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Horizontal Bar, Men

Date	27 August – 1 September 1972 — 19:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Sporthalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	113 from 26 countries

The format was similar to 1964 and 1968, with the best six gymnasts in the team 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 dominance in this event was virtually complete, as they took the top five places. Mitsuo Tsukahara won the gold medal with the highest score in team all-around qualifying and in the final round. All-around champion Sawao Kato took the silver medal. The 1970 World Champion was Eizo Kenmotsu, who just missed a medal in fourth place, behind teammate Shigeru Kasamatsu. In 1976, Tsukahara would defend his gold medal, repeating the feat of his countryman Takashi Ono in 1956-60. The only non-Japanese gymnast to make the final was Soviet Nikolay Andrianov, who placed sixth.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.725	Gold
2	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.525	Silver
3	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	19.450	Bronze
4	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.350
5	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.225
6	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.100
7 r1/1	Wolfgang Thüne	GDR	–
=8 r1/1	Edvard Mikaelyan	URS	–
=8 r1/1	Eberhard Gienger	FRG	–
=10 r1/1	Teruichi Okamura	JPN	–
=10 r1/1	Mikhail Voronin	URS	–
=10 r1/1	Vladimir Shchukin	URS	–
=10 r1/1	Matthias Brehme	GDR	–
14 r1/1	Li Song-Sob	PRK	–
=15 r1/1	Reinhard Rychly	GDR	–
=15 r1/1	Klaus Köste	GDR	–
=15 r1/1	Andrzej Szajna	POL	–
18 r1/1	Günter Spies	FRG	–
19 r1/1	Aleksandr Maleyev	URS	–
20 r1/1	Wolfgang Klotz	GDR	–
=21 r1/1	Robert Bretscher	SUI	–
=21 r1/1	Steve Hug	USA	–
=21 r1/1	Kim Song-Il	PRK	–
=21 r1/1	Jürgen Paeke	GDR	–
=21 r1/1	Henri Boërio	FRA	–
=26 r1/1	Viktor Klimenko	URS	–
=26 r1/1	Kim Song-Yu	PRK	–
=26 r1/1	Constantin Petrescu	ROU	–
=26 r1/1	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	–
30 r1/1	Janez Brodnik	YUG	–
31 r1/1	Walter Mössinger	FRG	–
=32 r1/1	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	–
=32 r1/1	Imre Molnár	HUN	–
=32 r1/1	Peter Rohner	SUI	–
=35 r1/1	Petre Mihăiuc	ROU	–
=35 r1/1	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	–
=35 r1/1	George Greenfield	USA	–
38 r1/1	Ladislav Morava	TCH	–
=39 r1/1	Makoto Sakamoto	USA	–
=39 r1/1	Miloš Vratič	YUG	–
41 r1/1	Heinz Häussler	FRG	–
=42 r1/1	Pavel Stanovský	TCH	–
=42 r1/1	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	–
=42 r1/1	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	–
=45 r1/1	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	–
=45 r1/1	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	–
=45 r1/1	Mieczysław Strzałka	POL	–
48 r1/1	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	–
49 r1/1	Jerzy Kruża	POL	–
=50 r1/1	Philippe Gaille	SUI	–
=50 r1/1	Shin Heung-Do	PRK	–
=50 r1/1	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	–
=50 r1/1	Jean-Pierre Miens	FRA	–
=50 r1/1	Vladislav Nehasil	TCH	–
=50 r1/1	Sylwester Kubica	POL	–
=56 r1/1	Bernd Effing	FRG	–
=56 r1/1	Dan Grecu	ROU	–
=56 r1/1	István Kiss	HUN	–
=56 r1/1	Franco Donegà	ITA	–
=60 r1/1	Christian Deuza	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	Jo Jong-Ryol	PRK	–
=60 r1/1	Luigi Coppa	ITA	–
=60 r1/1	Gheorghe Păunescu	ROU	–
=60 r1/1	Geno Radev	BUL	–
=60 r1/1	René Badell	CUB	–
=60 r1/1	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	–
=67 r1/1	Béla Herczeg	HUN	–
=67 r1/1	Bruno Banzer	LIE	–
=67 r1/1	Stefan Zoev	BUL	–
70 r1/1	Emilio Sagré	CUB	–
71 r1/1	Ho Yun-Hang	PRK	–
72 r1/1	Antal Kisteleki	HUN	–
=73 r1/1	Drago Šoštarić	YUG	–
=73 r1/1	Dimitar Koychev	BUL	–
=75 r1/1	Agustín Sandoval	ESP	–
=75 r1/1	Max Brühwiler	SUI	–
=75 r1/1	Jorge Cuervo	CUB	–
=78 r1/1	Zoran Ivanović	YUG	–
=78 r1/1	Ivica Hmjelovac	YUG	–
=78 r1/1	Bozhidar Iliev	BUL	–
81 r1/1	Mircea Gheorghiu	ROU	–
=82 r1/1	Marshall Avener	USA	–
=82 r1/1	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	–
84 r1/1	István Bérczi	HUN	–
85 r1/1	Peter Lloyd	AUS	–
=86 r1/1	Bernard Farjat	FRA	–
=86 r1/1	Dimitar Dimitrov	BUL	–
88 r1/1	Steve Mitruk	CAN	–
=89 r1/1	Maurizio Milanetto	ITA	–
=89 r1/1	Jim Culhane, Jr.	USA	–
=91 r1/1	Reinhard Ritter	FRG	–
=91 r1/1	Georges Guelzec	FRA	–
93 r1/1	Luis Ramírez	CUB	–
94 r1/1	Tore Lie	NOR	–
95 r1/1	Stan Wild	GBR	–
96 r1/1	Adolfo Lampronti	ITA	–
97 r1/1	André Simard	CAN	–
98 r1/1	José Ginés	ESP	–
=99 r1/1	Ole Benediktson	DEN	–
=99 r1/1	Cecilio Ugarte	ESP	–
101 r1/1	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	–
102 r1/1	John Crosby, Jr.	USA	–
103 r1/1	Fedele Spatazza	ITA	–
104 r1/1	Ivan Kondev	BUL	–
=105 r1/1	Ian Clarke	AUS	–
=105 r1/1	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	–
107 r1/1	Eddie Arnold	GBR	–
108 r1/1	Carmine Luppino	ITA	–
109 r1/1	Bill Norgrave	GBR	–
110 r1/1	Terry Sale	NZL	–
111 r1/1	Hans Ettlin	SUI	–
112 r1/1	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	–
113 r1/1	Bruce Medd	CAN	–

