Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

Women's vault
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Women's vault; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Women's vault competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 17 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium.

The eight competitors (with a maximum of two per nation) with the highest scores in qualifying proceeded to the women's vault finals. There, each gymnast performed two vaults; the scores from the final round (ignoring qualification) determining the final ranking.

Disputes

There was a major controversy concerning the Russian gymnast Anna Pavlova. Her first vault scored a 15.625, placing her in medal contention. On her second vault, she thought she had received confirmation from the judges and, as a result, began before the green light and received a 0.

Final

Rank	Gymnast	Vault 1				Vault 2				Total
Rank	Gymnast	A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score	A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score	Total
	Hong Un-jong (PRK)	6.500	9.350	0.300	15.550	6.500	9.250		15.750	15.650
	Oksana Chusovitina (GER)	6.300	9.425		15.725	6.000	9.425		15.425	15.575
	Cheng Fei (CHN)	6.500	9.575		16.075	6.500	8.550		15.050	15.562
4	Alicia Sacramone (USA)	6.300	9.450		15.750	5.800	9.525		15.325	15.537
5	Ariella Käslin (SUI)	6.300	9.100		15.400	5.500	9.200		14.700	15.050
6	Carlotta Giovannini (ITA)	5.800	9.225	0.100	14.925	5.900	8.275		14.175	14.550
7	Jade Barbosa (BRA)	5.800	8.925		14.725	5.600	8.650		14.250	14.487
8	Anna Pavlova (RUS)	6.500	9.125		15.625	0.000	0.000		0.000	7.812*

*Pavlova had the second vault disqualified due to a false start.

Qualified competitors

Rank	Gymnast	Vault 1				Vault 2				Total
Rank	Gymnast	A Score^[1]	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score	A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score	Total
1	Cheng Fei (CHN)	6.500	9.650		16.150	6.500	9.175		15.675	15.912
2	Hong Un-jong (PRK)	6.500	9.150		15.650	6.500	9.300		15.800	15.725
3	Alicia Sacramone (USA)	6.300	9.550		15.850	5.800	9.600		15.400	15.625
4	Oksana Chusovitina (GER)	6.300	9.500		15.800	5.700	9.550		15.250	15.525
5	Anna Pavlova (RUS)	5.800	9.550		15.350	5.600	9.600		15.200	15.275
6	Carlotta Giovannini (ITA)	5.800	9.300		15.100	5.900	9.275		15.175	15.137
7	Jade Barbosa (BRA)	5.800	9.400	0.100	15.100	5.600	9.400		15.000	15.050
8	Ariella Käslin (SUI)	6.300	8.925		15.225	5.500	9.225		14.725	14.975

References

^ Scoring in artistic gymnastics is based on two separate scores that are then combined in order to come to the final score. The A score measures the difficulty of each element (and combinations of elements) within the routine, while the B score evaluates the performance, ie, the "execution, composition and artistry" of the routine. For further information, please see the Code of Points article.

NYT Report

[1] Scoring in artistic gymnastics is based on two separate scores that are then combined in order to come to the final score. The A score measures the difficulty of each element (and combinations of elements) within the routine, while the B score evaluates the performance, ie, the "execution, composition and artistry" of the routine. For further information, please see the Code of Points article.

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