2012 U.S. Olympic Trials (gymnastics)

The 2012 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials, referred to just as the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, was held from June 29 through July 1, 2012, at the HP Pavilion (now known as SAP Center) in San Jose, California.[1]

2012 U.S. Olympic Trials
Venue	HP Pavilion
Location	San Jose, California
Date	June 29 – July 1, 2012

Venue

The SAP Center, formally known as HP Pavilion, has a capacity of up to 19,190 spectators for concerts, is home to the National Hockey League team, the San Jose Sharks.[2]

Participants

The top 8 finishers from the 2012 VISA Championships received automatic berth to the trials.

Name	Hometown	Club	College	Nationals
Kennedy Baker	Flower Mound, TX	Texas Dreams Gymnastics	Florida Gators	7th
Gabby Douglas	Virginia Beach, VA	Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute	—[lower-alpha 1]	2nd
Sarah Finnegan	St. Louis, MO	Great American Gymnastics Express	LSU Tigers	6th
Elizabeth Price	Coopersburg, PA	Parkettes National Gymnastics Center	Stanford Cardinal	5th
Aly Raisman	Needham, MA	Brestyan's	—[lower-alpha 1]	3rd
Kyla Ross	Aliso Viejo, CA	Gym-Max Gymnastics	UCLA Bruins	4th
Sabrina Vega	Carmel, NY	Great American Gymnastics Express	Georgia Gymdogs	8th
Jordyn Wieber	DeWitt, MI	Gedderts Twistars USA	—[lower-alpha 1]	1st

The following people successfully petitioned their way to Olympic Trials:

Name	Hometown	Club	College
Rebecca Bross	Plano, TX	WOGA	—[lower-alpha 1]
Brenna Dowell	Odessa, MO	Great American Gymnastics Express	Oklahoma Sooners
Anna Li	Aurora, IL	Legacy Elite Gymnastics	UCLA Bruins
Nastia Liukin	Plano, TX	WOGA	—[lower-alpha 1]
McKayla Maroney	Laguna Niguel, CA	All Olympia Gymnastics Center	—[lower-alpha 1]
Alicia Sacramone	Boston, MA	Brestyan's American Gymnastics	Brown Bears[lower-alpha 2]
Bridget Sloan[lower-alpha 3]	Pittsboro, IN	Sharp's Gymnastics Academy	Florida Gators

1. Athlete turned professional, forfeiting NCAA eligibility
2. Sacramone competed for 1 season in the NCAA before turning pro.
3. Sloan successfully petitioned to trials but was injured during warmups and therefore could not compete.[3]

Broadcast

NBC broadcast both nights of competition at Trials.[4]

Results

Final Standings

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Individual all-around	Gabby Douglas	Jordyn Wieber	Aly Raisman
Vault	McKayla Maroney	Alicia Sacramone	N/A
Uneven bars	Gabby Douglas Kyla Ross	None	Anna Li
Balance beam	Aly Raisman	Alicia Sacramone	Kyla Ross Jordyn Wieber
Floor	Aly Raisman	Jordyn Wieber	Gabby Douglas

Final Scores

Full Olympic Trial scores are as follows:[5]

Rank	Gymnast					Day Total	Total
	Gabby Douglas	15.800	15.250	14.900	15.450	61.400	123.450
		16.000	15.900	14.850	15.300	62.050
	Jordyn Wieber	15.900	15.350	15.050	15.400	61.700	123.350
		15.800	15.350	14.900	15.600	61.650
	Aly Raisman	15.550	14.200	14.950	15.600	60.300	120.950
		15.300	14.450	15.400	15.500	60.650
4	Elizabeth Price	16.050	14.500	14.150	14.900	59.600	120.100
		15.700	15.300	14.550	14.950	60.500
5	Kyla Ross	14.500	15.500	14.900	14.500	59.400	120.000
		15.150	15.650	15.050	14.750	60.600
6	Sarah Finnegan	15.000	14.400	15.100	14.550	59.050	118.500
		14.900	14.750	14.800	15.000	59.450
7	McKayla Maroney	16.100	13.350	13.650	15.200	58.300	117.650
		16.150	13.700	15.000	14.500	59.350
8	Kennedy Baker	14.650	13.900	13.000	14.600	56.150	114.700
		14.700	14.850	14.300	14.700	58.550
9	Brenna Dowell	14.900	14.250	14.000	14.100	57.250	114.450
		14.750	14.400	13.900	14.150	57.200
10	Sabrina Vega	14.250	13.150	14.250	14.350	56.000	113.400
		14.400	13.450	14.550	15.000	57.400
11	Alicia Sacramone	15.700	–	15.000	–	30.700	61.650
		15.800	–	15.150	–	30.950
12	Anna Li	–	15.500	13.100	–	28.600	58.650
		–	15.550	14.500	–	30.050
13	Nastia Liukin	–	14.050	14.500	–	28.550	57.450
		–	13.950	14.950	–	28.900
14	Rebecca Bross	–	15.300	12.050	–	27.350	52.800
		–	10.550	14.900	–	25.450

Olympic Team selection

Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber were selected to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Anna Li, Sarah Finnegan, and Elizabeth Price were selected as the alternates.[6]

References

1. https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10407
2. http://sharks.nhl.com/index.html
3. "2008 Olympian Bridget Sloan out of London trials with injury". USA Today. June 29, 2012.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2017-07-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "2012 U.S. Olympic Trials - Women Day 2 Event Results - Multi" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 1, 2016.
6. "USA Gymnastics announces women's gymnastics team for 2012 Olympic Games". USA Gymnastics. July 1, 2012.