Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Akinori Nakayama
VenueOlympiahalle
Dates27 August – 1 September
Competitors111 from 26 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Akinori Nakayama  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikhail Voronin  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan
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Gymnastics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen

The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 27, 29 and September 1 at the Olympiahalle. There were 111 competitors from 26 nations (with 2 of the 113 gymnasts not starting in this apparatus); nations entering the team event had 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The top two places were the same as in 1968, while the next two places were taken by the same gymnasts but in the opposite order. The event was won by Akinori Nakayama of Japan, the nation's third consecutive victory in the men's rings; Nakayama was the second man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the event. Mikhail Voronin's second consecutive silver extended the Soviet Union's podium streak in the rings to six Games. Nakayama and Voronin were the fifth and sixth men to earn multiple medals in the rings. Mitsuo Tsukahara of Japan took bronze, switching places with fourth-place finisher Sawao Kato from the previous Games (where Kato took bronze and Tsukahara fourth).

Background[edit]

This was the 13th 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). Four of the six finalists from 1968 returned: gold medalist Akinori Nakayama of Japan, silver medalist Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist Sawao Kato of Japan, and fourth-place finisher Mitsuo Tsukahara of Japan. Nakayama, Tsukahara, and Voronin (in that order) had comprised the podium at the 1970 World Championships.[1]

Liechtenstein, New Zealand, and North Korea each made their debut in the men's rings. The United States made its 12th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

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. (One gymnast who entered the all-around competition did not perform on the vault.) 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; others were ranked 7th through 111th. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 27 August 1972 11:15
19:00		 Preliminary: Compulsory
Wednesday, 29 August 1972 10:00
18:00		 Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 1 September 1972 19:30 Final

Results[edit]

