The members of great Britain gymnastic team Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Daniel Purvis, Sam Oldham and Kristian Thomas produced some wonderful performance which earned them a bronze Medal in the Gymnastic category.Great Britain last won their silverware in this category in 1912 and after a long hiatus they welcomed a Bronze with great applause and admiration from the royal crowd.
It could have been silver for Great Britain but an inquiry into the score of Kohei Uchimura’s Pommel Horse routine saw Japan claim silver and Great Britain downgraded to bronze.However China retained their gold medal in the Gymnastic category and made their lead stronger on the medals table.
Japan came second with 271.952 just 241 points ahead of great Britain .The final result of Gymnastic category of London Olympics 2012 on 31st July 2012 was
| Leaders | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 2 | Japan | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | - | - | 1 | 1 |
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