Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around
Introduction The men's individual all-around 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 2 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. There were 71 competitors from 19 nations. Each nation could send a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 3 individual gymnasts. The event was won by Kōji Gushiken of Japan, the nation's fourth victory in the event (tying Italy for second-most at the time, behind the Soviet Union's five). The United States won its first medal in the event since the 1904 Games in St. Louis with Peter Vidmar's silver. China, making its debut in the event, received bronze with Li Ning finishing third.
Background This was the 19th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900.None of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1980 Games returned; 9 of the 10 were from nations that boycotted the 1984 Games, while Dan Grecu of Romania had retired after being injured in 1980 (his fourth Games). The highest-ranked finisher from Moscow to return was 20th-place finisher Michel Boutard of France. The Soviets, absent from Los Angeles, had taken four of the seven medals at the two World Championships since Moscow; Kōji Gushiken of Japan had taken two of the rest (bronze in 1981, silver in 1983) and Lou Yun had shared bronze in 1983 for the last one.The People's Republic of China and San Marino each made their debut in the event. France made its 17th appearance, most among nations.
Competition format The competition format followed the preliminary and final format introduced in 1972, with the limit on the number of finalists per nation added in 1976.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 preliminary score. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final, with the top 36 gymnasts advancing to the individual all-around final—except that each nation was limited to 3 finalists. There, each of the finalists performed another exercise on each apparatus. The sum of these scores plus half of the preliminary score resulted in a final total.Each exercise was scored from 0 to 10; thus, the preliminary apparatus scores ranged from 0 to 20 each and the total preliminary score from 0 to 120.With half of the preliminary score and six more exercises scored 0 to 10, the final total was also from 0 to 120.The preliminary exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals.
Schedule All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) Date Time Round Sunday, 29 July 1984  '''9:30''''''14:00''''''18:30'''  '''Preliminary: Compulsory''' Tuesday, 31 July 1984  '''9:30''''''14:00''''''18:30'''  '''Preliminary: Voluntary''' Thursday, 2 August 1984  '''17:30'''  '''Final'''
Results Seventy-one gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 29 and 31.The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 2.Each country was limited to three 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 each gymnast's "prelim" score. Rank Gymnast  Nation Prelim Prelim Floor Pommelhorse Rings Vault Parallelbars Horizontalbar Final Total  Koji Gushiken   118.20  59.1009.9009.9009.950'''10.000'''9.9009.95059.600'''118.700'''  Peter Vidmar   118.55  59.2759.8009.9009.9009.9009.900'''10.000'''59.400'''118.675'''  Li Ning   118.45  59.2259.9009.9509.9009.9009.8009.90059.350'''118.575''' 4 Tong Fei   118.40  59.2009.9009.9009.9009.9009.750'''10.000'''59.350'''118.550''' 5 Mitchell Gaylord   118.15  59.0759.8509.9009.9509.9009.9009.95059.450'''118.525''' 6 Bart Conner   118.30  59.1509.8509.9009.9009.8009.8509.90059.200'''118.350''' 