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Pommel Horse, 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. Donghua Li was a pommelled horse specialist who won the 1987 Chinese national title. In 1988 he was approached by a Swiss tourist, Esperanza Friedli, who asked him for directions in Beijing. They fell in love and later settled in Luzern, Switzerland. Li elected to compete for his new nation, but it took him five years before he was able to obtain Swiss citizenship. In 1994 he won a bronze medal on the pommells at the World Championships, improving to a gold medal in 1995. At the 1996 Olympics, Li was already 29-years-old, a fossil by modern gymnastics standards, but he again won gold on the pommelled horse in Atlanta. The silver medal went to Romanian Marius Urzică, the 1994 World Champion. Urzică would return in 2000 and win the gold medal in Sydney.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	144	Donghua Li	SUI	9.875	Gold
2	129	Marius Urzică	ROU	9.825	Silver
3	134	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.787	Bronze
4	48	Patrice Casimir	FRA	9.762
=5	89	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	9.712
=5	114	Huang Huadong	CHN	9.712
7	52	Éric Poujade	FRA	9.350
8	112	Fan Bin	CHN	9.300
8 r1/1	116	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	–
10 r1/1	102	Han Yun-Su	KOR	–
11 r1/1	124	Adrian Ianculescu	ROU	–
12 r1/1	24	Aliaksei Sinkevich	BLR	–
13 r1/1	133	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	–
14 r1/1	45	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	–
15 r1/1	117	Shen Jian	CHN	–
16 r1/1	83	Francesco Colombo	ITA	–
17 r1/1	118	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	–
=18 r1/1	25	Aliaksandr Shostak	BLR	–
=18 r1/1	20	Andrei Kan	BLR	–
20 r1/1	74	Zoltán Supola	HUN	–
21 r1/1	106	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	–
22 r1/1	157	Jair Lynch	USA	–
23 r1/1	151	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	–
24 r1/1	93	Hikaru Tanaka	JPN	–
=25 r1/1	34	Vasil Vetsev	BUL	–
=25 r1/1	19	Aliaksandr Belanovski	BLR	–
=25 r1/1	162	Blaine Wilson	USA	–
28 r1/1	94	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	152	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	–
=29 r1/1	92	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	31	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	–
32 r1/1	127	Nicu Stroia	ROU	–
33 r1/1	137	Dmitry Vasilenko	RUS	–
=34 r1/1	153	Yuriy Yermakov	UKR	–
=34 r1/1	115	Huang Liping	CHN	–
=36 r1/1	60	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	–
=36 r1/1	85	Sergio Luini	ITA	–
=36 r1/1	53	Sébastien Tayac	FRA	–
=39 r1/1	136	Dmitry Trush	RUS	–
=39 r1/1	138	Aleksey Voropayev	RUS	–
=39 r1/1	82	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
=42 r1/1	104	Kim Bong-Hyeon	KOR	–
=42 r1/1	56	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
=42 r1/1	33	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	–
=45 r1/1	159	John Roethlisberger	USA	–
=45 r1/1	38	Richard Ikeda	CAN	–
=45 r1/1	14	Brennon Dowrick	AUS	–
48 r1/1	150	Volodymyr Shamenko	UKR	–
49 r1/1	63	Oliver Walther	GER	–
=50 r1/1	158	John Macready	USA	–
=50 r1/1	29	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
=50 r1/1	125	Cristian Leric	ROU	–
53 r1/1	32	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	–
=54 r1/1	64	Andreas Wecker	GER	–
=54 r1/1	28	Krasimir Dunev	BUL	–
56 r1/1	156	Mihai Bagiu	USA	–
57 r1/1	135	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	–
58 r1/1	23	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	–
59 r1/1	22	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	–
60 r1/1	72	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	–
61 r1/1	51	Frédérick Nicolas	FRA	–
62 r1/1	161	Chainey Umphrey	USA	–
63 r1/1	147	Ihor Korobchinskyi	UKR	–
=64 r1/1	99	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	–
