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Parallel Bars, Men

Date	14 – 23 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kleisto Gymnastirio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	81 from 30 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. China’s Li Xiaopeng was the defending gold medalist and had won this event at the 2002-03 World Championships and came to Athinai favored. He led the qualifying, then scored 9.762 in the final, but that trailed Ukraine’s Valeriy Honcharov, the 2000 European silver medalist, who had scored 9.787. Japan’s Hiroyuki Tomita won silver, while Li received the bronze medal, winning a four-way tie-breaker. In 2008 Li would return and win gold on the parallel bars, becoming the first Olympic gymnast to ever win an individual event twice, but not consecutively.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	9.787	Gold
2	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.775	Silver
3	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.762	Bronze
4	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.762
5	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	9.762
6	Yann Cucherat	FRA	9.762
7	Paul Hamm	USA	9.737
8	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	9.737
=8 r1/1	Johan Mounard	FRA	–
=10 r1/1	Roman Zozulia	UKR	–
=10 r1/1	Jason Gatson	USA	–
=12 r1/1	Marius Urzică	ROU	–
=12 r1/1	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	–
=12 r1/1	Philippe Rizzo	AUS	–
=15 r1/1	Isao Yoneda	JPN	–
=15 r1/1	Erick López	CUB	–
=15 r1/1	Georgy Grebenkov	RUS	–
=15 r1/1	Blaine Wilson	USA	–
=19 r1/1	Brett McClure	USA	–
=19 r1/1	Huang Xu	CHN	–
=21 r1/1	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=21 r1/1	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
23 r1/1	Guard Young	USA	–
=24 r1/1	Yang Wei	CHN	–
=24 r1/1	David Kikuchi	CAN	–
=26 r1/1	Pavel Gofman	ISR	–
=26 r1/1	Kim Seung-Il	KOR	–
=28 r1/1	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	–
=28 r1/1	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
=30 r1/1	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	–
=30 r1/1	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
32 r1/1	Andriy Mykhailychenko	UKR	–
33 r1/1	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	–
34 r1/1	Dan Potra	ROU	–
=35 r1/1	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	–
=35 r1/1	Thomas Andergassen	GER	–
=35 r1/1	Kim Hyon-Il	PRK	–
38 r1/1	Xiao Qin	CHN	–
39 r1/1	Ioan Suciu	ROU	–
40 r1/1	Takehiro Kashima	JPN	–
41 r1/1	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	–
42 r1/1	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	–
=43 r1/1	Ruslan Mezentsev	UKR	–
=43 r1/1	Jorge Giraldo	COL	–
=45 r1/1	Abel Driggs	CUB	–
=45 r1/1	Lee Seon-Seong	KOR	–
47 r1/1	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	–
48 r1/1	Sven Kwiatkowski	GER	–
=49 r1/1	Rafael Martínez	ESP	–
=49 r1/1	Tingui Vargas	PUR	–
51 r1/1	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
52 r1/1	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	–
53 r1/1	Adam Wong	CAN	–
54 r1/1	Matthias Fahrig	GER	–
55 r1/1	Jesús Carballo	ESP	–
=56 r1/1	Sergej Pfeifer	GER	–
=56 r1/1	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	–
=56 r1/1	Florent Marée	FRA	–
59 r1/1	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	–
60 r1/1	Vlasis Maras	GRE	–
61 r1/1	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	–
62 r1/1	Alberto Busnari	ITA	–
63 r1/1	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	–
64 r1/1	Grant Golding	CAN	–
65 r1/1	Vadym Kuvakin	UKR	–
66 r1/1	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	–
67 r1/1	Mosiah Rodrigues	BRA	–
68 r1/1	Sasha Jeltkov	CAN	–
69 r1/1	Christoph Schärer	SUI	–
70 r1/1	Ken Ikeda	CAN	–
71 r1/1	Igor Cassina	ITA	–
72 r1/1	Oriol Combarros	ESP	–
73 r1/1	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	–
74 r1/1	Víctor Cano	ESP	–
=75 r1/1	Matteo Morandi	ITA	–
