Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

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Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Epke Zonderland met Olympisch goud.jpg
Epke Zonderland
Venue North Greenwich Arena 1
Dates28 July (qualifying)
7 August (final)
Competitors70 from 33 nations
Winning score16.533
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Epke Zonderland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Fabian Hambüchen
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Zou Kai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2008
2016  

The men's horizontal bar competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 7 August. [1] It featured 70 competitors from 33 nations. [2]

Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands won the event, his nation's first victory in the horizontal bar and first medal in any Olympic gymnastics event since 1928. Fabian Hambüchen of Germany took silver, while Zou Kai of China earned bronze. Hambüchen and Zou—the bronze and gold medalists, respectively, in 2008—were the 11th and 12th men to win multiple medals in the event.

Background

This was the 23rd appearance of the men's horizontal bar event in the Olympics. Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Slovakia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 21st appearance, the most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition and the boycotted 1980 Games.

Five of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: gold medalist Zou Kai of China, silver medalist Jonathan Horton of the United States, bronze medalist (and 2004 finalist) Fabian Hambüchen of Germany, seventh-place finisher Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands, and eighth-place finisher Yann Cucherat of France. [2]

Competition format

The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then erased, with only final-round scores counting. [3]

Final results

RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Gold medal icon.svg Epke Zonderland Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7.9008.63316.533
Silver medal icon.svg Fabian Hambüchen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7.5008.90016.400
Bronze medal icon.svg Zou Kai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.9008.46616.366
4 Zhang Chenglong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7.7008.56616.266
5 Danell Leyva Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.2008.63315.833
6 Jonathan Horton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.8008.66615.466
7 Emin Garibov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7.1008.23315.333
8 Kim Ji-hoon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7.1008.03315.133

References

  1. Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at archive.today
  2. 1 2 "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine