Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

The men's pommel horse 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 25 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 Zoltán Magyar of Hungary, the third man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the pommel horse. Silver went to Alexander Dityatin, extending the Soviet Union's podium streak in the event to eight Games. Michael Nikolay of East Germany took bronze for the second consecutive Games. Magyar and Nikolay were the sixth and seventh men to earn multiple pommel horse medals.

Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Zoltán Magyar (1976)
VenueLuzhniki Palace of Sports
Dates20–25 July
Competitors65 from 14 nations
Winning score19.925
Medalists
Zoltán Magyar
 Hungary
Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
Michael Nikolay
 East Germany

Background

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). Four of the six finalists from 1976 returned: gold medalist Zoltán Magyar of Hungary, bronze medalists Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union and Michael Nikolay of East Germany, and sixth-place finisher Alexander Dityatin of the Soviet Union. Magyar had also won the last three world championships (1974, 1978, and 1979) and was a heavy favorite. The American-led boycott resulted in there being no competitors from either the traditional men's gymnastics power of Japan or the rising power of the United States; the Soviets' dominance this Games would be challenged only by the East Germans and occasional specialists such as Magyar (on the men's side, at least; Romania had a strong women's team).[1]

Brazil made its debut in the men's pommel horse. Hungary made its 13th appearance, tying the United States (absent from the pommel horse event for the first time since the inaugural 1896 Games) for most of any nation.

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 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

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 20 July 198010:00
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 22 July 198010:00
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Friday, 25 July 198014:30Final

Results

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.

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal12 Prelim.FinalTotal
Zoltán Magyar Hungary9.909.9519.859.92510.00019.925
Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union9.909.9019.809.9009.90019.800
Michael Nikolay East Germany9.909.8519.759.8759.90019.775
4Roland Brückner East Germany9.809.8519.659.8259.90019.725
5Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union9.909.8519.759.8759.60019.475
6Ferenc Donáth Hungary9.759.8519.609.8009.60019.400
7Eduard Azaryan Soviet Union9.809.9019.70Did not advance
8Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union9.759.8519.60Did not advance
Vladimir Markelov Soviet Union9.809.8019.60Did not advance
10Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria9.659.8519.50Did not advance
11Lutz Hoffmann East Germany9.709.7519.45Did not advance
Bohdan Makuts Soviet Union9.709.7519.45Did not advance
13György Guczoghy Hungary9.659.7519.40Did not advance
14Michel Boutard France9.609.7519.35Did not advance
Andreas Bronst East Germany9.609.7519.35Did not advance
Romulus Bucuroiu Romania9.659.7019.35Did not advance
Kurt Szilier Romania9.659.7019.35Did not advance
18Roberto Leon Cuba9.659.6519.30Did not advance
19Rudolf Babiak Czechoslovakia9.459.7519.20Did not advance
Ralf-Peter Hemmann East Germany9.509.7019.20Did not advance
Zoltán Kelemen Hungary9.509.7019.20Did not advance
22Miloslav Kučeřík Czechoslovakia9.459.7019.15Did not advance
Joël Suty France9.509.6519.15Did not advance
24Péter Kovács Hungary9.359.7519.10Did not advance
25Plamen Petkov Bulgaria9.409.6519.05Did not advance
Jiří Tabák Czechoslovakia9.559.5019.05Did not advance
27Enrique Bravo Cuba9.559.4519.00Did not advance
28Sorin Cepoi Romania9.459.5018.95Did not advance
29Dan Grecu Romania9.259.6518.90Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna Poland9.309.6018.90Did not advance
Dancho Yordanov Bulgaria9.409.5018.90Did not advance
32Jan Zoulik Czechoslovakia9.009.8018.80Did not advance
33István Vámos Hungary9.259.5018.75Did not advance
34Miguel Arroyo Cuba9.459.2518.70Did not advance
Henri Boerio France9.459.2518.70Did not advance
Willi Moy France9.309.4018.70Did not advance
37Yves Bouquel France9.509.0518.55Did not advance
Krzysztof Potaczek Poland9.559.0018.55Did not advance
Thomas Wilson Great Britain9.259.3018.55Did not advance
Barry Winch Great Britain9.259.3018.55Did not advance
41Aurelian Georgescu Romania8.909.6018.50Did not advance
42Jorge Roche Cuba9.409.0518.45Did not advance
43Lutz Mack East Germany8.809.6018.40Did not advance
Rumen Petkov Bulgaria9.009.4018.40Did not advance
45Ognyan Bangiev Bulgaria9.259.1018.35Did not advance
46Lindsay Nylund Australia8.909.3518.25Did not advance
47Nicolae Oprescu Romania8.859.3518.20Did not advance
Waldemar Woźniak Poland8.859.3518.20Did not advance
49Yanko Radanchev Bulgaria8.609.5518.15Did not advance
50Mario Castro Cuba9.158.8017.95Did not advance
51Gabriel Calvo Spain9.008.9017.90Did not advance
52Fernando Bertrand Spain9.058.8017.85Did not advance
José de la Casa Spain8.958.9017.85Did not advance
Marc Touchais France9.008.8517.85Did not advance
55Han Gwang-song North Korea8.808.9017.70Did not advance
Keith Langley Great Britain9.058.6517.70Did not advance
Jan Migdau Czechoslovakia8.509.2017.70Did not advance
58Jozef Konečný Czechoslovakia8.059.5517.60Did not advance
59Cho Hun North Korea8.409.1517.55Did not advance
60Song Sun-bong North Korea8.358.8517.20Did not advance
Sergio Suarez Cuba8.958.2517.20Did not advance
62Kang Gwang-song North Korea7.559.4517.00Did not advance
63João Luiz Ribeiro Brazil8.558.3016.85Did not advance
64Li Su-gil North Korea8.008.6516.65Did not advance
65Kim Gwang-jin North Korea7.958.6016.55Did not advance
Moustapha Chouara LebanonDNSDid not advance
Adnan Horns LebanonDNSDid not advance
Maurizio Zonzini San MarinoDNSDid not advance

References

  1. "Pommelled Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 313.
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