View striking olympic videos of london 2012 artistic gymnastics see the best athletes, medalwinning performances and top olympic games moments. The london games were the 27th occurrence of the modern olympic games. The heavily favoured us women s gymnastics team vaulted to gold in the allaround competition at the. Evgeniya kanaeva of russia obtained the best score in the hoop routine, the second event in the individual allaround rhythmic gymnastics competition after the ball routine, which she also dominated. List of olympic female gymnasts for the united states. Fun fast facts on each athlete 0 of 5 in fact, it is one of the few sports where most of the athletes are still in high school. Douglas performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics womens team final at the 2012 summer olympics. Gymnastics artistic womens individual allaround final. Apr, 2017 after finishing first in the 2012 summer olympics, the u.
The united states is competitive in many sports, one of those being womens gymnastics. Oklahoma s maggie nichols, minnesota s lexy ramler, ucla s kyla ross and florida s trinity thomas are the four finalists for the class of 2020 honda sport award for gymnastics as announced by chris voelz, executive director of the collegiate women sports awards cwsa. The womens artistic individual allaround competition at the 2012 summer olympics in london was held at the north greenwich arena on 2 august. London was the first city to host the modern games three times, having previously been the site of the 1908 and 1948 olympics.
Aly raisman and the top 5 olympic floor routines 0 of 6 the 2012 london olympics have been an emotional roller coaster for aly raisman. The foundations of the olympic gymnastics programme were laid at the 1924 games in paris, when the men s apparatus individual and team competitions appeared. Usa advances to team finals in womens gymnastics at 2012. Sixteen years later, in london, the fierce five joined them in the history books.
Originally referred to as the fab five, the five members of the team were gabby douglas, mckayla maroney, aly raisman, kyla ross, and jordyn wieber. Gabby douglas wins gold day six, the best so far here in london, especially given that groundbreaking, historic gymnastics performance. Womens artistic gymnastics wag became an olympic sport in 1928, although individual competitions on equipment did not occur until 1952. The final of the womens artistic team allaround competition at the 2012 summer olympics was held at the north greenwich arena, london on 31 july 2012. Gymnastics 2012 summer olympics london, uk olympics espn. Qualifications for womens artistic gymnastic competitions at the 2012 summer olympics. London 2012 highlights of the women s artistic gymnastics team final at the north greenwich arena, where the usa hoped to challenge china s dominance of the event. The qualification stages of the gymnastics artistic womens event, taking place at the north greenwich arena at the london 2012 olympic games 29 july. In artistic gymnastics, women compete in four events.
In the women s gymnastics team final, douglas, raisman, jordyn wieber, mckayla maroney and kyla ross became the second u. Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 olympic games in london. Chows gymnastics and dance institute, automatically qualified to the team at the conclusion of the womens competition at the 2012 u. Gymnastics events have been contested at every summer olympic games since the birth of the modern olympic movement at the 1896 summer olympics in athens.
Aug 07, 2012 full replay of the artistic women s beam final from the north greenwich arena during the london 2012 olympic games. His stage 18 win was a prelude to what might happen at the olympics, according to bbc sport s chris boardman. London 2012artistic gymnastics videos best olympic videos. The fierce five gymnasts are aly raisman, kyla ross, jordyn wieber, mckayla maroney, and gabby douglas. London 2012artistic gymnastics photos best olympic photos.
The trampoline events were held at the north greenwich arena normally called the o2 arena from 3 to 4 august. Beginning at the 1928 summer olympics in amsterdam, women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well. The final of the women s artistic team allaround competition at the 2012 summer olympics was held at the north greenwich arena, london on 31 july 2012. Usa storm to olympic gold in women s artistic gymnastics.
