Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Qualification for gymnastics events at the 2012 Summer Olympics was based on the results of the three world gymnastics championships (rhythmic, artistic and trampoline) held in autumn 2011, and Olympic Test Events to be held in January 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena. In addition, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique and the IOC Tripartite Commission for Gymnastics allocated places to ensure certain minimum levels of representation.

Qualification timeline

Event Date Venue
2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships September 19–25, 2011 France Montpellier
2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships October 7–16, 2011 Japan Tokyo
2011 Trampoline World Championships November 17–20, 2011 United Kingdom Birmingham
Olympic Test Event January 10–18, 2012 United Kingdom London

Qualification summary

* Artistic gymnastics, NOCs with 5 entered athletes may also enter the team competition.

Nation Artistic Rhythmic Trampoline Total
Men Women Individual Group Men Women
 Argentina 1 1 2
 Australia 1 5 1 1 8
 Austria 1 1 1 3
 Armenia 1 1
 Azerbaijan 1 1 2
 Bangladesh 1 1
 Belarus 1 1 2 6 1 1 12
 Belgium 1 1 2
 Brazil 3 5 8
 Bulgaria 1 1 1 6 9
 Canada 1 5 6 1 2 15
 Chile 1 1 2
 China 5 5 1 2 2 15
 Colombia 1 1 2
 Croatia 1 1 2
 Cyprus 1 1
 Czech Republic 1 1 1 3
 Denmark 1 1
 Dominican Republic 1 1
 Egypt 1 2 1 4
 Finland 1 1
 France 5 5 1 1 12
 Georgia 1 1
 Germany 5 5 1 6 1 1 19
 Greece 2 1 6 9
 Great Britain 5 5 1 6 1 18
 Guatemala 1 1
 Hong Kong 1 1 2
 Hungary 2 1 3
 Ireland 1 1
 Israel 2 1 1 6 10
 Italy 5 5 1 6 1 18
 Japan 5 5 6 2 1 19
 Kazakhstan 1 1 1 3
 Latvia 1 1
 Lithuania 1 1 2
 Mexico 1 1 2
 Netherlands 1 1 1 3
 Poland 1 1 1 3
 Portugal 1 1 1 1 4
 Puerto Rico 1 1 2
 Romania 5 5 10
 Russia 5 5 2 6 2 1 21
 Singapore 1 1
 Slovakia 1 1 2
 Slovenia 1 1
 Switzerland 1 1 2
 South Korea 5 1 1 7
 Spain 5 1 1 6 13
 Sweden 1 1
 Tunisia 1 1
 Turkey 1 1
 Ukraine 5 1 2 6 1 1 16
 United States 5 5 1 1 1 13
 Uzbekistan 1 1 1 3
 Venezuela 1 1
 Vietnam 1 2 3
Total: 58 NOCs 98 98 24 72 16 16 324

Artistic

Men

Event Criterion Qualified
Teams (of 5)
World Championships Team places 1-8  China
 Japan
 United States
 Germany
 Russia
 South Korea
 Romania
 Ukraine
Olympic Test Event
(teams 9-16 from WC)
Team places 1-4[2]  Great Britain
 France
 Spain
 Italy
TOTAL 12 (60 gymnasts)
Individuals
World Championships
individual apparatus medalists
Floor  Diego Hypólito (BRA)[2][3]
 Alexander Shatilov (ISR)[2][3]
Pommel horse  Krisztián Berki (HUN)[2][3]
Rings  Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA)[2][3]
Vault -
Parallel bars  Vasileios Tsolakidis (GRE)[2][3]
High bar -
FIG Executive Board invitations Host nation -
Africa  Egypt
 Wajdi Bouallègue (TUN)[3]
Oceania -
Tripartite invitation  Syque Caesar (BAN)[4]
Olympic Test Event Individual all-round placings
(max. 1 per NOC)[2]
 Canada*
 Sérgio Sasaki (BRA)
 Puerto Rico*
 Belarus*
 Daniel Corral Barron (MEX)
 Tomás González (CHI)
 Wai Hung Shek (HKG)
 Filip Ude (CRO)
 Vlasios Maras (GRE)
 Samuel Piasecký (SVK)
 Fabian Leimlehner (AUT)
 Colombia**
 Roman Kulesza (POL)
 Switzerland**
 Epke Zonderland (NED)[5]
 Australia**
 Artur Davtyan (ARM)
 Portugal**
 Stepan Gorbachev (KAZ)
 Rokas Guščinas (LTU)
 Pham Phouc Hung (VIE)
 Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT)
 Felix Aronovich (ISR)
 Vid Hidvégi (HUN)
 Yordan Yovchev (BUL)
 Federico Molinari (ARG)
 Jimmy Verbaeys (BEL)
 Martin Konečný (CZE)
 Kieran Behan (IRL)
 Shakir Shikhaliyev (AZE)
TOTAL 98
  • * NOC may choose any gymnast
  • ** NOC has choice between 2 gymnasts

