Background The men's floor exercise was an individual competition held during the 2012 Summer Olympics, as a part of the artistic events in regards to gymnastics. This competition only lasted for one day, on August 5 of 2012. This medal placement round took place in the North Greenwich Arena, in London, United Kingdom. With the qualification round taking place on July 28, of 2012.Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Competitors
The following 11 athletes had competed in a preliminary qualifier, in which the top 8 would move on to the medal placement final. They are listed as the following:
Alexander Shatilov - Jake Dalton - Zou Kai - Kōhei Uchimura - Flavius Koczi - Tomás González - Marcel Nguyen - Denis Ablyazin - Ryōhei Katō - Gaël da Silva - Kristian Thomas -
Competition format
The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the apparatus final. The floor exercise competition functions as follows. Previously mentioned already, 11 athletes are required to pass a qualifier, in which the top 8 of the individual apparatus floor round then move on to the medal placement final. While athletes number 9, 10, and 11 are essentially reserves in case any athlete above them are unable to compete for whatever reason.
Once an athlete were to qualify, their score does not matter, only the total score does once they finish their set.Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic
Obtained from the official Olympic's website, the description for artistic gymnastics is; "Introduced in 1894, artistic gymnastics was one of the original disciplines in the modern Olympic Games. Artistic gymnasts are challenged to perfect their skills across a range of equipment, such as the beam and performing on the floor."
The floor competition, more specifically the individual competition is quoted from the official Olympics website once more; "The men, meanwhile, take to the floor in a hushed arena, take a deep breath and then bomb down the diagonal for their first tumble, one of three or four passes, like the women. They also have to perform moves that demonstrate strength, flexibility and balance and use the whole of the floor area in a time period of between 50 seconds and 1 min 10s (no more than 90 seconds-long for women).
Qualification results
Rank Gymnast Nation Total 1Zou Kai6.9008.93315.833Q 2Kōhei Uchimura6.7009.06615.766 3Flavius Koczi8.96615.666 4Alexander Shatilov6.6009.03315.633*Jake Dalton 6Tomás González6.50015.533 7Marcel Nguyen8.93315.433* 8Denis Ablyazin6.9008.8330.3 9Ryōhei Katō6.6008.83315.433*R1 10Gaël da Silva6.5008.90015.400R2 11Kristian Thomas6.3009.06615.366R3
*You may notice that some athletes might have similar scores yet one is placed higher than the other, this is because when two or more athletes record the same total score, the one with the highest execution score finishes ahead. If the "E-score" is the same, then the one with the highest difficulty score finishes ahead. If the "D-score" is also the same, then they finish tied.
The following article explains in the event of a tie in the Olympics, how athletes can go about the medals. It does not apply to this specific scenario or game, it is simply a side piece of information in case you wonder how ties can work within the matter.
Final Rank Gymnast Nation Total Zou Kai6.9009.03315.933 Kōhei Uchimura6.7009.10015.800* Denis Ablyazin7.1008.70015.800* 4Tomás González6.5008.86615.366 5Jake Dalton6.4008.93315.333* 6Alexander Shatilov6.6008.733 7Flavius Koczi6.7008.5000.115.100 8Marcel Nguyen6.6008.46614.966 *As mentioned previously, when two athletes record the same total score, the one with the higher execution score finishes ahead.
Interesting facts Zou Kai - was defending his title from the 2008 Summer Olympics. Alexander Shatilov - competed in the previous Olympic games. Kōhei Uchimura - also competed in the previous Olympic games.
References
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