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Rings, Men

Date16 – 24 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney SuperDome, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants78 from 29 countries

The format was the same as it had been from 1984-96, with eight gymnasts advancing from the team all-around, but no more than two per nation. Hungarian Szilveszter Csollány was a rings specialist. He had won the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics, and the 1997 and 1999 World Championships, but his only major title had come at the 1998 European Championships. He won another major gold in Sydney, comfortably ahead of Greece’s Dimosthenis Tambakos, who would return to win the gold medal on the rings in Athinai. Bulgaria’s Yordan Yovchev had not been on a major podium since he won medals on rings at the 1995-96 World Championships, but he would win the bronze medal, and become one of the top men on rings for the next decade. He would follow Tambakos at Athinai in 2004, winning an Olympic silver, and from 2001-07 won six medals at the World Championships, including World titles in 2001 and 2003, and winning six medals at the Europeans from 2002-10, including the title in 2002.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Szilveszter CsollányHUN9.850Gold
2Dimosthenis TampakosGRE9.762Silver
3Yordan YovchevBUL9.737Bronze
4Yang WeiCHN9.712
5Ivan IvankouBLR9.700
6Marius TobăGER9.675
7Norimasa IwaiJPN9.662
8Roman ZozuliaUKR9.637
=9 r1/1Rareș OrzațaROU
=9 r1/1Erick LópezCUB
=11 r1/1Naoya TsukaharaJPN
=11 r1/1John RoethlisbergerUSA
13 r1/1Blaine WilsonUSA
=14 r1/1Aleksey NemovRUS
=14 r1/1Aleksey BondarenkoRUS
=14 r1/1Li XiaopengCHN
=14 r1/1Sergej PfeiferGER
=18 r1/1Marian DrăgulescuROU
=18 r1/1Zheng LihuiCHN
=18 r1/1Yoshihiro SaitoJPN
=18 r1/1Maksim AlyoshinRUS
=22 r1/1Oleksandr SvitlychnyiUKR
=22 r1/1Alejandro BarrenecheaESP
=24 r1/1Oleksandr BereshUKR
=24 r1/1Dimitrij NoninGER
=26 r1/1Yann CucheratFRA
=26 r1/1Omar CortésESP
=26 r1/1Nikolay KryukovRUS
=26 r1/1Aliaksandr ShostakBLR
30 r1/1Benjamin VaronianFRA
=31 r1/1Paul HammUSA
=31 r1/1Jo Seong-MinKOR
=31 r1/1Jeong Jin-SuKOR
=34 r1/1Andreu VivóESP
=34 r1/1Yeo Hong-CheolKOR
=36 r1/1Kenichi FujitaJPN
=36 r1/1Mutsumi HaradaJPN
=36 r1/1Vitali RudnitskiBLR
=39 r1/1Aliaksei SinkevichBLR
=39 r1/1Yevgeny PodgornyRUS
=39 r1/1Stephen McCainUSA
=39 r1/1Craig HeapGBR
=39 r1/1Damian IstriaAUS
44 r1/1Ilia GiorgadzeGEO
=45 r1/1Ioan SuciuROU
=45 r1/1Morgan HammUSA
=45 r1/1Ruslan MezentsevUKR
48 r1/1Lázaro LamelasCUB
49 r1/1Igors VihrovsLAT
50 r1/1Rene TschernitschekGER
51 r1/1Xiao JunfengCHN
=52 r1/1Ivan PaulouskiBLR
=52 r1/1Víctor CanoESP
=52 r1/1Valeriy HoncharovUKR
55 r1/1Hristian IvanovBUL
56 r1/1Dimitri KarbanenkoFRA
57 r1/1Leszek BlanikPOL
58 r1/1Andreas WeckerGER
59 r1/1Florentin PescaruROU
60 r1/1Saúl CofiñoESP
=61 r1/1Diego LizardiPUR
=61 r1/1Florent MaréeFRA
63 r1/1Raouf AbdelraoufEGY
64 r1/1Dimitar LunchevBUL
65 r1/1Lee Ju-HyeongKOR
66 r1/1Huang XuCHN
67 r1/1Dieter RehmSUI
=68 r1/1Philippe RizzoAUS
=68 r1/1Mladen StefanovBUL
70 r1/1Flemming SolbergNOR
71 r1/1Igor CassinaITA
72 r1/1Alberto BusnariITA
73 r1/1Vasil VetsevBUL
74 r1/1Rúnar AlexanderssonISL
75 r1/1Kim Dong-HwaKOR
76 r1/1Lin Yung-HsiTPE
77 r1/1David PhillipsNZL
78 r1/1Pae Gil-SuPRK

