The men's
vault competition at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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was held at the
North Greenwich Arena
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on 6 August. It included 17 competitors from 14 nations.
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Yang Hak-seon of South Korea won the gold, his nation's first victory in the event and first medal since 1996. Denis Ablyazin of Russia took silver, while ]Igor Radivilov
Igor (Ihor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov (; born 19 October 1992) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast and four-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. Although he competed on all apparatuses, he was best known a ...
earned Ukraine's first medal in the event as an independent nation.
Background
This was the 23rd appearance of the event at the Olympics. Two of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: seventh-place finisher Flavius Koczi
Flavius Koczi (born 26 August 1987 in Reșița, Romania) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. He is a world silver medalist on vault and a ten-time European medalist (all around, pommel horse, vault, floor, and team). Koczi is the 2006 European champ ...
of Romania and eighth-place finisher Isaac Botella of Spain. Yang Hak-seon of South Korea was the 2011 world champion and the favorite, particularly with the 2010 world champion, Thomas Bouhail
Thomas Bouhail (born 3 July 1986 in Montfermeil, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French gymnast of Algerian descent. He won a silver medal in vault at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In December 2011, just a few months before the 2012 Summer Olympics, Bouhai ...
of France, injured and unable to compete.
Competition format
The top eight vaulters in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the apparatus final, with only those gymnasts who performed two vaults eligible to advance. The two scores were averaged to determine rankings.
Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting.Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic
Qualification results
Final results
References
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Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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