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Rings, 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. Yury Korolyov had won the World Championships on rings in both 1985 and 1987 but he did not make the 1988 Soviet team for Seoul. Soviet Dmitry Bilozerchev led the team qualifying but East German Holger Behrendt had the highest score in the final round as the two tied for first and shared the gold medal. Behrendt’s teammates Sven Tippelt won the bronze medal, as he had done on the parallel bars.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
=1	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.925	Gold
=1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.925	Gold
3	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.875	Bronze
=4	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.825
=4	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.825
=6	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.800
=6	Lou Yun	CHN	19.800
8	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.700
=5 r1/1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	–
=5 r1/1	Sergey Kharkov	URS	–
=9 r1/1	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	–
=9 r1/1	Vladimir Novikov	URS	–
=9 r1/1	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	–
=9 r1/1	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	–
=9 r1/1	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	–
=16 r1/1	Marius Tobă	ROU	–
=16 r1/1	Deyan Kolev	BUL	–
=18 r1/1	Lado Gogoladze	URS	–
=18 r1/1	Andreas Wecker	GDR	–
=18 r1/1	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=21 r1/1	Yukio Iketani	JPN	–
=21 r1/1	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=21 r1/1	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	–
=21 r1/1	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	–
=21 r1/1	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	–
=26 r1/1	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	–
=26 r1/1	Guo Linxian	CHN	–
=26 r1/1	Li Chunyang	CHN	–
=29 r1/1	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	–
=29 r1/1	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	–
=29 r1/1	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	–
=34 r1/1	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	–
=34 r1/1	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	–
=34 r1/1	Ralf Büchner	GDR	–
=34 r1/1	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	–
=34 r1/1	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	–
=39 r1/1	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	–
=39 r1/1	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	–
=39 r1/1	Marius Gherman	ROU	–
=39 r1/1	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	–
=39 r1/1	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–
=39 r1/1	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=39 r1/1	Li Ning	CHN	–
=46 r1/1	Claude Carmona	FRA	–
=46 r1/1	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	–
=48 r1/1	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	–
=48 r1/1	Brad Peters	CAN	–
=48 r1/1	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	–
=48 r1/1	Christian Chevalier	FRA	–
=52 r1/1	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	–
=52 r1/1	Charles Lakes	USA	–
=52 r1/1	Marian Rizan	ROU	–
=52 r1/1	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	–
=56 r1/1	Jenő Paprika	HUN	–
=56 r1/1	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	–
=58 r1/1	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	–
=58 r1/1	Kevin Davis	USA	–
=58 r1/1	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	–
=58 r1/1	Scott Johnson	USA	–
=62 r1/1	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	–
=62 r1/1	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	–
=62 r1/1	Johan Jonasson	SWE	–
=65 r1/1	Adrian Sandu	ROU	–
=65 r1/1	Andrew Morris	GBR	–
=67 r1/1	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=67 r1/1	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	–
=67 r1/1	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	–
70 r1/1	Daniel Winkler	FRG	–
=71 r1/1	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	–
=71 r1/1	Lance Ringnald	USA	–
=73 r1/1	James Rozon	CAN	–
=73 r1/1	Ken Meredith	AUS	–
75 r1/1	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	–
=76 r1/1	Terry Bartlett	GBR	–
=76 r1/1	Gabriele Sala	ITA	–
=76 r1/1	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	–
=79 r1/1	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	–
=79 r1/1	Mike Beckmann	FRG	–
81 r1/1	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	–
82 r1/1	Wes Suter	USA	–
=83 r1/1	Ralph Kern	FRG	–
=83 r1/1	Jože Kolman	YUG	–
85 r1/1	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	–
86 r1/1	Gil Pinto	BRA	–
87 r1/1	Tony Piñeda	MEX	–
88 r1/1	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	–
89 r1/1	Balázs Tóth	HUN	–

Final (24 September 1988 — 13:10-13:40)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
=1	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.925	9.950	9.975
=1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.925	9.975	9.950
3	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.875	9.925	9.950
=4	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.825	9.900	9.925
=4	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.825	9.925	9.900
=6	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.800	9.850	9.950
