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Horizontal Bar, Men

Date	22 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Auditorio Nacional, Ciudad de México
Participants	115 from 27 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. Japan’s Akinori Nakayama had won this event at the 1966 World Championships and he led after all-around qualifying, tied with Soviet Mikhail Voronin. They also posted the best score in the final round to tie for the gold medal, with bronze going to Nakayama’s teammate Eizo Kenmotsu.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
=1	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.550	Gold
=1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.550	Gold
3	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.375	Bronze
4	Klaus Köste	GDR	19.225
5	Sergey Diomidov	URS	19.150
6	Yukio Endo	JPN	19.025
=3 r1/2	Sawao Kato	JPN	–
=8 r1/2	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	–
=8 r1/2	Valery Ilyinykh	URS	–
10 r1/2	Matthias Brehme	GDR	–
=11 r1/2	Takeshi Kato	JPN	–
=11 r1/2	Siegfried Fülle	GDR	–
=11 r1/2	Viktor Klimenko	URS	–
=11 r1/2	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	–
=15 r1/2	Václav Skoumal	TCH	–
=15 r1/2	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	–
=17 r1/2	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	–
=17 r1/2	Janez Brodnik	YUG	–
=19 r1/2	Miroslav Cerar	YUG	–
=19 r1/2	Erich Hess	FRG	–
=19 r1/2	Christer Jönsson	SWE	–
=19 r1/2	Raycho Hristov	BUL	–
=23 r1/2	Hans Ettlin	SUI	–
=23 r1/2	Gerhard Dietrich	GDR	–
=25 r1/2	Peter Weber	GDR	–
=25 r1/2	Viktor Lisitsky	URS	–
=25 r1/2	Konrád Mentsik	HUN	–
=25 r1/2	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	–
=29 r1/2	Meinrad Berchtold	SUI	–
=29 r1/2	Luigi Cimnaghi	ITA	–
=29 r1/2	Willi Jaschek	FRG	–
32 r1/2	Valery Karasyov	URS	–
=33 r1/2	Georgi Adamov	BUL	–
=33 r1/2	Günter Beier	GDR	–
=33 r1/2	František Bočko	TCH	–
=33 r1/2	Kim Chung-Tae	KOR	–
=33 r1/2	Heiko Reinemer	FRG	–
=38 r1/2	Peter Rohner	SUI	–
=38 r1/2	Steve Hug	USA	–
=38 r1/2	Michel Bouchonnet	FRA	–
=41 r1/2	Václav Kubíčka	TCH	–
=41 r1/2	Béla Herczeg	HUN	–
=41 r1/2	Dave Thor	USA	–
=44 r1/2	Miloš Vratič	YUG	–
=44 r1/2	Christian Deuza	FRA	–
=46 r1/2	Helmut Tepasse	FRG	–
=46 r1/2	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	–
=46 r1/2	Fred Roethlisberger	USA	–
=46 r1/2	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	–
=46 r1/2	Dezső Bordán	HUN	–
=51 r1/2	Sylwester Kubica	POL	–
=51 r1/2	Andrzej Gonera	POL	–
=51 r1/2	Sid Freudenstein	USA	–
=51 r1/2	Kanati Allen	USA	–
55 r1/2	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	–
=56 r1/2	Hermann Höpfner	FRG	–
=56 r1/2	Steve Cohen	USA	–
=58 r1/2	Heikki Sappinen	FIN	–
=58 r1/2	Jerzy Kruża	POL	–
=58 r1/2	Aleksander Rokosa	POL	–
=61 r1/2	Héctor Ramírez	CUB	–
=61 r1/2	Heinz Häussler	FRG	–
=61 r1/2	Arne Thomsen	DEN	–
=61 r1/2	István Aranyos	HUN	–
=65 r1/2	Stefan Zoev	BUL	–
=65 r1/2	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	–
=65 r1/2	Juhani Rahikainen	FIN	–
=68 r1/2	Evert Lindgren	SWE	–
=68 r1/2	Olli Laiho	FIN	–
70 r1/2	Sid Jensen	CAN	–
=71 r1/2	Endre Tihanyi	HUN	–
=71 r1/2	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	–
=71 r1/2	Larbi Lazhari	ALG	–
74 r1/2	Roland Hürzeler	SUI	–
=75 r1/2	Paul Müller	SUI	–
=75 r1/2	Roger Dion	CAN	–
=75 r1/2	Damir Anić	YUG	–
=75 r1/2	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	–
