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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zoltán Magyar
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Nikolay
 East Germany
← 1976
1984 →

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.

Background

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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

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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

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All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 20 July 1980 10:00
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 22 July 1980 10:00
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Friday, 25 July 1980 14:30 Final

Results

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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.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 12 Prelim. Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.90 9.95 19.85 9.925 10.000 19.925
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 9.90 9.90 19.80 9.900 9.900 19.800
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Nikolay  East Germany 9.90 9.85 19.75 9.875 9.900 19.775
4 Roland Brückner  East Germany 9.80 9.85 19.65 9.825 9.900 19.725
5 Aleksandr Tkachyov  Soviet Union 9.90 9.85 19.75 9.875 9.600 19.475
6 Ferenc Donáth  Hungary 9.75 9.85 19.60 9.800 9.600 19.400
7 Eduard Azaryan  Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 Did not advance
8 Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.75 9.85 19.60 Did not advance
Vladimir Markelov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.80 19.60 Did not advance
10 Stoyan Deltchev  Bulgaria 9.65 9.85 19.50 Did not advance
11 Lutz Hoffmann  East Germany 9.70 9.75 19.45 Did not advance
Bohdan Makuts  Soviet Union 9.70 9.75 19.45 Did not advance
13 György Guczoghy  Hungary 9.65 9.75 19.40 Did not advance
14 Michel Boutard  France 9.60 9.75 19.35 Did not advance
Andreas Bronst  East Germany 9.60 9.75 19.35 Did not advance
Romulus Bucuroiu  Romania 9.65 9.70 19.35 Did not advance
Kurt Szilier  Romania 9.65 9.70 19.35 Did not advance
18 Roberto Leon  Cuba 9.65 9.65 19.30 Did not advance
19 Rudolf Babiak  Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.75 19.20 Did not advance
Ralf-Peter Hemmann  East Germany 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance
Zoltán Kelemen  Hungary 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance
22 Miloslav Kučeřík  Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.70 19.15 Did not advance
Joël Suty  France 9.50 9.65 19.15 Did not advance
24 Péter Kovács  Hungary 9.35 9.75 19.10 Did not advance
25 Plamen Petkov  Bulgaria 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
Jiří Tabák  Czechoslovakia 9.55 9.50 19.05 Did not advance
27 Enrique Bravo  Cuba 9.55 9.45 19.00 Did not advance
28 Sorin Cepoi  Romania 9.45 9.50 18.95 Did not advance
29 Dan Grecu  Romania 9.25 9.65 18.90 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna  Poland 9.30 9.60 18.90 Did not advance
Dancho Yordanov  Bulgaria 9.40 9.50 18.90 Did not advance
32 Jan Zoulik  Czechoslovakia 9.00 9.80 18.80 Did not advance
33 István Vámos  Hungary 9.25 9.50 18.75 Did not advance
34 Miguel Arroyo  Cuba 9.45 9.25 18.70 Did not advance
Henri Boerio  France 9.45 9.25 18.70 Did not advance
Willi Moy  France 9.30 9.40 18.70 Did not advance
37 Yves Bouquel  France 9.50 9.05 18.55 Did not advance
Krzysztof Potaczek  Poland 9.55 9.00 18.55 Did not advance
Thomas Wilson  Great Britain 9.25 9.30 18.55 Did not advance
Barry Winch  Great Britain 9.25 9.30 18.55 Did not advance
41 Aurelian Georgescu  Romania 8.90 9.60 18.50 Did not advance
42 Jorge Roche  Cuba 9.40 9.05 18.45 Did not advance
43 Lutz Mack  East Germany 8.80 9.60 18.40 Did not advance
Rumen Petkov  Bulgaria 9.00 9.40 18.40 Did not advance
45 Ognyan Bangiev  Bulgaria 9.25 9.10 18.35 Did not advance
46 Lindsay Nylund  Australia 8.90 9.35 18.25 Did not advance
47 Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 8.85 9.35 18.20 Did not advance
Waldemar Woźniak  Poland 8.85 9.35 18.20 Did not advance
49 Yanko Radanchev  Bulgaria 8.60 9.55 18.15 Did not advance
50 Mario Castro  Cuba 9.15 8.80 17.95 Did not advance
51 Gabriel Calvo  Spain 9.00 8.90 17.90 Did not advance
52 Fernando Bertrand  Spain 9.05 8.80 17.85 Did not advance
José de la Casa  Spain 8.95 8.90 17.85 Did not advance
Marc Touchais  France 9.00 8.85 17.85 Did not advance
55 Han Gwang-song  North Korea 8.80 8.90 17.70 Did not advance
Keith Langley  Great Britain 9.05 8.65 17.70 Did not advance
Jan Migdau  Czechoslovakia 8.50 9.20 17.70 Did not advance
58 Jozef Konečný  Czechoslovakia 8.05 9.55 17.60 Did not advance
59 Cho Hun  North Korea 8.40 9.15 17.55 Did not advance
60 Song Sun-bong  North Korea 8.35 8.85 17.20 Did not advance
Sergio Suarez  Cuba 8.95 8.25 17.20 Did not advance
62 Kang Gwang-song  North Korea 7.55 9.45 17.00 Did not advance
63 João Luiz Ribeiro  Brazil 8.55 8.30 16.85 Did not advance
64 Li Su-gil  North Korea 8.00 8.65 16.65 Did not advance
65 Kim Gwang-jin  North Korea 7.95 8.60 16.55 Did not advance
Moustapha Chouara  Lebanon DNS Did not advance
Adnan Horns  Lebanon DNS Did not advance
Maurizio Zonzini  San Marino DNS Did not advance

References

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