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Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

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Men's vault
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Nikolai Andrianov (c. 1974)
VenueLuzhniki Palace of Sports
Date20–25 July
Competitors65 from 14 nations
Winning score19.825
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roland Brückner
 East Germany
← 1976
1984 →

The men's vault 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 Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union, the first man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the vault. Andrianov was also the first (and, as of the 2016 Games, only) man to win a third medal in the event, with a bronze in 1972 along with his 1976 and 1980 gold medals. For the eighth consecutive Games, the Soviets had a gymnast in the top two in vault; this time, they had both the top two, as Alexander Dityatin took silver. Roland Brückner of East Germany earned bronze.

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). Three of the six finalists from 1976 returned: gold medalist Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Dan Grecu of Romania, and fifth-place finisher Zoltán Magyar of Hungary. Andrianov had finished second to fellow Soviet Alexander Dityatin in the 1979 world championships. The American-led boycott resulted in there being no competitors from either the traditional men's gymnastics power of Japan or the rising power of the United States; the Soviets' dominance this Games would be challenged only by the East Germans.[1]

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

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 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) Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.90 9.90 19.80 9.900 9.925 19.825
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.925 19.800
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roland Brückner  East Germany 9.90 9.85 19.75 9.875 9.900 19.775
4 Ralf-Peter Hemmann  East Germany 9.80 9.85 19.65 9.825 9.925 19.750
5 Stoyan Deltchev  Bulgaria 9.80 9.85 19.65 9.825 9.875 19.700
6 Jiří Tabák  Czechoslovakia 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.650 19.525
7 Bohdan Makuts  Soviet Union 9.90 9.85 19.75 Did not advance
8 Eduard Azaryan  Soviet Union 9.75 9.85 19.60 Did not advance
Lutz Hoffmann  East Germany 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Jozef Konečný  Czechoslovakia 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Aleksandr Tkachyov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
12 Willi Moy  France 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
István Vámos  Hungary 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
Sergio Suarez  Cuba 9.70 9.85 19.55 Did not advance
15 Andreas Bronst  East Germany 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Aurelian Georgescu  Romania 9.65 9.85 19.50 Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.75 9.75 19.50 Did not advance
18 Michael Nikolay  East Germany 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
Kurt Szilier  Romania 9.55 9.90 19.45 Did not advance
Rumen Petkov  Bulgaria 9.70 9.75 19.45 Did not advance
21 Ferenc Donáth  Hungary 9.60 9.80 19.40 Did not advance
Vladimir Markelov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.60 19.40 Did not advance
23 Sorin Cepoi  Romania 9.60 9.75 19.35 Did not advance
Marc Touchais  France 9.65 9.70 19.35 Did not advance
25 Romulus Bucuroiu  Romania 9.40 9.90 19.30 Did not advance
Péter Kovács  Hungary 9.55 9.75 19.30 Did not advance
Miguel Arroyo  Cuba 9.70 9.60 19.30 Did not advance
Dan Grecu  Romania 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Keith Langley  Great Britain 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
30 Lutz Mack  East Germany 9.75 9.50 19.25 Did not advance
Jan Migdau  Czechoslovakia 9.60 9.65 19.25 Did not advance
Yanko Radanchev  Bulgaria 9.55 9.70 19.25 Did not advance
Waldemar Woźniak  Poland 9.60 9.65 19.25 Did not advance
Jan Zoulik  Czechoslovakia 9.65 9.60 19.25 Did not advance
35 Enrique Bravo  Cuba 9.60 9.60 19.20 Did not advance
Miloslav Kučeřík  Czechoslovakia 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna  Poland 9.45 9.75 19.20 Did not advance
38 Rudolf Babiak  Czechoslovakia 9.50 9.65 19.15 Did not advance
39 Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 9.45 9.65 19.10 Did not advance
40 Ognyan Bangiev  Bulgaria 9.50 9.55 19.05 Did not advance
41 Michel Boutard  France 9.55 9.45 19.00 Did not advance
Gabriel Calvo  Spain 9.30 9.70 19.00 Did not advance
Kang Gwang-song  North Korea 9.40 9.60 19.00 Did not advance
Roberto Leon  Cuba 9.50 9.50 19.00 Did not advance
Song Sun-bong  North Korea 9.40 9.60 19.00 Did not advance
46 György Guczoghy  Hungary 9.55 9.40 18.95 Did not advance
Kim Gwang-jin  North Korea 9.40 9.55 18.95 Did not advance
José de la Casa  Spain 9.45 9.50 18.95 Did not advance
49 Mario Castro  Cuba 9.40 9.50 18.90 Did not advance
Plamen Petkov  Bulgaria 9.25 9.65 18.90 Did not advance
51 Fernando Bertrand  Spain 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
Li Su-gil  North Korea 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
Zoltán Kelemen  Hungary 9.10 9.70 18.80 Did not advance
54 Lindsay Nylund  Australia 9.35 9.35 18.70 Did not advance
Krzysztof Potaczek  Poland 9.00 9.70 18.70 Did not advance
56 João Luiz Ribeiro  Brazil 9.40 9.25 18.65 Did not advance
57 Yves Bouquel  France 9.30 9.30 18.60 Did not advance
Han Gwang-song  North Korea 9.40 9.20 18.60 Did not advance
Dancho Yordanov  Bulgaria 9.50 9.10 18.60 Did not advance
60 Joël Suty  France 9.45 9.10 18.55 Did not advance
61 Henri Boerio  France 9.45 9.00 18.45 Did not advance
62 Thomas Wilson  Great Britain 9.20 9.15 18.35 Did not advance
63 Cho Hun  North Korea 9.20 8.85 18.05 Did not advance
64 Barry Winch  Great Britain 8.80 9.20 18.00 Did not advance
65 Jorge Roche  Cuba 9.75 0.00 9.75 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 "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 313.