=6	Lou Yun	CHN	19.800	9.850	9.950
8	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.700	9.875	9.825

Qualifying (18 September 1988)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.95	9.95	10.00	Q
2	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=3	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.85	9.90	9.95	Q
=3	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.85	9.90	9.95	Q
=5	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.80	9.90	9.90
=5	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.80	9.90	9.90
=5	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.80	9.90	9.90	Q
8	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.75	9.85	9.90	Q
=9	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.70	9.80	9.90	q
=9	Lou Yun	CHN	19.70	9.80	9.90	q
=9	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	19.70	9.80	9.90
=9	Vladimir Novikov	URS	19.70	9.80	9.90
=9	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.70	9.80	9.90
=9	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.70	9.80	9.90
=9	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.70	9.80	9.90
=16	Marius Tobă	ROU	19.65	9.85	9.80
=16	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.65	9.80	9.85
=18	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	Andreas Wecker	GDR	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	Boris Preti	ITA	19.60	9.70	9.90
=21	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.55	9.80	9.75
=21	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	19.55	9.75	9.80
=21	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.55	9.75	9.80
=21	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	19.55	9.70	9.85
=21	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	19.55	9.70	9.85
=26	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	19.50	9.75	9.75
=26	Guo Linxian	CHN	19.50	9.70	9.80
=26	Li Chunyang	CHN	19.50	9.70	9.80
=29	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.45	9.75	9.70
=29	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	19.45	9.70	9.75
=29	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	19.45	9.70	9.75
=29	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.45	9.65	9.80
=29	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	19.45	9.65	9.80
=34	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.40	9.70	9.70
=34	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	19.40	9.70	9.70
=34	Ralf Büchner	GDR	19.40	9.70	9.70
=34	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	19.40	9.65	9.75
=34	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	19.40	9.60	9.80
=39	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	19.35	9.70	9.65
=39	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	19.35	9.70	9.65
=39	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.35	9.65	9.70
=39	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	19.35	9.65	9.70
=39	Petar Georgiev	BUL	19.35	9.65	9.70
=39	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.35	9.55	9.80
=39	Li Ning	CHN	19.35	9.40	9.95
=46	Claude Carmona	FRA	19.30	9.70	9.60
=46	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	19.30	9.70	9.60
=48	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.25	9.80	9.45
=48	Brad Peters	CAN	19.25	9.70	9.55
=48	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	19.25	9.60	9.65
=48	Christian Chevalier	FRA	19.25	9.45	9.80
=52	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.20	9.65	9.55
=52	Charles Lakes	USA	19.20	9.60	9.60
=52	Marian Rizan	ROU	19.20	9.55	9.65
=52	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	19.20	9.55	9.65
=56	Jenő Paprika	HUN	19.15	9.50	9.65
=56	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	19.15	9.40	9.75
=58	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	19.10	9.55	9.55
=58	Kevin Davis	USA	19.10	9.50	9.60
=58	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	19.10	9.40	9.70
=58	Scott Johnson	USA	19.10	9.30	9.80
=62	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	19.05	9.75	9.30
=62	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	19.05	9.55	9.50
=62	Johan Jonasson	SWE	19.05	9.40	9.65
=65	Adrian Sandu	ROU	19.00	9.55	9.45
=65	Andrew Morris	GBR	19.00	9.50	9.50
=67	Alan Nolet	CAN	18.95	9.55	9.40
=67	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	18.95	9.45	9.50
=67	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	18.95	9.35	9.60
70	Daniel Winkler	FRG	18.90	9.50	9.40
=71	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	18.85	9.55	9.30
=71	Lance Ringnald	USA	18.85	9.30	9.55
=73	James Rozon	CAN	18.80	9.50	9.30
=73	Ken Meredith	AUS	18.80	9.30	9.50
75	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	18.70	9.15	9.55
=76	Terry Bartlett	GBR	18.65	9.50	9.15
=76	Gabriele Sala	ITA	18.65	9.45	9.20
=76	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	18.65	9.25	9.40
=79	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	18.60	9.45	9.15
=79	Mike Beckmann	FRG	18.60	9.40	9.20
81	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	18.55	9.15	9.40
82	Wes Suter	USA	18.50	9.15	9.35
=83	Ralph Kern	FRG	18.40	9.60	8.80
=83	Jože Kolman	YUG	18.40	9.10	9.30
85	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	18.15	9.20	8.95
86	Gil Pinto	BRA	18.10	8.80	9.30
87	Tony Piñeda	MEX	18.00	8.60	9.40
88	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	17.95	8.70	9.25
89	Balázs Tóth	HUN	9.65	9.65	0.00