Horizontal bar at the Olympics

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
SportArtistic gymnastics
GenderMen
Years heldMen: 1896, 1904, 19242016
Reigning champion
Men Fabian Hambüchen (GER)

The 1896 Games also featured a team horizontal bar event.

Medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
Hermann Weingärtner
 Germany
Alfred Flatow
 Germany
Not awarded
1900 Paris Not held
1904 St. Louis
Anton Heida
 United States
Edward Hennig
 United States
Not awarded George Eyser
 United States
1908 London Not held
1912 Stockholm Not held
1920 Antwerp Not held
1924 Paris
Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
Jean Gutweninger
 Switzerland
André Higelin
 France
1928 Amsterdam
Georges Miez
 Switzerland
Romeo Neri
 Italy
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
1932 Los Angeles
Dallas Bixler
 United States
Heikki Savolainen
 Finland
Einari Teräsvirta
 Finland
1936 Berlin
Aleksanteri Saarvala
 Finland
Konrad Frey
 Germany
Alfred Schwarzmann
 Germany
1948 London
Josef Stalder
 Switzerland
Walter Lehmann
 Switzerland
Veikko Huhtanen
 Finland
1952 Helsinki
Jack Günthard
 Switzerland
Alfred Schwarzmann
 Germany
Josef Stalder
 Switzerland
Not awarded
1956 Melbourne
Takashi Ono
 Japan
Yuri Titov
 Soviet Union
Masao Takemoto
 Japan
1960 Rome
Takashi Ono
 Japan
Masao Takemoto
 Japan
Boris Shakhlin
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
Boris Shakhlin
 Soviet Union
Yuri Titov
 Soviet Union
Miroslav Cerar
 Yugoslavia
1968 Mexico City
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Not awarded Eizo Kenmotsu
 Japan
1972 Munich
Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Japan
Sawao Kato
 Japan
Shigeru Kasamatsu
 Japan
1976 Montreal
Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Japan
Eizo Kenmotsu
 Japan
Eberhard Gienger
 West Germany
Henri Boerio
 France
1980 Moscow
Stoyan Deltchev
 Bulgaria
Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
Shinji Morisue
 Japan
Tong Fei
 China
Koji Gushiken
 Japan
1988 Seoul
Vladimir Artemov
 Soviet Union
Valeri Liukin
 Soviet Union
Not awarded Holger Behrendt
 East Germany
Marius Gherman
 Romania
1992 Barcelona
Trent Dimas
 United States
Andreas Wecker
 Germany
Grigory Misutin
 Unified Team
1996 Atlanta
Andreas Wecker
 Germany
Krasimir Dunev
 Bulgaria
Vitaly Scherbo
 Belarus
Fan Bin
 China
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
2000 Sydney
Alexei Nemov
 Russia
Benjamin Varonian
 France
Lee Joo-Hyung
 South Korea
2004 Athens
Igor Cassina
 Italy
Paul Hamm
 United States
Isao Yoneda
 Japan
2008 Beijing
Zou Kai
 China
Jonathan Horton
 United States
Fabian Hambüchen
 Germany
2012 London
Epke Zonderland
 Netherlands
Fabian Hambüchen
 Germany
Zou Kai
 China
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Fabian Hambüchen
 Germany
Danell Leyva
 United States
Nile Wilson
 Great Britain

Multiple medalists

Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Takashi Ono Japan (JPN)1956–19602002
Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan (JPN)1972–19762002
3Fabian Hambüchen Germany (GER)2008–20161113
4Josef Stalder Switzerland (SUI)1948–19521102
Andreas Wecker Germany (GER)1992–19961102
6Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union (URS)1960–19641012
Alexei Nemov Russia (RUS)1996–20001012
Zou Kai China (CHN)2008–20121012
9Yuri Titov Soviet Union (URS)1956–19640202
10Eizo Kenmotsu Japan (JPN)1968–19760112
Alfred Schwarzmann Germany (GER)1936–19520112
Masao Takemoto Japan (JPN)1956–19600112

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan (JPN)63514
2 Soviet Union (URS)4329
3 United States (USA)4318
4 Germany (GER)35210
5 Switzerland (SUI)3317
6 China (CHN)1124
 Finland (FIN)1124
8 Bulgaria (BUL)1102
 Italy (ITA)1102
10 Russia (RUS)1012
 Yugoslavia (YUG)1012
12 Netherlands (NED)1001
13 France (FRA)0123
14 Belarus (BLR)0011
 East Germany (GDR)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
 Unified Team (EUN)0011

Team horizontal bar

At 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 awardedNot awarded

References

  1. "Horizontal Bar, Teams, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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