Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

The men's horizontal bar 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 113 competitors from 26 nations; nations entering the team event had 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts.[1] Japan reached the height of its success in the event this year, thoroughly dominating the event by taking the top five places (with the final Japanese gymnast placing 10th). Mitsuo Tsukahara was the winner, with Sawao Kato second and Shigeru Kasamatsu third. Japan had now won the event in four of the last five Games. The only finalist from outside Japan was Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union.

Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Mitsuo Tsukahara (on the rings)
VenueOlympiahalle
Dates27 August – 1 September
Competitors113 from 26 nations
Winning score19.725
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sawao Kato
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shigeru Kasamatsu
 Japan
← 1968
1976 →

Background

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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: joint gold medalists Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union and Akinori Nakayama of Japan, bronze medalist Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan, and fourth-place finisher Klaus Köste of East Germany. Kenmotsu was the reigning (1970) world champion, with Nakayama the runner-up and Köste tied with Takuji Hayata of Japan (who was not on the Munich Olympic team).[1]

Liechtenstein, New Zealand, and North Korea each made their debut in the men's horizontal bar. The United States made its 12th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 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. (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 113th. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final.[1][2]

Schedule

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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

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One-hundred thirteen 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 12 Prelim. Final Total
  Mitsuo Tsukahara   Japan 9.75 9.90 19.65 9.825 9.900 19.725
  Sawao Kato   Japan 9.85 9.70 19.55 9.775 9.750 19.525
  Shigeru Kasamatsu   Japan 9.75 9.75 19.50 9.750 9.700 19.450
4 Eizo Kenmotsu   Japan 9.65 9.75 19.40 9.700 9.650 19.350
5 Akinori Nakayama   Japan 9.65 9.60 19.25 9.625 9.600 19.225
6 Nikolai Andrianov   Soviet Union 9.60 9.60 19.20 9.600 9.500 19.100
7 Wolfgang Thüne   East Germany 9.50 9.65 19.15 Did not advance
8 Eberhard Gienger   West Germany 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
Edvard Mikaelian   Soviet Union 9.45 9.60 19.05 Did not advance
10 Matthias Brehme   East Germany 9.30 9.55 18.85 Did not advance
Teruichi Okamura   Japan 9.40 9.45 18.85 Did not advance
Vladimir Schukin   Soviet Union 9.35 9.50 18.85 Did not advance
Mikhail Voronin   Soviet Union 9.35 9.50 18.85 Did not advance
14 Li Song-sob   North Korea 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
15 Klaus Köste   East Germany 9.20 9.55 18.75 Did not advance
Reinhard Rychly   East Germany 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna   Poland 9.15 9.60 18.75 Did not advance
18 Günter Spies   West Germany 9.25 9.40 18.65 Did not advance
19 Alexander Maleev   Soviet Union 9.20 9.35 18.55 Did not advance
20 Wolfgang Klotz   East Germany 9.05 9.45 18.50 Did not advance
21 Henri Boërio   France 9.05 9.40 18.45 Did not advance
Robert Bretscher   Switzerland 9.15 9.30 18.45 Did not advance
Steven Hug   United States 9.15 9.30 18.45 Did not advance
Kim Song-il   North Korea 9.10 9.35 18.45 Did not advance
Jürgen Paeke   East Germany 9.10 9.35 18.45 Did not advance
26 Kim Song-yu   North Korea 9.00 9.40 18.40 Did not advance
Viktor Klimenko   Soviet Union 9.15 9.25 18.40 Did not advance
Mikolaj Kubica   Poland 8.95 9.45 18.40 Did not advance
Constantin Petrescu   Romania 9.00 9.40 18.40 Did not advance
30 Janez Brodnik   Yugoslavia 9.05 9.30 18.35 Did not advance
31 Walter Mossinger   West Germany 8.90 9.35 18.25 Did not advance
32 Christian Guiffroy   France 8.90 9.30 18.20 Did not advance
Imre Molnár   Hungary 8.90 9.30 18.20 Did not advance
Peter Rohner   Switzerland 8.85 9.35 18.20 Did not advance
35 George Greenfield   United States 8.80 9.35 18.15 Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar   Hungary 8.85 9.30 18.15 Did not advance
Petre Mihaiuc   Romania 8.90 9.25 18.15 Did not advance
