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The 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event took place between January 10 and January 18, 2012. The event featured the artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline disciplines. It qualified the last four artistic gymnastics teams for the 2012 Olympic Games, along with 34 individual female gymnasts and 27 individual male gymnasts selected through the all-around competition. Teams that finished 17th to 24th at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were able to take two individuals to the test event. Teams that finished 1st to 8th were invited to send two individual gymnasts, but they were not candidates for individual spots.

The rhythmic gymnastics event, too, qualified four teams for the 2012 Olympic Games. Teams that finished 7th to 12th and the champion of the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships—along with the host nation of the test event, Great Britain—were invited participants, although the champion had already qualified for the Olympics.[1] Because the world champion, Italy, decided not to attend, Azerbaijan, which placed 13th at the 2011 World Championships, was invited as a replacement.[2] The test event also qualified five individual gymnasts for the Olympics. Twenty teams were invited to send one gymnast each according to their results at the 2011 World Championships. The host, Great Britain, could send one as well. The three medalists of the Championships were also invited despite their previous qualification to the Olympic Games.[1] As two of the three medalists were not joining, two more teams were invited to send one gymnast apiece to the event.[2]

In the trampolining event, seven individual competitors qualified for each of the Olympic events. These competitors were from countries that had not succeeded in qualifying an individual at the 2011 Trampoline World Championships.

The event was part of the London Prepares series of test events and took place at the 2012 Olympic venue, the O2 Arena.[3]

  • 1Artistic Gymnastics
    • 1.1Men
    • 1.2Women
  • 2Rhythmic Gymnastics
    • 2.1Individual all-around
      • 2.1.3Team all-around
  • 3Trampoline
    • 3.1Men
    • 3.2Women

Artistic Gymnastics[edit]

Men[edit]

Teams[edit]

  • France
  • Great Britain
  • Spain
  • Canada
  • Brazil
  • Puerto Rico
  • Italy
  • Belarus

Individuals[edit]

2 Gymnasts

  • Switzerland: Pascal Bucher, Claudio Capelli
  • Australia: Thomas Pichler, Samuel Offord
  • Netherlands: Jeffrey Wammes, Epke Zonderland
  • Portugal: Manuel Almeida Campos, Gustavo Palma Simões
  • Hungary: Vid Hidvegi, Attila Racz
  • Uzbekistan: Anton Fokin, Eduard Shaulov
  • Colombia: Jorge Hugo Hiraldo Lopez, Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno
  • Kazakhstan: Stephan Gorbachev, Ildar Valeyev

1 Gymnast

  • Argentina: Federico Molinari
  • Armenia: Artur Davtyan
  • Austria: Fabian Leimlener
  • Azerbaijan: Shakir Shikhaliyev
  • Belgium: Jimmy Verbaeys
  • Bulgaria: Iordan Jovtchev
  • Chile: Tomás González
  • Croatia: Filip Ude
  • Cyprus: Irodotos Georgallas
  • Czech Republic: Martin Konecny
  • Egypt: Mohamed Sherif El Saharty
  • Greece: Vlasios Maras
  • Hong Kong: Wai Hung Shek
  • Ireland: Kieran Behan
  • Israel: Felix Aronovich
  • Latvia: Dmitrijs Trefilovs
  • Lithuania: Rokas Guscinas
  • Luxembourg: Sascha Palgen
  • Mexico: Daniel Corral Barron
  • New Zealand: Patrick Peng
  • Poland: Roman Kulesza
  • Slovakia: Samuel Piasecky
  • Chinese Taipei: Chih Yu Chen
  • Venezuela: Adckixon Trejo
  • Vietnam: Pham Phuoc Hung

Team Final[edit]

The Team Final happened on January 10. Four teams qualified for the Olympics. Team Great Britain won the competition (358,227), Team France was in 2nd place (350,669), Team Spain was in third place (347,292) and Team Italy qualified in 4th (346,334). Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Belarus didn't qualify an entire team for 2012 Olympic Games.[5]

