Gymnastics at the 1984 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 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 29, 31 and August 4 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. There were 71 competitors from 19 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 Shinji Morisue of Japan, continuing the nation's dominant streak where it left off before the 1980 boycott. Morisue scored a perfect 20 in the event (requiring all three exercises to receive perfect 10s); he was one of only three gymnasts to achieve a perfect 20 on an apparatus (and the only male gymnast to do so) during the 20-point era (1952–1988). The gold medal was Japan's sixth on the horizontal bar, all within eight Games (including one in which Japan did not compete at all). Koji Gushiken added a bronze medal for Japan. The People's Republic of China debuted strongly, with a silver medal from Tong Fei.

Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenuePauley Pavilion
Dates29 July – 4 August
Competitors71 from 19 nations
Winning score20.000
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shinji Morisue
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tong Fei
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Koji Gushiken
 Japan
← 1980
1988 →

Background

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This was the 16th 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). None of the six finalists from 1980 returned; all six were from boycotting nations. Soviets had won the last two world championships (and shared silver at both, as well); France's Philippe Vatuone had tied for second in 1983, with Shinji Morisue of Japan and Tong Fei of China even in fourth place. The host nation's hopes were in Peter Vidmar, a world championship finalist.[1]

The People's Republic of China and San Marino each made their debut in the men's horizontal bar. The United States made its 14th appearance, breaking a tie with the absent Hungary for 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.

The 1984 Games expanded the number of finalists from six to eight. Nations were still limited to two finalists each. Others were ranked 9th through 71st. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final.[1][2]

Schedule

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All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 29 July 1984 Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 31 July 1984 Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 4 August 1984 17:30 Final

Results

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Seventy-one gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 29 and 31. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 4. 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
  Shinji Morisue   Japan 10.00 10.00 20.00 10.000 10.000 20.000
  Tong Fei   China 10.00 9.95 19.95 9.975 10.000 19.975
  Kōji Gushiken   Japan 10.00 9.90 19.90 9.950 10.000 19.950
4 Lou Yun   China 9.95 9.95 19.90 9.950 9.900 19.850
Peter Vidmar   United States 9.95 9.95 19.90 9.950 9.900 19.850
Tim Daggett   United States 9.90 10.00 19.90 9.950 9.900 19.850
7 Marco Piatti   Switzerland 9.90 9.90 19.80 9.900 9.900 19.800
8 Daniel Wunderlin   Switzerland 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.800 19.675
9 Xu Zhiqiang   China 10.00 9.90 19.90 Did not advance
10 Bart Conner   United States 9.90 9.90 19.80 Did not advance
11 Li Yuejiu   China 9.85 9.90 19.75 Did not advance
12 Philippe Chartrand   Canada 9.80 9.90 19.70 Did not advance
Noritoshi Hirata   Japan 9.80 9.90 19.70 Did not advance
Lee Jeoung-sik   South Korea 9.85 9.85 19.70 Did not advance
Philippe Vatuone   France 9.85 9.85 19.70 Did not advance
16 Bruno Cavelti   Switzerland 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
Jacques Def   France 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
Andreas Japtok   West Germany 9.75 9.90 19.65 Did not advance
Li Xiaoping   China 9.70 9.95 19.65 Did not advance
20 Jim Hartung   United States 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Markus Lehmann   Switzerland 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
22 Chae Gwang-seok   South Korea 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
Antonio Fraguas   Spain 9.80 9.75 19.55 Did not advance
Daniel Winkler   West Germany 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
25 Jang Tae-eun   South Korea 9.75 9.75 19.50 Did not advance
Keith Langley   Great Britain 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Frank Nutzenberger   Canada 9.80 9.70 19.50 Did not advance
Koji Sotomura   Japan 9.75 9.75 19.50 Did not advance
Joël Suty   France 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
30 Laurent Barbiéri   France 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
Diego Lazzarich   Italy 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
Josef Zellweger   Switzerland 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
Han Chung-sik   South Korea 9.85 9.60 19.45 Did not advance
34 Jürgen Geiger   West Germany 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Li Ning   China 9.50 9.90 19.40 Did not advance
Nam Seung-gu   South Korea 9.65 9.75 19.40 Did not advance
37 Terence Bartlett   Great Britain 9.75 9.60 19.35 Did not advance
Mitchell Gaylord   United States 9.40 9.95 19.35 Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam   South Korea 9.65 9.70 19.35 Did not advance
Nobuyuki Kajitani   Japan 9.90 9.45 19.35 Did not advance
41 Tony Piñeda   Mexico 9.55 9.75 19.30 Did not advance
Jean-Luc Cairon   France 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Benno Groß   West Germany 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Valentin Pîntea   Romania 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
45 Urs Meister   Switzerland 9.55 9.70 19.25 Did not advance
Allan Reddon   Canada 9.75 9.50 19.25 Did not advance
Kyoji Yamawaki   Japan 9.70 9.55 19.25 Did not advance
48 Bernhard Simmelbauer   West Germany 9.65 9.55 19.20 Did not advance
Daniel Gaudet   Canada 9.60 9.60 19.20 Did not advance
Barry Winch   Great Britain 9.60 9.60 19.20 Did not advance
51 Scott Johnson   United States 9.65 9.50 19.15 Did not advance
Emilian Nicula   Romania 9.85 9.30 19.15 Did not advance
Brad Peters   Canada 9.80 9.35 19.15 Did not advance
Volker Rohrwick   West Germany 9.60 9.55 19.15 Did not advance
Miguel Soler   Spain 9.45 9.70 19.15 Did not advance
56 Werner Birnbaum   Australia 9.70 9.40 19.10 Did not advance
Warren Long   Canada 9.60 9.50 19.10 Did not advance
58 Rocco Amboni   Italy 9.65 9.40 19.05 Did not advance
Eddie Van Hoof   Great Britain 9.55 9.50 19.05 Did not advance
60 Alfonso Rodríguez   Spain 9.70 9.30 19.00 Did not advance
61 Vittorio Allievi   Italy 9.70 9.20 18.90 Did not advance
Richard Benyon   Great Britain 9.45 9.45 18.90 Did not advance
Michel Boutard   France 9.50 9.40 18.90 Did not advance
64 Finn Gjertsen   Norway 9.55 9.20 18.75 Did not advance
65 Yohanan Moyal   Israel 9.15 9.50 18.65 Did not advance
66 Andrew Morris   Great Britain 9.75 8.70 18.45 Did not advance
67 Rob Edmonds   Australia 9.75 8.35 18.10 Did not advance
68 Maurizio Zonzini   San Marino 9.25 8.80 18.05 Did not advance
Gerson Gnoatto   Brazil 8.45 9.60 18.05 Did not advance
70 Johan Jonasson   Sweden 8.00 9.65 17.65 Did not advance
Ya'akov Levi   Israel 9.10 8.55 17.65 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 444.