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Rings, Men

Date	20 – 25 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	65 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. Aleksandr Dityatin (URS) had won the silver medal in 1976 at Montréal, was the 1979 World Champion, and won this gold medal easily. He had the highest score in both team qualifying and the final round, taking the gold by 0.15 points over his teammate Aleksandr Tkachyov. Bronze went to Czechoslovak Jiří Tabák who won his nation’s only gymnastics medal in Moskva, and their first in men’s Olympic gymnastics since 1948.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Aleksandr Dityatin	URS	19.875	Gold
2	Aleksandr Tkachov	URS	19.725	Silver
3	Jiří Tabák	TCH	19.600	Bronze
4	Roland Brückner	GDR	19.575
5	Stoyan Delchev	BUL	19.475
6	Dan Grecu	ROU	10.850
=3 r1/1	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	–
=5 r1/1	Eduard Azaryan	URS	–
9 r1/1	Vladimir Markelov	URS	–
=10 r1/1	Lutz Mack	GDR	–
=10 r1/1	Rudolf Babiak	TCH	–
12 r1/1	Kim Gwang-Jin	PRK	–
=13 r1/1	Michael Nikolay	GDR	–
=13 r1/1	Ferenc Donáth	HUN	–
=13 r1/1	Bohdan Makuts	URS	–
16 r1/1	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	–
=17 r1/1	Lutz Hoffmann	GDR	–
=17 r1/1	Jan Zoulík	TCH	–
19 r1/1	Kurt Szilier	ROU	–
20 r1/1	Ralf-Peter Hemmann	GDR	–
=21 r1/1	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	–
=21 r1/1	Plamen Petkov	BUL	–
23 r1/1	Dancho Yordanov	BUL	–
24 r1/1	Willy Moy	FRA	–
=25 r1/1	Péter Kovács	HUN	–
=25 r1/1	Aurelian Georgescu	ROU	–
=27 r1/1	Zoltán Kelemen	HUN	–
=27 r1/1	Andrzej Szajna	POL	–
29 r1/1	Romulus Bucuroiu	ROU	–
=30 r1/1	Sorin Cepoi	ROU	–
=30 r1/1	Jan Migdau	TCH	–
32 r1/1	Andreas Bronst	GDR	–
33 r1/1	Cho Hun	PRK	–
=34 r1/1	Rumen Petkov	BUL	–
=34 r1/1	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=34 r1/1	Miloslav Kučeřík	TCH	–
=37 r1/1	Jozef Konečný	TCH	–
=37 r1/1	István Vámos	HUN	–
=39 r1/1	Ognyan Bangiev	BUL	–
=39 r1/1	Miguel Arroyo	CUB	–
41 r1/1	Mario Castro	CUB	–
=42 r1/1	Jorge Roche	CUB	–
=42 r1/1	Yanko Radanchev	BUL	–
=44 r1/1	Han Gwang-Song	PRK	–
=44 r1/1	Casimiro Suárez	CUB	–
=44 r1/1	Henri Boërio	FRA	–
=47 r1/1	Michel Boutard	FRA	–
=47 r1/1	Waldemar Woźniak	POL	–
=47 r1/1	Li Su-Gil	PRK	–
=50 r1/1	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	–
=50 r1/1	Gabriel Calvo	ESP	–
=50 r1/1	Song Sun-Bong	PRK	–
53 r1/1	Barry Winch	GBR	–
54 r1/1	Keith Langley	GBR	–
55 r1/1	Kang Gwang-Song	PRK	–
56 r1/1	Tommy Wilson	GBR	–
57 r1/1	Marc Touchais	FRA	–
58 r1/1	Enrique Bravo	CUB	–
59 r1/1	Yves Bouquel	FRA	–
60 r1/1	Lindsay Nylund	AUS	–
=61 r1/1	José de la Casa	ESP	–
=61 r1/1	Fernando Bertrand	ESP	–
63 r1/1	João Luiz Ribeiro	BRA	–
64 r1/1	Joël Suty	FRA	–
65 r1/1	Krzysztof Potaczek	POL	–

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	Aleksandr Dityatin	URS	19.875	9.925	9.95
2	Aleksandr Tkachov	URS	19.725	9.825	9.90
3	Jiří Tabák	TCH	19.600	9.800	9.80
4	Roland Brückner	GDR	19.575	9.775	9.80
5	Stoyan Delchev	BUL	19.475	9.775	9.70
6	Dan Grecu	ROU	10.850	9.850	1.00