=75 r1/2	Bruno Franceschetti	ITA	–
=80 r1/2	Giovanni Carminucci	ITA	–
=80 r1/2	Pasquale Carminucci	ITA	–
=80 r1/2	Ivan Kondev	BUL	–
=80 r1/2	Michael Booth	GBR	–
=80 r1/2	Hannu Rantakari	FIN	–
=85 r1/2	Enrique García	MEX	–
=85 r1/2	Sándor Kiss	HUN	–
=85 r1/2	Reino Heino	FIN	–
88 r1/2	José Vilchis	MEX	–
89 r1/2	José González	MEX	–
=90 r1/2	Steve Mitruk	CAN	–
=90 r1/2	Tine Šrot	YUG	–
=92 r1/2	Gilbert Larose	CAN	–
=92 r1/2	Roberto Pumpido	CUB	–
94 r1/2	Finn Johannesson	SWE	–
=95 r1/2	Armando Valles	MEX	–
=95 r1/2	Hans Peter Nielsen	DEN	–
97 r1/2	Stan Wild	GBR	–
98 r1/2	Lai Chu-Long	TPE	–
99 r1/2	José Filipe Abreu	POR	–
100 r1/2	Rumen Gabrovski	BUL	–
=101 r1/2	Fernando Valles	MEX	–
=101 r1/2	Luis Ramírez	CUB	–
=101 r1/2	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	–
104 r1/2	Octavio Suárez	CUB	–
105 r1/2	Bozhidar Ivanov	BUL	–
106 r1/2	Sergio Luna	ECU	–
107 r1/2	Vincenzo Mori	ITA	–
108 r1/2	Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam	MGL	–
109 r1/2	Barry Brooker	CAN	–
110 r1/2	Murray Chessell	AUS	–
111 r1/2	Luis Navarrete	CUB	–
112 r1/2	Eduardo Nájera	ECU	–
113 r1/2	Cheng Fu	TPE	–
114 r1/2	Franco Menichelli	ITA	–
115 r1/2	Pedro Rendón	ECU	–

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

Top six on horizontal bar 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	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.50	9.70	9.80	Q
=1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.50	9.70	9.80	Q
=3	Klaus Köste	GDR	19.45	9.75	9.70	Q
=3	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.45	9.60	9.85	Q
5	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.35	9.55	9.80	QDNC
6	Sergey Diomidov	URS	19.30	9.60	9.70	Q
7	Yukio Endo	JPN	19.25	9.55	9.70	q
=8	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	19.20	9.50	9.70
=8	Valery Ilyinykh	URS	19.20	9.50	9.70
10	Matthias Brehme	GDR	19.15	9.55	9.60
=11	Takeshi Kato	JPN	19.10	9.55	9.55
=11	Siegfried Fülle	GDR	19.10	9.55	9.55
=11	Viktor Klimenko	URS	19.10	9.50	9.60
=11	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.10	9.50	9.60
=15	Václav Skoumal	TCH	19.00	9.45	9.55		1
=15	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	19.00	9.50	9.50
=17	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	18.95	9.45	9.50
=17	Janez Brodnik	YUG	18.95	9.45	9.50
=19	Miroslav Cerar	YUG	18.90	9.55	9.35
=19	Erich Hess	FRG	18.90	9.55	9.35
=19	Christer Jönsson	SWE	18.90	9.50	9.40
=19	Raycho Hristov	BUL	18.90	9.50	9.40
=23	Hans Ettlin	SUI	18.85	9.40	9.45
=23	Gerhard Dietrich	GDR	18.85	9.30	9.55
=25	Peter Weber	GDR	18.80	9.40	9.40
=25	Viktor Lisitsky	URS	18.80	9.35	9.45
=25	Konrád Mentsik	HUN	18.80	9.30	9.50
=25	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	18.80	9.20	9.60
=29	Meinrad Berchtold	SUI	18.75	9.40	9.35
=29	Luigi Cimnaghi	ITA	18.75	9.35	9.40
=29	Willi Jaschek	FRG	18.75	9.30	9.45
32	Valery Karasyov	URS	18.70	9.40	9.30
=33	Georgi Adamov	BUL	18.65	9.50	9.15
=33	Günter Beier	GDR	18.65	9.40	9.25
=33	František Bočko	TCH	18.65	9.25	9.40
=33	Kim Chung-Tae	KOR	18.65	9.20	9.45
=33	Heiko Reinemer	FRG	18.65	9.20	9.45
=38	Peter Rohner	SUI	18.60	9.25	9.35
=38	Steve Hug	USA	18.60	9.25	9.35
=38	Michel Bouchonnet	FRA	18.60	9.20	9.40
=41	Václav Kubíčka	TCH	18.55	9.15	9.40
=41	Béla Herczeg	HUN	18.55	9.15	9.40
=41	Dave Thor	USA	18.55	9.05	9.50
=44	Miloš Vratič	YUG	18.50	9.20	9.30
=44	Christian Deuza	FRA	18.50	9.20	9.30
