Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

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Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Zoltan Magyar.jpg
Zoltán Magyar (1976)
Venue Luzhniki Palace of Sports
Dates20–25 July 1980
Competitors65 from 14 nations
Winning score19.925
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Zoltán Magyar
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Alexander Dityatin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Nikolay
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1976
1984  

The men's pommel horse 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 25 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 Zoltán Magyar of Hungary, the third man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the pommel horse. Silver went to Alexander Dityatin, extending the Soviet Union's podium streak in the event to eight Games. Michael Nikolay of East Germany took bronze for the second consecutive Games. Magyar and Nikolay were the sixth and seventh men to earn multiple pommel horse medals.

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). Four of the six finalists from 1976 returned: gold medalist Zoltán Magyar of Hungary, bronze medalists Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union and Michael Nikolay of East Germany, and sixth-place finisher Alexander Dityatin of the Soviet Union. Magyar had also won the last three world championships (1974, 1978, and 1979) and was a heavy favorite. The American-led boycott resulted in there being no competitors from either the traditional men's gymnastics power of Japan or the rising power of the United States; the Soviets' dominance this Games would be challenged only by the East Germans and occasional specialists such as Magyar (on the men's side, at least; Romania had a strong women's team). [1]

Brazil made its debut in the men's pommel horse. Hungary made its 13th appearance, tying the United States (absent from the pommel horse 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 Zoltán Magyar Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.909.9519.859.92510.00019.925
Silver medal icon.svg Alexander Dityatin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.909.9019.809.9009.90019.800
Bronze medal icon.svg Michael Nikolay Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.909.8519.759.8759.90019.775
4 Roland Brückner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.809.8519.659.8259.90019.725
5 Aleksandr Tkachyov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.909.8519.759.8759.60019.475
6 Ferenc Donáth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.759.8519.609.8009.60019.400
7 Eduard Azaryan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
8 Nikolai Andrianov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.759.8519.60Did not advance
Vladimir Markelov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.809.8019.60Did not advance
10 Stoyan Deltchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.659.8519.50Did not advance
11 Lutz Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.709.7519.45Did not advance
Bohdan Makuts Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.709.7519.45Did not advance
13 György Guczoghy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.659.7519.40Did not advance
14 Michel Boutard Olympic flag.svg  France 9.609.7519.35Did not advance
Andreas Bronst Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.609.7519.35Did not advance
Romulus Bucuroiu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.659.7019.35Did not advance
Kurt Szilier Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.659.7019.35Did not advance
18 Roberto Leon Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.659.6519.30Did not advance
19 Rudolf Babiak Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.459.7519.20Did not advance
Ralf-Peter Hemmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.509.7019.20Did not advance
Zoltán Kelemen Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.509.7019.20Did not advance
22 Miloslav Kučeřík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.459.7019.15Did not advance
Joël Suty Olympic flag.svg  France 9.509.6519.15Did not advance
24 Péter Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.359.7519.10Did not advance
25 Plamen Petkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.409.6519.05Did not advance
Jiří Tabák Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.559.5019.05Did not advance
27 Enrique Bravo Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.559.4519.00Did not advance
28 Sorin Cepoi Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.459.5018.95Did not advance
29 Dan Grecu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.259.6518.90Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9.309.6018.90Did not advance
Dancho Yordanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.409.5018.90Did not advance
32 Jan Zoulik Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.009.8018.80Did not advance
33 István Vámos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.259.5018.75Did not advance
34 Miguel Arroyo Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.459.2518.70Did not advance
Henri Boerio Olympic flag.svg  France 9.459.2518.70Did not advance
Willi Moy Olympic flag.svg  France 9.309.4018.70Did not advance
37 Yves Bouquel Olympic flag.svg  France 9.509.0518.55Did not advance
Krzysztof Potaczek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9.559.0018.55Did not advance
Thomas Wilson Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 9.259.3018.55Did not advance
Barry Winch Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 9.259.3018.55Did not advance
41 Aurelian Georgescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 8.909.6018.50Did not advance
42 Jorge Roche Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.409.0518.45Did not advance
43 Lutz Mack Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 8.809.6018.40Did not advance
Rumen Petkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.009.4018.40Did not advance
45 Ognyan Bangiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.259.1018.35Did not advance
46 Lindsay Nylund Olympic flag.svg  Australia 8.909.3518.25Did not advance
47 Nicolae Oprescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 8.859.3518.20Did not advance
Waldemar Woźniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8.859.3518.20Did not advance
49 Yanko Radanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 8.609.5518.15Did not advance
50 Mario Castro Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 9.158.8017.95Did not advance
51 Gabriel Calvo Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 9.008.9017.90Did not advance
52 Fernando Bertrand Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 9.058.8017.85Did not advance
José de la Casa Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 8.958.9017.85Did not advance
Marc Touchais Olympic flag.svg  France 9.008.8517.85Did not advance
55 Han Gwang-song Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 8.808.9017.70Did not advance
Keith Langley Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 9.058.6517.70Did not advance
Jan Migdau Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.509.2017.70Did not advance
58 Jozef Konečný Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.059.5517.60Did not advance
59 Cho Hun Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 8.409.1517.55Did not advance
60 Song Sun-bong Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 8.358.8517.20Did not advance
Sergio Suarez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 8.958.2517.20Did not advance
62 Kang Gwang-song Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 7.559.4517.00Did not advance
63 João Luiz Ribeiro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 8.558.3016.85Did not advance
64 Li Su-gil Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 8.008.6516.65Did not advance
65 Kim Gwang-jin Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 7.958.6016.55Did not advance
Moustapha ChouaraFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon DNSDid not advance
Adnan HornsFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon DNSDid not advance
Maurizio Zonzini Olympic flag.svg  San Marino DNSDid not advance

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