Qualifications for Men's artistic gymnastic competitions at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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were held at the
North Greenwich Arena
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on July 28. The results of the qualification determined the qualifiers to the finals: 8 teams in the team final, 24 gymnasts in the all-around final, and 8 gymnasts in each of 6 apparatus finals. The competition was divided to 3 subdivisions. The first subdivision took place at 11:00
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); the second and third subdivision at 15:30 BST and 20:00 BST respectively.
Subdivisions
Gymnasts from nations taking part in the team all-round event were grouped together while the other gymnasts were grouped into one of six mixed groups. The groups were divided into the three subdivisions after a draw held by the
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
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The groups rotated through each of the six apparatuses together.
Subdivision 1
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*Mixed Group 3
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*Mixed Group 4
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Subdivision 2
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*Mixed Group 1
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*Mixed Group 5
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*Mixed Group 6
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Subdivision 3
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*Mixed Group 2
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Qualification results
Individual All-Around Event Qualifiers
Reserves
The reserves for the individual all-around event final were
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Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the All Around Final. Therefore, in some cases, a third gymnast placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota. Gymnasts who did not advance to the Final, but had high enough scores to do so were:
* (17th place)
* (20th place)
* (22nd place) (ended up replacing Yamamuro, who was injured after the Team Final)
* (26th place)
Floor event qualifiers
Reserves
The reserves for the floor event final were
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Men's Pommel Horse Qualifiers
Reserves
The reserves for the pommel horse event final were
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Men's Still Rings qualifiers
At 39 years old, Yordan Yovchev was the oldest of all the competitors in the artistic gymnastics events at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He and
Oksana Chusovitina
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Chusovitina's care ...
share the record for competing at the greatest number of Olympic Games – for both artistic gymnasts, the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London was their 6th time as Olympians.
Reserves
The reserves for the still rings event final were:
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Vault qualifiers
Reserves
The reserves for the vault event final were
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Parallel Bars qualifiers
Reserves
The reserves for the parallel bars event final were
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Horizontal Bar qualifiers
Reserves
The reserves for the horizontal bars event final were
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References
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Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics