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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings 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 in a tie between Li Ning of China, in the nation's debut in the Games, and Koji Gushiken, with Japan's first gold medal in the rings since 1972 (and fourth overall). The bronze medal went to American Mitchell Gaylord, the nation's first medal in the event since 1932. The Soviet Union's eight-Games podium streak in the event ended with no Soviets competing due to the boycott.

Men's rings
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Li Ning (2008)
VenuePauley Pavilion
Dates29 July – 4 August
Competitors71 from 19 nations
Winning score19.850
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Koji Gushiken
 Japan
1st place, gold medalist(s) Li Ning
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitchell Gaylord
 United States
← 1980
1988 →

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; five of the six were from boycotting nations, while the other (Dan Grecu of Romania) had retired after suffering a muscle tear during the 1980 final.[2] With the absence of the Soviets, the field was open to the traditional power Japan and rising powers China and the United States. Japan's Koji Gushiken had tied Soviet Dmitry Bilozerchev for the 1983 world championship, with Li Ning of China third.[1]

The People's Republic of China and San Marino each made their debut in the men's rings. 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 rings 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][3]

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. The results were notable for the shared gold medal between the top two scorers.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 1⁄2 Prelim. Final Total
  Koji Gushiken   Japan 9.90 9.90 19.80 9.900 9.950 19.850
Li Ning   China 9.80 10.00 19.80 9.900 9.950 19.850
  Mitchell Gaylord   United States 9.85 10.00 19.85 9.925 9.900 19.825
4 Tong Fei   China 9.70 10.00 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
Peter Vidmar   United States 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.900 19.750
6 Kyoji Yamawaki   Japan 9.75 9.90 19.65 9.825 9.900 19.725
7 Emilian Nicula   Romania 9.70 9.90 19.60 9.800 9.700 19.500
8 Josef Zellweger   Switzerland 9.75 9.80 19.55 9.775 9.600 19.375
9 Tim Daggett   United States 9.75 9.90 19.65 Did not advance
Xu Zhiqiang   China 9.70 9.95 19.65 Did not advance
11 Jim Hartung   United States 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
Nobuyuki Kajitani   Japan 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
13 Bart Conner   United States 9.70 9.85 19.55 Did not advance
Daniel Gaudet   Canada 9.70 9.85 19.55 Did not advance
15 Laurent Barbiéri   France 9.60 9.90 19.50 Did not advance
Philippe Chartrand   Canada 9.65 9.85 19.50 Did not advance
Jürgen Geiger   West Germany 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Scott Johnson   United States 9.65 9.85 19.50 Did not advance
Markus Lehmann   Switzerland 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Lou Yun   China 9.60 9.90 19.50 Did not advance
Andrew Morris   Great Britain 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
Valentin Pîntea   Romania 9.70 9.80 19.50 Did not advance
23 Li Xiaoping   China 9.55 9.90 19.45 Did not advance
Miguel Soler   Spain 9.65 9.80 19.45 Did not advance
25 Rocco Amboni   Italy 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Werner Birnbaum   Australia 9.70 9.70 19.40 Did not advance
Noritoshi Hirata   Japan 9.65 9.75 19.40 Did not advance
Diego Lazzarich   Italy 9.65 9.75 19.40 Did not advance
Volker Rohrwick   West Germany 9.60 9.80 19.40 Did not advance
30 Jang Tae-eun   South Korea 9.55 9.80 19.35 Did not advance
Koji Sotomura   Japan 9.75 9.60 19.35 Did not advance
Barry Winch   Great Britain 9.60 9.75 19.35 Did not advance
33 Jean-Luc Cairon   France 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Bruno Cavelti   Switzerland 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Benno Groß   West Germany 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Keith Langley   Great Britain 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
Shinji Morisue   Japan 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Brad Peters   Canada 9.50 9.80 19.30 Did not advance
Daniel Winkler   West Germany 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
40 Andreas Japtok   West Germany 9.45 9.80 19.25 Did not advance
Li Yuejiu   China 9.40 9.85 19.25 Did not advance
42 Jacques Def   France 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance
Frank Nutzenberger   Canada 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance
44 Marco Piatti   Switzerland 9.50 9.65 19.15 Did not advance
Bernhard Simmelbauer   West Germany 9.45 9.70 19.15 Did not advance
46 Vittorio Allievi   Italy 9.60 9.50 19.10 Did not advance
Terence Bartlett   Great Britain 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
Ju Yeong-sam   South Korea 9.50 9.60 19.10 Did not advance
Lee Jeoung-sik   South Korea 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
Allan Reddon   Canada 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
51 Richard Benyon   Great Britain 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
Warren Long   Canada 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
Urs Meister   Switzerland 9.35 9.70 19.05 Did not advance
Daniel Wunderlin   Switzerland 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
55 Antonio Fraguas   Spain 9.35 9.65 19.00 Did not advance
Johan Jonasson   Sweden 9.30 9.70 19.00 Did not advance
57 Finn Gjertsen   Norway 9.50 9.45 18.95 Did not advance
58 Robert Edmonds   Australia 9.35 9.55 18.90 Did not advance
Tony Piñeda   Mexico 9.35 9.55 18.90 Did not advance
60 Han Chung-sik   South Korea 9.20 9.65 18.85 Did not advance
61 Philippe Vatuone   France 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
62 Yohanan Moyal   Israel 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
63 Maurizio Zonzini   San Marino 9.60 9.10 18.70 Did not advance
64 Michel Boutard   France 9.10 9.55 18.65 Did not advance
65 Ya'akov Levi   Israel 9.10 9.50 18.60 Did not advance
Joël Suty   France 9.10 9.50 18.60 Did not advance
Eddie Van Hoof   Great Britain 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
68 Nam Seung-gu   South Korea 8.85 9.65 18.50 Did not advance
69 Gerson Gnoatto   Brazil 9.05 9.40 18.45 Did not advance
70 Chae Gwang-seok   South Korea 9.15 9.15 18.30 Did not advance
71 Alfonso Rodríguez   Spain 8.40 9.75 18.15 Did not advance
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  1. ^ a b c "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Danut Grecu. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 444.
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