2021 All-Japan artistic gymnastics championships – Men's pommel horse

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2021 All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Men's pommel horse
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Venue
LocationJapan Takasaki, Japan
Dates5 June 2021 (qualifying)
6 June 2021 (final)
Competitors24
Winning total15.766 points
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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The men's pommel horse at the 2021 All Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held on 5 and 6 June 2021 at in Gunma, Japan.[1] 24 gymnasts from 12 clubs all over the country participated in the event.[2] Defending champion successfully defended his title, while Kenta Chiba won the silver and Kakeru Tanigawa got the bronze.[3]

The competition also served as one of the national trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics. However, none of the medalist was shortlisted in the final six to contest in Tokyo. Instead, the last spot went to former world champion Kohei Kameyama.[4] Kameyama later qualified for the pommel horse final and achieved 5th place.[5]

Background[]

Due to the affection of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was postponed until December, making the two competitions only 6 months apart. The defending champion, , qualified for the final, while last year runner-up, & 3rd-place didn't participate.

Qualification[]

The maximum of 24 male gymnasts would be qualified to compete for the men's individual all-around event, following these criteria:[2]

① Winner of event and the gymnast selected to represent Japan at the World Cup in Doha; or top 2 of event.

② Top 22-24 gymnasts (not included in ①) all-around qualifying and tryout results to make the maximum of 24.

③ 2 spot for team contribution based on the results up to the NHK Trophy among the players who met the B-selection conditions (NHK Trophy 10th place or less, best team member, world ranking 1st-place winner). This 2 gymnast who didn't passed the All-Japan event-specific qualifying were allowed to perform (but wouldn't advance to the final)

• Selected athletes for ③ were allowed perform, but the results wouldn't be in the eventual ranking.

• The selection of qualification ③ was announced after the end of the NHK Trophy.

Competition format[]

The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase advanced to the apparatus final. The finalists performed an additional exercise. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Schedule[]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
5 June 12:00 - 13:40 Qualification
6 June 11:20 - 13:20 Final
All times are local time (UTC+09:00).

[1]

Results[]

Qualifying[]

Final[]

Rank Gymnast Club D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 49 NIFS Kanoya Club 6.600 9.166 15.766
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Kenta Chiba 6.200 8.833 15.033
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Kakeru Tanigawa 6.700 8.266 14.966
4 3 Takeru Kitazono / 6.000 8.866 14.866
4 4 Kazuma Kaya 6.600 8.266 14.866
6 46 6.600 7.833 14.433
7 42 University of Tsukuba 6.500 7.800 14.300
8 14 Takaaki Sugino / NIFS Kanoya 6.100 6.533 12.633

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The 75th All Japan Gymnastics Event Championships". Japan Gymnastics Association. 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "List of Qualified Participants for the 75th All Japan Event Championships (Men)" (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association. 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "2021 All Japan Gymnastics Event Championships - Men's Final Result" (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association. 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ "From despair to Olympic gymnastics debut: Japan's 'other Kohei'". The Japan Times. 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ "TOKYO 2020 - ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS RESULTS". International Olympic Committee.
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