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Rings, Men

Date	27 August – 1 September 1972 — 19:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Sporthalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	111 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 Akinori Nakayama was the defending champion and had won this event at the 1970 World Championships. In München he took the lead in the team qualifying, and held on to repeat as gold medalist, matching Soviet Armenian Albert Azaryan, who won the rings in 1956-60. At the 1970 Worlds, Japan’s Mitsuo Tsukahara had won silver and Soviet Mikhail Voronin bronze, but they reversed those positions at the Olympics in München.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	145	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.350	Gold
2	257	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.275	Silver
3	147	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.225	Bronze
4	143	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.150
=5	144	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	18.950
=5	93	Klaus Köste	GDR	18.950
6 r1/1	251	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	–
8 r1/1	206	Shin Heung-Do	PRK	–
9 r1/1	146	Teruichi Okamura	JPN	–
=10 r1/1	97	Wolfgang Thüne	GDR	–
=10 r1/1	197	Andrzej Szajna	POL	–
=12 r1/1	254	Edvard Mikaelyan	URS	–
=12 r1/1	91	Matthias Brehme	GDR	–
=12 r1/1	142	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	–
=12 r1/1	194	Sylwester Kubica	POL	–
=16 r1/1	252	Viktor Klimenko	URS	–
=16 r1/1	92	Wolfgang Klotz	GDR	–
=16 r1/1	104	Walter Mössinger	FRG	–
19 r1/1	267	Makoto Sakamoto	USA	–
=20 r1/1	193	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	–
=20 r1/1	213	Dan Grecu	ROU	–
=22 r1/1	253	Aleksandr Maleyev	URS	–
=22 r1/1	106	Günter Spies	FRG	–
=22 r1/1	256	Vladimir Shchukin	URS	–
=22 r1/1	205	Li Song-Sob	PRK	–
=26 r1/1	102	Eberhard Gienger	FRG	–
=26 r1/1	204	Kim Song-Yu	PRK	–
28 r1/1	261	Marshall Avener	USA	–
=29 r1/1	241	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	–
=29 r1/1	127	Imre Molnár	HUN	–
=31 r1/1	227	Peter Rohner	SUI	–
=31 r1/1	96	Reinhard Rychly	GDR	–
=33 r1/1	271	Janez Brodnik	YUG	–
=33 r1/1	201	Ho Yun-Hang	PRK	–
=33 r1/1	214	Petre Mihăiuc	ROU	–
=33 r1/1	195	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	–
=37 r1/1	244	Vladislav Nehasil	TCH	–
=37 r1/1	215	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	–
=37 r1/1	265	Steve Hug	USA	–
40 r1/1	121	István Kiss	HUN	–
41 r1/1	202	Jo Jong-Ryol	PRK	–
=42 r1/1	124	Antal Kisteleki	HUN	–
=42 r1/1	247	Pavel Stanovský	TCH	–
=42 r1/1	61	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	–
=42 r1/1	196	Mieczysław Strzałka	POL	–
46 r1/1	105	Reinhard Ritter	FRG	–
=47 r1/1	126	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	–
=47 r1/1	264	George Greenfield	USA	–
=49 r1/1	224	Philippe Gaille	SUI	–
=49 r1/1	203	Kim Song-Il	PRK	–
=49 r1/1	94	Jürgen Paeke	GDR	–
=52 r1/1	14	Dimitar Koychev	BUL	–
=52 r1/1	242	Ladislav Morava	TCH	–
54 r1/1	225	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	–
=55 r1/1	32	Jorge Cuervo	CUB	–
=55 r1/1	276	Miloš Vratič	YUG	–
=55 r1/1	192	Jerzy Kruża	POL	–
=58 r1/1	53	Cecilio Ugarte	ESP	–
=58 r1/1	222	Max Brühwiler	SUI	–
=58 r1/1	103	Heinz Häussler	FRG	–
=61 r1/1	101	Bernd Effing	FRG	–
=61 r1/1	216	Gheorghe Păunescu	ROU	–
63 r1/1	133	Adolfo Lampronti	ITA	–
64 r1/1	263	Jim Culhane, Jr.	USA	–
=65 r1/1	11	Dimitar Dimitrov	BUL	–
=65 r1/1	17	Stefan Zoev	BUL	–
=65 r1/1	272	Ivica Hmjelovac	YUG	–
=65 r1/1	243	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	–
=69 r1/1	77	Jean-Pierre Miens	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	136	Fedele Spatazza	ITA	–
=69 r1/1	71	Henri Boërio	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	15	Ivan Kondev	BUL	–
73 r1/1	135	Maurizio Milanetto	ITA	–
74 r1/1	37	Emilio Sagré	CUB	–
=75 r1/1	275	Drago Šoštarić	YUG	–
=75 r1/1	73	Christian Deuza	FRA	–
=77 r1/1	122	István Bérczi	HUN	–
=77 r1/1	36	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	–
=77 r1/1	212	Mircea Gheorghiu	ROU	–
=77 r1/1	74	Bernard Farjat	FRA	–
=77 r1/1	217	Constantin Petrescu	ROU	–
=77 r1/1	31	René Badell	CUB	–
=83 r1/1	16	Geno Radev	BUL	–
=83 r1/1	171	Tore Lie	NOR	–
=85 r1/1	76	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	–
=85 r1/1	134	Carmine Luppino	ITA	–
=85 r1/1	262	John Crosby, Jr.	USA	–
=88 r1/1	131	Luigi Coppa	ITA	–
=88 r1/1	274	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	–
=90 r1/1	82	Bill Norgrave	GBR	–
=90 r1/1	273	Zoran Ivanović	YUG	–
=92 r1/1	12	Bozhidar Iliev	BUL	–
=92 r1/1	123	Béla Herczeg	HUN	–
=94 r1/1	132	Franco Donegà	ITA	–
=94 r1/1	221	Robert Bretscher	SUI	–
96 r1/1	81	Eddie Arnold	GBR	–
97 r1/1	23	André Simard	CAN	–
=98 r1/1	2	Peter Lloyd	AUS	–
=98 r1/1	52	Agustín Sandoval	ESP	–
100 r1/1	35	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	–
101 r1/1	34	Luis Ramírez	CUB	–
=102 r1/1	1	Ian Clarke	AUS	–
=102 r1/1	75	Georges Guelzec	FRA	–
=104 r1/1	22	Steve Mitruk	CAN	–
=104 r1/1	151	Bruno Banzer	LIE	–
=106 r1/1	83	Stan Wild	GBR	–
=106 r1/1	51	José Ginés	ESP	–
108 r1/1	161	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	–
109 r1/1	41	Ole Benediktson	DEN	–
110 r1/1	181	Terry Sale	NZL	–
111 r1/1	245	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	–

