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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

{{short description|Olympic gymnastics event}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's parallel bars

|games = 1984 Summer

|image = File:Bart Conner Olympic Park Rio de Janeiro 2016.jpg

|caption = Bart Conner (2016)

|venue = Pauley Pavilion

|dates = 29 July – 4 August 1984

|competitors = 71

|nations = 19

|win_value = 19.950

|win_label = Winning score

|longnames = yes

|gold = Bart Conner

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Nobuyuki Kajitani

|silverNOC = JPN

|bronze = Mitch Gaylord

|bronzeNOC = USA

|prev = 1980

|next = 1988

}}

{{GymnasticsAt1984SummerOlympics}}

The men's parallel bars 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. The event was won by Bart Conner of the United States, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars since 1904 and second overall. Another American, Mitch Gaylord, took bronze. Japan returned to the podium after the 1980 boycott broke its six-Games medal (and four-Games gold medal) streak, with Nobuyuki Kajitani's silver.

Background

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; all six were from boycotting nations. American Bart Conner had won the 1979 world championship, missing the 1980 Games due to the boycott. Koji Gushiken of Japan and Lou Yun of China had shared the 1981 and 1983 world championships, respectively, with Soviet gymnasts. Thus, even without the Soviets, there was a strong and competitive field for the event.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/70539 |work=Olympedia |title=Parallel Bars, Men |access-date=8 December 2020}}

The People's Republic of China and San Marino each made their debut in the men's parallel bars. 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 event and the boycotted 1980 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 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.Official Report, vol. 2, p. 444.

Schedule

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

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! Date

! Time

! Round

Sunday, 29 July 1984Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 31 July 1984Preliminary: Voluntary
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| Saturday, 4 August 1984

17:30Final

Results

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.