Final (1 September 1972 — 19:30)

Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.725	9.825	9.90
2	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.525	9.775	9.75
3	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	19.450	9.750	9.70
4	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.350	9.700	9.65
5	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.225	9.625	9.60
6	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.100	9.600	9.50

Qualifying (27 August 1972)

Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.65	9.75	9.90	Q
2	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.55	9.85	9.70	Q
3	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	19.50	9.75	9.75	Q
4	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.40	9.65	9.75	Q
5	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.25	9.65	9.60	Q
6	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.20	9.60	9.60	Q
7	Wolfgang Thüne	GDR	19.15	9.50	9.65
=8	Edvard Mikaelyan	URS	19.05	9.45	9.60
=8	Eberhard Gienger	FRG	19.05	9.40	9.65
=10	Teruichi Okamura	JPN	18.85	9.40	9.45
=10	Mikhail Voronin	URS	18.85	9.35	9.50
=10	Vladimir Shchukin	URS	18.85	9.35	9.50
=10	Matthias Brehme	GDR	18.85	9.30	9.55
14	Li Song-Sob	PRK	18.80	9.30	9.50
=15	Reinhard Rychly	GDR	18.75	9.30	9.45
=15	Klaus Köste	GDR	18.75	9.20	9.55
=15	Andrzej Szajna	POL	18.75	9.15	9.60
18	Günter Spies	FRG	18.65	9.25	9.40
19	Aleksandr Maleyev	URS	18.55	9.20	9.35
20	Wolfgang Klotz	GDR	18.50	9.05	9.45
=21	Robert Bretscher	SUI	18.45	9.15	9.30
=21	Steve Hug	USA	18.45	9.15	9.30
=21	Kim Song-Il	PRK	18.45	9.10	9.35
=21	Jürgen Paeke	GDR	18.45	9.10	9.35
=21	Henri Boërio	FRA	18.45	9.05	9.40
=26	Viktor Klimenko	URS	18.40	9.15	9.25
=26	Kim Song-Yu	PRK	18.40	9.00	9.40
=26	Constantin Petrescu	ROU	18.40	9.00	9.40
=26	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	18.40	8.95	9.45
30	Janez Brodnik	YUG	18.35	9.05	9.30
31	Walter Mössinger	FRG	18.25	8.90	9.35
=32	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	18.20	8.90	9.30
=32	Imre Molnár	HUN	18.20	8.90	9.30
=32	Peter Rohner	SUI	18.20	8.85	9.35
=35	Petre Mihăiuc	ROU	18.15	8.90	9.25
=35	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	18.15	8.85	9.30
=35	George Greenfield	USA	18.15	8.80	9.35
38	Ladislav Morava	TCH	18.10	8.65	9.45
=39	Makoto Sakamoto	USA	18.05	9.20	8.85
=39	Miloš Vratič	YUG	18.05	8.80	9.25
41	Heinz Häussler	FRG	18.00	8.90	9.10
=42	Pavel Stanovský	TCH	17.95	8.75	9.20
=42	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	17.95	8.70	9.25
=42	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	17.95	8.60	9.35
=45	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	17.90	8.80	9.10
=45	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	17.90	8.75	9.15
=45	Mieczysław Strzałka	POL	17.90	8.65	9.25
