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Horizontal Bar, Men

Date9 – 19 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationGuojia Tiyuguan, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants76 from 27 countries

The format was the same as it had been from 1984-2004, with eight gymnasts advancing from the team all-around, but no more than two per nation. The leader after qualifying was the favorite, German Fabian Hambüchen, 2007 World Champion and three-time European Champion. He scored 15.875 in the final but was beaten by both China’s Zou Kai, who won gold, and surprising American Jonathan Horton. Zou won three golds in Beijing, adding a team title and gold on floor.

One athlete not competing was Slovenia’s Aljaž Pegan, a high bar specialist, with an element named after him, the Pegan, that is performed on both high and parallel bars. He had won medals at the last three World Championships on horizontal bar, with silvers in 2006-07 and gold in 2005. Pegan’s nation did not qualify for the team event, and as a specialist, he did not qualify for the all-around, and did not win the most recent Worlds, so he could not compete in Beijing.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Zou KaiCHNGold
2Jonathan HortonUSASilver
3Fabian HambüchenGERBronze
4Igor CassinaITA
5Takuya NakaseJPN
6Hiroyuki TomitaJPN
7Epke ZonderlandNED
8Yann CucheratFRA
9 r1/2Dimitri KarbanenkoFRA
10 r1/2Li XiaopengCHN
11 r1/2Joey HagertyUSA
12 r1/2Justin SpringUSA
13 r1/2Sergey KhorokhordinRUS
14 r1/2Christoph SchärerSUI
15 r1/2Kohei UchimuraJPN
16 r1/2Rafael MartínezESP
17 r1/2Takehiro KashimaJPN
18 r1/2Xiao QinCHN
19 r1/2Maksim DevyatovskyRUS
20 r1/2Nikolay KryukovRUS
21 r1/2Flavius KocziROU
22 r1/2Kim Su-MyeonKOR
23 r1/2Sasha ArtemevUSA
24 r1/2Yang WeiCHN
25 r1/2Aliaksandr TsarevichBLR
26 r1/2Enrico PozzoITA
27 r1/2Nathan GafuikCAN
28 r1/2Yury RyazanovRUS
29 r1/2Marian DrăgulescuROU
30 r1/2Dzianis SavenkouBLR
31 r1/2Robert JuckelGER
32 r1/2José Luis FuentesVEN
33 r1/2Koki SakamotoJPN
34 r1/2Luis RiveraPUR
35 r1/2Benoît CaranobeFRA
36 r1/2Claudio CapelliSUI
37 r1/2Kim Dae-EunKOR
38 r1/2Thomas BouhailFRA
39 r1/2Daniel KeatingsGBR
40 r1/2Dzmitry SavitskiBLR
41 r1/2Adam WongCAN
42 r1/2Iván San MiguelESP
43 r1/2Chen YibingCHN
44 r1/2Kim Ji-HunKOR
45 r1/2Koen Van DammeBEL
46 r1/2Marcel NguyenGER
47 r1/2Kevin TanUSA
48 r1/2Eugen SpiridonovGER
49 r1/2Alberto BusnariITA
50 r1/2Philipp BoyGER
51 r1/2Anton GolotsutskovRUS
52 r1/2Kyle ShewfeltCAN
53 r1/2Dzmitry KaspiarovichBLR
54 r1/2Aleksandr ShatilovISR
55 r1/2David KikuchiCAN
56 r1/2Louis SmithGBR
57 r1/2Mohamed SrourEGY
58 r1/2Jorge GiraldoCOL
59 r1/2Hamilton SabotFRA
60 r1/2Vlasis MarasGRE
61 r1/2Matteo MorandiITA
62 r1/2Valeriy HoncharovUKR
63 r1/2Adrian BucurROU
64 r1/2Gervasio DeferrESP
65 r1/2Anton FokinUZB
66 r1/2Sascha PalgenLUX
67 r1/2Matteo AngiolettiITA
68 r1/2Yang Tae-YeongKOR
69 r1/2Sam SimpsonAUS
70 r1/2Răzvan ȘelariuROU
71 r1/2Daniel PopescuROU
72 r1/2Sergio MuñozESP
73 r1/2Martin KonečnýCZE
74 r1/2Manuel CarballoESP
75 r1/2Aliaksei IhnatovichBLR
76 r1/2Kim Seung-IlKOR

