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

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.

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 →

Background edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 1⁄2 Prelim. Final Total
  Stoyan Deltchev   Bulgaria 9.90 9.85 19.75 9.875 9.950 19.825
  Alexander Dityatin   Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
  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 edit

  1. ^ a b c "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 313.
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