38 Ladislav Morava   Czechoslovakia 8.65 9.45 18.10 Did not advance
39 Miloš Vratič   Yugoslavia 8.80 9.25 18.05 Did not advance
Makoto Sakamoto   United States 9.20 8.85 18.05 Did not advance
41 Heinz Häussler   West Germany 8.90 9.10 18.00 Did not advance
42 Roberto Léon Richards   Cuba 8.60 9.35 17.95 Did not advance
Jorge Rodriguez   Cuba 8.70 9.25 17.95 Did not advance
Pavel Stanovsky   Czechoslovakia 8.75 9.20 17.95 Did not advance
45 Edwin Greutmann   Switzerland 8.75 9.15 17.90 Did not advance
Mauno Nissinen   Finland 8.80 9.10 17.90 Did not advance
Mieczyslaw Strzalka   Poland 8.65 9.25 17.90 Did not advance
48 Wilhelm Kubica   Poland 8.45 9.40 17.85 Did not advance
49 Jerzy Kruza   Poland 8.55 9.25 17.80 Did not advance
50 Philippe Gaille   Switzerland 8.85 8.90 17.75 Did not advance
Milenko Kersnic   Yugoslavia 8.60 9.15 17.75 Did not advance
Sylwester Kubica   Poland 8.25 9.50 17.75 Did not advance
Jean-Pierre Miens   France 8.55 9.20 17.75 Did not advance
Vladislav Nehasil   Czechoslovakia 8.50 9.25 17.75 Did not advance
Shin Heung-do   North Korea 8.70 9.05 17.75 Did not advance
56 Franco Donega   Italy 8.55 9.15 17.70 Did not advance
Bernd Effing   West Germany 9.05 8.65 17.70 Did not advance
Dan Grecu   Romania 8.90 8.80 17.70 Did not advance
István Kiss   Hungary 8.70 9.00 17.70 Did not advance
60 René Badell   Cuba 8.55 9.05 17.60 Did not advance
Luigi Coppa   Italy 8.65 8.95 17.60 Did not advance
Christian Deuza   France 8.80 8.80 17.60 Did not advance
Jo Jong-ryol   North Korea 8.70 8.90 17.60 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu   Romania 8.55 9.05 17.60 Did not advance
Gheorghe Paunescu   Romania 8.65 8.95 17.60 Did not advance
Geno Radev   Bulgaria 8.60 9.00 17.60 Did not advance
67 Bruno Banzer   Liechtenstein 8.50 9.05 17.55 Did not advance
Béla Herczeg   Hungary 8.70 8.85 17.55 Did not advance
Stefan Zoev   Bulgaria 8.45 9.10 17.55 Did not advance
70 Emilio Sagre   Cuba 8.55 8.90 17.45 Did not advance
71 Ho Yun-hang   North Korea 8.25 9.15 17.40 Did not advance
72 Antal Kisteleki   Hungary 8.80 8.50 17.30 Did not advance
73 Dimitar Koychev   Bulgaria 8.40 8.85 17.25 Did not advance
Drago Sostaric   Yugoslavia 8.45 8.80 17.25 Did not advance
75 Max Brühwiler   Switzerland 8.55 8.65 17.20 Did not advance
Jorge Cuervo   Cuba 7.70 9.50 17.20 Did not advance
Agustin Sandoval   Spain 8.70 8.50 17.20 Did not advance
78 Ivica Hmjelovac   Yugoslavia 8.30 8.85 17.15 Did not advance
Bozhidar Iliev   Bulgaria 8.25 8.90 17.15 Did not advance
Zoran Ivanovic   Yugoslavia 8.40 8.75 17.15 Did not advance
81 Mircea Gheorghiu   Romania 8.00 9.10 17.10 Did not advance
82 Marshall Avener   United States 8.15 8.90 17.05 Did not advance
Jifi Fejtek   Czechoslovakia 7.85 9.20 17.05 Did not advance
84 István Bérczi   Hungary 8.55 8.45 17.00 Did not advance
85 Peter Lloyd   Australia 8.20 8.70 16.90 Did not advance
86 Dimitar Dimitrov   Bulgaria 8.00 8.75 16.75 Did not advance
Bernard Farjat   France 8.05 8.70 16.75 Did not advance
88 Steve Mitruk   Canada 8.10 8.50 16.60 Did not advance
89 Jim Culhane Jr.   United States 8.25 8.30 16.55 Did not advance
Maurizio Milanetto   Italy 8.70 7.85 16.55 Did not advance
91 Georges Guelzec   France 8.05 8.45 16.50 Did not advance
Reinhard Ritter   West Germany 8.70 7.80 16.50 Did not advance
93 Luis Ramirez   Cuba 7.80 8.55 16.35 Did not advance
94 Tore Lie   Norway 7.65 8.65 16.30 Did not advance
95 Stan Wild   Great Britain 7.60 8.50 16.10 Did not advance
96 Adolfo Lampronti   Italy 7.80 8.25 16.05 Did not advance
97 André Simard   Canada 7.70 8.25 15.95 Did not advance
98 José Ginés   Spain 7.25 8.55 15.80 Did not advance
99 Ole Benediktson   Denmark 7.65 8.10 15.75 Did not advance
Cecilio Ugarte   Spain 7.30 8.45 15.75 Did not advance
101 Rogelio Mendoza   Mexico 7.60 8.10 15.70 Did not advance
102 John Crosby Jr.   United States 7.00 8.55 15.55 Did not advance
103 Fedele Spatazza   Italy 7.75 7.75 15.50 Did not advance
104 Ivan Kondev   Bulgaria 7.20 8.15 15.35 Did not advance
105 Ian Clarke   Australia 7.10 8.20 15.30 Did not advance
Bohumil Mudrik   Czechoslovakia 6.60 8.70 15.30 Did not advance
107 Eddie Arnold   Great Britain 7.65 7.60 15.25 Did not advance
108 Carmine Luppino   Italy 6.35 8.80 15.15 Did not advance
109 Bill Norgrave   Great Britain 6.85 8.15 15.00 Did not advance
110 Terry Sale   New Zealand 6.15 8.40 14.55 Did not advance
111 Hans Ettlin   Switzerland 9.05 9.05 Did not advance
112 Miloslav Netusil   Czechoslovakia 8.70 8.70 Did not advance
113 Bruce Medd   Canada 3.90 3.90 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 192.