Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
Venue Olympic Gymnastics Hall
Dates18–24 September 1988
Competitors89 from 23 nations
Winning score19.925
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 Sven Tippelt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1984
1992  

The men's parallel bars 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] The event was won by Vladimir Artemov of the Soviet Union, bracketing the 1984 boycott with gold medal wins for the Soviets; Valeri Liukin took silver, as well. Sven Tippelt of East Germany took bronze.

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). Two of the eight finalists from 1984 returned: sixth-place finisher Li Ning of China and seventh-place finisher Daniel Winkler of West Germany. Vladimir Artemov of the Soviet Union was the reigning (1987) world champion, with his teammate Dmitry Bilozerchev runner-up and a pair of East Germans (Sven Tippelt and Sylvio Kroll) third and fourth. [1]

Chinese Taipei made its debut in the men's parallel bars. 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 198814:20Final

Results

Eighty-nine gymnasts competed in the parallel bars 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 10.009.9519.959.9759.95019.925
Silver medal icon.svg Valeri Liukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.9010.0019.909.9509.95019.900
Bronze medal icon.svg Sven Tippelt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.909.8019.709.8509.90019.750
4 Kalofer Khristozov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.809.9519.759.8759.85019.725
5 Marius Gherman Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.809.9019.709.8509.85019.700
6 Curtis Hibbert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.809.9019.709.8509.82519.675
7 Sylvio Kroll Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.859.9019.759.8759.75019.625
8 Boris Preti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.809.9019.709.8509.75019.600
9 Dmitry Bilozerchev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.9010.0019.90Did not advance
10 Holger Behrendt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
Sergey Kharkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
Vladimir Novikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
13 Gyorgy Guczoghy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.759.9019.65Did not advance
Stoyko Gochev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.809.8519.65Did not advance
Ulf Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.809.8519.65Did not advance
Vladimir Gogoladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.759.9019.65Did not advance
Zsolt Borkai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.809.8519.65Did not advance
18 Christian Chevalier Flag of France.svg  France 9.809.8019.60Did not advance
Claude Carmona Flag of France.svg  France 9.809.8019.60Did not advance
Jury Chechi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.759.8519.60Did not advance
Koichi Mizushima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.709.9019.60Did not advance
Guo Linxian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.709.9019.60Did not advance
Ralf Büchner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.809.8019.60Did not advance
Toshiharu Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.809.8019.60Did not advance
25 Charles Lakes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.609.9519.55Did not advance
Paolo Bucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.709.8519.55Did not advance
Philippe Chartrand Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.759.8019.55Did not advance
Xu Zhiqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.709.8519.55Did not advance
29 Adrian Sandu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.809.7019.50Did not advance
Daisuke Nishikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.759.7519.50Did not advance
Petar Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.709.8019.50Did not advance
Scott Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.709.8019.50Did not advance
Takahiro Yamada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.759.7519.50Did not advance
Yukio Iketani Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.709.8019.50Did not advance
35 Andreas Aguilar Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.659.8019.45Did not advance
Li Chunyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.709.7519.45Did not advance
Josef Zellweger Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9.659.8019.45Did not advance
Nicolae Bejenaru Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.609.8519.45Did not advance
39 Brad Peters Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.709.7019.40Did not advance
Csaba Fajkusz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.609.8019.40Did not advance
Gabriele Sala Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.709.7019.40Did not advance
Park Jong-Hoon Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.709.7019.40Did not advance
Lubomir Geraskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.609.8019.40Did not advance
44 Alfonso Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.659.7019.35Did not advance
Deyan Kolev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.609.7519.35Did not advance
Kevin Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.509.8519.35Did not advance
Marius Toba Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.559.8019.35Did not advance
Patrick Mattioni Flag of France.svg  France 9.709.6519.35Did not advance
Zsolt Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.559.8019.35Did not advance
50 Wang Chongsheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.659.6519.30Did not advance
Daniel Winkler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
Hiroyuki Konishi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
Lance Ringnald Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.509.8019.30Did not advance
Lorne Bobkin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
Mike Beckmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
Ralph Kern Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.709.6019.30Did not advance
Tony Piñeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9.659.6519.30Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
59 Andreas Wecker Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.709.5519.25Did not advance
Bernhard Simmelbauer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.509.7519.25Did not advance
Dimitar Taskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.309.9519.25Did not advance
Dominick Minicucci Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.609.6519.25Did not advance
Riccardo Trapella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.509.7519.25Did not advance
Valentin Pîntea Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.659.6019.25Did not advance
Lou Yun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.409.8519.25Did not advance
66 Wes Suter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.409.8019.20Did not advance
67 James Rozon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.609.5519.15Did not advance
Miguel Ángel Rubio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.559.6019.15Did not advance
69 Frédéric Longuepée Flag of France.svg  France 9.509.6019.10Did not advance
Stéphane Cauterman Flag of France.svg  France 9.709.4019.10Did not advance
Song Yu-jin Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.459.6519.10Did not advance
72 Andrew Morris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 9.459.6019.05Did not advance
Jürgen Brümmer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.459.6019.05Did not advance
Terry Bartlett Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 9.509.5519.05Did not advance
75 Vittorio Allievi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.359.5518.90Did not advance
76 Jenő Paprika Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.159.7018.85Did not advance
77 Bruno Cavelti Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9.409.4018.80Did not advance
Johan Jonasson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.409.4018.80Did not advance
Marian Rizan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 8.909.9018.80Did not advance
80 Kenneth Meredith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 9.159.6018.75Did not advance
Thierry Pecqueux Flag of France.svg  France 9.659.1018.75Did not advance
82 Alan Nolet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.509.2018.70Did not advance
Álvaro Montesinos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.309.4018.70Did not advance
84 Chang Chao-chun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 9.059.5518.60Did not advance
Hélder Pinheiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 9.209.4018.60Did not advance
Li Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.009.6018.60Did not advance
87 Jože Kolman Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 9.059.5018.55Did not advance
88 Gil Pinto Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 8.309.5017.80Did not advance
89 Balázs Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.709.70Did not advance

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 429.