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Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenueOlympic Gymnastics Hall
Dates18–24 September
Competitors89 from 23 nations
Winning score19.925
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Artemov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valeri Liukin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Tippelt
 East Germany
← 1984
1992 →

The men's parallel bars competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 18, 20 and 24th at the Olympic Gymnastics Hall. There were 89 competitors from 23 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts and other nations having up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Vladimir Artemov of the Soviet Union, bracketing the 1984 boycott with gold medal wins for the Soviets; Valeri Liukin took silver, as well. Sven Tippelt of East Germany took bronze.

Background

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This was the 17th 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 eight finalists from 1984 returned: sixth-place finisher Li Ning of China and seventh-place finisher Daniel Winkler of West Germany. Vladimir Artemov of the Soviet Union was the reigning (1987) world champion, with his teammate Dmitry Bilozerchev runner-up and a pair of East Germans (Sven Tippelt and Sylvio Kroll) third and fourth.[1]

Chinese Taipei made its debut in the men's parallel bars. The United States made its 15th appearance, most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 event and the boycotted 1980 Games.

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. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final. The 1984 Games had expanded the number of finalists from six to eight. Nations were still limited to two finalists each. Others were ranked 9th through 89th. [1][2]

Schedule

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All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 18 September 1988 Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 20 September 1988 Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 24 September 1988 14:20 Final

Results

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Eighty-nine gymnasts competed in the parallel bars event during the compulsory and optional rounds on September 18 and 20. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 24. 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Artemov  Soviet Union 10.00 9.95 19.95 9.975 9.950 19.925
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valeri Liukin  Soviet Union 9.90 10.00 19.90 9.950 9.950 19.900
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Tippelt  East Germany 9.90 9.80 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
4 Kalofer Khristozov  Bulgaria 9.80 9.95 19.75 9.875 9.850 19.725
5 Marius Gherman  Romania 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.850 19.700
6 Curtis Hibbert  Canada 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.825 19.675
7 Sylvio Kroll  East Germany 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.750 19.625
8 Boris Preti  Italy 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.750 19.600
9 Dmitry Bilozerchev  Soviet Union 9.90 10.00 19.90 Did not advance
10 Holger Behrendt  East Germany 9.80 9.90 19.70 Did not advance
Sergey Kharkov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 Did not advance
Vladimir Novikov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 Did not advance
13 Gyorgy Guczoghy  Hungary 9.75 9.90 19.65 Did not advance
Stoyko Gochev  Bulgaria 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
Ulf Hoffmann  East Germany 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
Vladimir Gogoladze  Soviet Union 9.75 9.90 19.65 Did not advance
Zsolt Borkai  Hungary 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
18 Christian Chevalier  France 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Claude Carmona  France 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Jury Chechi  Italy 9.75 9.85 19.60 Did not advance
Koichi Mizushima  Japan 9.70 9.90 19.60 Did not advance
Guo Linxian  China 9.70 9.90 19.60 Did not advance
Ralf Büchner  East Germany 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Toshiharu Sato  Japan 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
25 Charles Lakes  United States 9.60 9.95 19.55 Did not advance
Paolo Bucci  Italy 9.70 9.85 19.55 Did not advance
Philippe Chartrand  Canada 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
Xu Zhiqiang  China 9.70 9.85 19.55 Did not advance
29 Adrian Sandu  Romania 9.80 9.70 19.50 Did not advance
Daisuke Nishikawa  Japan 9.75 9.75 19.50 Did not advance
Petar Georgiev  Bulgaria 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Scott Johnson  United States 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Takahiro Yamada  Japan 9.75 9.75 19.50 Did not advance
Yukio Iketani  Japan 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
35 Andreas Aguilar  West Germany 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
Li Chunyang  China 9.70 9.75 19.45 Did not advance
Josef Zellweger  Switzerland 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
Nicolae Bejenaru  Romania 9.60 9.85 19.45 Did not advance
39 Brad Peters  Canada 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Csaba Fajkusz  Hungary 9.60 9.80 19.40 Did not advance
Gabriele Sala  Italy 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Park Jong-Hoon  South Korea 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Lubomir Geraskov  Bulgaria 9.60 9.80 19.40 Did not advance
44 Alfonso Rodríguez  Spain 9.65 9.70 19.35 Did not advance
Deyan Kolev  Bulgaria 9.60 9.75 19.35 Did not advance
Kevin Davis  United States 9.50 9.85 19.35 Did not advance
Marius Toba  Romania 9.55 9.80 19.35 Did not advance
Patrick Mattioni  France 9.70 9.65 19.35 Did not advance
Zsolt Horváth  Hungary 9.55 9.80 19.35 Did not advance
50 Wang Chongsheng  China 9.65 9.65 19.30 Did not advance
Daniel Winkler  West Germany 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Hiroyuki Konishi  Japan 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Lance Ringnald  United States 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Lorne Bobkin  Canada 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Mike Beckmann  West Germany 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Ralph Kern  West Germany 9.70 9.60 19.30 Did not advance
Tony Piñeda  Mexico 9.65 9.65 19.30 Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam  South Korea 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
59 Andreas Wecker  East Germany 9.70 9.55 19.25 Did not advance
Bernhard Simmelbauer  West Germany 9.50 9.75 19.25 Did not advance
Dimitar Taskov  Bulgaria 9.30 9.95 19.25 Did not advance
Dominick Minicucci Jr.  United States 9.60 9.65 19.25 Did not advance
Riccardo Trapella  Italy 9.50 9.75 19.25 Did not advance
Valentin Pîntea  Romania 9.65 9.60 19.25 Did not advance
Lou Yun  China 9.40 9.85 19.25 Did not advance
66 Wes Suter  United States 9.40 9.80 19.20 Did not advance
67 James Rozon  Canada 9.60 9.55 19.15 Did not advance
Miguel Ángel Rubio  Spain 9.55 9.60 19.15 Did not advance
69 Frédéric Longuepée  France 9.50 9.60 19.10 Did not advance
Stéphane Cauterman  France 9.70 9.40 19.10 Did not advance
Song Yu-jin  South Korea 9.45 9.65 19.10 Did not advance
72 Andrew Morris  Great Britain 9.45 9.60 19.05 Did not advance
Jürgen Brümmer  West Germany 9.45 9.60 19.05 Did not advance
Terry Bartlett  Great Britain 9.50 9.55 19.05 Did not advance
75 Vittorio Allievi  Italy 9.35 9.55 18.90 Did not advance
76 Jenő Paprika  Hungary 9.15 9.70 18.85 Did not advance
77 Bruno Cavelti  Switzerland 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
Johan Jonasson  Sweden 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
Marian Rizan  Romania 8.90 9.90 18.80 Did not advance
80 Kenneth Meredith  Australia 9.15 9.60 18.75 Did not advance
Thierry Pecqueux  France 9.65 9.10 18.75 Did not advance
82 Alan Nolet  Canada 9.50 9.20 18.70 Did not advance
Álvaro Montesinos  Spain 9.30 9.40 18.70 Did not advance
84 Chang Chao-chun  Chinese Taipei 9.05 9.55 18.60 Did not advance
Hélder Pinheiro  Portugal 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
Li Ning  China 9.00 9.60 18.60 Did not advance
87 Jože Kolman  Yugoslavia 9.05 9.50 18.55 Did not advance
88 Gil Pinto  Brazil 8.30 9.50 17.80 Did not advance
89 Balázs Tóth  Hungary 9.70 9.70 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 429.