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Rings, Men

Date	27 August – 1 September 1972 — 19:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Sporthalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	111 from 26 countries

The format was similar to 1964 and 1968, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, with the final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. Japan’s Akinori Nakayama was the defending champion and had won this event at the 1970 World Championships. In München he took the lead in the team qualifying, and held on to repeat as gold medalist, matching Soviet Armenian Albert Azaryan, who won the rings in 1956-60. At the 1970 Worlds, Japan’s Mitsuo Tsukahara had won silver and Soviet Mikhail Voronin bronze, but they reversed those positions at the Olympics in München.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.350	Gold
2	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.275	Silver
3	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.225	Bronze
4	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.150
=5	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	18.950
=5	Klaus Köste	GDR	18.950
=6 r1/1	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	–
8 r1/1	Shin Heung-Do	PRK	–
9 r1/1	Teruichi Okamura	JPN	–
=10 r1/1	Wolfgang Thüne	GDR	–
=10 r1/1	Andrzej Szajna	POL	–
=12 r1/1	Edvard Mikaelyan	URS	–
=12 r1/1	Matthias Brehme	GDR	–
=12 r1/1	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	–
=12 r1/1	Sylwester Kubica	POL	–
=16 r1/1	Viktor Klimenko	URS	–
=16 r1/1	Wolfgang Klotz	GDR	–
=16 r1/1	Walter Mössinger	FRG	–
19 r1/1	Makoto Sakamoto	USA	–
=20 r1/1	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	–
=20 r1/1	Dan Grecu	ROU	–
=22 r1/1	Aleksandr Maleyev	URS	–
=22 r1/1	Günter Spies	FRG	–
=22 r1/1	Vladimir Shchukin	URS	–
=22 r1/1	Li Song-Sob	PRK	–
=26 r1/1	Eberhard Gienger	FRG	–
=26 r1/1	Kim Song-Yu	PRK	–
28 r1/1	Marshall Avener	USA	–
=29 r1/1	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	–
=29 r1/1	Imre Molnár	HUN	–
=31 r1/1	Peter Rohner	SUI	–
=31 r1/1	Reinhard Rychly	GDR	–
=33 r1/1	Janez Brodnik	YUG	–
=33 r1/1	Ho Yun-Hang	PRK	–
=33 r1/1	Petre Mihăiuc	ROU	–
=33 r1/1	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	–
=37 r1/1	Vladislav Nehasil	TCH	–
=37 r1/1	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	–
=37 r1/1	Steve Hug	USA	–
40 r1/1	István Kiss	HUN	–
41 r1/1	Jo Jong-Ryol	PRK	–
=42 r1/1	Antal Kisteleki	HUN	–
=42 r1/1	Pavel Stanovský	TCH	–
=42 r1/1	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	–
=42 r1/1	Mieczysław Strzałka	POL	–
46 r1/1	Reinhard Ritter	FRG	–
=47 r1/1	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	–
=47 r1/1	George Greenfield	USA	–
=49 r1/1	Philippe Gaille	SUI	–
=49 r1/1	Kim Song-Il	PRK	–
=49 r1/1	Jürgen Paeke	GDR	–
=52 r1/1	Dimitar Koychev	BUL	–
=52 r1/1	Ladislav Morava	TCH	–
54 r1/1	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	–
=55 r1/1	Jorge Cuervo	CUB	–
=55 r1/1	Miloš Vratič	YUG	–
=55 r1/1	Jerzy Kruża	POL	–
=58 r1/1	Cecilio Ugarte	ESP	–
=58 r1/1	Max Brühwiler	SUI	–
=58 r1/1	Heinz Häussler	FRG	–
=61 r1/1	Bernd Effing	FRG	–
=61 r1/1	Gheorghe Păunescu	ROU	–
63 r1/1	Adolfo Lampronti	ITA	–
64 r1/1	Jim Culhane, Jr.	USA	–
=65 r1/1	Dimitar Dimitrov	BUL	–
=65 r1/1	Stefan Zoev	BUL	–
=65 r1/1	Ivica Hmjelovac	YUG	–
=65 r1/1	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	–
=69 r1/1	Jean-Pierre Miens	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	Fedele Spatazza	ITA	–
=69 r1/1	Henri Boërio	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	Ivan Kondev	BUL	–
73 r1/1	Maurizio Milanetto	ITA	–
74 r1/1	Emilio Sagré	CUB	–
=75 r1/1	Drago Šoštarić	YUG	–
=75 r1/1	Christian Deuza	FRA	–
=77 r1/1	István Bérczi	HUN	–
=77 r1/1	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	–
=77 r1/1	Mircea Gheorghiu	ROU	–
=77 r1/1	Bernard Farjat	FRA	–
=77 r1/1	Constantin Petrescu	ROU	–
=77 r1/1	René Badell	CUB	–
=83 r1/1	Geno Radev	BUL	–
=83 r1/1	Tore Lie	NOR	–
=85 r1/1	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	–
=85 r1/1	Carmine Luppino	ITA	–
=85 r1/1	John Crosby, Jr.	USA	–
=88 r1/1	Luigi Coppa	ITA	–
=88 r1/1	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	–
=90 r1/1	Bill Norgrave	GBR	–
=90 r1/1	Zoran Ivanović	YUG	–
=92 r1/1	Bozhidar Iliev	BUL	–
=92 r1/1	Béla Herczeg	HUN	–
=94 r1/1	Franco Donegà	ITA	–
=94 r1/1	Robert Bretscher	SUI	–
96 r1/1	Eddie Arnold	GBR	–
97 r1/1	André Simard	CAN	–
=98 r1/1	Peter Lloyd	AUS	–
=98 r1/1	Agustín Sandoval	ESP	–
100 r1/1	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	–
101 r1/1	Luis Ramírez	CUB	–
=102 r1/1	Ian Clarke	AUS	–
=102 r1/1	Georges Guelzec	FRA	–
=104 r1/1	Steve Mitruk	CAN	–
=104 r1/1	Bruno Banzer	LIE	–
=106 r1/1	Stan Wild	GBR	–
=106 r1/1	José Ginés	ESP	–
108 r1/1	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	–
109 r1/1	Ole Benediktson	DEN	–
110 r1/1	Terry Sale	NZL	–
111 r1/1	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	–

