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.

Men's artistic team all-around
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueNorth Greenwich Arena
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chen Yibing
Feng Zhe
Guo Weiyang
Zhang Chenglong
Zou Kai
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ryōhei Katō
Kazuhito Tanaka
Yusuke Tanaka
Kōhei Uchimura
Koji Yamamuro
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sam Oldham
Daniel Purvis
Louis Smith
Kristian Thomas
Max Whitlock
 Great Britain
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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

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Final results

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Team             Total
(All-around)
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
  China 45.133 5 43.833 4 44.899 5 48.316 1 46.750 1 47.066 1 275.997  
  Chen Yibing (CHN) 14.733 11 15.800 2
  Feng Zhe (CHN) 14.400 21 14.533 20 16.216 4 15.950 1 15.000 14
  Guo Weiyang (CHN) 14.600 14 14.566 19 15.200 13
  Zhang Chenglong (CHN) 14.900 14 14.500 16 16.200 5 15.600 2 15.666 6
  Zou Kai (CHN) 15.833 1 15.900 12 16.400 1
  Japan 44.733 6 42.365 5 45.699 2 45.971 7 46.282 2 46.899 2 271.952  
  Ryōhei Katō (JPN) 15.300 8 14.766 9 16.041 9
  Kazuhito Tanaka (JPN) 13.733 24 13.433 19 15.366 10 15.166 12
  Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 15.200 8 15.500 5 16.000 3
  Kōhei Uchimura (JPN) 15.700 2 14.1661 18 15.133 9 15.900 12 15.416 8 15.733 5
  Koji Yamamuro (JPN) 15.366 5 14.033 24
  Great Britain 46.132 1 45.932 1 43.066 8 48.182 2 44.566 7 43.833 7 271.711  
  Sam Oldham (GBR) 14.033 24 14.966 18 14.000 22
  Daniel Purvis (GBR) 15.533 3 14.733 11 14.600 18 15.966 10 14.800 19 14.633 18
  Louis Smith (GBR) 15.966 1
  Kristian Thomas (GBR) 15.433 6 14.433 22 16.550 1 15.200 10
  Max Whitlock (GBR) 15.166 11 15.233 3 15.666 16 14.800 19
  Ukraine 44.065 8 44.966 3 45.699 2 48.065 3 44.733 6 43.998 6 271.526 4
  Nikolai Kuksenkov (UKR) 15.100 4 15.233 7 15.200 13 15.266 9
  Vitaliy Nakonechnyi (UKR) 14.333 22 14.866 7 14.266 21
  Igor Radivilov (UKR) 15.433 4 16.066 7
  Oleg Stepko (UKR) 14.866 16 15.000 6 15.033 11 15.733 15 13.933 23
  Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 14.866 16 16.266 3 15.600 2 14.466 20
  United States 45.266 3 40.633 7 45.257 4 46.632 6 45.765 3 46.399 3 269.952 5
  Jake Dalton (USA) 15.466 5 15.033 11 16.066 7
  Jonathan Horton (USA) 15.266 7 15.200 10
  Danell Leyva (USA) 15.200 9 13.400 20 15.366 10 15.866 4
  Sam Mikulak (USA) 14.600 19 14.500 16 15.966 10 15.266 12
  John Orozco (USA) 12.733 23 14.958 13 14.600 20 15.133 15 15.333 8
  Russia 45.308 2 42.299 6 46.132 1 46.866 5 43.965 8 45.033 5 269.603 6
  Denis Ablyazin (RUS) 15.475 4 15.616 3 16.400 2
  Aleksandr Balandin (RUS) 15.816 1 13.466 24
  David Belyavskiy (RUS) 14.933 13 12.933 22 16.133 6 15.433 7 14.833 16
  Emin Garibov (RUS) 14.833 8 14.700 16 15.066 17 15.600 7
  Igor Pakhomenko (RUS) 14.900 14 14.533 15 14.333 23 14.600 19
  Germany 45.199 4 40.466 8 44.824 6 47.032 4 45.433 4 45.065 4 268.019 7
  Philipp Boy (GER) 14.800 18 13.200 21 15.566 18 13.766 23
  Fabian Hambüchen (GER) 15.066 12 14.858 14 15.633 17 15.400 9 16.166 2
  Sebastian Krimmer (GER) 14.733 11 14.533 22
  Marcel Nguyen (GER) 15.333 7 15.133 9 15.833 14 15.500 5 15.133 13
  Andreas Toba (GER) 12.533 24 14.833 15
  France 44.066 7 45.265 2 43.432 7 44.473 8 45.290 5 42.915 8 265.441 8
  Pierre-Yves Bény (FRA) 14.333 22 15.033 5 14.466 21 14.566 21 14.591 21 13.266 24
  Yann Cucherat (FRA)
  Gaël da Silva (FRA) 15.200 9 14.633 17 15.466 19 14.766 17
  Hamilton Sabot (FRA) 14.766 9 14.333 23 15.566 4 14.833 15
  Cyril Tommasone (FRA) 14.533 20 15.466 2 14.441 22 15.133 15
  1. ^ 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.

Controversy

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Entering the last rotation of the final, China held the lead, followed by Japan, Ukraine, and Great Britain.[1] Great Britain earned high scores on the floor exercise, allowing them to surpass Ukraine in the standings despite a solid rings programme from the Ukrainians. Meanwhile, however, Japan was encountering problems on its final apparatus, the pommel horse. First, Kazuhito Tanaka fell, earning a low score of 13.433. Then Kōhei Uchimura had a bad dismount and received a score of 13.466:[citation needed] knocking Japan down to fourth place, and moving Great Britain into second and Ukraine into third.

The Japanese team filed an appeal, arguing that Uchimura's difficulty score (D-score) had been incorrectly downgraded for his dismount, which—while executed poorly—was landed without a fall. After an in-depth video review by the Men's Technical Committee, headed by Adrian Stoica of Romania, Uchimura's dismount was given full difficulty credit (0.7 points for the G-level skill). This increased his total score to 14.166, giving Japan the silver medal and Great Britain the bronze, and knocking Ukraine to fourth place.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Glendenning, Barry (30 July 2012). "Olympic gymnastics 2012: men's final – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ^ Liviu Bird (30 July 2012). "2012 Olympic Men's Gymnastics: Judges, US Fold Under Pressure of Biggest Stage". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012.
  3. ^ Patrick Clarke (30 July 2012). "Men's Gymnastics Olympic Controversy: Japan Takes Silver, Great Britain Snubbed". Bleacher Report.