Women's uneven bars competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 18 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium.

The eight competitors (with a maximum of two per nation) with the highest scores in qualifying proceeded to the women's uneven bars finals. There, each gymnast performed again; the scores from the final round (ignoring qualification) determined final ranking.

Final The final scores work as per the normal scoring procedure: the D score measures the difficulty of the routine and the E score measures how well it was executed. The E score has a maximum of 10.000 and is reduced for each deduction (for every error in the performance).

Position Gymnast Country D Score E Score Penalty Total He Kexin 7.7009.02516.725 Nastia Liukin Yang Yilin 8.950 16.650 4 Beth Tweddle 7.800 8.825 16.625 5 Anastasia Koval 7.300 9.075 16.375 6 Ksenia Semenova 7.400 8.925 16.325 7 Steliana Nistor 7.000 8.575 15.575 8 Dariya Zgoba 7.100 7.875 0.100 14.875

Tiebreaker During the uneven bar finals, Nastia Liukin and He Kexin had a tied score of 16.725, which was followed by a tiebreaking procedure.Tough math leaves Liukin silver NBC Retrieved 2008-08-18 In this procedure there are six judges who judge each competitor on a scale of 1-10. When all six scores are finalised, the highest and lowest are eliminated and the remaining four are averaged. The first tiebreaking procedure is determined by the E score, the execution score. Since Liukin and He tied with an E score of 9.025, the second tiebreaking procedure was required to determine a winner. In this event, the lowest score given to each competitor is dropped. Before this, the remaining scores were:

1 2 3 4 Average Nastia Liukin 9.1 9.0 9.025 He Kexin9.1 9.0 8.9

When the next lowest scores were deducted, the averages became:

1 2 3 4 Average Nastia Liukin 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.033 He Kexin9.1 9.0 8.9 9.066

Thus, since Nastia Liukin's average was lower after the second round of score elimination, He Kexin was declared the winner.

Qualified competitors Position Gymnast A ScoreScoring in artistic gymnastics is based on two separate scores that are then combined in order to come to the final score. The A score measures the difficulty of each element (and combinations of elements) within the routine, while the B score evaluates the performance, ie, the "execution, composition and artistry" of the routine. For further information, please see the Code of Points article. B Score Penalty Total 1 7.700 8.950 16.650 2 7.400 9.075 16.475 3 7.300 9.025 16.325 4 8.675 15.975 5 7.700 8.250 15.950 6 7.500 8.225 15.725 7 6.900 8.875 0.100 15.675 8 7.600 8.050 15.650

References

Uneven bars final results Uneven bars qualification results