Final (1 September 1972 — 19:30)

Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.350	9.700	9.65
2	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.275	9.625	9.65
3	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.225	9.525	9.70
4	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.150	9.550	9.60
=5	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	18.950	9.550	9.40
=5	Klaus Köste	GDR	18.950	9.500	9.45

Qualifying (27 August 1972)

Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.40	9.70	9.70	Q
2	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.25	9.60	9.65	Q
=3	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.10	9.60	9.50	Q
=3	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.10	9.50	9.60	Q
5	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.05	9.45	9.60	Q
=6	Klaus Köste	GDR	19.00	9.45	9.55	Q
=6	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	19.00	9.50	9.50
8	Shin Heung-Do	PRK	18.95	9.30	9.65
9	Teruichi Okamura	JPN	18.90	9.45	9.45
=10	Wolfgang Thüne	GDR	18.85	9.50	9.35
=10	Andrzej Szajna	POL	18.85	9.40	9.45
=12	Edvard Mikaelyan	URS	18.80	9.45	9.35
=12	Matthias Brehme	GDR	18.80	9.40	9.40
=12	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	18.80	9.30	9.50
=12	Sylwester Kubica	POL	18.80	9.30	9.50
=16	Viktor Klimenko	URS	18.70	9.40	9.30
=16	Wolfgang Klotz	GDR	18.70	9.40	9.30
=16	Walter Mössinger	FRG	18.70	9.30	9.40
19	Makoto Sakamoto	USA	18.65	9.35	9.30
=20	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	18.50	9.20	9.30
=20	Dan Grecu	ROU	18.50	9.20	9.30
=22	Aleksandr Maleyev	URS	18.40	9.25	9.15
=22	Günter Spies	FRG	18.40	9.20	9.20
=22	Vladimir Shchukin	URS	18.40	9.10	9.30
=22	Li Song-Sob	PRK	18.40	8.90	9.50
=26	Eberhard Gienger	FRG	18.35	9.10	9.25
=26	Kim Song-Yu	PRK	18.35	9.00	9.35
28	Marshall Avener	USA	18.30	9.15	9.15
=29	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	18.25	9.15	9.10
=29	Imre Molnár	HUN	18.25	9.10	9.15
=31	Peter Rohner	SUI	18.20	9.15	9.05
=31	Reinhard Rychly	GDR	18.20	9.00	9.20
=33	Janez Brodnik	YUG	18.10	9.05	9.05
=33	Ho Yun-Hang	PRK	18.10	8.95	9.15
=33	Petre Mihăiuc	ROU	18.10	8.90	9.20
=33	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	18.10	8.80	9.30
=37	Vladislav Nehasil	TCH	18.05	9.05	9.00
=37	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	18.05	9.00	9.05
=37	Steve Hug	USA	18.05	9.00	9.05
40	István Kiss	HUN	18.00	8.90	9.10
41	Jo Jong-Ryol	PRK	17.95	8.70	9.25
=42	Antal Kisteleki	HUN	17.90	9.00	8.90
=42	Pavel Stanovský	TCH	17.90	8.95	8.95
=42	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	17.90	8.90	9.00
=42	Mieczysław Strzałka	POL	17.90	8.80	9.10
46	Reinhard Ritter	FRG	17.80	8.95	8.85
=47	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	17.75	9.00	8.75
