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Parallel Bars, Men

Date	9 – 19 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Guojia Tiyuguan, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	76 from 27 countries

The format was the same as it had been from 1984-2004, with eight gymnasts advancing from the team all-around, but no more than two per nation. Gold in this event went to China’s Li Xiaopeng who had also won the Olympic gold medal in 2000 at Sydney. His staggered victories made him the first Olympic gymnast ever to win an individual event twice, but not consecutively. Li had been hampered by foot and ankle injuries since 2000, finally undergoing surgery in 2006. The silver went to Korean Yon Won-Cheol, the 2006 silver medalist at the Worlds. Slovenian Mitja Petkovšek, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on parallel bars, was not at his best in Beijing, placing fifth in qualifying and the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	123	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	Gold
2	184	Yu Won-Cheol	KOR	Silver
3	265	Anton Fokin	UZB	Bronze
4	152	Fabian Hambüchen	GER
5	254	Mitja Petkovšek	SLO
6	121	Huang Xu	CHN
7	182	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR
8	204	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS
8 r1/2	185	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR
10 r1/2	175	Kohei Uchimura	JPN
11 r1/2	260	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR
12 r1/2	143	Yann Cucherat	FRA
13 r1/2	202	Sergey Khorokhordin	RUS
14 r1/2	215	Justin Spring	USA
15 r1/2	171	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN
16 r1/2	176	Takuya Nakase	JPN
17 r1/2	101	Dzmitry Savitski	BLR
18 r1/2	173	Koki Sakamoto	JPN
19 r1/2	211	Raj Bhavsar	USA
20 r1/2	203	Yury Ryazanov	RUS
21 r1/2	172	Takehiro Kashima	JPN
22 r1/2	214	Jonathan Horton	USA
23 r1/2	106	Dzmitry Kaspiarovich	BLR
24 r1/2	146	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA
25 r1/2	154	Eugen Spiridonov	GER
26 r1/2	116	Nathan Gafuik	CAN
27 r1/2	111	Grant Golding	CAN
28 r1/2	124	Xiao Qin	CHN
29 r1/2	205	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS
30 r1/2	145	Hamilton Sabot	FRA
31 r1/2	266	José Luis Fuentes	VEN
32 r1/2	212	Joey Hagerty	USA
33 r1/2	183	Kim Su-Myeon	KOR
34 r1/2	125	Yang Wei	CHN
35 r1/2	186	Kim Seung-Il	KOR
36 r1/2	133	Manuel Carballo	ESP
37 r1/2	142	Benoît Caranobe	FRA
38 r1/2	196	Robert Stănescu	ROU
39 r1/2	105	Aliaksandr Tsarevich	BLR
40 r1/2	217	Sasha Artemev	USA
41 r1/2	238	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO
42 r1/2	112	David Kikuchi	CAN
43 r1/2	114	Adam Wong	CAN
44 r1/2	151	Philipp Boy	GER
45 r1/2	135	Rafael Martínez	ESP
46 r1/2	122	Chen Yibing	CHN
47 r1/2	192	Flavius Koczi	ROU
48 r1/2	193	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU
49 r1/2	201	Konstantin Pluzhnikov	RUS
50 r1/2	233	Daniel Keatings	GBR
51 r1/2	115	Brandon O'Neill	CAN
52 r1/2	153	Marcel Nguyen	GER
53 r1/2	195	Adrian Bucur	ROU
54 r1/2	102	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR
55 r1/2	166	Enrico Pozzo	ITA
56 r1/2	141	Thomas Bouhail	FRA
57 r1/2	155	Thomas Andergassen	GER
58 r1/2	162	Alberto Busnari	ITA
59 r1/2	136	Gervasio Deferr	ESP
60 r1/2	222	Koen Van Damme	BEL
61 r1/2	249	Luis Rivera	PUR
62 r1/2	194	Daniel Popescu	ROU
63 r1/2	245	Aleksandr Shatilov	ISR
64 r1/2	132	Iván San Miguel	ESP
65 r1/2	246	Sascha Palgen	LUX
66 r1/2	221	Sam Simpson	AUS
67 r1/2	163	Igor Cassina	ITA
68 r1/2	255	Claudio Capelli	SUI
69 r1/2	229	Jorge Giraldo	COL
70 r1/2	165	Matteo Morandi	ITA
71 r1/2	131	Sergio Muñoz	ESP
72 r1/2	164	Andrea Coppolino	ITA
73 r1/2	234	Louis Smith	GBR
74 r1/2	244	Róbert Gál	HUN
75 r1/2	232	Mohamed Srour	EGY
76 r1/2	103	Ihar Kazlou	BLR

Qualifying Round

Date	9 August 2008 — 12:00-22:05
Format	Top eight (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final.
A1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Mircea Apolzan	ROU
A2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Alain Macchia	FRA
B1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Valery Alfosov	RUS
B2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Vincent Reimering	NED
B3 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Andrew Tombs	GBR
B4 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Steven Butcher	USA
B5 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Mohamed Hadji	ALG
B6 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Yuliy Kuksenkov	UKR
Timer - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars)	Huang Long	CHN