Final

Date	1 September 1972 — 19:30
Format	Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	145	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.350	9.700	9.65
2	257	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.275	9.625	9.65
3	147	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.225	9.525	9.70
4	143	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.150	9.550	9.60
=5	144	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	18.950	9.550	9.40
=5	93	Klaus Köste	GDR	18.950	9.500	9.45

Qualifying Round

Date	27 August 1972
Format	Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	145	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.40	9.70	9.70	Q
2	257	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.25	9.60	9.65	Q
=3	144	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.10	9.60	9.50	Q
=3	143	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.10	9.50	9.60	Q
5	147	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.05	9.45	9.60	Q
=6	93	Klaus Köste	GDR	19.00	9.45	9.55	Q
=6	251	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.00	9.50	9.50
8	206	Shin Heung-Do	PRK	18.95	9.30	9.65
9	146	Teruichi Okamura	JPN	18.90	9.45	9.45
=10	97	Wolfgang Thüne	GDR	18.85	9.50	9.35
=10	197	Andrzej Szajna	POL	18.85	9.40	9.45
=12	254	Edvard Mikaelyan	URS	18.80	9.45	9.35
=12	91	Matthias Brehme	GDR	18.80	9.40	9.40
=12	142	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	18.80	9.30	9.50
=12	194	Sylwester Kubica	POL	18.80	9.30	9.50
=16	252	Viktor Klimenko	URS	18.70	9.40	9.30
=16	92	Wolfgang Klotz	GDR	18.70	9.40	9.30
=16	104	Walter Mössinger	FRG	18.70	9.30	9.40
19	267	Makoto Sakamoto	USA	18.65	9.35	9.30
=20	193	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	18.50	9.20	9.30
=20	213	Dan Grecu	ROU	18.50	9.20	9.30
=22	253	Aleksandr Maleyev	URS	18.40	9.25	9.15
=22	106	Günter Spies	FRG	18.40	9.20	9.20
=22	256	Vladimir Shchukin	URS	18.40	9.10	9.30
=22	205	Li Song-Sob	PRK	18.40	8.90	9.50
=26	102	Eberhard Gienger	FRG	18.35	9.10	9.25
=26	204	Kim Song-Yu	PRK	18.35	9.00	9.35
28	261	Marshall Avener	USA	18.30	9.15	9.15
=29	241	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	18.25	9.15	9.10
=29	127	Imre Molnár	HUN	18.25	9.10	9.15
=31	227	Peter Rohner	SUI	18.20	9.15	9.05
=31	96	Reinhard Rychly	GDR	18.20	9.00	9.20
=33	271	Janez Brodnik	YUG	18.10	9.05	9.05
=33	201	Ho Yun-Hang	PRK	18.10	8.95	9.15
=33	214	Petre Mihăiuc	ROU	18.10	8.90	9.20
=33	195	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	18.10	8.80	9.30
=37	244	Vladislav Nehasil	TCH	18.05	9.05	9.00
=37	215	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	18.05	9.00	9.05
=37	265	Steve Hug	USA	18.05	9.00	9.05
40	121	István Kiss	HUN	18.00	8.90	9.10
41	202	Jo Jong-Ryol	PRK	17.95	8.70	9.25
=42	124	Antal Kisteleki	HUN	17.90	9.00	8.90
=42	247	Pavel Stanovský	TCH	17.90	8.95	8.95
=42	61	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	17.90	8.90	9.00
=42	196	Mieczysław Strzałka	POL	17.90	8.80	9.10
46	105	Reinhard Ritter	FRG	17.80	8.95	8.85