One-hundred eleven gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on August 27 and 29. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 1.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 1⁄2 Prelim. Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Akinori Nakayama  Japan 9.70 9.70 19.40 9.700 9.650 19.350
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikhail Voronin  Soviet Union 9.60 9.65 19.25 9.625 9.650 19.275
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan 9.45 9.60 19.05 9.525 9.700 19.225
4 Sawao Kato  Japan 9.50 9.60 19.10 9.550 9.600 19.150
5 Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan 9.60 9.50 19.10 9.550 9.400 18.950
Klaus Köste  East Germany 9.45 9.55 19.00 9.500 9.450 18.950
7 Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.50 9.50 19.00 Did not advance
8 Shin Heung-do  North Korea 9.30 9.65 18.95 Did not advance
9 Teruichi Okamura  Japan 9.45 9.45 18.90 Did not advance
10 Andrzej Szajna  Poland 9.40 9.45 18.85 Did not advance
Wolfgang Thüne  East Germany 9.50 9.35 18.85 Did not advance
12 Matthias Brehme  East Germany 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
Shigeru Kasamatsu  Japan 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
Sylwester Kubica  Poland 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
Edvard Mikaelian  Soviet Union 9.45 9.35 18.80 Did not advance
16 Viktor Klimenko  Soviet Union 9.40 9.30 18.70 Did not advance
Wolfgang Klotz  East Germany 9.40 9.30 18.70 Did not advance
Walter Mossinger  West Germany 9.30 9.40 18.70 Did not advance
19 Makoto Sakamoto  United States 9.35 9.30 18.65 Did not advance
20 Dan Grecu  Romania 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
Mikolaj Kubica  Poland 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
22 Li Song-sob  North Korea 8.90 9.50 18.40 Did not advance
Alexander Maleev  Soviet Union 9.25 9.15 18.40 Did not advance
Vladimir Schukin  Soviet Union 9.10 9.30 18.40 Did not advance
Günter Spies  West Germany 9.20 9.20 18.40 Did not advance
26 Eberhard Gienger  West Germany 9.10 9.25 18.35 Did not advance
Kim Song-yu  North Korea 9.00 9.35 18.35 Did not advance
28 Marshall Avener  United States 9.15 9.15 18.30 Did not advance
29 Jifi Fejtek  Czechoslovakia 9.15 9.10 18.25 Did not advance
Imre Molnár  Hungary 9.10 9.15 18.25 Did not advance
31 Peter Rohner  Switzerland 9.15 9.05 18.20 Did not advance
Reinhard Rychly  East Germany 9.00 9.20 18.20 Did not advance
33 Janez Brodnik  Yugoslavia 9.05 9.05 18.10 Did not advance
Ho Yun-hang  North Korea 8.95 9.15 18.10 Did not advance
Wilhelm Kubica  Poland 8.80 9.30 18.10 Did not advance
Petre Mihaiuc  Romania 8.90 9.20 18.10 Did not advance
37 Steven Hug  United States 9.00 9.05 18.05 Did not advance
Vladislav Nehasil  Czechoslovakia 9.05 9.00 18.05 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 9.00 9.05 18.05 Did not advance
40 István Kiss  Hungary 8.90 9.10 18.00 Did not advance
41 Jo Jong-ryol  North Korea 8.70 9.25 17.95 Did not advance
42 Antal Kisteleki  Hungary 9.00 8.90 17.90 Did not advance
Mauno Nissinen  Finland 8.90 9.00 17.90 Did not advance
Pavel Stanovsky  Czechoslovakia 8.95 8.95 17.90 Did not advance
Mieczyslaw Strzalka  Poland 8.80 9.10 17.90 Did not advance
46 Reinhard Ritter  West Germany 8.95 8.85 17.80 Did not advance
47 George Greenfield  United States 8.85 8.90 17.75 Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.00 8.75 17.75 Did not advance
49 Philippe Gaille  Switzerland 8.85 8.85 17.70 Did not advance
Kim Song-il  North Korea 8.70 9.00 17.70 Did not advance
Jürgen Paeke  East Germany 8.50 9.20 17.70 Did not advance
52 Dimitar Koychev  Bulgaria 8.90 8.75 17.65 Did not advance
Ladislav Morava  Czechoslovakia 8.80 8.85 17.65 Did not advance
54 Edwin Greutmann  Switzerland 9.00 8.60 17.60 Did not advance
55 Jorge Cuervo  Cuba 8.75 8.80 17.55 Did not advance
Jerzy Kruza  Poland 8.55 9.00 17.55 Did not advance
Miloš Vratič  Yugoslavia 8.75 8.80 17.55 Did not advance
58 Max Brühwiler  Switzerland 8.60 8.90 17.50 Did not advance
Heinz Häussler  West Germany 8.55 8.95 17.50 Did not advance
Cecilio Ugarte  Spain 8.65 8.85 17.50 Did not advance
61 Bernd Effing  West Germany 8.60 8.85 17.45 Did not advance
Gheorghe Paunescu  Romania 8.60 8.85 17.45 Did not advance
63 Adolfo Lampronti  Italy 8.50 8.85 17.35 Did not advance
64 Jim Culhane Jr.  United States 8.50 8.80 17.30 Did not advance
65 Dimitar Dimitrov  Bulgaria 8.65 8.55 17.20 Did not advance
Ivica Hmjelovac  Yugoslavia 8.50 8.70 17.20 Did not advance
Bohumil Mudrik  Czechoslovakia 8.45 8.75 17.20 Did not advance
Stefan Zoev  Bulgaria 8.60 8.60 17.20 Did not advance
69 Henri Boërio  France 8.55 8.60 17.15 Did not advance
Ivan Kondev  Bulgaria 8.40 8.75 17.15 Did not advance
Jean-Pierre Miens  France 8.65 8.50 17.15 Did not advance
Fedele Spatazza  Italy 8.60 8.55 17.15 Did not advance
73 Maurizio Milanetto  Italy 8.30 8.80 17.10 Did not advance
74 Emilio Sagre  Cuba 8.45 8.60 17.05 Did not advance
75 Christian Deuza  France 8.10 8.90 17.00 Did not advance
Drago Sostaric  Yugoslavia 8.40 8.60 17.00 Did not advance
77 René Badell  Cuba 8.20 8.75 16.95 Did not advance
István Bérczi  Hungary 8.55 8.40 16.95 Did not advance
Bernard Farjat  France 8.30 8.65 16.95 Did not advance
Mircea Gheorghiu  Romania 8.35 8.60 16.95 Did not advance
Constantin Petrescu  Romania 8.30 8.65 16.95 Did not advance
Jorge Rodriguez  Cuba 8.50 8.45 16.95 Did not advance
83 Tore Lie  Norway 8.25 8.65 16.90 Did not advance
Geno Radev  Bulgaria 8.40 8.50 16.90 Did not advance
85 John Crosby Jr.  United States 7.85 9.00 16.85 Did not advance
Christian Guiffroy  France 8.10 8.75 16.85 Did not advance
Carmine Luppino  Italy 8.00 8.85 16.85 Did not advance
88 Luigi Coppa  Italy 8.25 8.55 16.80 Did not advance
Milenko Kersnic  Yugoslavia 8.05 8.75 16.80 Did not advance
90 Zoran Ivanovic  Yugoslavia 8.15 8.60 16.75 Did not advance
Bill Norgrave  Great Britain 8.55 8.20 16.75 Did not advance
92 Béla Herczeg  Hungary 8.50 8.20 16.70 Did not advance
Bozhidar Iliev  Bulgaria 8.85 7.85 16.70 Did not advance
94 Robert Bretscher  Switzerland 7.50 9.10 16.60 Did not advance
Franco Donega  Italy 7.95 8.65 16.60 Did not advance
96 Eddie Arnold  Great Britain 8.50 8.00 16.50 Did not advance
97 André Simard  Canada 7.70 8.75 16.45 Did not advance
98 Peter Lloyd  Australia 8.15 8.10 16.25 Did not advance
Agustin Sandoval  Spain 8.00 8.25 16.25 Did not advance
100 Roberto Léon Richards  Cuba 7.75 8.45 16.20 Did not advance
101 Luis Ramirez  Cuba 7.55 8.60 16.15 Did not advance
102 Ian Clarke  Australia 8.15 7.90 16.05 Did not advance
Georges Guelzec  France 7.45 8.60 16.05 Did not advance
104 Bruno Banzer  Liechtenstein 7.45 8.55 16.00 Did not advance
Steve Mitruk  Canada 7.75 8.25 16.00 Did not advance
106 José Ginés  Spain 7.55 8.30 15.85 Did not advance
Stan Wild  Great Britain 8.00 7.85 15.85 Did not advance
108 Rogelio Mendoza  Mexico 6.90 8.35 15.25 Did not advance
109 Ole Benediktson  Denmark 6.90 8.25 15.15 Did not advance
110 Terry Sale  New Zealand 6.60 7.35 13.95 Did not advance
111 Miloslav Netusil  Czechoslovakia 9.05 0.00 9.05 Did not advance
— Hans Ettlin  Switzerland DNS Did not advance
Bruce Medd  Canada DNS Did not advance

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 192.
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