Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

The Women's balance beam competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 7 August.[1] Deng Linlin from China took gold, Sui Lu also from China took silver and Alexandra Raisman from the United States took the bronze via the inquiry and tie-breaker.

Women's balance beam at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Canary wharf and dome London
Venue	North Greenwich Arena
Date	7 August
Competitors	8 from 4 nations
Winning points	15.600
Medalists
Deng Linlin  China Sui Lu  China Alexandra Raisman  United States

Format of competition

The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.[2]

Schedule

North Greenwich Arena

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday, 7 August 2012	14:00	Finals

Final

Oldest and youngest competitors

	Gymnast	Nation	Date of birth	Age
Oldest	Cătălina Ponor	Romania	1987.08.20	24 years
Youngest	Larisa Iordache	Romania	1996.6.19	16 years

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	D Score	E Score	Pen.	Total
	Deng Linlin	China	6.600	9.000		15.600
	Sui Lu	China	6.500	9.000		15.500
	Alexandra Raisman	United States	6.300	8.766		15.066
4	Cătălina Ponor	Romania	6.600	8.466		15.066
5	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Russia	5.800	8.783		14.583
6	Larisa Iordache	Romania	6.400	7.800		14.200
7	Gabrielle Douglas	United States	6.000	7.633		13.633
8	Viktoria Komova	Russia	6.200	6.966		13.166

Qualification

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	D Score	E Score	Pen.	Total	Qual.
1	Sui Lu	China	6.400	9.000		15.400	Q
2	Viktoria Komova	Russia	6.400	8.866		15.266	Q
3	Gabrielle Douglas	United States	6.500	8.766		15.266	Q
4	Deng Linlin	China	6.500	8.666		15.166	Q
5	Alexandra Raisman	United States	6.400	8.700		15.100	Q
6	Kyla Ross	United States	6.100	8.975		15.075	-
7	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Russia	5.900	9.166		15.066	Q
8	Cătălina Ponor	Romania	6.400	8.633		15.033	Q
9	Anastasia Grishina	Russia	6.000	8.900		14.900	-
10	Diana Bulimar	Romania	6.100	8.766		14.866	Q
11	Larisa Iordache	Romania	6.400	8.400		14.800	-
12	Aliya Mustafina	Russia	6.000	8.700		14.700	-
12	Jordyn Wieber	United States	6.000	8.700		14.700	-
14	Sandra Izbașa	Romania	5.800	8.800		14.600	-
15	Asuka Teramoto	Japan	5.700	8.766		14.466	R
16	Vanessa Ferrari	Italy	6.100	8.333		14.433	R
17	Carlotta Ferlito	Italy	6.000	8.425		14.425	R

* Kyla Ross (USA) ranked 6th and Anastasia Grishina ranked 9th but did not qualify to finals because of the 2-per-country rule.

* Larisa Iordache (ROU), Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Jordyn Wieber (USA) and Sandra Izbașa (ROU) ranked 11th, joint 12th and 14th respectively but did not qualify as Reserves for this final due to teammates ranked above them. On August 6, Diana Bulimar decided to give up her spot to Larisa Iordache, because she thought that her teammate had a better chance of medaling than her.[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. http://thebeamqueen.tumblr.com/post/28855306411/diana-bulimar-has-no-medical-problems-she-gave-up
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).