Women

Event Criterion Qualified
Teams (of 5)
World Championships Team places 1-8  United States
 Russia
 China
 Romania
 Japan
 Australia
 Germany
 Great Britain
Olympic Test Event
(teams 9-16 from WC)
Team places 1-4[6]  Italy
 Canada
 France
 Brazil
TOTAL 12 (60 gymnasts)
Individuals
World Championships
individual apparatus medalists
Vault  McKayla Maroney (USA)
 Phan Thị Hà Thanh (VIE)[7]
Asymmetric bars  Viktoria Komova (RUS) [7]
Balance beam  Sui Lu (CHN) [7]
Floor  Ksenia Afanasyeva (RUS)[7]
FIG Executive Board invitations Africa  Sherine El Zeiny (EGY)
 Salma Mahmoud (EGY)[3]
Olympic Test Event Individual all-round placings
(max. 1 per NOC)[6]
 Belgium*
 South Korea*
 Spain*
 Wyomi Masela (NED)[5]
 Switzerland**
 Ana Sofía Gómez (GUA)
 Elsa García (MEX)[8]
 Venezuela**
 Valeriia Maksiuta (ISR)
 Greece**
 Hungary**
 Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)
 Kristýna Pálešová (CZE)
 Barbara Gasser (AUT)
 Jessica Gil Ortíz (COL)
 Ukraine**
 Jonna Adlerteg (SWE)
 Tina Erceg (CRO)
 Valeria Pereyra (ARG)
 Uzbekistan**
 Slovenia**
 Göksu Üçtaş (TUR)
 Simona Castro (CHI)
 Laura Švilpaitė (LTU)
 Ralitsa Mileva (BUL)
 Angel Wong (HKG)
 Annika Urvikko (FIN)
 Lorena Quiñones (PUR)
 Mária Homolová (SVK)
 Lim Heem Wei (SIN)
 Moldir Azimbay (KAZ)
 Nastassia Marachkouskaya (BLR)
 Zoi Lima (POR)
 Yamilet Peña (DOM)
 Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương (VIE)
TOTAL 98
  • * NOC may choose any gymnast
  • ** NOC has choice between 2 gymnasts

Rhythmic

Individual

Event Criterion Qualified[9]
World Championships Places 1-15 (max. 2 per NOC)  Russia
 Russia
 Belarus
 Belarus
 Azerbaijan
 Ukraine
 Bulgaria
 Poland
 Uzbekistan
 Israel
 South Korea
 France
 China
 Italy
 Austria
Olympic Test Event
(24 participants, including NOCs
ranked 16-24 and best 11 gymnasts
not qualified to all-around final in WC)
Top 5 (max. 1 per NOC)  Kazakhstan
 Ukraine
 Spain
 Cyprus
 Germany
FIG Executive Board invitations Host nation  Great Britain
Continents not qualified (3 places)  United States
 Egypt
 Australia
TOTAL 24

Group

Event Criterion Qualified
World Championships All-around places 1-6  Italy
 Russia
 Bulgaria
 Belarus
 Japan
 Germany
Olympic Test Event
(places 7-13 from WC and host nation)
Top 4  Spain
 Ukraine
 Israel
 Greece
FIG Executive Board invitations Host nation  Great Britain
Continents not qualified  Canada
TOTAL 12
  • Great Britain as host is entitled to send a team to compete in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group event, British Gymnastics and the British Olympic Association (BOA) announced that team would only be sent if the team achieved a benchmark score at the test event. In the event, they narrowly failed to do so, and British Gymnastics announced it would not nominate the team to the BOA for inclusion. The GB Rhythmic Gymnastics group successfully appealed on 5 March 2012. The place offered by the BOA was subsequently taken up by British Gymnastics.

Trampoline

Men

Event Criterion Qualified
World Championships Top 8 (max. 2 per NOC)  China
 China
 Japan
 Japan
 Russia
 Russia
 France
 Ukraine
Olympic Test Event
(16 participants)
Top 8 (max. 1 per NOC)[10]  Canada
 Portugal
 Australia
 Germany
 Italy
 United States
 Denmark
 Belarus
FIG Executive Board invitations Host nation and each continent -
Tripartite invitation -
TOTAL 16

Women

Event Criterion Qualified
World Championships Top 8 (max. 2 per NOC)  China
 China
 Belarus
 Canada
 Canada
 Germany
 United States
 Great Britain
Olympic Test Event
(16 participants)
Top 8 (max. 1 per NOC)[10]  Georgia
 Portugal
 Czech Republic
 Russia
 Netherlands
 Ukraine
 Japan
 Uzbekistan
FIG Executive Board invitations Host nation and each continent -
Tripartite invitation -
TOTAL 16

References

  1. ^ "2012 Olympic Games Qualification System". FIG. Retrieved 5 Aug 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "-Men's artistic gymnastics – qualified gymnasts" (PDF). Fedintgym.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "The All Around". The All Around. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  4. ^ Chowdhury, Saj (2012-05-10). "BBC Sport - London 2012: Syque Caesar aims to bring Bangladesh glory". BBC. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  5. ^ a b "Koninklijke Nederlandse Gymnastiek Unie – Epke Zonderland en Wyomi Masela aangewezen voor voordracht Olympische Spelen". Kngu.nl. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  6. ^ a b "Women's artistic gymnastics – qualified gymnasts" (PDF). Fedintgym.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  7. ^ a b c d "43dr Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (JPN) 2011". Gymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  8. ^ "– Elsa García tendrá en casa el 80% de preparación para JO". Gimnasialatina.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  9. ^ "Press Information : List of Rhythmic Gymnastics 2012 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Fig2.1x2.sportcentric.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  10. ^ a b "Trampoline qualifiers" (PDF). Fig-docs.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2013-10-22.

External links