Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

The men's parallel bars competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. There were 117 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Akinori Nakayama of Japan, the nation's second consecutive victory in the parallel bars event, tying Germany and the Soviet Union for second-most all-time behind Switzerland at three gold medals. It was the second of four straight Games that the parallel bars would be won by a Japanese gymnast. Mikhail Voronin took silver and Viktor Klimenko took bronze to put the Soviet Union back on the podium after a one-Games absence.

Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Akinori Nakayama
VenueAuditorio Nacional
Date22–26 October
Competitors117 from 28 nations
Winning score19.475
Medalists
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Viktor Klimenko
 Soviet Union

Background

This was the 12th 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). Five of the six finalists from 1964 returned: gold medalist Yukio Endo of Japan, bronze medalist Franco Menichelli of Italy, fourth-place finisher Sergey Diomidov and fifth-place finisher Victor Lisitsky of the Soviet Union, and sixth-place finisher Miroslav Cerar of Yugoslavia. Diomidov had won the 1966 world championship, with fellow Soviet Mikhail Voronin second and Cerar third.[1]

Ecuador and the Philippines each made their debut in the men's parallel bars; East and West Germany competed separately for the first time. The United States made its 11th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

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 new 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; others were ranked 7th through 117th. In the final, each gymnast performed an additional voluntary exercise; half of the score from the preliminary carried over.[1][2]

Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 22 October 19688:30
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Thursday, 24 October 19688:30
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 26 October 196819:00Final

