2012 United States Olympic trials (gymnastics)

The 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials were held from June 29 through July 1, 2012, at the HP Pavilion (now known as SAP Center) in San Jose, California.

Venue The SAP Center, formally known as HP Pavilion, has a capacity of up to 19,190 spectators for concerts, is home to the National Hockey League team, the San Jose Sharks.

Participants

Women The top 8 finishers from the 2012 VISA Championships received automatic berth to the trials.

Name Hometown Club College Nationals Kennedy Baker Flower Mound, TX Texas Dreams Gymnastics Florida Gators 7th Gabby Douglas Virginia Beach, VA Chow's Gymnastics — 2nd Sarah Finnegan St. Louis, MO GAGE LSU Tigers 6th Elizabeth Price Coopersburg, PA Parkettes Stanford Cardinal 5th Aly Raisman Needham, MA Brestyan's — 3rd Kyla Ross Aliso Viejo, CA Gym-Max Gymnastics UCLA Bruins 4th Sabrina Vega Carmel, NY GAGE Georgia Gymdogs 8th Jordyn Wieber DeWitt, MI Gedderts Twistars — 1st

The following people successfully petitioned their way to Olympic trials: Name Hometown Club College Rebecca Bross Plano, TX WOGA — Brenna Dowell Odessa, MO GAGE Oklahoma Sooners Anna Li Aurora, IL Legacy Elite UCLA Bruins Nastia Liukin Plano, TX WOGA — McKayla Maroney Laguna Niguel, CA All Olympia — Alicia Sacramone Boston, MA Brestyan's Brown Bears Pittsboro, IN Sharp's Gymnastics Academy Florida Gators

Men Name Hometown Club Chris Brooks Houston, TX Cypress Gymnastics Alex Buscaglia Cary, IL Stanford University Jake Dalton Reno, NV University of Oklahoma Josh Dixon San Jose, CA USOTC Jonathan Horton Houston, TX Cypress Gymnastics Glen Ishino Santa Ana, CA UC Berkeley Steven Legendre Port Jefferson, NY University of Oklahoma Danell Leyva Miami, FL Universal Gymnastics CJ Maestas Corrales, NM University of Illinois Sam Mikulak Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan Alex Naddour Gilbert, AZ USA Youth Fitness John Orozco Bronx, NY USOTC Paul Ruggeri Manlius, NY University of Illinois David Sender Arlington Heights, IL University of Illinois Brandon Wynn Voorhees, NJ Ohio State University

Broadcast NBC broadcast both nights of competition at trials.

Results Final standings Women Gabby Douglas Jordyn Wieber Aly Raisman McKayla Maroney Alicia Sacramone Gabby DouglasKyla Ross Anna Li Aly Raisman Alicia Sacramone Kyla RossJordyn Wieber Aly Raisman Jordyn Wieber Gabby Douglas Men Danell Leyva John Orozco Jonathan Horton Jake Dalton Steven Legendre Paul Ruggeri Alex Naddour Danell Leyva John Orozco Jonathan Horton Brandon Wynn John Orozco Jake Dalton David Sender Steven Legendre Danell Leyva Jonathan Horton John Orozco Danell Leyva John Orozco Paul Ruggeri

Final Scores Full Olympic Trial scores are as follows:

Rank Gymnast Day Total Total Gabby Douglas 15.800 15.250 14.900 15.450 61.400 123.450 16.000 15.900 14.850 15.300 62.050 Jordyn Wieber 15.900 15.350 15.050 15.400 61.700 123.350 15.800 15.350 14.900 15.600 61.650 Aly Raisman 15.550 14.200 14.950 15.600 60.300 120.950 15.300 14.450 15.400 15.500 60.650 4 Elizabeth Price 16.050 14.500 14.150 14.900 59.600 120.100 15.700 15.300 14.550 14.950 60.500 5 Kyla Ross 14.500 15.500 14.900 14.500 59.400 120.000 15.150 15.650 15.050 14.750 60.600 6 Sarah Finnegan 15.000 14.400 15.100 14.550 59.050 118.500 14.900 14.750 14.800 15.000 59.450 7 McKayla Maroney 16.100 13.350 13.650 15.200 58.300 117.650 16.150 13.700 15.000 14.500 59.350 8 Kennedy Baker 14.650 13.900 13.000 14.600 56.150 114.700 14.700 14.850 14.300 14.700 58.550 9 Brenna Dowell 14.900 14.250 14.000 14.100 57.250 114.450 14.750 14.400 13.900 14.150 57.200 10 Sabrina Vega 14.250 13.150 14.250 14.350 56.000 113.400 14.400 13.450 14.550 15.000 57.400 11 Alicia Sacramone 15.700 – 15.000 – 30.700 61.650 15.800 – 15.150 – 30.950 12 Anna Li – 15.500 13.100 – 28.600 58.650 – 15.550 14.500 – 30.050 13 Nastia Liukin – 14.050 14.500 – 28.550 57.450 – 13.950 14.950 – 28.900 14 Rebecca Bross – 15.300 12.050 – 27.350 52.800 – 10.550 14.900 – 25.450

Olympic Team selection

For the women's team, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber were selected to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Anna Li, Sarah Finnegan, and Elizabeth Price were selected as the alternates.

For the men's team Danell Leyva and John Orozco automatically earned Olympic berths by finishing first and second in the all-around and recording three or more top three finishes in the individual event standings. The men's selection team also named Jake Dalton, Jonathan Horton, and Sam Mikulak to the team. The replacement athletes selected were Chris Brooks, Alex Naddour, and Steven Legendre.

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