Olympic Women's Gymnastics Results: Individual All-Around Scores & Medal Winners

Chalk another one up for Team USA.

On Thursday in the 2012 London Olympics women’s gymnastics individual all-around finals, Gabby Douglas aka Results City conquered the field.

She won her second gold medal of the games, and with an all-around individual and team triumph on her resume, she’ll go down as one of Team USA’s greatest gymnastics Olympians to ever live. Before this summer began, though, no one would’ve thought such a legacy was obtainable.

At the 2011 World Championships, Douglas failed to win a single medal outside of team all-around gold. She wasn’t seen as a gymnast on the same level as the Jordyn Wiebers and Victoria Komovas of the world. That is, until she shocked the gymnastics world by winning the U.S. trials.

The once-inconsistent competitor has consistently risen to the occasion on the grandest stages. And isn’t that what elite athletes are supposed to do? Take it to another level when the stakes increase?

That’s exactly what Douglas did all summer long.

Here are the medal winners, final standings and a recap of Thursday’s most memorable performances.

Medal Winners

Medal	Name	Country	Score
Gold	Gabby Douglas	USA	62.232
Silver	Viktoria Komova	Russia	61.973
Bronze	Aliya Mustafina	Russia	59.566

Final Standings

Place	Name	Country	Score
1	Gabby Douglas	USA	62.232
2	Viktoria Komova	Russia	61.973
3	Aliya Mustafina	Russia	59.566
4	Aly Raisman	USA	59.566
5	Sandra Izbasa	Romania	58.833
6	Deng Linlin	China	58.399
7	Huang Qiushuang	China	58.115
8	Vanessa Ferrari	Italy	57.999
9	Larisa Lordache	Romania	57.965
10	Elisabeth Seitz	Germany	57.365
11	Asuka Teramoto	Japan	57.332
12	Celine van Gerner	Netherlands	57.232
13	Rebecca Tunney	Great Britain	56.932
14	Giulia Steingruber	Switzerland	56.148
15	Emily Little	Australia	55.765
16	Rie Tanaka	Japan	55.632
17	Dominique Pegg	Canada	55.565
18	Jessica Lopez	Venezuela	55.500
19	Marta Pihan-Kulesza	Poland	55.465
20	Ashleigh Brennan	Australia	55.332
21	Carlotta Ferlito	Italy	55.098
22	Ana Sofia Gomez Porras	Guatemala	54.899
23	Aurelie Malaussena	France	50.166
24	Hannah Whelan	Great Britain	41.999

Full results can also be found at NBCOlympics.com.

Best Performance: Gabby Douglas

Kelly Whiteside of USA Today reported that after Douglas dominated in the team all-around competition, her coach, Liang Chow, talked about Douglas’ nerves before the event.

"She was cute. She said, 'Chow, I'm really nervous.' Which is normal. Who doesn't get nervous? I get nervous, too. I just talked to her about how to stay calm, and that you're well-prepared. And she delivered her job beautifully," Chow said.

Once again, Douglas’ nerves did nothing to hamper her performance.

Douglas got off to a hot start in the individual all-around on the vault, recording a 15.966 to put her in the driver’s seat. On the uneven bars, the event in which Douglas earned her nickname the “Flying Squirrel,” she scored a solid 15.733, but it was only the third-best rating behind her Russian rivals, Komova and Aliya Mustafina.

With just a slight lead, Douglas didn’t panic. She came up huge on the balance beam, posting the field’s best score of 15.5.

After reading the result on the scoreboard, the girl with the golden personality didn’t celebrate—she wore a face of unwavering focus. And in the final event, the ice in her veins was never more apparent.

Douglas scored a poor 13.766 in the qualifying round. In the final, she put on the floor performance of a lifetime, drawing a score of 15.033 to lock up a gold medal.

Every single one of her scores improved from the qualifiers. On Thursday, the world witnessed the definition of clutch.

Next-Best Performance: Viktoria Komova

Komova, who won silver in the individual all-around and gold on the uneven bars at the 2011 World Championships, failed to take advantage of Jordyn Wieber’s absence (who took home gold last summer).

Komova dug herself a hole right off the bat, as she struggled to stick her dismount on the vault. The judges delivered her a score of 15.466, but it was still strong enough of a performance to finish third in the event behind Douglas and Aly Raisman. Komova bounced back with a vengeance on the uneven bars, though, scoring a 15.966 and sticking her dismount perfectly.

She continued her precise execution on the balance beam, but her score took a hit due to a lack of difficulty, and judges awarded her with a 15.441. And that cost her in end.

After it looked as if Douglas had guaranteed a gold medal with her performance on the floor, Komova gave her a run for her money. She was nearly as clutch as Douglas and had the crowd in silence awaiting the judges' ruling. In the end, though, she only garnered a score of 15.100, which fell just short of Douglas' total.

Most Disappointing Performance: Aly Raisman

It isn't necessarily fair, but because Raisman failed to medal after eliminating all-around favorite Wieber in the qualifiers, her performance was the most disappointing of the afternoon.

Raisman got off to a hot start on the vault, recording a 15.900. The count put her in second place behind Douglas, but she wouldn’t keep her podium pace for long. Judges dealt Raisman a score of just 14.333 on the uneven bars.

On the balance beam, her tumble continued. Raisman was forced to grab the beam to stay upright, and the judges showed no mercy, presenting her with a score of 14.200.

She came up big on the floor, her specialty, with a score of 15.133, but it was too little, too late. Raisman's effort was only good enough to tie Aliya Mustafina of Russia, who won the tiebreaker for bronze by difficulty.

In the qualifying round, Raisman scored 15.8 on the vault, 14.166 on the uneven bars, 15.100 on the balance beam and 15.325 on the floor to take second. Unlike Douglas, Raisman didn't rise to the occasion when it mattered most.

David Daniels is a featured columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer.

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