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Parallel Bars, 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. Vladimir Artyomov had won the title on parallel bars at the 1987 World Championships and in Seoul he narrowly defeated his teammate, Valery Lyukin. They had been 1-2 after team qualifying and both scored 9.95 in the final round to maintain their places. East German Sven Tippelt won the bronze medal, as he also did on the rings.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.925	Gold
2	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.900	Silver
3	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.750	Bronze
4	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.725
5	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.700
6	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.675
7	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.625
8	Boris Preti	ITA	19.600
=2 r1/1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	–
=6 r1/1	Vladimir Novikov	URS	–
=6 r1/1	Sergey Kharkov	URS	–
=6 r1/1	Holger Behrendt	GDR	–
=13 r1/1	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	–
=13 r1/1	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	–
=13 r1/1	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	–
=13 r1/1	Lado Gogoladze	URS	–
=13 r1/1	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=18 r1/1	Claude Carmona	FRA	–
=18 r1/1	Christian Chevalier	FRA	–
=18 r1/1	Ralf Büchner	GDR	–
=18 r1/1	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=18 r1/1	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
=18 r1/1	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	–
=18 r1/1	Guo Linxian	CHN	–
=25 r1/1	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	–
=25 r1/1	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=25 r1/1	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	–
=25 r1/1	Charles Lakes	USA	–
=29 r1/1	Adrian Sandu	ROU	–
=29 r1/1	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	Scott Johnson	USA	–
=29 r1/1	Yukio Iketani	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–
=35 r1/1	Li Chunyang	CHN	–
=35 r1/1	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	–
=35 r1/1	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	–
=35 r1/1	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	–
=39 r1/1	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	–
=39 r1/1	Brad Peters	CAN	–
=39 r1/1	Gabriele Sala	ITA	–
=39 r1/1	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	–
=39 r1/1	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	–
=44 r1/1	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	–
=44 r1/1	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	–
=44 r1/1	Deyan Kolev	BUL	–
=44 r1/1	Marius Tobă	ROU	–
=44 r1/1	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	–
=44 r1/1	Kevin Davis	USA	–
=50 r1/1	Ralph Kern	FRG	–
=50 r1/1	Tony Piñeda	MEX	–
=50 r1/1	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	–
=50 r1/1	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	–
=50 r1/1	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	–
=50 r1/1	Daniel Winkler	FRG	–
=50 r1/1	Mike Beckmann	FRG	–
=50 r1/1	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	–
=50 r1/1	Lance Ringnald	USA	–
=59 r1/1	Andreas Wecker	GDR	–
=59 r1/1	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	–
=59 r1/1	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	–
=59 r1/1	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	–
=59 r1/1	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	–
=59 r1/1	Lou Yun	CHN	–
=59 r1/1	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	–
66 r1/1	Wes Suter	USA	–
=67 r1/1	James Rozon	CAN	–
=67 r1/1	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	–
=69 r1/1	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	–
=72 r1/1	Terry Bartlett	GBR	–
=72 r1/1	Andrew Morris	GBR	–
=72 r1/1	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	–
75 r1/1	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	–
76 r1/1	Jenő Paprika	HUN	–
=77 r1/1	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	–
=77 r1/1	Johan Jonasson	SWE	–
=77 r1/1	Marian Rizan	ROU	–
=80 r1/1	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	–
=80 r1/1	Ken Meredith	AUS	–
=82 r1/1	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=82 r1/1	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	–
=84 r1/1	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	–
=84 r1/1	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	–
=84 r1/1	Li Ning	CHN	–
87 r1/1	Jože Kolman	YUG	–
88 r1/1	Gil Pinto	BRA	–
89 r1/1	Balázs Tóth	HUN	–

Final (24 September 1988 — 14:20-14:50)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.925	9.975	9.950
2	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.900	9.950	9.950
3	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.750	9.850	9.900
4	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.725	9.875	9.850
5	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.700	9.850	9.850
6	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.675	9.850	9.825
7	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.625	9.875	9.750