Results

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal12 Prelim.FinalTotal
Akinori Nakayama Japan9.709.8519.559.7759.70019.475
Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union9.759.7019.459.7259.70019.425
Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union9.609.6519.259.6259.60019.225
4Takeshi Katō Japan9.609.7019.309.6509.55019.200
5Eizo Kenmotsu Japan9.609.6519.259.6259.55019.175
6Václav Kubíčka Czechoslovakia9.609.6019.209.6009.35018.950
7Sawao Kato Japan9.659.7019.35Did not compete
8Christian Guiffroy France9.559.6519.20Did not advance
9Yukio Endo Japan9.659.5019.15Did not advance
Valery Karasyov Soviet Union9.559.6019.15Did not advance
Wilhelm Kubica Poland9.509.6519.15Did not advance
12Matthias Brehme East Germany9.609.5019.10Did not advance
Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia9.609.5019.10Did not advance
Roland Hürzeler Switzerland9.509.6019.10Did not advance
15Hans Ettlin Switzerland9.559.5019.05Did not advance
Mikołaj Kubica Poland9.459.6019.05Did not advance
Olli Laiho Finland9.509.5519.05Did not advance
Miloslav Netušil Czechoslovakia9.459.6019.05Did not advance
19Milenko Kersnić Yugoslavia9.509.5019.00Did not advance
Mauno Nissinen Finland9.409.6019.00Did not advance
21Valery Ilyinykh Soviet Union9.509.4518.95Did not advance
Peter Weber East Germany9.509.4518.95Did not advance
23Meinrad Berchtold Switzerland9.459.4518.90Did not advance
Sergey Diomidov Soviet Union9.459.4518.90Did not advance
Helmut Tepasse West Germany9.459.4518.90Did not advance
26Giovanni Carminucci Italy9.459.4018.85Did not advance
Siegfried Fülle East Germany9.409.4518.85Did not advance
Willi Jaschek West Germany9.359.5018.85Did not advance
Konrád Mentsik Hungary9.359.5018.85Did not advance
Bohumil Mudřík Czechoslovakia9.359.5018.85Did not advance
31Georgi Adamov Bulgaria9.359.4518.80Did not advance
Dezső Bordán Hungary9.309.5018.80Did not advance
33Sándor Kiss Hungary9.409.3518.75Did not advance
Klaus Köste East Germany9.459.3018.75Did not advance
35František Bočko Czechoslovakia9.309.4018.70Did not advance
Christian Deuza France9.309.4018.70Did not advance
Sylwester Kubica Poland9.309.4018.70Did not advance
Peter Rohner Switzerland9.309.4018.70Did not advance
39Janez Brodnik Yugoslavia9.309.3518.65Did not advance
Christer Jönsson Sweden9.209.4518.65Did not advance
41Steve Cohen United States9.109.5018.60Did not advance
Viktor Lisitsky Soviet Union9.609.0018.60Did not advance
Fred Roethlisberger United States9.109.5018.60Did not advance
Václav Skoumal Czechoslovakia9.309.3018.60Did not advance
45Andrzej Gonera Poland9.059.5018.55Did not advance
Béla Herczeg Hungary9.259.3018.55Did not advance
Paul Müller Switzerland9.309.2518.55Did not advance
Juhani Rahikainen Finland9.309.2518.55Did not advance
49Chung-tae Kim South Korea9.059.4518.50Did not advance
Heiko Reinemer West Germany9.209.3018.50Did not advance
51 István Aranyos Hungary9.259.2018.45Did not advance
Günter Beier East Germany9.109.3518.45Did not advance
Luigi Cimnaghi Italy9.309.1518.45Did not advance
Steve Hug United States9.059.4018.45Did not advance
55Pasquale Carminucci Italy9.209.2018.40Did not advance
Aleksander Rokosa Poland9.159.2518.40Did not advance
57Edwin Greutmann Switzerland9.109.2518.35Did not advance
Bozhidar Ivanov Bulgaria9.109.2518.35Did not advance
Hannu Rantakari Finland9.159.2018.35Did not advance
60Bruno Franceschetti Italy9.159.1518.30Did not advance
Heinz Häussler West Germany9.209.1018.30Did not advance
Hermann Höpfner West Germany9.109.2018.30Did not advance
63Sid Freudenstein United States8.859.4018.25Did not advance
Miloš Vratič Yugoslavia8.909.3518.25Did not advance
65Evert Lindgren Sweden8.759.4518.20Did not advance
Hans Peter Nielsen Denmark9.009.2018.20Did not advance
67Heikki Sappinen Finland9.059.1018.15Did not advance
Endre Tihanyi Hungary9.109.0518.15Did not advance
69Jiří Fejtek Czechoslovakia8.609.5018.10Did not advance
Reino Heino Finland9.009.1018.10Did not advance
Jerzy Kruża Poland8.959.1518.10Did not advance
72Gerhard Dietrich East Germany8.709.3518.05Did not advance
73Dave Thor United States8.709.3018.00Did not advance
74Rumen Gabrovski Bulgaria8.959.0017.95Did not advance
Finn Johannesson Sweden8.959.0017.95Did not advance
Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan8.359.6017.95Did not advance
Stefan Zoev Bulgaria9.108.8517.95Did not advance
78Arne Thomsen Denmark9.158.7517.90Did not advance
79Damir Anić Yugoslavia8.859.0017.85Did not advance
Ivan Kondev Bulgaria8.859.0017.85Did not advance
81Michel Bouchonnet France8.559.2517.80Did not advance
Stan Wild Great Britain9.108.7017.80Did not advance
83José González Mexico9.008.7017.70Did not advance
Roberto Pumpido Cuba8.709.0017.70Did not advance
85Michael Booth Great Britain8.708.9517.65Did not advance
Raycho Khristov Bulgaria8.509.1517.65Did not advance
Rogelio Mendoza Mexico8.908.7517.65Did not advance
88José Filipe Abreu Portugal8.658.9517.60Did not advance
89Armando Valles Mexico8.708.8517.55Did not advance
90Sid Jensen Canada9.058.3517.40Did not advance
Gilbert Larose Canada8.209.2017.40Did not advance
Tine Šrot Yugoslavia8.209.2017.40Did not advance
93Vincenzo Mori Italy8.958.4017.35Did not advance
94Erich Hess West Germany8.858.4517.30Did not advance
95Luis Ramírez Cuba8.558.6517.20Did not advance
Octavio Suárez Cuba8.009.2017.20Did not advance
97Steve Mitruk Canada8.358.8017.15Did not advance
98Jorge Rodríguez Cuba8.958.1517.10Did not advance
99Davaanyam Zagdbazaryn Mongolia8.508.5017.00Did not advance
100Enrique García Mexico8.008.9016.90Did not advance
101Roger Dion Canada7.709.1016.80Did not advance
102Kanati Allen United States7.709.0516.75Did not advance
Larbi Lazhari Algeria9.007.7516.75Did not advance
104José Vilchis Mexico8.008.7016.70Did not advance
105Sergio Luna Ecuador7.708.9516.65Did not advance
106Fu Cheng Republic of China8.558.0516.60Did not advance
107Héctor Ramírez Cuba8.008.5516.55Did not advance
108Murray Chessell Australia7.558.9016.45Did not advance
109Chu-Long Lai Republic of China8.707.7016.40Did not advance
110Luis Navarrete Cuba7.408.6016.00Did not advance
111Fernando Valles Mexico7.208.4515.65Did not advance
112Barry Brooker Canada7.208.0515.25Did not advance
113Pedro Rendón Ecuador5.707.5513.25Did not advance
114Eduardo Nájera Ecuador5.507.2012.70Did not advance
115Franco Menichelli Italy9.609.60Did not advance
116Ernesto Beren Philippines6.656.65Did not advance
117Norman Henson Philippines4.954.95Did not advance

References

  1. "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, p. 676.
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