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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Bart Conner (2016)
VenuePauley Pavilion
Dates29 July – 4 August
Competitors71 from 19 nations
Winning score19.950
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bart Conner
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nobuyuki Kajitani
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitch Gaylord
 United States
← 1980
1988 →

The men's parallel bars 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 Bart Conner of the United States, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars since 1904 and second overall. Another American, Mitch Gaylord, took bronze. Japan returned to the podium after the 1980 boycott broke its six-Games medal (and four-Games gold medal) streak, with Nobuyuki Kajitani's silver.

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. American Bart Conner had won the 1979 world championship, missing the 1980 Games due to the boycott. Koji Gushiken of Japan and Lou Yun of China had shared the 1981 and 1983 world championships, respectively, with Soviet gymnasts. Thus, even without the Soviets, there was a strong and competitive field for the event.[1]

The People's Republic of China and San Marino each made their debut in the men's parallel bars. 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bart Conner  United States 9.90 10.00 19.90 9.950 10.000 19.950
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nobuyuki Kajitani  Japan 9.95 9.90 19.85 9.925 10.000 19.925
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitchell Gaylord  United States 10.00 9.90 19.90 9.950 9.900 19.850
4 Tong Fei  China 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.950 19.825
5 Kōji Gushiken  Japan 9.90 9.90 19.80 9.900 9.900 19.800
6 Li Ning  China 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.900 19.775
7 Daniel Winkler  West Germany 9.75 9.85 19.60 9.800 9.800 19.600
Jürgen Geiger  West Germany 9.80 9.80 19.60 9.800 9.800 19.600
9 Peter Vidmar  United States 9.90 9.90 19.80 Did not advance
10 Xu Zhiqiang  China 9.80 9.95 19.75 Did not advance
11 Tim Daggett  United States 9.80 9.90 19.70 Did not advance
12 Jim Hartung  United States 9.75 9.90 19.65 Did not advance
13 Lou Yun  China 9.70 9.90 19.60 Did not advance
14 Noritoshi Hirata  Japan 9.75 9.80 19.55 Did not advance
15 Kyoji Yamawaki  Japan 9.60 9.90 19.50 Did not advance
16 Li Yuejiu  China 9.55 9.90 19.45 Did not advance
17 Andreas Japtok  West Germany 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Scott Johnson  United States 9.60 9.80 19.40 Did not advance
Joël Suty  France 9.60 9.80 19.40 Did not advance
20 Li Xiaoping  China 9.60 9.75 19.35 Did not advance
21 Benno Groß  West Germany 9.90 9.40 19.30 Did not advance
Jang Tae-eun  South Korea 9.80 9.50 19.30 Did not advance
Volker Rohrwick  West Germany 9.55 9.75 19.30 Did not advance
Bernhard Simmelbauer  West Germany 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
25 Jean-Luc Cairon  France 9.50 9.75 19.25 Did not advance
Lee Jeoung-sik  South Korea 9.75 9.50 19.25 Did not advance
27 Marco Piatti  Switzerland 9.65 9.55 19.20 Did not advance
Daniel Wunderlin  Switzerland 9.65 9.55 19.20 Did not advance
Markus Lehmann  Switzerland 9.60 9.60 19.20 Did not advance
Brad Peters  Canada 9.70 9.50 19.20 Did not advance
31 Philippe Chartrand  Canada 9.70 9.45 19.15 Did not advance
Koji Sotomura  Japan 9.40 9.75 19.15 Did not advance
33 Laurent Barbiéri  France 9.45 9.65 19.10 Did not advance
Josef Zellweger  Switzerland 9.80 9.30 19.10 Did not advance
35 Shinji Morisue  Japan 9.15 9.90 19.05 Did not advance
Han Chung-sik  South Korea 9.60 9.45 19.05 Did not advance
37 Warren Long  Canada 9.55 9.45 19.00 Did not advance
Emilian Nicula  Romania 9.60 9.40 19.00 Did not advance
Valentin Pîntea  Romania 9.60 9.40 19.00 Did not advance
Allan Reddon  Canada 9.60 9.40 19.00 Did not advance
Miguel Soler  Spain 9.60 9.40 19.00 Did not advance
Philippe Vatuone  France 9.45 9.55 19.00 Did not advance
43 Terence Bartlett  Great Britain 9.55 9.40 18.95 Did not advance
Michel Boutard  France 9.35 9.60 18.95 Did not advance
45 Chae Gwang-seok  South Korea 9.50 9.40 18.90 Did not advance
46 Antonio Fraguas  Spain 9.65 9.20 18.85 Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam  South Korea 9.40 9.45 18.85 Did not advance
Frank Nutzenberger  Canada 9.55 9.30 18.85 Did not advance
Alfonso Rodríguez  Spain 9.55 9.30 18.85 Did not advance
50 Werner Birnbaum  Australia 9.55 9.20 18.75 Did not advance
Bruno Cavelti  Switzerland 9.20 9.55 18.75 Did not advance
Daniel Gaudet  Canada 9.25 9.50 18.75 Did not advance
53 Keith Langley  Great Britain 9.40 9.30 18.70 Did not advance
Nam Seung-gu  South Korea 9.70 9.00 18.70 Did not advance
55 Jacques Def  France 8.85 9.75 18.60 Did not advance
Andrew Morris  Great Britain 9.60 9.00 18.60 Did not advance
57 Tony Piñeda  Mexico 9.60 8.90 18.50 Did not advance
58 Vittorio Allievi  Italy 9.70 8.75 18.45 Did not advance
59 Richard Benyon  Great Britain 9.20 9.20 18.40 Did not advance
Barry Winch  Great Britain 8.95 9.45 18.40 Did not advance
61 Finn Gjertsen  Norway 9.45 8.90 18.35 Did not advance
Maurizio Zonzini  San Marino 9.30 9.05 18.35 Did not advance
63 Yohanan Moyal  Israel 9.10 9.15 18.25 Did not advance
64 Urs Meister  Switzerland 8.80 9.30 18.10 Did not advance
65 Diego Lazzarich  Italy 9.55 8.50 18.05 Did not advance
66 Rob Edmonds  Australia 9.45 8.50 17.95 Did not advance
Johan Jonasson  Sweden 9.10 8.85 17.95 Did not advance
68 Eddie Van Hoof  Great Britain 9.15 8.70 17.85 Did not advance
69 Rocco Amboni  Italy 8.45 9.25 17.70 Did not advance
70 Gerson Gnoatto  Brazil 8.20 8.75 16.95 Did not advance
71 Ya'akov Levi  Israel 8.20 7.20 15.40 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 444.