Gymnastics at the 1992 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 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The qualification and final rounds took place July 27, 29 and August 2 at the Palau dels Esports de Barcelona. There were 93 competitors from 25 nations, with nations in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Vitaly Scherbo of the Unified Team, the third time in four Games that a Soviet or former Soviet gymnast won the rings. Li Jing of China earned silver. There was a three-way tie for third, with Igor Korobchinski of the Unified Team, Guo Linyao of China, and Masayuki Matsunaga of Japan each receiving bronze medals. They were the first medals for China in the parallel bars.
Background This was the 18th 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). Six of the eight finalists from 1988 returned: bronze medalist Sven Tippelt of East Germany, fourth-place finisher Kalofer Khristozov of Bulgaria, fifth-place finisher Marius Gherman of Romania, sixth-place finisher Curtis Hibbert of Canada, seventh-place finisher Sylvio Kroll of East Germany, and eighth-place finisher Boris Preti of Italy. Li Jing of China had earned gold at the last three world championships (1989, 1991, and 1992), sharing the top place on the podium twice with Soviet (or former Soviet) gymnasts, in 1989 with Vladimir Artemov (who was not competing in Barcelona) and in 1992 with Aleksey Voropayev (who was).Puerto Rico and Slovenia each made their debut in the men's parallel bars; some former Soviet Republics competed as the Unified Team. The United States made its 16th appearance, 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 top eight gymnasts, with a limit of two per nation, advanced to the final. In a change from previous years, the preliminary score had no effect on the final; once the eight finalists were selected, their ranking depended only on the final exercise. Non-finalists were ranked 9th through 93rd based on preliminary score.
Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Date Time Round Wednesday, 29 July 1992   '''Preliminary''' Sunday, 2 August 1992  '''23:00'''  '''Final'''
Results Ninety-one gymnasts competed in the parallel bars event during the compulsory and optional rounds on July 27 and 29.The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 2.Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. Rank  Gymnast  Nation  Preliminary  Final Compulsory  Voluntary  Total   Vitaly Scherbo    9.900  9.825  '''19.725'''  '''9.900'''   Li Jing    9.750  9.750  '''19.500'''  '''9.812'''   Ihor Korobchynskyi    9.800  9.800  '''19.600'''  '''9.800''' Guo Linyao    9.725  9.700  '''19.425'''  '''9.800''' Masayuki Matsunaga    9.575  9.775  '''19.350'''  '''9.800''' 6  Jair Lynch    9.550  9.700  '''19.250'''  '''9.712''' 7  Andreas Wecker    9.700  9.675  '''19.375'''  '''9.612''' 8  Daisuke Nishikawa    9.725  9.625  '''19.350'''  '''9.575''' 9  Valery Belenky    9.800  9.775  '''19.575'''  Did not advance 10  Grigory Misutin    9.750  9.800  '''19.550'''  Did not advance 11  Li Xiaoshuang    9.775  9.600  '''19.375'''  Did not advance 12  Aleksey Voropayev    9.650  9.700  '''19.350'''  Did not advance 13  Li Chunyang    9.750  9.550  '''19.300'''  Did not advance Yoshiaki Hatakeda    9.675  9.625  '''19.300'''  Did not advance Yukio Iketani    9.550  9.750  '''19.300'''  Did not advance Yutaka Aihara    9.650  9.650  '''19.300'''  Did not advance 17  Lee Joo-hyung    9.675  9.550  '''19.225'''  Did not advance 18  Paolo Bucci    9.550  9.650  '''19.200'''  Did not advance Takashi Chinen    9.575  9.625  '''19.200'''  Did not advance 20  Zoltán Supola    9.525  9.650  '''19.175'''  Did not advance Rustam Sharipov    9.700  9.475  '''19.175'''  Did not advance 22  Boris Preti    9.475  9.675  '''19.150'''  Did not advance Sylvio Kroll    9.650  9.500  '''19.150'''  Did not advance 24  Kalofer Hristozov    9.525  9.600  '''19.125'''  Did not advance M. Chris Waller    9.600  9.525  '''19.125'''  Did not advance Marian Rizan    9.550  9.575  '''19.125'''  Did not advance Marius Gherman    9.525  9.600  '''19.125'''  Did not advance Han Yun-su    9.475  9.650  '''19.125'''  Did