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Individual All-Around, Men

Date18 – 22 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationChe-yuk-gwan, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants89 from 23 countries

The format was the now standard of 36 gymnasts advancing to a final round from the team all-around, with no more than three gymnasts allowed per nation. The total score consisted of 50% of the qualifying scores, and the final round score from an optional routine. Soviet men had swept the medals in this event at the 1987 World Championships, led by Dmitry Bilozerchev, who had also been World Champion in 1983. Bilozerchev had been severely injured in a 1985 motorcycle accident, almost losing his left leg, and he was not expected to compete again, much less win further World titles.

In Seoul, the Soviets had the top four qualifiers, and five of the top six, but could only advance three to the final round. They swept the medals quite easily, with Vladimir Artyomov winning the gold medal, Valery Lyukin silver, and Bilozerchev bronze. They not only led the qualifying but those three had the highest scores in the final round as well. Their dominance can be shown by the margin of Bilozerchev over fourth-place finisher Sven Tippett of East Germany, which was almost a complete point (0.975).

This was only the second time, after the Japanese in 1972, that a nation swept the medals in this event at the Olympics. In fact, it became impossible to do in 2004 when the rules were changed allowing only two gymnasts per nation to advance to the final round. Lyukin would later settle in the United States, after the break-up of the Soviet Union, and his daughter, Nastia Liukin, won the women’s all-around gold medal at the 2008 Olympics for the United States.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Vladimir ArtyomovURS119.125Gold
2Valery LyukinURS119.025Silver
3Dmitry BilozerchevURS118.975Bronze
4Sven TippeltGDR118.000
5Marius GhermanROU117.825
=6Wang ChongshengCHN117.750
=6Kalofer HristozovBUL117.750
=8György GuczoghyHUN117.675
=8Yukio IketaniJPN117.675
=10Koichi MizushimaJPN117.625
=10Sylvio KrollGDR117.625
12Lou YunCHN117.600
13Daisuke NishikawaJPN117.425
14Csaba FajkuszHUN117.325
=15Boris PretiITA117.300
=15Xu ZhiqiangCHN117.300
17Jury ChechiITA117.275
18Ralf BüchnerGDR117.200
19Charles LakesUSA117.175
20Dimitar TaskovBUL117.125
21Marius TobăROU116.925
22Curtis HibbertCAN116.825
23Lyubomir GeraskovBUL116.625
24Paolo BucciITA116.600
25Park Jong-HunKOR116.500
26Brad PetersCAN116.475
27Alfonso RodríguezESP116.425
28Zsolt HorváthHUN116.400
29Christian ChevalierFRA115.975
30Johan JonassonSWE115.950
=31Sepp ZellwegerSUI115.450
=31Patrick MattioniFRA115.450
33Nicolae BejenaruROU115.400
34Kevin DavisUSA115.325
35Lance RingnaldUSA115.075
36Claude CarmonaFRA114.925
4 r1/2Sergey KharkovURS
=6 r1/2Lado GogoladzeURS
11 r1/2Vladimir NovikovURS
19 r1/2Holger BehrendtGDR
26 r1/2Toshiharu SatoJPN
29 r1/2Ulf HoffmannGDR
=30 r1/2Deyan KolevBUL
=30 r1/2Andreas WeckerGDR
=32 r1/2Li ChunyangCHN
36 r1/2Stoyko GochevBUL
37 r1/2Hiroyuki KonishiJPN
=39 r1/2Petar GeorgievBUL
=43 r1/2Zsolt BorkaiHUN
=43 r1/2Takahiro YamadaJPN
45 r1/2Guo LinxianCHN
48 r1/2Adrian SanduROU
50 r1/2Li NingCHN
=51 r1/2Thierry PecqueuxFRA
=51 r1/2Marian RizanROU
=53 r1/2Riccardo TrapellaITA
55 r1/2Jenő PaprikaHUN
=56 r1/2Lorne BobkinCAN
59 r1/2Daniel WinklerFRG
60 r1/2Mike BeckmannFRG
=61 r1/2Ju Yeong-SamKOR
=61 r1/2Gabriele SalaITA
63 r1/2Scott JohnsonUSA
64 r1/2Jürgen BrümmerFRG
=65 r1/2James RozonCAN
=65 r1/2Alan NoletCAN
=67 r1/2Ralph KernFRG
=67 r1/2Dominick Minicucci, Jr.USA
69 r1/2Wes SuterUSA
70 r1/2Stéphane CautermanFRA
=71 r1/2Song Yu-JinKOR
=71 r1/2Bernhard SimmelbauerFRG
73 r1/2Andreas AguilarFRG
74 r1/2Bruno CaveltiSUI
75 r1/2Terry BartlettGBR
76 r1/2Frédéric LonguepéeFRA
77 r1/2Miguel Ángel RubioESP
=78 r1/2Álvaro MontesinosESP
=78 r1/2Vittorio AllieviITA
80 r1/2Ken MeredithAUS
81 r1/2Andrew MorrisGBR
82 r1/2Jože KolmanYUG
83 r1/2Chang Chao-ChunTPE
84 r1/2Gil PintoBRA
85 r1/2Hélder PinheiroPOR
86 r1/2Philippe ChartrandCAN
87 r1/2Valentin PînteaROU
88 r1/2Tony PiñedaMEX
89 r1/2Balázs TóthHUN

