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Horse Vault, Men

Date	18 – 24 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Che-yuk-gwan, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	89 from 23 countries

As in 1984 eight gymnasts qualified for the final round from the team qualifying, with no more than two gymnasts per team allowed to advance to the finals. The total score consisted of 50% of the team qualifying scores, and the final round score from an optional routine on the apparatus. China’s Lou Yun was the defending gold medalist, had won the 1987 World Championships, had won a silver at the 1985 World Championships, and came in as the favorite. He defended his gold medal, becoming the second Olympic gymnast to defend on vault, after Soviet Nikolay Andrianov in 1976-80. East German Sylvio Kroll had shared the 1987 World title with Lou and won silver in Seoul. Korea’s Park Jong-Hun was the last qualifier but had the best score in the final round to move up to the bronze medal. Park’s best placement in any other apparatus qualifying was 30th in floor exercise, although he did place 25th in the individual all-around.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Lou Yun	CHN	19.875	Gold
2	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.862	Silver
3	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.775	Bronze
4	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.737
5	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.650
6	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.600
7	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.525
8	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.512
=6 r1/1	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	–
=9 r1/1	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	–
=9 r1/1	Ralf Büchner	GDR	–
=9 r1/1	Valery Lyukin	URS	–
=13 r1/1	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	–
=13 r1/1	Sven Tippelt	GDR	–
=15 r1/1	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	–
=15 r1/1	Marius Gherman	ROU	–
=15 r1/1	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	–
=18 r1/1	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=18 r1/1	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	–
=18 r1/1	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	–
=18 r1/1	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	–
=22 r1/1	Terry Bartlett	GBR	–
=22 r1/1	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	–
=22 r1/1	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	–
=22 r1/1	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	–
=26 r1/1	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	–
=26 r1/1	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	–
=26 r1/1	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	–
=26 r1/1	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=26 r1/1	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	–
=26 r1/1	Guo Linxian	CHN	–
=26 r1/1	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	–
=33 r1/1	Ralph Kern	FRG	–
=33 r1/1	Marius Tobă	ROU	–
=33 r1/1	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
=33 r1/1	Andreas Wecker	GDR	–
=33 r1/1	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
=33 r1/1	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–
=39 r1/1	Vladimir Novikov	URS	–
=39 r1/1	Mike Beckmann	FRG	–
=39 r1/1	Jenő Paprika	HUN	–
=42 r1/1	James Rozon	CAN	–
=42 r1/1	Charles Lakes	USA	–
=42 r1/1	Scott Johnson	USA	–
=42 r1/1	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	–
=46 r1/1	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=46 r1/1	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	–
=46 r1/1	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	–
=46 r1/1	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	–
=50 r1/1	Adrian Sandu	ROU	–
=50 r1/1	Brad Peters	CAN	–
=50 r1/1	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	–
=50 r1/1	Gabriele Sala	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	Daniel Winkler	FRG	–
=50 r1/1	Li Chunyang	CHN	–
=50 r1/1	Lance Ringnald	USA	–
=58 r1/1	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	–
=58 r1/1	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=60 r1/1	Christian Chevalier	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	–
=60 r1/1	Johan Jonasson	SWE	–
=60 r1/1	Claude Carmona	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	–
=60 r1/1	Wes Suter	USA	–
=60 r1/1	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	–
=67 r1/1	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	–
=67 r1/1	Jože Kolman	YUG	–
=67 r1/1	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	–
=67 r1/1	Ken Meredith	AUS	–
=67 r1/1	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	–
=67 r1/1	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	–
=73 r1/1	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	–
=73 r1/1	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	–
=73 r1/1	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	–
=73 r1/1	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	–
=77 r1/1	Andrew Morris	GBR	–
=77 r1/1	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	–
=79 r1/1	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	–
=79 r1/1	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	–
=79 r1/1	Marian Rizan	ROU	–
=79 r1/1	Kevin Davis	USA	–
83 r1/1	Gil Pinto	BRA	–
84 r1/1	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	–
85 r1/1	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	–
86 r1/1	Li Ning	CHN	–
87 r1/1	Tony Piñeda	MEX	–
88 r1/1	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	–
89 r1/1	Balázs Tóth	HUN	–

Final (24 September 1988 — 13:40-14:10)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Lou Yun	CHN	19.875	9.925	9.950
2	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.862	9.900	9.962
3	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.775	9.800	9.975
4	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.737	9.825	9.912
5	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.650	9.850	9.800
6	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.600	9.900	9.700
7	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.525	9.825	9.700
8	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.512	9.875	9.637

