Gymnastics at the 1972 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 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 27, 29 and September 1 at the Olympiahalle. There were 113 competitors from 26 nations; nations entering the team event had 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts. Japan reached the height of its success in the event this year, thoroughly dominating the event by taking the top five places (with the final Japanese gymnast placing 10th). Mitsuo Tsukahara was the winner, with Sawao Kato second and Shigeru Kasamatsu third. Japan had now won the event in four of the last five Games. The only finalist from outside Japan was Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union.
Background This was the 13th 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). Four of the six finalists from 1968 returned: joint gold medalists Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union and Akinori Nakayama of Japan, bronze medalist Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan, and fourth-place finisher Klaus Köste of East Germany. Kenmotsu was the reigning (1970) world champion, with Nakayama the runner-up and Köste tied with Takuji Hayata of Japan (who was not on the Munich Olympic team).Liechtenstein, New Zealand, and North Korea each made their debut in the men's horizontal bar. The United States made its 12th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 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. (One gymnast who entered the all-around competition did not perform on the vault.) 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; others were ranked 7th through 113th. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final.
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Date Time Round Monday, 27 August 1972  '''11:15''''''19:00'''  '''Preliminary: Compulsory''' Wednesday, 29 August 1972  '''10:00''''''18:00'''  '''Preliminary: Voluntary''' Saturday, 1 September 1972  '''19:30'''  '''Final'''
Results One-hundred thirteen gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on August 27 and 29.The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 1.Rank  Gymnast  Nation  Preliminary  Final Compulsory  Voluntary  Total   Prelim. Final  Total   Mitsuo Tsukahara    9.75  9.90  '''19.65'''  9.825  9.900  '''19.725'''   Sawao Kato    9.85  9.70  '''19.55'''  9.775  9.750  '''19.525'''   Shigeru Kasamatsu    9.75  9.75  '''19.50'''  9.750  9.700  '''19.450''' 4  Eizo Kenmotsu    9.65  9.75  '''19.40'''  9.700  9.650  '''19.350''' 5  Akinori Nakayama    9.65  9.60  '''19.25'''  9.625  9.600  '''19.225''' 6  Nikolai Andrianov    9.60  9.60  '''19.20'''  9.600  9.500  '''19.100''' 7  Wolfgang Thüne    9.50  9.65  '''19.15'''  Did not advance 8  Eberhard Gienger    9.40  9.65  '''19.05'''  Did not advance Edvard Mikaelian    9.45  9.60  '''19.05'''  Did not advance 10  Matthias Brehme    9.30  9.55  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Teruichi Okamura    9.40  9.45  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Vladimir Schukin    9.35  9.50  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Mikhail Voronin    9.35  9.50  '''18.85'''  Did not advance 14  Li Song-sob    9.30  9.50  '''18.80'''  Did not advance 15  Klaus Köste    9.20  9.55  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Reinhard Rychly    9.30  9.45  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Andrzej Szajna    9.15  9.60  '''18.75'''  Did not advance 18  Günter Spies    9.25  9.40  '''18.65'''  Did not advance 19  Alexander Maleev    9.20  9.35  '''18.55'''  Did not advance 20  Wolfgang Klotz    9.05  9.45  '''18.50'''  Did not advance 21  Henri Boërio    9.05  9.40  '''18.45'''  Did not advance Robert Bretscher    9.15  9.30  '''18.45'''  Did not advance Steven Hug    9.15  9.30  '''18.45'''  Did not advance Kim Song-il    9.10  9.35  '''18.45'''  Did not advance Jürgen Paeke    9.10  9.35  '''18.45'''  Did not advance 26  Kim Song-yu    9.00  9.40  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Viktor Klimenko    9.15  9.25  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Mikolaj Kubica    8.95  9.45  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Constantin Petrescu    9.00  9.40  '''18.40'''  Did not advance 30  Janez Brodnik    9.05  9.30  '''18.35'''  Did not advance 31  Walter Mossinger    8.90  9.35  '''18.25'''  Did not advance 32  Christian Guiffroy    8.90  9.30  '''18.20'''  Did not advance Imre Molnár    8.90  9.30  '''18.20'''  Did not advance Peter Rohner    8.85  9.35  '''18.20'''  Did not advance 35  George Greenfield    8.80  9.35  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Zoltán Magyar    8.85  9.30  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Petre