Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

Women's vault at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	North Greenwich Arena
Date	5 August
Winning points	15.191
Medalists
Sandra Izbașa  Romania McKayla Maroney  United States Maria Paseka  Russia

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.

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.

Qualification

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic qualification

Position	Gymnast	Vault 1				Vault 2				Total
		A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score	A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score
1	McKayla Maroney (USA)	6.500	9.400		15.900	6.100	9.600		15.700	15.800
2	Sandra Izbașa (ROU)	6.100	9.400		15.500	5.800	9.333		15.133	15.316
3	Maria Paseka (RUS)	6.500	9.033		15.533	5.600	8.966		14.566	15.049
4	Oksana Chusovitina (GER)	6.300	8.833	0.10	15.033	5.500	9.083		14.583	14.808
5	Yamilet Peña (DOM)	7.100	7.833		14.933	5.800	8.666		14.466	14.699
6	Janine Berger (GER)	6.300	7.833		14.133	6.000	8.833		14.833	14.483
7	Brittany Rogers (CAN)	5.800	8.866		14.666	5.600	8.700		14.300	14.483
8	Elsabeth Black (CAN)	6.300	8.500		14.800	5.200	8.733		13.933	14.366

Reserves

•  Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
•  Nastassia Marachkouskaya (BLR)
•  Phan Thi Ha Thanh (VIE)

Finals

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Janine Berger	Germany	21/04/96	16 years
Oldest	Oksana Chusovitina	Germany	19/06/75	37 years

Position	Gymnast	Vault 1				Vault 2				Average
		A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score	A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score
	Sandra Izbașa (ROU)	6.100	9.283		15.383	5.800	9.200		15.000	15.191
	McKayla Maroney (USA)	6.500	9.666	0.3	15.866	6.100	8.200		14.300	15.083
	Maria Paseka (RUS)	6.500	8.900		15.400	5.600	9.100		14.700	15.050
4	Janine Berger (GER)	6.300	8.833		15.133	6.000	8.900		14.900	15.016
5	Oksana Chusovitina (GER)	6.300	8.800		15.100	5.500	8.966		14.466	14.783
6	Yamilet Peña (DOM)	7.100	7.566	0.1	14.566	5.800	8.666		14.466	14.516
7	Brittany Rogers (CAN)	5.800	8.966		14.766	5.600	8.600		14.200	14.483
8	Elsabeth Black (CAN)	0.000	0.000		0.000	0.000	0.000		0.000	0.000*

• *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.

References

• Vault final result