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Horse Vault, Men

Date	20 – 25 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	64 from 14 countries

The format was the same as in 1976, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, but only two gymnasts from each nation could advance to the finals. The final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. Nikolay Andrianov was the defending gold medalist and had won silver medals on vault at the 1978-79 World Championships. Andrianov led after the team qualifying with 19.80 and defended his gold medal, with the highest final round score, although it was equalled by his teammate, Aleksandr Dityatin, the 1979 World Champion, who won silver. Bronze went to East German Roland Brückner, who won three apparatus medals in Moskva, with bronze here and on vault and a gold medal in the floor exercise.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.825	Gold
2	Aleksandr Dityatin	URS	19.800	Silver
3	Roland Brückner	GDR	19.775	Bronze
4	Ralf-Peter Hemmann	GDR	19.750
5	Stoyan Delchev	BUL	19.700
6	Jiří Tabák	TCH	19.525
=2 r1/1	Bohdan Makuts	URS	–
=8 r1/1	Lutz Hoffmann	GDR	–
=8 r1/1	Jozef Konečný	TCH	–
=8 r1/1	Eduard Azaryan	URS	–
=11 r1/1	Willy Moy	FRA	–
=11 r1/1	István Vámos	HUN	–
=11 r1/1	Casimiro Suárez	CUB	–
=14 r1/1	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	–
=14 r1/1	Andreas Bronst	GDR	–
=14 r1/1	Aurelian Georgescu	ROU	–
=17 r1/1	Rumen Petkov	BUL	–
=17 r1/1	Michael Nikolay	GDR	–
=17 r1/1	Kurt Szilier	ROU	–
=20 r1/1	Vladimir Markelov	URS	–
=20 r1/1	Ferenc Donáth	HUN	–
=22 r1/1	Marc Touchais	FRA	–
=22 r1/1	Sorin Cepoi	ROU	–
=24 r1/1	Miguel Arroyo	CUB	–
=24 r1/1	Keith Langley	GBR	–
=24 r1/1	Dan Grecu	ROU	–
=24 r1/1	Péter Kovács	HUN	–
=24 r1/1	Romulus Bucuroiu	ROU	–
=29 r1/1	Lutz Mack	GDR	–
=29 r1/1	Jan Zoulík	TCH	–
=29 r1/1	Waldemar Woźniak	POL	–
=29 r1/1	Jan Migdau	TCH	–
=29 r1/1	Yanko Radanchev	BUL	–
=34 r1/1	Enrique Bravo	CUB	–
=34 r1/1	Miloslav Kučeřík	TCH	–
=34 r1/1	Andrzej Szajna	POL	–
37 r1/1	Rudolf Babiak	TCH	–
38 r1/1	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	–
39 r1/1	Ognyan Bangiev	BUL	–
=40 r1/1	Michel Boutard	FRA	–
=40 r1/1	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	–
=40 r1/1	Kang Gwang-Song	PRK	–
=40 r1/1	Song Sun-Bong	PRK	–
=40 r1/1	Gabriel Calvo	ESP	–
=45 r1/1	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=45 r1/1	José de la Casa	ESP	–
=45 r1/1	Kim Gwang-Jin	PRK	–
=48 r1/1	Mario Castro	CUB	–
=48 r1/1	Plamen Petkov	BUL	–
=50 r1/1	Fernando Bertrand	ESP	–
=50 r1/1	Li Su-Gil	PRK	–
=50 r1/1	Zoltán Kelemen	HUN	–
=53 r1/1	Lindsay Nylund	AUS	–
=53 r1/1	Krzysztof Potaczek	POL	–
55 r1/1	João Luiz Ribeiro	BRA	–
=56 r1/1	Dancho Yordanov	BUL	–
=56 r1/1	Han Gwang-Song	PRK	–
=56 r1/1	Yves Bouquel	FRA	–
59 r1/1	Joël Suty	FRA	–
60 r1/1	Henri Boërio	FRA	–
61 r1/1	Tommy Wilson	GBR	–
62 r1/1	Cho Hun	PRK	–
63 r1/1	Barry Winch	GBR	–
64 r1/1	Jorge Roche	CUB	–

Final (25 July 1980 — 14:30)

Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.825	9.900	9.925
2	Aleksandr Dityatin	URS	19.800	9.875	9.925
3	Roland Brückner	GDR	19.775	9.875	9.900
4	Ralf-Peter Hemmann	GDR	19.750	9.825	9.925
5	Stoyan Delchev	BUL	19.700	9.825	9.875
6	Jiří Tabák	TCH	19.525	9.875	9.650