Qualifying (18 – 20 September 1988 — 11:00-22:30 (18-20/9))

Top 36, maximum three per nation, from team all-around competition advanced to the individual all-around final. 50% of score from team all-around added to score derived from optional exercise on all six apparatuses.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsCEPOEP
1Vladimir ArtyomovURS118.9559.4059.55Q
2Valery LyukinURS118.8559.1559.70Q
3Dmitry BilozerchevURS118.4559.3559.10Q
4Sergey KharkovURS118.4058.8559.55
5Sylvio KrollGDR117.8558.3559.50Q
=6Lado GogoladzeURS117.7058.6059.10
=6Kalofer HristozovBUL117.7058.6059.10Q
8Yukio IketaniJPN117.6558.9058.75Q
9Sven TippeltGDR117.6059.0558.55Q
10Marius GhermanROU117.5558.6558.90Q
11Vladimir NovikovURS117.5058.7558.75
12Koichi MizushimaJPN117.4558.6058.85Q
=13Daisuke NishikawaJPN117.2558.5558.70Q
=13György GuczoghyHUN117.2558.4058.85Q
=15Ralf BüchnerGDR117.2058.5058.70Q
=15Wang ChongshengCHN117.2058.4058.80Q
17Lou YunCHN117.1058.0559.05Q
18Xu ZhiqiangCHN117.0058.6558.35Q
19Holger BehrendtGDR116.9558.6558.30
20Boris PretiITA116.9058.6558.25Q
=21Curtis HibbertCAN116.7558.5058.25Q
=21Lyubomir GeraskovBUL116.7558.4058.35Q
=21Marius TobăROU116.7558.2558.50Q
=21Csaba FajkuszHUN116.7557.9558.80Q
=21Dimitar TaskovBUL116.7557.7059.05Q
26Toshiharu SatoJPN116.6558.5058.15
27Jury ChechiITA116.5557.8558.70Q
28Charles LakesUSA116.4557.9058.55Q
29Ulf HoffmannGDR116.4058.0558.35
=30Deyan KolevBUL116.3058.0558.25
=30Andreas WeckerGDR116.3057.8558.45
=32Christian ChevalierFRA116.1558.0058.15Q
=32Li ChunyangCHN116.1557.6058.55
34Brad PetersCAN116.0558.1557.90Q
35Patrick MattioniFRA116.0057.8058.20Q
36Stoyko GochevBUL115.9557.4058.55
37Hiroyuki KonishiJPN115.8057.8058.00
38Paolo BucciITA115.7057.7058.00q
=39Park Jong-HunKOR115.6058.0557.55q
=39Petar GeorgievBUL115.6057.5558.05
41Zsolt HorváthHUN115.5057.5557.95q
42Alfonso RodríguezESP115.4557.3558.10q
=43Zsolt BorkaiHUN115.4058.7556.65
=43Takahiro YamadaJPN115.4057.7057.70
45Guo LinxianCHN115.3557.4057.95
46Nicolae BejenaruROU115.3057.4057.90q
47Lance RingnaldUSA115.2556.9558.30q
48Adrian SanduROU115.1558.1057.05
49Claude CarmonaFRA115.0557.6557.40q
50Li NingCHN114.9557.1557.80
=51Thierry PecqueuxFRA114.8557.3557.50
=51Marian RizanROU114.8556.7558.10
=53Kevin DavisUSA114.7557.0557.70q
=53Riccardo TrapellaITA114.7556.9057.85
55Jenő PaprikaHUN114.7056.9057.80
=56Lorne BobkinCAN114.6057.6057.00
=56Sepp ZellwegerSUI114.6057.2557.35q
=56Johan JonassonSWE114.6057.0557.55q
59Daniel WinklerFRG114.5057.1557.35
60Mike BeckmannFRG114.4557.4557.00
=61Ju Yeong-SamKOR114.2558.1056.15
=61Gabriele SalaITA114.2557.2057.05
63Scott JohnsonUSA114.2055.8058.40
64Jürgen BrümmerFRG114.1556.6557.50
=65James RozonCAN114.1057.3056.80
=65Alan NoletCAN114.1057.2056.90
=67Ralph KernFRG113.9057.5556.35
=67Dominick Minicucci, Jr.USA113.9056.7557.15
69Wes SuterUSA113.8556.2557.60
70Stéphane CautermanFRA113.7556.2057.55
=71Song Yu-JinKOR113.6056.6057.00
=71Bernhard SimmelbauerFRG113.6056.2057.40
73Andreas AguilarFRG113.3556.4556.90
74Bruno CaveltiSUI113.1056.7056.40
75Terry BartlettGBR112.9557.0055.95
76Frédéric LonguepéeFRA112.9056.3556.55
77Miguel Ángel RubioESP112.8556.1556.70
=78Álvaro MontesinosESP112.6556.7055.95
=78Vittorio AllieviITA112.6556.1056.55
80Ken MeredithAUS112.1055.2556.85
81Andrew MorrisGBR112.0555.7056.35
82Jože KolmanYUG110.4554.2056.25
83Chang Chao-ChunTPE110.3054.5555.75
84Gil PintoBRA109.9053.7056.20
85Hélder PinheiroPOR109.6054.6554.95
86Philippe ChartrandCAN105.8057.8048.00
87Valentin PînteaROU105.5557.6047.95
88Tony PiñedaMEX102.4055.1047.30
89Balázs TóthHUN77.0558.1518.90

