The women's balance beam competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 7 August.Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Deng Linlin of China took gold, Sui Lu of China took silver, and Aly Raisman of the United States took the bronze via a tie-breaker.

Format of competition The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting.Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic

Final results Oldest and youngest competitors

GymnastNationDate of birthAgeOldest competitor Cătălina Ponor 20 August 1987 24 yearsYoungest competitor Larisa Iordache 19 June 1996 16 years

Rank Gymnast Nation Total Deng Linlin6.6009.00015.600 Sui Lu6.5009.00015.500 Aly Raisman6.3008.76615.066 Cătălina Ponor6.6008.46615.066 Ksenia Afanasyeva5.8008.78314.583 Larisa Iordache6.4007.80014.200 Gabby Douglas6.0007.63313.633 Viktoria Komova6.2006.96613.166 Source:

Qualification results

Rank Gymnast Nation Total Sui Lu6.4009.00015.400Q Viktoria Komova6.4008.86615.266Q Gabby Douglas6.5008.76615.266Q Deng Linlin6.5008.66615.166Q Aly Raisman6.4008.70015.100Q Kyla Ross6.1008.97515.075 - Ksenia Afanasyeva5.9009.16615.066Q Cătălina Ponor6.4008.63315.033 Q 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

* Kyla Ross (USA), ranked 6th, and Anastasia Grishina (RUS), ranked 9th, did not advance to the final because of the two-per-country rule.

* Larisa Iordache (ROU), Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Jordyn Wieber (USA), and Sandra Izbașa (ROU) ranked 11th, 12th, 12th, and 14th, respectively, but did not qualify as reserves because of the two-per-country rule. On 6 August, Diana Bulimar gave up her spot to Iordache, whom Bulimar believed had a better chance of medaling.

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.

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