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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	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Dimosthenis Tampakos	GRE	9.862	Gold
2	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.850	Silver
3	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.812	Bronze
4	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.800
5	Matteo Morandi	ITA	9.800
6	Pierre-Yves Bény	FRA	9.800
7	Aleksandr Safoshkin	RUS	9.750
8	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	9.737
9 r1/1	Roman Zozulia	UKR	–
=10 r1/1	Yang Wei	CHN	–
=10 r1/1	Georgy Grebenkov	RUS	–
=10 r1/1	Huang Xu	CHN	–
=13 r1/1	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	–
=13 r1/1	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=13 r1/1	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	–
=13 r1/1	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	–
=13 r1/1	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	–
18 r1/1	Ruslan Mezentsev	UKR	–
=19 r1/1	Rafael Martínez	ESP	–
=19 r1/1	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	–
=19 r1/1	Matteo Angioletti	ITA	–
22 r1/1	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	–
=23 r1/1	Grant Golding	CAN	–
=23 r1/1	Hisashi Mizutori	JPN	–
=25 r1/1	Erick López	CUB	–
=25 r1/1	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	–
=27 r1/1	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	–
=27 r1/1	Isao Yoneda	JPN	–
=27 r1/1	Oriol Combarros	ESP	–
=27 r1/1	Blaine Wilson	USA	–
=27 r1/1	Anton Golotsutskov	RUS	–
=27 r1/1	Lee Seon-Seong	KOR	–
=33 r1/1	Guard Young	USA	–
=33 r1/1	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
35 r1/1	Vadym Kuvakin	UKR	–
=36 r1/1	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	–
=36 r1/1	Sergej Pfeifer	GER	–
=36 r1/1	Thomas Andergassen	GER	–
39 r1/1	Víctor Cano	ESP	–
40 r1/1	Daniel Popescu	ROU	–
=41 r1/1	Abel Driggs	CUB	–
=41 r1/1	Robert Juckel	GER	–
43 r1/1	Jason Gatson	USA	–
44 r1/1	Paul Hamm	USA	–
=45 r1/1	Tingui Vargas	PUR	–
=45 r1/1	Dan Potra	ROU	–
=45 r1/1	David Kikuchi	CAN	–
48 r1/1	Ioan Suciu	ROU	–
49 r1/1	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	–
50 r1/1	Pavel Gofman	ISR	–
51 r1/1	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
52 r1/1	Yevhen Bohonosiuk	UKR	–
53 r1/1	Florent Marée	FRA	–
54 r1/1	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	–
55 r1/1	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	–
56 r1/1	Jorge Giraldo	COL	–
57 r1/1	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	–
=58 r1/1	Igor Cassina	ITA	–
=58 r1/1	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
=58 r1/1	Ng Shu Wai	MAS	–
=61 r1/1	Adam Wong	CAN	–
=61 r1/1	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	–
63 r1/1	Sven Kwiatkowski	GER	–
64 r1/1	Brett McClure	USA	–
=65 r1/1	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	–
=65 r1/1	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	–
67 r1/1	Filipe Bezugo	POR	–
68 r1/1	Xing Aowei	CHN	–
69 r1/1	Yann Cucherat	FRA	–
70 r1/1	Vlasis Maras	GRE	–
71 r1/1	Mosiah Rodrigues	BRA	–
=72 r1/1	Sasha Jeltkov	CAN	–
=72 r1/1	Wajdi Bouallègue	TUN	–
74 r1/1	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	–
75 r1/1	Filip Yanev	BUL	–
76 r1/1	Kyle Shewfelt	CAN	–
77 r1/1	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	–

Final (22 August 2004 — 22:14)

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	Dimosthenis Tampakos	GRE	9.862
2	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.850
3	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.812
4	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.800
5	Matteo Morandi	ITA	9.800
6	Pierre-Yves Bény	FRA	9.800
7	Aleksandr Safoshkin	RUS	9.750
8	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	9.737

Qualifying (14 August 2004)

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
1	Dimosthenis Tampakos	GRE	9.850	Q
2	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.812	Q
3	Matteo Morandi	ITA	9.775	Q
4	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.762	Q
=5	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.750	Q
=5	Pierre-Yves Bény	FRA	9.750	Q
=5	Aleksandr Safoshkin	RUS	9.750	Q
8	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	9.737	Q
9	Roman Zozulia	UKR	9.725
=10	Yang Wei	CHN	9.712
=10	Georgy Grebenkov	RUS	9.712
=10	Huang Xu	CHN	9.712
=13	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	9.700
=13	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	9.700
=13	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	9.700
=13	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.700
=13	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	9.700
18	Ruslan Mezentsev	UKR	9.687
=19	Rafael Martínez	ESP	9.675
=19	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	9.675
=19	Matteo Angioletti	ITA	9.675
22	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	9.662
=23	Grant Golding	CAN	9.650
=23	Hisashi Mizutori	JPN	9.650
=25	Erick López	CUB	9.637
=25	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	9.637
=27	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	9.625
=27	Isao Yoneda	JPN	9.625
=27	Oriol Combarros	ESP	9.625
=27	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.625
=27	Anton Golotsutskov	RUS	9.625
=27	Lee Seon-Seong	KOR	9.625
=33	Guard Young	USA	9.612
=33	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	9.612
35	Vadym Kuvakin	UKR	9.600
=36	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	9.587
=36	Sergej Pfeifer	GER	9.587
=36	Thomas Andergassen	GER	9.587
39	Víctor Cano	ESP	9.575
40	Daniel Popescu	ROU	9.562
=41	Abel Driggs	CUB	9.550
=41	Robert Juckel	GER	9.550
43	Jason Gatson	USA	9.525
44	Paul Hamm	USA	9.512
=45	Tingui Vargas	PUR	9.500
=45	Dan Potra	ROU	9.500
=45	David Kikuchi	CAN	9.500
48	Ioan Suciu	ROU	9.487
49	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	9.475
50	Pavel Gofman	ISR	9.462
51	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	9.450
52	Yevhen Bohonosiuk	UKR	9.437
53	Florent Marée	FRA	9.387
54	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	9.362
55	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	9.300
56	Jorge Giraldo	COL	9.237
57	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	9.225
=58	Igor Cassina	ITA	9.162
=58	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	9.162
=58	Ng Shu Wai	MAS	9.162
=61	Adam Wong	CAN	9.112
=61	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.112
63	Sven Kwiatkowski	GER	9.075
64	Brett McClure	USA	9.037
=65	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	9.012
=65	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	9.012
67	Filipe Bezugo	POR	8.962
68	Xing Aowei	CHN	8.925
69	Yann Cucherat	FRA	8.912
70	Vlasis Maras	GRE	8.775
71	Mosiah Rodrigues	BRA	8.600
=72	Sasha Jeltkov	CAN	8.562
=72	Wajdi Bouallègue	TUN	8.562
74	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	8.537
75	Filip Yanev	BUL	8.137
76	Kyle Shewfelt	CAN	8.112
77	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	7.850