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Rings, Men

Date	14 – 22 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kleisto Gymnastirio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	77 from 28 countries

The format was the same as it had been from 1984-2000, with eight gymnasts advancing from the team all-around, but no more than two per nation. The 2003 World Championship title was shared between Bulgaria’s Yordan Yovchev and Greece’s Dimosthenis Tambakos. They were medal favorites, along with Italian Jury Chechi, the 1996 Olympic Champion, and a five-time World Champion (1993-97). Tambakos was first up and scored 9.862, one of the highest scores of the entire 2004 Olympic gymnastics competition. Yovchev’s routine was spectacularly difficult, but his 9.850 placed him just behind Tambakos. Chechi performed last and his score of 9.812 brought him a bronze medal in his fourth Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	236	Dimosthenis Tampakos	GRE	9.862	Gold
2	108	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.850	Silver
3	163	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.812	Bronze
4	173	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.800
5	164	Matteo Morandi	ITA	9.800
6	140	Pierre-Yves Bény	FRA	9.800
7	205	Aleksandr Safoshkin	RUS	9.750
8	248	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	9.737
9 r1/2	215	Roman Zozulia	UKR	–
=10 r1/2	125	Yang Wei	CHN	–
=10 r1/2	203	Georgy Grebenkov	RUS	–
=10 r1/2	120	Huang Xu	CHN	–
=13 r1/2	181	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	–
=13 r1/2	174	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=13 r1/2	193	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	–
=13 r1/2	103	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	–
=13 r1/2	182	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	–
18 r1/2	213	Ruslan Mezentsev	UKR	–
=19 r1/2	135	Rafael Martínez	ESP	–
=19 r1/2	201	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	–
=19 r1/2	160	Matteo Angioletti	ITA	–
22 r1/2	200	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	–
=23 r1/2	110	Grant Golding	CAN	–
=23 r1/2	171	Hisashi Mizutori	JPN	–
=25 r1/2	233	Erick López	CUB	–
=25 r1/2	104	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	–
=27 r1/2	185	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	–
=27 r1/2	175	Isao Yoneda	JPN	–
=27 r1/2	133	Oriol Combarros	ESP	–
=27 r1/2	224	Blaine Wilson	USA	–
=27 r1/2	202	Anton Golotsutskov	RUS	–
=27 r1/2	184	Lee Seon-Seong	KOR	–
=33 r1/2	225	Guard Young	USA	–
=33 r1/2	180	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
35 r1/2	212	Vadym Kuvakin	UKR	–
=36 r1/2	141	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	–
=36 r1/2	155	Sergej Pfeifer	GER	–
=36 r1/2	150	Thomas Andergassen	GER	–
39 r1/2	131	Víctor Cano	ESP	–
40 r1/2	191	Daniel Popescu	ROU	–
=41 r1/2	232	Abel Driggs	CUB	–
=41 r1/2	153	Robert Juckel	GER	–
43 r1/2	220	Jason Gatson	USA	–
44 r1/2	222	Paul Hamm	USA	–
=45 r1/2	250	Tingui Vargas	PUR	–
=45 r1/2	192	Dan Potra	ROU	–
=45 r1/2	113	David Kikuchi	CAN	–
48 r1/2	194	Ioan Suciu	ROU	–
49 r1/2	190	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	–
50 r1/2	239	Pavel Gofman	ISR	–
51 r1/2	234	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
52 r1/2	210	Yevhen Bohonosiuk	UKR	–
53 r1/2	144	Florent Marée	FRA	–
54 r1/2	130	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	–
55 r1/2	240	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	–
56 r1/2	230	Jorge Giraldo	COL	–
57 r1/2	242	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	–
=58 r1/2	162	Igor Cassina	ITA	–
=58 r1/2	238	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
=58 r1/2	243	Ng Shu Wai	MAS	–
=61 r1/2	115	Adam Wong	CAN	–
=61 r1/2	121	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	–
63 r1/2	154	Sven Kwiatkowski	GER	–
64 r1/2	223	Brett McClure	USA	–
=65 r1/2	143	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	–
=65 r1/2	172	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	–
67 r1/2	244	Filipe Bezugo	POR	–
68 r1/2	124	Xing Aowei	CHN	–
69 r1/2	142	Yann Cucherat	FRA	–
70 r1/2	235	Vlasis Maras	GRE	–
71 r1/2	106	Mosiah Rodrigues	BRA	–
=72 r1/2	112	Sasha Jeltkov	CAN	–
=72 r1/2	249	Wajdi Bouallègue	TUN	–
74 r1/2	152	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	–
75 r1/2	109	Filip Yanev	BUL	–
76 r1/2	114	Kyle Shewfelt	CAN	–
77 r1/2	165	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	–

