Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar
Introduction The men's horizontal bar 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 Stoyan Deltchev of Bulgaria, the nation's first medal in the horizontal bar. The Soviet Union took silver (Alexander Dityatin) and bronze (Nikolai Andrianov), reaching the podium for the first time since 1968.Japan's three-Games gold medal streak 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: bronze medalist Henri Boerio of France and Ferenc Donath of Hungary. Japan had dominated the apparatus for decades, but would not compete in 1980 due to the American-led boycott. The reigning (1979) world champion, American Kurt Thomas, was also out due to the boycott. The Soviet Union, which had failed to medal in the apparatus the last two Games, had a strong team that looked likely to end that drought. Stoyan Deltchev of Bulgaria, fourth at the 1979 world championships, was the strongest contender against the Soviets.Brazil made its debut in the men's horizontal bar. 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   Stoyan Deltchev    9.90  9.85  '''19.75'''  9.875  9.950  '''19.825'''   Alexander Dityatin    9.80  9.90  '''19.70'''  9.850  9.900  '''19.750'''   Nikolai Andrianov    9.80  9.85  '''19.65'''  9.825  9.850  '''19.675''' 4  Ralf-Peter Hemmann    9.65  9.70  '''19.35'''  9.675  9.850  '''19.525''' Michael Nikolay    9.75  9.60  '''19.35'''  9.675  9.850  '''19.525''' 6  Sergio Suarez    9.50  9.80  '''19.30'''  9.650  9.800  '''19.450''' 7  Vladimir Markelov    9.75  9.85  '''19.60'''  Did not advance 8  Eduard Azaryan    9.75  9.80  '''19.55'''  Did not advance 9  Bohdan Makuts    9.65  9.70  '''19.35'''  Did not advance 10  Joël Suty    9.55  9.70  '''19.25'''  Did not advance 11  Ferenc Donáth    9.60  9.60  '''19.20'''  Did not advance Dancho Yordanov    9.60  9.60  '''19.20'''  Did not advance 13  Kurt Szilier    9.50  9.65  '''19.15'''  Did not advance 14  Aleksandr Tkachyov    9.10  9.95  '''19.05'''  Did not advance 15  Henri Boerio    9.40  9.60  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Lutz Hoffmann    9.50  9.50  '''19.00'''  Did not advance 17  György Guczoghy    9.30  9.65  '''18.95'''  Did not advance Péter Kovács    9.70  9.25  '''18.95'''  Did not advance Zoltán Magyar    9.50  9.45  '''18.95'''  Did not advance 20  Jiří Tabák    9.40  9.45  '''18.85'''  Did not advance 21  Andreas Bronst    9.35  9.45  '''18.80'''  Did not advance Nicolae Oprescu    9.35  9.45  '''18.80'''  Did not advance 23  Enrique Bravo    9.30  9.45  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Dan Grecu    9.25  9.50  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Roberto Leon    9.50  9.25  '''18.75'''  Did not advance 26  Miguel Arroyo    9.55  9.15  '''18.70'''  Did not advance Rudolf Babiak    9.30  9.40  '''18.70'''  Did not advance Andrzej Szajna    9.55  9.15  '''18.70'''  Did not advance Ognyan Bangiev    9.50  9.20  '''18.70'''  Did not advance 30  Roland Brückner    9.60  9.05  '''18.65'''  Did not advance 31  Zoltán Kelemen    9.35  9.25  '''18.60'''  Did not advance Jan Migdau    9.30  9.30  '''18.60'''  Did not advance István Vámos    9.40  9.20  '''18.60'''  Did not advance 34  Willi Moy    9.10  9.45  '''18.55'''  Did not advance Yanko Radanchev    9.35  9.20  '''18.55'''  Did not advance Jan Zoulik    9.35  9.20  '''18.55'''  Did not advance 37  Sorin Cepoi    9.05  9.45  '''18.50'''  Did not advance Aurelian Georgescu    9.30  9.20  '''18.50'''  Did not advance 39  Waldemar Woźniak    9.30  9.15  '''18.45'''  Did not advance 40  Gabriel Calvo    9.25  9.15  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Lutz Mack    9.45  8.95  '''18.40'''  Did not advance 42  José de la Casa    9.20  9.15  '''18.35'''  Did not advance Barry Winch    9.10  9.25  '''18.35'''  Did not advance 44  Kang Gwang-song    9.00  9.30  '''18.30'''  Did not advance Michel Boutard    8.95  9.35  '''18.30'''  Did not advance 46  Keith Langley    8.90  9.35  '''18.25'''  Did not advance Rumen Petkov    9.20  9.05  '''18.25'''  Did not advance Thomas Wilson    9.15  9.10  '''18.25'''  Did not advance 49  Plamen Petkov    9.40  8.80  '''18.20'''  Did not advance Song Sun-bong    8.80  9.40  '''18.20'''  Did not advance 51  Romulus Bucuroiu    8.80  9.35  '''18.15'''  Did not advance 52  Yves Bouquel    8.90  9.20  '''18.10'''  Did not advance 53  Mario Castro    9.25  8.80  '''18.05'''  Did not advance Lindsay Nylund    8.75  9.30  '''18.05'''  Did not advance Li Su-gil    8.60  9.45  '''18.05'''  Did not advance 56  Cho Hun    9.00  9.00  '''18.00'''  Did not advance Jozef Konečný    8.65  9.35  '''18.00'''  Did not advance 58  Fernando Bertrand    9.25  8.70  '''17.95'''  Did not advance 59  Krzysztof Potaczek    9.20  8.65  '''17.85'''  Did not advance Marc Touchais    9.05  8.80  '''17.85'''  Did not advance 61  João Luiz Ribeiro    8.55  9.10  '''17.65'''  Did not advance 62  Miloslav Kučeřík    8.30  9.25  '''17.55'''  Did not advance 63  Kim Gwang-jin    8.65  8.85  '''17.50'''  Did not advance 64  Han Gwang-song    8.30  9.15  '''17.45'''  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