Artistic Gymnastics — Rings, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 1572
Total countries 80

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1896 Rings, Men Olympic 8 3
1904 Rings, Men Olympic 3 1
1924 Rings, Men Olympic 70 9
1928 Rings, Men Olympic 88 11
1932 Rings, Men Olympic 14 6
1936 Rings, Men Olympic 111 14
1948 Rings, Men Olympic 121 16
1952 Rings, Men Olympic 185 29
1956 Rings, Men Olympic 63 18
1960 Rings, Men Olympic 129 28
1964 Rings, Men Olympic 128 29
1968 Rings, Men Olympic 117 28
1972 Rings, Men Olympic 111 26
1976 Rings, Men Olympic 90 20
1980 Rings, Men Olympic 65 14
1984 Rings, Men Olympic 71 19
1988 Rings, Men Olympic 89 23
1992 Rings, Men Olympic 93 25
1996 Rings, Men Olympic 102 31
2000 Rings, Men Olympic 78 29
2004 Rings, Men Olympic 77 28
2008 Rings, Men Olympic 70 25
2012 Rings, Men Olympic 68 31
2016 Rings, Men Olympic 70 34
2020 Rings, Men Olympic 72 32
2024 Rings, Men Olympic 62 26

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Ioannis MitropoulosGRE Hermann WeingärtnerGER Petros PersakisGRE
1904 Herman GlassUSA William MerzUSA Emil VoigtUSA
1924 Francesco MartinoITA Robert PražákTCH Ladislav VáchaTCH
1928 Leon ŠtukeljYUG Ladislav VáchaTCH Emanuel LöfflerTCH
1932 George GulackUSA Tom DentonUSA Giovanni LattuadaITA
1936 Alois HudecTCH Leon ŠtukeljYUG Matthias VolzGER
1948 Karl FreiSUI Michael ReuschSUI Zdeněk RůžičkaTCH
1952 Hrant ShahinyanURS Viktor ChukarinURS Hans Eugster
Dmitry Leonkin
SUI
URS
1956 Albert AzaryanURS Valentin MuratovURS Masao Takemoto
Masami Kubota
JPN
JPN
1960 Albert AzaryanURS Boris ShakhlinURS Velik Kapsazov
Takashi Ono
BUL
JPN
1964 Takuji HayataJPN Franco MenichelliITA Boris ShakhlinURS
1968 Akinori NakayamaJPN Mikhail VoroninURS Sawao KatoJPN
1972 Akinori NakayamaJPN Mikhail VoroninURS Mitsuo TsukaharaJPN
1976 Nikolay AndrianovURS Aleksandr DityatinURS Dan GrecuROU
1980 Aleksandr DityatinURS Aleksandr TkachovURS Jiří TabákTCH
1984 Li Ning
Koji Gushiken
CHN
JPN
Mitch GaylordUSA
1988 Holger Behrendt
Dmitry Bilozerchev
GDR
URS
Sven TippeltGDR
1992 Vitali ShcherbaEUN Li JingCHN Li Xiaoshuang
Andreas Wecker
CHN
GER
1996 Jury ChechiITA Szilveszter Csollány
Dan Burincă
HUN
ROU
2000 Szilveszter CsollányHUN Dimosthenis TampakosGRE Yordan YovchevBUL
2004 Dimosthenis TampakosGRE Yordan YovchevBUL Jury ChechiITA
2008 Chen YibingCHN Yang WeiCHN Oleksandr VorobiovUKR
2012 Arthur ZanettiBRA Chen YibingCHN Matteo MorandiITA
2016 Lefteris PetrouniasGRE Arthur ZanettiBRA Denis AblyazinRUS
2020 Liu YangCHN You HaoCHN Lefteris PetrouniasGRE
2024 Liu YangCHN Zou JingyuanCHN Lefteris PetrouniasGRE

