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Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic artistic gymnastics
VenueAriake Gymnastics Centre
Date24 July 2021 (qualifying)
3 August 2021 (final)
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Winning score16.233 points
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zou Jingyuan  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lukas Dauser  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ferhat Arıcan  Turkey
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The men's parallel bars event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 24 July and 3 August 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.[1] Approximately 70 gymnasts from 35 nations (of the 98 total gymnasts) competed on parallel bars in the qualifying round.[2]

Zou Jingyuan of China won the title for his first individual Olympic medal. Germany's Lukas Dauser earned the silver for his first Olympic medal. Ferhat Arıcan of Turkey rounded off the podium in bronze, earning not only his first Olympic medal, but also the first for his country in artistic gymnastics. The defending champion, Oleg Verniaiev from Ukraine, did not enter the competition as he was serving a doping ban.

The medals for the competition were presented by Jean-Christophe Rolland, Olympian, France; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Luo Chaoyi, People's Republic of China; FIG Executive Committee Member.

Background

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This was the 25th 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).

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 6 qualified gymnasts: a team of 4 and up to 2 specialists. A total of 98 quota places are allocated to men's gymnastics.

The 12 teams that qualify will be able to send 4 gymnasts in the team competition, for a total of 48 of the 98 quota places. The top three teams at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (China, Russia, and Japan) and the top nine teams (excluding those already qualified) at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Ukraine, Great Britain, Switzerland, the United States, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Brazil, Spain, and Germany) earned team qualification places.

The remaining 50 quota places are awarded individually. Each gymnast can only earn one place, except that gymnasts that competed with a team that qualified are eligible to earn a second place through the 2020 All Around World Cup Series. Some of the individual events are open to gymnasts from NOCs with qualified teams, while others are not. These places are filled through various criteria based on the 2019 World Championships, the 2020 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, continental championships, a host guarantee, and a Tripartite Commission invitation.

Each of the 98 qualified gymnasts are eligible for the pommel horse competition, but many gymnasts do not compete in each of the apparatus events.

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for gymnastics. The 2018 and 2019 World Championships were completed on time, but many of the World Cup series events were delayed into 2021.

Competition format

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The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advance to the apparatus final. The finalists perform an additional exercise. Qualification scores are then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Schedule

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The competition is held over two days, 24 July and 3 August. The qualifying round (for all men's gymnastics events) is the first day; the apparatus final is on the second day.[1]

Date Time Round Subdivision
24 July 10:00 Qualification Subdivision 1
14:30 Subdivision 2
19:30 Subdivision 3
3 August 17:00 Final
All times are local time (UTC+09:00).

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Gymnast D Score E Score Pen. Total Qual.
1  Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 6.8 9.366 16.166 Q
2  Lukas Dauser (GER) 6.7 9.033 15.733 Q
3  You Hao (CHN) 6.8 8.866 15.666 Q
4  Ferhat Arıcan (TUR) 7.0 8.566 15.566 Q
5  Sam Mikulak (USA) 6.4 9.033 15.433 Q
6  Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) 6.4 9.000 15.400
7  Joe Fraser (GBR) 6.6 8.800 15.400 Q
8  Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 6.6 8.733 15.333 Q
9  David Belyavskiy (ROC) 6.6 8.725 15.325 Q
10  Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) 6.2 9.100 15.300 R1
11  Wataru Tanigawa (JPN) 6.4 8.841 15.241 R2
12  Artur Dalaloyan (ROC) 6.4 8.833 15.233 R3
Reserves

The reserves for the men's parallel bars final were:

  1.  Daiki Hashimoto (JPN)
  2.  Wataru Tanigawa (JPN)
  3.  Artur Dalaloyan (ROC)

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the event final. Gymnasts who did not qualify for the final because of the quota, but had high enough scores to do so were:

Final

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Rank Gymnast D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 6.9 9.333 16.233
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lukas Dauser (GER) 6.7 9.000 15.700
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ferhat Arıcan (TUR) 7.0 8.633 15.633
4  You Hao (CHN) 6.9 8.566 15.466
5  David Belyavskiy (ROC) 6.6 8.600 15.200
6  Sam Mikulak (USA) 6.4 8.600 15.000
7  Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 6.1 8.433 14.533
8  Joe Fraser (GBR) 6.1 8.400 14.500
Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Artistic Gymnastics Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Parallel Bars Final – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.