Men's vault at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Gervasio Deferr (2004) | |||||||||||||
Venue | Sydney SuperDome | ||||||||||||
Dates | 16–25 September 2000 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 80 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 9.712 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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List of gymnasts | ||
Artistic | ||
Qualification | men | women |
Team all-around | men | women |
Individual all-around | men | women |
Vault | men | women |
Floor | men | women |
Pommel horse | men | |
Rings | men | |
Parallel bars | men | |
Horizontal bar | men | |
Uneven bars | women | |
Balance beam | women | |
Rhythmic | ||
Group all-around | women | |
Individual all-around | women | |
Trampoline | ||
Individual | men | women |
The men's vault competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 16 and 25 at the Sydney SuperDome. There were 80 competitors from 31 nations; nations competing in the team event could have up to 5 gymnasts in the vault, while other nations could have up to 2 gymnasts. [1] The event was won by Gervasio Deferr of Spain, the nation's first medal in the men's vault. Poland also earned its first medal in the event, with Leszek Blanik's bronze. Silver went to Alexei Bondarenko of Russia.
This was the 20th 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 1996 returned: gold medalist Alexei Nemov of Russia, silver medalist Yeo Hong-Chul of South Korea, and eighth-place finisher Ivan Pavlovski of Belarus. Li Xiaopeng of China was the reigning (1999) world champion; Sergey Fedorchenko had been world champion in 1997. [1]
Latvia made its debut in the men's vault. The United States made its 18th appearance, most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 vault and the boycotted 1980 Games.
The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004). The 1996 gymnastics competition had introduced the "7–6–5" format, in which each team had 7 members, designated 6 for each apparatus, and had 5 count for team scores. In 2000, this was reduced across the board to a "6–5–4" format. Further, while in 1996 all 7 team members could compete on each apparatus for individual purposes, in 2000 only the 5 designated for that apparatus competed. The 2000 competition also eliminated the compulsory exercises; only voluntary exercises were done on each apparatus. The qualifying round scores were used for qualification for the team all-around, individual all-around, and apparatus finals.
The top eight gymnasts, with a limit of two per nation, advanced to the final. Non-finalists were ranked 9th through 80th based on preliminary score. The preliminary score had no effect on the final; once the eight finalists were selected, their ranking depended only on the final exercise. For the vault, the final consisted of two attempts per gymnast, with the average score of the two counting. [1] [2]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Date | Time | Round |
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Saturday, 16 September 2000 | Qualifying | |
Monday, 25 September 2000 | 15:38 | Final |
Eighty gymnasts competed in the vault event during the qualification round on September 16. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 25. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final.
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Vault 1 | Vault 2 | Average |
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![]() | Gervasio Deferr | ![]() | 9.800 | 9.625 | 9.712 |
![]() | Alexei Bondarenko | ![]() | 9.600 | 9.575 | 9.587 |
![]() | Leszek Blanik | ![]() | 9.225 | 9.725 | 9.475 |
4 | Alexei Nemov | ![]() | 9.262 | 9.650 | 9.456 |
5 | Sergey Fedorchenko | ![]() | 9.212 | 9.587 | 9.399 |
6 | Blaine Wilson | ![]() | 9.425 | 9.300 | 9.362 |
7 | Ioannis Melissanidis | ![]() | 9.212 | 9.312 | 9.262 |
8 | Dieter Rehm | ![]() | 9.212 | 8.800 | 9.006 |
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The men's vault competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 29, 31 and August 4 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. There were 71 competitors from 19 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have to up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Lou Yun of China, in the nation's debut in the Games.
The men's vault competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The event was held from 22 to 26 October at the Auditorio Nacional. There were 116 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union, the nation's fourth gold medal in the vault. Yukio Endo of Japan took silver, while Soviet Sergei Diomidov earned bronze.
The men's vault competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 129 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts. For the second straight Games, there was a tie for first place in the vault. Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union and Takashi Ono of Japan each received a gold medal. It was the third consecutive Games with a gold medal for the Soviets. Ono, who had taken bronze in 1952, became the second man to win multiple vault medals. Third place and the bronze medal went to Soviet Vladimir Portnoi.