Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar
| Men's horizontal bar at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 Epke Zonderland | ||||||||||
| Venue | North Greenwich Arena 1 | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 July (qualifying) 7 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 70 from 33 nations | |||||||||
| Winning score | 16.533 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Artistic | ||
| Qualification | men | women |
| Team all-around | men | women |
| Individual all-around | men | women |
| Vault | men | women |
| Floor | men | women |
| Pommel horse | men | |
| Rings | men | |
| Parallel bars | men | |
| Horizontal bar | men | |
| Uneven bars | women | |
| Balance beam | women | |
Rhythmic | ||
| Group all-around | women | |
| Individual all-around | women | |
Trampoline | ||
| Individual | men | women |
The men's horizontal bar competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the North Greenwich Arena 1]] on 28 July and 7 August.[1] There were 70 competitors from 33 nations.[2] The event was won by Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands, the nation's first victory in the horizontal bar (and first medal in any gymnastics event since 1928). Fabian Hambüchen of Germany took silver, while Zou Kai of China earned bronze. Hambüchen and Zou, bronze and gold medalists respectively in 2008, were the 11th and 12th men to win multiple medals in the event.
Background[]
This was the 23rd 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). Five of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: gold medalist Zou Kai of China, silver medalist Jonathan Horton of the United States, bronze medalist (and 2004 finalist) Fabian Hambüchen of Germany, seventh-place finisher Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands, and eighth-place finisher Yann Cucherat of France. Zou had won the 2009 and 2011 world championships, with his countryman Zhang Chenglong winning in 2010. Zonderland was the runner-up in 2009 and 2010, finishing fifth in 2011. Hambüchen was third in 2010, fourth in 2011.[2]
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Slovakia each made their debut in the men's horizontal bar. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 event and the boycotted 1980 Games.
Qualification[]
Qualification for the men's artistic gymnastics in 2012 was based primarily on the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The top 8 teams at the world championships could send a full team of 5 gymnasts to the Olympics. The next 8 teams (#9 through #16) competed in the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, with the top 4 of those teams also qualifying a team of 5 gymnasts for the Olympics. The individual apparatus medalists from the World Championships also qualified, if their nation had not already qualified a team. The FIG Executive Board made invitational selections to ensure host country and continental representation and the Tripartite Commission made an invitation. The quota of 98 gymnasts was then filled through the individual all-around rankings at the Test Event, with each nation able to qualify only one gymnast in that manner (though this one gymnast could be added to the world championship apparatus medalists—for example, Brazil qualified Diego Hypólito as bronze medalist in the floor, Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti as silver medalist in the rings, and Sérgio Sasaki through the Test Event).
Competition format[]
The top eight qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then erased, with only final round scores counting.[3]
Scoring in artistic gymnastics under the Code of Points is based on two separate scores that are then combined in order to come to the final score. The A score measures the difficulty of each element (and combinations of elements) within the routine, while the B score evaluates the performance, ie, the "execution, composition and artistry" of the routine.
Schedule[]
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Saturday, 28 July 2012 | 11:00 | Qualifying |
| Tuesday, 7 August 2012 | 15:37 | Final |
Results[]
Qualifying[]
The top eight gymnasts, limited to two per nation, qualified for the final.
Final[]
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | E Score | Pen. | Total |
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Epke Zonderland |  Netherlands |
7.900 | 8.633 | 16.533 | |
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Fabian Hambüchen |  Germany |
7.500 | 8.900 | 16.400 | |
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Zou Kai |  China |
7.900 | 8.466 | 16.366 | |
| 4 | Zhang Chenglong | China |
7.700 | 8.566 | 16.266 | |
| 5 | Danell Leyva |  United States |
7.200 | 8.633 | 15.833 | |
| 6 | Jonathan Horton | United States |
6.800 | 8.666 | 15.466 | |
| 7 | Emin Garibov |  Russia |
7.100 | 8.233 | 15.333 | |
| 8 | Kim Ji-hoon |  South Korea |
7.100 | 8.033 | 15.133 |
References[]
- ^ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at archive.today
- ^ a b "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
 Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar | |
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- Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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- Horizontal bar at the Olympics
- Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics