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Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

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Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
1979 Soviet stamp commemorating 1980 Olympic horizontal bar
VenueLuzhniki Palace of Sports
Dates20–25 July
Competitors65 from 14 nations
Winning score19.825
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stoyan Deltchev
 Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
← 1976
1984 →

The men's horizontal bar competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 20, 22 and 25th at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports. There were 65 competitors from 14 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 Stoyan Deltchev of Bulgaria, the nation's first medal in the horizontal bar. The Soviet Union took silver (Alexander Dityatin) and bronze (Nikolai Andrianov), reaching the podium for the first time since 1968. Japan's three-Games gold medal streak ended, with no Japanese gymnasts competing due to the American-led boycott.

Background

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This was the 15th 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 six finalists from 1976 returned: bronze medalist Henri Boerio of France and Ferenc Donath of Hungary. Japan had dominated the apparatus for decades, but would not compete in 1980 due to the American-led boycott. The reigning (1979) world champion, American Kurt Thomas, was also out due to the boycott. The Soviet Union, which had failed to medal in the apparatus the last two Games, had a strong team that looked likely to end that drought. Stoyan Deltchev of Bulgaria, fourth at the 1979 world championships, was the strongest contender against the Soviets.[1]

Brazil made its debut in the men's horizontal bar. Hungary made its 13th appearance, tying the United States (absent from the parallel bars event for the first time since the inaugural 1896 Games) for most of any nation.

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 top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals, except that nations were limited to two finalists each; others were ranked 7th through 65th. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final.[1][2]

Schedule

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All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 20 July 1980 10:00
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 22 July 1980 10:00
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Friday, 25 July 1980 14:30 Final

Results

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Sixty-five gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 20 and 22. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 25. 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) Stoyan Deltchev  Bulgaria 9.90 9.85 19.75 9.875 9.950 19.825
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.85 19.65 9.825 9.850 19.675
4 Ralf-Peter Hemmann  East Germany 9.65 9.70 19.35 9.675 9.850 19.525
Michael Nikolay  East Germany 9.75 9.60 19.35 9.675 9.850 19.525
6 Sergio Suarez  Cuba 9.50 9.80 19.30 9.650 9.800 19.450
7 Vladimir Markelov  Soviet Union 9.75 9.85 19.60 Did not advance
8 Eduard Azaryan  Soviet Union 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
9 Bohdan Makuts  Soviet Union 9.65 9.70 19.35 Did not advance
10 Joël Suty  France 9.55 9.70 19.25 Did not advance
11 Ferenc Donáth  Hungary 9.60 9.60 19.20 Did not advance
Dancho Yordanov  Bulgaria 9.60 9.60 19.20 Did not advance
13 Kurt Szilier  Romania 9.50 9.65 19.15 Did not advance
14 Aleksandr Tkachyov  Soviet Union 9.10 9.95 19.05 Did not advance
15 Henri Boerio  France 9.40 9.60 19.00 Did not advance
Lutz Hoffmann  East Germany 9.50 9.50 19.00 Did not advance
17 György Guczoghy  Hungary 9.30 9.65 18.95 Did not advance
Péter Kovács  Hungary 9.70 9.25 18.95 Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.50 9.45 18.95 Did not advance
20 Jiří Tabák  Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.45 18.85 Did not advance
21 Andreas Bronst  East Germany 9.35 9.45 18.80 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 9.35 9.45 18.80 Did not advance
23 Enrique Bravo  Cuba 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
Dan Grecu  Romania 9.25 9.50 18.75 Did not advance
Roberto Leon  Cuba 9.50 9.25 18.75 Did not advance
26 Miguel Arroyo  Cuba 9.55 9.15 18.70 Did not advance
Rudolf Babiak  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.40 18.70 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna  Poland 9.55 9.15 18.70 Did not advance
Ognyan Bangiev  Bulgaria 9.50 9.20 18.70 Did not advance
30 Roland Brückner  East Germany 9.60 9.05 18.65 Did not advance
31 Zoltán Kelemen  Hungary 9.35 9.25 18.60 Did not advance
Jan Migdau  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.30 18.60 Did not advance
István Vámos  Hungary 9.40 9.20 18.60 Did not advance
34 Willi Moy  France 9.10 9.45 18.55 Did not advance
Yanko Radanchev  Bulgaria 9.35 9.20 18.55 Did not advance
Jan Zoulik  Czechoslovakia 9.35 9.20 18.55 Did not advance
37 Sorin Cepoi  Romania 9.05 9.45 18.50 Did not advance
Aurelian Georgescu  Romania 9.30 9.20 18.50 Did not advance
39 Waldemar Woźniak  Poland 9.30 9.15 18.45 Did not advance
40 Gabriel Calvo  Spain 9.25 9.15 18.40 Did not advance
Lutz Mack  East Germany 9.45 8.95 18.40 Did not advance
42 José de la Casa  Spain 9.20 9.15 18.35 Did not advance
Barry Winch  Great Britain 9.10 9.25 18.35 Did not advance
44 Kang Gwang-song  North Korea 9.00 9.30 18.30 Did not advance
Michel Boutard  France 8.95 9.35 18.30 Did not advance
46 Keith Langley  Great Britain 8.90 9.35 18.25 Did not advance
Rumen Petkov  Bulgaria 9.20 9.05 18.25 Did not advance
Thomas Wilson  Great Britain 9.15 9.10 18.25 Did not advance
49 Plamen Petkov  Bulgaria 9.40 8.80 18.20 Did not advance
Song Sun-bong  North Korea 8.80 9.40 18.20 Did not advance
51 Romulus Bucuroiu  Romania 8.80 9.35 18.15 Did not advance
52 Yves Bouquel  France 8.90 9.20 18.10 Did not advance
53 Mario Castro  Cuba 9.25 8.80 18.05 Did not advance
Lindsay Nylund  Australia 8.75 9.30 18.05 Did not advance
Li Su-gil  North Korea 8.60 9.45 18.05 Did not advance
56 Cho Hun  North Korea 9.00 9.00 18.00 Did not advance
Jozef Konečný  Czechoslovakia 8.65 9.35 18.00 Did not advance
58 Fernando Bertrand  Spain 9.25 8.70 17.95 Did not advance
59 Krzysztof Potaczek  Poland 9.20 8.65 17.85 Did not advance
Marc Touchais  France 9.05 8.80 17.85 Did not advance
61 João Luiz Ribeiro  Brazil 8.55 9.10 17.65 Did not advance
62 Miloslav Kučeřík  Czechoslovakia 8.30 9.25 17.55 Did not advance
63 Kim Gwang-jin  North Korea 8.65 8.85 17.50 Did not advance
64 Han Gwang-song  North Korea 8.30 9.15 17.45 Did not advance
65 Jorge Roche  Cuba 9.45 0.00 9.45 Did not advance
Moustapha Chouara  Lebanon DNS Did not advance
Adnan Horns  Lebanon DNS Did not advance
Maurizio Zonzini  San Marino DNS 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. 313.