Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Canary wharf and dome London
VenueNorth Greenwich Arena 1
Dates28 July (qualifying)
7 August (final)
Competitors71 from 33 nations
Winning score15.966
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Feng Zhe  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Nguyen  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hamilton Sabot  France
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The men's parallel bars 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 71 competitors from 33 nations.[2] The event was won by Feng Zhe of China, the nation's second consecutive victory in the parallel bars and third overall (tying Switzerland for third-most all-time after Japan and the Soviet Union with four). Marcel Nguyen's silver was the first medal for united Germany in the event since 1936 and the first for any German gymnast in the parallel bars since 1988. Hamilton Sabot earned France's first parallel bars medal with his bronze.

The 2012 parallel bars was unusual in that it had nine gymnasts in the final, after a tie for the last place could not be resolved.

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). Only one of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: fourth-place finisher Fabian Hambüchen of Germany. Reigning world champion Danell Leyva of the United States was favored, but the field was strong. Feng Zhe of China had won the world championship in 2010 and finished second in 2011. Marcel Nguyen of Germany was the two-time European champion.[2]

Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Slovakia, and Vietnam each made their debut in the men's parallel bars. 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 2008 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[]

North Greenwich Arena

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 July 2012 11:00 Qualifying
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 14:00 Final

Results[]

Qualifying[]

The top eight, limited to two per nation, in the qualifying round advanced to the final. Japan had three men in the top eight; Kohei Uchimura finished fifth in qualifying, but was unable to advance because the Tanaka brothers had placed first and second. With Uchimura ineligible, the ninth-place gymnast would advance—except there were two. The tie-breakers that would normally separate tied gymnasts were unable to resolve the tie between Zhang and Sabot, so both advanced.

Final[]

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Feng Zhe  China 7.000 8.966 15.966
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Nguyen  Germany 6.800 9.000 15.800
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hamilton Sabot  France 6.700 8.866 15.566
4 Kazuhito Tanaka  Japan 8.800 15.500
5 Daniel Corral  Mexico 6.600 8.733 15.333
6 Emin Garibov  Russia 6.500 8.800 15.300
Vasileios Tsolakidis  Greece
8 Yusuke Tanaka  Japan 6.400 8.700 15.100
9 Zhang Chenglong  China 6.300 7.508 13.808

References[]

  1. ^ Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archived 2012-09-18 at archive.today
  2. ^ a b "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
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