=47	George Greenfield	USA	17.75	8.85	8.90
=49	Philippe Gaille	SUI	17.70	8.85	8.85
=49	Kim Song-Il	PRK	17.70	8.70	9.00
=49	Jürgen Paeke	GDR	17.70	8.50	9.20
=52	Dimitar Koychev	BUL	17.65	8.90	8.75
=52	Ladislav Morava	TCH	17.65	8.80	8.85
54	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	17.60	9.00	8.60
=55	Jorge Cuervo	CUB	17.55	8.75	8.80
=55	Miloš Vratič	YUG	17.55	8.75	8.80
=55	Jerzy Kruża	POL	17.55	8.55	9.00
=58	Cecilio Ugarte	ESP	17.50	8.65	8.85
=58	Max Brühwiler	SUI	17.50	8.60	8.90
=58	Heinz Häussler	FRG	17.50	8.55	8.95
=61	Bernd Effing	FRG	17.45	8.60	8.85
=61	Gheorghe Păunescu	ROU	17.45	8.60	8.85
63	Adolfo Lampronti	ITA	17.35	8.50	8.85
64	Jim Culhane, Jr.	USA	17.30	8.50	8.80
=65	Dimitar Dimitrov	BUL	17.20	8.65	8.55
=65	Stefan Zoev	BUL	17.20	8.60	8.60
=65	Ivica Hmjelovac	YUG	17.20	8.50	8.70
=65	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	17.20	8.45	8.75
=69	Jean-Pierre Miens	FRA	17.15	8.65	8.50
=69	Fedele Spatazza	ITA	17.15	8.60	8.55
=69	Henri Boërio	FRA	17.15	8.55	8.60
=69	Ivan Kondev	BUL	17.15	8.40	8.75
73	Maurizio Milanetto	ITA	17.10	8.30	8.80
74	Emilio Sagré	CUB	17.05	8.45	8.60
=75	Drago Šoštarić	YUG	17.00	8.40	8.60
=75	Christian Deuza	FRA	17.00	8.10	8.90
=77	István Bérczi	HUN	16.95	8.55	8.40
=77	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	16.95	8.50	8.45
=77	Mircea Gheorghiu	ROU	16.95	8.35	8.60
=77	Bernard Farjat	FRA	16.95	8.30	8.65
=77	Constantin Petrescu	ROU	16.95	8.30	8.65
=77	René Badell	CUB	16.95	8.20	8.75
=83	Geno Radev	BUL	16.90	8.40	8.50
=83	Tore Lie	NOR	16.90	8.25	8.65
=85	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	16.85	8.10	8.75
=85	Carmine Luppino	ITA	16.85	8.00	8.85
=85	John Crosby, Jr.	USA	16.85	7.85	9.00
=88	Luigi Coppa	ITA	16.80	8.25	8.55
=88	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	16.80	8.05	8.75
=90	Bill Norgrave	GBR	16.75	8.55	8.20
=90	Zoran Ivanović	YUG	16.75	8.15	8.60
=92	Bozhidar Iliev	BUL	16.70	8.85	7.85
=92	Béla Herczeg	HUN	16.70	8.50	8.20
=94	Franco Donegà	ITA	16.60	7.95	8.65
=94	Robert Bretscher	SUI	16.60	7.50	9.10
96	Eddie Arnold	GBR	16.50	8.50	8.00
97	André Simard	CAN	16.45	7.70	8.75
=98	Peter Lloyd	AUS	16.25	8.15	8.10
=98	Agustín Sandoval	ESP	16.25	8.00	8.25
100	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	16.20	7.75	8.45
101	Luis Ramírez	CUB	16.15	7.55	8.60
=102	Ian Clarke	AUS	16.05	8.15	7.90
=102	Georges Guelzec	FRA	16.05	7.45	8.60
=104	Steve Mitruk	CAN	16.00	7.75	8.25
=104	Bruno Banzer	LIE	16.00	7.45	8.55
=106	Stan Wild	GBR	15.85	8.00	7.85
=106	José Ginés	ESP	15.85	7.55	8.30
108	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	15.25	6.90	8.35
109	Ole Benediktson	DEN	15.15	6.90	8.25
110	Terry Sale	NZL	13.95	6.60	7.35
111	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	9.05	9.05	0.00