The U.S. men's gymnastics team finished first Saturday in the qualifying london 2012

LONDON -- Sometimes starting over is a disadvantage.

The U.S. men's gymnastics team finished first Saturday in the qualifying competition that selected eight team finalists.

And Americans Danell Leyva and John Orozco qualified first and fourth in the all-around scoring, both ahead of three-time defending world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan. He fell twice Saturday.

But all those scores are erased and everything begins when the medal rounds start Monday.

"We're going to do everything we can to make it finish like that," said Jonathan Horton, who is the only American left from the men's team that won bronze in Beijing in 2008. "I'm kind of joking but I just said, 'Can we just get the medals now?' But, one more day to go and that's something to be pumped about."