Qualifying (20 July 1980)

Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.80	9.90	9.90	Q
=2	Roland Brückner	GDR	19.75	9.90	9.85	Q
=2	Bohdan Makuts	URS	19.75	9.90	9.85
=2	Jiří Tabák	TCH	19.75	9.85	9.90	Q
=2	Aleksandr Dityatin	URS	19.75	9.85	9.90	Q
6	Aleksandr Tkachov	URS	19.70	9.90	9.80	Q
=7	Stoyan Delchev	BUL	19.65	9.80	9.85	q
=7	Ralf-Peter Hemmann	GDR	19.65	9.80	9.85	q
=9	Lutz Hoffmann	GDR	19.60	9.80	9.80
=9	Jozef Konečný	TCH	19.60	9.80	9.80
=9	Eduard Azaryan	URS	19.60	9.75	9.85
=12	Willy Moy	FRA	19.55	9.75	9.80
=12	István Vámos	HUN	19.55	9.75	9.80
=12	Casimiro Suárez	CUB	19.55	9.70	9.85
=15	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	19.50	9.75	9.75
=15	Andreas Bronst	GDR	19.50	9.70	9.80
=15	Aurelian Georgescu	ROU	19.50	9.65	9.85
=18	Rumen Petkov	BUL	19.45	9.70	9.75
=18	Michael Nikolay	GDR	19.45	9.65	9.80
=18	Kurt Szilier	ROU	19.45	9.55	9.90
=21	Vladimir Markelov	URS	19.40	9.80	9.60
=21	Ferenc Donáth	HUN	19.40	9.60	9.80
=23	Marc Touchais	FRA	19.35	9.65	9.70
=23	Sorin Cepoi	ROU	19.35	9.60	9.75
=25	Miguel Arroyo	CUB	19.30	9.70	9.60
=25	Keith Langley	GBR	19.30	9.60	9.70
=25	Dan Grecu	ROU	19.30	9.60	9.70
=25	Péter Kovács	HUN	19.30	9.55	9.75
=25	Romulus Bucuroiu	ROU	19.30	9.40	9.90
=30	Lutz Mack	GDR	19.25	9.75	9.50
=30	Jan Zoulík	TCH	19.25	9.65	9.60
=30	Waldemar Woźniak	POL	19.25	9.60	9.65
=30	Jan Migdau	TCH	19.25	9.60	9.65
=30	Yanko Radanchev	BUL	19.25	9.55	9.70
=35	Enrique Bravo	CUB	19.20	9.60	9.60
=35	Miloslav Kučeřík	TCH	19.20	9.50	9.70
=35	Andrzej Szajna	POL	19.20	9.45	9.75
38	Rudolf Babiak	TCH	19.15	9.50	9.65
39	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	19.10	9.45	9.65
40	Ognyan Bangiev	BUL	19.05	9.50	9.55
=41	Michel Boutard	FRA	19.00	9.55	9.45
=41	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	19.00	9.50	9.50
=41	Kang Gwang-Song	PRK	19.00	9.40	9.60
=41	Song Sun-Bong	PRK	19.00	9.40	9.60
=41	Gabriel Calvo	ESP	19.00	9.30	9.70
=46	György Guczoghy	HUN	18.95	9.55	9.40
=46	José de la Casa	ESP	18.95	9.45	9.50
=46	Kim Gwang-Jin	PRK	18.95	9.40	9.55
=49	Mario Castro	CUB	18.90	9.40	9.50
=49	Plamen Petkov	BUL	18.90	9.25	9.65
=51	Fernando Bertrand	ESP	18.80	9.30	9.50
=51	Li Su-Gil	PRK	18.80	9.30	9.50
=51	Zoltán Kelemen	HUN	18.80	9.10	9.70
=54	Lindsay Nylund	AUS	18.70	9.35	9.35
=54	Krzysztof Potaczek	POL	18.70	9.00	9.70
56	João Luiz Ribeiro	BRA	18.65	9.40	9.25
=57	Dancho Yordanov	BUL	18.60	9.50	9.10
=57	Han Gwang-Song	PRK	18.60	9.40	9.20
=57	Yves Bouquel	FRA	18.60	9.30	9.30
60	Joël Suty	FRA	18.55	9.45	9.10
61	Henri Boërio	FRA	18.45	9.45	9.00
62	Tommy Wilson	GBR	18.35	9.20	9.15
63	Cho Hun	PRK	18.05	9.20	8.85
64	Barry Winch	GBR	18.00	8.80	9.20
65	Jorge Roche	CUB	9.75	9.75	–