Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse
Introduction The men's pommel horse 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 on July 27, 29 and August 2 at the Palau d'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. For the third consecutive Games, the pommel horse ended in a tie for the gold medal. Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo (on the Unified Team) and North Korean Pae Gil-su shared the top place. It was North Korea's first medal in the event. Bronze went to Andreas Wecker of Germany.
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). Three of the eight finalists from 1988 returned: sixth-place finisher Daisuke Nishikawa of Japan and seventh-place finisher Sven Tippelt and eighth-place finisher Sylvio Kroll of East Germany (now competing for unified Germany). The world championships earlier in 1992 had resulted in a three-way tie between Li Jing (China), Vitaly Scherbo (Unified Team), and Pae Gil-su (North Korea).Puerto Rico and Slovenia each made their debut in the men's pommel horse; 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 pommel horse 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  '''20:30'''  '''Final'''
Results Ninety-three gymnasts competed in the pommel horse 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    9.775  9.875  '''19.650'''  '''9.925''' Pae Gil-su    9.700  9.775  '''19.475'''  '''9.925'''   Andreas Wecker    9.675  9.875  '''19.550'''  '''9.887''' 4  Guo Linyao    9.700  9.800  '''19.500'''  '''9.875''' 5  M. Chris Waller    9.650  9.775  '''19.425'''  '''9.825''' 6  Yoshiaki Hatakeda    9.600  9.800  '''19.400'''  '''9.775''' 7  Li Jing    9.650  9.825  '''19.475'''  '''9.250''' Valery Belenky    9.750  9.900  '''19.650'''  '''9.250''' 9  Ihor Korobchynskyi    9.700  9.775  '''19.475'''  Did not advance 10  Li Xiaoshuang    9.650  9.800  '''19.450'''  Did not advance 11  Takashi Chinen    9.575  9.775  '''19.350'''  Did not advance 12  Yukio Iketani    9.625  9.700  '''19.325'''  Did not advance 13  Li Dashuang    9.600  9.700  '''19.300'''  Did not advance 14  Szilveszter Csollány    9.625  9.650  '''19.275'''  Did not advance Li Chunyang    9.450  9.825  '''19.275'''  Did not advance 16  Ralf Büchner    9.525  9.725  '''19.250'''  Did not advance Marius Gherman    9.600  9.650  '''19.250'''  Did not advance Boris Preti    9.550  9.700  '''19.250'''  Did not advance 19  Marian Rizan    9.550  9.675  '''19.225'''  Did not advance 20  Gianmatteo Centazzo    9.450  9.750  '''19.200'''  Did not advance 21  Li Ge    9.500  9.675  '''19.175'''  Did not advance Paolo Bucci    9.450  9.725  '''19.175'''  Did not advance 23  Ruggero Rossato    9.475  9.675  '''19.150'''  Did not advance 24  Kalofer Hristozov    9.475  9.650  '''19.125'''  Did not advance 25  Oliver Walther    9.500  9.600  '''19.100'''  Did not advance 26  Jair Lynch    9.550  9.500  '''19.050'''  Did not advance Dominick Minicucci Jr.    9.425  9.625  '''19.050'''  Did not advance Alfonso Rodríguez    9.475  9.575  '''19.050'''  Did not advance Gabriele Sala    9.450  9.600  '''19.050'''  Did not advance Aleksey Voropayev    9.475  9.575  '''19.050'''  Did not advance 31  Michael Engeler    9.525  9.500  '''19.025'''  Did not advance Neil Thomas    9.450  9.575  '''19.025'''  Did not advance 33  Csaba Fajkusz    9.400  9.600  '''19.000'''  Did not advance Adrian Sandu    9.375  9.625  '''19.000'''  Did not advance 35  Yutaka Aihara    9.375  9.600  '''18.975'''  Did not advance Zoltán Supola    9.350  9.625  '''18.975'''  Did not advance 37  Yordan Yovchev    9.400  9.550  '''18.950'''  Did not