Qualification (9 August 2008 — 12:00-22:05)

Top eight (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Fabian HambüchenGER16,200Q
2Igor CassinaITA16,000Q
3Yann CucheratFRA15,850Q
4Epke ZonderlandNED15,750Q
5Zou KaiCHN15,600Q
6Jonathan HortonUSA15,575Q
7Hiroyuki TomitaJPN15,550Q
8Takuya NakaseJPN15,450Q
9Dimitri KarbanenkoFRA15,450
10Li XiaopengCHN15,400
11Joey HagertyUSA15,400
12Justin SpringUSA15,375
13Sergey KhorokhordinRUS15,350
14Christoph SchärerSUI15,350
15Kohei UchimuraJPN15,325
16Rafael MartínezESP15,275
17Takehiro KashimaJPN15,150
18Xiao QinCHN15,150
19Maksim DevyatovskyRUS15,125
20Nikolay KryukovRUS15,050
21Flavius KocziROU15,025
22Kim Su-MyeonKOR14,975
23Sasha ArtemevUSA14,925
24Yang WeiCHN14,925
25Aliaksandr TsarevichBLR14,850
26Enrico PozzoITA14,850
27Nathan GafuikCAN14,825
28Yury RyazanovRUS14,800
29Marian DrăgulescuROU14,800
30Dzianis SavenkouBLR14,750
31Robert JuckelGER14,750
32José Luis FuentesVEN14,750
33Koki SakamotoJPN14,725
34Luis RiveraPUR14,675
35Benoît CaranobeFRA14,675
36Claudio CapelliSUI14,675
37Kim Dae-EunKOR14,625
38Thomas BouhailFRA14,575
39Daniel KeatingsGBR14,575
40Dzmitry SavitskiBLR14,575
41Adam WongCAN14,575
42Iván San MiguelESP14,525
43Chen YibingCHN14,525
44Kim Ji-HunKOR14,525
45Koen Van DammeBEL14,475
46Marcel NguyenGER14,450
47Kevin TanUSA14,425
48Eugen SpiridonovGER14,400
49Alberto BusnariITA14,375
50Philipp BoyGER14,375
51Anton GolotsutskovRUS14,300
52Kyle ShewfeltCAN14,250
53Dzmitry KaspiarovichBLR14,250
54Aleksandr ShatilovISR14,225
55David KikuchiCAN14,200
56Louis SmithGBR14,175
57Mohamed SrourEGY14,125
58Jorge GiraldoCOL13,975
59Hamilton SabotFRA13,975
60Vlasis MarasGRE13,975
61Matteo MorandiITA13,850
62Valeriy HoncharovUKR13,850
63Adrian BucurROU13,750
64Gervasio DeferrESP13,725
65Anton FokinUZB13,625
66Sascha PalgenLUX13,600
67Matteo AngiolettiITA13,575
68Yang Tae-YeongKOR13,475
69Sam SimpsonAUS13,475
70Răzvan ȘelariuROU13,475
71Daniel PopescuROU13,325
72Sergio MuñozESP13,300
73Martin KonečnýCZE13,125
74Manuel CarballoESP13,025
75Aliaksei IhnatovichBLR13,000
76Kim Seung-IlKOR12,175

Final (19 August 2008 — 19:33-20:01)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Zou KaiCHN16,200
2Jonathan HortonUSA16,175
3Fabian HambüchenGER15,875
4Igor CassinaITA15,675
5Takuya NakaseJPN15,450
6Hiroyuki TomitaJPN15,225
7Epke ZonderlandNED15,000
8Yann CucheratFRA14,825