PositionCountryTeam Total
1stGreat Britain59.78259.70758.03364.16558.43358.107358.227
2ndFrance57.24055.69857.73362.12458.66659.198350.659
3rdSpain58.03254.09958.19861.96657.46557.532347.292
4thItaly56.63255.66559.29962.49856.94155.299346.334
5thCanada56.79856.16555.49962.83258.36656.232345.892
6thBrazil56.79854.76658.33262.73255.85856.666345.152
7thPuerto Rico58.26553.79957.09960.73254.83155.366340.092
8thBelarus54.56556.43256.03160.96555.83251.999335.824

Floor[edit]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Daniel Purvis(GBR)6.5008.96615.466
Tomás González(CHI)6.5008.96615.466
Kristian Thomas(GBR)6.3009.03315.333
4Kieran Behan(IRL)5.9009.00014.900
5Gael da Silva(FRA)6.2008.63314.833
6Jossimar Calvo(COL)6.4008.13314.533
7Isaac Botella Perez(ESP)6.5007.76614.266
8Ángel Ramos(PUR)5.6008.23313.833

Pommel horse[edit]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Louis Smith(GBR)6.9008.80015.700
Max Whitlock(GBR)6.5008.60015.100
Andrey Likhovitskiy(BLR)6.4008.56614.966
4Alberto Busnari(ITA)6.4008.39114.791
5Vid Hidvegi(HUN)6.1008.56614.666
5Daniel Corral Barron(MEX)5.8008.86614.666
7Cyril Tommasone(FRA)6.5007.33313.833
8Shoichi Yamamoto(JPN)5.6007.70013.300

Rings[edit]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti(BRA)6.5009.03315.533
Matteo Morandi(ITA)6.7008.73315.433
Tommy Ramos(PUR)6.4008.70015.100
4Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues(FRA)6.5008.53315.033
5Matteo Angioletti(ITA)6.4008.53314.933
6Nikita Ignatyev(RUS)6.3008.56614.866
7Daniel Purvis(GBR)6.1008.66614.766
8Sergio Munoz(ESP)6.3008.43314.733

Vault[edit]

PositionGymnastD ScoreE ScorePenaltyScore 1D ScoreE ScorePenaltyScore 2Total
Igor Radivilov(UKR)7.0009.1330.116.0337.0009.46616.46616.249
Steven Legendre(USA)6.6009.20015.8006.6009.33315.93315.866
Kristian Thomas(GBR)6.6009.4330.115.9336.6009.16615.76615.849
4Matthias Fahrig(GER)6.6009.30015.9006.6009.0000.115.50015.700
5Tomás González(CHI)6.6009.4000.115.9007.0008.06615.06615.483
6Artur Davtyan(ARM)6.6008.9000.315.2006.2009.50015.70015.450
7Isaac Botella Perez(ESP)6.6009.33315.9336.6008.1000.114.60015.266
8Ruslan Panteleymonov(GBR)7.0008.0000.314.7006.6009.0000.115.50015.100

Parallel Bars[edit]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Daniel Corral Barron(MEX)6.3009.00015.300
Epke Zonderland(NED)6.0009.01615.016
Shoichi Yamamoto(JPN)6.5008.36614.866
4Masahiro Yoshida(JPN)6.2008.60014.800
5Roman Kulesza(POL)6.0008.76614.766
6Oleg Verniaiev(UKR)6.1008.50014.600
7Daniel Keatings(GBR)5.7008.83314.533
8Kenneth Ikeda(CAN)5.7007.10012.800

Horizontal Bar[edit]

RankGymnastD scoreE scorePen.Total
Kristian Thomas(GBR)6.5008.43314.933
Fabian Gonzalez(ESP)6.5008.36614.866
Jeffrey Wammes(NED)6.6008.26614.866
4Arnaud Willig(FRA)6.1008.63314.733
5Daniel Purvis(GBR)6.0008.43314.433
6Jossimar Calvo(COL)6.8007.20014.000
7Yann Cucherat(FRA)6.0007.43313.433
8Sergio Munoz(ESP)5.5007.46612.966