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	Aleksandr Dityatin	URS	19.85	9.90	9.95	Q
2	Dan Grecu	ROU	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=3	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.65	9.80	9.85
=3	Aleksandr Tkachov	URS	19.65	9.80	9.85	Q
=5	Jiří Tabák	TCH	19.60	9.75	9.85	Q
=5	Eduard Azaryan	URS	19.60	9.75	9.85
=7	Roland Brückner	GDR	19.55	9.80	9.75	q
=7	Stoyan Delchev	BUL	19.55	9.65	9.90	q
9	Vladimir Markelov	URS	19.50	9.65	9.85
=10	Lutz Mack	GDR	19.45	9.75	9.70
=10	Rudolf Babiak	TCH	19.45	9.70	9.75
12	Kim Gwang-Jin	PRK	19.40	9.70	9.70
=13	Michael Nikolay	GDR	19.35	9.65	9.70
=13	Ferenc Donáth	HUN	19.35	9.65	9.70
=13	Bohdan Makuts	URS	19.35	9.55	9.80
16	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	19.30	9.60	9.70
=17	Lutz Hoffmann	GDR	19.25	9.60	9.65
=17	Jan Zoulík	TCH	19.25	9.60	9.65
19	Kurt Szilier	ROU	19.20	9.50	9.70
20	Ralf-Peter Hemmann	GDR	19.15	9.50	9.65
=21	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	19.10	9.60	9.50
=21	Plamen Petkov	BUL	19.10	9.55	9.55
23	Dancho Yordanov	BUL	19.05	9.40	9.65
24	Willy Moy	FRA	19.00	9.35	9.65
=25	Péter Kovács	HUN	18.95	9.40	9.55
=25	Aurelian Georgescu	ROU	18.95	9.35	9.60
=27	Zoltán Kelemen	HUN	18.90	9.50	9.40
=27	Andrzej Szajna	POL	18.90	9.25	9.65
29	Romulus Bucuroiu	ROU	18.85	9.20	9.65
=30	Sorin Cepoi	ROU	18.80	9.40	9.40
=30	Jan Migdau	TCH	18.80	9.40	9.40
32	Andreas Bronst	GDR	18.75	9.35	9.40
33	Cho Hun	PRK	18.70	9.35	9.35
=34	Rumen Petkov	BUL	18.65	9.35	9.30
=34	György Guczoghy	HUN	18.65	9.30	9.35
=34	Miloslav Kučeřík	TCH	18.65	9.30	9.35
=37	Jozef Konečný	TCH	18.55	9.50	9.05
=37	István Vámos	HUN	18.55	9.15	9.40
=39	Ognyan Bangiev	BUL	18.50	9.20	9.30
=39	Miguel Arroyo	CUB	18.50	9.20	9.30
41	Mario Castro	CUB	18.45	9.45	9.00
=42	Jorge Roche	CUB	18.40	9.50	8.90
=42	Yanko Radanchev	BUL	18.40	9.10	9.30
=44	Han Gwang-Song	PRK	18.35	9.45	8.90
=44	Casimiro Suárez	CUB	18.35	9.20	9.15
=44	Henri Boërio	FRA	18.35	9.10	9.25
=47	Michel Boutard	FRA	18.30	9.30	9.00
=47	Waldemar Woźniak	POL	18.30	9.20	9.10
=47	Li Su-Gil	PRK	18.30	9.20	9.10
=50	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	18.25	9.25	9.00
=50	Gabriel Calvo	ESP	18.25	9.05	9.20
=50	Song Sun-Bong	PRK	18.25	9.05	9.20
53	Barry Winch	GBR	18.15	8.95	9.20
54	Keith Langley	GBR	18.10	8.80	9.30
55	Kang Gwang-Song	PRK	18.05	9.45	8.60
56	Tommy Wilson	GBR	18.00	8.80	9.20
57	Marc Touchais	FRA	17.95	8.75	9.20
58	Enrique Bravo	CUB	17.90	9.00	8.90
59	Yves Bouquel	FRA	17.85	8.70	9.15
60	Lindsay Nylund	AUS	17.60	8.50	9.10
=61	José de la Casa	ESP	17.45	9.00	8.45
=61	Fernando Bertrand	ESP	17.45	9.00	8.45
63	João Luiz Ribeiro	BRA	17.35	8.55	8.80
64	Joël Suty	FRA	17.30	8.60	8.70
65	Krzysztof Potaczek	POL	16.80	8.75	8.05