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Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics
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 medal in the discipline in the history of the Summer Olympic Games. 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; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics (Artistic) London 2012
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG), which consists of, for women (WAG), the events floor, vault, uneven bars, and beam; and for men (MAG), the events floor, vault, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, which include gymnastics for all, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining (including double mini-tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in Montpellier, France, from September 19–25, 2011 at the Arena Montpellier. Only the top 24 groups from the 2010 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were allowed to take part in the group competition this time. These championships were the first qualifying event for the 2012 Olympics which will be held in London. In the group all-around competition, the top 6 teams qualified directly for the Group Competition at the 2012 Olympics, while teams placed 7th to 12th will get a second chance to qualify at the London test event in January 2012 for additional four spots. In Individual all-around, the top 15 gymnasts in the World Championships earned a place in the Olympic competition for their respective countries (subject to a maximum of two per country) with further 5 places to be decided at the test event (maximum one per country). Schedule ;19.09.2011 Monday *10:00 - 13:30 Qualification (CI) - Individuals Group 1 & 2 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Artistic Team All-around
The final of the women's artistic team all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena in London on 31 July 2012. Eight teams qualified for the final, from a total of twelve that competed in the qualifications round. Each team was composed of five gymnasts. In the final, each team selected three gymnasts to compete on each apparatus. All three scores on each apparatus were summed to give a final team score. The United States team, known as the Fierce Five, finished first in qualifications and won the gold medal in the final. Russia won the silver, and Romania won the bronze. It was Romania's 10th consecutive Olympic medal in the event, a streak that started in 1976. The medals were presented by Habib Macki of Oman, Aïcha Garad Ali of Djibouti, Angela Ruggiero of the United States, and members of the International Olympic Committee. The medalists' bouquets were presented by Slava Corn of Canada, the vice president of the Fédérati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Artistic Individual All-around
The women's artistic individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 2 August. Format of competition The top 24 competitors in the qualification round (with a limit of two per country), based on combined scores on the four apparatuses, advanced to the individual all-around final. In the final, gymnasts performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting. Qualification results Only two gymnasts from each country were allowed to advance to the all-around final. Four gymnasts placed in the top 24 in qualifications but did not advance because of the two-per-country rule: * (4th place) * (12th place) * (21st place) * (22nd place) Final results *Aliya Mustafina and Aly Raisman finished with the same total score of 59.566. To break the tie, each gymnast's lowest score was dropped, and their remaining three scores were summed. The resulting totals wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Horizontal Bar
The men's horizontal bar competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 7 August. It featured 70 competitors from 33 nations. Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands won the event, his nation's first victory in the horizontal bar and first medal in any Olympic gymnastics event since 1928. Fabian Hambüchen of Germany took silver, while Zou Kai of China earned bronze. Hambüchen and Zou—the bronze and gold medalists, respectively, in 2008—were the 11th and 12th men to win multiple medals in the event. Background This was the 23rd appearance of the men's horizontal bar event in the Olympics. Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Slovakia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 21st appearance, the most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition and the boycotted 1980 Games. Five of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: gold medalist Zou Kai of China, silver medalist Jonathan Horton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Parallel Bars
The men's parallel bars competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 7 August. It included 71 competitors from 33 nations. Feng Zhe of China won the gold medal, his nation's second consecutive victory in the parallel bars competition and third overall. Marcel Nguyen's silver was the first medal for a German gymnast in the event since 1988. Hamilton Sabot won the bronze, France's first parallel bars medal. The final included nine gymnasts instead of the standard eight after a tie for the last spot could not be resolved. Background This was the 23rd appearance of the parallel bars event at the Olympics. Only one of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: fourth-place finisher Fabian Hambüchen of Germany. Danell Leyva of the United States was the reigning world champion; Feng Zhe of China had won the world championship in 2010 and finished second in 2011. Marcel Nguyen of Germany was a two-time European champion. Azerbaijan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Rings
The men's rings competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 6 August 2012. It included 68 competitors from 31 nations. Arthur Zanetti of Brazil won the gold, his nation's first medal in the event. The 2008 winner, Chen Yibing of China, earned silver to become the 12th man to win multiple medals in the event. Matteo Morandi of Italy took bronze. Background This was the 23rd appearance of the event in the Olympics. Three of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: gold medalist Chen Yibing of China, sixth-place finisher (and 2004 finalist) Matteo Morandi of Italy, and eighth-place finisher Yordan Yovchev of Bulgaria. Yovchev was competing in his sixth Olympic Games, a record for a male gymnast; he had previously won a silver medal in 2004 and a bronze medal in 2000.Oksana Chusovitina was also competing in her sixth Games in 2012, sharing at the moment the record for any gymnast with Yovchev. She competed again in 2016 for a total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Pommel Horse
The men's pommel horse competition at the 2012 Olympic Games was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 5 August. It included 69 competitors from 32 nations. Krisztián Berki of Hungary won the gold medal. It was Hungary's first victory in the pommel horse since 1988 and fifth overall, tying the Soviet Union for the most all-time. Great Britain's Louis Smith and Max Whitlock won silver and bronze, respectively. Smith, who had won bronze in 2008, was the 10th man to win multiple medals in the event. It was the first time since 1984 that one nation earned multiple medals in the pommel horse. Background This was the 23rd appearance of the event in the Olympics. Three of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: silver medalist Filip Ude of Croatia, bronze medalist Louis Smith of Great Britain, and sixth-place finisher Kim Ji-hoon of South Korea. Krisztián Berki of Hungary had won the last two world championships, in 2010 and 2011. Smith had also medaled at both of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Floor
The men's floor competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 5 August. Competition format The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting. Qualification results Final [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Vault
The men's vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 6 August. It included 17 competitors from 14 nations. 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 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 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 of France, injured and unable to compete. Chile and Hong Kong made their debuts in the men's vault competition. The United States made its 20th appearance, the most of any nation. Competition format The top eight vaulters in the qualification p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Artistic Team All-around
The final of the men's artistic gymnastics team all-around competition at the 2012 Olympic Games was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 30 July. Eight teams of five gymnasts competed, from a total of twelve teams that had qualified for the Games. The eight teams with the best combined scores in the qualification round moved on to the final. In the final, each team selected three gymnasts to compete on each apparatus. All scores were summed to give a final team score. China won the gold medal with a total score of 275.997. In second place with 271.952 points was Japan, and Great Britain took bronze with 271.711. Qualified teams * * * * * * * * Final results # Uchimura was initially given a score of 13.466 on the pommel horse. However, the Japanese team filed an appeal, believing that he had been given the incorrect D-score for his dismount. After review by the Men's Technical Committee, the dismount's difficulty was authorized and his score was raised to 14.166. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Artistic Individual All-around
The men's artistic gymnastics individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 1 August 2012. It included 41 competitors from 27 nations. Kōhei Uchimura of Japan won the gold medal, his nation's first victory in the men's all-around since 1984 and its fifth overall. (At that point, Japan was second to the Soviet Union, whose gymnasts won the event six times; Uchimura would win again in 2016, bringing the two nations even.) Uchimura was the 14th man to earn multiple all-around medals, adding to his silver from 2008. Germany's Marcel Nguyen earned silver, the first men's all-around medal for a German gymnast (including the United Team of Germany, East Germany, and West Germany) since the 1936 Games in Berlin. Danell Leyva of the United States took bronze. Background This was the 26th appearance of the men's individual all-around in the Olympics. The event was first held in 1900 and has been included in every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