Women[edit]

Teams[edit]

  • Italy
  • Canada
  • France
  • Brazil
  • Belgium
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Netherlands

Individuals[edit]

2 Gymnasts

  • Mexico: Elsa García Rodrigues, Ana Estafania Lago
  • Switzerland: Giulia Steingruber, Nadia Muelhauser
  • Ukraine: Angelina Kysla, Nataliya Kononenko
  • Hungary: Dorina Boczogo, Laura Gombas
  • Venezuela: Jessica Lopez, Ivet Rojas
  • Uzbekistan: Daria Elizarova, Luisa Galiulina
  • Slovenia: Sasa Golob, Adela Sajn
  • Greece: Paschalina Mitrakou, Vasiliki Millousi

1 Gymnast

  • Argentina: Valeria Pereyra
  • Austria: Barbara Gasser
  • Belarus: Nastassia Marachkouskaya
  • Bulgaria: Ralitsa Mileva
  • Chile: Simona Castro Lazo
  • Colombia: Jessica Gil Ortiz
  • Croatia: Tina Erceg
  • Czech Republic: Kristyna Palesova
  • Dominican Republic: Yamilet Peña
  • Finland: Annika Urvikko
  • Great Britain: Rebecca Tunney
  • Guatemala: Ana Sofia Gomez Porras
  • Hong Kong: Hyu Ying Angel Wong
  • Israel: Valeriia Maksyuta
  • Kazakhstan: Moldir Azimbay
  • Lithuania: Laura Svilpaite
  • New Zealand: Jordan Rae
  • Poland: Marta Pihan-Kulesza
  • Portugal: Zoi Mafalda Lima
  • Puerto Rico: Lorena Quinones Moreno
  • South Africa: Ashleigh Heldsinger
  • Singapore: Heem Wei Lin
  • Slovakia: Maria Homolova
  • Sweden: Jonna Adlerteg
  • Turkey: Goksu Uctas
  • Vietnam: Thi Ngan Thuong Do

Team Final[edit]

The team final happened on January, 11th. After solid presentations, Team Italy won the gold medal (224,624). Team Canada placed second (221,913) and team France placed third (220,744). Team Brazil placed 4th (217,985) and also qualified for 2012 Olympic Games.[9]

PositionCountryTotal
1Italy56.69954.96657.12455.832224.621
2Canada57.06655.59954.76654.482221.913
3France56.45756.36553.79054.132220.744
4Brazil57.43152.46653.33154.757217.985
5Belgium55.80052.39854.03354.632216.863
6South Korea56.29952.90053.59952.132214.930
7Spain57.05750.36652.29953.332213.054
8Netherlands55.37451.93151.89152.865212.061

Vault[edit]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Score 1D ScoreE ScorePen.Score 2Total
Jade Barbosa(BRA)5.8009.16614.9665.6009.03314.63314.799
Valeriia Maksiuta(ISR)5.8008.80014.6005.9008.70014.60014.600
Wyomi Masela(NED)5.8008.73314.5335.0008.83313.83314.183
4Daniele Hypólito(BRA)5.3008.8000.114.0005.2008.93314.133014.066
5Giulia Steingruber(SUI)6.3007.5000.113.7005.2008.7330.113.83313.766
6Erika Fasana(ITA)5.8008.78314.5835.0007.83312.83313.708
7Anastasia Grishina(RUS)5.3007.60012.9004.8007.56612.36612.633
RankGymnastVault 1Vault 2Total

Mexico's Elsa García also qualified to the vault final, but was injured during warmups and pulled out at the last moment. Because Garcia withdrew so soon before the competition, first alternate Yamilet Peña of the Dominican Republic did not have adequate time to warm up. Ergo, the vault final contained only seven gymnasts.

