title: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
text: # Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
  
  Qualification for gymnastics events at the 2012 Summer Olympics was based on the results of the three world gymnastics championships (rhythmic, artistic and trampoline) held in autumn 2011, and Olympic Test Events to be held in January 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena. In addition, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique and the IOC Tripartite Commission for Gymnastics allocated places to ensure certain minimum levels of representation.
  
  ## Qualification timeline
  
  | Event | Date | Venue |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships | September 19–25, 2011 | Montpellier |
  | 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | October 7–16, 2011 | Tokyo |
  | 2011 Trampoline World Championships | November 17–20, 2011 | Birmingham |
  | Olympic Test Event | January 10–18, 2012 | London |
  
  ## Qualification summary
  
  * Artistic gymnastics, NOCs with 5 entered athletes may also enter the team competition.
  
  | Nation | Artistic | Artistic | Rhythmic | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Trampoline | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nation | Men | Women | Individual | Group | Men | Women | Total |
  | Argentina | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Australia | 1 | 5 | 1 | | 1 | | 8 |
  | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 3 |
  | Armenia | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
  | Azerbaijan | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 |
  | Bangladesh | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
  | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
  | Belgium | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Brazil | 3 | 5 | | | | | 8 |
  | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | | 9 |
  | Canada | 1 | 5 | | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
  | Chile | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | China | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 15 |
  | Colombia | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Croatia | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Cyprus | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
  | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 3 |
  | Denmark | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
  | Dominican Republic | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
  | Egypt | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | 4 |
  | Finland | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
  | France | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 1 | | 12 |
  | Georgia | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Germany | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
  | Greece | 2 | 1 | | 6 | | | 9 |
  | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | 18 |
  | Guatemala | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
  | Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Hungary | 2 | 1 | | | | | 3 |
  | Ireland | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
  | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | | 10 |
  | Italy | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | | 18 |
  | Japan | 5 | 5 | | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
  | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 3 |
  | Latvia | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
  | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Mexico | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 3 |
  | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 3 |
  | Portugal | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Romania | 5 | 5 | | | | | 10 |
  | Russia | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
  | Singapore | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
  | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | Slovenia | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
  | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
  | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | | 7 |
  | Spain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | | 13 |
  | Sweden | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
  | Tunisia | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
  | Turkey | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
  | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
  | United States | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 13 |
  | Uzbekistan | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 3 |
  | Venezuela | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
  | Vietnam | 1 | 2 | | | | | 3 |
  | Total: 58 NOCs | 98 | 98 | 24 | 72 | 16 | 16 | 324 |
  
  ## Artistic
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Criterion | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | Teams (of 5) |||
  | World Championships | Team places 1-8 | China Japan United States Germany Russia South Korea Romania Ukraine |
  | Olympic Test Event (teams 9-16 from WC) | Team places 1-4 | Great Britain France Spain Italy |
  | TOTAL | TOTAL | 12 (60 gymnasts) |
  | Individuals |||
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Floor | Diego Hypólito (BRA) Alexander Shatilov (ISR) |
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Pommel horse | Krisztián Berki (HUN) |
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Rings | Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA) |
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Vault | - |
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Parallel bars | Vasileios Tsolakidis (GRE) |
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | High bar | - |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation | - |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Africa | Egypt Wajdi Bouallègue (TUN) |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Oceania | - |
  | Tripartite invitation | | Syque Caesar (BAN) |
  | Olympic Test Event | Individual all-round placings (max. 1 per NOC) | Canada* Sérgio Sasaki (BRA) Puerto Rico* Belarus* Daniel Corral Barron (MEX) Tomás González (CHI) Wai Hung Shek (HKG) Filip Ude (CRO) Vlasios Maras (GRE) Samuel Piasecký (SVK) Fabian Leimlehner (AUT) Colombia** Roman Kulesza (POL) Switzerland** Epke Zonderland (NED) Australia** Artur Davtyan (ARM) Portugal** Stepan Gorbachev (KAZ) Rokas Guščinas (LTU) Pham Phouc Hung (VIE) Dmitrijs Trefilovs (LAT) Felix Aronovich (ISR) Vid Hidvégi (HUN) Yordan Yovchev (BUL) Federico Molinari (ARG) Jimmy Verbaeys (BEL) Martin Konečný (CZE) Kieran Behan (IRL) Shakir Shikhaliyev (AZE) |
  | TOTAL | TOTAL | 98 |
  
