The International Gymnastics Federation is meeting today to review a protest leveled by South Korea over the scores given to Yang Tae-young in the all-around that left him with the bronze medal and gave the United States Paul Hamm the gold.

Hamm won the Gold Medal at Wednesday night’s meet with an overall score of 57.823, just 0.012 points better than South Korea’s Kim Dae-eun. The match up was the closest all-around finish in Olympic history. Yang finished behind his teammate in third with a score of 57.774.

South Korea’s gymnastics federation filed the complaint stating that Yang’s parallel bars routine received a start value of 10 in team meets, but the same routine was only given a 9.9 in Wednesday's all-around meet. Had Yang received the extra tenth of a point, the South Korean's complained, he would have finished first.

Yang scored a 9.475 on high bar, which was his lowest mark of the meet. Hamm earned a 9.837, his highest mark of the competition that also equeled his score on parallel bars.

Hamm commented to the press that he felt the judging was was fair. “I feel like I just barely edged them out,” he said. “If you go back and look at the tapes, people can analyze it, and they’ll all come to that conclusion, I think.”

The results of the protest should be announced Saturday, but regardless of the outcome the scores cannot be reversed and Hamm’s medal cannot be taken away, said FIG spokesman Philippe Silacci. He added that the FIG officials are reviewing tapes of Wednesday’s all-around to determine whether judges should be sanctioned.

At a news conference Wednesday, Yang was asked about the judging of his efforts. “What’s done is done,” he told the press. “I got this result because of my own mistake, so I should not complain. I must accept the outcome.”