| Event: | Gymnastics |
| Games: | 2012 Summer |
| Venue: | North Greenwich Arena (trampoline, artistic) Wembley Arena (rhythmic) |
| Dates: | 28 July – 12 August 2012 |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2016 |
Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. The trampoline events were held at the North Greenwich Arena (normally called The O2 Arena) from 3 to 4 August; the artistic events were also held at the North Greenwich Arena, from 28 July to 7 August. The rhythmic gymnastics events took place at Wembley Arena from 9 to 12 August.[1]
A total of 54 medals were awarded across the three disciplines. The most successful nation was China, winning five gold medals and 12 in total. Brazil and South Korea won their first gold medals in the discipline in the Summer Olympic Games history. Yevgeniya Kanayeva of Russia marked history by becoming the first back-to-back Olympic champion at the individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics.
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Qualification was based on the results of the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Montpellier, France, from 19 to 25 September; the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 7–16 October; the 2011 Trampoline World Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 17 to 20 November; and Olympic test events held in January 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena.
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| Team all-around | Chen Yibing Feng Zhe Guo Weiyang Zhang Chenglong Zou Kai | Ryohei Kato Kazuhito Tanaka Yusuke Tanaka Kōhei Uchimura Koji Yamamuro | ||||
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| Team all-around | Gabby Douglas Jordyn Wieber Aly Raisman Kyla Ross McKayla Maroney | Aliya Mustafina Viktoria Komova Ksenia Afanasyeva Anastasia Grishina Maria Paseka | Cătălina Ponor Larisa Iordache Diana Bulimar Sandra Izbașa Diana Chelaru | |||
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The men's artistic team all-around final became the subject of controversy when the judges were booed by the crowd following Japan's Kōhei Uchimura's score for his pommel horse routine, and how it shuffled the medals of Japan, Great Britain, and Ukraine.[5] [6] [7]