  * * NOC may choose any gymnast
  * ** NOC has choice between 2 gymnasts
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Criterion | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | Teams (of 5) |||
  | World Championships | Team places 1-8 | United States Russia China Romania Japan Australia Germany Great Britain |
  | Olympic Test Event (teams 9-16 from WC) | Team places 1-4 | Italy Canada France Brazil |
  | TOTAL | TOTAL | 12 (60 gymnasts) |
  | Individuals |||
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Vault | McKayla Maroney (USA) Phan Thị Hà Thanh (VIE) |
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Asymmetric bars | Viktoria Komova (RUS) |
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Balance beam | Sui Lu (CHN) |
  | World Championships individual apparatus medalists | Floor | Ksenia Afanasyeva (RUS) |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Africa | Sherine El Zeiny (EGY) Salma Mahmoud (EGY) |
  | Olympic Test Event | Individual all-round placings (max. 1 per NOC) | Belgium* South Korea* Spain* Wyomi Masela (NED) Switzerland** Ana Sofía Gómez (GUA) Elsa García (MEX) Venezuela** Valeriia Maksiuta (ISR) Greece** Hungary** Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL) Kristýna Pálešová (CZE) Barbara Gasser (AUT) Jessica Gil Ortíz (COL) Ukraine** Jonna Adlerteg (SWE) Tina Erceg (CRO) Valeria Pereyra (ARG) Uzbekistan** Slovenia** Göksu Üçtaş (TUR) Simona Castro (CHI) Laura Švilpaitė (LTU) Ralitsa Mileva (BUL) Angel Wong (HKG) Annika Urvikko (FIN) Lorena Quiñones (PUR) Mária Homolová (SVK) Lim Heem Wei (SIN) Moldir Azimbay (KAZ) Nastassia Marachkouskaya (BLR) Zoi Lima (POR) Yamilet Peña (DOM) Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương (VIE) |
  | TOTAL | TOTAL | 98 |
  
  * * NOC may choose any gymnast
  * ** NOC has choice between 2 gymnasts
  
  ## Rhythmic
  
  ### Individual
  
  | Event | Criterion | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | World Championships | Places 1-15 (max. 2 per NOC) | Russia Russia Belarus Belarus Azerbaijan Ukraine Bulgaria Poland Uzbekistan Israel South Korea France China Italy Austria |
  | Olympic Test Event (24 participants, including NOCs ranked 16-24 and best 11 gymnasts not qualified to all-around final in WC) | Top 5 (max. 1 per NOC) | Kazakhstan Ukraine Spain Cyprus Germany |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation | Great Britain |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Continents not qualified (3 places) | United States Egypt Australia |
  | TOTAL | TOTAL | 24 |
  
  ### Group
  
  | Event | Criterion | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | World Championships | All-around places 1-6 | Italy Russia Bulgaria Belarus Japan Germany |
  | Olympic Test Event (places 7-13 from WC and host nation) | Top 4 | Spain Ukraine Israel Greece |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation | Great Britain |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Continents not qualified | Canada |
  | TOTAL | TOTAL | 12 |
  
  * Great Britain as host is entitled to send a team to compete in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group event, British Gymnastics and the British Olympic Association (BOA) announced that team would only be sent if the team achieved a benchmark score at the test event. In the event, they narrowly failed to do so, and British Gymnastics announced it would not nominate the team to the BOA for inclusion. The GB Rhythmic Gymnastics group successfully appealed on 5 March 2012. The place offered by the BOA was subsequently taken up by British Gymnastics.
  
  ## Trampoline
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Criterion | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | World Championships | Top 8 (max. 2 per NOC) | China China Japan Japan Russia Russia France Ukraine |
  | Olympic Test Event (16 participants) | Top 8 (max. 1 per NOC) | Canada Portugal Australia Germany Italy United States Denmark Belarus |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation and each continent | - |
  | Tripartite invitation | Tripartite invitation | - |
  | TOTAL | TOTAL | 16 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Criterion | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | World Championships | Top 8 (max. 2 per NOC) | China China Belarus Canada Canada Germany United States Great Britain |
  | Olympic Test Event (16 participants) | Top 8 (max. 1 per NOC) | Georgia Portugal Czech Republic Russia Netherlands Ukraine Japan Uzbekistan |
  | FIG Executive Board invitations | Host nation and each continent | - |
  | Tripartite invitation | Tripartite invitation | - |
  | TOTAL | TOTAL | 16 |
  