Krisztian berki mens pommel horse deng linlin womens balance beam feng zhe mens parallel bars aliya mustafina womens uneven bars louis smith mens pommel horse yang hak seon mens vault arthur nabarrete zanetti mens rings. American women have won 48 medals at the olympics 9 in team allaround, 8 in individual allaround, 4 in vault, 8 in uneven bars, 10 in balance beam, and 9 in floor exercise. Usa storm to olympic gold in womens artistic gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics was introduced at the very first olympic games in 1896 in. Artistic gymnastics, douglas, gabrielle, gymnastics, london 2012, people s republic of china, romania, russian federation, team competition, united states of america, gymnastics. Olympic trials gymnastics after winning the twoday allaround. Aug 09, 2016 the fierce five us women s gymnastics team that won gold at the 2012 london olympics the most stylish olympic uniforms from rio 2016 constrained by war, syrian athletes dream of olympic glory.
Usa gymnastics announces womens gymnastics team for 2012. Qualifying sub group 1 of the womens artistic gymnastics. The defending olympic champions, china, were also a threat, having won bronze at the last two world championships, as were the russians, 2010 world. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. All the best photo and video highlights of gymnastics artistic at the rio 2016 summer games olympics, plus official results and medals by event and athlete. Kanaeva was on the path to gold at wembley arena on day 15 of the london 2012 olympic. Eight teams of five gymnasts competed in the final from a total of twelve teams which have qualified for the games. Team usa brought the biggest womens contingent in olympic history, a group 292 strong that is piling up a heap of gold in events including womens gymnastics, swimming and cycling with more likely to come. The usa womens artistic gymnastics team win gold in the final of the team event in the north greenwich arena at the london 2012 olympic games 31 july. Douglas made history in 2012 when she became the first u. Ga08 women team gymnastics artistic 31 july 2012 london 2012 olympic games full replay of the womens team artistic gymnastics final from day 4 of london 2012.
Gymnastics artistic womens qualification highlights. The fierce five was the artistic gymnastics team that won the second team gold medal for the united states, and the first gold medal on international soil, in the womens team competition at the 2012 summer olympics in london. Kristina vaculik canada on balance beam at the 2012 locog test event for the london olympics kristina vaculik of canada in action on the uneven bars during the women s artistic gymnastics olympic qualification round at north greenwich arena on january 2012 in london, england. Jul, 2016 american gymnast gabby douglas scored a total of 62. Gymnastics menwomen individual finals day 7 full replay. In emphasizing british accomplishments the women s gymnastics were given a short shrift, check out us coverage for that. The rhythmic gymnastics events took place at wembley. Media in category rhythmic gymnastics at the 2012 summer olympics the following 200 files are in this category, out of 277 total. Usa womens gymnastics at the 1996 atlanta games, the magnificent seven became the first american women to ever win gymnastics team gold. Gymnastics artistic womens team final london 2012 olympic. Usa womens olympic gymnastics team 2012 home facebook.
Usa gymnastics 2012 olympic trials recaps and results. Media in category gymnastics at the 2012 summer olympics the following 70 files are in this category, out of 70 total. Full replay of the artistic womens beam final from the north. Coverage of the women s individual archery, canoeing, cycling, women s team foil final fencing, women s artistic individual allaround gymnastics, women s 78 kg final and men s 100 kg final judo, rowing, men s double trap shooting, swimming and men s singles final table tennis. Chinas deng linlin leaps during the womens gymnastics balance beam final in the north greenwich arena, on august 7, 2012. Gabby douglas is exciting to watch especially on bars and floor where her powerful tumbling and releases are skyhigh.
And there is an emphasis on many sports americans dont even remember exist. Going for the gold additional performances include. Relay finals begin at the olympic stadium, featuring the womens 4x100m and the mens 4x400m contests. Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 olympic gemmes in lunnon. Artistic gymnastics qualifications women full replay nanjing. Fencer ibtihaj muhammad became the only american to compete in the olympics wearing a hijab. The results of the qualification determined the qualifiers to the finals. London 2012 team competition women olympic gymnastics. Sandra izbasa of romania cmefjd from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.
Womens gymnastics events in the 2012 summer olympics dummies. Ga08 women team gymnastics artistic 31 july 2012 london 2012 olympic games full replay of the womens team artistic gymnastics. Team usa will send one of its most decorated and competitive womens gymnastics teams ever to next months rio 2016 olympic games as it attempts to defend its olympic team. Aug 02, 2012 after playing an integral part in the u. Allaround gymnastics artistic 02 august 2012 london 2012 olympic games full replay of the womens individual all around artistic gymnastics final from day 6 of london 2012. Olympic womens gymnastics team will prove sports unpredictability. She bought the gym in december of 2011 and opened for business january 2, 2012, under the frontier gymnastics name. Mckayla maroney wins 2012 olympic womens gymnastics vault.