=64 r1/1	141	Jesús Carballo	ESP	–
=66 r1/1	50	Frédéric Lemoine	FRA	–
=66 r1/1	58	Valeri Belenki	GER	–
68 r1/1	110	Flemming Solberg	NOR	–
69 r1/1	49	Sébastien Darrigade	FRA	–
70 r1/1	43	Jiří Fiřt	CZE	–
=71 r1/1	98	Aleksey Dmitriyenko	KAZ	–
=71 r1/1	86	Boris Preti	ITA	–
73 r1/1	15	Bret Hudson	AUS	–
74 r1/1	143	Michael Engeler	SUI	–
75 r1/1	76	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
=76 r1/1	12	Norayr Sargsyan	ARM	–
=76 r1/1	84	Roberto Galli	ITA	–
=78 r1/1	39	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=78 r1/1	128	Robert Tăciulet	ROU	–
80 r1/1	126	Nistor Șandro	ROU	–
81 r1/1	90	Shigeru Kurihara	JPN	–
82 r1/1	70	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	–
83 r1/1	95	Takashi Uchiyama	JPN	–
84 r1/1	61	Karsten Oelsch	GER	–
85 r1/1	105	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	–
86 r1/1	10	Marcelo Palacio	ARG	–
87 r1/1	78	Barry McDonald	IRL	–
88 r1/1	67	Dominic Brindle	GBR	–
89 r1/1	68	Lee McDermott	GBR	–
90 r1/1	101	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
91 r1/1	41	Aleksej Demjanov	CRO	–
92 r1/1	62	Marius Tobă	GER	–
93 r1/1	121	Diego Lizardi	PUR	–
94 r1/1	145	Erich Wanner	SUI	–
95 r1/1	73	Krisztián Jordanov	HUN	–
96 r1/1	37	Kris Burley	CAN	–
97 r1/1	17	Shane de Freitas	BAR	–
98 r1/1	81	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
99 r1/1	149	Hryhoriy Misiutin	UKR	–
100 r1/1	103	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	–
101 r1/1	148	Oleh Kosiak	UKR	–
102 r1/1	107	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	–

Final

Date	28 July 1996 — 22:31
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	144	Donghua Li	SUI	9.875
2	129	Marius Urzică	ROU	9.825
3	134	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.787
4	48	Patrice Casimir	FRA	9.762
=5	89	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	9.712
=5	114	Huang Huadong	CHN	9.712
7	52	Éric Poujade	FRA	9.350
8	112	Fan Bin	CHN	9.300

Qualifying Round

Date	20 July 1996
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 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	112	Fan Bin	CHN	19.549	9.762	9.787	Q
=1	129	Marius Urzică	ROU	19.549	9.712	9.837	Q
3	144	Donghua Li	SUI	19.487	9.675	9.812	Q
4	52	Éric Poujade	FRA	19.437	9.700	9.737	Q
=5	114	Huang Huadong	CHN	19.425	9.700	9.725
=5	48	Patrice Casimir	FRA	19.425	9.625	9.800	Q
7	134	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	19.412	9.662	9.750	Q
8	116	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	19.400	9.700	9.700
9	89	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	19.362	9.700	9.662	q
10	102	Han Yun-Su	KOR	19.337	9.675	9.662
11	124	Adrian Ianculescu	ROU	19.300	9.575	9.725
12	24	Aliaksei Sinkevich	BLR	19.250	9.625	9.625
=13	133	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	19.237	9.675	9.562
=13	45	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	19.237	9.462	9.775
15	117	Shen Jian	CHN	19.187	9.737	9.450
16	83	Francesco Colombo	ITA	19.112	9.475	9.637
17	118	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	19.099	9.462	9.637
=18	25	Aliaksandr Shostak	BLR	19.087	9.425	9.662
=18	20	Andrei Kan	BLR	19.087	9.375	9.712
20	74	Zoltán Supola	HUN	19.075	9.450	9.625
21	106	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	19.074	9.612	9.462
22	157	Jair Lynch	USA	19.062	9.475	9.587
23	151	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	19.012	9.450	9.562
24	93	Hikaru Tanaka	JPN	18.987	9.575	9.412
=25	34	Vasil Vetsev	BUL	18.975	9.575	9.400
=25	19	Aliaksandr Belanovski	BLR	18.975	9.525	9.450
=25	162	Blaine Wilson	USA	18.975	9.350	9.625
28	94	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	18.962	9.425	9.537
=29	152	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	18.950	9.650	9.300
=29	92	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	18.950	9.625	9.325
