Less than two-tenths of a point was the tie-breaking difference between a bronze medal and a fourth-place finish for Needham’s Aly Raisman in the women’s gymnastics all-around event Thursday in London.

When two gymnasts tie in total score, which happened when Raisman and bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina both finished with 59.566, the tiebreaker is based on the sum of the execution and difficulty scores for each gymnast’s top three apparatus scores. By that measure, Mustafina had 45.933, Raisman 45.366.

Raisman had scores in the 14s in bars and beam, so one had to count. Mustafina got to drop her 13.633 on beam and had a 16, 15 and 14 to Raisman’s 15, 15 and 14. The bars score was the difference – it’s Raisman’s weakest event and Mustafina’s best.

Mustafina finished first on bars, while Raisman tied for ninth. Raisman finished higher than Mustafina in each of the other three events.

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Here’s a breakdown of the scores by event for each gymnast, with their finish position in parentheses

VAULT

Raisman (2): 6.5 difficulty, 9.4 execution, 15.9 total

Mustafina (5): 5.8 difficulty, 9.433 execution, 15.233 total

UNEVEN BARS

Raisman (t9): 5.9 difficulty, 8.433 execution, 14.333 total

Mustafina (1): 7.0 difficulty, 9.1 execution, 16.1 total

BEAM

Raisman (10): 6.2 difficulty, 8.0 execution, 14.2 total

Mustafina (18): 6.1 difficulty, 7.533 execution, 13.633 total

FLOOR

Raisman (2): 6.3 difficulty, 8.833 execution, 15.133 total

Mustafina (6): 5.9 difficulty, 8.7 execution, 14.6 total