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Rings, Men

Date	20 – 28 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	102 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. Italian Jury Chechi was the overwhelming favorite, having won the rings World title from 1993-96, the last four European Championships, and three of the last four European Cups. Chechi won the gold medal in Atlanta, and in 2004 won a bronze medal on rings in Athinai. Chechi had also finished sixth in the event at the 1988 Olympics. His Olympic record might well have been more impressive but he missed the 1992 Olympics because of a torn Achilles’ tendon, and the 2000 Olympics because of a torn biceps tendon. Behind Chechi, the silver medals were shared by Hungary’s Szilveszter Csollány silver medalist at the 1995 Worlds and bronze medalist at the 1994 Worlds, and Romania’s Dan Burincă . Csollány was also a rings specialist, having won silver at the 1992 and 1996 World Championships. He would win the gold medal on rings at Sydney in 2000 and the 2002 World Championships.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	82	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.887	Gold
=2	72	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	9.812	Silver
=2	123	Dan Burincă	ROU	9.812	Silver
4	31	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.800
=5	64	Andreas Wecker	GER	9.762
=5	113	Fan Hongbin	CHN	9.762
=7	62	Marius Tobă	GER	9.737
=7	162	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.737
9 r1/1	138	Aleksey Voropayev	RUS	–
10 r1/1	152	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	–
11 r1/1	159	John Roethlisberger	USA	–
=12 r1/1	117	Shen Jian	CHN	–
=12 r1/1	132	Sergey Kharkov	RUS	–
14 r1/1	134	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	–
15 r1/1	58	Valeri Belenki	GER	–
16 r1/1	151	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	–
=17 r1/1	160	Kip Simons	USA	–
=17 r1/1	90	Shigeru Kurihara	JPN	–
19 r1/1	81	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=20 r1/1	41	Aleksej Demjanov	CRO	–
=20 r1/1	126	Nistor Șandro	ROU	–
22 r1/1	28	Krasimir Dunev	BUL	–
23 r1/1	30	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	–
24 r1/1	63	Oliver Walther	GER	–
=25 r1/1	150	Volodymyr Shamenko	UKR	–
=25 r1/1	136	Dmitry Trush	RUS	–
=25 r1/1	161	Chainey Umphrey	USA	–
28 r1/1	112	Fan Bin	CHN	–
29 r1/1	137	Dmitry Vasilenko	RUS	–
=30 r1/1	23	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	–
=30 r1/1	20	Andrei Kan	BLR	–
32 r1/1	105	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	–
=33 r1/1	19	Aliaksandr Belanovski	BLR	–
=33 r1/1	22	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	–
=35 r1/1	118	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	–
=35 r1/1	48	Patrice Casimir	FRA	–
=35 r1/1	106	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	–
38 r1/1	103	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	–
=39 r1/1	86	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=39 r1/1	84	Roberto Galli	ITA	–
=41 r1/1	29	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
=41 r1/1	60	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	–
43 r1/1	135	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	–
44 r1/1	158	John Macready	USA	–
45 r1/1	21	Ivan Paulouski	BLR	–
46 r1/1	50	Frédéric Lemoine	FRA	–
47 r1/1	148	Oleh Kosiak	UKR	–
48 r1/1	94	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=49 r1/1	147	Ihor Korobchinskyi	UKR	–
=49 r1/1	25	Aliaksandr Shostak	BLR	–
=49 r1/1	127	Nicu Stroia	ROU	–
=52 r1/1	68	Lee McDermott	GBR	–
=52 r1/1	141	Jesús Carballo	ESP	–
=54 r1/1	80	Marcello Barbieri	ITA	–
=54 r1/1	107	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	–
56 r1/1	53	Sébastien Tayac	FRA	–
57 r1/1	61	Karsten Oelsch	GER	–
58 r1/1	93	Hikaru Tanaka	JPN	–
59 r1/1	92	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=60 r1/1	49	Sébastien Darrigade	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	51	Frédérick Nicolas	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	83	Francesco Colombo	ITA	–
=60 r1/1	128	Robert Tăciulet	ROU	–
64 r1/1	157	Jair Lynch	USA	–
65 r1/1	56	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
=66 r1/1	74	Zoltán Supola	HUN	–
=66 r1/1	114	Huang Huadong	CHN	–
68 r1/1	43	Jiří Fiřt	CZE	–
=69 r1/1	14	Brennon Dowrick	AUS	–
=69 r1/1	95	Takashi Uchiyama	JPN	–
=71 r1/1	12	Norayr Sargsyan	ARM	–
=71 r1/1	102	Han Yun-Su	KOR	–
73 r1/1	99	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	–
=74 r1/1	145	Erich Wanner	SUI	–
=74 r1/1	33	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	–
=76 r1/1	98	Aleksey Dmitriyenko	KAZ	–
=76 r1/1	89	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	–
=78 r1/1	47	Thiérry Aymes	FRA	–
=78 r1/1	15	Bret Hudson	AUS	–
80 r1/1	124	Adrian Ianculescu	ROU	–
=81 r1/1	143	Michael Engeler	SUI	–
=81 r1/1	39	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=81 r1/1	116	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	–
84 r1/1	67	Dominic Brindle	GBR	–
85 r1/1	32	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	–
=86 r1/1	70	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	–
=86 r1/1	125	Cristian Leric	ROU	–
=88 r1/1	76	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
=88 r1/1	121	Diego Lizardi	PUR	–
90 r1/1	10	Marcelo Palacio	ARG	–
91 r1/1	110	Flemming Solberg	NOR	–
92 r1/1	144	Donghua Li	SUI	–
93 r1/1	73	Krisztián Jordanov	HUN	–
94 r1/1	17	Shane de Freitas	BAR	–
95 r1/1	78	Barry McDonald	IRL	–
96 r1/1	38	Richard Ikeda	CAN	–
97 r1/1	37	Kris Burley	CAN	–
98 r1/1	149	Hryhoriy Misiutin	UKR	–
99 r1/1	153	Yuriy Yermakov	UKR	–
100 r1/1	101	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
101 r1/1	104	Kim Bong-Hyeon	KOR	–
102 r1/1	45	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	–

