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Parallel Bars, Men

Date	22 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Auditorio Nacional, Ciudad de México
Participants	117 from 28 countries

The format was the same as in 1964, with the best six gymnasts in the individual all-around advancing to the apparatus final, with the final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. The 1966 World Champion was Soviet Sergey Diomidov, but he placed only 23rd in the all-around qualifying and did not make the final. The gold went to Japan’s Akinori Nakayama, who also won gold on the horizontal bar and rings in Mexico City, winning three apparatus golds. Silver and bronze went to Soviet gymnasts, Mikhail Voronin and Viktor Klimenko, respectively. Voronin had also been silver medalist on parallel bars at the 1966 Worlds.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.475	Gold
2	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.425	Silver
3	Viktor Klimenko	URS	19.225	Bronze
4	Takeshi Kato	JPN	19.200
5	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.175
6	Václav Kubíčka	TCH	18.950		1
3 r1/2	Sawao Kato	JPN	–
=7 r1/2	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	–
=9 r1/2	Yukio Endo	JPN	–
=9 r1/2	Valery Karasyov	URS	–
=9 r1/2	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	–
=12 r1/2	Miroslav Cerar	YUG	–
=12 r1/2	Matthias Brehme	GDR	–
=12 r1/2	Roland Hürzeler	SUI	–
=15 r1/2	Hans Ettlin	SUI	–
=15 r1/2	Olli Laiho	FIN	–
=15 r1/2	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	–
=15 r1/2	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	–
=19 r1/2	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	–
=19 r1/2	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	–
=21 r1/2	Valery Ilyinykh	URS	–
=21 r1/2	Peter Weber	GDR	–
=23 r1/2	Sergey Diomidov	URS	–
=23 r1/2	Meinrad Berchtold	SUI	–
=23 r1/2	Helmut Tepasse	FRG	–
=26 r1/2	Giovanni Carminucci	ITA	–
=26 r1/2	Siegfried Fülle	GDR	–
=26 r1/2	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	–
=26 r1/2	Konrád Mentsik	HUN	–
=26 r1/2	Willi Jaschek	FRG	–
=31 r1/2	Georgi Adamov	BUL	–
=31 r1/2	Dezső Bordán	HUN	–
=33 r1/2	Klaus Köste	GDR	–
=33 r1/2	Sándor Kiss	HUN	–
=35 r1/2	František Bočko	TCH	–
=35 r1/2	Sylwester Kubica	POL	–
=35 r1/2	Peter Rohner	SUI	–
=35 r1/2	Christian Deuza	FRA	–
=39 r1/2	Janez Brodnik	YUG	–
=39 r1/2	Christer Jönsson	SWE	–
=41 r1/2	Viktor Lisitsky	URS	–
=41 r1/2	Václav Skoumal	TCH	–
=41 r1/2	Fred Roethlisberger	USA	–
=41 r1/2	Steve Cohen	USA	–
=45 r1/2	Juhani Rahikainen	FIN	–
=45 r1/2	Paul Müller	SUI	–
=45 r1/2	Béla Herczeg	HUN	–
=45 r1/2	Andrzej Gonera	POL	–
=49 r1/2	Heiko Reinemer	FRG	–
=49 r1/2	Kim Chung-Tae	KOR	–
=51 r1/2	Luigi Cimnaghi	ITA	–
=51 r1/2	István Aranyos	HUN	–
=51 r1/2	Günter Beier	GDR	–
=51 r1/2	Steve Hug	USA	–
=55 r1/2	Pasquale Carminucci	ITA	–
=55 r1/2	Aleksander Rokosa	POL	–
=57 r1/2	Hannu Rantakari	FIN	–
=57 r1/2	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	–
=57 r1/2	Bozhidar Ivanov	BUL	–
=60 r1/2	Heinz Häussler	FRG	–
=60 r1/2	Bruno Franceschetti	ITA	–
=60 r1/2	Hermann Höpfner	FRG	–
=63 r1/2	Miloš Vratič	YUG	–
=63 r1/2	Sid Freudenstein	USA	–
=65 r1/2	Hans Peter Nielsen	DEN	–
=65 r1/2	Evert Lindgren	SWE	–
=67 r1/2	Endre Tihanyi	HUN	–
=67 r1/2	Heikki Sappinen	FIN	–
=69 r1/2	Reino Heino	FIN	–
=69 r1/2	Jerzy Kruża	POL	–
=69 r1/2	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	–
72 r1/2	Gerhard Dietrich	GDR	–
73 r1/2	Dave Thor	USA	–
=74 r1/2	Stefan Zoev	BUL	–
=74 r1/2	Finn Johannesson	SWE	–
=74 r1/2	Rumen Gabrovski	BUL	–
=74 r1/2	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	–
78 r1/2	Arne Thomsen	DEN	–
=79 r1/2	Ivan Kondev	BUL	–
=79 r1/2	Damir Anić	YUG	–
=81 r1/2	Stan Wild	GBR	–
=81 r1/2	Michel Bouchonnet	FRA	–
=83 r1/2	José González	MEX	–
=83 r1/2	Roberto Pumpido	CUB	–
=85 r1/2	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	–
=85 r1/2	Michael Booth	GBR	–
=85 r1/2	Raycho Hristov	BUL	–
88 r1/2	José Filipe Abreu	POR	–
89 r1/2	Armando Valles	MEX	–
=90 r1/2	Sid Jensen	CAN	–
=90 r1/2	Gilbert Larose	CAN	–
=90 r1/2	Tine Šrot	YUG	–
93 r1/2	Vincenzo Mori	ITA	–
94 r1/2	Erich Hess	FRG	–
=95 r1/2	Luis Ramírez	CUB	–
=95 r1/2	Octavio Suárez	CUB	–
97 r1/2	Steve Mitruk	CAN	–
98 r1/2	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	–
99 r1/2	Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam	MGL	–
100 r1/2	Enrique García	MEX	–
101 r1/2	Roger Dion	CAN	–
=102 r1/2	Larbi Lazhari	ALG	–
=102 r1/2	Kanati Allen	USA	–
104 r1/2	José Vilchis	MEX	–
105 r1/2	Sergio Luna	ECU	–
106 r1/2	Cheng Fu	TPE	–
107 r1/2	Héctor Ramírez	CUB	–
108 r1/2	Murray Chessell	AUS	–
109 r1/2	Lai Chu-Long	TPE	–
110 r1/2	Luis Navarrete	CUB	–
111 r1/2	Fernando Valles	MEX	–
112 r1/2	Barry Brooker	CAN	–
113 r1/2	Pedro Rendón	ECU	–
114 r1/2	Eduardo Nájera	ECU	–
115 r1/2	Franco Menichelli	ITA	–
116 r1/2	Ernesto Beren	PHI	–
117 r1/2	Norman Henson	PHI	–

