Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Olympic Gymnastics Hall 2012.JPG
Olympic Gymnastics Hall (2012)
Venue Olympic Gymnastics Hall
Dates18–22 September 1988
Competitors89 from 23 nations
Winning score119.125
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vladimir Artemov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Valeri Liukin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Dmitri Bilozertchev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1984
1992  

The men's individual all-around competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 18, 20, and 22nd at the Olympic Gymnastics Hall. [1] There were 89 competitors from 23 nations. [2] Each nation could send a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 3 individual gymnasts. The event was won by Vladimir Artemov of the Soviet Union, the nation's sixth victory in the event (then the most of any nation; Japan tied this total in 2016). The Soviets swept the medals, with Valeri Liukin taking silver and Dmitri Bilozertchev bronze. It was the third medal sweep in the men's all-around; France had done it in 1900 and Japan in 1972.

Background

This was the 20th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900. [2]

Two of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1984 Games returned, both from China: bronze medalist Li Ning and seventh-place finisher Xu Zhiqiang. The reigning (1987) World Champion was Dmitry Bilozerchev of the Soviet Union; his teammate Yuri Korolyov had won in 1985 and placed second behind Bilozerchev in 1987 but missed the Games due to an Achilles injury. Vladimir Artemov, also of the Soviet Union, had finished just behind Korolyov both years (second at the World Championships in 1985 and third in 1987), and was competing in the 1988 Olympics. The only non-Soviet to earn a medal in the men's all-around at either World Championship was East German Sylvio Kroll (third in 1985). [2]

Chinese Taipei made its debut in the event. France made its 18th appearance, most among nations.

Competition format

The competition format followed the preliminary and final format introduced in 1972, with the limit on the number of finalists per nation added in 1976. 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 preliminary score. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final, with the top 36 gymnasts advancing to the individual all-around final—except that each nation was limited to 3 finalists. There, each of the finalists performed another exercise on each apparatus. The sum of these scores plus half of the preliminary score resulted in a final total.

Each exercise was scored from 0 to 10; thus, the preliminary apparatus scores ranged from 0 to 20 each and the total preliminary score from 0 to 120. With half of the preliminary score and six more exercises scored 0 to 10, the final total was also from 0 to 120.

The preliminary exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. [2]

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 18 September 198811:00Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 20 September 198811:00Preliminary: Voluntary
Thursday, 22 September 198812:00Final

Results

Eighty-nine gymnasts competed in the all-around during the compulsory and optional rounds on September 18 and 20. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 22. Each country was limited to three 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 each gymnast's "prelim" score.

