Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars
Introduction 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.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.
Schedule All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) Date Time Round Sunday, 29 July 1984   '''Preliminary: Compulsory''' Tuesday, 31 July 1984   '''Preliminary: Voluntary''' Saturday, 4 August 1984  '''17:30'''  '''Final'''
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. Rank  Gymnast  Nation  Preliminary  Final Compulsory  Voluntary  Total   Prelim. Final  Total   Bart Conner    9.90  10.00  '''19.90'''  9.950  10.000  '''19.950'''   Nobuyuki Kajitani    9.95  9.90  '''19.85'''  9.925  10.000  '''19.925'''   Mitchell Gaylord    10.00  9.90  '''19.90'''  9.950  9.900  '''19.850''' 4  Tong Fei    9.85  9.90  '''19.75'''  9.875  9.950  '''19.825''' 5  Kōji Gushiken    9.90  9.90  '''19.80'''  9.900  9.900  '''19.800''' 6  Li Ning    9.85  9.90  '''19.75'''  9.875  9.900  '''19.775''' 7  Daniel Winkler    9.75  9.85  '''19.60'''  9.800  9.800  '''19.600''' Jürgen Geiger    9.80  9.80  '''19.60'''  9.800  9.800  '''19.600''' 9  Peter Vidmar    9.90  9.90  '''19.80'''  Did not advance 10  Xu Zhiqiang    9.80  9.95  '''19.75'''  Did not advance 11  Tim Daggett    9.80  9.90  '''19.70'''  Did not advance 12  Jim Hartung    9.75  9.90  '''19.65'''  Did not advance 13  Lou Yun    9.70  9.90  '''19.60'''  Did not advance 14  Noritoshi Hirata    9.75  9.80  '''19.55'''  Did not advance 15  Kyoji Yamawaki    9.60  9.90  '''19.50'''  Did not advance 16  Li Yuejiu    9.55  9.90  '''19.45'''  Did not advance 17  Andreas Japtok    9.70  9.70  '''19.40'''  Did not advance Scott Johnson    9.60  9.80  '''19.40'''  Did not advance Joël Suty    9.60  9.80  '''19.40'''  Did not advance 20  Li Xiaoping    9.60  9.75  '''19.35'''  Did not advance 21  Benno Groß    9.90  9.40  '''19.30'''  Did not advance Jang Tae-eun    9.80  9.50  '''19.30'''  Did not advance Volker Rohrwick    9.55  9.75  '''19.30'''  Did not advance Bernhard Simmelbauer    9.60  9.70  '''19.30'''  Did not advance 25  Jean-Luc Cairon    9.50  9.75  '''19.25'''  Did not advance Lee Jeoung-sik    9.75  9.50  '''19.25'''  Did not advance 27  Marco Piatti    9.65  9.55  '''19.20'''  Did not advance Daniel Wunderlin    9.65  9.55  '''19.20'''  Did not advance Markus Lehmann    9.60  9.60  '''19.20'''  Did not advance Brad Peters    9.70  9.50  '''19.20'''  Did not advance 31  Philippe Chartrand    9.70  9.45  '''19.15'''  Did not advance Koji Sotomura    9.40  9.75  '''19.15'''  Did not advance 33  Laurent Barbiéri    9.45  9.65  '''19.10'''  Did not advance Josef Zellweger    9.80  9.30  '''19.10'''  Did not advance 35  Shinji Morisue    9.15  9.90  '''19.05'''  Did not advance Han Chung-sik    9.60  9.45  '''19.05'''  Did not advance 37  Warren Long    9.55  9.45  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Emilian Nicula    9.60  9.40  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Valentin Pîntea    9.60  9.40  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Allan Reddon    9.60  9.40  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Miguel Soler    9.60  9.40  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Philippe Vatuone    9.45  9.55  '''19.00'''  Did not advance 43  Terence Bartlett    9.55  9.40  '''18.95'''  Did not advance Michel Boutard    9.35  9.60  '''18.95'''  Did not advance 45  Chae Gwang-seok    9.50  9.40  '''18.90'''  Did not advance 46  Antonio Fraguas    9.65  9.20  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Ju Yeong-sam    9.40  9.45  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Frank Nutzenberger    9.55  9.30  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Alfonso Rodríguez    9.55  9.30  '''18.85'''  Did not advance 50  Werner Birnbaum    9.55  9.20  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Bruno Cavelti    9.20  9.55  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Daniel Gaudet    9.25  9.50  '''18.75'''  Did not advance 53  Keith Langley    9.40  9.30  '''18.70'''  Did not advance Nam Seung-gu    9.70  9.00  '''18.70'''  Did not advance 55  Jacques Def    8.85  9.75  '''18.60'''  Did not advance Andrew Morris    9.60  9.00  '''18.60'''  Did not advance 57  Tony Piñeda    9.60  8.90  '''18.50'''  Did not advance 58  Vittorio Allievi    9.70  8.75  '''18.45'''  Did not advance 59  Richard Benyon    9.20  9.20  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Barry Winch    8.95  9.45  '''18.40'''  Did not advance 61  Finn Gjertsen    9.45  8.90  '''18.35'''  Did not advance Maurizio Zonzini    9.30  9.05  '''18.35'''  Did not advance 63  Yohanan Moyal    9.10  9.15  '''18.25'''  Did not advance 64  Urs Meister    8.80  9.30  '''18.10'''  Did not advance 65  Diego Lazzarich    9.55  8.50  '''18.05'''  Did not advance 66  Rob Edmonds    9.45  8.50  '''17.95'''  Did not advance Johan Jonasson    9.10  8.85  '''17.95'''  Did not advance 68  Eddie Van Hoof    9.15  8.70  '''17.85'''  Did not advance 69  Rocco Amboni    8.45  9.25  '''17.70'''  Did not advance 70  Gerson Gnoatto    8.20  8.75  '''16.95'''  Did not advance 71  Ya'akov Levi    8.20  7.20  '''15.40'''  Did not advance
References * Official Olympic Report* www.gymnasticsresults.com* www.gymn-forum.net