Qualifying (18 September 1988)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Lou Yun	CHN	19.85	9.90	9.95	Q
=2	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.80	9.85	9.95	Q
=2	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.80	9.85	9.95	Q
4	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.75	9.90	9.85	Q
5	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=6	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.65	9.90	9.75	Q
=6	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.65	9.85	9.80
=6	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.65	9.80	9.85	Q
=9	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.60	9.85	9.75	q
=9	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.60	9.80	9.80
=9	Ralf Büchner	GDR	19.60	9.80	9.80
=9	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.60	9.70	9.90
=13	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	19.55	9.85	9.70
=13	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.55	9.75	9.80
=15	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.50	9.80	9.70
=15	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.50	9.70	9.80
=15	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.50	9.65	9.85
=18	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.45	9.75	9.70
=18	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.45	9.70	9.75
=18	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	19.45	9.70	9.75
=18	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	19.45	9.65	9.80
=22	Terry Bartlett	GBR	19.40	9.80	9.60
=22	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	19.40	9.80	9.60
=22	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	19.40	9.75	9.65
=22	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.40	9.75	9.65
=26	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	19.35	9.85	9.50
=26	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.35	9.80	9.55
=26	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	19.35	9.70	9.65
=26	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	19.35	9.70	9.65
=26	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.35	9.70	9.65
=26	Guo Linxian	CHN	19.35	9.65	9.70
=26	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	19.35	9.65	9.70
=33	Ralph Kern	FRG	19.30	9.80	9.50
=33	Marius Tobă	ROU	19.30	9.70	9.60
=33	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.30	9.70	9.60
=33	Andreas Wecker	GDR	19.30	9.65	9.65
=33	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.30	9.65	9.65
=33	Petar Georgiev	BUL	19.30	9.60	9.70
=39	Vladimir Novikov	URS	19.25	9.80	9.45
=39	Mike Beckmann	FRG	19.25	9.65	9.60
=39	Jenő Paprika	HUN	19.25	9.65	9.60
=42	James Rozon	CAN	19.20	9.60	9.60
=42	Charles Lakes	USA	19.20	9.60	9.60
=42	Scott Johnson	USA	19.20	9.50	9.70
=42	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	19.20	9.50	9.70
=46	Boris Preti	ITA	19.15	9.75	9.40
=46	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	19.15	9.65	9.50
=46	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.15	9.60	9.55
=46	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	19.15	9.55	9.60
=50	Adrian Sandu	ROU	19.10	9.70	9.40
=50	Brad Peters	CAN	19.10	9.60	9.50
=50	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.10	9.60	9.50
=50	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	19.10	9.55	9.55
=50	Gabriele Sala	ITA	19.10	9.50	9.60
=50	Daniel Winkler	FRG	19.10	9.50	9.60
=50	Li Chunyang	CHN	19.10	9.50	9.60
=50	Lance Ringnald	USA	19.10	9.40	9.70
=58	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	19.05	9.75	9.30
=58	Alan Nolet	CAN	19.05	9.45	9.60
=60	Christian Chevalier	FRA	19.00	9.70	9.30
=60	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	19.00	9.60	9.40
=60	Johan Jonasson	SWE	19.00	9.50	9.50
=60	Claude Carmona	FRA	19.00	9.50	9.50
=60	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	19.00	9.50	9.50
=60	Wes Suter	USA	19.00	9.50	9.50
=60	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	19.00	9.40	9.60
=67	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	18.90	9.70	9.20
=67	Jože Kolman	YUG	18.90	9.50	9.40
=67	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	18.90	9.45	9.45
=67	Ken Meredith	AUS	18.90	9.40	9.50
=67	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	18.90	9.30	9.60
=67	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	18.90	9.30	9.60
=73	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	18.85	9.50	9.35
=73	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	18.85	9.35	9.50
=73	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	18.85	9.35	9.50
=73	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	18.85	9.15	9.70
=77	Andrew Morris	GBR	18.80	9.35	9.45
=77	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	18.80	9.30	9.50
=79	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	18.75	9.60	9.15
=79	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	18.75	9.50	9.25
=79	Marian Rizan	ROU	18.75	9.40	9.35
=79	Kevin Davis	USA	18.75	9.30	9.45
83	Gil Pinto	BRA	18.70	9.40	9.30
84	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	18.60	9.45	9.15
85	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	18.55	9.35	9.20
86	Li Ning	CHN	18.40	9.25	9.15
87	Tony Piñeda	MEX	18.30	9.05	9.25
88	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	17.95	8.80	9.15
89	Balázs Tóth	HUN	9.70	9.70	0.00