Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

The men's parallel bars competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 28 July and 7 August.[1] It included 71 competitors from 33 nations.[2]

Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Canary wharf and dome London
VenueNorth Greenwich Arena 1
Dates28 July (qualifying)
7 August (final)
Competitors71 from 33 nations
Winning score15.966
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Feng Zhe  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Nguyen  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hamilton Sabot  France
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Feng Zhe of China won the gold medal, his nation's second consecutive victory in the parallel bars competition and third overall. Marcel Nguyen's silver was the first medal for a German gymnast in the event since 1988. Hamilton Sabot won the bronze, France's first parallel bars medal.

The final included nine gymnasts instead of the standard eight after a tie for the last spot could not be resolved.

Background

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This was the 23rd appearance of the parallel bars event at the Olympics. Only one of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: fourth-place finisher Fabian Hambüchen of Germany. Danell Leyva of the United States was the reigning world champion; Feng Zhe of China had won the world championship in 2010 and finished second in 2011. Marcel Nguyen of Germany was a two-time European champion.[2]

Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Slovakia, and Vietnam each made their debut in the men's parallel bars. The United States made its 21st appearance, the most of any nation.

Competition format

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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]

Kōhei Uchimura finished fifth in the qualifying round but did not advance because two other Japanese competitors, Kazuhito and Yusuke Tanaka, placed first and second. With Uchimura ineligible, the ninth-place gymnast would advance, but there was a tie. The normal tie-breakers were unable to separate Zhang Chenglong and Hamilton Sabot, so both advanced.

Final results

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Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
  Feng Zhe   China 7.000 8.966 15.966
  Marcel Nguyen   Germany 6.800 9.000 15.800
  Hamilton Sabot   France 6.700 8.866 15.566
4 Kazuhito Tanaka   Japan 8.800 15.500
5 Daniel Corral   Mexico 6.600 8.733 15.333
6 Emin Garibov   Russia 6.500 8.800 15.300
Vasileios Tsolakidis   Greece
8 Yusuke Tanaka   Japan 6.400 8.700 15.100
9 Zhang Chenglong   China 6.300 7.508 13.808

References

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  1. ^ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at archive.today
  2. ^ a b "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine