Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Ariake Gymnastics Centre
Date24 July 2021 (qualifying)
2 August 2021 (final)
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Winning score15.500 points
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Liu Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg You Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Eleftherios Petrounias Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  2016
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The men's rings event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 24 July and 2 August 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. [1] Approximately 70 gymnasts from 35 nations (of the 98 total gymnasts) competed on rings in the qualifying round. [2]

Liu Yang of China won the title for his first individual Olympic medal. Teammate You Hao took silver, also his first individual Olympic medal. Defending champion Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece finished with the bronze.

The medals for the competition were presented by Spyros Capralos, IOC Member, Olympian, Greece; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Yagi-Kitagawa Tammy, FIG Executive Committee Member; Japan.

Background

This was the 25th 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).

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 6 qualified gymnasts: a team of 4 and up to 2 specialists. A total of 98 quota places are allocated to men's gymnastics.

The 12 teams that qualify will be able to send 4 gymnasts in the team competition, for a total of 48 of the 98 quota places. The top three teams at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (China, Russia, and Japan) and the top nine teams (excluding those already qualified) at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Ukraine, Great Britain, Switzerland, the United States, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Brazil, Spain, and Germany) earned team qualification places.

The remaining 50 quota places are awarded individually. Each gymnast can only earn one place, except that gymnasts that competed with a team that qualified are eligible to earn a second place through the 2020 All Around World Cup Series. Some of the individual events are open to gymnasts from NOCs with qualified teams, while others are not. These places are filled through various criteria based on the 2019 World Championships, the 2020 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, continental championships, a host guarantee, and a Tripartite Commission invitation.

Each of the 98 qualified gymnasts are eligible for the pommel horse competition, but many gymnasts do not compete in each of the apparatus events.

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for gymnastics. The 2018 and 2019 World Championships were completed on time, but many of the World Cup series events were delayed into 2021.

Competition format

The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. The finalists performed an additional exercise. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Schedule

The competition was held over two days, 24 July and 2 August. The qualifying round (for all men's gymnastics events) was the first day with the apparatus final on the second day. [1]

DateTimeRoundSubdivision
24 July10:00QualificationSubdivision 1
14:30Subdivision 2
19:30Subdivision 3
2 August17:00Final
All times are local time (UTC+09:00).

Results

Qualifying

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.TotalQual.
1Flag of Greece.svg  Eleftherios Petrounias  (GRE)6.39.03315.333Q
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Yang  (CHN)6.48.90015.300Q
3Flag of France.svg  Samir Aït Saïd  (FRA)6.38.76615.066Q
4Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çolak  (TUR)6.28.73314.933Q
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Arthur Zanetti  (BRA)6.28.70014.900Q
6Flag of Turkey.svg  Adem Asil  (TUR)6.28.60014.800Q
7Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Denis Ablyazin  (ROC)6.38.50014.800Q
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  You Hao  (CHN)6.58.30014.800Q
9Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Lodadio  (ITA)6.48.23314.633R1
10Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Artur Dalaloyan  (ROC)6.08.50014.500R2
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Igor Radivilov  (UKR)6.08.46614.466R3
Reserves

The reserves for the men's rings final were:

  1. Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Lodadio  (ITA)
  2. Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Artur Dalaloyan  (ROC)
  3. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Igor Radivilov  (UKR)

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the event final. No gymnasts were excluded from the final or as reserves because of the quota.

Final

RankGymnastD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Yang  (CHN)6.59.00015.500
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  You Hao  (CHN)6.68.70015.300
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Eleftherios Petrounias  (GRE)6.38.90015.200
4Flag of France.svg  Samir Aït Saïd  (FRA)6.38.60014.900
5Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çolak  (TUR)6.28.66614.866
6Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Denis Ablyazin  (ROC)6.38.53314.833
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Adem Asil  (TUR)6.28.40014.600
8Flag of Brazil.svg  Arthur Zanetti  (BRA)6.57.63314.133

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