Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 11 2
Australia 151 1 8
Austria 111 3
Armenia 1 1
Azerbaijan 1 1 2
Bangladesh 1 1
Belarus 11261112
Belgium 11 2
Brazil 35 8
Bulgaria 1116 9
Canada 15 61215
Chile 11 2
China 551 2215
Colombia 11 2
Croatia 11 2
Cyprus 1 1
Czech Republic 11 13
Denmark 1 1
Dominican Republic 1 1
Egypt 121 4
Finland 1 1
France 551 1 12
Georgia 11
Germany 55161119
Greece 21 6 9
Great Britain 5516 118
Guatemala 1 1
Hong Kong 11 2
Hungary 21 3
Ireland 1 1
Israel 2116 10
Italy 55161 18
Japan 55 62119
Kazakhstan 111 3
Latvia 1 1
Lithuania 11 2
Mexico 11 2
Netherlands 11 13
Poland 111 3
Portugal 11 114
Puerto Rico 11 2
Romania 55 10
Russia 55262121
Singapore 1 1
Slovakia 11 2
Slovenia 1 1
Switzerland 11 2
South Korea 511 7
Spain 5116 13
Sweden 1 1
Tunisia 1 1
Turkey 1 1
Ukraine 51261116
United States 551 1113
Uzbekistan 11 13
Venezuela 1 1
Vietnam 12 3
Total: 58 NOCs989824721616324

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 Hypolito (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 Bouallegue (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 Piasecky (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)
 Iordan Iovtchev (BUL)
 Federico Molinari (ARG)
 Jimmy Verbaeys (BEL)
 Martin Konecny (CZE)
 Kieran Behan (IRL)
 Shakir Shikhaliyev (AZE)
TOTAL 98

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)[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*
 Masela Wyomi (NED)[5]
Switzerland**
 Ana Sofia Gomez Porras (GUA)
 Elsa Garcia (MEX)[8]
Venezuela**
 Valeriia Maksiuta (ISR)
Greece**
Hungary**
 Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)
 Krystina Palesova (CZE)
 Barbara Gasser (AUT)
 Jessica Gil Ortiz (COL)
Ukraine**
 Jonna Adlerteg (SWE)
 Tina Erceg (CRO)
 Valeria Pereyra (ARG)
Uzbekistan**
Slovenia**
 Goksu Uctas (TUR)
 Simona Castro (CHI)
 Laura Švilpaitė (LTU)
 Ralitsa Mileva (BUL)
 Hiu Ying Angel Wong (HKG)
 Annika Urviko (FIN)
 Lorena Quinones Moreno (PUR)
 Maria Homolova (SVK)
 Heem Wei Lim (SIN)
 Moldir Azimbay (KAZ)
 Nastassia Marachkouskaya (BLR)
 Zoi Mafalda Marques de Lima (POR)
 Yamilet Peña (DOM)
 Ngan Thuong Do Thi (VIE)
TOTAL 98

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

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

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