This event was the first qualifying stage for the 2012 Summer Olympics, which were held in London. The top 24 men's and women's teams from the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were allowed to send a full team of gymnasts. The top 8 men's and women's teams directly qualified for the team events at the 2012 Olympics. Teams placed 9th to 16th got a second chance to qualify a full team at the Olympic Test Event on January 10–18, 2012, from which four men's and women's teams qualified.
Individuals
The winners of gold, silver and bronze medals in each apparatus qualified for the Olympics, either as individuals or as members of their national team. Additional individual gymnasts qualified from the Test Event in January.
In the qualifying round, five gymnasts performed on each apparatus, and the top four scores were counted towards the team's total. The top eight teams qualified to the final. In the final, held on October 11, only three gymnasts performed on each apparatus, and all the scores counted. The United States team won the gold medal with solid performances by all gymnasts on all apparatus, while the Russian team made several mistakes and finished a distant second. China narrowly beat Romania to win the bronze medal, followed by Great Britain in fifth place. This was the highest ranking finish Great Britain had ever had for a team at a World Championship. Oldest and youngest competitors
Controversy During the presentation of medals, the National Anthem of the United States was abruptly ended, causing some frustration amongst both the coaches and the gymnasts themselves.
Alicia Sacramone injured her Achilles tendon during the last podium training and had already left Japan when the Team Final started. However, US National Team Coordinator Marta Karolyi opted to keep her on the roster instead of officially naming alternate Anna Li to the team and subsequently competed with only 5 instead of the usual 6 gymnasts. This led to Sacramone receiving her tenth World Championships medal and officially becoming the US gymnast with the most World Championship medals. As Sacramone was not present during the competition, Li dressed, supported the team on the floor, and accepted the team medal for Sacramone. Li later passed the medal on to Sacramone and received a copy from USAG.
Individual all-around
The final was held on October 13. None of the medalists from the previous year were able to compete to defend their title as the gold and bronze medalists—Aliya Mustafina and Rebecca Bross, respectively—were both unable to compete at worlds due to knee injuries, and silver medalist Jiang Yuyuan did not qualify high enough over her teammates. A number of gymnasts ranked high enough to make the all-around final, but did not qualify due to the two-per-country rule. All the gymnasts from the USA that competed in the preliminary round ranked in the top 24. The gymnasts affected were Gabby Douglas, Sabrina Vega, and McKayla Maroney of the United States. Also affected were Tan Sixin and Jiang Yuyuan of China, Yuko Shintake and Yu Minobe of Japan, and Anna Dementyeva of Russia. The last gymnast to qualify was Carlotta Ferlito, who ranked 32nd in the preliminary competition. Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
Jordyn Wieber
United States
12/07/95
16 years
Oldest
Daniele Hypólito
Brazil
08/09/84
27 years
Rank
Gymnast
Total
15.716
13.600
15.266
14.800
59.382
14.933
15.400
14.683
14.333
59.349
14.966
14.933
13.933
14.766
58.598
4
15.233
12.900
14.525
14.900
57.558
5
14.733
14.966
13.633
14.100
57.432
6
14.100
14.133
15.100
13.966
57.299
7
14.466
14.200
13.400
14.666
56.732
8
14.600
13.133
13.933
15.033
56.699
9
14.400
13.258
14.333
14.133
56.124
10
14.300
13.733
14.000
14.000
56.033
11
14.758
13.933
13.366
13.766
55.823
12
12.733
13.833
14.466
14.500
55.532
13
14.300
12.866
14.333
13.866
55.365
14
14.200
12.866
14.616
13.400
55.082
15
13.800
12.533
14.700
13.966
54.999
16
14.866
13.433
13.400
13.233
54.932
17
13.700
13.766
13.766
13.633
54.865
18
13.466
13.366
14.416
13.566
54.814
19
13.933
13.900
12.933
13.966
54.732
20
14.233
13.833
13.933
12.700
54.699
21
14.133
13.266
13.933
13.166
54.498
22
13.966
13.466
12.933
13.366
53.731
23
13.633
13.300
13.566
13.100
53.599
24
14.000
10.300
14.266
13.733
52.299
Vault
Phan's bronze medal was the first medal for Vietnam at a World Championships. Maroney's performance secured the third consecutive World gold medal for the USA on women's vault following Kayla Williams in 2009 and teammate Alicia Sacramone in 2010. Chusovitina's silver was her 11th world medal. As her first world championships was in Indianapolis in 1991, she has been competing at an international level since before her fellow vault finalists were born. Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
McKayla Maroney
United States
09/12/95
15 years
Oldest
Oksana Chusovitina
Germany
19/06/75
36 years
Position
Gymnast
D Score
E Score
Pen.
