Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Dmitry Bilozerchev 1987.jpg
Dmitry Bilozerchev (1987, on pommel horse)
Venue Olympic Gymnastics Hall
Dates18–24 September 1988
Competitors89 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Holger Behrendt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Gold medal icon.svg Dmitry Bilozerchev 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 rings 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] For the second consecutive Games, the event ended in a way tie for first place. Dmitry Bilozerchev of the Soviet Union and Holger Behrendt of East Germany each received a gold medal. It was East Germany's first medal in the rings. The Soviets had had an eight-Games medal streak (and two-Games gold medal streak) in the event snapped by their boycott of the 1984 Games; Bilozerchev's medal put the nation back on the podium after that one-Games absence. Sven Tippelt, also 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: gold medalist Li Ning of China and eighth-place finisher Josef Zellweger of Switzerland. Two-time world champion Yuri Korolyov of the Soviet Union was injured and unable to compete in Seoul. Li had shared gold with Korolyov at the 1985 World Championships and silver with Dmitry Bilozerchev of the Soviet Union at the 1987 World Championships. [1]

Chinese Taipei made its debut in the men's rings. The United States made its 15th appearance, most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 rings 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 198813:10Final

Results

Eighty-nine gymnasts competed in the rings 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 each gymnast's "prelim" score.

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal12 Prelim.FinalTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Holger Behrendt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.9010.0019.909.9509.97519.925
Dmitry Bilozerchev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.9510.0019.959.9759.95019.925
Bronze medal icon.svg Sven Tippelt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.909.9519.859.9259.95019.875
4 Kalofer Khristozov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.909.9019.809.9009.92519.825
Valeri Liukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.909.9519.859.9259.90019.825
6 Lou Yun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.809.9019.709.8509.95019.800
Jury Chechi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.809.9019.709.8509.95019.800
8 Gyorgy Guczoghy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.859.9019.759.8759.82519.700
9 Vladimir Artemov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.909.9019.80Did not advance
Sergey Kharkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.909.9019.80Did not advance
11 Andreas Aguilar Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
Lubomir Geraskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
Sylvio Kroll Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
Vladimir Novikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
Xu Zhiqiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.809.9019.70Did not advance
16 Deyan Kolev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.809.8519.65Did not advance
Marius Toba Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.859.8019.65Did not advance
18 Vladimir Gogoladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.809.8019.60Did not advance
Boris Preti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.709.9019.60Did not advance
Andreas Wecker Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.809.8019.60Did not advance
21 Csaba Fajkusz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.709.8519.55Did not advance
Stoyko Gochev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.709.8519.55Did not advance
Yukio Iketani Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.809.7519.55Did not advance
Toshiharu Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.759.8019.55Did not advance
Wang Chongsheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.759.8019.55Did not advance
26 Guo Linxian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.709.8019.50Did not advance
Li Chunyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.709.8019.50Did not advance
Valentin Pîntea Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.759.7519.50Did not advance
29 Koichi Mizushima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.659.8019.45Did not advance
Daisuke Nishikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.759.7019.45Did not advance
Alfonso Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.709.7519.45Did not advance
Dimitar Taskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.659.8019.45Did not advance
Josef Zellweger Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9.709.7519.45Did not advance
34 Jürgen Brümmer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.709.7019.40Did not advance
Ralf Büchner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.709.7019.40Did not advance
Curtis Hibbert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.709.7019.40Did not advance
Zsolt Horváth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.609.8019.40Did not advance
Song Yu-jin Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.659.7519.40Did not advance
39 Paolo Bucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.559.8019.35Did not advance
Philippe Chartrand Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.709.6519.35Did not advance
Petar Georgiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 9.659.7019.35Did not advance
Marius Gherman Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.659.7019.35Did not advance
Ulf Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 9.659.7019.35Did not advance
Li Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.409.9519.35Did not advance
Takahiro Yamada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.709.6519.35Did not advance
46 Claude Carmona Flag of France.svg  France 9.709.6019.30Did not advance
Hiroyuki Konishi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.709.6019.30Did not advance
48 Zsolt Borkai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.809.4519.25Did not advance
Christian Chevalier Flag of France.svg  France 9.459.8019.25Did not advance
Brad Peters Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.709.5519.25Did not advance
Miguel Ángel Rubio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.609.6519.25Did not advance
52 Charles Lakes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.609.6019.20Did not advance
Patrick Mattioni Flag of France.svg  France 9.559.6519.20Did not advance
Park Jong-Hoon Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.659.5519.20Did not advance
Marian Rizan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.559.6519.20Did not advance
56 Jenő Paprika Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.509.6519.15Did not advance
Thierry Pecqueux Flag of France.svg  France 9.409.7519.15Did not advance
58 Nicolae Bejenaru Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.559.5519.10Did not advance
Kevin Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.509.6019.10Did not advance
Scott Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.309.8019.10Did not advance
Riccardo Trapella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.409.7019.10Did not advance
62 Johan Jonasson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.409.6519.05Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.759.3019.05Did not advance
Dominick Minicucci Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.559.5019.05Did not advance
65 Andrew Morris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 9.509.5019.00Did not advance
Adrian Sandu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9.559.4519.00Did not advance
67 Bruno Cavelti Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9.359.6018.95Did not advance
Alan Nolet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.559.4018.95Did not advance
Bernhard Simmelbauer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.459.5018.95Did not advance
70 Daniel Winkler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.509.4018.90Did not advance
71 Álvaro Montesinos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.559.3018.85Did not advance
Lance Ringnald Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.309.5518.85Did not advance
73 Kenneth Meredith Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 9.309.5018.80Did not advance
James Rozon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.509.3018.80Did not advance
75 Frédéric Longuepée Flag of France.svg  France 9.159.5518.70Did not advance
76 Terry Bartlett Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 9.509.1518.65Did not advance
Stéphane Cauterman Flag of France.svg  France 9.259.4018.65Did not advance
Gabriele Sala Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.459.2018.65Did not advance
79 Mike Beckmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.409.2018.60Did not advance
Lorne Bobkin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.459.1518.60Did not advance
81 Vittorio Allievi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.159.4018.55Did not advance
82 Wes Suter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.159.3518.50Did not advance
83 Ralph Kern Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.608.8018.40Did not advance
Jože Kolman Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 9.109.3018.40Did not advance
85 Chang Chao-chun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 9.208.9518.15Did not advance
86 Gil Pinto Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 8.809.3018.10Did not advance
87 Tony Piñeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8.609.4018.00Did not advance
88 Hélder Pinheiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8.709.2517.95Did not advance
89 Balázs Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.650.009.65Did not advance

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, vol. 2, p. 429.