Qualifications for Men's artistic gymnastic competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics were held at the North Greenwich Arena on July 28.
The groups were divided into the three subdivisions after a draw held by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique.
Therefore, in some cases, a third gymnast placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota.
Gymnasts who did not advance to the Final, but had high enough scores to do so were: The reserves for the floor event final were The reserves for the pommel horse event final were At 39 years old, Yordan Yovchev was the oldest of all the competitors in the artistic gymnastics events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He and Oksana Chusovitina share the record for competing at the greatest number of Olympic Games – for both artistic gymnasts, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was their 6th time as Olympians.