Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars
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Women's uneven bars competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics
was held on August 18 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium
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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.
When the next lowest scores are deducted, the following happens to the averages.
Thus, since Nastia Liukin's average was lower after the second round of score elimination, He Kexin was declared the winner.
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
was held on August 18 at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Beijing National Indoor Stadium
The Beijing National Indoor Stadium, also known as the National Indoor Stadium , is an indoor arena that is located in the Olympic Green in Beijing, China. The stadium was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics...
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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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7.700 | 9.025 | 16.725 | ||
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7.700 | 9.025 | 16.725 | ||
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7.700 | 8.950 | 16.650 | ||
| 4 | 7.800 | 8.825 | 16.625 | ||
| 5 | 7.300 | 9.075 | 16.375 | ||
| 6 | 7.400 | 8.925 | 16.325 | ||
| 7 | 7.000 | 8.575 | 15.575 | ||
| 8 | 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. 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. 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. In this event, the lowest score given to each competitor is dropped. Before this, the remaining scores were:| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Qualified competitors
| Position | Gymnast | A Score | B Score | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.700 | 8.950 | 16.650 | ||
| 2 | 7.400 | 9.075 | 16.475 | ||
| 3 | 7.300 | 9.025 | 16.325 | ||
| 4 | 7.300 | 8.675 | 15.975 | ||
| 5 | 7.700 | 8.250 | 15.950 | ||
| 6 | 7.500 | 8.225 | 15.725 | ||
| 7 | 6.900 | 8.875 | 0.100 | 15.675 | |
| 8 | 7.600 | 8.050 | 15.650 | ||