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Vault, Men

Date	18 – 24 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Che-yuk-gwan, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	89 from 23 countries

As in 1984 eight gymnasts qualified for the final round from the team qualifying, with no more than two gymnasts per team allowed to advance to the finals. The total score consisted of 50% of the team qualifying scores, and the final round score from an optional routine on the apparatus. China’s Lou Yun was the defending gold medalist, had won the 1987 World Championships, had won a silver at the 1985 World Championships, and came in as the favorite. He defended his gold medal, becoming the second Olympic gymnast to defend on vault, after Soviet Nikolay Andrianov in 1976-80. East German Sylvio Kroll had shared the 1987 World title with Lou and won silver in Seoul. Korea’s Park Jong-Hun was the last qualifier but had the best score in the final round to move up to the bronze medal. Park’s best placement in any other apparatus qualifying was 30th in floor exercise, although he did place 25th in the individual all-around.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	121	Lou Yun	CHN	19.875	Gold
2	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.862	Silver
3	174	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.775	Bronze
4	107	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.737
5	143	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.650
6	192	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.600
7	167	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.525
8	191	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.512
=6 r1/1	189	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	–
=9 r1/1	190	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	–
=9 r1/1	145	Ralf Büchner	GDR	–
=9 r1/1	193	Valery Lyukin	URS	–
=13 r1/1	136	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	–
=13 r1/1	148	Sven Tippelt	GDR	–
=15 r1/1	123	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	–
=15 r1/1	179	Marius Gherman	ROU	–
=15 r1/1	122	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	–
=18 r1/1	152	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=18 r1/1	112	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	–
=18 r1/1	146	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	–
=18 r1/1	109	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	–
=22 r1/1	141	Terry Bartlett	GBR	–
=22 r1/1	125	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	–
=22 r1/1	132	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	–
=22 r1/1	170	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	–
=26 r1/1	175	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	–
=26 r1/1	150	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	–
=26 r1/1	110	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	–
=26 r1/1	171	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=26 r1/1	169	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	–
=26 r1/1	117	Guo Linxian	CHN	–
=26 r1/1	153	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	–
=33 r1/1	137	Ralph Kern	FRG	–
=33 r1/1	184	Marius Tobă	ROU	–
=33 r1/1	160	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
=33 r1/1	149	Andreas Wecker	GDR	–
=33 r1/1	106	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
=33 r1/1	104	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–
=39 r1/1	195	Vladimir Novikov	URS	–
=39 r1/1	135	Mike Beckmann	FRG	–
=39 r1/1	154	Jenő Paprika	HUN	–
=42 r1/1	116	James Rozon	CAN	–
=42 r1/1	198	Charles Lakes	USA	–
=42 r1/1	197	Scott Johnson	USA	–
=42 r1/1	151	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	–
=46 r1/1	161	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=46 r1/1	139	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	–
=46 r1/1	105	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	–
=46 r1/1	168	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	–
=50 r1/1	183	Adrian Sandu	ROU	–
=50 r1/1	115	Brad Peters	CAN	–
=50 r1/1	159	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	124	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	–
=50 r1/1	162	Gabriele Sala	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	140	Daniel Winkler	FRG	–
=50 r1/1	118	Li Chunyang	CHN	–
=50 r1/1	200	Lance Ringnald	USA	–
=58 r1/1	173	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	–
=58 r1/1	114	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=60 r1/1	130	Christian Chevalier	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	181	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	–
=60 r1/1	187	Johan Jonasson	SWE	–
=60 r1/1	128	Claude Carmona	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	133	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	202	Wes Suter	USA	–
=60 r1/1	172	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	–
=67 r1/1	131	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	–
=67 r1/1	203	Jože Kolman	YUG	–
=67 r1/1	157	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	–
=67 r1/1	101	Ken Meredith	AUS	–
=67 r1/1	164	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	–
=67 r1/1	103	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	–
=73 r1/1	199	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	–
=73 r1/1	178	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	–
=73 r1/1	129	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	–
=73 r1/1	188	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	–
=77 r1/1	142	Andrew Morris	GBR	–
=77 r1/1	186	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	–
=79 r1/1	126	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	–
=79 r1/1	185	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	–
=79 r1/1	182	Marian Rizan	ROU	–
=79 r1/1	196	Kevin Davis	USA	–
83 r1/1	102	Gil Pinto	BRA	–
84 r1/1	111	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	–
85 r1/1	134	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	–
86 r1/1	120	Li Ning	CHN	–
87 r1/1	176	Tony Pineda	MEX	–
88 r1/1	177	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	–
89 r1/1	156	Balázs Tóth	HUN	–

Final

Date	24 September 1988 — 13:40-14:10
Format	Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	121	Lou Yun	CHN	19.875	9.925	9.950
2	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.862	9.900	9.962
3	174	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.775	9.800	9.975
4	107	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.737	9.825	9.912
5	143	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.650	9.850	9.800
6	192	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.600	9.900	9.700
7	167	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.525	9.825	9.700
8	191	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.512	9.875	9.637

