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Parallel Bars, Men

Date	20 – 29 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	106 from 31 countries

As in 1992, eight gymnasts advanced to the final round based on the qualifying scores in the team all-around, with a maximum of two per nation, but the final placements were determined only by the score posted in the final round. Belarussian Vitaly Shcherbo was the defending champion and had won the 1993 and 1995 World Championships. Shcherbo would win the bronze medal, as he was upset by Ukrainian Rustam Sharipov, who had won a silver on the parallel bars at the 1994 World Championships. The silver medal in Atlanta went to American Jair Lynch, who was sixth on this apparatus at the 1992 Olympics, but had never before been on the podium at a major international.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	9.837	Gold
2	Jair Lynch	USA	9.825	Silver
3	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	9.800	Bronze
=4	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	9.750
=4	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.750
6	Huang Liping	CHN	9.737
7	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	9.687
8	Sergey Kharkov	RUS	9.650
7 r1/1	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	–
8 r1/1	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	–
=9 r1/1	Shen Jian	CHN	–
=11 r1/1	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	–
=13 r1/1	John Roethlisberger	USA	–
=13 r1/1	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	–
=15 r1/1	Andrei Kan	BLR	–
=15 r1/1	Ihor Korobchinskyi	UKR	–
=17 r1/1	Marius Urzică	ROU	–
=17 r1/1	Hikaru Tanaka	JPN	–
19 r1/1	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=20 r1/1	Volodymyr Shamenko	UKR	–
=20 r1/1	Sébastien Darrigade	FRA	–
=22 r1/1	Yuriy Yermakov	UKR	–
=22 r1/1	Fan Bin	CHN	–
=24 r1/1	Han Yun-Su	KOR	–
=24 r1/1	Aleksey Voropayev	RUS	–
26 r1/1	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=27 r1/1	Andreas Wecker	GER	–
=27 r1/1	Dmitry Vasilenko	RUS	–
=29 r1/1	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	–
=29 r1/1	Blaine Wilson	USA	–
=29 r1/1	Krasimir Dunev	BUL	–
=29 r1/1	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	–
33 r1/1	Huang Huadong	CHN	–
34 r1/1	Valeri Belenki	GER	–
=35 r1/1	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	–
=35 r1/1	Uwe Billerbeck	GER	–
=35 r1/1	Aliaksandr Shostak	BLR	–
38 r1/1	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
39 r1/1	Kip Simons	USA	–
=40 r1/1	Éric Poujade	FRA	–
=40 r1/1	Jesús Carballo	ESP	–
42 r1/1	Aliaksandr Belanovski	BLR	–
43 r1/1	Zoltán Supola	HUN	–
44 r1/1	Cristian Leric	ROU	–
45 r1/1	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=46 r1/1	Patrice Casimir	FRA	–
=46 r1/1	Michael Engeler	SUI	–
=46 r1/1	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	–
49 r1/1	Roberto Galli	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	Aleksey Dmitriyenko	KAZ	–
=50 r1/1	Sergio Luini	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	Sébastien Tayac	FRA	–
=53 r1/1	Adrian Ianculescu	ROU	–
=53 r1/1	Frédérick Nicolas	FRA	–
55 r1/1	Bret Hudson	AUS	–
56 r1/1	Brennon Dowrick	AUS	–
=57 r1/1	Oliver Walther	GER	–
=57 r1/1	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
=57 r1/1	Oleh Kosiak	UKR	–
60 r1/1	Aleksej Demjanov	CRO	–
=61 r1/1	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	–
=61 r1/1	Nicu Stroia	ROU	–
=61 r1/1	Shigeru Kurihara	JPN	–
=64 r1/1	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	–
=64 r1/1	Lee McDermott	GBR	–
=64 r1/1	Kris Burley	CAN	–
=64 r1/1	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	–
=68 r1/1	Donghua Li	SUI	–
=68 r1/1	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	–
=68 r1/1	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	–
=68 r1/1	Krisztián Jordanov	HUN	–
72 r1/1	Takashi Uchiyama	JPN	–
=73 r1/1	John Macready	USA	–
=73 r1/1	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
75 r1/1	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	–
76 r1/1	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
77 r1/1	Dominic Brindle	GBR	–
78 r1/1	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	–
79 r1/1	Nistor Șandro	ROU	–
=80 r1/1	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=80 r1/1	Marcello Barbieri	ITA	–
82 r1/1	Barry McDonald	IRL	–
=83 r1/1	Karsten Oelsch	GER	–
=83 r1/1	Jiří Fiřt	CZE	–
85 r1/1	Shane de Freitas	BAR	–
86 r1/1	Norayr Sargsyan	ARM	–
87 r1/1	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
88 r1/1	Flemming Solberg	NOR	–
89 r1/1	Erich Wanner	SUI	–
90 r1/1	Marcelo Palacio	ARG	–
91 r1/1	Richard Ikeda	CAN	–
92 r1/1	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
93 r1/1	Diego Lizardi	PUR	–
94 r1/1	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	–
95 r1/1	Dmitry Trush	RUS	–
96 r1/1	Aliaksei Sinkevich	BLR	–
97 r1/1	Thiérry Aymes	FRA	–
98 r1/1	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	–
99 r1/1	Dan Burincă	ROU	–
100 r1/1	Kim Bong-Hyeon	KOR	–
101 r1/1	Robert Tăciulet	ROU	–
102 r1/1	Mihai Bagiu	USA	–
103 r1/1	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	–
104 r1/1	Chainey Umphrey	USA	–
105 r1/1	Frédéric Lemoine	FRA	–
106 r1/1	Ivan Paulouski	BLR	–

