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Parallel Bars, Men

Date27 August – 1 September 1972 — 19:30
StatusOlympic
LocationSporthalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants112 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. All the finalists were from Japan and the Soviet Union, but Japan swept the medals, led by individual all-around champion Sawao Kato, who led the team all-around qualifying and had the best score in the final round. Kato would win the gold medal again in 1976, the first gymnast to defend his gold medal on the parallel bars. Silver and bronze went to Shigeru Kasamatsu and Eizo Kenmotsu.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Sawao KatoJPN19.475Gold
2Shigeru KasamatsuJPN19.375Silver
3Eizo KenmotsuJPN19.250Bronze
4Viktor KlimenkoURS19.125
5Akinori NakayamaJPN18.875
6Nikolay AndrianovURS17.975
=6 r1/1Mikhail VoroninURS
=6 r1/1Eberhard GiengerFRG
9 r1/1Klaus KösteGDR
10 r1/1Günter SpiesFRG
=11 r1/1Edvard MikaelyanURS
=11 r1/1Mikołaj KubicaPOL
=11 r1/1Mitsuo TsukaharaJPN
14 r1/1Teruichi OkamuraJPN
=15 r1/1Matthias BrehmeGDR
=15 r1/1Wolfgang ThüneGDR
=17 r1/1Aleksandr MaleyevURS
=17 r1/1Peter RohnerSUI
=17 r1/1Makoto SakamotoUSA
=17 r1/1Wolfgang KlotzGDR
=17 r1/1Andrzej SzajnaPOL
=22 r1/1Walter MössingerFRG
=22 r1/1Li Song-SobPRK
=24 r1/1Imre MolnárHUN
=24 r1/1Janez BrodnikYUG
=24 r1/1Sylwester KubicaPOL
=27 r1/1Kim Song-YuPRK
=27 r1/1Max BrühwilerSUI
=29 r1/1Reinhard RychlyGDR
=29 r1/1Wilhelm KubicaPOL
=29 r1/1Steve HugUSA
=32 r1/1Béla HerczegHUN
=32 r1/1Kim Song-IlPRK
=32 r1/1Milenko KersnićYUG
=32 r1/1Mauno NissinenFIN
=36 r1/1Geno RadevBUL
=36 r1/1Jürgen PaekeGDR
=38 r1/1Petre MihăiucROU
=38 r1/1Ladislav MoravaTCH
=38 r1/1Bernd EffingFRG
=38 r1/1Roberto Antonio León Richards CUB
=42 r1/1Reinhard RitterFRG
=42 r1/1Jiří FejtekTCH
=42 r1/1Edwin GreutmannSUI
=45 r1/1Vladimir ShchukinURS
=45 r1/1Vladislav NehasilTCH
=47 r1/1István KissHUN
=47 r1/1Bohumil MudříkTCH
=47 r1/1Ho Yun-HangPRK
=47 r1/1Jorge CuervoCUB
=47 r1/1Robert BretscherSUI
=52 r1/1Christian GuiffroyFRA
=52 r1/1Zoltán MagyarHUN
=52 r1/1Dan GrecuROU
=52 r1/1Miloš VratičYUG
=56 r1/1Shin Heung-DoPRK
=56 r1/1István BércziHUN
=58 r1/1Drago ŠoštarićYUG
=58 r1/1John Crosby, Jr.USA
=60 r1/1Jean-Pierre MiensFRA
=60 r1/1Franco DonegàITA
=60 r1/1Carmine LuppinoITA
=63 r1/1Zoran IvanovićYUG
=63 r1/1Heinz HäusslerFRG
=63 r1/1Gheorghe PăunescuROU
=63 r1/1Ole BenediktsonDEN
=63 r1/1Jo Jong-RyolPRK
=68 r1/1Antal KistelekiHUN
=68 r1/1Christian DeuzaFRA
=68 r1/1Ivica HmjelovacYUG
71 r1/1Mircea GheorghiuROU
=72 r1/1Jim Culhane, Jr.USA
=72 r1/1Adolfo LamprontiITA
=72 r1/1Jerzy KrużaPOL
=75 r1/1José GinésESP
=75 r1/1Stefan ZoevBUL
=75 r1/1René BadellCUB
=78 r1/1Ivan KondevBUL
=78 r1/1Constantin PetrescuROU
=78 r1/1Georges GuelzecFRA
=81 r1/1Bernard FarjatFRA
=81 r1/1Cecilio UgarteESP
=81 r1/1Henri BoërioFRA
84 r1/1Tore LieNOR
=85 r1/1Rogelio MendozaMEX
=85 r1/1Luigi CoppaITA
=85 r1/1Marshall AvenerUSA
=88 r1/1Bruno BanzerLIE
=88 r1/1Agustín SandovalESP
=88 r1/1Bozhidar IlievBUL
=91 r1/1Pavel StanovskýTCH
=91 r1/1Maurizio MilanettoITA
=93 r1/1Fedele SpatazzaITA
=93 r1/1Dimitar DimitrovBUL
=93 r1/1Luis RamírezCUB
=96 r1/1Ian ClarkeAUS
=96 r1/1Dimitar KoychevBUL
98 r1/1Eddie ArnoldGBR
=99 r1/1Stan WildGBR
=99 r1/1George GreenfieldUSA
101 r1/1Philippe GailleSUI
=102 r1/1Mieczysław StrzałkaPOL
=102 r1/1André SimardCAN
=102 r1/1Jorge RodríguezCUB
105 r1/1Peter LloydAUS
106 r1/1Bill NorgraveGBR
107 r1/1Emilio SagréCUB
108 r1/1Steve MitrukCAN
109 r1/1Nicolae OprescuROU
110 r1/1Terry SaleNZL
111 r1/1Miloslav NetušilTCH
112 r1/1Bruce MeddCAN