Mihaiuc    8.90  9.25  '''18.15'''  Did not advance 38  Ladislav Morava    8.65  9.45  '''18.10'''  Did not advance 39  Miloš Vratič    8.80  9.25  '''18.05'''  Did not advance Makoto Sakamoto    9.20  8.85  '''18.05'''  Did not advance 41  Heinz Häussler    8.90  9.10  '''18.00'''  Did not advance 42  Roberto Léon Richards    8.60  9.35  '''17.95'''  Did not advance Jorge Rodriguez    8.70  9.25  '''17.95'''  Did not advance Pavel Stanovsky    8.75  9.20  '''17.95'''  Did not advance 45  Edwin Greutmann    8.75  9.15  '''17.90'''  Did not advance Mauno Nissinen    8.80  9.10  '''17.90'''  Did not advance Mieczyslaw Strzalka    8.65  9.25  '''17.90'''  Did not advance 48  Wilhelm Kubica    8.45  9.40  '''17.85'''  Did not advance 49  Jerzy Kruza    8.55  9.25  '''17.80'''  Did not advance 50  Philippe Gaille    8.85  8.90  '''17.75'''  Did not advance Milenko Kersnic    8.60  9.15  '''17.75'''  Did not advance Sylwester Kubica    8.25  9.50  '''17.75'''  Did not advance Jean-Pierre Miens    8.55  9.20  '''17.75'''  Did not advance Vladislav Nehasil    8.50  9.25  '''17.75'''  Did not advance Shin Heung-do    8.70  9.05  '''17.75'''  Did not advance 56  Franco Donega    8.55  9.15  '''17.70'''  Did not advance Bernd Effing    9.05  8.65  '''17.70'''  Did not advance Dan Grecu    8.90  8.80  '''17.70'''  Did not advance István Kiss    8.70  9.00  '''17.70'''  Did not advance 60  René Badell    8.55  9.05  '''17.60'''  Did not advance Luigi Coppa    8.65  8.95  '''17.60'''  Did not advance Christian Deuza    8.80  8.80  '''17.60'''  Did not advance Jo Jong-ryol    8.70  8.90  '''17.60'''  Did not advance Nicolae Oprescu    8.55  9.05  '''17.60'''  Did not advance Gheorghe Paunescu    8.65  8.95  '''17.60'''  Did not advance Geno Radev    8.60  9.00  '''17.60'''  Did not advance 67  Bruno Banzer    8.50  9.05  '''17.55'''  Did not advance Béla Herczeg    8.70  8.85  '''17.55'''  Did not advance Stefan Zoev    8.45  9.10  '''17.55'''  Did not advance 70  Emilio Sagre    8.55  8.90  '''17.45'''  Did not advance 71  Ho Yun-hang    8.25  9.15  '''17.40'''  Did not advance 72  Antal Kisteleki    8.80  8.50  '''17.30'''  Did not advance 73  Dimitar Koychev    8.40  8.85  '''17.25'''  Did not advance Drago Sostaric    8.45  8.80  '''17.25'''  Did not advance 75  Max Brühwiler    8.55  8.65  '''17.20'''  Did not advance Jorge Cuervo    7.70  9.50  '''17.20'''  Did not advance Agustin Sandoval    8.70  8.50  '''17.20'''  Did not advance 78  Ivica Hmjelovac    8.30  8.85  '''17.15'''  Did not advance Bozhidar Iliev    8.25  8.90  '''17.15'''  Did not advance Zoran Ivanovic    8.40  8.75  '''17.15'''  Did not advance 81  Mircea Gheorghiu    8.00  9.10  '''17.10'''  Did not advance 82  Marshall Avener    8.15  8.90  '''17.05'''  Did not advance Jifi Fejtek    7.85  9.20  '''17.05'''  Did not advance 84  István Bérczi    8.55  8.45  '''17.00'''  Did not advance 85  Peter Lloyd    8.20  8.70  '''16.90'''  Did not advance 86  Dimitar Dimitrov    8.00  8.75  '''16.75'''  Did not advance Bernard Farjat    8.05  8.70  '''16.75'''  Did not advance 88  Steve Mitruk    8.10  8.50  '''16.60'''  Did not advance 89  Jim Culhane Jr.    8.25  8.30  '''16.55'''  Did not advance Maurizio Milanetto    8.70  7.85  '''16.55'''  Did not advance 91  Georges Guelzec    8.05  8.45  '''16.50'''  Did not advance Reinhard Ritter    8.70  7.80  '''16.50'''  Did not advance 93  Luis Ramirez    7.80  8.55  '''16.35'''  Did not advance 94  Tore Lie    7.65  8.65  '''16.30'''  Did not advance 95  Stan Wild    7.60  8.50  '''16.10'''  Did not advance 96  Adolfo Lampronti    7.80  8.25  '''16.05'''  Did not advance 97  André Simard    7.70  8.25  '''15.95'''  Did not advance 98  José Ginés    7.25  8.55  '''15.80'''  Did not advance 99  Ole Benediktson    7.65  8.10  '''15.75'''  Did not advance Cecilio Ugarte    7.30  8.45  '''15.75'''  Did not advance 101  Rogelio Mendoza    7.60  8.10  '''15.70'''  Did not advance 102  John Crosby Jr.    7.00  8.55  '''15.55'''  Did not advance 103  Fedele Spatazza    7.75  7.75  '''15.50'''  Did not advance 104  Ivan Kondev    7.20  8.15  '''15.35'''  Did not advance 105  Ian Clarke    7.10  8.20  '''15.30'''  Did not advance Bohumil Mudrik    6.60  8.70  '''15.30'''  Did not advance 107  Eddie Arnold    7.65  7.60  '''15.25'''  Did not advance 108  Carmine Luppino    6.35  8.80  '''15.15'''  Did not advance 109  Bill Norgrave    6.85  8.15  '''15.00'''  Did not advance 110  Terry Sale    6.15  8.40  '''14.55'''  Did not advance 111  Hans Ettlin    9.05  —  '''9.05'''  Did not advance 112  Miloslav Netusil    8.70  —  '''8.70'''  Did not advance 113  Bruce Medd    3.90  —  '''3.90'''  Did not advance
References * Official Olympic Report* www.gymnasticsresults.com* www.gymn-forum.net