Final

Date	22 August 2004 — 22:14
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.
Chair	Julio Marcos	ESP
A1 Judge	Wey Gwo-Fong	TPE
A2 Judge	Rafael Brickner	ISR
B1 Judge	Harry Bjerke	USA
B2 Judge	Timur Amirbekov	KAZ
B3 Judge	Paul Szyjko	AUS
B4 Judge	Pablo Carriles	ESP
B5 Judge	Gilberto Pantiga	BRA
B6 Judge	Miao Zhongyi	CHN

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Final Points
1	236	Dimosthenis Tampakos	GRE	9.862
2	108	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.850
3	163	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.812
4	173	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.800
5	164	Matteo Morandi	ITA	9.800
6	140	Pierre-Yves Bény	FRA	9.800
7	205	Aleksandr Safoshkin	RUS	9.750
8	248	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	9.737

Qualifying Round

Date	14 August 2004
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.
Chair	Julio Marcos	ESP
A1 Judge	Wey Gwo-Fong	TPE
A2 Judge	Eleftherios Boutakis	GRE
B1 Judge	Alain Macchia	FRA
B2 Judge	Valery Kerdemelidy	RUS
B3 Judge	Pablo Carriles	ESP
B4 Judge	Gilberto Pantiga	BRA
B5 Judge	Cornel Hollenstein	SUI
B6 Judge	Huang Liping	CHN

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	236	Dimosthenis Tampakos	GRE	9.850	Q
2	108	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.812	Q
3	164	Matteo Morandi	ITA	9.775	Q
4	163	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.762	Q
=5	173	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.750	Q
=5	140	Pierre-Yves Bény	FRA	9.750	Q
=5	205	Aleksandr Safoshkin	RUS	9.750	Q
8	248	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	9.737	Q
9	215	Roman Zozulia	UKR	9.725
=10	125	Yang Wei	CHN	9.712
=10	203	Georgy Grebenkov	RUS	9.712
=10	120	Huang Xu	CHN	9.712
=13	181	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	9.700
=13	174	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	9.700
=13	193	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	9.700
=13	103	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.700
=13	182	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	9.700
18	213	Ruslan Mezentsev	UKR	9.687
=19	135	Rafael Martínez	ESP	9.675
=19	201	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	9.675
=19	160	Matteo Angioletti	ITA	9.675
22	200	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	9.662
=23	110	Grant Golding	CAN	9.650
=23	171	Hisashi Mizutori	JPN	9.650
=25	233	Erick López	CUB	9.637
=25	104	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	9.637
=27	185	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	9.625
=27	175	Isao Yoneda	JPN	9.625
=27	133	Oriol Combarros	ESP	9.625
=27	224	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.625
=27	202	Anton Golotsutskov	RUS	9.625
=27	184	Lee Seon-Seong	KOR	9.625
=33	225	Guard Young	USA	9.612
=33	180	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	9.612
35	212	Vadym Kuvakin	UKR	9.600
=36	141	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	9.587
=36	155	Sergej Pfeifer	GER	9.587
=36	150	Thomas Andergassen	GER	9.587
39	131	Víctor Cano	ESP	9.575
40	191	Daniel Popescu	ROU	9.562
=41	232	Abel Driggs	CUB	9.550
=41	153	Robert Juckel	GER	9.550
43	220	Jason Gatson	USA	9.525
44	222	Paul Hamm	USA	9.512
=45	250	Tingui Vargas	PUR	9.500
=45	192	Dan Potra	ROU	9.500
=45	113	David Kikuchi	CAN	9.500
48	194	Ioan Suciu	ROU	9.487
49	190	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	9.475
50	239	Pavel Gofman	ISR	9.462
51	234	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	9.450
52	210	Yevhen Bohonosiuk	UKR	9.437
53	144	Florent Marée	FRA	9.387
54	130	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	9.362
55	240	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	9.300
56	230	Jorge Giraldo	COL	9.237
57	242	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	9.225
=58	162	Igor Cassina	ITA	9.162
=58	238	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	9.162
=58	243	Ng Shu Wai	MAS	9.162
=61	115	Adam Wong	CAN	9.112
=61	121	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.112
63	154	Sven Kwiatkowski	GER	9.075
64	223	Brett McClure	USA	9.037
=65	143	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	9.012
=65	172	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	9.012
67	244	Filipe Bezugo	POR	8.962
68	124	Xing Aowei	CHN	8.925
69	142	Yann Cucherat	FRA	8.912
70	235	Vlasis Maras	GRE	8.775
71	106	Mosiah Rodrigues	BRA	8.600
=72	112	Sasha Jeltkov	CAN	8.562
=72	249	Wajdi Bouallègue	TUN	8.562
74	152	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	8.537
75	109	Filip Yanev	BUL	8.137
76	114	Kyle Shewfelt	CAN	8.112
77	165	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	7.850