=46	Helmut Tepasse	FRG	18.45	9.35	9.10
=46	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	18.45	9.15	9.30
=46	Fred Roethlisberger	USA	18.45	9.10	9.35
=46	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	18.45	9.05	9.40
=46	Dezső Bordán	HUN	18.45	9.05	9.40
=51	Sylwester Kubica	POL	18.40	9.40	9.00
=51	Andrzej Gonera	POL	18.40	9.15	9.25
=51	Sid Freudenstein	USA	18.40	8.95	9.45
=51	Kanati Allen	USA	18.40	8.90	9.50
55	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	18.35	9.05	9.30
=56	Hermann Höpfner	FRG	18.30	9.20	9.10
=56	Steve Cohen	USA	18.30	8.90	9.40
=58	Heikki Sappinen	FIN	18.25	8.90	9.35
=58	Jerzy Kruża	POL	18.25	8.90	9.35
=58	Aleksander Rokosa	POL	18.25	8.80	9.45
=61	Héctor Ramírez	CUB	18.20	9.15	9.05
=61	Heinz Häussler	FRG	18.20	9.05	9.15
=61	Arne Thomsen	DEN	18.20	9.00	9.20
=61	István Aranyos	HUN	18.20	8.90	9.30
=65	Stefan Zoev	BUL	18.15	9.25	8.90
=65	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	18.15	9.05	9.10
=65	Juhani Rahikainen	FIN	18.15	8.95	9.20
=68	Evert Lindgren	SWE	18.05	8.70	9.35
=68	Olli Laiho	FIN	18.05	8.65	9.40
70	Sid Jensen	CAN	18.00	8.80	9.20
=71	Endre Tihanyi	HUN	17.95	8.80	9.15
=71	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	17.95	8.75	9.20
=71	Larbi Lazhari	ALG	17.95	8.70	9.25
74	Roland Hürzeler	SUI	17.85	8.40	9.45
=75	Paul Müller	SUI	17.80	9.00	8.80
=75	Roger Dion	CAN	17.80	8.95	8.85
=75	Damir Anić	YUG	17.80	8.80	9.00
=75	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	17.80	8.80	9.00
=75	Bruno Franceschetti	ITA	17.80	8.70	9.10
=80	Giovanni Carminucci	ITA	17.75	9.30	8.45
=80	Pasquale Carminucci	ITA	17.75	8.80	8.95
=80	Ivan Kondev	BUL	17.75	8.75	9.00
=80	Michael Booth	GBR	17.75	8.75	9.00
=80	Hannu Rantakari	FIN	17.75	8.25	9.50
=85	Enrique García	MEX	17.70	8.65	9.05
=85	Sándor Kiss	HUN	17.70	8.60	9.10
=85	Reino Heino	FIN	17.70	8.40	9.30
88	José Vilchis	MEX	17.65	8.85	8.80
89	José González	MEX	17.60	8.85	8.75
=90	Steve Mitruk	CAN	17.45	8.70	8.75
=90	Tine Šrot	YUG	17.45	8.40	9.05
=92	Gilbert Larose	CAN	17.40	8.80	8.60
=92	Roberto Pumpido	CUB	17.40	8.65	8.75
94	Finn Johannesson	SWE	17.35	7.95	9.40
=95	Armando Valles	MEX	17.30	9.30	8.00
=95	Hans Peter Nielsen	DEN	17.30	8.30	9.00
97	Stan Wild	GBR	17.25	8.50	8.75
98	Lai Chu-Long	TPE	17.10	8.70	8.40
99	José Filipe Abreu	POR	16.90	8.40	8.50
100	Rumen Gabrovski	BUL	16.85	9.10	7.75
=101	Fernando Valles	MEX	16.75	8.35	8.40
=101	Luis Ramírez	CUB	16.75	7.80	8.95
=101	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	16.75	7.50	9.25
104	Octavio Suárez	CUB	16.70	7.50	9.20
105	Bozhidar Ivanov	BUL	16.65	7.50	9.15
106	Sergio Luna	ECU	16.60	8.05	8.55
107	Vincenzo Mori	ITA	16.55	8.45	8.10
108	Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam	MGL	16.50	8.50	8.00
109	Barry Brooker	CAN	16.45	8.65	7.80
110	Murray Chessell	AUS	16.30	8.05	8.25
111	Luis Navarrete	CUB	15.25	8.25	7.00
112	Eduardo Nájera	ECU	12.75	8.05	4.70
113	Cheng Fu	TPE	12.10	8.10	4.00
114	Franco Menichelli	ITA	9.60	9.60	–
115	Pedro Rendón	ECU	8.15	4.65	3.50

Final (26 October 1968 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
=1	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.550	9.750	9.80
=1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.550	9.750	9.80
3	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.375	9.675	9.70
4	Klaus Köste	GDR	19.225	9.725	9.50
5	Sergey Diomidov	URS	19.150	9.650	9.50
6	Yukio Endo	JPN	19.025	9.625	9.40