 U.S. Olympic trials | |
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Venue | HP Pavilion |
Location | San Jose, California |
Date | June 29 – July 1, 2012 |
The 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials were held from June 29 through July 1, 2012, at the HP Pavilion (now known as SAP Center) in San Jose, California.[1]
Venue
The SAP Center, formally known as HP Pavilion, has a capacity of up to 19,190 spectators for concerts, is home to the National Hockey League team, the San Jose Sharks.[2]
Participants
Women
The top 8 finishers from the 2012 VISA Championships received automatic berth to the trials.
Name | Hometown | Club | College | Nationals |
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Kennedy Baker | Flower Mound, TX | Texas Dreams Gymnastics | Florida Gators | 7th |
Gabby Douglas | Virginia Beach, VA | Chow's Gymnastics | —[lower-alpha 1] | 2nd |
Sarah Finnegan | St. Louis, MO | GAGE | LSU Tigers | 6th |
Elizabeth Price | Coopersburg, PA | Parkettes | Stanford Cardinal | 5th |
Aly Raisman | Needham, MA | Brestyan's | —[lower-alpha 1] | 3rd |
Kyla Ross | Aliso Viejo, CA | Gym-Max Gymnastics | UCLA Bruins | 4th |
Sabrina Vega | Carmel, NY | GAGE | Georgia Gymdogs | 8th |
Jordyn Wieber | DeWitt, MI | Gedderts Twistars | —[lower-alpha 1] | 1st |
The following people successfully petitioned their way to Olympic trials:
Men
Name | Hometown | Club |
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Chris Brooks | Houston, TX | Cypress Gymnastics |
Alex Buscaglia | Cary, IL | Stanford University |
Jake Dalton | Reno, NV | University of Oklahoma |
Josh Dixon | San Jose, CA | USOTC |
Jonathan Horton | Houston, TX | Cypress Gymnastics |
Glen Ishino | Santa Ana, CA | UC Berkeley |
Steven Legendre | Port Jefferson, NY | University of Oklahoma |
Danell Leyva | Miami, FL | Universal Gymnastics |
CJ Maestas | Corrales, NM | University of Illinois |
Sam Mikulak | Ann Arbor, MI | University of Michigan |
Alex Naddour | Gilbert, AZ | USA Youth Fitness |
John Orozco | Bronx, NY | USOTC |
Paul Ruggeri | Manlius, NY | University of Illinois |
David Sender | Arlington Heights, IL | University of Illinois |
Brandon Wynn | Voorhees, NJ | Ohio State University |
Broadcast
Results
Final standings
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Women | |||
All-around | Gabby Douglas | Jordyn Wieber | Aly Raisman |
Vault | McKayla Maroney | Alicia Sacramone | — |
Uneven Bars | Gabby Douglas Kyla Ross |
— | Anna Li |
Balance Beam | Aly Raisman | Alicia Sacramone | Kyla Ross Jordyn Wieber |
Floor Exercise | Aly Raisman | Jordyn Wieber | Gabby Douglas |
Men | |||
All-around | Danell Leyva | John Orozco | Jonathan Horton |
Floor | Jake Dalton | Steven Legendre | Paul Ruggeri |
Pommel horse | Alex Naddour | Danell Leyva | John Orozco |
Rings | Jonathan Horton | Brandon Wynn | John Orozco |
Vault | Jake Dalton | David Sender | Steven Legendre |
Parallel bars | Danell Leyva | Jonathan Horton | John Orozco |
Horizontal bar | Danell Leyva | John Orozco | Paul Ruggeri |
Final Scores
Full Olympic Trial scores are as follows:[5]
Rank | Gymnast | Day Total | Total | ||||
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Gabby Douglas | 15.800 | 15.250 | 14.900 | 15.450 | 61.400 | 123.450 | |
16.000 | 15.900 | 14.850 | 15.300 | 62.050 | |||
Jordyn Wieber | 15.900 | 15.350 | 15.050 | 15.400 | 61.700 | 123.350 | |
15.800 | 15.350 | 14.900 | 15.600 | 61.650 | |||
Aly Raisman | 15.550 | 14.200 | 14.950 | 15.600 | 60.300 | 120.950 | |
15.300 | 14.450 | 15.400 | 15.500 | 60.650 | |||
4 | Elizabeth Price | 16.050 | 14.500 | 14.150 | 14.900 | 59.600 | 120.100 |
15.700 | 15.300 | 14.550 | 14.950 | 60.500 | |||
5 | Kyla Ross | 14.500 | 15.500 | 14.900 | 14.500 | 59.400 | 120.000 |
15.150 | 15.650 | 15.050 | 14.750 | 60.600 | |||
6 | Sarah Finnegan | 15.000 | 14.400 | 15.100 | 14.550 | 59.050 | 118.500 |
14.900 | 14.750 | 14.800 | 15.000 | 59.450 | |||
7 | McKayla Maroney | 16.100 | 13.350 | 13.650 | 15.200 | 58.300 | 117.650 |
16.150 | 13.700 | 15.000 | 14.500 | 59.350 | |||
8 | Kennedy Baker | 14.650 | 13.900 | 13.000 | 14.600 | 56.150 | 114.700 |
14.700 | 14.850 | 14.300 | 14.700 | 58.550 | |||
9 | Brenna Dowell | 14.900 | 14.250 | 14.000 | 14.100 | 57.250 | 114.450 |
14.750 | 14.400 | 13.900 | 14.150 | 57.200 | |||
10 | Sabrina Vega | 14.250 | 13.150 | 14.250 | 14.350 | 56.000 | 113.400 |
14.400 | 13.450 | 14.550 | 15.000 | 57.400 | |||
11 | Alicia Sacramone | 15.700 | – | 15.000 | – | 30.700 | 61.650 |
15.800 | – | 15.150 | – | 30.950 | |||
12 | Anna Li | – | 15.500 | 13.100 | – | 28.600 | 58.650 |
– | 15.550 | 14.500 | – | 30.050 | |||
13 | Nastia Liukin | – | 14.050 | 14.500 | – | 28.550 | 57.450 |
– | 13.950 | 14.950 | – | 28.900 | |||
14 | Rebecca Bross | – | 15.300 | 12.050 | – | 27.350 | 52.800 |
– | 10.550 | 14.900 | – | 25.450 |
Olympic Team selection
Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber were selected to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Anna Li, Sarah Finnegan, and Elizabeth Price were selected as the alternates.[6]
For the men's team Danell Leyva and John Orozco automatically earned Olympic berths by finishing first and second in the all-around and recording three or more top three finishes in the individual event standings. The men's selection team also named Jake Dalton, Jonathan Horton, and Sam Mikulak to the team. The replacement athletes selected were Chris Brooks, Alex Naddour, and Steven Legendre.[7]
References
- ↑ "Douglas wins all-around at 2012 U.S. Olympic trials". Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
- ↑ "Official San Jose Sharks Website".
- ↑ "2008 Olympian Bridget Sloan out of London trials with injury". USA Today. June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "NBC Olympics will provide 76 hours of 2016 U.S. Olympic Team trials coverage • 2016 Olympic trials - Women's Gymnastics". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
- ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic trials - Women Day 2 Event Results - Multi" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 1, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ↑ "USA Gymnastics announces women's gymnastics team for 2012 Olympic Games". USA Gymnastics. July 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ↑ "USA Gymnastics announces men's gymnastics team for 2012 Olympic Games". USA Gymnastics. July 1, 2012.