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	123	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	16.425	Q
2	204	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	16.175	Q
3	265	Anton Fokin	UZB	16.150	Q
4	184	Yu Won-Cheol	KOR	16.150	Q
5	254	Mitja Petkovšek	SLO	16.125	Q
6	182	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	16.100	Q
7	121	Huang Xu	CHN	16.075	Q
8	185	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	16.050
9	152	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	16.050	Q
10	175	Kohei Uchimura	JPN	16.025
11	260	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	16.000
12	143	Yann Cucherat	FRA	16.000
13	202	Sergey Khorokhordin	RUS	15.875
14	215	Justin Spring	USA	15.800
15	171	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	15.775
16	176	Takuya Nakase	JPN	15.725
17	101	Dzmitry Savitski	BLR	15.700
18	173	Koki Sakamoto	JPN	15.625
19	211	Raj Bhavsar	USA	15.625
20	203	Yury Ryazanov	RUS	15.625
21	172	Takehiro Kashima	JPN	15.550
22	214	Jonathan Horton	USA	15.525
23	106	Dzmitry Kaspiarovich	BLR	15.525
24	146	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	15.500
25	154	Eugen Spiridonov	GER	15.450
26	116	Nathan Gafuik	CAN	15.450
27	111	Grant Golding	CAN	15.450
28	124	Xiao Qin	CHN	15.450
29	205	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	15.425
30	145	Hamilton Sabot	FRA	15.400
31	266	José Luis Fuentes	VEN	15.375
32	212	Joey Hagerty	USA	15.350
33	183	Kim Su-Myeon	KOR	15.350
34	125	Yang Wei	CHN	15.350
35	186	Kim Seung-Il	KOR	15.325
36	133	Manuel Carballo	ESP	15.275
37	142	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	15.275
38	196	Robert Stănescu	ROU	15.200
39	105	Aliaksandr Tsarevich	BLR	15.175
40	217	Sasha Artemev	USA	15.175
41	238	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	15.150
42	112	David Kikuchi	CAN	15.150
43	114	Adam Wong	CAN	15.125
44	151	Philipp Boy	GER	15.125
45	135	Rafael Martínez	ESP	15.100
46	122	Chen Yibing	CHN	15.075
47	192	Flavius Koczi	ROU	15.075
48	193	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	14.950
49	201	Konstantin Pluzhnikov	RUS	14.950
50	233	Daniel Keatings	GBR	14.900
51	115	Brandon O'Neill	CAN	14.900
52	153	Marcel Nguyen	GER	14.875
53	195	Adrian Bucur	ROU	14.825
54	102	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	14.800
55	166	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	14.750
56	141	Thomas Bouhail	FRA	14.675
57	155	Thomas Andergassen	GER	14.675
58	162	Alberto Busnari	ITA	14.625
59	136	Gervasio Deferr	ESP	14.600
60	222	Koen Van Damme	BEL	14.600
61	249	Luis Rivera	PUR	14.575
62	194	Daniel Popescu	ROU	14.525
63	245	Aleksandr Shatilov	ISR	14.500
64	132	Iván San Miguel	ESP	14.375
65	246	Sascha Palgen	LUX	14.225
66	221	Sam Simpson	AUS	14.200
67	163	Igor Cassina	ITA	14.125
68	255	Claudio Capelli	SUI	14.100
69	229	Jorge Giraldo	COL	14.025
70	165	Matteo Morandi	ITA	13.725
71	131	Sergio Muñoz	ESP	13.675
72	164	Andrea Coppolino	ITA	13.675
73	234	Louis Smith	GBR	13.425
74	244	Róbert Gál	HUN	12.900
75	232	Mohamed Srour	EGY	12.375

Final

Date	19 August 2008 — 18:00-18:28
A1 Judge - Apparatus Final	Mircea Apolzan	ROU
A2 Judge - Apparatus Final	Alain Macchia	FRA
B1 Judge - Apparatus Final	Josef Toth	AUT
B2 Judge - Apparatus Final	Jeffrey Thomson	CAN
B3 Judge - Apparatus Final	Mohamed Hadji	ALG
B4 Judge - Apparatus Final	Feliks Karasik	BLR
B5 Judge - Apparatus Final	Raúl Bonet	PUR
B6 Judge - Apparatus Final	Vincent Reimering	NED
Timer - Apparatus Final	Huang Long	CHN

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	123	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	16.450
2	184	Yu Won-Cheol	KOR	16.250
3	265	Anton Fokin	UZB	16.200
4	152	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	15.975
5	254	Mitja Petkovšek	SLO	15.725
6	121	Huang Xu	CHN	15.700
7	182	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	15.650
8	204	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	15.150