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Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Soviet stamp commemorating 1980 Olympics, depicting parallel bars
VenueLuzhniki Palace of Sports
Dates20–25 July
Competitors65 from 14 nations
Winning score19.775
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Tkachyov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roland Brückner
 East Germany
← 1976
1984 →

The men's parallel bars competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 20, 22 and 25th at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports. There were 65 competitors from 14 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have to up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Aleksandr Tkachyov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars since 1960 and third overall, tying Switzerland for second-most all-time behind Japan's four. Fellow Soviet Alexander Dityatin took silver, while Roland Brückner earned East Germany's first medal in the event (and first medal for any German gymnast in the parallel bars since 1936). Japan's four-Games gold medal streak in the event ended with no Japanese gymnasts competing due to the American-led boycott.

Background

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This was the 15th 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 six finalists from 1976 returned: silver medalist Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union and sixth-place finisher Andrzej Szajna of Poland. The two most recent world champions, Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan (1978) and Bart Conner of the United States (1979), did not compete in Moscow due to the boycott. Andrianov had shared silver at the 1978 world championships and Aleksandr Tkachyov, also of the Soviet Union, had shared silver in 1979.[1]

Brazil made its debut in the men's parallel bars. Hungary made its 13th appearance, tying the United States (absent from the parallel bars event for the first time since the inaugural 1896 Games) for most of any nation.

Competition format

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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 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals, except that nations were limited to two finalists each; others were ranked 7th through 65th. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final.[1][2]

Schedule

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All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 20 July 1980 10:00
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 22 July 1980 10:00
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Friday, 25 July 1980 14:30 Final

Results

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Sixty-five gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 20 and 22. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 25. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes the "prelim" score.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 12 Prelim. Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Tkachyov  Soviet Union 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.900 19.775
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roland Brückner  East Germany 9.70 9.90 19.60 9.800 9.850 19.650
4 Michael Nikolay  East Germany 9.60 9.80 19.40 9.700 9.900 19.600
5 Stoyan Deltchev  Bulgaria 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.700 19.575
6 Roberto Leon  Cuba 9.70 9.90 19.60 9.800 9.700 19.500
7 Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 Did not advance
8 Bohdan Makuts  Soviet Union 9.60 9.90 19.50 Did not advance
9 Dan Grecu  Romania 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
10 Eduard Azaryan  Soviet Union 9.65 9.75 19.40 Did not advance
11 Andreas Bronst  East Germany 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Sorin Cepoi  Romania 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Ralf-Peter Hemmann  East Germany 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
14 Ferenc Donáth  Hungary 9.55 9.65 19.20 Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.45 9.75 19.20 Did not advance
Dancho Yordanov  Bulgaria 9.45 9.75 19.20 Did not advance
17 Aurelian Georgescu  Romania 9.55 9.60 19.15 Did not advance
18 Jozef Konečný  Czechoslovakia 9.50 9.60 19.10 Did not advance
Lutz Mack  East Germany 9.50 9.60 19.10 Did not advance
Plamen Petkov  Bulgaria 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
21 Michel Boutard  France 9.50 9.55 19.05 Did not advance
Miguel Arroyo  Cuba 9.45 9.60 19.05 Did not advance
Jiří Tabák  Czechoslovakia 9.35 9.70 19.05 Did not advance
24 Mario Castro  Cuba 9.30 9.70 19.00 Did not advance
Cho Hun  North Korea 9.40 9.60 19.00 Did not advance
Han Gwang-song  North Korea 9.50 9.50 19.00 Did not advance
Lutz Hoffmann  East Germany 9.30 9.70 19.00 Did not advance
28 György Guczoghy  Hungary 9.40 9.55 18.95 Did not advance
Jan Zoulik  Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.55 18.95 Did not advance
Ognyan Bangiev  Bulgaria 9.35 9.60 18.95 Did not advance
Sergio Suarez  Cuba 9.25 9.70 18.95 Did not advance
32 Kim Gwang-jin  North Korea 9.30 9.60 18.90 Did not advance
Vladimir Markelov  Soviet Union 9.10 9.80 18.90 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 9.45 9.45 18.90 Did not advance
Rumen Petkov  Bulgaria 9.35 9.55 18.90 Did not advance
36 Rudolf Babiak  Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.45 18.85 Did not advance
Gabriel Calvo  Spain 9.25 9.60 18.85 Did not advance
Péter Kovács  Hungary 9.00 9.85 18.85 Did not advance
39 Miloslav Kučeřík  Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
40 Kang Gwang-song  North Korea 8.95 9.80 18.75 Did not advance
41 José de la Casa  Spain 9.15 9.55 18.70 Did not advance
Jan Migdau  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.40 18.70 Did not advance
43 Fernando Bertrand  Spain 9.25 9.40 18.65 Did not advance
Romulus Bucuroiu  Romania 9.10 9.55 18.65 Did not advance
Joël Suty  France 9.15 9.50 18.65 Did not advance
Kurt Szilier  Romania 9.65 9.00 18.65 Did not advance
47 Enrique Bravo  Cuba 9.15 9.40 18.55 Did not advance
Lindsay Nylund  Australia 9.30 9.25 18.55 Did not advance
Waldemar Woźniak  Poland 9.15 9.40 18.55 Did not advance
50 Zoltán Kelemen  Hungary 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
István Vámos  Hungary 9.35 9.15 18.50 Did not advance
52 Krzysztof Potaczek  Poland 9.05 9.40 18.45 Did not advance
53 Li Su-gil  North Korea 8.95 9.45 18.40 Did not advance
Yanko Radanchev  Bulgaria 9.25 9.15 18.40 Did not advance
55 Willi Moy  France 9.25 9.10 18.35 Did not advance
Barry Winch  Great Britain 9.20 9.15 18.35 Did not advance
57 Henri Boerio  France 8.55 9.60 18.15 Did not advance
58 Andrzej Szajna  Poland 8.55 9.55 18.10 Did not advance
59 Yves Bouquel  France 8.85 8.75 17.60 Did not advance
60 Keith Langley  Great Britain 9.10 8.40 17.50 Did not advance
61 Thomas Wilson  Great Britain 8.25 9.15 17.40 Did not advance
62 Song Sun-bong  North Korea 8.15 9.00 17.15 Did not advance
63 João Luiz Ribeiro  Brazil 8.20 8.85 17.05 Did not advance
64 Marc Touchais  France 8.30 8.55 16.85 Did not advance
65 Jorge Roche  Cuba 9.45 0.00 9.45 Did not advance
Moustapha Chouara  Lebanon DNS Did not advance
Adnan Horns  Lebanon DNS Did not advance
Maurizio Zonzini  San Marino DNS Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 313.