2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (gymnastics)

2008 U.S. Olympic Trials
Venue	Wachovia Center
Location	Philadelphia
Date	June 19–22, 2008

The 2008 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials, referred to just as the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, was held from June 19–22, 2008, at the Wachovia Center (now known as Wells Fargo Center) in Philadelphia.[1]

Venue

The Wachovia Center, which has a capacity of up to 20,478 spectators, is home to the Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Philadelphia Wings.

Participants

The 13 national team gymnasts were invited to attend:[2]

Name	Hometown	Club
Jana Bieger	Coconut Creek, FL	Bieger International
Mackenzie Caquatto	Naperville, IL	Aerials
Olivia Courtney	Orlando, FL	Orlando Metro
Ivana Hong	Blue Springs, MO	GAGE
Alaina Johnson	Tyler, TX	Texas East
Shawn Johnson	West Des Moines, IA	Chow's Gymnastics
Mattie Larson	Los Angeles, CA	All Olympia
Nastia Liukin	Parker, TX	WOGA
Corrie Lothrop	Gaithersburg, MD	Hill's Gymnastics
Chellsie Memmel	West Allis, WI	M&M Gymnastics
Samantha Peszek	Indianapolis, IN	DeVeau's
Alicia Sacramone	Winchester, MA	Brestyan's
Randy Stageberg	Chesapeake, VA	Excalibur

The following people were also invited to Olympic Trials:

Name	Hometown	Club
Chelsea Davis	Lakeway, TX	Texas Dreams Gymnastics
Darling Hill	Mt. Laurel, NJ	Will-Moor
Britney Ranzy	Gaithersburg, MD	Excalibur
Amber Trani	Richlandtown, PA	Parkettes
Bridget Sloan	Pittsboro, IN	Sharp's
Shayla Worley	Orlando, FL	Orlando Metro

Broadcast

NBC broadcast all nights of competition at the Trials.[3]

Results

Final Standings

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Individual all-around	Shawn Johnson	Nastia Liukin	Chellsie Memmel
Vault	Alicia Sacramone	Shawn Johnson	Britney Ranzy
Uneven bars	Nastia Liukin	Chellsie Memmel	Jana Bieger
Balance beam	Shawn Johnson	Chellsie Memmel	Nastia Liukin
Floor	Shawn Johnson	Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek	N/A

[4][5][6][7][8]

Final Scores

Full Olympic Trial scores are as follows:

