Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

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Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
Venue Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
Dates27 July – 2 August
Competitors93 from 25 nations
Winning score9.875
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Trent Dimas
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Andreas Wecker
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Grigory Misutin
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
  1988
1996  

The men's horizontal bar competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 27, 29 and August 2 at the Palau dels Esports de Barcelona. There were 93 competitors from 25 nations, with nations in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts. [1] The event was won by Trent Dimas of the United States, the nation's first victory in the event since 1932 and fourth gold medal in the horizontal bar overall (tying the Soviet Union for second-most all-time after Japan with six). Andreas Wecker of Germany earned silver in the nation's return after unification; the first medal for "Germany" in the event since 1952. The Unified Team's Grigory Misutin took bronze.

Background

This was the 18th 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). Three of the eight finalists from 1988 returned: bronze medalist Marius Gherman of Romania, seventh-place finisher Curtis Hibbert of Canada, and eighth-place finisher Andreas Wecker of East Germany (now competing for unified Germany). Grigory Misutin of the Unified Team was the reigning (1992) world champion; China's Li Chunyang had won in 1989 and 1991, sharing the title in the latter year with Germany's Ralf Büchner. [1]

Puerto Rico and Slovenia each made their debut in the men's horizontal bar; twelve former Soviet republics competed together as the Unified Team. The United States made its 16th 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. The top eight gymnasts, with a limit of two per nation, advanced to the final. In a change from previous years, the preliminary score had no effect on the final; once the eight finalists were selected, their ranking depended only on the final exercise. Non-finalists were ranked 9th through 93rd based on preliminary score. [1] [2]

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 29 July 1992Preliminary
Sunday, 2 August 199223:30Final

Results

Ninety-one gymnasts competed in the horizontal bar event during the compulsory and optional rounds on July 27 and 29. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 2. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. [3]

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Trent Dimas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.7259.72519.4509.875
Silver medal icon.svg Andreas Wecker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.8009.80019.6009.837
Grigory Misutin Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.8009.90019.7009.837
4 Guo Linyao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.7259.70019.4259.812
5 Daisuke Nishikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.7509.72519.4759.787
Valery Belenky Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.8259.70019.5259.787
Yoshiaki Hatakeda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.7509.65019.4009.787
8 Li Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.8259.72519.5506.425
9 Li Xiaoshuang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.7259.67519.400Did not advance
Pae Gil-su Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 9.8009.60019.400Did not advance
11 Marius Gherman Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.6759.70019.375Did not advance
Alfonso Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.7509.62519.375Did not advance
Vitaly Scherbo Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.7009.67519.375Did not advance
14 Boris Preti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.7259.62519.350Did not advance
15 Jair Lynch Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.6509.67519.325Did not advance
Csaba Fajkusz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.7009.62519.325Did not advance
17 Takashi Chinen Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.7259.52519.250Did not advance
Li Ge Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.6759.57519.250Did not advance
Masayuki Matsunaga Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.7259.52519.250Did not advance
Nicu Stroia Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.5509.70019.250Did not advance
M. Chris Waller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.6509.60019.250Did not advance
Oliver Walther Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.5259.72519.250Did not advance
23 Paolo Bucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.7009.52519.225Did not advance
Curtis Hibbert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.7009.52519.225Did not advance
Li Chunyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.7009.52519.225Did not advance
Martin Modlitba Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.6759.55019.225Did not advance
Aleksey Voropayev Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.6259.60019.225Did not advance
28 Han Yun-su Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.6509.55019.200Did not advance
John Roethlisberger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.6759.52519.200Did not advance
Miklós Pánczél Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.7009.50019.200Did not advance
31 Sébastien Darrigade Flag of France.svg  France 9.7509.42519.175Did not advance
Rustam Sharipov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.6759.50019.175Did not advance
Kalofer Hristozov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.7009.47519.175Did not advance
Zoltán Supola Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.5759.60019.175Did not advance
35 Mario Franke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.7009.45019.150Did not advance
Ihor Korobchynskyi Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.7509.40019.150Did not advance
Sylvio Kroll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.5759.57519.150Did not advance
Marian Rizan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.6009.55019.150Did not advance
Yoo Ok-ryul Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.6259.52519.150Did not advance
40 Brennon Dowrick Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 9.6509.47519.125Did not advance
Deyan Kolev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.6509.47519.125Did not advance
Li Dashuang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.5259.60019.125Did not advance
43 Patrice Casimir Flag of France.svg  France 9.7009.37519.075Did not advance
Luis López Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9.6259.45019.075Did not advance
45 Fabrice Guelzec Flag of France.svg  France 9.5759.47519.050Did not advance
46 Yutaka Aihara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.6759.35019.025Did not advance
Georgi Lozanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.5509.47519.025Did not advance
Adrian Sandu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.6509.37519.025Did not advance
Neil Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.5009.52519.025Did not advance
50 Gianmatteo Centazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.4759.50018.975Did not advance
51 Ilian Aleksandrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.5509.40018.950Did not advance
Sven Tippelt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.6009.35018.950Did not advance
53 Terry Bartlett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.5259.40018.925Did not advance
Szilveszter Csollány Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.5259.40018.925Did not advance
Ruggero Rossato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.6009.32518.925Did not advance
56 Róbert Élő Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.5009.40018.900Did not advance
Jeong Jin-su Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.7509.15018.900Did not advance
58 Arnold Bugár Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.4009.47518.875Did not advance
Alessandro Viligiardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.5509.32518.875Did not advance
60 Oliver Grimm Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.4509.40018.850Did not advance
61 Lee Joo-hyung Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.7759.05018.825Did not advance
62 Johan Jonasson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.6759.12518.800Did not advance
63 Isidro Ibarrondo Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 9.5259.25018.775Did not advance
64 Ralf Büchner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.6759.07518.750Did not advance
65 Adrian Gal Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.3759.35018.725Did not advance
66 Scott Keswick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.7009.00018.700Did not advance
67 Michael Engeler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.6758.97518.650Did not advance
Han Gwang-ho Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.2509.40018.650Did not advance
Yukio Iketani Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.0009.65018.650Did not advance
Alan Nolet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.5759.07518.650Did not advance
Yeo Hong-cheol Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.3259.32518.650Did not advance
72 Flavio Rota Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.3259.30018.625Did not advance
73 Dominick Minicucci Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.6508.95018.600Did not advance
Gabriele Sala Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.4509.15018.600Did not advance
75 Miguel Ángel Rubio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.5259.02518.550Did not advance
76 Nicolae Bejenaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.3759.10018.475Did not advance
77 Krasimir Dunev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.1259.30018.425Did not advance
Yordan Yovchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.5508.87518.425Did not advance
79 James May Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.6008.80018.400Did not advance
80 Marco Monteiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9.3759.00018.375Did not advance
81 Jože Kolman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 9.4508.82518.275Did not advance
82 Cho Hun Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 9.7008.55018.250Did not advance
83 David Cox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.8009.40018.200Did not advance
Erich Wanner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.3008.90018.200Did not advance
85 Mike Inglis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.4508.72518.175Did not advance
86 Ron Kaplan Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 9.4758.62518.100Did not advance
Károly Schupkégel Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.3758.72518.100Did not advance
88 Daniel Giubellini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 8.5509.52518.075Did not advance
89 Sin Myong-su Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 8.8009.25018.050Did not advance
90 Markus Müller Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.1258.75017.875Did not advance
91 Marvin Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.4508.70017.150Did not advance
92 Paul Bowler Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.4509.450Did not advance
93 Victor Colon Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 9.3509.350Did not advance

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