Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Gold medalist Kōji Gushiken (2011)
VenuePauley Pavilion
Dates29 July – 2 August
Competitors71 from 19 nations
Winning score118.700
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kōji Gushiken
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Vidmar
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Ning
 China
← 1980
1988 →

The men's individual all-around competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 29, 31 and August 2 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion.[1] There were 71 competitors from 19 nations.[2] Each nation could send a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 3 individual gymnasts. The event was won by Kōji Gushiken of Japan, the nation's fourth victory in the event (tying Italy for second-most at the time, behind the Soviet Union's five). The United States won its first medal in the event since the 1904 Games in St. Louis with Peter Vidmar's silver. China, making its debut in the event, received bronze with Li Ning finishing third.

Background[edit]

This was the 19th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900.[2]

None of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1980 Games returned; 9 of the 10 were from nations that boycotted the 1984 Games, while Dan Grecu of Romania had retired after being injured in 1980 (his fourth Games). The highest-ranked finisher from Moscow to return was 20th-place finisher Michel Boutard of France. The Soviets, absent from Los Angeles, had taken four of the seven medals at the two World Championships since Moscow; Kōji Gushiken of Japan had taken two of the rest (bronze in 1981, silver in 1983) and Lou Yun had shared bronze in 1983 for the last one.[2]

The People's Republic of China and San Marino each made their debut in the event. France made its 17th appearance, most among nations.

Competition format[edit]

The competition format followed the preliminary and final format introduced in 1972, with the limit on the number of finalists per nation added in 1976. 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 preliminary score. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final, with the top 36 gymnasts advancing to the individual all-around final—except that each nation was limited to 3 finalists. There, each of the finalists performed another exercise on each apparatus. The sum of these scores plus half of the preliminary score resulted in a final total.

Each exercise was scored from 0 to 10; thus, the preliminary apparatus scores ranged from 0 to 20 each and the total preliminary score from 0 to 120. With half of the preliminary score and six more exercises scored 0 to 10, the final total was also from 0 to 120.

The preliminary exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals.[2]

Schedule[edit]

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 29 July 1984 9:30
14:00
18:30
Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 31 July 1984 9:30
14:00
18:30
Preliminary: Voluntary
Thursday, 2 August 1984 17:30 Final

Results[edit]

Seventy-one gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 29 and 31. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 2. Each country was limited to three 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 each gymnast's "prelim" score.

