Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam


The Women's balance beam competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 7 August. Deng Linlin from China took gold, Sui Lu also from China took silver and Alexandra Raisman from the United States took the bronze via the inquiry and tie-breaker.

Format of competition

The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 7 August 201214:00Finals

Final

Oldest and youngest competitors
GymnastNationDate of birthAge
OldestCătălina Ponor1987.08.2024 years
YoungestLarisa Iordache1996.6.1916 years

RankGymnastNationTotal
Deng Linlin6.6009.00015.600
Sui Lu6.5009.00015.500
Alexandra Raisman6.3008.76615.066
Cătălina Ponor6.6008.46615.066
Ksenia Afanasyeva5.8008.78314.583
Larisa Iordache6.4007.80014.200
Gabrielle Douglas6.0007.63313.633
Viktoria Komova6.2006.96613.166

Qualification

RankGymnastNationTotal
Sui Lu6.4009.00015.400Q
Viktoria Komova6.4008.86615.266Q
Gabrielle Douglas6.5008.76615.266Q
Deng Linlin6.5008.66615.166Q
Alexandra Raisman6.4008.70015.100Q
Kyla Ross6.1008.97515.075-
Ksenia Afanasyeva5.9009.16615.066Q
Cătălina Ponor6.4008.63315.033Q
Anastasia Grishina6.0008.90014.900-
Diana Bulimar6.1008.76614.866Q
Larisa Iordache6.4008.40014.800-
Aliya Mustafina6.0008.70014.700-
Jordyn Wieber6.0008.70014.700-
Sandra Izbașa5.8008.80014.600-
Asuka Teramoto5.7008.76614.466R
Vanessa Ferrari6.1008.33314.433R
Carlotta Ferlito6.0008.42514.425R

  1. Raisman was initially given a D score of 6.200 for a total score of 14.966. However, on appeal, her D score was raised to 6.300 for a total score of 15.066 and a third-place tie with Ponor. The tie was broken based on Raisman's higher E score.