Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

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Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
1987 CPA 5826b.jpeg
Valeri Liukin, on 1987 Soviet stamp (rings)
Venue Olympic Gymnastics Hall
Dates18–24 September 1988
Competitors89 from 23 nations
Winning score19.900
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vladimir Artemov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Gold medal icon.svg Valeri Liukin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Holger Behrendt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Marius Gherman
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
  1984
1992  

The men's horizontal bar 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 24th at the Olympic Gymnastics Hall. There were 89 competitors from 23 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts and other nations having up to 3 gymnasts. [1] There were ties for both gold and bronze medals. The Soviet Union took two golds, as Vladimir Artemov and Valeri Liukin finished even at the top spot; they were the Soviets' first gold medals in the horizontal bar since 1968, and moved the Soviet Union past the United States and Switzerland into second most all-time golds in the event (after Japan with six). Bronze medals went to Holger Behrendt of East Germany and Marius Gherman of Romania, the first medal in the event for both nations. It was the first time since 1964 that Japanese gymnasts competed but did not win the event.

Background

This was the 17th 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). Only one of the eight finalists from 1984 returned: fourth-place finisher Lou Yun of China. Dmitry Bilozerchev of the Soviet Union was the reigning (1987) world champion, with the rest of the worlds podium consisting of Canadian Curtis Hibbert (silver), East German Holger Behrendt, and Hungarian Zsolt Borkai (the latter two tied for bronze). [1]

Chinese Taipei made its debut in the men's horizontal bar. The United States made its 15th appearance, most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 event and the boycotted 1980 Games.

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. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final. The 1984 Games had expanded the number of finalists from six to eight. Nations were still limited to two finalists each. Others were ranked 9th through 89th. [1] [2]

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 18 September 1988Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 20 September 1988Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 24 September 198814:50Final

Results

Eighty-nine gymnasts competed in the horizontal bar event during the compulsory and optional rounds on September 18 and 20. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 24. 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 Vladimir Artemov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.9010.0019.909.9509.95019.900
Valeri Liukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.909.9519.859.9259.97519.900
Bronze medal icon.svg Holger Behrendt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.759.9519.709.8509.95019.800
Marius Gherman Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.809.9019.709.8509.95019.800
5 Wang Chongsheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.909.8519.759.8759.90019.775
6 Xu Zhiqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.909.8019.709.8509.85019.700
7 Curtis Hibbert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.809.9019.709.8509.82519.675
8 Andreas Wecker Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.809.9019.709.8509.65019.500
9 Csaba Fajkusz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.759.9019.65Did not advance
Yukio Iketani Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.909.7519.65Did not advance
Daisuke Nishikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.809.8519.65Did not advance
12 Li Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.809.8019.60Did not advance
Koichi Mizushima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.859.7519.60Did not advance
Vladimir Novikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.709.9019.60Did not advance
15 Philippe Chartrand Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.759.8019.55Did not advance
Stoyko Gochev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.759.8019.55Did not advance
Vladimir Gogoladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.659.9019.55Did not advance
Sergey Kharkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.659.9019.55Did not advance
Patrick Mattioni Flag of France.svg  France 9.759.8019.55Did not advance
Balázs Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.809.7519.55Did not advance
21 Ralf Büchner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.709.8019.50Did not advance
Kalofer Khristozov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.709.8019.50Did not advance
Charles Lakes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.809.7019.50Did not advance
24 Zsolt Borkai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.809.6519.45Did not advance
Christian Chevalier Flag of France.svg  France 9.659.8019.45Did not advance
Dimitar Taskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.659.8019.45Did not advance
Marius Toba Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.659.8019.45Did not advance
Brad Peters Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.759.7019.45Did not advance
Lance Ringnald Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.709.7519.45Did not advance
30 Thierry Pecqueux Flag of France.svg  France 9.709.7019.40Did not advance
31 Dmitry Bilozerchev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.909.4519.35Did not advance
Li Chunyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.659.7019.35Did not advance
Lou Yun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.809.5519.35Did not advance
Park Jong-Hoon Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.659.7019.35Did not advance
35 Alfonso Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.509.8019.30Did not advance
Hiroyuki Konishi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.709.6019.30Did not advance
Adrian Sandu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
38 Gyorgy Guczoghy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.559.7019.25Did not advance
Ulf Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.559.7019.25Did not advance
Zsolt Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.609.6519.25Did not advance
Johan Jonasson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.559.7019.25Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.609.6519.25Did not advance
Alan Nolet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.609.6519.25Did not advance
Marian Rizan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.509.7519.25Did not advance
Daniel Winkler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.609.6519.25Did not advance
Takahiro Yamada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.609.6519.25Did not advance
47 James Rozon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.659.5519.20Did not advance
Sven Tippelt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.809.4019.20Did not advance
Deyan Kolev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.609.6019.20Did not advance
50 Bruno Cavelti Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9.609.5519.15Did not advance
Sylvio Kroll Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.259.9019.15Did not advance
52 Nicolae Bejenaru Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.509.6019.10Did not advance
Paolo Bucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.659.4519.10Did not advance
Lubomir Geraskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.709.4019.10Did not advance
Jenő Paprika Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.609.5019.10Did not advance
56 Boris Preti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.809.2519.05Did not advance
Toshiharu Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.809.2519.05Did not advance
58 Andreas Aguilar Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.409.6019.00Did not advance
Terry Bartlett Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 9.309.7019.00Did not advance
Gabriele Sala Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.609.4019.00Did not advance
Song Yu-jin Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.509.5019.00Did not advance
Wes Suter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.359.6519.00Did not advance
63 Petar Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.509.4518.95Did not advance
Dominick Minicucci Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.459.5018.95Did not advance
65 Valentin Pîntea Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.359.5518.90Did not advance
66 Jury Chechi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.209.6518.85Did not advance
Kevin Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.609.2518.85Did not advance
68 Lorne Bobkin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.759.0518.80Did not advance
Riccardo Trapella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.509.3018.80Did not advance
70 Guo Linxian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.659.1018.75Did not advance
Ralph Kern Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.459.3018.75Did not advance
Frédéric Longuepée Flag of France.svg  France 9.259.5018.75Did not advance
Gil Pinto Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 9.359.4018.75Did not advance
74 Vittorio Allievi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.559.1518.70Did not advance
75 Claude Carmona Flag of France.svg  France 9.459.2018.65Did not advance
Álvaro Montesinos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.359.3018.65Did not advance
Bernhard Simmelbauer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.059.6018.65Did not advance
78 Mike Beckmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.459.1518.60Did not advance
Miguel Ángel Rubio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8.809.8018.60Did not advance
Josef Zellweger Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9.509.1018.60Did not advance
81 Stéphane Cauterman Flag of France.svg  France 8.909.6018.50Did not advance
82 Scott Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.759.6018.35Did not advance
83 Chang Chao-chun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 9.008.9517.95Did not advance
84 Kenneth Meredith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.759.1517.90Did not advance
85 Jürgen Brümmer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 8.559.3017.85Did not advance
85 Jože Kolman Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8.259.6017.85Did not advance
87 Andrew Morris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8.808.8017.60Did not advance
88 Hélder Pinheiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 9.208.3517.55Did not advance
89 Tony Piñeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9.502.0011.50Did not advance

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 429.