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!rowspan=2| Rank

rowspan=2| Gymnastrowspan=2| Nationcolspan=3| Preliminarycolspan=3| Final
Compulsory || Voluntary || Total || {{frac|1|2}} Prelim. || Final || Total
{{gold01}}align=left data-sort-value=Conner| Bart Conneralign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}9.9010.0019.909.95010.00019.950
{{silver02}}align=left data-sort-value=Kajitani| Nobuyuki Kajitanialign=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}}9.959.9019.859.92510.00019.925
{{bronze03}}align=left data-sort-value=Gaylord| Mitchell Gaylordalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}10.009.9019.909.9509.90019.850
4align=left data-sort-value=Tong| Tong Feialign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}9.859.9019.759.8759.95019.825
5align=left data-sort-value=Gushiken| Kōji Gushikenalign=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}}9.909.9019.809.9009.90019.800
6align=left data-sort-value=Li| Li Ningalign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}9.859.9019.759.8759.90019.775
rowspan=2| 7align=left data-sort-value=Winkler| Daniel Winkleralign=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer}}9.759.8519.609.8009.80019.600
align=left data-sort-value=Geiger| Jürgen Geigeralign=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer}}9.809.8019.609.8009.80019.600
9align=left data-sort-value=Vidmar| Peter Vidmaralign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}9.909.9019.80colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
10align=left data-sort-value=Xu| Xu Zhiqiangalign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}9.809.9519.75colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
11align=left data-sort-value=Daggett| Tim Daggettalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}9.809.9019.70colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
12align=left data-sort-value=Hartung| Jim Hartungalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}9.759.9019.65colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
13align=left data-sort-value=Lou| Lou Yunalign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}9.709.9019.60colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
14align=left data-sort-value=Hirata| Noritoshi Hirataalign=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}}9.759.8019.55colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
15align=left data-sort-value=Yamawaki| Kyoji Yamawakialign=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}}9.609.9019.50colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
16align=left data-sort-value=Li| Li Yuejiualign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}9.559.9019.45colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=3| 17align=left data-sort-value=Japtok| Andreas Japtokalign=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer}}9.709.7019.40colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Johnson| Scott Johnsonalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1984 Summer}}9.609.8019.40colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Suty| Joël Sutyalign=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Summer}}9.609.8019.40colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
20align=left data-sort-value=Li| Li Xiaopingalign=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1984 Summer}}9.609.7519.35colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=4| 21align=left data-sort-value=Groß| Benno Großalign=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer}}9.909.4019.30colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Jang| Jang Tae-eunalign=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}}9.809.5019.30colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Rohrwick| Volker Rohrwickalign=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer}}9.559.7519.30colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Simmelbauer| Bernhard Simmelbaueralign=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1984 Summer}}9.609.7019.30colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 25align=left data-sort-value=Cairon| Jean-Luc Caironalign=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Summer}}9.509.7519.25colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Lee| Lee Jeoung-sikalign=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}}9.759.5019.25colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=4| 27align=left data-sort-value=Piatti| Marco Piattialign=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer}}9.659.5519.20colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Wunderlin| Daniel Wunderlinalign=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer}}9.659.5519.20colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Lehmann| Markus Lehmannalign=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer}}9.609.6019.20colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Peters| Brad Petersalign=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Summer}}9.709.5019.20colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 31align=left data-sort-value=Chartrand| Philippe Chartrandalign=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Summer}}9.709.4519.15colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Sotomura| Koji Sotomuraalign=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}}9.409.7519.15colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 33align=left data-sort-value=Barbiéri| Laurent Barbiérialign=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Summer}}9.459.6519.10colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Zellweger| Josef Zellwegeralign=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer}}9.809.3019.10colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 35align=left data-sort-value=Morisue| Shinji Morisuealign=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1984 Summer}}9.159.9019.05colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Han| Han Chung-sikalign=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}}9.609.4519.05colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=6| 37align=left data-sort-value=Long| Warren Longalign=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Summer}}9.559.4519.00colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Nicula| Emilian Niculaalign=left| {{flagIOC|ROM|1984 Summer}}9.609.4019.00colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Pîntea| Valentin Pînteaalign=left| {{flagIOC|ROU|1984 Summer}}9.609.4019.00colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Reddon| Allan Reddonalign=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Summer}}9.609.4019.00colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Soler| Miguel Soleralign=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1984 Summer}}9.609.4019.00colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Vatuone| Philippe Vatuonealign=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Summer}}9.459.5519.00colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 43align=left data-sort-value=Bartlett| Terence Bartlettalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Summer}}9.559.4018.95colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Boutard| Michel Boutardalign=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Summer}}9.359.6018.95colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
45align=left data-sort-value=Chae| Chae Gwang-seokalign=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}}9.509.4018.90colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=4| 46align=left data-sort-value=Fraguas| Antonio Fraguasalign=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1984 Summer}}9.659.2018.85colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Ju| Ju Yeong-samalign=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}}9.409.4518.85colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Nutzenberger| Frank Nutzenbergeralign=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Summer}}9.559.3018.85colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Rodríguez| Alfonso Rodríguezalign=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1984 Summer}}9.559.3018.85colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=3| 50align=left data-sort-value=Birnbaum| Werner Birnbaumalign=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1984 Summer}}9.559.2018.75colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Cavelti| Bruno Caveltialign=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer}}9.209.5518.75colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Gaudet| Daniel Gaudetalign=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1984 Summer}}9.259.5018.75colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 53align=left data-sort-value=Langley| Keith Langleyalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Summer}}9.409.3018.70colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Nam| Nam Seung-gualign=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1984 Summer}}9.709.0018.70colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 55align=left data-sort-value=Def| Jacques Defalign=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1984 Summer}}8.859.7518.60colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Morris| Andrew Morrisalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Summer}}9.609.0018.60colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
57align=left data-sort-value=Piñeda| Tony Piñedaalign=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1984 Summer}}9.608.9018.50colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
58align=left data-sort-value=Allievi| Vittorio Allievialign=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1984 Summer}}9.708.7518.45colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 59align=left data-sort-value=Benyon| Richard Benyonalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Summer}}9.209.2018.40colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Winch| Barry Winchalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Summer}}8.959.4518.40colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 61align=left data-sort-value=Gjertsen| Finn Gjertsenalign=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|1984 Summer}}9.458.9018.35colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Zonzini| Maurizio Zonzinialign=left| {{flagIOC|SMR|1984 Summer}}9.309.0518.35colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
63align=left data-sort-value=Moyal| Yohanan Moyalalign=left| {{flagIOC|ISR|1984 Summer}}9.109.1518.25colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
64align=left data-sort-value=Meister| Urs Meisteralign=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1984 Summer}}8.809.3018.10colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
65align=left data-sort-value=Lazzarich| Diego Lazzarichalign=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1984 Summer}}9.558.5018.05colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
rowspan=2| 66align=left data-sort-value=Edmonds| Rob Edmondsalign=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1984 Summer}}9.458.5017.95colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
align=left data-sort-value=Jonasson| Johan Jonassonalign=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1984 Summer}}9.108.8517.95colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
68align=left data-sort-value=Van Hoof| Eddie Van Hoofalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1984 Summer}}9.158.7017.85colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
69align=left data-sort-value=Amboni| Rocco Ambonialign=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1984 Summer}}8.459.2517.70colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
70align=left data-sort-value=Gnoatto| Gerson Gnoattoalign=left| {{flagIOC|BRA|1984 Summer}}8.208.7516.95colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance
71align=left data-sort-value=Levi| Ya'akov Levialign=left| {{flagIOC|ISR|1984 Summer}}8.207.2015.40colspan=3 data-sort-value=0.00| Did not advance

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612020125/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120731114223/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics.html www.gymnasticsresults.com]
  • [http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/oly-results.html www.gymn-forum.net]

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Men's parallel bars

Men's 1984

Category:Men's events at the 1984 Summer Olympics