Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

Men's pommel horse at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	North Greenwich Arena
Date	5 August
Competitors	8 from 6 nations
Winning points	16.066
Medalists
Krisztián Berki   Hungary   Louis Smith   Great Britain   Max Whitlock   Great Britain

Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Artistic
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
Rhythmic
Group all-around				women
Individual all-around				women
Trampoline
Individual		men		women

The men's pommel horse in artistic gymnastics at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 5 August.^[1]

Krisztián Berki from Hungary won the gold medal. Great Britain's Louis Smith and Max Whitlock won silver and bronze respectively.

Format competition

The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then erased, with only final round scores counting.^[2]

Schedule

The North Greenwich Arena.

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 5 August 2012	14:00	Final

Qualification

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	D Score	E Score	Pen.	Total	Qual.
1	Louis Smith	Great Britain	6.900	8.900		15.800	Q
2	Cyril Tommasone	France	6.500	8.833		15.333	Q
3	Vid Hidvegi	Hungary	6.300	8.800		15.100	Q
4	Alberto Busnari	Italy	6.600	8.458		15.058	Q
5	Krisztián Berki	Hungary	6.400	8.633		15.033	Q
6	Vitalii Nakonechnyi	Ukraine	6.300	8.633		14.933	Q
7	David Belyavskiy	Russia	6.300	8.600		14.900	Q
8	Max Whitlock	Great Britain	6.400	8.500		14.900	Q
9	Mykola Kuksenkov	Ukraine	6.500	8.400		14.900	R
10	Danell Leyva	United States	6.100	8.766		14.866	R
11	Sebastian Krimmer	Germany	6.200	8.633		14.833	R

Final

^[3]

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	D Score	E Score	Pen.	Total
	Krisztián Berki	Hungary	6.900	9.166		16.066
	Louis Smith	Great Britain	7.000	9.066		16.066
	Max Whitlock	Great Britain	6.600	9.000		15.600
4	Alberto Busnari	Italy	6.600	8.800		15.400
5	Cyril Tommasone	France	6.500	8.641		15.141
6	Vitalii Nakonechnyi	Ukraine	6.300	8.466		14.766
7	David Belyavskiy	Russia	6.300	8.433		14.733
8	Vid Hidvegi	Hungary	6.300	8.000		14.300

* When two athletes record the same total score, the one with the higher execution score finishes ahead.

References

1. Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2. Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic
3. "Men's Pommel Horse, Final results". Retrieved 2012-08-05.