Qualifying (22 – 24 October 1968 — 08:30-17:00)

Top six on parallel bars in team all-around advance to apparatus final. 50% of qualifying score added to optional exercise done in finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.55	9.70	9.85	Q
2	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.45	9.75	9.70	Q
3	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.35	9.65	9.70	Q
4	Takeshi Kato	JPN	19.30	9.60	9.70	QDNC
=5	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.25	9.60	9.65	Q
=5	Viktor Klimenko	URS	19.25	9.60	9.65	Q
=7	Václav Kubíčka	TCH	19.20	9.60	9.60	q
=7	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	19.20	9.55	9.65
=9	Yukio Endo	JPN	19.15	9.65	9.50
=9	Valery Karasyov	URS	19.15	9.55	9.60
=9	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	19.15	9.50	9.65
=12	Miroslav Cerar	YUG	19.10	9.60	9.50
=12	Matthias Brehme	GDR	19.10	9.60	9.50
=12	Roland Hürzeler	SUI	19.10	9.50	9.60
=15	Hans Ettlin	SUI	19.05	9.55	9.50
=15	Olli Laiho	FIN	19.05	9.50	9.55
=15	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	19.05	9.45	9.60
=15	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	19.05	9.45	9.60
=19	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	19.00	9.50	9.50
=19	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	19.00	9.40	9.60
=21	Valery Ilyinykh	URS	18.95	9.50	9.45
=21	Peter Weber	GDR	18.95	9.50	9.45
=23	Sergey Diomidov	URS	18.90	9.45	9.45
=23	Meinrad Berchtold	SUI	18.90	9.45	9.45
=23	Helmut Tepasse	FRG	18.90	9.45	9.45
=26	Giovanni Carminucci	ITA	18.85	9.45	9.40
=26	Siegfried Fülle	GDR	18.85	9.40	9.45
=26	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	18.85	9.35	9.50
=26	Konrád Mentsik	HUN	18.85	9.35	9.50
=26	Willi Jaschek	FRG	18.85	9.35	9.50
=31	Georgi Adamov	BUL	18.80	9.35	9.45
=31	Dezső Bordán	HUN	18.80	9.30	9.50
=33	Klaus Köste	GDR	18.75	9.45	9.30
=33	Sándor Kiss	HUN	18.75	9.40	9.35
=35	František Bočko	TCH	18.70	9.30	9.40
=35	Sylwester Kubica	POL	18.70	9.30	9.40
=35	Peter Rohner	SUI	18.70	9.30	9.40
=35	Christian Deuza	FRA	18.70	9.30	9.40
=39	Janez Brodnik	YUG	18.65	9.30	9.35
=39	Christer Jönsson	SWE	18.65	9.20	9.45
=41	Viktor Lisitsky	URS	18.60	9.60	9.00
=41	Václav Skoumal	TCH	18.60	9.30	9.30
=41	Fred Roethlisberger	USA	18.60	9.10	9.50
=41	Steve Cohen	USA	18.60	9.10	9.50
=45	Juhani Rahikainen	FIN	18.55	9.30	9.25
=45	Paul Müller	SUI	18.55	9.30	9.25
=45	Béla Herczeg	HUN	18.55	9.25	9.30
=45	Andrzej Gonera	POL	18.55	9.05	9.50
=49	Heiko Reinemer	FRG	18.50	9.20	9.30
=49	Kim Chung-Tae	KOR	18.50	9.05	9.45
=51	Luigi Cimnaghi	ITA	18.45	9.30	9.15
=51	István Aranyos	HUN	18.45	9.25	9.20
=51	Günter Beier	GDR	18.45	9.10	9.35
=51	Steve Hug	USA	18.45	9.05	9.40
=55	Pasquale Carminucci	ITA	18.40	9.20	9.20
=55	Aleksander Rokosa	POL	18.40	9.15	9.25
=57	Hannu Rantakari	FIN	18.35	9.15	9.20
