The horizontal bar is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1904, but not in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920 when no apparatus events were awarded medals. The horizontal bar was one of the components of the men's artistic individual all-around in 1900, 1908, and 1912, however. The men's horizontal bar returned as a medal event in 1924 and has been held every Games since. Horizontal bar scores were included in the individual all-around for 1924 and 1928, with no separate apparatus final. In 1932, the horizontal bar was entirely separate from the all-around. From 1936 to 1956, there were again no separate apparatus finals with the horizontal bar scores used in the all-around. Beginning in 1960, there were separate apparatus finals.
| Horizontal bar at the Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
 Horizontal bar competition at the 1896 Summer Olympics | |
| Overview | |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Gender | Men |
| Years held | Men: 1896, 1904, 1924–2024 |
| Reigning champion | |
| Men |  Shinnosuke Oka (JPN) |
The 1896 Games also featured a team horizontal bar event.
Medalists
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Multiple medalists
edit| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takashi Ono | Japan (JPN) |
1956–1960 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mitsuo Tsukahara | Japan (JPN) |
1972–1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Fabian Hambüchen |  Germany (GER) |
2008–2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Josef Stalder |  Switzerland (SUI) |
1948–1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Andreas Wecker | Germany (GER) |
1992–1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Boris Shakhlin |  Soviet Union (URS) |
1960–1964 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexei Nemov |  Russia (RUS) |
1996–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Zou Kai |  China (CHN) |
2008–2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Yuri Titov | Soviet Union (URS) |
1956–1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Eizo Kenmotsu | Japan (JPN) |
1968–1976 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alfred Schwarzmann | Germany (GER) |
1936–1952 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Masao Takemoto | Japan (JPN) |
1956–1960 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medalists by country
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) |
8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) |
4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) |
3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | China (CHN) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
 Finland (FIN) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Italy (ITA) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Russia (RUS) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  France (FRA) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 |  Colombia (COL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Croatia (CRO) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Belarus (BLR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 East Germany (GDR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| West Germany (FRG) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 ROC |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Unified Team (EUN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gallery
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Team horizontal bar
editAt the 1896 Olympics a team version of the horizontal bar was held. It was one of two team apparatus events in 1896, along with the team parallel bars. The team apparatus events were never held again.
The team horizontal bar event had 10 horizontal bars for the team to use. Teams in the 1896 team events could be large, with one in the parallel bars exceeding 30 members. Only one team competed in the team horizontal bar. Judges scored the teams on execution, rhythm, and technical difficulty.[1]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 Athens |
 Germany (GER) |
Not awarded | Not awarded |
References
edit- ^ "Horizontal Bar, Teams, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.