not advance 29  Jeong Jin-su    9.500  9.600  '''19.100'''  Did not advance Patrice Casimir    9.575  9.525  '''19.100'''  Did not advance 31  Ralf Büchner    9.525  9.550  '''19.075'''  Did not advance 32  Michael Engeler    9.550  9.500  '''19.050'''  Did not advance Alessandro Viligiardi    9.475  9.575  '''19.050'''  Did not advance Oliver Walther    9.575  9.475  '''19.050'''  Did not advance Scott Keswick    9.575  9.475  '''19.050'''  Did not advance 36  Curtis Hibbert    9.550  9.475  '''19.025'''  Did not advance 37  Alfonso Rodríguez    9.475  9.525  '''19.000'''  Did not advance 38  Adrian Gal    9.450  9.525  '''18.975'''  Did not advance Daniel Giubellini    9.475  9.500  '''18.975'''  Did not advance Li Ge    9.475  9.500  '''18.975'''  Did not advance 41  Li Dashuang    9.525  9.425  '''18.950'''  Did not advance Trent Dimas    9.625  9.325  '''18.950'''  Did not advance 43  Miklós Pánczél    9.400  9.525  '''18.925'''  Did not advance Neil Thomas    9.550  9.375  '''18.925'''  Did not advance Nicolae Bejenaru    9.450  9.475  '''18.925'''  Did not advance 46  James May    9.450  9.450  '''18.900'''  Did not advance Sébastien Darrigade    9.400  9.500  '''18.900'''  Did not advance Sven Tippelt    9.525  9.375  '''18.900'''  Did not advance 49  Dominick Minicucci Jr.    9.425  9.425  '''18.850'''  Did not advance Ruggero Rossato    9.450  9.400  '''18.850'''  Did not advance Szilveszter Csollány    9.350  9.500  '''18.850'''  Did not advance 52  Deyan Kolev    9.400  9.425  '''18.825'''  Did not advance Yoo Ok-ryul    9.450  9.375  '''18.825'''  Did not advance 54  Han Gwang-ho    9.300  9.500  '''18.800'''  Did not advance John Roethlisberger    9.500  9.300  '''18.800'''  Did not advance Miguel Ángel Rubio    9.425  9.375  '''18.800'''  Did not advance Gabriele Sala    9.325  9.475  '''18.800'''  Did not advance 58  Csaba Fajkusz    9.325  9.450  '''18.775'''  Did not advance Krasimir Dunev    9.375  9.400  '''18.775'''  Did not advance Yordan Yovchev    9.450  9.325  '''18.775'''  Did not advance 61  Pae Gil-su    9.400  9.325  '''18.725'''  Did not advance Nicu Stroia    9.350  9.375  '''18.725'''  Did not advance Oliver Grimm    9.350  9.375  '''18.725'''  Did not advance 64  Cho Hun    9.300  9.400  '''18.700'''  Did not advance 65  Johan Jonasson    9.275  9.400  '''18.675'''  Did not advance Fabrice Guelzec    9.475  9.200  '''18.675'''  Did not advance 67  Adrian Sandu    9.300  9.350  '''18.650'''  Did not advance Yeo Hong-cheol    9.325  9.325  '''18.650'''  Did not advance Jože Kolman    9.200  9.450  '''18.650'''  Did not advance Terry Bartlett    9.300  9.350  '''18.650'''  Did not advance 71  Martin Modlitba    9.050  9.575  '''18.625'''  Did not advance Ron Kaplan    9.350  9.275  '''18.625'''  Did not advance 73  Luis López    9.400  9.200  '''18.600'''  Did not advance 74  Arnold Bugár    9.150  9.375  '''18.525'''  Did not advance 75  Brennon Dowrick    9.175  9.325  '''18.500'''  Did not advance Sin Myong-su    9.100  9.400  '''18.500'''  Did not advance 77  Gianmatteo Centazzo    9.325  9.125  '''18.450'''  Did not advance Marco Monteiro    9.200  9.250  '''18.450'''  Did not advance 79  Ilian Aleksandrov    9.325  9.100  '''18.425'''  Did not advance 80  Mario Franke    9.575  8.800  '''18.375'''  Did not advance 81  Markus Müller    8.900  9.425  '''18.325'''  Did not advance Flavio Rota    8.950  9.375  '''18.325'''  Did not advance 83  Erich Wanner    8.975  9.325  '''18.300'''  Did not advance 84  Károly Schupkégel    9.200  9.025  '''18.225'''  Did not advance 85  Isidro Ibarrondo    9.000  9.125  '''18.125'''  Did not advance 86  Mike Inglis    8.800  9.275  '''18.075'''  Did not advance 87  Alan Nolet    9.225  8.825  '''18.050'''  Did not advance 88  Georgi Lozanov    9.100  8.850  '''17.950'''  Did not advance 89  David Cox    8.500  9.100  '''17.600'''  Did not advance 90  Róbert Élő    8.250  9.150  '''17.400'''  Did not advance 91  Marvin Campbell    8.750  8.450  '''17.200'''  Did not advance 92  Victor Colon    9.225  —  '''9.225'''  Did not advance 93  Paul Bowler    9.150  —  '''9.150'''  Did not advance
References * Official Olympic Report* www.gymnasticsresults.com