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Pommelled Horse, 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 there was a four-way tie for first among Soviet Dmitry Bilozerchev, Hungarian Zsolt Borkai, Bulgaria’s Lyubomir Geraskov, and Japan’s Koichi Mizushima. Mizushima scored 9.95 in the final round but it was not enough, as the other three scored perfect 10s for a three-way tie for the gold medal. The only other time that three gold medals were handed out at in a single event at the Olympics also occurred on the pommelled horse, in 1948. Through 2012, Geraskov’s gymnastics gold medal is one of only two won by Bulgaria, after Stoyan Delchev in the 1980 horizontal bar.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
=1	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.950	Gold
=1	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.950	Gold
=1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.950	Gold
4	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.900
5	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.875
6	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.850
7	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.800
8	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.775
=7 r1/1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	–
=9 r1/1	Marian Rizan	ROU	–
=9 r1/1	Vladimir Novikov	URS	–
=12 r1/1	Sergey Kharkov	URS	–
=12 r1/1	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=12 r1/1	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	–
=15 r1/1	Marius Gherman	ROU	–
=15 r1/1	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	–
=15 r1/1	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=15 r1/1	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=19 r1/1	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–
=19 r1/1	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	–
=19 r1/1	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
=22 r1/1	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	–
=22 r1/1	Kevin Davis	USA	–
=22 r1/1	Lado Gogoladze	URS	–
=22 r1/1	Ralf Büchner	GDR	–
=22 r1/1	Yukio Iketani	JPN	–
=22 r1/1	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
=28 r1/1	Brad Peters	CAN	–
=28 r1/1	Mike Beckmann	FRG	–
=30 r1/1	Christian Chevalier	FRA	–
=30 r1/1	Charles Lakes	USA	–
=30 r1/1	Li Chunyang	CHN	–
=30 r1/1	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=30 r1/1	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	–
35 r1/1	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	–
=36 r1/1	Marius Tobă	ROU	–
=36 r1/1	Claude Carmona	FRA	–
=36 r1/1	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	–
=36 r1/1	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	–
=40 r1/1	Johan Jonasson	SWE	–
=40 r1/1	Jenő Paprika	HUN	–
42 r1/1	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	–
=43 r1/1	Li Ning	CHN	–
=43 r1/1	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	–
=43 r1/1	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	–
=46 r1/1	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=46 r1/1	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	–
=46 r1/1	Lance Ringnald	USA	–
=46 r1/1	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	–
=46 r1/1	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	–
=51 r1/1	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	–
=51 r1/1	Wes Suter	USA	–
=51 r1/1	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	–
=51 r1/1	Gabriele Sala	ITA	–
=51 r1/1	Lou Yun	CHN	–
=56 r1/1	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	–
=56 r1/1	Deyan Kolev	BUL	–
=56 r1/1	Ralph Kern	FRG	–
=59 r1/1	Adrian Sandu	ROU	–
=59 r1/1	Holger Behrendt	GDR	–
=59 r1/1	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	–
=59 r1/1	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	–
=63 r1/1	Daniel Winkler	FRG	–
=63 r1/1	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	–
=63 r1/1	Andreas Wecker	GDR	–
=66 r1/1	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	–
=66 r1/1	James Rozon	CAN	–
=66 r1/1	Guo Linxian	CHN	–
=69 r1/1	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	–
=69 r1/1	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	–
=69 r1/1	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	–
=72 r1/1	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	–
=72 r1/1	Andrew Morris	GBR	–
74 r1/1	Ken Meredith	AUS	–
=75 r1/1	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	–
=75 r1/1	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	–
=75 r1/1	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	–
78 r1/1	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	–
=79 r1/1	Jože Kolman	YUG	–
=79 r1/1	Scott Johnson	USA	–
=81 r1/1	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	–
=81 r1/1	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	–
83 r1/1	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	–
84 r1/1	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	–
85 r1/1	Terry Bartlett	GBR	–
=86 r1/1	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	–
=86 r1/1	Gil Pinto	BRA	–
88 r1/1	Tony Piñeda	MEX	–
89 r1/1	Balázs Tóth	HUN	–

Final (24 September 1988 — 12:30-13:00)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
=1	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.950	9.950	10.000
=1	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.950	9.950	10.000
=1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.950	9.950	10.000
4	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.900	9.950	9.950