Uneven bars[edit]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Anastasia Grishina(RUS)6.5008.53315.033
Youna Dufournet(FRA)6.5008.30014.800
Yao Jinnan(CHN)6.3008.20014.500
4Kristina Vaculik(CAN)5.8008.66614.466
5Christine 'Peng Peng' Lee(CAN)5.7008.66614.366
6Rebecca Tunney(GBR)6.3007.96614.266
7Marta Pihan-Kulesza(POL)5.7008.26613.966
8Nataliya Kononenko(UKR)6.4007.30013.700

Balance beam[edit]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Carlotta Ferlito(ITA)5.8008.70014.500
Vasiliki Millousi(GRE)5.9008.60014.500
Valeriia Maksiuta(ISR)5.8008.50014.300
4Madeline Gardiner(CAN)5.9008.36614.266
5Francesca Deagostini(ITA)5.6008.53314.133
6Yao Jinnan(CHN)5.8007.70013.500
7Marine Brevet(FRA)5.8007.56613.366
8Sui Lu(CHN)5.9004.5660.110.366

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Floor[edit]

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Vanessa Ferrari(ITA)5.8008.60014.400
Victoria Moors(CAN)5.9008.4000.114.200
Marine Brevet(FRA)5.6008.46614.066
Daiane dos Santos(BRA)5.8008.26614.066
5Carlotta Ferlito(ITA)5.6008.36613.966
6Ana Estefanía Lago(MEX)5.6008.26613.866
7Sui Lu(CHN)5.6008.23313.833
8Daniele Hypólito(BRA)5.3008.43313.733

Rhythmic Gymnastics[edit]

Results of Qualifying and Final Competitions.[7][8][9][10]

Individual all-around[edit]

Qualification[edit]

PositionGymnastBallPenaltyHoopPenaltyClubsPenaltyRibbonPenaltyTotalNotes
1Daria Kondakova(RUS)27.37528.70026.90026.500109.475Q
2Anna Alyabyeva(KAZ)27.05027.2250.0527.22527.150108.650Q X
3Ganna Rizatdinova(UKR)27.4750.1027.1000.0527.45026.5750.05108.600Q X
4Carolina Rodriguez(ESP)26.7250.0526.85027.05026.750107.375Q X
5Chrystalleni Trikomiti(CYP)27.00026.7000.1026.7500.0526.900107.350Q X
6Jana Berezko-Marggrander(GER)26.1750.0525.92526.85026.700105.650Q X
7Alexandra Piscupescu(ROU)25.87526.07526.60026.2000.05104.750Q
8Federica Febbo(ITA)25.57525.1750.0525.60025.600101.950Q
9Dora Vass(HUN)24.52525.97525.67525.7250.05101.900Q
10Djamila Rakhmatova(UZB)25.20025.50025.2000.1025.025100.925Q
11Varvara Filiou(GRE)24.30025.27525.60025.600100.775
12Anna Gurbanova(AZE)25.8500.0525.00025.05024.550100.450
13Wong Poh San(MAS)24.95024.95024.90024.80099.600
14Tsvetelina Stoyanova(BUL)24.50024.95024.7500.0524.75098.950
15Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky(ISR)24.70024.65025.20024.27598.825
16Julie Zetlin(USA)24.70024.35024.97524.15098.175
17Anna Czarniecka(POL)24.10025.05024.40024.20097.750
18Runa Yamaguchi(JPN)23.65024.55023.95024.85097.000
19Peng Linyi(CHN)23.50024.32524.80023.82596.450
20Gim Yun Hee(KOR)24.35024.55023.12524.05096.075
21Cynthia Valdez(MEX)23.62524.55023.60023.95095.725
22Kseniya Moustafaeva(FRA)22.5000.2522.6000.4023.5500.3023.85092.500
23Tjasa Seme(SLO)22.65022.22522.1500.2023.05090.075
24Nicol Ruprecht(AUT)21.50023.8500.1021.9250.1021.9500.0589.225
25Francesca Jones(GBR)20.5500.4022.47522.3250.1023.25088.600
  • Q = Qualified for Event Finals
  • X = Qualified for an Olympic place[11]

Finals[edit]