Score 1
Rk
D Score
E Score
Pen.
Score 2
Rk
Total
6.500
9.300
15.800
5.600
9.200
14.800
15.300
6.300
8.766
15.066
5.500
8.900
14.333
14.733
5.900
8.700
14.600
5.800
8.933
14.733
14.666
4
5.800
9.066
14.866
5.600
8.666
14.266
14.566
5
6.300
8.600
14.900
5.200
8.800
14.000
14.450
6
5.800
8.766
14.566
5.200
8.933
14.133
14.349
7
6.300
8.433
14.733
5.200
8.500
13.700
14.216
8
5.300
8.600
13.900
0.000*
0.000
0.000
6.950
: Yamilet Peña attempted a handspring double front vault, which has a 7.1 D Value score, but because she landed on her back, she scored a 0.000.
Uneven bars
Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
Gabby Douglas
United States
31/12/95
15 years
Oldest
Huang Qiushuang
China
28/05/92
19 years
Position
Gymnast
D Score
E Score
Pen.
Qual Rk
Total
6.700
8.800
15.500
6.600
8.400
15.000
6.700
8.133
14.833
4
6.300
8.200
14.500
5
6.300
7.900
14.200
5
6.300
7.900
14.200
7
6.400
7.666
14.066
8
6.300
6.341
12.641
Balance beam
Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
Jordyn Wieber
United States
12/07/95
16 years
Oldest
Cătălina Ponor
Romania
20/08/87
24 years
Position
Gymnast
D Score
E Score
Pen.
Qual Rk
Total
6.600
9.266
15.866
6.300
8.933
15.233
6.200
8.933
15.133
4
6.400
8.666
15.066
5
5.900
8.633
14.533
6
5.700
8.825
14.525
7
5.700
8.541
14.241
8
5.900
7.866
13.766
Floor
Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
Jordyn Wieber
United States
12/07/95
16 years
Oldest
Elizabeth Tweddle
United Kingdom
01/04/85
26 years
On the day before the competition, it was announced that Diana Bulimar had injured her foot, and first reserve Lauren Mitchell would be taking her place in the final. Shortly after the women's beam competition, it was announced that Russia had decided to pull Viktoria Komova from the competition to give her teammate, Ksenia Afanasyeva a chance to compete in the final instead. During the warm up Vanessa Ferrari injured herself, so third reserve Diana Chelaru was quickly added to replace her.
Position
Gymnast
D Score
E Score
Pen.
Qual Rk
Total
6.100
9.033
15.133
6.100
8.966
15.066
6.100
8.900
15.000
4
6.000
8.866
14.866
5
6.300
8.433
14.733
6
6.000
8.700
14.700
7
6.100
8.500
0.100
14.500
8
5.800
8.400
14.200
Men's results
Qualifications
Team all-around
In the qualifying round, five gymnasts performed on each apparatus, and the top four scores were counted towards the team's total. The top eight teams qualified to the final. In the final, held on October 12, only three gymnasts performed on each apparatus, and all the scores were counted. The Chinese team won the title for the fifth successive time, benefiting from crucial mistakes by the last two Japanese gymnasts. Japan was still able to win the silver medal, with a margin of only 0.010 point from the United States in bronze medal position. Oldest and youngest competitors
Berbecar landed on his back, therefore scored a 0.000.
