Combined events at the Olympics combined event featured on the programme, as happened at the 1904 Summer Olympics, but the Greeks introduced a variation of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon. This contained four track and field events – standing long jump, ancient-style discus throw, javelin throw and a stadion race (192 m) – with the final event being Greco-Roman wrestling. American Martin Sheridan was the initial favourite, having already won gold and silver medals in individual jump and throws events, but dropped out due to injury. Lawson Robertson and István Mudin each won two of the rounds (Robertson the long jump and stadion, Mudin the discus
2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event third (220,744). Team Brazil placed 4th (217,985) and also qualified for 2012 Olympic Games. 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. Ergo, the vault final contained only seven gymnasts. Results of Qualifying and Final Competitions. The top 4 teams in the qualification event qualified for the 2012 Olympics. Results of Qualifying and Final Competitions 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event The 2012 Gymnastics