Final

Date	28 July 1996 — 23:19
Format	Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Final Points
1	82	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.887
=2	72	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	9.812
=2	123	Dan Burincă	ROU	9.812
4	31	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.800
=5	64	Andreas Wecker	GER	9.762
=5	113	Fan Hongbin	CHN	9.762
=7	62	Marius Tobă	GER	9.737
=7	162	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.737

Qualifying Round

Date	20 July 1996
Format	Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	82	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.512	9.675	9.837	Q
2	31	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	19.374	9.612	9.762	Q
=3	62	Marius Tobă	GER	19.350	9.650	9.700	Q
=3	64	Andreas Wecker	GER	19.350	9.575	9.775	Q
5	162	Blaine Wilson	USA	19.337	9.612	9.725	Q
6	72	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	19.312	9.600	9.712	Q
7	123	Dan Burincă	ROU	19.300	9.475	9.825	Q
8	113	Fan Hongbin	CHN	19.287	9.537	9.750	Q
9	138	Aleksey Voropayev	RUS	19.250	9.525	9.725
10	152	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	19.224	9.537	9.687
11	159	John Roethlisberger	USA	19.200	9.600	9.600
=12	117	Shen Jian	CHN	19.162	9.500	9.662
=12	132	Sergey Kharkov	RUS	19.162	9.450	9.712
14	134	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	19.150	9.500	9.650
15	58	Valeri Belenki	GER	19.137	9.450	9.687
16	151	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	19.124	9.487	9.637
=17	160	Kip Simons	USA	19.112	9.462	9.650
=17	90	Shigeru Kurihara	JPN	19.112	9.425	9.687
19	81	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.087	9.512	9.575
=20	41	Aleksej Demjanov	CRO	19.075	9.450	9.625
=20	126	Nistor Șandro	ROU	19.075	9.375	9.700
22	28	Krasimir Dunev	BUL	19.049	9.437	9.612
23	30	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	19.037	9.437	9.600
24	63	Oliver Walther	GER	19.025	9.350	9.675
=25	150	Volodymyr Shamenko	UKR	19.000	9.425	9.575
=25	136	Dmitry Trush	RUS	19.000	9.400	9.600
=25	161	Chainey Umphrey	USA	19.000	9.375	9.625
28	112	Fan Bin	CHN	18.987	9.425	9.562
29	137	Dmitry Vasilenko	RUS	18.975	9.400	9.575
=30	23	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	18.950	9.425	9.525
=30	20	Andrei Kan	BLR	18.950	9.400	9.550
32	105	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	18.937	9.225	9.712
=33	19	Aliaksandr Belanovski	BLR	18.925	9.350	9.575
=33	22	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	18.925	9.250	9.675
=35	118	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	18.900	9.375	9.525
=35	48	Patrice Casimir	FRA	18.900	9.350	9.550
=35	106	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	18.900	9.250	9.650
38	103	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	18.875	9.325	9.550
=39	86	Boris Preti	ITA	18.862	9.350	9.512
=39	84	Roberto Galli	ITA	18.862	9.250	9.612
=41	29	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	18.850	9.325	9.525
=41	60	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	18.850	9.275	9.575
43	135	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	18.837	9.325	9.512
