The qualifications round of the women's artistic gymnastics competition at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
was held at the
North Greenwich Arena
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on July 29. The top 8 teams advanced to the team final, the top 24 gymnasts (with a limit of two per country) to the individual all-around final, and the top 8 gymnasts on each apparatus (with a limit of two per country) to the apparatus finals.
Subdivisions
Gymnasts from nations taking part in the team all-around event were grouped together, while gymnasts competing without full teams were divided into eight "mixed groups". The groups were split among five subdivisions according to a draw held by the
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
The International Gymnastics Federation (French language, French: ''Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique'', abbr. FIG) is the body governing competition in all disciplines of gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It wa ...
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and rotated through the four apparatuses together.
Subdivision 1
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*Mixed Group 1
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*Mixed Group 2
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*Mixed Group 6
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Subdivision 2
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*Mixed Group 3
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*Mixed Group 4
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Subdivision 3
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Subdivision 4
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*Mixed Group 7
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Subdivision 5
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*Mixed Group 5
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*Mixed Group 8
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Results
Individual all-around qualifiers
Because only two competitors per country were allowed to advance to the all-around final, some gymnasts in the top 24 did not advance. They were:
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Reserves
The reserves for the individual all-around final were:
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Vault final qualifiers
Reserves
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Uneven bars final qualifiers
Reserves
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Notes
China's
Huang Qiushuang ranked 7th with a score of 15.266, but did not qualify to the final because of the two-per-country rule.
Kōko Tsurumi
is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2009 World all-around bronze medalist, uneven bars silver medalist, and a two-time Olympian (2008, 2012).
Gymnastics career
Tsurumi was a member of the 2008 Japanese Olympic Team. The women ...
, ranked 9th, qualified instead. Similarly,
Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Marie Wieber Brooks ( Wieber; born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team.
Wieber began competing in ...
did not qualify as the third reserve because two other Americans ranked higher.
Balance beam final qualifiers
Reserves
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Notes
The United States'
Kyla Ross
Kyla Briana Ross Rittman ( Ross, born October 24, 1996) is an American retired artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championsh ...
ranked 6th with a score of 15.075, but did not qualify to the final because of the two-per-country rule;
Anastasia Grishina
Anastasia Nikolayevna Grishina () (born 16 January 1996) is a former Russian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She was a member of the silver medal winning Russian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics ...
of Russia, who was next in line in 9th place, could not qualify for the same reason.
Diana Bulimar
Diana Laura Bulimar (; born 22 August 1995) is a Romanian artistic gymnast and a 2-time European Champion with Romania. She was part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won the bronze medal.
Junior career 2010
In April, Bul ...
, in 10th place, qualified instead. Also because of the two-per-country rule,
Larisa Iordache
Larisa Andreea Iordache (; born 19 June 1996) is a Romanians, Romanian former Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, a ...
(ROU),
Aliya Mustafina
Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (; born 30 September 1994) is a Russian former artistic gymnast.
She was the 2010 all-around world champion, the 2013 European all around champion, the 2012 and 2016 Olympic uneven bars champion and a seven-time ...
(RUS),
Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Marie Wieber Brooks ( Wieber; born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team.
Wieber began competing in ...
(USA), and
Sandra Izbașa
Sandra Raluca Izbașa (; born 18 June 1990) is a retired artistic gymnast from Romania. She is a double Olympic champion, having won the floor event at the 2008 Olympics and vault at the 2012 Olympics. She is also a winner of two Olympic bronz ...
(ROU) did not qualify as reserves.
Floor exercise final qualifiers
Reserves
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Notes
Romania's
Diana Chelaru
Diana Maria Chelaru (; born 15 August 1993) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Early gymnastics career
Chelaru started to train for gymnastics at CSS Oneşti Club with coaches Elena Dragomir, Octavian Teod ...
ranked 10th but did not qualify as a reserve because of the two-per-country rule.
Notes
References
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