Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars
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| Qualification | men | women | ||
| Team all-around | men | women | ||
| Individual all-around | men | women | ||
| Vault | men | women | ||
| Floor | men | women | ||
| Pommel horse | men | |||
| Rings | men | |||
| Parallel bars | men | |||
| Horizontal bar | men | |||
| Uneven bars | women | |||
| Balance beam | women | |||
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| Team all-around | women | |||
| Individual all-around | women | |||
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| Individual | men | women | ||
Women's uneven bars competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 18 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 uneven bars finals. There, each gymnast performed again; the scores from the final round (ignoring qualification) determined final ranking.
Final
The final scores work as per the normal scoring procedure: the A score measures the difficulty of the routine and the B score measures how well it was executed. The B score has a maximum of 10.000 and is reduced for each deduction (for every error in the performance).
| Position | Gymnast | A Score | B Score | Penalty | Total |
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 He Kexin (CHN) |
7.700 | 9.025 | 16.725 | |
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 Nastia Liukin (USA) |
7.700 | 9.025 | 16.725 | |
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Yang Yilin (CHN) |
7.700 | 8.950 | 16.650 | |
| 4 |  Beth Tweddle (GBR) |
7.800 | 8.825 | 16.625 | |
| 5 |  Anastasia Koval (UKR) |
7.300 | 9.075 | 16.375 | |
| 6 |  Ksenia Semenova (RUS) |
7.400 | 8.925 | 16.325 | |
| 7 |  Steliana Nistor (ROU) |
7.000 | 8.575 | 15.575 | |
| 8 | Dariya Zgoba (UKR) |
7.100 | 7.875 | 0.100 | 14.875 |
Tiebreaker
During the uneven bar finals Nastia Liukin and He Kexin had a tied score of 16.725, which was followed by a tiebreaking procedure.[1] In this procedure there are six judges who judge each competitor on a scale of 1-10. When all six scores are finalised, the highest and lowest eliminated and the remaining four are averaged.[1] The first tiebreaking procedure is determined by the B score, the execution score. Since Liukin and He tied with a B score of 9.025, the second tiebreak was required to determine a winner.[1] In this event, the lowest score given to each competitor is dropped. Before this, the remaining scores were:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Average | |
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| Nastia Liukin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.025 |
| He Kexin | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.025 |
When the next lowest scores are deducted, the following happens to the averages.[1]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Average | |
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| Nastia Liukin | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.033 |
| He Kexin | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.066 |
Thus, since Nastia Liukin's average was lower after the second round of score elimination, He Kexin was declared the winner.[1] The results of this final have remained controversial, as many fans claim Yang Yilin was most deserving of the title, whereas others think of Nastia Liukin as the rightful winner or state that Great Britain's Beth Tweddle should have placed in the medals.
Qualified competitors
| Position | Gymnast | A Score[2] | B Score | Penalty | Total |
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| 1 | Yang Yilin (CHN) |
7.700 | 8.950 | 16.650 | |
| 2 | Ksenia Semenova (RUS) |
7.400 | 9.075 | 16.475 | |
| 3 | Anastasia Koval (UKR) |
7.300 | 9.025 | 16.325 | |
| 4 | Steliana Nistor (ROU) |
7.300 | 8.675 | 15.975 | |
| 5 | Nastia Liukin (USA) |
7.700 | 8.250 | 15.950 | |
| 6 | He Kexin (CHN) |
7.500 | 8.225 | 15.725 | |
| 7 | Dariya Zgoba (UKR) |
6.900 | 8.875 | 0.100 | 15.675 |
| 8 | Beth Tweddle (GBR) |
7.600 | 8.050 | 15.650 | |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Tough math leaves Liukin silver NBC Retrieved 2008-08-18
- ↑ 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.