44	158	John Macready	USA	18.812	9.325	9.487
45	21	Ivan Paulouski	BLR	18.800	9.200	9.600
46	50	Frédéric Lemoine	FRA	18.787	9.250	9.537
47	148	Oleh Kosiak	UKR	18.775	9.275	9.500
48	94	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	18.762	9.225	9.537
=49	147	Ihor Korobchinskyi	UKR	18.750	9.275	9.475
=49	25	Aliaksandr Shostak	BLR	18.750	9.250	9.500
=49	127	Nicu Stroia	ROU	18.750	9.125	9.625
=52	68	Lee McDermott	GBR	18.725	9.300	9.425
=52	141	Jesús Carballo	ESP	18.725	9.225	9.500
=54	80	Marcello Barbieri	ITA	18.712	9.175	9.537
=54	107	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	18.712	9.200	9.512
56	53	Sébastien Tayac	FRA	18.675	9.325	9.350
57	61	Karsten Oelsch	GER	18.662	9.150	9.512
58	93	Hikaru Tanaka	JPN	18.650	9.025	9.625
59	92	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	18.625	9.275	9.350
=60	49	Sébastien Darrigade	FRA	18.575	9.275	9.300
=60	51	Frédérick Nicolas	FRA	18.575	9.200	9.375
=60	83	Francesco Colombo	ITA	18.575	9.175	9.400
=60	128	Robert Tăciulet	ROU	18.575	9.150	9.425
64	157	Jair Lynch	USA	18.550	9.250	9.300
65	56	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	18.525	9.325	9.200
=66	74	Zoltán Supola	HUN	18.500	9.275	9.225
=66	114	Huang Huadong	CHN	18.500	9.200	9.300
68	43	Jiří Fiřt	CZE	18.475	9.325	9.150
=69	14	Brennon Dowrick	AUS	18.450	9.300	9.150
=69	95	Takashi Uchiyama	JPN	18.450	9.050	9.400
=71	12	Norayr Sargsyan	ARM	18.400	9.100	9.300
=71	102	Han Yun-Su	KOR	18.400	8.975	9.425
73	99	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	18.350	9.150	9.200
=74	145	Erich Wanner	SUI	18.325	9.075	9.250
=74	33	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	18.325	9.075	9.250
=76	98	Aleksey Dmitriyenko	KAZ	18.300	9.175	9.125
=76	89	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	18.300	8.875	9.425
=78	47	Thiérry Aymes	FRA	18.275	9.150	9.125
=78	15	Bret Hudson	AUS	18.275	9.075	9.200
80	124	Adrian Ianculescu	ROU	18.225	9.175	9.050
=81	143	Michael Engeler	SUI	18.150	9.225	8.925
=81	39	Alan Nolet	CAN	18.150	8.900	9.250
=81	116	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	18.150	8.350	9.800
84	67	Dominic Brindle	GBR	18.050	9.025	9.025
85	32	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	18.000	9.200	8.800
=86	70	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	17.900	9.175	8.725
=86	125	Cristian Leric	ROU	17.900	8.950	8.950
=88	76	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	17.575	8.825	8.750
=88	121	Diego Lizardi	PUR	17.575	8.250	9.325
90	10	Marcelo Palacio	ARG	17.325	8.400	8.925
91	110	Flemming Solberg	NOR	17.300	8.300	9.000
92	144	Donghua Li	SUI	17.275	8.525	8.750
93	73	Krisztián Jordanov	HUN	16.825	8.575	8.250
94	17	Shane de Freitas	BAR	16.650	8.150	8.500
95	78	Barry McDonald	IRL	16.375	8.225	8.150
96	38	Richard Ikeda	CAN	16.250	7.175	9.075
97	37	Kris Burley	CAN	16.025	8.450	7.575
98	149	Hryhoriy Misiutin	UKR	9.700	–	9.700
99	153	Yuriy Yermakov	UKR	9.400	9.400	–
100	101	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	9.375	–	9.375
101	104	Kim Bong-Hyeon	KOR	9.200	9.200	–
102	45	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	8.125	8.125	–