Qualifying Round

Date	18 September 1988
Format	Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	121	Lou Yun	CHN	19.85	9.90	9.95	Q
=2	192	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.80	9.85	9.95	Q
=2	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.80	9.85	9.95	Q
4	191	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.75	9.90	9.85	Q
5	143	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=6	167	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.65	9.90	9.75	Q
=6	189	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.65	9.85	9.80
=6	107	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.65	9.80	9.85	Q
=9	174	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.60	9.85	9.75	q
=9	190	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.60	9.80	9.80
=9	145	Ralf Büchner	GDR	19.60	9.80	9.80
=9	193	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.60	9.70	9.90
=13	136	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	19.55	9.85	9.70
=13	148	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.55	9.75	9.80
=15	123	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.50	9.80	9.70
=15	179	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.50	9.70	9.80
=15	122	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.50	9.65	9.85
=18	152	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.45	9.75	9.70
=18	112	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.45	9.70	9.75
=18	146	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	19.45	9.70	9.75
=18	109	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	19.45	9.65	9.80
=22	141	Terry Bartlett	GBR	19.40	9.80	9.60
=22	125	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	19.40	9.80	9.60
=22	132	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	19.40	9.75	9.65
=22	170	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.40	9.75	9.65
=26	175	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	19.35	9.85	9.50
=26	150	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.35	9.80	9.55
=26	110	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	19.35	9.70	9.65
=26	171	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	19.35	9.70	9.65
=26	169	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.35	9.70	9.65
=26	117	Guo Linxian	CHN	19.35	9.65	9.70
=26	153	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	19.35	9.65	9.70
=33	137	Ralph Kern	FRG	19.30	9.80	9.50
=33	184	Marius Tobă	ROU	19.30	9.70	9.60
=33	160	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.30	9.70	9.60
=33	149	Andreas Wecker	GDR	19.30	9.65	9.65
=33	106	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.30	9.65	9.65
=33	104	Petar Georgiev	BUL	19.30	9.60	9.70
=39	195	Vladimir Novikov	URS	19.25	9.80	9.45
=39	135	Mike Beckmann	FRG	19.25	9.65	9.60
=39	154	Jenő Paprika	HUN	19.25	9.65	9.60
=42	116	James Rozon	CAN	19.20	9.60	9.60
=42	198	Charles Lakes	USA	19.20	9.60	9.60
=42	197	Scott Johnson	USA	19.20	9.50	9.70
=42	151	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	19.20	9.50	9.70
=46	161	Boris Preti	ITA	19.15	9.75	9.40
=46	139	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	19.15	9.65	9.50
=46	105	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.15	9.60	9.55
=46	168	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	19.15	9.55	9.60
=50	183	Adrian Sandu	ROU	19.10	9.70	9.40
=50	115	Brad Peters	CAN	19.10	9.60	9.50
=50	159	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.10	9.60	9.50
=50	124	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	19.10	9.55	9.55
=50	162	Gabriele Sala	ITA	19.10	9.50	9.60
=50	140	Daniel Winkler	FRG	19.10	9.50	9.60
=50	118	Li Chunyang	CHN	19.10	9.50	9.60
=50	200	Lance Ringnald	USA	19.10	9.40	9.70
=58	173	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	19.05	9.75	9.30
=58	114	Alan Nolet	CAN	19.05	9.45	9.60
=60	130	Christian Chevalier	FRA	19.00	9.70	9.30
=60	181	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	19.00	9.60	9.40
=60	187	Johan Jonasson	SWE	19.00	9.50	9.50
=60	128	Claude Carmona	FRA	19.00	9.50	9.50
=60	133	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	19.00	9.50	9.50
=60	202	Wes Suter	USA	19.00	9.50	9.50
=60	172	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	19.00	9.40	9.60
=67	131	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	18.90	9.70	9.20
=67	203	Jože Kolman	YUG	18.90	9.50	9.40
=67	157	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	18.90	9.45	9.45
=67	101	Ken Meredith	AUS	18.90	9.40	9.50
=67	164	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	18.90	9.30	9.60
=67	103	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	18.90	9.30	9.60
=73	199	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	18.85	9.50	9.35
=73	178	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	18.85	9.35	9.50
=73	129	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	18.85	9.35	9.50
=73	188	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	18.85	9.15	9.70
=77	142	Andrew Morris	GBR	18.80	9.35	9.45
=77	186	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	18.80	9.30	9.50
=79	126	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	18.75	9.60	9.15
=79	185	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	18.75	9.50	9.25
=79	182	Marian Rizan	ROU	18.75	9.40	9.35
=79	196	Kevin Davis	USA	18.75	9.30	9.45
83	102	Gil Pinto	BRA	18.70	9.40	9.30
84	111	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	18.60	9.45	9.15
85	134	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	18.55	9.35	9.20
86	120	Li Ning	CHN	18.40	9.25	9.15
87	176	Tony Pineda	MEX	18.30	9.05	9.25
88	177	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	17.95	8.80	9.15
89	156	Balázs Tóth	HUN	9.70	9.70	0.00