Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. There were 117 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Akinori Nakayama of Japan, the nation's second consecutive victory in the rings event. Mikhail Voronin took silver to extend the Soviet Union's podium streak in the event to five Games, while Sawao Kato of Japan finished with bronze.

Men's rings
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Akinori Nakayama (at the 1966 world championships)
VenueAuditorio Nacional
Dates22–26 October
Competitors117 from 28 nations
Winning score19.450
Medalists
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Sawao Kato
 Japan

Background

This was the 12th 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 1964 returned: silver medalist Franco Menichelli of Italy and sixth-place finisher Yukio Endō of Japan. Menichelli had finished third at the 1966 World Championships behind Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union and Akinori Nakayama of Japan.[1]

Ecuador and the Philippines each made their debut in the men's rings; East and West Germany competed separately for the first time. The United States made its 11th 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.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new 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 117th. In the final, each gymnast performed an additional voluntary exercise; half of the score from the preliminary carried over.[1][2]

Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 22 October 19688:30
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Thursday, 24 October 19688:30
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 26 October 196819:00Final

Results

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal12 Prelim.FinalTotal
Akinori Nakayama Japan9.759.7519.509.7509.70019.450
Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union9.759.7019.459.7259.60019.325
Sawao Kato Japan9.709.8519.559.7759.45019.225
4Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan9.659.6019.259.6259.50019.125
5Takeshi Katō Japan9.709.7019.409.7009.35019.050
6Sergey Diomidov Soviet Union9.609.4519.059.5259.45018.975
7Eizo Kenmotsu Japan9.559.4519.00Did not advance
8Yukio Endo Japan9.459.5018.95Did not advance
9Steve Cohen United States9.309.6018.90Did not advance
Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union9.409.5018.90Did not advance
11Klaus Köste East Germany9.409.4018.80Did not advance
Viktor Lisitsky Soviet Union9.409.4018.80Did not advance
13Jiří Fejtek Czechoslovakia9.359.4018.75Did not advance
Mikołaj Kubica Poland9.309.4518.75Did not advance
15Matthias Brehme East Germany9.309.4018.70Did not advance
Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia9.309.4018.70Did not advance
17Valery Ilyinykh Soviet Union9.309.3018.60Did not advance
Valery Karasyov Soviet Union9.459.1518.60Did not advance
Wilhelm Kubica Poland9.309.3018.60Did not advance
20Hans Ettlin Switzerland9.209.3518.55Did not advance
Mauno Nissinen Finland9.309.2518.55Did not advance
22Janez Brodnik Yugoslavia9.209.3018.50Did not advance
23Siegfried Fülle East Germany9.059.4018.45Did not advance
Heikki Sappinen Finland9.209.2518.45Did not advance
25Willi Jaschek West Germany9.109.3018.40Did not advance
Tine Šrot Yugoslavia9.209.2018.40Did not advance
27Fred Roethlisberger United States9.159.2018.35Did not advance
28Andrzej Gonera Poland9.009.3018.30Did not advance
Václav Kubíčka Czechoslovakia9.009.3018.30Did not advance
Gilbert Larose Canada9.009.3018.30Did not advance
Peter Weber East Germany9.009.3018.30Did not advance
32Sid Jensen Canada9.059.2018.25Did not advance
Finn Johannesson Sweden9.109.1518.25Did not advance
Hannu Rantakari Finland9.109.1518.25Did not advance
Heiko Reinemer West Germany8.859.4018.25Did not advance
Aleksander Rokosa Poland9.059.2018.25Did not advance
Armando Valles Mexico9.059.2018.25Did not advance
38Meinrad Berchtold Switzerland8.959.2018.15Did not advance
František Bočko Czechoslovakia8.959.2018.15Did not advance
Reino Heino Finland9.009.1518.15Did not advance
Erich Hess West Germany8.909.2518.15Did not advance
Milenko Kersnić Yugoslavia9.059.1018.15Did not advance