=29	31	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	18.950	9.575	9.375
32	127	Nicu Stroia	ROU	18.925	9.425	9.500
33	137	Dmitry Vasilenko	RUS	18.887	9.375	9.512
=34	153	Yuriy Yermakov	UKR	18.875	9.725	9.150
=34	115	Huang Liping	CHN	18.875	9.400	9.475
=36	60	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	18.837	9.175	9.662
=36	85	Sergio Luini	ITA	18.837	9.325	9.512
=36	53	Sébastien Tayac	FRA	18.837	9.275	9.562
=39	136	Dmitry Trush	RUS	18.825	9.575	9.250
=39	138	Aleksey Voropayev	RUS	18.825	9.325	9.500
=39	82	Jury Chechi	ITA	18.825	9.300	9.525
=42	104	Kim Bong-Hyeon	KOR	18.812	9.512	9.300
=42	56	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	18.812	9.487	9.325
=42	33	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	18.812	9.325	9.487
=45	159	John Roethlisberger	USA	18.800	9.700	9.100
=45	38	Richard Ikeda	CAN	18.800	9.475	9.325
=45	14	Brennon Dowrick	AUS	18.800	9.350	9.450
48	150	Volodymyr Shamenko	UKR	18.775	9.350	9.425
49	63	Oliver Walther	GER	18.750	9.175	9.575
=50	158	John Macready	USA	18.725	9.350	9.375
=50	29	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	18.725	9.275	9.450
=50	125	Cristian Leric	ROU	18.725	9.125	9.600
53	32	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	18.687	9.175	9.512
=54	64	Andreas Wecker	GER	18.650	9.450	9.200
=54	28	Krasimir Dunev	BUL	18.650	9.375	9.275
56	156	Mihai Bagiu	USA	18.637	9.637	9.000
57	135	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	18.625	9.275	9.350
58	23	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	18.612	9.612	9.000
59	22	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	18.600	9.150	9.450
60	72	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	18.525	9.350	9.175
61	51	Frédérick Nicolas	FRA	18.500	9.150	9.350
62	161	Chainey Umphrey	USA	18.475	9.225	9.250
63	147	Ihor Korobchinskyi	UKR	18.462	9.712	8.750
=64	99	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	18.450	9.475	8.975
=64	141	Jesús Carballo	ESP	18.450	9.175	9.275
=66	50	Frédéric Lemoine	FRA	18.425	9.300	9.125
=66	58	Valeri Belenki	GER	18.425	8.700	9.725
68	110	Flemming Solberg	NOR	18.400	9.025	9.375
69	49	Sébastien Darrigade	FRA	18.300	8.800	9.500
70	43	Jiří Fiřt	CZE	18.225	9.300	8.925
=71	98	Aleksey Dmitriyenko	KAZ	18.200	9.200	9.000
=71	86	Boris Preti	ITA	18.200	9.000	9.200
73	15	Bret Hudson	AUS	18.150	9.175	8.975
74	143	Michael Engeler	SUI	18.125	9.000	9.125
75	76	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	18.037	8.500	9.537
=76	12	Norayr Sargsyan	ARM	18.000	9.175	8.825
=76	84	Roberto Galli	ITA	18.000	9.075	8.925
=78	39	Alan Nolet	CAN	17.950	9.025	8.925
=78	128	Robert Tăciulet	ROU	17.950	8.800	9.150
80	126	Nistor Șandro	ROU	17.900	9.425	8.475
81	90	Shigeru Kurihara	JPN	17.725	9.175	8.550
82	70	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	17.700	8.800	8.900
83	95	Takashi Uchiyama	JPN	17.575	8.800	8.775
84	61	Karsten Oelsch	GER	17.225	8.450	8.775
85	105	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	16.900	8.350	8.550
86	10	Marcelo Palacio	ARG	16.875	8.625	8.250
87	78	Barry McDonald	IRL	16.775	8.475	8.300
88	67	Dominic Brindle	GBR	16.750	7.550	9.200
89	68	Lee McDermott	GBR	16.625	7.450	9.175
90	101	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	16.600	9.250	7.350
91	41	Aleksej Demjanov	CRO	16.550	7.500	9.050
92	62	Marius Tobă	GER	16.525	7.200	9.325
93	121	Diego Lizardi	PUR	16.475	8.350	8.125
94	145	Erich Wanner	SUI	15.925	7.350	8.575
95	73	Krisztián Jordanov	HUN	15.850	6.875	8.975
96	37	Kris Burley	CAN	15.600	7.275	8.325
97	17	Shane de Freitas	BAR	15.275	7.325	7.950
98	81	Paolo Bucci	ITA	12.150	3.000	9.150
99	149	Hryhoriy Misiutin	UKR	9.625	–	9.625
100	103	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	9.450	9.450	–
101	148	Oleh Kosiak	UKR	9.375	9.375	–
102	107	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	8.375	–	8.375