Final (1 September 1972 — 19:30)

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

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsQP(50%)FP
1Sawao KatoJPN19.4759.6759.80
2Shigeru KasamatsuJPN19.3759.6259.75
3Eizo KenmotsuJPN19.2509.6509.60
4Viktor KlimenkoURS19.1259.6259.50
5Akinori NakayamaJPN18.8759.6259.25
6Nikolay AndrianovURS17.9759.5258.45

Qualifying (27 August 1972)

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

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsCEPOEP
1Sawao KatoJPN19.359.609.75Q
2Eizo KenmotsuJPN19.309.659.65Q
=3Viktor KlimenkoURS19.259.659.60Q
=3Akinori NakayamaJPN19.259.609.65Q
=3Shigeru KasamatsuJPN19.259.559.70Q
=6Nikolay AndrianovURS19.059.509.55Q
=6Mikhail VoroninURS19.059.609.45
=6Eberhard GiengerFRG19.059.509.55
9Klaus KösteGDR19.009.509.50
10Günter SpiesFRG18.959.559.40
=11Edvard MikaelyanURS18.859.509.35
=11Mikołaj KubicaPOL18.859.409.45
=11Mitsuo TsukaharaJPN18.859.359.50
14Teruichi OkamuraJPN18.759.359.40
=15Matthias BrehmeGDR18.659.309.35
=15Wolfgang ThüneGDR18.659.309.35
=17Aleksandr MaleyevURS18.609.359.25
=17Peter RohnerSUI18.609.309.30
=17Makoto SakamotoUSA18.609.309.30
=17Wolfgang KlotzGDR18.609.259.35
=17Andrzej SzajnaPOL18.609.259.35
=22Walter MössingerFRG18.559.359.20
=22Li Song-SobPRK18.559.259.30
=24Imre MolnárHUN18.509.409.10
=24Janez BrodnikYUG18.509.209.30
=24Sylwester KubicaPOL18.509.159.35
=27Kim Song-YuPRK18.459.159.30
=27Max BrühwilerSUI18.459.159.30
=29Reinhard RychlyGDR18.409.209.20
=29Wilhelm KubicaPOL18.409.109.30
=29Steve HugUSA18.409.109.30
=32Béla HerczegHUN18.359.159.20
=32Kim Song-IlPRK18.359.159.20
=32Milenko KersnićYUG18.359.109.25
=32Mauno NissinenFIN18.358.959.40
=36Geno RadevBUL18.309.009.30
=36Jürgen PaekeGDR18.309.009.30
=38Petre MihăiucROU18.259.109.15
=38Ladislav MoravaTCH18.259.059.20
=38Bernd EffingFRG18.259.009.25
=38Roberto Antonio León Richards CUB18.258.959.30
=42Reinhard RitterFRG18.209.109.10
=42Jiří FejtekTCH18.209.059.15
=42Edwin GreutmannSUI18.208.959.25
=45Vladimir ShchukinURS18.159.009.15
=45Vladislav NehasilTCH18.158.959.20
=47István KissHUN18.109.109.00
=47Bohumil MudříkTCH18.109.059.05
