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Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings 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 Alexander Dityatin of the Soviet Union, the nation's fifth victory in the rings, with fellow Soviet Aleksandr Tkachyov taking silver. It was the second consecutive Games that the Soviet Union had the top two men in the rings. Dityatin, the silver medalist in Montreal 1976, was the seventh man to win multiple medals in the rings. Jiří Tabák earned Czechoslovakia's first medal in the event since 1948.

Men's rings
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Alexander Dityatin (2018)
VenueLuzhniki Palace of Sports
Dates20–25 July
Competitors65 from 14 nations
Winning score19.650
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandr Tkachyov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiří Tabák
 Czechoslovakia
← 1976
1984 →

Background edit

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). The top four of the six finalists from 1976 returned: gold medalist Nikolai Andrianov and silver medalist Alexander Dityatin of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist Dan Grecu of Romania, and fourth-place finisher Ferenc Donath of Hungary. There had been two world championships since the 1976 Games; in 1978, Andrianov won, followed by Dityatin and Grecu, while in 1979, Dityatin was the victor with Grecu second and Aleksandr Tkachyov of the Soviet Union third.[1]

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

Competition format edit

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 edit

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 edit

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.

Grecu suffered a muscle tear during the competition, which led to his transition from competitor to coach after the Games.[3]

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 1⁄2 Prelim. Final Total
  Alexander Dityatin   Soviet Union 9.90 9.95 19.85 9.925 9.950 19.875
  Aleksandr Tkachyov   Soviet Union 9.80 9.85 19.65 9.825 9.900 19.725
  Jiří Tabák   Czechoslovakia 9.75 9.85 19.60 9.800 9.800 19.600
4 Roland Brückner   East Germany 9.80 9.75 19.55 9.775 9.800 19.575
5 Stoyan Deltchev   Bulgaria 9.65 9.90 19.55 9.775 9.700 19.475
6 Dan Grecu   Romania 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 1.000 10.850
7 Nikolai Andrianov   Soviet Union 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
8 Eduard Azaryan   Soviet Union 9.75 9.85 19.60 Did not advance
9 Vladimir Markelov   Soviet Union 9.65 9.85 19.50 Did not advance
10 Lutz Mack   East Germany 9.75 9.70 19.45 Did not advance
Rudolf Babiak   Czechoslovakia 9.70 9.75 19.45 Did not advance
12 Kim Gwang-jin   North Korea 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
13 Ferenc Donáth   Hungary 9.65 9.70 19.35 Did not advance
Bohdan Makuts   Soviet Union 9.55 9.80 19.35 Did not advance
Michael Nikolay   East Germany 9.65 9.70 19.35 Did not advance
16 Nicolae Oprescu   Romania 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
17 Lutz Hoffmann   East Germany 9.60 9.65 19.25 Did not advance
Jan Zoulik   Czechoslovakia 9.60 9.65 19.25 Did not advance
19 Kurt Szilier   Romania 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance
20 Ralf-Peter Hemmann   East Germany 9.50 9.65 19.15 Did not advance
21 Zoltán Magyar   Hungary 9.60 9.50 19.10 Did not advance
Plamen Petkov   Bulgaria 9.55 9.55 19.10 Did not advance
23 Dancho Yordanov   Bulgaria 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
24 Willi Moy   France 9.35 9.65 19.00 Did not advance
25 Péter Kovács   Hungary 9.40 9.55 18.95 Did not advance
Aurelian Georgescu   Romania 9.35 9.60 18.95 Did not advance
27 Zoltán Kelemen   Hungary 9.50 9.40 18.90 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna   Poland 9.25 9.65 18.90 Did not advance
29 Romulus Bucuroiu   Romania 9.20 9.65 18.85 Did not advance
30 Sorin Cepoi   Romania 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
Jan Migdau   Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
32 Andreas Bronst   East Germany 9.35 9.40 18.75 Did not advance
33 Cho Hun   North Korea 9.35 9.35 18.70 Did not advance
34 György Guczoghy   Hungary 9.30 9.35 18.65 Did not advance
Miloslav Kučeřík   Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.35 18.65 Did not advance
Rumen Petkov   Bulgaria 9.35 9.30 18.65 Did not advance
37 Jozef Konečný   Czechoslovakia 9.50 9.05 18.55 Did not advance
István Vámos   Hungary 9.15 9.40 18.55 Did not advance
39 Miguel Arroyo   Cuba 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
Ognyan Bangiev   Bulgaria 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
41 Mario Castro   Cuba 9.45 9.00 18.45 Did not advance
42 Yanko Radanchev   Bulgaria 9.10 9.30 18.40 Did not advance
Jorge Roche   Cuba 9.50 8.90 18.40 Did not advance
44 Henri Boerio   France 9.10 9.25 18.35 Did not advance
Han Gwang-song   North Korea 9.45 8.90 18.35 Did not advance
Sergio Suarez   Cuba 9.20 9.15 18.35 Did not advance
47 Michel Boutard   France 9.30 9.00 18.30 Did not advance
Li Su-gil   North Korea 9.20 9.10 18.30 Did not advance
Waldemar Woźniak   Poland 9.20 9.10 18.30 Did not advance
50 Gabriel Calvo   Spain 9.05 9.20 18.25 Did not advance
Roberto Leon   Cuba 9.25 9.00 18.25 Did not advance
Song Sun-bong   North Korea 9.05 9.20 18.25 Did not advance
53 Barry Winch   Great Britain 8.95 9.20 18.15 Did not advance
54 Keith Langley   Great Britain 8.80 9.30 18.10 Did not advance
55 Kang Gwang-song   North Korea 9.45 8.60 18.05 Did not advance
56 Thomas Wilson   Great Britain 8.80 9.20 18.00 Did not advance
57 Marc Touchais   France 8.75 9.20 17.95 Did not advance
58 Enrique Bravo   Cuba 9.00 8.90 17.90 Did not advance
59 Yves Bouquel   France 8.70 9.15 17.85 Did not advance
60 Lindsay Nylund   Australia 8.50 9.10 17.60 Did not advance
61 Fernando Bertrand   Spain 9.00 8.45 17.45 Did not advance
José de la Casa   Spain 9.00 8.45 17.45 Did not advance
63 João Luiz Ribeiro   Brazil 8.55 8.80 17.35 Did not advance
64 Joël Suty   France 8.60 8.70 17.30 Did not advance
65 Krzysztof Potaczek   Poland 8.75 8.05 16.80 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 edit

  1. ^ a b c "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 313.
  3. ^ Danut Grecu. Romanian Olympic Committee
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