5	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.875	9.925	9.950
6	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.850	9.900	9.950
7	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.800	9.850	9.950
8	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.775	9.875	9.900

Qualifying (18 September 1988)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
=1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=1	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=1	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=1	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
5	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.85	9.85	10.00	Q
6	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.80	9.80	10.00	Q
=7	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.75	9.80	9.95
=7	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.75	9.80	9.95	Q
=9	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.70	9.80	9.90	q
=9	Marian Rizan	ROU	19.70	9.80	9.90
=9	Vladimir Novikov	URS	19.70	9.80	9.90
=12	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.65	9.75	9.90
=12	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	19.65	9.75	9.90
=12	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	19.65	9.75	9.90
=15	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.60	9.80	9.80
=15	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.60	9.75	9.85
=15	Boris Preti	ITA	19.60	9.70	9.90
=15	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.60	9.70	9.90
=19	Petar Georgiev	BUL	19.55	9.75	9.80
=19	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	19.55	9.65	9.90
=19	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.55	9.65	9.90
=22	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	19.50	9.75	9.75
=22	Kevin Davis	USA	19.50	9.70	9.80
=22	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.50	9.70	9.80
=22	Ralf Büchner	GDR	19.50	9.70	9.80
=22	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.50	9.70	9.80
=22	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.50	9.60	9.90
=28	Brad Peters	CAN	19.45	9.70	9.75
=28	Mike Beckmann	FRG	19.45	9.70	9.75
=30	Christian Chevalier	FRA	19.40	9.60	9.80
=30	Charles Lakes	USA	19.40	9.60	9.80
=30	Li Chunyang	CHN	19.40	9.60	9.80
=30	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.40	9.50	9.90
=30	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	19.40	9.50	9.90
35	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	19.35	9.60	9.75
=36	Marius Tobă	ROU	19.30	9.60	9.70
=36	Claude Carmona	FRA	19.30	9.60	9.70
=36	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	19.30	9.60	9.70
=36	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	19.30	9.55	9.75
=40	Johan Jonasson	SWE	19.25	9.55	9.70
=40	Jenő Paprika	HUN	19.25	9.55	9.70
42	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	19.20	9.40	9.80
=43	Li Ning	CHN	19.15	9.80	9.35
=43	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	19.15	9.50	9.65
=43	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	19.15	9.40	9.75
=46	Alan Nolet	CAN	19.10	9.55	9.55
=46	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	19.10	9.40	9.70
=46	Lance Ringnald	USA	19.10	9.40	9.70
=46	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	19.10	9.35	9.75
=46	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	19.10	9.30	9.80
=51	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	19.05	9.45	9.60
=51	Wes Suter	USA	19.05	9.45	9.60
=51	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	19.05	9.40	9.65
=51	Gabriele Sala	ITA	19.05	9.35	9.70
=51	Lou Yun	CHN	19.05	9.20	9.85
=56	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.00	9.70	9.30
=56	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.00	9.50	9.50
=56	Ralph Kern	FRG	19.00	9.40	9.60
=59	Adrian Sandu	ROU	18.95	9.70	9.25
=59	Holger Behrendt	GDR	18.95	9.70	9.25
=59	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	18.95	9.35	9.60
=59	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	18.95	9.35	9.60
=63	Daniel Winkler	FRG	18.90	9.40	9.50
=63	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	18.90	9.30	9.60
=63	Andreas Wecker	GDR	18.90	9.05	9.85
=66	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	18.85	9.55	9.30
=66	James Rozon	CAN	18.85	9.35	9.50
=66	Guo Linxian	CHN	18.85	9.10	9.75
=69	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	18.80	9.30	9.50
=69	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	18.80	9.20	9.60
=69	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	18.80	9.00	9.80
=72	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	18.75	9.60	9.15
=72	Andrew Morris	GBR	18.75	9.20	9.55
74	Ken Meredith	AUS	18.70	9.15	9.55
=75	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	18.60	9.50	9.10
=75	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	18.60	9.45	9.15
=75	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	18.60	9.05	9.55
78	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	18.55	9.30	9.25
=79	Jože Kolman	YUG	18.50	9.30	9.20
=79	Scott Johnson	USA	18.50	8.85	9.65
=81	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	18.45	9.65	8.80
=81	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	18.45	9.45	9.00
83	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	18.25	9.30	8.95
84	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	18.05	8.75	9.30
85	Terry Bartlett	GBR	17.95	9.35	8.60
=86	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	17.55	8.55	9.00
=86	Gil Pinto	BRA	17.55	8.45	9.10
88	Tony Piñeda	MEX	17.05	8.75	8.30
89	Balázs Tóth	HUN	9.70	9.70	0.00