Rank	Gymnast					Day Total	Total
	Shawn Johnson	15.950	15.700	16.250	16.100	64.000	127.650
	Shawn Johnson	15.900	15.350	16.200	16.200	63.650	127.650
	Nastia Liukin	15.000	16.700	16.100	15.700	63.500	125.850
	Nastia Liukin	14.800	16.150	15.850	15.450	62.350	125.850
	Chellsie Memmel	14.800	16.150	16.000	15.300	62.250	124.800
	Chellsie Memmel	14.200	16.400	16.100	15.850	62.550	124.800
4	Samantha Peszek	15.100	15.300	15.800	15.650	61.850	123.250
4	Samantha Peszek	15.150	15.200	15.800	15.550	61.400	123.250
5	Ivana Hong	14.800	15.200	15.700	15.150	60.850	120.950
5	Ivana Hong	14.800	15.550	14.450	15.300	60.100	120.950
6	Jana Bieger	14.600	15.650	15.250	14.600	60.100	120.600
6	Jana Bieger	14.650	15.700	15.450	14.700	60.500	120.600
7	Mattie Larson	14.800	15.100	14.400	15.250	59.550	119.700
7	Mattie Larson	14.700	14.900	15.050	15.500	60.150	119.700
8	Chelsea Davis	14.700	15.000	14.750	14.850	59.300	119.300
8	Chelsea Davis	14.600	15.00	14.750	14.850	60.000	119.300
9	Corrie Lothrop	14.900	14.950	14.600	14.950	59.400	119.150
9	Corrie Lothrop	14.900	14.950	15.000	14.900	59.750	119.150
10	Olivia Courtney	14.700	14.400	13.550	14.750	57.400	115.700
10	Olivia Courtney	14.700	14.250	14.450	14.900	58.300	115.700
11	Randy Stageberg	14.740	13.450	13.900	15.200	57.300	115.100
11	Randy Stageberg	14.950	13.900	14.550	14.400	57.800	115.100
12	Alaina Johnson	13.800	14.100	13.900	14.250	56.050	111.850
12	Alaina Johnson	13.500	14.000	13.900	14.400	55.800	111.850
13	Alicia Sacramone	15.900	–	15.650	15.400	46.950	94.150
13	Alicia Sacramone	16.000	–	15.500	15.700	47.200	94.150
14	Shayla Worley	14.600	15.400	14.800	–	44.800	89.100
14	Shayla Worley	14.700	14.200	15.400	–	44.300	89.100
15	Bridget Sloan	–	15.600	14.850	14.550	44.300	88.050
15	Bridget Sloan	–	14.500	14.250	14.300	43.050	88.050
16	Darling Hill	14.650	–	13.000	14.950	42.600	86.750
16	Darling Hill	14.500	–	14.450	15.200	43.100	86.750
17	Britney Ranzy	15.100	13.700	–	14.300	43.100	72.850
17	Britney Ranzy	15.250	–	–	14.500	29.750	72.850
18	Amber Trani	13.250	–	14.400	14.250	41.900	70.900
18	Amber Trani	–	–	14.650	14.350	29.000	70.900

Olympic Team selection

At the conclusion of the Olympic Trials only Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were named to the team to represent the USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The remaining members of the team were to be determined after a selection camp; attendees included: Jana Bieger, Chelsea Davis, Ivana Hong, Mattie Larson, Corrie Lothrop, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Alicia Sacramone, Bridget Sloan, and Shayla Worley.[9] The camp concluded in mid-July with Memmel, Peszek, Sacramone, and Sloan being named to the team while Bieger, Hong, and Lothrop were named as the alternates.[10]

References

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[1] ttps://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=942

[2] "U.S. women who advanced to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. June 7, 2008.

[3] "U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics on the networks of NBC". USA Gymnastics. June 19, 2008.

[4] ttps://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/OT08WomenDay2AA-Final_20080622_092432.pdf

[5] ttps://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/OT08WomenDay2VT_20080622_104142.pdf

[6] ttps://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/OT08WomenDay2UB_20080622_103744.pdf

[7] ttps://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/OT08WomenDay2BB_20080622_092725.pdf

[8] ttps://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/OT08WomenDay2FX_20080622_103419.pdf

[9] "Johnson, Liukin nominated to 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team". USA Gymnastics. June 22, 2008.

[10] "USA Gymnastics finalizes 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for women's gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. July 19, 2008.

2008 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team (Bronze Medal – Men's Team, Silver Medal – Women's Team)
Men's artistic gymnastics athletes	Alexander Artemev Raj Bhavsar Joseph Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kevin Tan
Women's artistic gymnastics athletes	Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan
Rhythmic gymnastics athletes	DNQ
Trampoline athletes	Chris Estrada Erin Blanchard
Coaches	Liang Chow (Head Women's artistic gymnastics coach) Márta Károlyi (Assistant Head Women's artistic gymnastics coach) Valeri Liukin (Women's artistic gymnastics coach) XueYi (Peter) Zhao (Women's artistic gymnastics coach) Mihai Brestyan (Women's artistic gymnastics coach) Marvin Sharp (Women's artistic gymnastics coach) Andy Memmel (Women's artistic gymnastic coach)

2008 in artistic gymnastics
International	Olympic Games World Cup Final
Continental	Pacific Rim Championships European Men's Championships European Women's Championships Asian Championships Pan American Individual Event Championships
National	U.S. Olympic Trials