RankGymnastNationPrelim12
Prelim
FloorPommel
horse
RingsVaultParallel
bars
Horizontal
bar
FinalTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Vladimir Artemov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 118.9559.4759.9009.9009.9009.95010.00010.00059.650119.125
Silver medal icon.svg Valeri Liukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 118.8559.4259.9009.9509.9509.9009.90010.00059.600119.025
Bronze medal icon.svg Dmitri Bilozertchev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 118.4559.2259.90010.00010.00010.0009.9509.90059.750118.975
4 Sven Tippelt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 117.6058.8009.8009.9509.9509.9009.8009.80059.200118.000
5 Marius Gherman Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 117.5558.7759.8009.9009.8509.8009.8009.90059.050117.825
6 Kalofer Khristozov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 117.7058.8509.8009.9009.9009.6509.8509.80058.900117.750
Wang Chongsheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 117.2058.6009.7509.9009.8509.9009.8509.90059.150117.750
8 Gyorgy Guczoghy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 117.2558.6259.75010.0009.9009.8009.8009.80059.050117.675
Yukio Iketani Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 117.6558.8259.9509.8009.7509.6509.9009.80058.850117.675
10 Sylvio Kroll Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 117.8558.9259.90010.0009.8509.6509.9009.40058.700117.625
Koichi Mizushima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 117.4558.7259.8009.8009.9009.6509.8509.90058.900117.625
12 Lou Yun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 117.1058.5509.9009.9009.9009.7009.9009.75059.050117.600
13 Daisuke Nishikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 117.2558.6259.8509.9009.8009.4509.9009.90058.800117.425
14 Csaba Fajkusz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 116.7558.3759.7509.9009.8009.7509.75010.00058.950117.325
15 Xu Zhiqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 117.0058.5009.9009.8509.9009.8009.9009.45058.800117.300
Boris Preti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 116.9058.4509.8509.9009.9009.8009.7509.65058.850117.300
17 Jury Chechi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 116.5558.2759.8009.9009.9509.8009.8009.75059.000117.275
18 Ralf Büchner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 117.2058.6009.7509.8009.8009.6509.7509.85058.600117.200
19 Charles Lakes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 116.4558.2259.9009.7509.8009.8509.7009.95058.950117.175
20 Dimitar Taskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 116.7558.3759.5509.8009.7509.8509.9009.90058.750117.125
21 Marius Toba Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 116.7558.3759.8009.8509.9009.7009.5009.80058.550116.925
22 Curtis Hibbert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 116.7558.3759.8009.6009.7009.6009.8509.90058.45116.825
23 Lyubomir Gueraskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 116.7558.3759.5509.9009.8009.5009.7009.80058.250116.625
24 Paolo Bucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 115.7057.8609.7509.9009.8509.8009.7509.70058.750116.600
25 Park Jong-Hoon Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 115.6057.8009.7509.6009.8009.8509.8509.85058.700116.500
26 Brad Peters Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 116.0558.0259.8009.9009.7509.5009.8009.70058.450116.475
27 Alfonso Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 115.4557.7259.8009.9009.8009.6009.7009.90058.700116.425
28 Zsolt Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 115.5057.7509.8009.9509.6009.9009.7009.70058.650116.400
29 Christian Chevalier Flag of France.svg  France 116.1558.0759.7009.6009.5009.6009.7009.80057.900115.975
30 Johan Jonasson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 114.6057.3009.7009.8509.8509.8009.6509.80058.650115.950
31 Patrick Mattioni Flag of France.svg  France 116.0058.0009.6509.8009.7509.5509.7508.95057.450115.450
Josef Zellweger Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 114.6057.3009.6509.8009.8009.5009.8009.60058.150115.450
33 Nicolae Bejenaru Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 115.3057.6509.7009.8009.7509.6009.9009.00057.750115.400
34 Kevin Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 114.7557.3759.6509.8009.6509.5009.6509.70057.950115.325
35 Lance Ringnald Flag of the United States.svg  United States 115.2557.6259.5009.8009.6509.5509.8509.10057.450115.075
36 Claude Carmona Flag of France.svg  France 115.0557.5259.6009.8009.6509.6009.8008.95057.400114.925
37 Sergey Kharkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 118.40Did not advance—3 per nation rule
38 Lado Gogoladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 117.70
39 Vladimir Novikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 117.50
40 Holger Behrendt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 116.95
41 Toshiharu Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 116.65
42 Ulf Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 116.40
43 Deyan Kolev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 116.30
Andreas Wecker Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 116.30
45 Li Chunyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 116.15
46 Stoyko Gochev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 115.95
47 Hiroyuki Konishi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 115.80
48 Petar Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 115.60
49 Zsolt Borkai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 115.40
Takahiro Yamada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 115.40
51 Guo Linxian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 115.35
52 Adrian Sandu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 115.15
53 Li Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 114.95
54 Thierry Pecqueux Flag of France.svg  France 114.85
Marian Rizan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 114.85
56 Riccardo Trapella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 114.75
57 Jenő Paprika Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 114.70
58 Lorne Bobkin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 114.60
59 Daniel Winkler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 114.50Did not advance
60 Mike Beckmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 114.45
61 Ju Yeong-sam Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 114.25
Gabriele Sala Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 114.25
63 Scott Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 114.20
64 Jürgen Brümmer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 114.15
65 James Rozon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 114.10
Alan Nolet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 114.10
67 Ralph Kern Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 113.90
Dominick Minicucci Flag of the United States.svg  United States 113.90
69 Wes Suter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 113.85
70 Stéphane Cauterman Flag of France.svg  France 113.75
71 Song Yu-jin Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 113.60
Bernhard Simmelbauer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 113.60
73 Andreas Aguilar Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 113.35
74 Bruno Cavelti Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 113.10
75 Terry Bartlett Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 112.95
76 Frédéric Longuepée Flag of France.svg  France 112.90
77 Miguel Ángel Rubio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 112.85
78 Álvaro Montesinos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 112.65
Vittorio Allievi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 112.65
80 Kenneth Meredith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 112.10
81 Andrew Morris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 112.05
82 Jože Kolman Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 110.45
83 Chang Chao-chun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 110.30
84 Gil Pinto Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 109.90
85 Hélder Pinheiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 109.60
86 Philippe Chartrand Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 105.80
87 Valentin Pîntea Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 105.55
88 Tony Piñeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 102.40
89 Balázs Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 77.05

References

  1. "Gymnastics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Individual All-Around, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 April 2021.