Teams that finished 17th to 24th at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were able to take two individuals to the test event.
Twenty teams were invited to send one gymnast each according to their results at the 2011 World Championships.
[1] As two of the three medalists were not joining, two more teams were invited to send one gymnast apiece to the event.
Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Belarus didn't qualify an entire team for 2012 Olympic Games.
[7] Mexico's Elsa García also qualified to the vault final, but was injured during warmups and pulled out at the last moment.
Because Garcia withdrew so soon before the competition, first alternate Yamilet Peña of the Dominican Republic did not have adequate time to warm up.