Artistic Gymnastics at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[heywoodu 15,141]

Just now, NearPup said:

The dreaded and hated Olympic tie-break rule in gymnastics strikes once again.

Still better than the awful double gold  

[dcro 10,210]

Execution score decided it. Maybe I missed something, but I can't see how Dolgopyat could have had a better execution score.

[intoronto 5,639]

Never understood the need for individual finals in artistic gymnastics, really don't think they should be on the program (I know, unpopular opinion)

[Vektor 3,326]

Just now, NearPup said:

The dreaded and hated Olympic tie-break rule in gymnastics strikes once again.

The higher execution tie-break makes sense to me, but the difficulty being more important than the penalty... not so much. 

[NearPup 3,050]

Just now, dcro said:

Execution score decided it. Maybe I missed something, but I can't see how Dolgopyat could have had a better execution score.

They tied on execution score. Second tie-breaker is difficulty, and since Dolgopyat had a 0.1 neutral deduction it means his difficulty was 0.1 higher.

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

Execution score decided it. Maybe I missed something, but I can't see how Dolgopyat could have had a better execution score.

As always in these cases, I am looking forward to @thiago_simoes's analysis  

[NearPup 3,050]

Just now, Vektor said:

The higher execution tie-break makes sense to me, but the difficulty being more important than the penalty... not so much. 

Ya, I would order it highest execution score > least neutral deductions > tie not broken.

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

They tied on execution score. Second tie-breaker is difficulty, and since Dolgopyat had a 0.1 neutral deduction it means his difficulty was 0.1 higher.

Still puzzled how they tied on the execution score then.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

This was probably the worst floor final in the history of this sport. Any of the medalists from 2016 would have made better Olympic champions than Dolgopyat.

[NearPup 3,050]

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

Never understood the need for individual finals in artistic gymnastics, really don't think they should be on the program (I know, unpopular opinion)

I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one :P