48	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	17.85	8.45	9.40
49	Jerzy Kruża	POL	17.80	8.55	9.25
=50	Philippe Gaille	SUI	17.75	8.85	8.90
=50	Shin Heung-Do	PRK	17.75	8.70	9.05
=50	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	17.75	8.60	9.15
=50	Jean-Pierre Miens	FRA	17.75	8.55	9.20
=50	Vladislav Nehasil	TCH	17.75	8.50	9.25
=50	Sylwester Kubica	POL	17.75	8.25	9.50
=56	Bernd Effing	FRG	17.70	9.05	8.65
=56	Dan Grecu	ROU	17.70	8.90	8.80
=56	István Kiss	HUN	17.70	8.70	9.00
=56	Franco Donegà	ITA	17.70	8.55	9.15
=60	Christian Deuza	FRA	17.60	8.80	8.80
=60	Jo Jong-Ryol	PRK	17.60	8.70	8.90
=60	Luigi Coppa	ITA	17.60	8.65	8.95
=60	Gheorghe Păunescu	ROU	17.60	8.65	8.95
=60	Geno Radev	BUL	17.60	8.60	9.00
=60	René Badell	CUB	17.60	8.55	9.05
=60	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	17.60	8.55	9.05
=67	Béla Herczeg	HUN	17.55	8.70	8.85
=67	Bruno Banzer	LIE	17.55	8.50	9.05
=67	Stefan Zoev	BUL	17.55	8.45	9.10
70	Emilio Sagré	CUB	17.45	8.55	8.90
71	Ho Yun-Hang	PRK	17.40	8.25	9.15
72	Antal Kisteleki	HUN	17.30	8.80	8.50
=73	Drago Šoštarić	YUG	17.25	8.45	8.80
=73	Dimitar Koychev	BUL	17.25	8.40	8.85
=75	Agustín Sandoval	ESP	17.20	8.70	8.50
=75	Max Brühwiler	SUI	17.20	8.55	8.65
=75	Jorge Cuervo	CUB	17.20	7.70	9.50
=78	Zoran Ivanović	YUG	17.15	8.40	8.75
=78	Ivica Hmjelovac	YUG	17.15	8.30	8.85
=78	Bozhidar Iliev	BUL	17.15	8.25	8.90
81	Mircea Gheorghiu	ROU	17.10	8.00	9.10
=82	Marshall Avener	USA	17.05	8.15	8.90
=82	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	17.05	7.85	9.20
84	István Bérczi	HUN	17.00	8.55	8.45
85	Peter Lloyd	AUS	16.90	8.20	8.70
=86	Bernard Farjat	FRA	16.75	8.05	8.70
=86	Dimitar Dimitrov	BUL	16.75	8.00	8.75
88	Steve Mitruk	CAN	16.60	8.10	8.50
=89	Maurizio Milanetto	ITA	16.55	8.70	7.85
=89	Jim Culhane, Jr.	USA	16.55	8.25	8.30
=91	Reinhard Ritter	FRG	16.50	8.70	7.80
=91	Georges Guelzec	FRA	16.50	8.05	8.45
93	Luis Ramírez	CUB	16.35	7.80	8.55
94	Tore Lie	NOR	16.30	7.65	8.65
95	Stan Wild	GBR	16.10	7.60	8.50
96	Adolfo Lampronti	ITA	16.05	7.80	8.25
97	André Simard	CAN	15.95	7.70	8.25
98	José Ginés	ESP	15.80	7.25	8.55
=99	Ole Benediktson	DEN	15.75	7.65	8.10
=99	Cecilio Ugarte	ESP	15.75	7.30	8.45
101	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	15.70	7.60	8.10
102	John Crosby, Jr.	USA	15.55	7.00	8.55
103	Fedele Spatazza	ITA	15.50	7.75	7.75
104	Ivan Kondev	BUL	15.35	7.20	8.15
=105	Ian Clarke	AUS	15.30	7.10	8.20
=105	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	15.30	6.60	8.70
107	Eddie Arnold	GBR	15.25	7.65	7.60
108	Carmine Luppino	ITA	15.15	6.35	8.80
109	Bill Norgrave	GBR	15.00	6.85	8.15
110	Terry Sale	NZL	14.55	6.15	8.40
111	Hans Ettlin	SUI	9.05	9.05	0.00
112	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	8.70	8.70	0.00
113	Bruce Medd	CAN	3.90	3.90	0.00