Final (29 July 1996 — 21:45)

Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	FP
1	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	9.837
2	Jair Lynch	USA	9.825
3	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	9.800
=4	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	9.750
=4	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.750
6	Huang Liping	CHN	9.737
7	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	9.687
8	Sergey Kharkov	RUS	9.650

Qualifying (20 July 1996)

Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
=1	Huang Liping	CHN	19.387	9.650	9.737	Q
=1	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	19.387	9.650	9.737	Q
3	Jair Lynch	USA	19.375	9.650	9.725	Q
4	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	19.374	9.687	9.687	Q
5	Sergey Kharkov	RUS	19.312	9.637	9.675	Q
6	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	19.299	9.587	9.712	Q
7	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	19.262	9.637	9.625
8	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	19.237	9.562	9.675
=9	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	19.200	9.575	9.625	q
=9	Shen Jian	CHN	19.200	9.475	9.725
=11	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	19.162	9.575	9.587	q
=11	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	19.162	9.500	9.662
=13	John Roethlisberger	USA	19.150	9.575	9.575
=13	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	19.150	9.500	9.650
=15	Andrei Kan	BLR	19.137	9.625	9.512
=15	Ihor Korobchinskyi	UKR	19.137	9.500	9.637
=17	Marius Urzică	ROU	19.050	9.500	9.550
=17	Hikaru Tanaka	JPN	19.050	9.400	9.650
19	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	19.037	9.450	9.587
=20	Volodymyr Shamenko	UKR	19.025	9.550	9.475
=20	Sébastien Darrigade	FRA	19.025	9.500	9.525
=22	Yuriy Yermakov	UKR	19.012	9.500	9.512
=22	Fan Bin	CHN	19.012	9.350	9.662
=24	Han Yun-Su	KOR	19.000	9.475	9.525
=24	Aleksey Voropayev	RUS	19.000	9.475	9.525
26	Boris Preti	ITA	18.962	9.425	9.537
=27	Andreas Wecker	GER	18.950	9.500	9.450
=27	Dmitry Vasilenko	RUS	18.950	9.350	9.600
=29	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	18.925	9.525	9.400
=29	Blaine Wilson	USA	18.925	9.500	9.425
=29	Krasimir Dunev	BUL	18.925	9.450	9.475
=29	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	18.925	9.400	9.525
33	Huang Huadong	CHN	18.912	9.400	9.512
34	Valeri Belenki	GER	18.862	9.612	9.250
=35	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	18.850	9.425	9.425
=35	Uwe Billerbeck	GER	18.850	9.375	9.475
=35	Aliaksandr Shostak	BLR	18.850	9.375	9.475
=35	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	18.850	9.300	9.550
39	Kip Simons	USA	18.837	9.300	9.537
=40	Éric Poujade	FRA	18.800	9.400	9.400
=40	Jesús Carballo	ESP	18.800	9.250	9.550
42	Aliaksandr Belanovski	BLR	18.775	9.350	9.425
43	Zoltán Supola	HUN	18.750	9.475	9.275
44	Cristian Leric	ROU	18.662	9.125	9.537
45	Paolo Bucci	ITA	18.650	9.300	9.350
=46	Patrice Casimir	FRA	18.625	9.575	9.050