=47Ho Yun-HangPRK18.109.009.10
=47Jorge CuervoCUB18.108.909.20
=47Robert BretscherSUI18.108.909.20
=52Christian GuiffroyFRA18.059.059.00
=52Zoltán MagyarHUN18.059.009.05
=52Dan GrecuROU18.059.009.05
=52Miloš VratičYUG18.058.909.15
=56Shin Heung-DoPRK17.959.008.95
=56István BércziHUN17.958.859.10
=58Drago ŠoštarićYUG17.908.859.05
=58John Crosby, Jr.USA17.908.659.25
=60Jean-Pierre MiensFRA17.858.859.00
=60Franco DonegàITA17.858.859.00
=60Carmine LuppinoITA17.858.709.15
=63Zoran IvanovićYUG17.808.858.95
=63Heinz HäusslerFRG17.808.709.10
=63Gheorghe PăunescuROU17.808.709.10
=63Ole BenediktsonDEN17.808.659.15
=63Jo Jong-RyolPRK17.808.559.25
=68Antal KistelekiHUN17.758.908.85
=68Christian DeuzaFRA17.758.858.90
=68Ivica HmjelovacYUG17.758.808.95
71Mircea GheorghiuROU17.709.058.65
=72Jim Culhane, Jr.USA17.658.659.00
=72Adolfo LamprontiITA17.658.609.05
=72Jerzy KrużaPOL17.658.609.05
=75José GinésESP17.608.708.90
=75Stefan ZoevBUL17.608.658.95
=75René BadellCUB17.608.609.00
=78Ivan KondevBUL17.508.558.95
=78Constantin PetrescuROU17.508.558.95
=78Georges GuelzecFRA17.508.459.05
=81Bernard FarjatFRA17.458.658.80
=81Cecilio UgarteESP17.458.508.95
=81Henri BoërioFRA17.458.159.30
84Tore LieNOR17.358.708.65
=85Rogelio MendozaMEX17.258.458.80
=85Luigi CoppaITA17.258.358.90
=85Marshall AvenerUSA17.258.109.15
=88Bruno BanzerLIE17.208.708.50
=88Agustín SandovalESP17.208.558.65
=88Bozhidar IlievBUL17.208.408.80
=91Pavel StanovskýTCH17.158.258.90
=91Maurizio MilanettoITA17.158.109.05
=93Fedele SpatazzaITA17.108.808.30
=93Dimitar DimitrovBUL17.108.508.60
=93Luis RamírezCUB17.108.208.90
=96Ian ClarkeAUS17.058.458.60
=96Dimitar KoychevBUL17.058.308.75
98Eddie ArnoldGBR17.008.408.60
=99Stan WildGBR16.808.008.80
=99George GreenfieldUSA16.807.759.05
101Philippe GailleSUI16.757.709.05
=102Mieczysław StrzałkaPOL16.658.308.35
=102André SimardCAN16.657.908.75
=102Jorge RodríguezCUB16.657.858.80
105Peter LloydAUS16.608.608.00
106Bill NorgraveGBR16.357.908.45
107Emilio SagréCUB16.258.307.95
108Steve MitrukCAN16.207.808.40
109Nicolae OprescuROU16.107.258.85
110Terry SaleNZL15.156.658.50
111Miloslav NetušilTCH9.259.250.00
112Bruce MeddCAN6.306.300.00