Gymnastics at the 1980 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 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 20, 22 and 25th 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. The event was won by Aleksandr Tkachyov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars since 1960 and third overall, tying Switzerland for second-most all-time behind Japan's four. Fellow Soviet Alexander Dityatin took silver, while Roland Brückner earned East Germany's first medal in the event (and first medal for any German gymnast in the parallel bars since 1936). Japan's four-Games gold medal streak in the event ended with no Japanese gymnasts competing due to the American-led boycott.
Background 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). Two of the six finalists from 1976 returned: silver medalist Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union and sixth-place finisher Andrzej Szajna of Poland. The two most recent world champions, Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan (1978) and Bart Conner of the United States (1979), did not compete in Moscow due to the boycott. Andrianov had shared silver at the 1978 world championships and Aleksandr Tkachyov, also of the Soviet Union, had shared silver in 1979.Brazil made its debut in the men's parallel bars. Hungary made its 13th appearance, tying the United States (absent from the parallel bars event for the first time since the inaugural 1896 Games) for most of any nation.
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 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.
Schedule 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 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   Prelim. Final  Total   Aleksandr Tkachyov    9.85  9.90  '''19.75'''  9.875  9.900  '''19.775'''   Alexander Dityatin    9.80  9.90  '''19.70'''  9.850  9.900  '''19.750'''   Roland Brückner    9.70  9.90  '''19.60'''  9.800  9.850  '''19.650''' 4  Michael Nikolay    9.60  9.80  '''19.40'''  9.700  9.900  '''19.600''' 5  Stoyan Deltchev    9.85  9.90  '''19.75'''  9.875  9.700  '''19.575''' 6  Roberto Leon    9.70  9.90  '''19.60'''  9.800  9.700  '''19.500''' 7  Nikolai Andrianov    9.80  9.90  '''19.70'''  Did not advance 8  Bohdan Makuts    9.60  9.90  '''19.50'''  Did not advance 9  Dan Grecu    9.65  9.80  '''19.45'''  Did not advance 10  Eduard Azaryan    9.65  9.75  '''19.40'''  Did not advance 11  Andreas Bronst    9.50  9.80  '''19.30'''  Did not advance Sorin Cepoi    9.60  9.70  '''19.30'''  Did not advance Ralf-Peter Hemmann    9.60  9.70  '''19.30'''  Did not advance 14  Ferenc Donáth    9.55  9.65  '''19.20'''  Did not advance Zoltán Magyar    9.45  9.75  '''19.20'''  Did not advance Dancho Yordanov    9.45  9.75  '''19.20'''  Did not advance 17  Aurelian Georgescu    9.55  9.60  '''19.15'''  Did not advance 18  Jozef Konečný    9.50  9.60  '''19.10'''  Did not advance Lutz Mack    9.50  9.60  '''19.10'''  Did not advance Plamen Petkov    9.40  9.70  '''19.10'''  Did not advance 21  Michel Boutard    9.50  9.55  '''19.05'''  Did not advance Miguel Arroyo    9.45  9.60  '''19.05'''  Did not advance Jiří Tabák    9.35  9.70  '''19.05'''  Did not advance 24  Mario Castro    9.30  9.70  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Cho Hun    9.40  9.60  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Han Gwang-song    9.50  9.50  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Lutz Hoffmann    9.30  9.70  '''19.00'''  Did not advance 28  György Guczoghy    9.40  9.55  '''18.95'''  Did not advance Jan Zoulik    9.40  9.55  '''18.95'''  Did not advance Ognyan Bangiev    9.35  9.60  '''18.95'''  Did not advance Sergio Suarez    9.25  9.70  '''18.95'''  Did not advance 32  Kim Gwang-jin    9.30  9.60  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Vladimir Markelov    9.10  9.80  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Nicolae Oprescu    9.45  9.45  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Rumen Petkov    9.35  9.55  '''18.90'''  Did not advance 36  Rudolf Babiak    9.40  9.45  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Gabriel Calvo    9.25  9.60  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Péter Kovács    9.00  9.85  '''18.85'''  Did not advance 39  Miloslav Kučeřík    9.40  9.40  '''18.80'''  Did not advance 40  Kang Gwang-song    8.95  9.80  '''18.75'''  Did not advance 41  José de la Casa    9.15  9.55  '''18.70'''  Did not advance Jan Migdau    9.30  9.40  '''18.70'''  Did not advance 43  Fernando Bertrand    9.25  9.40  '''18.65'''  Did not advance Romulus Bucuroiu    9.10  9.55  '''18.65'''  Did not advance Joël Suty    9.15  9.50  '''18.65'''  Did not advance Kurt Szilier    9.65  9.00  '''18.65'''  Did not advance 47  Enrique Bravo    9.15  9.40  '''18.55'''  Did not advance Lindsay Nylund    9.30  9.25  '''18.55'''  Did not advance Waldemar Woźniak    9.15  9.40  '''18.55'''  Did not advance 50  Zoltán Kelemen    9.20  9.30  '''18.50'''  Did not advance István Vámos    9.35  9.15  '''18.50'''  Did not advance 52  Krzysztof Potaczek    9.05  9.40  '''18.45'''  Did not advance 53  Li Su-gil    8.95  9.45  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Yanko Radanchev    9.25  9.15  '''18.40'''  Did not advance 55  Willi Moy    9.25  9.10  '''18.35'''  Did not advance Barry Winch    9.20  9.15  '''18.35'''  Did not advance 57  Henri Boerio    8.55  9.60  '''18.15'''  Did not advance 58  Andrzej Szajna    8.55  9.55  '''18.10'''  Did not advance 59  Yves Bouquel    8.85  8.75  '''17.60'''  Did not advance 60  Keith Langley    9.10  8.40  '''17.50'''  Did not advance 61  Thomas Wilson    8.25  9.15  '''17.40'''  Did not advance 62  Song Sun-bong    8.15  9.00  '''17.15'''  Did not advance 63  João Luiz Ribeiro    8.20  8.85  '''17.05'''  Did not advance 64  Marc Touchais    8.30  8.55  '''16.85'''  Did not advance 65  Jorge Roche    9.45  0.00  '''9.45'''  Did not advance —  Moustapha Chouara      Did not advance Adnan Horns      Did not advance Maurizio Zonzini      Did not advance
References * Official Olympic Report* www.gymnasticsresults.com* www.gymn-forum.net