Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
Date27 July – 2 August
Competitors93 from 25 nations
Winning score9.937
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vitaly Scherbo
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Silver medal icon.svg Li Jing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Andreas Wecker
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Li Xiaoshuang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  1988
1996  

The men's rings 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 Vitaly Scherbo of the Unified Team, the fourth time in five Games that a Soviet or former Soviet gymnast won the rings. Li Jing of China earned silver. There was a tie for third, with Andreas Wecker of Germany and Li Xiaoshuang of China each receiving bronze medals. It was the first medal for unified Germany since 1936, though East Germany had won gold and bronze in 1988.

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). Two of the eight finalists from 1988 returned: bronze medalist Sven Tippelt of East Germany and fourth-place finisher Kalofer Khristozov of Bulgaria. The reigning (1991) world champion was Grigory Misutin of the Unified Team. Wecker had placed second in both 1989 and 1991. [1]

Puerto Rico and Slovenia each made their debut in the men's rings; some former Soviet Republics competed as the Unified Team. The United States made its 16th 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. 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 199221:30Final

Results

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Vitaly Scherbo Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.9009.90019.8009.937
Silver medal icon.svg Li Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.8759.77519.6509.875
Bronze medal icon.svg Li Xiaoshuang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.9009.72519.6259.862
Andreas Wecker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.9009.85019.7509.862
5 Valery Belenky Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.8759.80019.6759.825
6 Szilveszter Csollány Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.8759.80019.6759.800
7 Yukio Iketani Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.8759.72519.6009.762
8 Kalofer Hristozov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.8009.75019.5509.750
9 Grigory Misutin Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.8009.85019.650Did not advance
10 Li Chunyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.8009.77519.575Did not advance
11 Sven Tippelt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.7509.75019.500Did not advance
12 Ihor Korobchynskyi Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.8009.67519.475Did not advance
13 Mario Franke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.7509.70019.450Did not advance
Zoltán Supola Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.8009.65019.450Did not advance
Aleksey Voropayev Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.7009.75019.450Did not advance
Yoo Ok-ryul Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.8009.65019.450Did not advance
17 Scott Keswick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.7759.65019.425Did not advance
Daisuke Nishikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.7759.65019.425Did not advance
19 Li Ge Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.6259.77519.400Did not advance
20 Boris Preti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.7009.67519.375Did not advance
21 Guo Linyao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.7009.65019.350Did not advance
Alfonso Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.7759.57519.350Did not advance
Rustam Sharipov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 9.7009.65019.350Did not advance
Sin Myong-su Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 9.8009.55019.350Did not advance
25 Paolo Bucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.6759.62519.300Did not advance
Jeong Jin-su Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.6009.70019.300Did not advance
27 Sylvio Kroll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.7009.55019.250Did not advance
Masayuki Matsunaga Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.6509.60019.250Did not advance
29 John Roethlisberger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.7009.52519.225Did not advance
M. Chris Waller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.6759.55019.225Did not advance
31 Takashi Chinen Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.6509.55019.200Did not advance
32 Pae Gil-su Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 9.7509.42519.175Did not advance
Neil Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.7509.42519.175Did not advance
34 Ralf Büchner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.6509.50019.150Did not advance
Yordan Yovchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.4759.67519.150Did not advance
36 Yutaka Aihara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.5009.62519.125Did not advance
Oliver Walther Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9.7009.42519.125Did not advance
38 Marius Gherman Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.6509.45019.100Did not advance
Lee Joo-hyung Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.6509.45019.100Did not advance
40 Nicolae Bejenaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.5259.52519.050Did not advance
Csaba Fajkusz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.6009.45019.050Did not advance
Daniel Giubellini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.5509.50019.050Did not advance
Yoshiaki Hatakeda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.6509.40019.050Did not advance
Luis López Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9.6259.42519.050Did not advance
45 Li Dashuang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9.5009.52519.025Did not advance
James May Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.6009.42519.025Did not advance
47 Sébastien Darrigade Flag of France.svg  France 9.6009.40019.000Did not advance
Ron Kaplan Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 9.5509.45019.000Did not advance
Dominick Minicucci Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.5259.47519.000Did not advance
Marian Rizan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.6759.32519.000Did not advance
Ruggero Rossato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.5759.42519.000Did not advance
Károly Schupkégel Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.5509.45019.000Did not advance
53 Johan Jonasson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.6009.37518.975Did not advance
Miguel Ángel Rubio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9.5759.40018.975Did not advance
55 Gianmatteo Centazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.6009.35018.950Did not advance
Róbert Élő Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.5509.40018.950Did not advance
Michael Engeler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.6509.30018.950Did not advance
Fabrice Guelzec Flag of France.svg  France 9.5009.45018.950Did not advance
Han Yun-su Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.6009.35018.950Did not advance
60 Patrice Casimir Flag of France.svg  France 9.6009.32518.925Did not advance
61 Brennon Dowrick Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 9.6009.25018.850Did not advance
62 Adrian Gal Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.5259.30018.825Did not advance
Oliver Grimm Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.4509.37518.825Did not advance
64 Adrian Sandu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.4509.35018.800Did not advance
Nicu Stroia Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9.4259.37518.800Did not advance
66 Han Gwang-ho Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9.4759.30018.775Did not advance
Jair Lynch Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.4759.30018.775Did not advance
68 Miklós Pánczél Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.4759.25018.725Did not advance
69 Trent Dimas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.5759.12518.700Did not advance
Gabriele Sala Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.6009.10018.700Did not advance
Erich Wanner Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.3509.35018.700Did not advance
72 Cho Hun Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 9.4759.17518.650Did not advance
Curtis Hibbert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.6259.02518.650Did not advance
Martin Modlitba Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.5009.15018.650Did not advance
75 Ilian Aleksandrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.3259.30018.625Did not advance
Alan Nolet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.3259.30018.625Did not advance
77 Krasimir Dunev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.6508.95018.600Did not advance
78 Alessandro Viligiardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.3259.20018.525Did not advance
79 Terry Bartlett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.4009.10018.500Did not advance
80 Georgi Lozanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.4009.07518.475Did not advance
Flavio Rota Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.2509.22518.475Did not advance
82 Marvin Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.3259.12518.450Did not advance
83 Jože Kolman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 9.3009.10018.400Did not advance
84 Arnold Bugár Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.3008.97518.275Did not advance
David Cox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.0009.27518.275Did not advance
86 Isidro Ibarrondo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 9.0259.05018.075Did not advance
87 Marco Monteiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9.2008.67517.875Did not advance
88 Markus Müller Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.0508.67517.725Did not advance
89 Mike Inglis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9.0008.57517.575Did not advance
90 Yeo Hong-cheol Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 8.1508.97517.125Did not advance
91 Deyan Kolev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9.7009.700Did not advance
92 Paul Bowler Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.5509.550Did not advance
93 Victor Colon Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 9.2259.225Did not advance

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