Rank Gymnast Nation Prelim 12
Prelim
Floor Pommel
horse
Rings Vault Parallel
bars
Horizontal
bar
Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Koji Gushiken  Japan 118.20 59.100 9.900 9.900 9.950 10.000 9.900 9.950 59.600 118.700
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Vidmar  United States 118.55 59.275 9.800 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.900 10.000 59.400 118.675
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Ning  China 118.45 59.225 9.900 9.950 9.900 9.900 9.800 9.900 59.350 118.575
4 Tong Fei  China 118.40 59.200 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.750 10.000 59.350 118.550
5 Mitchell Gaylord  United States 118.15 59.075 9.850 9.900 9.950 9.900 9.900 9.950 59.450 118.525
6 Bart Conner  United States 118.30 59.150 9.850 9.900 9.900 9.800 9.850 9.900 59.200 118.350
7 Xu Zhiqiang  China 118.15 59.075 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.650 59.150 118.225
8 Nobuyuki Kajitani  Japan 116.95 58.475 9.750 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.550 58.900 117.375
9 Noritoshi Hirata  Japan 116.80 58.400 9.850 9.700 9.900 9.800 9.650 9.900 58.800 117.200
10 Jürgen Geiger  West Germany 116.75 58.375 9.700 9.600 9.900 9.900 9.450 9.750 58.300 116.675
11 Josef Zellweger  Switzerland 116.40 58.200 9.700 9.800 9.800 9.700 9.550 9.800 58.350 116.550
12 Markus Lehmann  Switzerland 116.30 58.150 9.700 9.750 9.600 9.650 9.550 9.800 58.050 116.200
13 Jang Tae-eun  South Korea 115.30 57.650 9.850 9.550 9.800 9.850 9.750 9.700 58.500 116.150
14 Emilian Nicula  Romania 115.65 57.825 9.500 9.650 9.900 9.750 9.550 9.850 58.200 116.025
15 Valentin Pîntea  Romania 116.10 58.050 9.900 9.800 9.350 9.700 9.400 9.800 57.950 116.000
Jean-Luc Cairon  France 116.10 58.050 9.800 9.800 9.900 9.800 9.400 9.250 57.950 116.000
17 Andreas Japtok  West Germany 116.20 58.100 9.600 9.700 9.800 9.700 9.550 9.400 57.750 115.850
18 Philippe Chartrand  Canada 115.75 57.875 9.450 9.500 9.900 9.800 9.200 9.950 57.800 115.675
19 Warren Long  Canada 115.05 57.525 9.800 9.600 9.800 9.750 9.450 9.700 58.100 115.625
20 Joel Suty  France 115.50 57.750 9.650 9.800 9.700 9.750 9.600 9.250 57.750 115.500
21 Daniel Winkler  West Germany 116.40 58.200 8.900 9.650 9.750 9.800 9.650 9.300 57.050 115.250
22 Philippe Vatuone  France 115.45 57.725 9.850 9.100 9.800 9.700 9.050 9.800 57.300 115.025
23 Tony Piñeda  Mexico 114.50 57.250 9.700 9.850 9.500 9.700 9.500 9.450 57.700 114.950
24 Andrew Morris  Great Britain 114.40 57.200 9.650 9.600 9.800 9.700 9.600 9.350 57.700 114.900
25 Miguel Soler  Spain 114.40 57.200 9.600 9.650 9.800 9.750 9.150 9.700 57.650 114.850
26 Vittorio Allievi  Italy 113.95 56.975 9.750 9.700 9.550 9.900 9.450 9.550 57.850 114.825
27 Han Chung-sik  South Korea 115.05 57.525 9.450 8.850 9.800 9.850 9.650 9.550 57.150 114.675
28 Daniel Wunderlin  Switzerland 116.10 58.050 9.800 8.750 9.800 9.750 9.600 8.800 56.500 114.550
28 Lee Jeong-sik  South Korea 114.70 57.350 9.750 9.650 9.750 9.700 9.300 9.050 57.200 114.550
30 Rocco Amboni  Italy 113.40 56.700 9.600 9.650 9.750 9.750 9.200 9.700 57.650 114.350
31 Werner Birnbaum  Australia 114.60 57.300 9.750 9.000 9.700 9.700 9.100 9.550 56.800 114.100
32 Diego Lazzarich  Italy 113.80 56.900 9.800 8.800 9.700 9.800 9.250 9.550 56.900 113.800
33 Daniel Gaudet  Canada 114.60 57.300 9.700 8.650 9.900 9.550 9.300 9.150 56.250 113.550
34 Keith Langley  Great Britain 114.10 57.050 9.750 9.250 9.700 9.300 8.550 9.750 56.300 113.350
35 Antonio Fraguas  Spain 113.25 56.625 9.700 8.900 9.800 9.700 9.200 9.400 56.700 113.325
36 Terence Bartlett  Great Britain 114.95 57.475 0.000 0.000 0.000 9.550 9.350 0.000 18.900 76.375
37 Tim Daggett  United States 117.85 Did not advance—3 per nation rule
38 Jim Hartung  United States 117.75
39 Lou Yun  China 117.65
40 Li Xiaoping  China 116.85
41 Li Yuejiu  China 116.70
42 Scott Johnson  United States 116.60
Shinji Morisue  Japan 116.60
44 Koji Sotomura  Japan 116.05
Benno Groß  West Germany 116.05
46 Marco Piatti  Switzerland 115.95
47 Kyoji Yamawaki  Japan 115.65
48 Volker Rohrwick  West Germany 115.45
49 Laurent Barbiéri  France 115.30
50 Bernhard Simmelbauer  West Germany 115.25
51 Brad Peters  Canada 115.15
52 Jacques Def  France 114.85
53 Bruno Cavelti  Switzerland 114.60
54 Frank Nutzenberger  Canada 114.30
55 Allan Reddon  Canada 114.05
56 Ju Yeong-sam  South Korea 113.95
57 Barry Winch  Great Britain 113.90
58 Nam Seung-gu  South Korea 113.75
59 Chae Gwang-seok  South Korea 113.50
60 Michel Boutard  France 113.25 Did not advance
Urs Meister  Switzerland 113.25
62 Alfonso Rodríguez  Spain 112.75
63 Finn Gjertsen  Norway 112.35
64 Richard Benyon  Great Britain 111.85
65 Maurizio Zonzini  San Marino 111.65
66 Johan Jonasson  Sweden 111.55
67 Yohanan Moyal  Israel 110.80
68 Rob Edmonds  Australia 110.45
69 Eddie Van Hoof  Great Britain 110.25
70 Gerson Gnoatto  Brazil 108.05
71 Ya'akov Levi  Israel 106.15

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1980 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Individual All-Around, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

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