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Gymnastics - London Olympics 2012 Gymnastics Live Stream Online, Results

Gymnastics - London Olympics 2012 Gymnastics Live Stream Online, Results-The grace, strength and skill of Olympic gymnasts have been astonishing audiences since the Games in Ancient Greece, where Gymnastics was regarded as the perfect symmetry between mind and body.The best known of the three Gymnastics disciplines, Artistic Gymnastics is always among the most popular competitions at the Games.

London Olympics 2012 Gymnastics Live Stream
Competition dates:
Saturday 28 July – Tuesday 7 August

Competition venue:

North Greenwich Arena

Number of medal events:

14 – men’s individual apparatus (Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar), women’s individual apparatus (Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor), as well as Individual All-Around and Team competitions for both men and women.

Number of competitors:
196: 98 men and 98 women

Each country is limited to five men and five women .

The Olympic Artistic Gymnastics competition has four phases: qualification, Team final, Individual All-Around final and individual apparatus finals.

All gymnasts compete in the qualifications. The best eight teams then go through to the Team final, where three team members compete on each apparatus. Teams are ranked on their total score.

All-around – competitions that feature a variety of different elements (six for men, four for women).

Balance Beam – a single beam, 5m long and 10cm wide, used exclusively in women’s competition.

Rings – two rings, each with an internal diameter of 18cm, are suspended 280cm from the floor. Rings are used exclusively in men’s competition.

Podium – the raised competition area.

Vault – the vault is 120cm long and 95cm wide, and is set at a height of 135cm (for men) or 125cm (for women).

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