=46	Michael Engeler	SUI	18.625	9.375	9.250
=46	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	18.625	9.350	9.275
49	Roberto Galli	ITA	18.600	9.400	9.200
=50	Aleksey Dmitriyenko	KAZ	18.575	9.450	9.125
=50	Sergio Luini	ITA	18.575	9.175	9.400
=50	Sébastien Tayac	FRA	18.575	9.175	9.400
=53	Adrian Ianculescu	ROU	18.550	9.350	9.200
=53	Frédérick Nicolas	FRA	18.550	9.175	9.375
55	Bret Hudson	AUS	18.500	9.225	9.275
56	Brennon Dowrick	AUS	18.475	9.325	9.150
=57	Oliver Walther	GER	18.450	9.200	9.250
=57	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	18.450	9.150	9.300
=57	Oleh Kosiak	UKR	18.450	9.050	9.400
60	Aleksej Demjanov	CRO	18.437	8.975	9.462
=61	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	18.400	9.225	9.175
=61	Nicu Stroia	ROU	18.400	9.175	9.225
=61	Shigeru Kurihara	JPN	18.400	9.150	9.250
=64	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	18.375	9.375	9.000
=64	Lee McDermott	GBR	18.375	9.350	9.025
=64	Kris Burley	CAN	18.375	9.200	9.175
=64	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	18.375	9.050	9.325
=68	Donghua Li	SUI	18.350	9.400	8.950
=68	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	18.350	9.350	9.000
=68	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	18.350	9.300	9.050
=68	Krisztián Jordanov	HUN	18.350	8.950	9.400
72	Takashi Uchiyama	JPN	18.325	8.875	9.450
=73	John Macready	USA	18.300	9.450	8.850
=73	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	18.300	9.000	9.300
75	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	18.250	9.050	9.200
76	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	18.150	9.275	8.875
77	Dominic Brindle	GBR	18.100	9.275	8.825
78	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	18.000	9.150	8.850
79	Nistor Șandro	ROU	17.925	9.350	8.575
=80	Alan Nolet	CAN	17.875	9.350	8.525
=80	Marcello Barbieri	ITA	17.875	8.650	9.225
82	Barry McDonald	IRL	17.675	8.725	8.950
=83	Karsten Oelsch	GER	17.550	9.425	8.125
=83	Jiří Fiřt	CZE	17.550	8.450	9.100
85	Shane de Freitas	BAR	17.525	8.800	8.725
86	Norayr Sargsyan	ARM	17.450	8.975	8.475
87	Jury Chechi	ITA	17.437	7.800	9.637
88	Flemming Solberg	NOR	17.375	9.025	8.350
89	Erich Wanner	SUI	17.350	9.275	8.075
90	Marcelo Palacio	ARG	17.100	8.775	8.325
91	Richard Ikeda	CAN	17.075	9.300	7.775
92	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	16.100	7.800	8.300
93	Diego Lizardi	PUR	15.850	8.350	7.500
94	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	14.325	5.450	8.875
95	Dmitry Trush	RUS	9.637	9.637	–
96	Aliaksei Sinkevich	BLR	9.625	9.625	–
97	Thiérry Aymes	FRA	9.537	–	9.537
98	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	9.400	9.400	–
99	Dan Burincă	ROU	9.375	9.375	–
100	Kim Bong-Hyeon	KOR	9.350	–	9.350
101	Robert Tăciulet	ROU	9.325	–	9.325
102	Mihai Bagiu	USA	9.300	–	9.300
103	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	9.225	–	9.225
104	Chainey Umphrey	USA	9.200	9.200	–
105	Frédéric Lemoine	FRA	8.500	8.500	–
106	Ivan Paulouski	BLR	8.025	–	8.025