PositionGymnastBallPenaltyHoopPenaltyClubsPenaltyRibbonPenaltyTotalNotes
Daria Kondakova(RUS)28.15028.60026.10027.600110.450
Ganna Rizatdinova(UKR)27.3000.1027.30027.35026.800108.750
Anna Alyabyeva(KAZ)26.70027.0250.0527.05027.300108.075
4Carolina Rodriguez(ESP)27.05026.80027.00026.550107.400
5Chrystalleni Trikomiti(CYP)26.80026.4500.1026.75026.550106.550
6Alexandra Piscupescu(ROU)26.45025.65026.80026.5000.05105.400
7Jana Berezko-Marggrander(GER)26.45026.20026.15026.350105.150
8Federica Febbo(ITA)25.30025.65025.85024.850101.650
9Djamila Rakhmatova(UZB)25.20025.60025.6500.0525.150101.600
10Dora Vass(HUN)25.60024.4000.0525.10025.750100.850

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Team all-around[edit]

Qualification[edit]

The top 4 teams in the qualification event qualified for the 2012 Olympics.[11]

PlaceNation5 3 + 2 Total
1Spain26.900 (1)26.950 (1)53.850
2Ukraine26.850 (2)26.400 (2)53.250
3Israel26.300 (3)25.600 (3)51.900
4Greece25.850 (4)25.275 (4)51.125
5Switzerland24.300 (6)25.050 (5)49.350
6France24.750 (5)24.400 (6)49.150
7Azerbaijan23.500 (7)24.000 (7)47.500
8United Kingdom23.100 (8)21.850 (8)44.950
Final[edit]
PlaceNation5 3 + 2 Total
Spain26.400 (1)26.850 (1)53.250
Israel24.775 (4)25.750 (3)50.525
France25.350 (3)25.050 (5)50.400
Greece24.775 (4)25.625 (4)50.400
5Switzerland25.800 (2)24.300 (6)50.100
6Ukraine23.850 (8)25.800 (2)49.650
7Azerbaijan24.600 (6)22.650 (8)47.250
8United Kingdom24.100 (7)23.100 (7)47.200

Trampoline[edit]

Results of Qualifying and Final Competitions[12]

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Men[edit]

Qualification[edit]

PositionAthleteCompulsoryVoluntaryTotalNotes
1Dong Dong(CHN)50.80459.675110.479Q
2Lu Chunlong(CHN)50.59058.680109.270Q
3Masaki Ito(JPN)49.37559.415108.790Q
4Jason Burnett(CAN)48.86957.500106.369Q X
5Diogo Ganchinho(POR)48.42056.750105.170Q X
6Blake Gaudry(AUS)48.71056.760104.470Q X
7Henrik Stehlik(GER)48.56055.180103.740Q X
8 Nuno Merino (POR)47.75055.980103.730Q
9Flavio Cannone(ITA)47.47556.175103.650X
10Steven Gluckstein(USA)48.06055.280103.340X
11 Peter Jensen (DEN)48.38054.720103.100X
12Mikalai Kazak(BLR)47.22555.450102.675
13Keegan Soehn(CAN)47.42555.075102.500
14Logan Dooley(USA)46.08555.740101.825
15 Viatchaslau Modzel (BLR)47.14054.610101.750
16Nicolas Schori(SUI)46.94553.200100.145
  • Q = Qualified for Event Finals
  • X = Qualified for an Olympic place[13]

Finals[edit]

PositionAthleteDifficultyExecutionTimeTotalNotes
Dong Dong(CHN)17.126.317.97561.375
Lu Chunlong(CHN)17.126.018.06561.165
Masaki Ito(JPN)16.626.118.08560.785
4Jason Burnett(CAN)16.024.817.27558.075
5Blake Gaudry(AUS)16.024.217.06557.265
6Henrik Stehlik(GER)15.424.716.45556.555
7 Nuno Merino (POR)16.622.517.02056.120
8Diogo Ganchinho(POR)15.222.716.40554.305