43Luigi Cimnaghi Italy9.059.0518.10Did not advance
44Gerhard Dietrich East Germany8.859.2018.05Did not advance
Sid Freudenstein United States8.909.1518.05Did not advance
Miloslav Netušil Czechoslovakia9.108.9518.05Did not advance
47José Filipe Abreu Portugal8.959.0518.00Did not advance
Juhani Rahikainen Finland8.959.0518.00Did not advance
Dave Thor United States9.009.0018.00Did not advance
Endre Tihanyi Hungary8.809.2018.00Did not advance
51Christer Jönsson Sweden8.909.0517.95Did not advance
52Steve Hug United States8.809.1017.90Did not advance
Václav Skoumal Czechoslovakia8.958.9517.90Did not advance
54Chung-tae Kim South Korea8.859.0017.85Did not advance
Paul Müller Switzerland8.859.0017.85Did not advance
Hans Peter Nielsen Denmark8.809.0517.85Did not advance
Peter Rohner Switzerland8.908.9517.85Did not advance
58Bruno Franceschetti Italy8.809.0017.80Did not advance
Sylwester Kubica Poland8.759.0517.80Did not advance
60 István Aranyos Hungary8.709.0017.70Did not advance
Jerzy Kruża Poland8.908.8017.70Did not advance
Helmut Tepasse West Germany8.459.3017.75Did not advance
63Georgi Adamov Bulgaria8.808.8517.65Did not advance
Giovanni Carminucci Italy8.758.9017.65Did not advance
Octavio Suárez Cuba8.808.8517.65Did not advance
Miloš Vratič Yugoslavia8.758.9017.65Did not advance
67Edwin Greutmann Switzerland8.708.9017.60Did not advance
68Günter Beier East Germany8.459.1017.55Did not advance
Rumen Gabrovski Bulgaria8.608.9517.55Did not advance
Christian Guiffroy France8.608.9517.55Did not advance
Heinz Häussler West Germany8.658.9017.55Did not advance
Hermann Höpfner West Germany8.459.1017.55Did not advance
Roland Hürzeler Switzerland8.509.0517.55Did not advance
José Vilchis Mexico8.559.0017.55Did not advance
75Christian Deuza France8.908.6017.50Did not advance
Luis Ramírez Cuba8.558.9517.50Did not advance
77Bohumil Mudřík Czechoslovakia8.259.1017.35Did not advance
Stefan Zoev Bulgaria8.658.7017.35Did not advance
79Michel Bouchonnet France8.658.6017.25Did not advance
79Pasquale Carminucci Italy8.708.5517.25Did not advance
81Olli Laiho Finland8.009.2017.20Did not advance
82Damir Anić Yugoslavia8.258.9017.15Did not advance
Jorge Rodríguez Cuba8.258.9017.15Did not advance
84Bozhidar Ivanov Bulgaria8.658.4517.10Did not advance
Konrád Mentsik Hungary8.358.7517.10Did not advance
86Davaanyam Zagdbazaryn Mongolia8.908.1517.05Did not advance
87Arne Thomsen Denmark8.108.9017.00Did not advance
88Rogelio Mendoza Mexico8.158.7016.85Did not advance
89Murray Chessell Australia8.208.5516.75Did not advance
Ivan Kondev Bulgaria8.608.1516.75Did not advance
91Raycho Khristov Bulgaria8.108.6016.70Did not advance
Sergio Luna Ecuador8.108.6016.70Did not advance
93Evert Lindgren Sweden7.858.8016.65Did not advance
Stan Wild Great Britain8.458.2016.65Did not advance
95Steve Mitruk Canada8.108.4016.50Did not advance
Vincenzo Mori Italy8.508.0016.50Did not advance
97Barry Brooker Canada7.908.5516.45Did not advance
Héctor Ramírez Cuba7.858.6016.45Did not advance
99Kanati Allen United States7.808.5016.30Did not advance
100Roberto Pumpido Cuba7.858.4016.25Did not advance
101 Béla Herczeg Hungary7.208.8516.05Did not advance
102Enrique García Mexico7.608.3515.95Did not advance
103Sándor Kiss Hungary6.908.9515.85Did not advance
104Dezső Bordán Hungary7.957.8015.75Did not advance
105Fernando Valles Mexico7.757.8515.60Did not advance
106Michael Booth Great Britain7.857.7015.55Did not advance
José González Mexico7.458.1015.55Did not advance
108Chu-Long Lai Republic of China7.657.6515.30Did not advance
109Roger Dion Canada6.158.2514.40Did not advance
110Larbi Lazhari Algeria6.158.1014.25Did not advance
111Eduardo Nájera Ecuador6.707.1513.85Did not advance
112Fu Cheng Republic of China6.657.1013.75Did not advance
113Luis Navarrete Cuba6.507.1513.65Did not advance
114Pedro Rendón Ecuador5.506.9512.45Did not advance
115Franco Menichelli Italy9.609.60Did not advance
116Norman Henson Philippines6.606.60Did not advance
117Ernesto Beren Philippines6.256.25Did not advance

References

  1. "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, p. 676.
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