Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

The men's vault 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 Lou Yun of China, in the nation's debut in the Games.

Men's vault
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenuePauley Pavilion
Dates29 July – 4 August
Competitors71 from 19 nations
Winning score19.950
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lou Yun
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mitchell Gaylord
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Koji Gushiken
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Li Ning
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shinji Morisue
 Japan
← 1980
1988 →

With four silver medalists, the event produced the only four-way tie in the Olympics to date.[2] The silver medals went to Li Ning of China, Koji Gushiken and Shinji Morisue of Japan, and Mitchell Gaylord of the United States. Gaylord's medal was the first for the United States in the vault since 1932.

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, as all were from boycotting nations. With the absence of the dominant Soviets and strong East Germans, the field was open to the traditional power Japan and rising powers China and the United States. Li Ning and Lou Yun of China had taken second and fourth, respectively, at the 1983 world championships, the highest rankings of the non-boycotting nations.[1]

The People's Republic of China and San Marino each made their debut in the men's vault. 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 vault and the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004). 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][3]

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 31st. 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
  Lou Yun   China 10.00 10.00 20.00 10.000 9.950 19.950
  Mitchell Gaylord   United States 9.95 9.90 19.85 9.925 9.900 19.825
Koji Gushiken   Japan 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.950 19.825
Li Ning   China 10.00 9.75 19.75 9.875 9.950 19.825
Shinji Morisue   Japan 9.95 9.75 19.70 9.850 9.975 19.825
6 Jim Hartung   United States 9.90 9.90 19.80 9.900 9.900 19.800
7 Warren Long   Canada 9.85 9.85 19.70 9.850 9.850 19.700
8 Daniel Wunderlin   Switzerland 9.90 9.80 19.70 9.850 9.775 19.625
9 Scott Johnson   United States 9.85 9.85 19.70 Did not advance
10 Terence Bartlett   Great Britain 9.90 9.75 19.65 Did not advance
Bart Conner   United States 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
Valentin Pîntea   Romania 9.90 9.75 19.65 Did not advance
Tong Fei   China 9.85 9.80 19.65 Did not advance
Peter Vidmar   United States 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
Xu Zhiqiang   China 9.80 9.85 19.65 Did not advance
16 Laurent Barbiéri   France 9.85 9.75 19.60 Did not advance
Nobuyuki Kajitani   Japan 9.70 9.90 19.60 Did not advance
Li Yuejiu   China 9.75 9.85 19.60 Did not advance
Andrew Morris   Great Britain 9.85 9.75 19.60 Did not advance
Marco Piatti   Switzerland 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Allan Reddon   Canada 9.85 9.75 19.60 Did not advance
Volker Rohrwick   West Germany 9.90 9.70 19.60 Did not advance
Philippe Vatuone   France 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Kyoji Yamawaki   Japan 9.85 9.75 19.60 Did not advance
25 Werner Birnbaum   Australia 9.90 9.65 19.55 Did not advance
Jean-Luc Cairon   France 9.80 9.75 19.55 Did not advance
Robert Edmonds   Australia 9.85 9.70 19.55 Did not advance
Jürgen Geiger   West Germany 9.90 9.65 19.55 Did not advance
Benno Groß   West Germany 9.80 9.75 19.55 Did not advance
Li Xiaoping   China 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
Koji Sotomura   Japan 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
32 Vittorio Allievi   Italy 9.75 9.75 19.50 Did not advance
Tim Daggett   United States 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Noritoshi Hirata   Japan 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Andreas Japtok   West Germany 9.80 9.70 19.50 Did not advance
Markus Lehmann   Switzerland 9.80 9.70 19.50 Did not advance
Joël Suty   France 9.80 9.70 19.50 Did not advance
Barry Winch   Great Britain 9.85 9.65 19.50 Did not advance
Josef Zellweger   Switzerland 9.80 9.70 19.50 Did not advance
40 Rocco Amboni   Italy 9.90 9.55 19.45 Did not advance
Philippe Chartrand   Canada 9.75 9.70 19.45 Did not advance
Han Chung-sik   South Korea 0.80 9.65 10.45 Did not advance
Brad Peters   Canada 9.75 9.70 19.45 Did not advance
Bernhard Simmelbauer   West Germany 9.80 9.65 19.45 Did not advance
Miguel Soler   Spain 9.75 9.70 19.45 Did not advance
Daniel Winkler   West Germany 9.75 9.70 19.45 Did not advance
47 Jang Tae-eun   South Korea 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Antonio Fraguas   Spain 9.75 9.65 19.40 Did not advance
Diego Lazzarich   Italy 9.80 9.60 19.40 Did not advance
Urs Meister   Switzerland 9.80 9.60 19.40 Did not advance
Emilian Nicula   Romania 9.80 9.60 19.40 Did not advance
Alfonso Rodríguez   Spain 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
53 Finn Gjertsen   Norway 9.80 9.55 19.35 Did not advance
Keith Langley   Great Britain 9.75 9.60 19.35 Did not advance
Lee Jeoung-sik   South Korea 9.70 9.65 19.35 Did not advance
56 Michel Boutard   France 9.65 9.65 19.30 Did not advance
Jacques Def   France 9.65 9.65 19.30 Did not advance
Nam Seung-gu   South Korea 9.70 9.60 19.30 Did not advance
Frank Nutzenberger   Canada 9.70 9.60 19.30 Did not advance
Tony Piñeda   Mexico 9.55 9.75 19.30 Did not advance
Eddie Van Hoof   Great Britain 9.70 9.60 19.30 Did not advance
62 Chae Gwang-seok   South Korea 9.70 9.55 19.25 Did not advance
63 Daniel Gaudet   Canada 9.65 9.55 19.20 Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam   South Korea 9.65 9.55 19.20 Did not advance
Maurizio Zonzini   San Marino 9.40 9.80 19.20 Did not advance
66 Richard Benyon   Great Britain 9.65 9.50 19.15 Did not advance
Johan Jonasson   Sweden 9.50 9.65 19.15 Did not advance
68 Ya'akov Levi   Israel 9.60 9.50 19.10 Did not advance
Yohanan Moyal   Israel 9.50 9.60 19.10 Did not advance
70 Bruno Cavelti   Switzerland 9.70 9.25 18.95 Did not advance
Gerson Gnoatto   Brazil 9.30 9.65 18.95 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016: How often does a 3-way tie happen at the Olympics?". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 444.