Gymnastics at the 2012 summer olympics womens artistic. You are here oly home summer games 2012 london gymnastics womens individual allaround. The balance of the team and the three replacement athletes were chosen by the womens selection committee. Qualifications for women s artistic gymnastic competitions at the 2012 summer olympics were held at the north greenwich arena on july 29.
Hong aly raisman reaches for the top bar on the uneven bars during the preliminary round of the women s olympic gymnastics trials, friday, june 29, 2012, in san jose, calif. But douglas s win in the women s allaround gymnastics competition on thursday did more than just secure her another gold medal. For more on olympic gymnastics, follow the 2012 olympic gymnastics. The trampoline events wur held at the north greenwich arena frae 3 tae 4 august. Find the full live coverage of the youth olympic games with over 10 channels available on or by downloading the.
Hong aly raisman reaches for the top bar on the uneven bars during the preliminary round of the womens olympic gymnastics trials, friday, june 29, 2012, in san jose, calif. At the 2012 olympics, douglas won the coveted olympic allaround title, becoming the third consecutive us olympic allaround champion, and the first to win it and also be a part of a goldmedal winning team. Access official results for the gymnastics artistic event team competition women at the london 2012 summer games olympics, plus view video highlights of top performances. All the best photo and video highlights of gymnastics artistic at the london 2012 summer games olympics, plus official results and medals by event and athlete. Ever since mary lou retton won the first all around gold medal in 1984, team usa has been the team to beat gabby douglas clinches spot. Download the team usa app today for breaking news, the latest olympic. Gymnastics at the 2012 summer olympics womens artistic team. Usa win womens team gymnastics gold as it happened. London 2012 olympic games, athletic festival that took place july 27august 12, 2012.
On current form, the british team have a fair chance of making it that far. The united states is competitive in many sports, one of those being women s gymnastics. Usa wins artistic gymnastics womens team gold london. Games of the 30th olympiad london gbr july 27 august 12, 2012 womens artistic gymnastics finals team final women. Romania, summary as the reigning world champions, the womens gymnastics team from the united states was favored for the gold medal in the allaround event at the 2012 summer olympics. Qualifications for womens artistic gymnastic competitions at the 2012 summer olympics were held at the north greenwich arena on july 29. Follow the gymnastics action of the 2012 summer olympics in london, uk at. United states wins olympic womens gymnastics team title. Prices consequently take a hike, with tickets costing from.
And it s refreshing to see other folks winning medals besides team usa. Following that, the british women s gymnastics team are in. Please note that because a number of antidoping rules violations procedures are still in progress including procedures involving medalists further to the results of the retesting programmes carried out on the samples collected in beijing 2008 and london 2012 the information contained in the list is not final. London 2012 highlights of the womens artistic gymnastics team final at the north greenwich arena, where the usa hoped to challenge china s dominance of the event. Universal sports broadcast june 8, 2012 chaifetz arena st. Women gymnasts compete in three gymnastics events during the summer olympics artistic gymnastics, trampoline, and rhythmic gymnastics. Yog news dakar 2022 lausanne 2020 buenos aires 2018 lillehammer 2016 nanjing 2014 innsbruck 2012. It s hard to believe it s only been a year since gabby douglas, aly reisman and their teammates cartwheeled, flipped and vaulted into our hearts, taking gold at the 2012 olympic games in london. Jordyn wieber was the reigning world champion and thus the favorite among her teammates to win the event but, in the. Espn states that the 2012 olympic team is the strongest since 1996. According to the olympic format, each team selects three gymnasts for each of the four apparatuses in the final balance beam, uneven bars, vault and floor. Chow s gymnastics and dance institute, automatically qualified to the team at the conclusion of the womens competition at the 2012 u.
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