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Horizontal Bar, 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. After team qualifying the leaders were two Soviets, with Vladimir Artyomov leading Valery Lyukin, 19.90 to 19.85. But Lyukin had the top score in the final round and they ended up tying with 19.90 points and sharing the gold medal. The bronze medal was also shared, between East German Holger Behrendt and Romania’s Marius Gherman. Artyomov also won gold in Seoul in the all-around, the team event, and on the parallel bars.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
=1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.900	Gold
=1	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.900	Gold
=3	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.800	Bronze
=3	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.800	Bronze
5	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.775
6	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.700
7	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.675
8	Andreas Wecker	GDR	19.500
=9 r1/1	Yukio Iketani	JPN	–
=9 r1/1	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	–
=9 r1/1	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	–
=12 r1/1	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	–
=12 r1/1	Li Ning	CHN	–
=12 r1/1	Vladimir Novikov	URS	–
=15 r1/1	Balázs Tóth	HUN	–
=15 r1/1	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	–
=15 r1/1	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	–
=15 r1/1	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	–
=15 r1/1	Lado Gogoladze	URS	–
=15 r1/1	Sergey Kharkov	URS	–
=21 r1/1	Charles Lakes	USA	–
=21 r1/1	Ralf Büchner	GDR	–
=21 r1/1	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
=24 r1/1	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	–
=24 r1/1	Brad Peters	CAN	–
=24 r1/1	Lance Ringnald	USA	–
=24 r1/1	Marius Tobă	ROU	–
=24 r1/1	Christian Chevalier	FRA	–
=24 r1/1	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	–
30 r1/1	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	–
=31 r1/1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	–
=31 r1/1	Lou Yun	CHN	–
=31 r1/1	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	–
=31 r1/1	Li Chunyang	CHN	–
=35 r1/1	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	–
=35 r1/1	Adrian Sandu	ROU	–
=35 r1/1	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	–
=38 r1/1	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	–
=38 r1/1	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=38 r1/1	Daniel Winkler	FRG	–
=38 r1/1	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	–
=38 r1/1	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	–
=38 r1/1	Johan Jonasson	SWE	–
=38 r1/1	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	–
=38 r1/1	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=38 r1/1	Marian Rizan	ROU	–
=47 r1/1	Sven Tippelt	GDR	–
=47 r1/1	James Rozon	CAN	–
=47 r1/1	Deyan Kolev	BUL	–
=50 r1/1	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	–
=50 r1/1	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	–
=52 r1/1	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	–
=52 r1/1	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=52 r1/1	Jenő Paprika	HUN	–
=52 r1/1	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	–
=56 r1/1	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=56 r1/1	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=58 r1/1	Gabriele Sala	ITA	–
=58 r1/1	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	–
=58 r1/1	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	–
=58 r1/1	Wes Suter	USA	–
=58 r1/1	Terry Bartlett	GBR	–
=63 r1/1	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–
=63 r1/1	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	–
65 r1/1	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	–
=66 r1/1	Kevin Davis	USA	–
=66 r1/1	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
=68 r1/1	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	–
=68 r1/1	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	–
=70 r1/1	Guo Linxian	CHN	–
=70 r1/1	Ralph Kern	FRG	–
=70 r1/1	Gil Pinto	BRA	–
=70 r1/1	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	–
74 r1/1	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	–
=75 r1/1	Claude Carmona	FRA	–
=75 r1/1	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	–
=75 r1/1	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	–
=78 r1/1	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	–
=78 r1/1	Mike Beckmann	FRG	–
=78 r1/1	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	–
81 r1/1	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	–
82 r1/1	Scott Johnson	USA	–
83 r1/1	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	–
84 r1/1	Ken Meredith	AUS	–
=85 r1/1	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	–
=85 r1/1	Jože Kolman	YUG	–
87 r1/1	Andrew Morris	GBR	–
88 r1/1	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	–
89 r1/1	Tony Piñeda	MEX	–

Final (24 September 1988 — 14:50-15:20)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
=1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.900	9.950	9.950
=1	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.900	9.925	9.975
=3	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.800	9.850	9.950
=3	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.800	9.850	9.950
5	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.775	9.875	9.900