Final (22 September 1988 — 12:00-14:30)

Top 36, maximum three per nation, from team all-around competition advanced to the individual all-around final. 50% of score from team all-around added to score derived from optional exercise on all six apparatuses.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsQP(50%)FP
1Vladimir ArtyomovURS119.12559.47559.65
2Valery LyukinURS119.02559.42559.60
3Dmitry BilozerchevURS118.97559.22559.75
4Sven TippeltGDR118.00058.80059.20
5Marius GhermanROU117.82558.77559.05
=6Wang ChongshengCHN117.75058.60059.15
=6Kalofer HristozovBUL117.75058.85058.90
=8György GuczoghyHUN117.67558.62559.05
=8Yukio IketaniJPN117.67558.82558.85
=10Koichi MizushimaJPN117.62558.72558.90
=10Sylvio KrollGDR117.62558.92558.70
12Lou YunCHN117.60058.55059.05
13Daisuke NishikawaJPN117.42558.62558.80
14Csaba FajkuszHUN117.32558.37558.95
=15Boris PretiITA117.30058.45058.85
=15Xu ZhiqiangCHN117.30058.50058.80
17Jury ChechiITA117.27558.27559.00
18Ralf BüchnerGDR117.20058.60058.60
19Charles LakesUSA117.17558.22558.95
20Dimitar TaskovBUL117.12558.37558.75
21Marius TobăROU116.92558.37558.55
22Curtis HibbertCAN116.82558.37558.45
23Lyubomir GeraskovBUL116.62558.37558.25
24Paolo BucciITA116.60057.85058.75
25Park Jong-HunKOR116.50057.80058.70
26Brad PetersCAN116.47558.02558.45
27Alfonso RodríguezESP116.42557.72558.70
28Zsolt HorváthHUN116.40057.75058.65
29Christian ChevalierFRA115.97558.07557.90
30Johan JonassonSWE115.95057.30058.65
=31Sepp ZellwegerSUI115.45057.30058.15
=31Patrick MattioniFRA115.45058.00057.45
33Nicolae BejenaruROU115.40057.65057.75
34Kevin DavisUSA115.32557.37557.95
35Lance RingnaldUSA115.07557.62557.45
36Claude CarmonaFRA114.92557.52557.40