LONDON — On a day the United States gymnastics team showed it was good enough and deep enough to win the Olympic gold medal in the final on Tuesday, there was a loss for words.

Jordyn Wieber, the reigning world champion in the all-around and a favorite to win the Olympic gold medal, finished third among the American women on Sunday, meaning she would not advance to the finals in which she was expected to shine.

Even though the Americans had three of the top four qualifiers, only the top two gymnasts from each team advance. Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas will compete in the individual all-around final on Thursday. Wieber’s consolation is that she qualified for the floor exercise final.

Viktoria Komova of Russia qualified first in the all-around, with 60.632 points, and Raisman was second, 0.241 points back. Douglas was third, 0.367 back. Wieber was fourth, 0.6 back.