Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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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
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Gymnastics at the
1980 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 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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 9.90 9.95 19.85 9.925 9.950 19.875
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandr Tkachyov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.85 19.65 9.825 9.900 19.725
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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