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 6 7 2 15
People's Republic of China CHN 4 5 1 10
Japan JPN 4 0 5 9
Greece GRE 3 1 3 7
United States USA 2 2 2 6
Italy ITA 2 1 3 6
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 2 4 7
Switzerland SUI 1 1 1 3
Brazil BRA 1 1 0 2
Hungary HUN 1 1 0 2
Yugoslavia YUG 1 1 0 2
East Germany GDR 1 0 1 2
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 2 3
Germany GER 0 1 2 3
Romania ROU 0 1 1 2
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Akinori Nakayama JPN 2 0 0 2
Albert Azaryan ARM
URS
2 0 0 2
Liu Yang CHN 2 0 0 2
Szilveszter Csollány HUN 1 1 0 2
Aleksandr Dityatin RUS
URS
1 1 0 2
Leon Štukelj SLO
YUG
1 1 0 2
Dimosthenis Tampakos GRE 1 1 0 2
Chen Yibing CHN 1 1 0 2
Arthur Zanetti BRA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1964 Summer Olympics Mohamed Lazhari =60 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 2012 Summer Olympics Federico Molinari 8 See all
Armenia ARM 2024 Summer Olympics Vahagn Davtyan 6 See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Werner Birnbaum =25 r1/2 See all
Austria AUT 1952 Summer Olympics Hans Sauter =32 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2020 Summer Olympics İvan Tixonov 20 r1/2 See all
Barbados BAR 1996 Summer Olympics Shane de Freitas 94 r1/1 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Ivan Ivankou 5 See all
Belgium BEL 2016 Summer Olympics Dennis Goossens 8 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Glen Cuyle 8
Brazil BRA 2012 Summer Olympics Arthur Zanetti 1 Gold See all
Bulgaria BUL 2004 Summer Olympics Yordan Yovchev 2 Silver See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Daniel Gaudet =12 r1/2 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2020 Summer Olympics Tang Chia-Hung 28 r1/2 See all
Colombia COL 2012 Summer Olympics Jorge Giraldo 20 r1/2 See all
Croatia CRO 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksej Demjanov =20 r1/1 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Erick López =9 r1/1 See all
Cyprus CYP 2024 Summer Olympics Marios Georgiou 56 r1/2 See all
Czechia CZE 2016 Summer Olympics David Jessen 64 r1/2 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics Alois Hudec 1 Gold See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1972 Summer Olympics Shin Heung-Do 8 r1/1 See all
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Elkana Grønne 15 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Holger Behrendt =1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 1968 Summer Olympics Sergio Luna =91 r1/2 See all
Egypt EGY 1952 Summer Olympics Ali Zaky =7 See all
Finland FIN 1928 Summer Olympics Mauri Noroma 5 See all
France FRA 2020 Summer Olympics Samir Aït Saïd 4 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Samir Aït Saïd 4
Georgia GEO 2000 Summer Olympics Ilia Giorgadze 44 r1/1 See all
Germany GER 1896 Summer Olympics Hermann Weingärtner 2 Silver See all
Great Britain GBR 2024 Summer Olympics Harry Hepworth 7 See all
Greece GRE 1896 Summer Olympics Ioannis Mitropoulos 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Dimosthenis Tampakos 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Lefteris Petrounias 1 Gold
Hungary HUN 2000 Summer Olympics Szilveszter Csollány 1 Gold See all
Iceland ISL 2004 Summer Olympics Rúnar Alexandersson =58 r1/1 See all
India IND 1956 Summer Olympics Sham Lal 61 See all
Ireland IRL 2016 Summer Olympics Kieran Behan 42 r1/2 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1964 Summer Olympics Jalal Bazargan-Vali 116 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1992 Summer Olympics Ron Kaplan =47 r1/1 See all
Italy ITA 1924 Summer Olympics Francesco Martino 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Jury Chechi 1 Gold
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Takuji Hayata 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Akinori Nakayama 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Akinori Nakayama 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Koji Gushiken =1 Gold
Kazakhstan KAZ 2024 Summer Olympics Milad Karimi 47 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 2000 Summer Olympics Igors Vihrovs 49 r1/1 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1972 Summer Olympics Bruno Banzer =104 r1/1 See all
Lithuania LTU 2020 Summer Olympics Robert Tvorogal 48 r1/2 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1936 Summer Olympics Jey Kugeler 16 See all
Malaysia MAS 2004 Summer Olympics Ng Shu Wai =58 r1/1 See all
Mexico MEX 1932 Summer Olympics Vicente Mayagoitia 9 See all
Monaco MON 2016 Summer Olympics Kévin Crovetto 70 r1/2 See all
Mongolia MGL 1968 Summer Olympics Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam 86 r1/2 See all
Morocco MAR 1960 Summer Olympics Mohamed Sekkat 122 r1/2 See all
Netherlands NED 2016 Summer Olympics Yuri van Gelder 8 r1/2 See all
New Zealand NZL 2016 Summer Olympics Misha Koudinov 62 r1/2 See all
Nigeria NGR 2020 Summer Olympics Uche Eke 70 r1/2 See all
Norway NOR 2020 Summer Olympics Sofus Heggemsnes 52 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Li Ning =1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Chen Yibing 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Liu Yang 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Liu Yang 1 Gold
Philippines PHI 2020 Summer Olympics Carlos Yulo 24 r1/2 See all
Poland POL 1972 Summer Olympics Andrzej Szajna =10 r1/1 See all
Portugal POR 2012 Summer Olympics Manuel Campos 39 r1/2 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2012 Summer Olympics Tommy Ramos 6 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Denis Ablyazin 6 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2008 Summer Olympics Yu Won-Cheol 11 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 1996 Summer Olympics Dan Burincă =2 Silver See all
Russian Federation RUS 2016 Summer Olympics Denis Ablyazin 3 Bronze See all
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Artur Schmitt =87 See all
San Marino SMR 1984 Summer Olympics Maurizio Zonzini 63 r1/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 1992 Summer Olympics Jože Kolman 83 r1/1 See all
South Africa RSA 1956 Summer Olympics Ronnie Lombard 52 See all
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Hrant Shahinyan 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Albert Azaryan 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Albert Azaryan 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Nikolay Andrianov 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Dityatin 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Dmitry Bilozerchev =1 Gold
Spain ESP 2004 Summer Olympics Rafael Martínez =19 r1/1 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Ray Zapata 19 r1/2
Sweden SWE 1964 Summer Olympics Leif Koorn =9 r1/2 See all
Switzerland SUI 1948 Summer Olympics Karl Frei 1 Gold See all
Tunisia TUN 2004 Summer Olympics Wajdi Bouallègue =72 r1/1 See all
Türkiye TUR 2020 Summer Olympics İbrahim Çolak 5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Adem Asil 5
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Vorobiov 3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Vitali Shcherba 1 Gold See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Abdel Vares Sharraf =30 r1/2 See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Herman Glass 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics George Gulack 1 Gold
Unknown UNK 1896 Summer Olympics 4 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2008 Summer Olympics Anton Fokin 41 r1/2 See all
Venezuela VEN 2008 Summer Olympics José Luis Fuentes 40 r1/2 See all
Vietnam VIE 2012 Summer Olympics Phạm Phước Hưng 40 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Andreas Aguilar =9 r1/1 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1928 Summer Olympics Leon Štukelj 1 Gold See all