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

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.

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 →

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
  Aleksandr Tkachyov   Soviet Union 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.900 19.775
  Alexander Dityatin   Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
  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.