Final (24 September 2000 — 18:15)

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

PosCompetitor(s)NOCFP
1Szilveszter CsollányHUN9.850
2Dimosthenis TampakosGRE9.762
3Yordan YovchevBUL9.737
4Yang WeiCHN9.712
5Ivan IvankouBLR9.700
6Marius TobăGER9.675
7Norimasa IwaiJPN9.662
8Roman ZozuliaUKR9.637

Qualifying (16 September 2000)

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

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
=1Yordan YovchevBUL9.775Q
=1Szilveszter CsollányHUN9.775Q
3Dimosthenis TampakosGRE9.762Q
4Marius TobăGER9.700Q
5Norimasa IwaiJPN9.687Q
6Ivan IvankouBLR9.675Q
=7Yang WeiCHN9.650Q
=7Roman ZozuliaUKR9.650Q
=9Rareș OrzațaROU9.637
=9Erick LópezCUB9.637
=11Naoya TsukaharaJPN9.625
=11John RoethlisbergerUSA9.625
13Blaine WilsonUSA9.612
=14Aleksey NemovRUS9.600
=14Aleksey BondarenkoRUS9.600
=14Li XiaopengCHN9.600
=14Sergej PfeiferGER9.600
=18Marian DrăgulescuROU9.575
=18Zheng LihuiCHN9.575
=18Yoshihiro SaitoJPN9.575
=18Maksim AlyoshinRUS9.575
=22Oleksandr SvitlychnyiUKR9.562
=22Alejandro BarrenecheaESP9.562
=24Oleksandr BereshUKR9.550
=24Dimitrij NoninGER9.550
=26Yann CucheratFRA9.537
=26Omar CortésESP9.537
=26Nikolay KryukovRUS9.537
=26Aliaksandr ShostakBLR9.537
30Benjamin VaronianFRA9.525
=31Paul HammUSA9.512
=31Jo Seong-MinKOR9.512
=31Jeong Jin-SuKOR9.512
=34Andreu VivóESP9.500
=34Yeo Hong-CheolKOR9.500
=36Kenichi FujitaJPN9.487
=36Mutsumi HaradaJPN9.487
=36Vitali RudnitskiBLR9.487
=39Aliaksei SinkevichBLR9.462
=39Yevgeny PodgornyRUS9.462
=39Stephen McCainUSA9.462
=39Craig HeapGBR9.462
=39Damian IstriaAUS9.462
44Ilia GiorgadzeGEO9.450
=45Ioan SuciuROU9.425
=45Morgan HammUSA9.425
=45Ruslan MezentsevUKR9.425
48Lázaro LamelasCUB9.387
49Igors VihrovsLAT9.375
50Rene TschernitschekGER9.362
51Xiao JunfengCHN9.350
=52Ivan PaulouskiBLR9.337
=52Víctor CanoESP9.337
=52Valeriy HoncharovUKR9.337
55Hristian IvanovBUL9.312
56Dimitri KarbanenkoFRA9.300
57Leszek BlanikPOL9.275
58Andreas WeckerGER9.250
59Florentin PescaruROU9.237
60Saúl CofiñoESP9.175
=61Diego LizardiPUR9.162
=61Florent MaréeFRA9.162
63Raouf AbdelraoufEGY9.100
64Dimitar LunchevBUL9.075
65Lee Ju-HyeongKOR9.050
66Huang XuCHN9.012
67Dieter RehmSUI8.862
=68Philippe RizzoAUS8.837
=68Mladen StefanovBUL8.837
70Flemming SolbergNOR8.625
71Igor CassinaITA8.537
72Alberto BusnariITA8.362
73Vasil VetsevBUL8.325
74Rúnar AlexanderssonISL8.312
75Kim Dong-HwaKOR8.187
76Lin Yung-HsiTPE8.150
77David PhillipsNZL7.962
78Pae Gil-SuPRK6.375