=75 r1/1	Filip Yanev	BUL	–
77 r1/1	Wajdi Bouallègue	TUN	–
78 r1/1	Ng Shu Wai	MAS	–
79 r1/1	Filipe Bezugo	POR	–
80 r1/1	Anton Golotsutskov	RUS	–
81 r1/1	Teng Haibin	CHN	–

Final (23 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	FP
1	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	9.787
2	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.775
3	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.762
4	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.762
5	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	9.762
6	Yann Cucherat	FRA	9.762
7	Paul Hamm	USA	9.737
8	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	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	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	9.800	Q
=2	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.787	Q
=2	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.787	Q
=4	Paul Hamm	USA	9.762	Q
=4	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.762	Q
6	Yann Cucherat	FRA	9.750	Q
7	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	9.737	Q
=8	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	9.725	Q
=8	Johan Mounard	FRA	9.725
=10	Roman Zozulia	UKR	9.712
=10	Jason Gatson	USA	9.712
=12	Marius Urzică	ROU	9.700
=12	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.700
=12	Philippe Rizzo	AUS	9.700
=15	Isao Yoneda	JPN	9.687
=15	Erick López	CUB	9.687
=15	Georgy Grebenkov	RUS	9.687
=15	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.687
=19	Brett McClure	USA	9.675
=19	Huang Xu	CHN	9.675
=21	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	9.650
=21	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	9.650
23	Guard Young	USA	9.637
=24	Yang Wei	CHN	9.625
=24	David Kikuchi	CAN	9.625
=26	Pavel Gofman	ISR	9.612
=26	Kim Seung-Il	KOR	9.612
=28	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	9.600
=28	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	9.600
=30	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	9.587
=30	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.587
32	Andriy Mykhailychenko	UKR	9.575
33	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	9.562
34	Dan Potra	ROU	9.550
=35	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	9.537
=35	Thomas Andergassen	GER	9.537
=35	Kim Hyon-Il	PRK	9.537
38	Xiao Qin	CHN	9.525
39	Ioan Suciu	ROU	9.500
40	Takehiro Kashima	JPN	9.475
41	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	9.462
42	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	9.450
=43	Ruslan Mezentsev	UKR	9.437
=43	Jorge Giraldo	COL	9.437
=45	Abel Driggs	CUB	9.425
=45	Lee Seon-Seong	KOR	9.425
47	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	9.387
48	Sven Kwiatkowski	GER	9.362
=49	Rafael Martínez	ESP	9.325
=49	Tingui Vargas	PUR	9.325
51	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	9.312
52	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	9.287
53	Adam Wong	CAN	9.262
54	Matthias Fahrig	GER	9.212
55	Jesús Carballo	ESP	9.187
=56	Sergej Pfeifer	GER	9.150
=56	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	9.150
=56	Florent Marée	FRA	9.150
59	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	9.100
60	Vlasis Maras	GRE	9.087
61	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	9.075
62	Alberto Busnari	ITA	8.987
63	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	8.975
64	Grant Golding	CAN	8.962
65	Vadym Kuvakin	UKR	8.912
66	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	8.875
67	Mosiah Rodrigues	BRA	8.800
68	Sasha Jeltkov	CAN	8.787
69	Christoph Schärer	SUI	8.737
70	Ken Ikeda	CAN	8.687
71	Igor Cassina	ITA	8.675
72	Oriol Combarros	ESP	8.637
73	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	8.550
74	Víctor Cano	ESP	8.475
=75	Matteo Morandi	ITA	8.375
=75	Filip Yanev	BUL	8.375
77	Wajdi Bouallègue	TUN	8.350
78	Ng Shu Wai	MAS	8.300
79	Filipe Bezugo	POR	8.262
80	Anton Golotsutskov	RUS	7.737
81	Teng Haibin	CHN	6.775