=47	126	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	17.75	9.00	8.75
=47	264	George Greenfield	USA	17.75	8.85	8.90
=49	224	Philippe Gaille	SUI	17.70	8.85	8.85
=49	203	Kim Song-Il	PRK	17.70	8.70	9.00
=49	94	Jürgen Paeke	GDR	17.70	8.50	9.20
=52	14	Dimitar Koychev	BUL	17.65	8.90	8.75
=52	242	Ladislav Morava	TCH	17.65	8.80	8.85
54	225	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	17.60	9.00	8.60
=55	32	Jorge Cuervo	CUB	17.55	8.75	8.80
=55	276	Miloš Vratič	YUG	17.55	8.75	8.80
=55	192	Jerzy Kruża	POL	17.55	8.55	9.00
=58	53	Cecilio Ugarte	ESP	17.50	8.65	8.85
=58	222	Max Brühwiler	SUI	17.50	8.60	8.90
=58	103	Heinz Häussler	FRG	17.50	8.55	8.95
=61	101	Bernd Effing	FRG	17.45	8.60	8.85
=61	216	Gheorghe Păunescu	ROU	17.45	8.60	8.85
63	133	Adolfo Lampronti	ITA	17.35	8.50	8.85
64	263	Jim Culhane, Jr.	USA	17.30	8.50	8.80
=65	11	Dimitar Dimitrov	BUL	17.20	8.65	8.55
=65	17	Stefan Zoev	BUL	17.20	8.60	8.60
=65	272	Ivica Hmjelovac	YUG	17.20	8.50	8.70
=65	243	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	17.20	8.45	8.75
=69	77	Jean-Pierre Miens	FRA	17.15	8.65	8.50
=69	136	Fedele Spatazza	ITA	17.15	8.60	8.55
=69	71	Henri Boërio	FRA	17.15	8.55	8.60
=69	15	Ivan Kondev	BUL	17.15	8.40	8.75
73	135	Maurizio Milanetto	ITA	17.10	8.30	8.80
74	37	Emilio Sagré	CUB	17.05	8.45	8.60
=75	275	Drago Šoštarić	YUG	17.00	8.40	8.60
=75	73	Christian Deuza	FRA	17.00	8.10	8.90
=77	122	István Bérczi	HUN	16.95	8.55	8.40
=77	36	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	16.95	8.50	8.45
=77	212	Mircea Gheorghiu	ROU	16.95	8.35	8.60
=77	74	Bernard Farjat	FRA	16.95	8.30	8.65
=77	217	Constantin Petrescu	ROU	16.95	8.30	8.65
=77	31	René Badell	CUB	16.95	8.20	8.75
=83	16	Geno Radev	BUL	16.90	8.40	8.50
=83	171	Tore Lie	NOR	16.90	8.25	8.65
=85	76	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	16.85	8.10	8.75
=85	134	Carmine Luppino	ITA	16.85	8.00	8.85
=85	262	John Crosby, Jr.	USA	16.85	7.85	9.00
=88	131	Luigi Coppa	ITA	16.80	8.25	8.55
=88	274	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	16.80	8.05	8.75
=90	82	Bill Norgrave	GBR	16.75	8.55	8.20
=90	273	Zoran Ivanović	YUG	16.75	8.15	8.60
=92	12	Bozhidar Iliev	BUL	16.70	8.85	7.85
=92	123	Béla Herczeg	HUN	16.70	8.50	8.20
=94	132	Franco Donegà	ITA	16.60	7.95	8.65
=94	221	Robert Bretscher	SUI	16.60	7.50	9.10
96	81	Eddie Arnold	GBR	16.50	8.50	8.00
97	23	André Simard	CAN	16.45	7.70	8.75
=98	2	Peter Lloyd	AUS	16.25	8.15	8.10
=98	52	Agustín Sandoval	ESP	16.25	8.00	8.25
100	35	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	16.20	7.75	8.45
101	34	Luis Ramírez	CUB	16.15	7.55	8.60
=102	1	Ian Clarke	AUS	16.05	8.15	7.90
=102	75	Georges Guelzec	FRA	16.05	7.45	8.60
=104	22	Steve Mitruk	CAN	16.00	7.75	8.25
=104	151	Bruno Banzer	LIE	16.00	7.45	8.55
=106	83	Stan Wild	GBR	15.85	8.00	7.85
=106	51	José Ginés	ESP	15.85	7.55	8.30
108	161	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	15.25	6.90	8.35
109	41	Ole Benediktson	DEN	15.15	6.90	8.25
110	181	Terry Sale	NZL	13.95	6.60	7.35
111	245	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	9.05	9.05	0.00