Women[edit]

Qualification[edit]

PositionAthleteCompulsoryVoluntaryTotalNotes
1He Wenna(CHN)47.68954.765102.454Q
2Rosannagh MacLennan(CAN)46.88054.695101.575Q
3Katherine Driscoll(GBR)46.71054.390101.100Q
4Luba Golovina(GEO)47.66553.125100.780Q X
5Ana Rente(POR)46.80053.285100.085Q X
6Zita Frydrychova(CZE)46.13053.23599.365Q X
7Galina Goncharenko(RUS)46.29052.95599.245Q X
8Andrea Lenders(NED)46.12052.53598.655Q X
9Maryna Kyiko(UKR)45.74552.27598.020X
10Ayano Kishi(JPN)45.48552.11097.595X
11Ekaterina Khilko(UZB)46.36550.93097.295
12Marina Murinova(FRA)44.04050.81094.850
13Giovanna Matheus(BRA)44.83049.87594.705
14Claudia Prat(ESP)44,71548.94593.660
15Ayana Yamada(JPN)45.26548.24593.510
16Li Dan(CHN)47.61544.17091.785
17Silvia Saiote(POR)25.70549.11574.820
  • Q = Qualified for Event Finals
  • X = Qualified for an Olympic place[13]

Finals[edit]

PositionAthleteDifficultyExecutionTimeTotalNotes
Rosannagh MacLennan(CAN)15.423.615.52054.520
Andrea Lenders(NED)14.024.215.85054.050
Ana Rente(JPN)14.423.616.03554.035
4Katherine Driscoll(GBR)14.423.815.53053.730
5Galina Goncharenko(RUS)14.123.715.56553.365
6Zita Frydrychova(CZE)13.623.615.10552.305
7He Wenna(CHN)14.420.916.20551.505
8Luba Golovina(GEO)12.821.113.74547.645

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References[edit]

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Eight women's doubles badminton players from China, South Korea, and Indonesia were disqualified today after throwing matches in order to manipulate future match-ups.

After the four women's pairs had qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament, they began intentionally losing games in order to dictate a more favorable match-up in the next round.

The disqualified players included the world champions from China — Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, as well as the bronze-medal favorites Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min Jung of South Korea.

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So why in the world would they lose on purpose?

Basically, they wanted to avoid playing the 2nd best team in the world in the quarterfinals.

In Olympic badminton, there is a preliminary stage followed by a knockout stage. In the prelim stage, the teams are divided into four, four-team groups and play a round-robin. The top two teams from each group advance to an eight-team, bracket-style knockout tournament. In that knockout tournament, the team that came in 1st in Group A plays the team that came in 2nd in Group B, and so on.

The reason the pairs started losing games in the first place was that the second-best team in the world ( Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei of China) were upset in their group stage and came in 2nd instead of 1st. As a result, Wang/Yu and Ha/Kim tried to lose on purpose so they wouldn't win their group and have to play Tian/Zhao in the next round.

The same thing happened with the other two pairs that were DQ'd.

Ironically, the favorites to win gold now are China's Tian/Zhao, who inadvertently started this whole controversy.

The decision was made by the Badminton World Federation, and welcomed by the IOC. Here's what IOC vice president told the AP about the decision:

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'Sport is competitive. If you lose the competitive element, then the whole thing becomes nonsense. You cannot allow a player to abuse the tournament like that, and not take firm action. So good on them.'

Indonesia, which is appealing the decision, is calling out China for being serial cheaters. Here's what Indonesia Olympic team head Erick Thohir told the AP:

'China has been doing this so many times and they never get sanctioned by the BWF. On the first game yesterday when China did it, the BWF didn't do anything. If the BWF do something on the first game and they say you are disqualified, it is a warning for everyone.'

UPDATE:

Here's video of the Wang/Yu v. Ha/Kim match. They are BOTH trying to lose, so they just keeping hitting it right into the net. The umpire tries to stop it, but just one point after he yells at the players, they starting throwing points again. The Korean team 'won':

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