Olympic Results 2012: Gymnastics Day 8 Results, Medal Winners & Analysis

Gabby Douglas’ disappointing last-place finish headlined a day filled with a lot of exciting gymnastics action.

How did things end up?

After Douglas’ mistake, did Great Britain’s Elizabeth Weddle capitalize and win the gold in front of her home-country fans? Or was it all-around standout Viktoria Komova who came out on top of the uneven bars competition?

Read on to find out all the exciting results from Day 8 of the men’s and women’s gymnastics competition.

Women’s Uneven Bars

The women’s uneven bars saw the USA’s Gabby Douglas make her first mistake. It may not have mattered, though, as Russian Aliya Mustafina rectified her earlier mistakes in the Games and put on a show in this one.

He Kexin, a gymnast from China’s 2008 gold-medal team, finished with a silver medal after a valiant effort.

The bronze medal went to Beth Tweddle, the best of the female gymnasts from Great Britain, winning her first medal in the event.

Place	Athlete	Country	Score
Gold	Aliya Mustafina	Russia	16.133
Silver	He Kexin	China	15.933
Bronze	Elizabeth Tweddle	Great Britain	15.916
DNM	Yao Jinnan	China	15.766
DNM	Victoria Komova	Russia	15.666
DNM	Elisabeth Seitz	Germany	15.266
DNM	Japan TSURUMI Koko	Japan	14.966
DNM	Gabrielle Douglas	United States	14.900

Men’s Rings

The men’s still rings competition offered no qualifying Americans but delivered plenty of excitement and drama.

Defending gold medalist Chen Yibing of China was upset by Brazil’s Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti. Chen had the gold medal locked up until Nabarrete Zanetti’s final performance. His performance is the lone bright spot for an otherwise underachieving Brazil gymnastics team.

He finished with silver and was followed by Italy’s Matteo Morandi who finished with the bronze medal.

Place	Athlete	Country	Score
Gold	Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti	Brazil	15.900
Silver	Chen Yibing	China	15.800
Bronze	Matteo Morandi	Italy	15.733
DNM	Aleksandr Balandin	Russia	15.666
DNM	Denis Ablyazin	Russia	15.633
DNM	Tommy Ramos	Puerto Rico	15.600
DNM	Iordan Iovtchev	Bulgaria	15.108
DNM	Federico Molinari	Argentina	14.733

Men's Vault

Yang Hak-seon, the reigning world champion in men’s vault, now has a gold medal to add to his list of accomplishments.

Sam Mikulak, America’s only hope in today’s men’s gymnastics finals, failed to place for a medal, coming in fifth.

Russia’s Denis Ablyazin added a silver medal to his personal total by finishing second place. Ablyazin also came in third in the men’s floor competition over the weekend.

Place	Athlete	Country	Score
Gold	Yang Hak-seon	South Korea	16.533
Silver	Denis Ablyazin	Russia	16.399
Bronze	Igor Radivilov	Ukraine	16.316
DNM	Enrique Gonzalez Sepulveda	Puerto Rico	16.183
DNM	Samuel Mikulak	United States	16.050
DNM	Isaac Botella Perez	Spain	15.866
DNM	Flavius Koczi	Romania	15.633
DNM	Kristian Thomas	Great Britain	15.533

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