advance 38  Daniel Giubellini    9.375  9.550  '''18.925'''  Did not advance Deyan Kolev    9.500  9.425  '''18.925'''  Did not advance Luis López    9.550  9.375  '''18.925'''  Did not advance Miklós Pánczél    9.275  9.650  '''18.925'''  Did not advance Patrice Casimir    9.475  9.450  '''18.925'''  Did not advance Nicu Stroia    9.350  9.575  '''18.925'''  Did not advance 44  Róbert Élő    9.375  9.525  '''18.900'''  Did not advance 45  Lee Joo-hyung    9.375  9.500  '''18.875'''  Did not advance 46  Adrian Gal    9.400  9.450  '''18.850'''  Did not advance Johan Jonasson    9.350  9.500  '''18.850'''  Did not advance John Roethlisberger    9.150  9.700  '''18.850'''  Did not advance 49  Trent Dimas    9.350  9.475  '''18.825'''  Did not advance Brennon Dowrick    9.500  9.325  '''18.825'''  Did not advance 51  Grigory Misutin    9.625  9.175  '''18.800'''  Did not advance Daisuke Nishikawa    9.525  9.275  '''18.800'''  Did not advance Krasimir Dunev    9.350  9.450  '''18.800'''  Did not advance Sylvio Kroll    9.075  9.725  '''18.800'''  Did not advance 55  Miguel Ángel Rubio    9.450  9.325  '''18.775'''  Did not advance Sven Tippelt    9.250  9.525  '''18.775'''  Did not advance 57  Han Gwang-ho    9.300  9.450  '''18.750'''  Did not advance Curtis Hibbert    9.400  9.350  '''18.750'''  Did not advance 59  Scott Keswick    9.550  9.150  '''18.700'''  Did not advance James May    9.300  9.400  '''18.700'''  Did not advance Károly Schupkégel    9.250  9.450  '''18.700'''  Did not advance 62  Mario Franke    9.050  9.625  '''18.675'''  Did not advance 63  Ron Kaplan    9.350  9.300  '''18.650'''  Did not advance Flavio Rota    9.250  9.400  '''18.650'''  Did not advance Yoo Ok-ryul    9.300  9.350  '''18.650'''  Did not advance 66  Martin Modlitba    9.275  9.325  '''18.600'''  Did not advance 67  Nicolae Bejenaru    9.050  9.525  '''18.575'''  Did not advance Jože Kolman    9.200  9.375  '''18.575'''  Did not advance 69  Han Yun-su    9.025  9.525  '''18.550'''  Did not advance Markus Müller    9.250  9.300  '''18.550'''  Did not advance Ilian Aleksandrov    9.100  9.450  '''18.550'''  Did not advance 72  Alan Nolet    9.050  9.475  '''18.525'''  Did not advance 73  Oliver Grimm    9.025  9.450  '''18.475'''  Did not advance 74  Sébastien Darrigade    9.375  9.075  '''18.450'''  Did not advance 75  Arnold Bugár    9.050  9.375  '''18.425'''  Did not advance Rustam Sharipov    8.775  9.650  '''18.425'''  Did not advance 77  Fabrice Guelzec    9.450  8.900  '''18.350'''  Did not advance 78  Yeo Hong-cheol    8.950  9.350  '''18.300'''  Did not advance 79  Sin Myong-su    8.875  9.325  '''18.200'''  Did not advance 80  Masayuki Matsunaga    8.700  9.450  '''18.150'''  Did not advance Marco Monteiro    8.775  9.375  '''18.150'''  Did not advance 82  Cho Hun    9.175  8.950  '''18.125'''  Did not advance Erich Wanner    8.850  9.275  '''18.125'''  Did not advance 84  Jeong Jin-su    9.425  8.650  '''18.075'''  Did not advance 85  Alessandro Viligiardi    8.275  9.550  '''17.825'''  Did not advance 86  Georgi Lozanov    8.350  9.300  '''17.650'''  Did not advance 87  David Cox    8.350  9.225  '''17.575'''  Did not advance 88  Mike Inglis    8.200  9.200  '''17.400'''  Did not advance 89  Marvin Campbell    8.575  8.625  '''17.200'''  Did not advance 90  Terry Bartlett    8.425  8.200  '''16.625'''  Did not advance 91  Isidro Ibarrondo    7.725  8.250  '''15.975'''  Did not advance 92  Paul Bowler    9.000  0.000  '''9.000'''  Did not advance 93  Victor Colon    8.725  0.000  '''8.725'''  Did not advance
References * Official Olympic Report* www.gymnasticsresults.com