8	Boris Preti	ITA	19.600	9.850	9.750

Qualifying (18 September 1988)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.95	10.00	9.95	Q
=2	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.90	9.90	10.00
=2	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=4	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.75	9.85	9.90	Q
=4	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.75	9.80	9.95	Q
=6	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.70	9.90	9.80	Q
=6	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=6	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=6	Boris Preti	ITA	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=6	Vladimir Novikov	URS	19.70	9.80	9.90
=6	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.70	9.80	9.90
=6	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.70	9.80	9.90
=13	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	19.65	9.80	9.85
=13	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	19.65	9.80	9.85
=13	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.65	9.80	9.85
=13	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.65	9.75	9.90
=13	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.65	9.75	9.90
=18	Claude Carmona	FRA	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	Christian Chevalier	FRA	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	Ralf Büchner	GDR	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.60	9.75	9.85
=18	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.60	9.70	9.90
=18	Guo Linxian	CHN	19.60	9.70	9.90
=25	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	19.55	9.75	9.80
=25	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.55	9.70	9.85
=25	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.55	9.70	9.85
=25	Charles Lakes	USA	19.55	9.60	9.95
=29	Adrian Sandu	ROU	19.50	9.80	9.70
=29	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	19.50	9.75	9.75
=29	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.50	9.75	9.75
=29	Scott Johnson	USA	19.50	9.70	9.80
=29	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.50	9.70	9.80
=29	Petar Georgiev	BUL	19.50	9.70	9.80
=35	Li Chunyang	CHN	19.45	9.70	9.75
=35	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	19.45	9.65	9.80
=35	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	19.45	9.65	9.80
=35	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	19.45	9.60	9.85
=39	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.40	9.70	9.70
=39	Brad Peters	CAN	19.40	9.70	9.70
=39	Gabriele Sala	ITA	19.40	9.70	9.70
=39	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.40	9.60	9.80
=39	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	19.40	9.60	9.80
=44	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	19.35	9.70	9.65
=44	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	19.35	9.65	9.70
=44	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.35	9.60	9.75
=44	Marius Tobă	ROU	19.35	9.55	9.80
=44	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	19.35	9.55	9.80
=44	Kevin Davis	USA	19.35	9.50	9.85
=50	Ralph Kern	FRG	19.30	9.70	9.60
=50	Tony Piñeda	MEX	19.30	9.65	9.65
=50	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.30	9.65	9.65
=50	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	Daniel Winkler	FRG	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	Mike Beckmann	FRG	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	Lance Ringnald	USA	19.30	9.50	9.80
=59	Andreas Wecker	GDR	19.25	9.70	9.55
=59	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	19.25	9.65	9.60
=59	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	19.25	9.60	9.65
=59	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	19.25	9.50	9.75
=59	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	19.25	9.50	9.75
=59	Lou Yun	CHN	19.25	9.40	9.85
=59	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	19.25	9.30	9.95
66	Wes Suter	USA	19.20	9.40	9.80
=67	James Rozon	CAN	19.15	9.60	9.55
=67	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	19.15	9.55	9.60
=69	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	19.10	9.70	9.40
=69	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	19.10	9.50	9.60
=69	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	19.10	9.45	9.65
=72	Terry Bartlett	GBR	19.05	9.50	9.55
=72	Andrew Morris	GBR	19.05	9.45	9.60
=72	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	19.05	9.45	9.60
75	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	18.90	9.35	9.55
76	Jenő Paprika	HUN	18.85	9.15	9.70
=77	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	18.80	9.40	9.40
=77	Johan Jonasson	SWE	18.80	9.40	9.40
=77	Marian Rizan	ROU	18.80	8.90	9.90
=80	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	18.75	9.65	9.10
=80	Ken Meredith	AUS	18.75	9.15	9.60
=82	Alan Nolet	CAN	18.70	9.50	9.20
=82	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	18.70	9.30	9.40
=84	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	18.60	9.20	9.40
=84	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	18.60	9.05	9.55
=84	Li Ning	CHN	18.60	9.00	9.60
87	Jože Kolman	YUG	18.55	9.05	9.50
88	Gil Pinto	BRA	17.80	8.30	9.50
89	Balázs Tóth	HUN	9.70	9.70	–