Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's vault

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The women's vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 5 August.

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Format competition

The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting. Each gymnast performed two vaults. This round, called "event finals" happens to show off the talents off the athletes who are truly exceptional on each event which in this case would be, vault. Athletes work their whole careers to get to event finals at the Olympic games, because that is where you win each individual event medals. The finals are spread out over different days so the athlete doesn't get too tired.

When starting the competition for the day, a random draw is done to determine the starting order to ensure fairness. Two different vaults are performed and the scores are averaged between the two to get your final score which determines your ranking, and ultimately your place on the podium.

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Qualification

The results for qualifications were similar to the results for the event final on this apparatus. The top three athletes were McKayla Maroney (15.800), Sandra Izbasa (15.316), and Maria Paseka (15.049).

Reserves

• Giulia Steingruber  Switzerland
• Nastassia Marachkouskaya  Belarus
• Phan Thi Ha Thanh  Vietnam

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Finals

McKayla Maroney was the overwhelming favorite to win the gold medal, as she was known for having picture-perfect form and extreme consistency on vault, but a shocking fall on her second vault placed her in second.

• *Black fell down face first during her first vault and it was deemed by the judges that her feet did not land first (though replays suggested this may not have been the case). She went to attempt a second vault, but ran past the table due to realising that she was more injured than she thought. She had the option to attempt her second vault again, but declined due to injury.

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References

• Vault final result

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