=57	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	18.35	9.10	9.25
=57	Bozhidar Ivanov	BUL	18.35	9.10	9.25
=60	Heinz Häussler	FRG	18.30	9.20	9.10
=60	Bruno Franceschetti	ITA	18.30	9.15	9.15
=60	Hermann Höpfner	FRG	18.30	9.10	9.20
=63	Miloš Vratič	YUG	18.25	8.90	9.35
=63	Sid Freudenstein	USA	18.25	8.85	9.40
=65	Hans Peter Nielsen	DEN	18.20	9.00	9.20
=65	Evert Lindgren	SWE	18.20	8.75	9.45
=67	Endre Tihanyi	HUN	18.15	9.10	9.05
=67	Heikki Sappinen	FIN	18.15	9.05	9.10
=69	Reino Heino	FIN	18.10	9.00	9.10
=69	Jerzy Kruża	POL	18.10	8.95	9.15
=69	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	18.10	8.60	9.50
72	Gerhard Dietrich	GDR	18.05	8.70	9.35
73	Dave Thor	USA	18.00	8.70	9.30
=74	Stefan Zoev	BUL	17.95	9.10	8.85
=74	Finn Johannesson	SWE	17.95	8.95	9.00
=74	Rumen Gabrovski	BUL	17.95	8.95	9.00
=74	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	17.95	8.35	9.60
78	Arne Thomsen	DEN	17.90	9.15	8.75
=79	Ivan Kondev	BUL	17.85	8.85	9.00
=79	Damir Anić	YUG	17.85	8.85	9.00
=81	Stan Wild	GBR	17.80	9.10	8.70
=81	Michel Bouchonnet	FRA	17.80	8.55	9.25
=83	José González	MEX	17.70	9.00	8.70
=83	Roberto Pumpido	CUB	17.70	8.70	9.00
=85	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	17.65	8.90	8.75
=85	Michael Booth	GBR	17.65	8.70	8.95
=85	Raycho Hristov	BUL	17.65	8.50	9.15
88	José Filipe Abreu	POR	17.60	8.65	8.95
89	Armando Valles	MEX	17.55	8.70	8.85
=90	Sid Jensen	CAN	17.40	9.05	8.35
=90	Gilbert Larose	CAN	17.40	8.20	9.20
=90	Tine Šrot	YUG	17.40	8.20	9.20
93	Vincenzo Mori	ITA	17.35	8.95	8.40
94	Erich Hess	FRG	17.30	8.85	8.45
=95	Luis Ramírez	CUB	17.20	8.55	8.65
=95	Octavio Suárez	CUB	17.20	8.00	9.20
97	Steve Mitruk	CAN	17.15	8.35	8.80
98	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	17.10	8.95	8.15
99	Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam	MGL	17.00	8.50	8.50
100	Enrique García	MEX	16.90	8.00	8.90
101	Roger Dion	CAN	16.80	7.70	9.10
=102	Larbi Lazhari	ALG	16.75	9.00	7.75
=102	Kanati Allen	USA	16.75	7.70	9.05
104	José Vilchis	MEX	16.70	8.00	8.70
105	Sergio Luna	ECU	16.65	7.70	8.95
106	Cheng Fu	TPE	16.60	8.55	8.05
107	Héctor Ramírez	CUB	16.55	8.00	8.55
108	Murray Chessell	AUS	16.45	7.55	8.90
109	Lai Chu-Long	TPE	16.40	8.70	7.70
110	Luis Navarrete	CUB	16.00	7.40	8.60
111	Fernando Valles	MEX	15.65	7.20	8.45
112	Barry Brooker	CAN	15.25	7.20	8.05
113	Pedro Rendón	ECU	13.25	5.70	7.55
114	Eduardo Nájera	ECU	12.70	5.50	7.20
115	Franco Menichelli	ITA	9.60	9.60	–
116	Ernesto Beren	PHI	6.65	6.65	–
117	Norman Henson	PHI	4.95	4.95	–

Final (26 October 1968 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.475	9.775	9.70
2	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.425	9.725	9.70
3	Viktor Klimenko	URS	19.225	9.625	9.60
4	Takeshi Kato	JPN	19.200	9.650	9.55
5	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.175	9.625	9.55
6	Václav Kubíčka	TCH	18.950	9.600	9.35	2