6	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.700	9.850	9.850
7	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.675	9.850	9.825
8	Andreas Wecker	GDR	19.500	9.850	9.650

Qualifying (18 September 1988)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
2	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.85	9.90	9.95	Q
3	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.75	9.90	9.85	Q
=4	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.70	9.90	9.80	Q
=4	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=4	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=4	Andreas Wecker	GDR	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=4	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.70	9.75	9.95	Q
=9	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.65	9.90	9.75
=9	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.65	9.80	9.85
=9	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	19.65	9.75	9.90
=12	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.60	9.85	9.75
=12	Li Ning	CHN	19.60	9.80	9.80
=12	Vladimir Novikov	URS	19.60	9.70	9.90
=15	Balázs Tóth	HUN	19.55	9.80	9.75
=15	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	19.55	9.75	9.80
=15	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	19.55	9.75	9.80
=15	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	19.55	9.75	9.80
=15	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.55	9.65	9.90
=15	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.55	9.65	9.90
=21	Charles Lakes	USA	19.50	9.80	9.70
=21	Ralf Büchner	GDR	19.50	9.70	9.80
=21	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.50	9.70	9.80
=24	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.45	9.80	9.65
=24	Brad Peters	CAN	19.45	9.75	9.70
=24	Lance Ringnald	USA	19.45	9.70	9.75
=24	Marius Tobă	ROU	19.45	9.65	9.80
=24	Christian Chevalier	FRA	19.45	9.65	9.80
=24	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	19.45	9.65	9.80
30	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	19.40	9.70	9.70
=31	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.35	9.90	9.45
=31	Lou Yun	CHN	19.35	9.80	9.55
=31	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.35	9.65	9.70
=31	Li Chunyang	CHN	19.35	9.65	9.70
=35	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	19.30	9.70	9.60
=35	Adrian Sandu	ROU	19.30	9.60	9.70
=35	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	19.30	9.50	9.80
=38	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	19.25	9.60	9.65
=38	Alan Nolet	CAN	19.25	9.60	9.65
=38	Daniel Winkler	FRG	19.25	9.60	9.65
=38	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	19.25	9.60	9.65
=38	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	19.25	9.60	9.65
=38	Johan Jonasson	SWE	19.25	9.55	9.70
=38	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	19.25	9.55	9.70
=38	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.25	9.55	9.70
=38	Marian Rizan	ROU	19.25	9.50	9.75
=47	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.20	9.80	9.40
=47	James Rozon	CAN	19.20	9.65	9.55
=47	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.20	9.60	9.60
=50	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	19.15	9.60	9.55
=50	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.15	9.25	9.90
=52	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.10	9.70	9.40
=52	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.10	9.65	9.45
=52	Jenő Paprika	HUN	19.10	9.60	9.50
=52	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	19.10	9.50	9.60
=56	Boris Preti	ITA	19.05	9.80	9.25
=56	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	19.05	9.80	9.25
=58	Gabriele Sala	ITA	19.00	9.60	9.40
=58	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	19.00	9.50	9.50
=58	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	19.00	9.40	9.60
=58	Wes Suter	USA	19.00	9.35	9.65
=58	Terry Bartlett	GBR	19.00	9.30	9.70
=63	Petar Georgiev	BUL	18.95	9.50	9.45
=63	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	18.95	9.45	9.50
65	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	18.90	9.35	9.55
=66	Kevin Davis	USA	18.85	9.60	9.25
=66	Jury Chechi	ITA	18.85	9.20	9.65
=68	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	18.80	9.75	9.05
=68	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	18.80	9.50	9.30
=70	Guo Linxian	CHN	18.75	9.65	9.10
=70	Ralph Kern	FRG	18.75	9.45	9.30
=70	Gil Pinto	BRA	18.75	9.35	9.40
=70	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	18.75	9.25	9.50
74	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	18.70	9.55	9.15
=75	Claude Carmona	FRA	18.65	9.45	9.20
=75	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	18.65	9.35	9.30
=75	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	18.65	9.05	9.60
=78	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	18.60	9.50	9.10
=78	Mike Beckmann	FRG	18.60	9.45	9.15
=78	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	18.60	8.80	9.80
81	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	18.50	8.90	9.60
82	Scott Johnson	USA	18.35	8.75	9.60
83	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	17.95	9.00	8.95
84	Ken Meredith	AUS	17.90	8.75	9.15
=85	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	17.85	8.55	9.30
=85	Jože Kolman	YUG	17.85	8.25	9.60
87	Andrew Morris	GBR	17.60	8.80	8.80
88	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	17.55	9.20	8.35
89	Tony Piñeda	MEX	11.50	9.50	2.00