Individual all-around
The all-around final was held on October 14. Three gymnasts had ranked high enough to qualify, but were not allowed to compete due to the two-per-country rule. The affected gymnasts were Jonathan Horton, Fabian Hambüchen and Steven Legendre. On the day of the final, Marian Dragulescu pulled out of the competition and Nathan Gafuik took his place. Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
Oleg Stepko
Ukraine
25/04/94
17 years
Oldest
Anton Fokin
Uzbekistan
13/11/82
28 years
Rank
Gymnast
Total
15.566
15.400
15.166
16.233
15.566
15.700
93.631
14.866
14.466
14.500
16.066
14.566
16.066
90.530
14.566
14.666
15.125
16.066
14.966
14.866
90.255
4
15.033
14.566
14.333
16.000
15.200
14.800
89.932
5
14.400
14.366
14.300
15.866
15.366
15.366
89.664
6
14.733
14.733
14.375
16.233
14.600
14.600
89.274
7
14.366
15.000
14.500
16.033
14.033
15.200
89.132
8
15.233
13.866
14.933
15.133
15.200
14.466
88.831
9
14.333
15.400
13.966
15.600
14.600
14.666
88.565
10
14.633
13.833
13.891
16.100
14.466
15.166
88.089
10
14.466
14.466
14.291
15.600
14.433
14.833
88.089
12
15.366
14.333
13.633
16.433
14.433
13.800
87.998
13
15.300
14.300
13.900
15.400
14.200
14.333
87.433
14
14.066
14.566
14.233
15.700
14.966
13.833
87.364
15
14.433
13.566
14.408
15.500
13.966
15.458
87.331
16
14.266
14.966
13.700
15.300
14.600
14.333
87.165
17
14.466
14.866
13.866
16.366
14.100
13.500
87.164
18
14.266
15.066
13.600
15.633
15.233
13.233
87.031
19
14.633
14.033
14.033
15.766
14.233
13.566
86.264
20
13.800
13.066
13.566
15.333
14.933
14.333
85.031
21
14.066
13.500
14.300
14.800
14.475
13.766
84.907
22
15.333
12.100
13.866
16.000
13.300
13.766
84.365
23
13.633
12.900
13.566
15.833
12.533
14.233
82.698
24
14.833
14.433
14.341
14.800
15.333
6.466
80.206
Floor
The final for Men's Floor Exercise took place on October 15. Marian Dragulescu had qualified in 2nd, but pulled out of the competition on the morning of the final. As the first reserve, Jake Dalton took his place. There was also an inquiry made by the Japanese coaches into the scoring when Kōhei Uchimura's difficulty score was only awarded a 6.500 because they had mistaken a triple twisting move for a double twisting move. The inquiry was accepted by the judges, and the score adjusted accordingly, which gave Uchimura the gold medal. Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
Jacob Dalton
United States
19/08/91
20 years
Oldest
Tomás González
Chile
22/11/85
25 years
Rank
Gymnast
Total
6.700
8.933
15.633
6.900
8.600
15.500
6.800
8.666
15.466
6.700
8.766
15.466
5
6.800
8.600
15.400
6
6.700
8.633
15.333
6
6.500
8.833
15.333
8
6.600
8.633
0.1
15.133
Pommel horse
Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
Louis Smith
United Kingdom
22/04/89
22 years
Oldest
Saso Bertoncelj
Slovenia
16/07/84
27 years
Rank
Gymnast
Total
6.700
9.133
15.833
6.500
8.766
15.266
7.000
8.066
15.066
4
6.400
8.600
15.000
5
6.700
7.833
14.533
6
6.600
7.733
14.333
7
6.500
7.766
14.266
7
6.600
7.666
14.266
Rings
Oldest and youngest competitors
Name
Country
Date of birth
Age
Youngest
Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti
Brazil
16/04/90
21 years
Oldest
Regulo Carmona
Venezuela
31/01/80
31 years
Rank
Gymnast
Total
6.800
9.000
15.800
6.500
9.100
15.600
6.700
8.800
15.500
4
6.800
8.400
15.200
5
6.800
7.866
14.666
6
6.400
8.233
14.633
7
6.100
8.200
14.300
8
6.700
7.566
14.266
Vault
Originally Marian Dragulescu was to compete in this final, but had to pull out of competition due to an injury. Denis Ablyazin took his place in the final as the first reserve. Oldest and youngest competitors
Brazil
China
Romania
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Chile
Slovenia
Venezuela
South Korea
Belarus
Greece
Netherlands