7 Xu Zhiqiang   118.15  59.0759.9009.9009.9009.9009.9009.65059.150'''118.225''' 8 Nobuyuki Kajitani   116.95  58.4759.7509.9009.9009.9009.9009.55058.900'''117.375''' 9 Noritoshi Hirata   116.80  58.4009.8509.7009.9009.8009.6509.90058.800'''117.200''' 10 Jürgen Geiger   116.75  58.3759.7009.6009.9009.9009.4509.75058.300'''116.675''' 11 Josef Zellweger   116.40  58.2009.7009.8009.8009.7009.5509.80058.350'''116.550''' 12 Markus Lehmann   116.30  58.1509.7009.7509.6009.6509.5509.80058.050'''116.200''' 13 Jang Tae-eun   115.30  57.6509.8509.5509.8009.8509.7509.70058.500'''116.150''' 14 Emilian Nicula   115.65  57.8259.5009.6509.9009.7509.5509.85058.200'''116.025''' 15 Valentin Pîntea   116.10  58.0509.9009.8009.3509.7009.4009.80057.950'''116.000''' Jean-Luc Cairon   116.10  58.0509.8009.8009.9009.8009.4009.25057.950'''116.000''' 17 Andreas Japtok   116.20  58.1009.6009.7009.8009.7009.5509.40057.750'''115.850''' 18 Philippe Chartrand   115.75  57.8759.4509.5009.9009.8009.2009.95057.800'''115.675''' 19 Warren Long   115.05  57.5259.8009.6009.8009.7509.4509.70058.100'''115.625''' 20 Joel Suty   115.50  57.7509.6509.8009.7009.7509.6009.25057.750'''115.500''' 21 Daniel Winkler   116.40  58.2008.9009.6509.7509.8009.6509.30057.050'''115.250''' 22 Philippe Vatuone   115.45  57.7259.8509.1009.8009.7009.0509.80057.300'''115.025''' 23 Tony Piñeda   114.50  57.2509.7009.8509.5009.7009.5009.45057.700'''114.950''' 24 Andrew Morris   114.40  57.2009.6509.6009.8009.7009.6009.35057.700'''114.900''' 25 Miguel Soler   114.40  57.2009.6009.6509.8009.7509.1509.70057.650'''114.850''' 26 Vittorio Allievi   113.95  56.9759.7509.7009.5509.9009.4509.55057.850'''114.825''' 27 Han Chung-sik   115.05  57.5259.4508.8509.8009.8509.6509.55057.150'''114.675''' 28 Daniel Wunderlin   116.10  58.0509.8008.7509.8009.7509.6008.80056.500'''114.550''' 28 Lee Jeong-sik   114.70  57.3509.7509.6509.7509.7009.3009.05057.200'''114.550''' 30 Rocco Amboni   113.40  56.7009.6009.6509.7509.7509.2009.70057.650'''114.350''' 31 Werner Birnbaum   114.60  57.3009.7509.0009.7009.7009.1009.55056.800'''114.100''' 32 Diego Lazzarich   113.80  56.9009.8008.8009.7009.8009.2509.55056.900'''113.800''' 33 Daniel Gaudet   114.60  57.3009.7008.6509.9009.5509.3009.15056.250'''113.550''' 34 Keith Langley   114.10  57.0509.7509.2509.7009.3008.5509.75056.300'''113.350''' 35 Antonio Fraguas   113.25  56.6259.7008.9009.8009.7009.2009.40056.700'''113.325''' 36 Terence Bartlett   114.95  57.4750.0000.0000.0009.5509.3500.00018.900'''76.375''' 37  Tim Daggett    117.85  38  Jim Hartung    117.75 39  Lou Yun    117.65 40  Li Xiaoping    116.85 41  Li Yuejiu    116.70 42  Scott Johnson    116.60 Shinji Morisue    116.60 44  Koji Sotomura    116.05 Benno Groß    116.05 46  Marco Piatti    115.95 47  Kyoji Yamawaki    115.65 48  Volker Rohrwick    115.45 49  Laurent Barbiéri    115.30 50  Bernhard Simmelbauer    115.25 51  Brad Peters    115.15 52  Jacques Def    114.85 53  Bruno Cavelti    114.60 54  Frank Nutzenberger    114.30 55  Allan Reddon    114.05 56  Ju Yeong-sam    113.95 57  Barry Winch    113.90 58  Nam Seung-gu    113.75 59  Chae Gwang-seok    113.50 60  Michel Boutard    113.25  Urs Meister    113.25 62  Alfonso Rodríguez    112.75 63  Finn Gjertsen    112.35 64  Richard Benyon   111.85  65  Maurizio Zonzini    111.65 66  Johan Jonasson    111.55 67  Yohanan Moyal    110.80 68  Rob Edmonds    110.45 69  Eddie Van Hoof    110.25 70  Gerson Gnoatto    108.05 71  Ya'akov Levi    106.15
References
External links * Official Olympic Report* www.gymnasticsresults.com* www.gymn-forum.net