Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. The trampoline events were held at the North Greenwich Arena (normally called The O2 Arena) from 3 to 4 August; the artistic events were also held at the North Greenwich Arena, from 28 July to 7 August. The rhythmic gymnastics events took place at Wembley Arena from 9 to 12 August.
A total of 54 medals were awarded across the three disciplines. The most successful nation was China, winning five gold medals and 12 in total. Brazil and South Korea won their first gold medals in the discipline in the Summer Olympic Games history. Yevgeniya Kanayeva of Russia marked history by becoming the first back-to-back Olympic champion at the individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics.
Qualification
Qualification was based on the results of the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Montpellier, France, from 19 to 25 September; the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 7–16 October; the 2011 Trampoline World Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 17 to 20 November; and Olympic test events held in January 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena.
Schedule
QQualificationFFinal +Artistic (North Greenwich Arena) Event↓/Date → Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thur 2 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7 Men's individual all-around Q F Men's team all-around F Men's vault F Men's floor F Men's pommel horse F Men's rings F Men's parallel bars F Men's horizontal bar F Women's individual all-around Q F Women's team all-around F Women's vault F Women's uneven bars F Women's balance beam F Women's floor F
+Rhythmic (Wembley Arena) Event↓/Date → Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11 Sun 12 Individual all-around Q F Group all-around F
+Trampoline (North Greenwich Arena) Event↓/Date → Fri 3 Sat 4 Men Q F Women Q F
Overall medal table
Events Artistic gymnastics Men's events Team all-aroundChen YibingFeng ZheGuo WeiyangZhang ChenglongZou KaiRyohei KatoKazuhito TanakaYusuke TanakaKōhei UchimuraKoji YamamuroSam OldhamDaniel PurvisLouis SmithKristian ThomasMax Whitlock Individual all-around Floor exercise Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar
Women's events Team all-around Gabby DouglasJordyn WieberAly RaismanKyla RossMcKayla Maroney Aliya MustafinaViktoria KomovaKsenia AfanasyevaAnastasia GrishinaMaria Paseka Cătălina PonorLarisa IordacheDiana BulimarSandra IzbașaDiana Chelaru Individual all-around Vault Uneven bars Balance beam Floor exercise
Rhythmic gymnastics Group all-aroundKsenia DudkinaAlina MakarenkoUliana DonskovaAnastasia BliznyukKarolina SevastyanovaAnastasia NazarenkoMaryna HancharovaAnastasia IvankovaNataliya Leshchyk Aliaksandra NarkevichKsenia SankovichAlina TumilovichElisa BlanchiRomina LauritoMarta PagniniElisa SantoniAnzhelika SavrayukAndreea Stefanescu Individual all-around
Trampoline Men's individual Women's individual
Judging controversies
The men's artistic team all-around final became the subject of controversy when the judges were booed by the crowd following Japan's Kōhei Uchimura's score for his pommel horse routine, and how it shuffled the medals of Japan, Great Britain, and Ukraine.NBC, 2012 Olympic Summer Games - Evening, airdate: 30 July 2012
References
External links
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique