Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
1979. XXII Letnie Olimpiiskie igry. Sportivnaia gimnastika.jpg
Soviet stamp commemorating 1980 Olympics, depicting parallel bars
Venue Luzhniki Palace of Sports
Dates20–25 July 1980
Competitors65 from 14 nations
Winning score19.775
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Aleksandr Tkachyov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Alexander Dityatin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Roland Brückner
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1976
1984  

The men's parallel bars competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 20, 22 and 25th at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports. There were 65 competitors from 14 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have to up to 3 gymnasts. [1] The event was won by Aleksandr Tkachyov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars since 1960 and third overall, tying Switzerland for second-most all-time behind Japan's four. Fellow Soviet Alexander Dityatin took silver, while Roland Brückner earned East Germany's first medal in the event (and first medal for any German gymnast in the parallel bars since 1936). Japan's four-Games gold medal streak in the event ended with no Japanese gymnasts competing due to the American-led boycott.

Background

This was the 15th appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Two of the six finalists from 1976 returned: silver medalist Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union and sixth-place finisher Andrzej Szajna of Poland. The two most recent world champions, Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan (1978) and Bart Conner of the United States (1979), did not compete in Moscow due to the boycott. Andrianov had shared silver at the 1978 world championships and Aleksandr Tkachyov, also of the Soviet Union, had shared silver in 1979. [1]

Brazil made its debut in the men's parallel bars. Hungary made its 13th appearance, tying the United States (absent from the parallel bars event for the first time since the inaugural 1896 Games) for most of any nation.

Competition format

Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score. These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score. The top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals, except that nations were limited to two finalists each; others were ranked 7th through 65th. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final. [1] [2]

Schedule

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 20 July 198010:00
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 22 July 198010:00
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Friday, 25 July 198014:30Final

Results

Sixty-five gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 20 and 22. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 25. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes the "prelim" score.

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal12 Prelim.FinalTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Aleksandr Tkachyov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.859.9019.759.8759.90019.775
Silver medal icon.svg Alexander Dityatin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.809.9019.709.8509.90019.750
Bronze medal icon.svg Roland Brückner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.709.9019.609.8009.85019.650
4 Michael Nikolay Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.609.8019.409.7009.90019.600
5 Stoyan Deltchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.859.9019.759.8759.70019.575
6 Roberto Leon Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.709.9019.609.8009.70019.500
7 Nikolai Andrianov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
8 Bohdan Makuts Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.609.9019.50Did not advance
9 Dan Grecu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.659.8019.45Did not advance
10 Eduard Azaryan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.659.7519.40Did not advance
11 Andreas Bronst Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.509.8019.30Did not advance
Sorin Cepoi Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
Ralf-Peter Hemmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
14 Ferenc Donáth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.559.6519.20Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.459.7519.20Did not advance
Dancho Yordanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.459.7519.20Did not advance
17 Aurelian Georgescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.559.6019.15Did not advance
18 Jozef Konečný Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.509.6019.10Did not advance
Lutz Mack Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.509.6019.10Did not advance
Plamen Petkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.409.7019.10Did not advance
21 Michel Boutard Olympic flag.svg  France 9.509.5519.05Did not advance
Miguel Arroyo Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.459.6019.05Did not advance
Jiří Tabák Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.359.7019.05Did not advance
24 Mario Castro Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.309.7019.00Did not advance
Cho Hun Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 9.409.6019.00Did not advance
Han Gwang-song Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 9.509.5019.00Did not advance
Lutz Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.309.7019.00Did not advance
28 György Guczoghy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.409.5518.95Did not advance
Jan Zoulik Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.409.5518.95Did not advance
Ognyan Bangiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.359.6018.95Did not advance
Sergio Suarez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.259.7018.95Did not advance
32 Kim Gwang-jin Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 9.309.6018.90Did not advance
Vladimir Markelov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.109.8018.90Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.459.4518.90Did not advance
Rumen Petkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.359.5518.90Did not advance
36 Rudolf Babiak Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.409.4518.85Did not advance
Gabriel Calvo Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 9.259.6018.85Did not advance
Péter Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.009.8518.85Did not advance
39 Miloslav Kučeřík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.409.4018.80Did not advance
40 Kang Gwang-song Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 8.959.8018.75Did not advance
41 José de la Casa Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 9.159.5518.70Did not advance
Jan Migdau Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.309.4018.70Did not advance
43 Fernando Bertrand Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 9.259.4018.65Did not advance
Romulus Bucuroiu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.109.5518.65Did not advance
Joël Suty Olympic flag.svg  France 9.159.5018.65Did not advance
Kurt Szilier Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.659.0018.65Did not advance
47 Enrique Bravo Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.159.4018.55Did not advance
Lindsay Nylund Olympic flag.svg  Australia 9.309.2518.55Did not advance
Waldemar Woźniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9.159.4018.55Did not advance
50 Zoltán Kelemen Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.209.3018.50Did not advance
István Vámos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.359.1518.50Did not advance
52 Krzysztof Potaczek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9.059.4018.45Did not advance
53 Li Su-gil Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 8.959.4518.40Did not advance
Yanko Radanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.259.1518.40Did not advance
55 Willi Moy Olympic flag.svg  France 9.259.1018.35Did not advance
Barry Winch Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 9.209.1518.35Did not advance
57 Henri Boerio Olympic flag.svg  France 8.559.6018.15Did not advance
58 Andrzej Szajna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8.559.5518.10Did not advance
59 Yves Bouquel Olympic flag.svg  France 8.858.7517.60Did not advance
60 Keith Langley Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 9.108.4017.50Did not advance
61 Thomas Wilson Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 8.259.1517.40Did not advance
62 Song Sun-bong Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 8.159.0017.15Did not advance
63 João Luiz Ribeiro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 8.208.8517.05Did not advance
64 Marc Touchais Olympic flag.svg  France 8.308.5516.85Did not advance
65 Jorge Roche Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.450.009.45Did not advance
Moustapha ChouaraFlag of Lebanon (1943-1995).svg  Lebanon DNSDid not advance
Adnan HornsFlag of Lebanon (1943-1995).svg  Lebanon DNSDid not advance
Maurizio Zonzini Olympic flag.svg  San Marino DNSDid not advance

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 313.