At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, Douglas, Wieber, and Raisman finished first, second, and third respectively in the all-around competition. [41] The group was nominated for Best Team at the 2013 ESPY Awards, and Douglas and Raisman were also nominated for individual awards. [3], The team was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Olympic Preview issue; it was the first time since 1996 that a gymnast had appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The top choices were feisty and fierce. It qualified the last four artistic gymnastics teams for the 2012 Olympic Games, along with 34 individual female gymnasts and 27 individual male gymnasts selected through the all-around … The host, Great Britain, could send one as well. London 2012 Olympics: Team GB gymnasts on a roll. [26] They became the second U.S. team, after the "Magnificent Seven" in 1996, to win the team competition. Because Garcia withdrew so soon before the competition, first alternate Yamilet Peña of the Dominican Republic did not have adequate time to warm up. [2] The test event also qualified five individual gymnasts for the Olympics. The 2012 Olympic Games kick off this Friday! [14], The US media originally dubbed the team the "Fab Five" before Olympic competition started. London 2012: USA storm to Olympic gold in women's artistic gymnastics This article is more than 8 years old • USA top the table with score of 183.596 • Russia take silver as Romania win bronze "I guess (Fab Five) was taken by some basketball team or something," Maroney said, referring to the five members of the Michigan college basketball team recruited in 1991. [35] In September, they appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards. [7][8][9][10], The top 4 teams in the qualification event qualified for the 2012 Olympics. Note 2: Although Wieber, Raisman, and Douglas all had top eight finishes on vault, none opted to do a second vault to qualify them for event finals. "[20], Despite the name change, some news sources still used the term Fab Five during the Olympics. However, her coach inquired about the difficulty being too low, and the judges accepted and raised her difficulty score by one-tenth of a point. Raisman initially received a score of 14.966, which would have left her in fourth place. China finished fourth. [17] Jalen Rose, a former Michigan Fab Five member, complained about the gymnastics team being dubbed the Fab Five as well. "[18] Maroney and Wieber decided for that reason to "come up with an even more creative" name while on the bus to a training session. Gabby DouglasOlympic ChampionOlympic TeamOlympic Winners [18] "It's no fault at all of the young gymnasts. The rhythmic gymnastics event, too, qualified four teams for the 2012 Olympic Games. [19] They reportedly started searching on their phones for words that started with F that described the team. [33], In the floor final, Raisman won the gold medal with a score of 15.600, four-tenths ahead of the second-place Ponor. This led to Mustafina taking the bronze medal. [13] The team's replacement athletes were Sarah Finnegan, Anna Li, and Elizabeth Price, but they were not used at the games. Gymnastics Artistic play Please note that because a number of anti-doping rules violations procedures are still in progress – including procedures involving medalists further to the results of the retesting programmes carried out on the samples collected in Beijing 2008 and London 2012- the information contained in the list is not final The Romanians won five straight world titles from 1994 to 2001, as well as the team gold medal at the Sydney and Athens Olympics. [30] Her facial expression while standing on the podium became an internet meme. [24] Due to the rule allowing only the top two from each country to compete in a World or Olympic individual final, only Raisman and Douglas advanced. Douglas', Ross', and Wieber's scores combined for the third-highest score on uneven bars. … But I really wish they would have come up with an even more creative tag for them and their gold medal pursuit. [21][22] When the U.S. won the team competition, NBC announcer Al Trautwig proclaimed, "The Fab Five is going gold! Access official results for the Gymnastics Artistic event team competition men at the London 2012 Summer Games Olympics, plus view video highlights of top performances. 2:33. [27][28], In the individual all-around competition, Douglas won the gold medal, becoming the first African-American woman to win the event. A 2.5 km tract of previously industrial land in East London was transformed into the Olympic Park which featured eight competition venues as well as the Olympic Village which was the home for 17,000 athletes and team officials. London 2012 Olympic Games, athletic festival that took place July 27–August 12, 2012. Team Brazil placed 4th (217,985) and also qualified for 2012 Olympic Games.[9]. 1:09. ... who won the women’s individual all-around gold and was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team. Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Belarus didn't qualify an entire team for 2012 Olympic Games. These competitors were from countries that had not succeeded in qualifying an individual at the 2011 Trampoline World Championships. Maroney competed on vault. Ergo, the vault final contained only seven gymnasts. Playing next. "[23], The United States qualified in first place with an overall score of 181.863. After solid presentations, Team Italy won the gold medal (224,624). [1] As two of the three medalists were not joining, two more teams were invited to send one gymnast apiece to the event.[2]. 2012 Olympic Games - Men's Team Final. Raisman tied for the third-highest score with Russian Aliya Mustafina. [40] Aly Raisman was a contestant on Season 16 of Dancing with the Stars. Olympics 2012 Gymnastics Rhythmic. sports talk. 2012: US women's gymnastics team wins gold in London 2012 — The team of Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber lives up to the hype, winning the first U.S. Olympic title in women’s gymnastics since 1996. All five women later came forward as survivors of Larry Nassar's systematic sexual abuse against US female gymnasts. 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[11], Maroney, Douglas, and Wieber started off the team competition by performing the three highest-scoring vaults, giving the U.S. a lead that they would never relinquish. Team New Zealand wins America's Cup World Series. [29], Maroney was the only American to qualify for the vault final. - Women - GA05 Integration Qual. In 2012, one spot on the team was a given. Team VT UB BB FX Total; 1: United States of America: USA: 48.132 1: 44.799 3: 45.299 1: 45.366 1: 183.956: 411: DOUGLAS Gabrielle: USA: … Later in the Olympic Games, Douglas won a gold medal in the individual all-around event, becoming th… Elizabeth Price -- Alternate/Replacement Athlete. 2012 Olympic Games - Men's Team Final. Check out these full results for 2012 Summer Olympics events. The 2012 women's USA gymnastics team is made up of Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, Jordyn Weiber, and McKayla Maroney. [11] All except Ross were on the U.S. team that won the team competition at the 2011 World Championships. Anna Li, Aurora, Illinois. The 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event took place between January 10 and January 18, 2012. Replacement Competitors. The London Games were the 27th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. The final of the men's artistic gymnastics team all-around competition at the 2012 … As the defending world champion in this event, she scored a 15.866 on her first vault but fell on her second, scored a 14.300, and won the silver medal. Twenty teams were invited to send one gymnast each according to their results at the 2011 World Championships. Gymnastics Results. But why are they considered "the strongest team since 1996" ("Games of the XXX Olympiad: July 27 - August 12, 2012)? Note 1: Wieber would have qualified for the all-around and Ross for the balance beam final, but they did not because only two athletes may represent each country in all-around and event finals. [11], Results of Qualifying and Final Competitions[12], Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, "London Prepares Series - Always Prepared", "Olympic Games Test Event. Wieber finished seventh in the event.[33]. [6][7][8][9][10] They were close to each other: Raisman and Wieber had been best friends, and Maroney and Ross had been best friends since they were young. ... Britain’s Francesca Jones finished 24th in … [43] At the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Maroney won a gold medal on vault, and Ross won silver medals on all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam.[44]. [42] In August 2013, the team was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. [5], The team final happened on January, 11th. The event featured the artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline disciplines. 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