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

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.

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 →

Background

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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

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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

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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

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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
  Koji Gushiken   Japan 118.20 59.100 9.900 9.900 9.950 10.000 9.900 9.950 59.600 118.700
  Peter Vidmar   United States 118.55 59.275 9.800 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.900 10.000 59.400 118.675
  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

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  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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