Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

McKayla Maroney of the United States, the defending world champion and top qualifier to the vault final, was the favourite to win but placed second after falling on her second vault.

Oksana Chusovitina, who placed fifth, set a record by competing in her sixth consecutive Olympic vault final.

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest competitor	Janine Berger	Germany	21 April 1996	16 years
Oldest competitor	Oksana Chusovitina	Germany	19 June 1975	37 years

Rank	Gymnast	Country	Vault 1				Vault 2				Average
			A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score	A Score	B Score	Penalty	Vault Score
	Sandra Izbașa	Romania	6.100	9.283		15.383	5.800	9.200		15.000	15.191
	McKayla Maroney	United States	6.500	9.666	0.3	15.866	6.100	8.200		14.300	15.083
	Maria Paseka	Russia	6.500	8.900		15.400	5.600	9.100		14.700	15.050
4	Janine Berger	Germany	6.300	8.833		15.133	6.000	8.900		14.900	15.016
5	Oksana Chusovitina	Germany	6.300	8.800		15.100	5.500	8.966		14.466	14.783
6	Yamilet Peña	Dominican Republic	7.100	7.566	0.1	14.566	5.800	8.666		14.466	14.516
7	Brittany Rogers	Canada	5.800	8.966		14.766	5.600	8.600		14.200	14.483
8	Ellie Black	Canada	0.000	0.000		0.000	0.000	0.000		0.000	0.000*

• *Black landed on her face during her first vault, and it was deemed by the judges that her feet did not land first (though replays suggested this may not have been the case). She started to attempt a second vault, but ran past the table due to realising that she was more injured than she thought. She had the option to attempt her second vault again, but declined due to injury.