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Parallel Bars, 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. Vladimir Artyomov had won the title on parallel bars at the 1987 World Championships and in Seoul he narrowly defeated his teammate, Valery Lyukin. They had been 1-2 after team qualifying and both scored 9.95 in the final round to maintain their places. East German Sven Tippelt won the bronze medal, as he also did on the rings.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	189	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.925	Gold
2	193	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.900	Silver
3	148	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.750	Bronze
4	106	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.725
5	179	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.700
6	112	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.675
7	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.625
8	161	Boris Preti	ITA	19.600
=2 r1/1	190	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	–
=6 r1/1	195	Vladimir Novikov	URS	–
=6 r1/1	192	Sergey Kharkov	URS	–
=6 r1/1	143	Holger Behrendt	GDR	–
=13 r1/1	146	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	–
=13 r1/1	103	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	–
=13 r1/1	150	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	–
=13 r1/1	191	Lado Gogoladze	URS	–
=13 r1/1	152	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=18 r1/1	128	Claude Carmona	FRA	–
=18 r1/1	130	Christian Chevalier	FRA	–
=18 r1/1	145	Ralf Büchner	GDR	–
=18 r1/1	171	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=18 r1/1	160	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
=18 r1/1	169	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	–
=18 r1/1	117	Guo Linxian	CHN	–
=25 r1/1	111	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	–
=25 r1/1	159	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=25 r1/1	123	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	–
=25 r1/1	198	Charles Lakes	USA	–
=29 r1/1	183	Adrian Sandu	ROU	–
=29 r1/1	172	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	170	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	197	Scott Johnson	USA	–
=29 r1/1	167	Yukio Iketani	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	104	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–
=35 r1/1	118	Li Chunyang	CHN	–
=35 r1/1	186	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	–
=35 r1/1	134	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	–
=35 r1/1	178	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	–
=39 r1/1	174	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	–
=39 r1/1	115	Brad Peters	CAN	–
=39 r1/1	162	Gabriele Sala	ITA	–
=39 r1/1	105	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	–
=39 r1/1	151	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	–
=44 r1/1	132	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	–
=44 r1/1	125	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	–
=44 r1/1	107	Deyan Kolev	BUL	–
=44 r1/1	184	Marius Tobă	ROU	–
=44 r1/1	153	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	–
=44 r1/1	196	Kevin Davis	USA	–
=50 r1/1	137	Ralph Kern	FRG	–
=50 r1/1	176	Tony Pineda	MEX	–
=50 r1/1	122	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	–
=50 r1/1	173	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	–
=50 r1/1	110	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	–
=50 r1/1	140	Daniel Winkler	FRG	–
=50 r1/1	135	Mike Beckmann	FRG	–
=50 r1/1	168	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	–
=50 r1/1	200	Lance Ringnald	USA	–
=59 r1/1	149	Andreas Wecker	GDR	–
=59 r1/1	181	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	–
=59 r1/1	199	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	–
=59 r1/1	164	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	–
=59 r1/1	139	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	–
=59 r1/1	121	Lou Yun	CHN	–
=59 r1/1	109	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	–
66 r1/1	202	Wes Suter	USA	–
=67 r1/1	116	James Rozon	CAN	–
=67 r1/1	126	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	–
=69 r1/1	129	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	131	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	175	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	–
=72 r1/1	141	Terry Bartlett	GBR	–
=72 r1/1	142	Andrew Morris	GBR	–
=72 r1/1	136	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	–
75 r1/1	157	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	–
76 r1/1	154	Jenő Paprika	HUN	–
=77 r1/1	185	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	–
=77 r1/1	187	Johan Jonasson	SWE	–
=77 r1/1	182	Marian Rizan	ROU	–
=80 r1/1	133	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	–
=80 r1/1	101	Ken Meredith	AUS	–
=82 r1/1	114	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=82 r1/1	124	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	–
=84 r1/1	177	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	–
=84 r1/1	188	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	–
=84 r1/1	120	Li Ning	CHN	–
87 r1/1	203	Jože Kolman	YUG	–
88 r1/1	102	Gil Pinto	BRA	–
89 r1/1	156	Balázs Tóth	HUN	–

Final

Date	24 September 1988 — 14:20-14:50
Format	Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	189	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.925	9.975	9.950
2	193	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.900	9.950	9.950
3	148	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.750	9.850	9.900
4	106	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.725	9.875	9.850
5	179	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.700	9.850	9.850
6	112	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.675	9.850	9.825
7	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.625	9.875	9.750
8	161	Boris Preti	ITA	19.600	9.850	9.750

Qualifying Round

Date	18 September 1988
Format	Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	189	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.95	10.00	9.95	Q
=2	190	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.90	9.90	10.00
=2	193	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=4	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.75	9.85	9.90	Q
=4	106	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.75	9.80	9.95	Q
=6	148	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.70	9.90	9.80	Q
=6	179	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=6	112	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=6	161	Boris Preti	ITA	19.70	9.80	9.90	Q
=6	195	Vladimir Novikov	URS	19.70	9.80	9.90
=6	192	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.70	9.80	9.90
=6	143	Holger Behrendt	GDR	19.70	9.80	9.90
=13	146	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	19.65	9.80	9.85
=13	103	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	19.65	9.80	9.85
=13	150	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.65	9.80	9.85
=13	191	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.65	9.75	9.90
=13	152	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.65	9.75	9.90
=18	128	Claude Carmona	FRA	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	130	Christian Chevalier	FRA	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	145	Ralf Büchner	GDR	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	171	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	19.60	9.80	9.80
=18	160	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.60	9.75	9.85
=18	169	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.60	9.70	9.90
=18	117	Guo Linxian	CHN	19.60	9.70	9.90
=25	111	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	19.55	9.75	9.80
=25	159	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.55	9.70	9.85
=25	123	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.55	9.70	9.85
=25	198	Charles Lakes	USA	19.55	9.60	9.95
=29	183	Adrian Sandu	ROU	19.50	9.80	9.70
=29	172	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	19.50	9.75	9.75
=29	170	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.50	9.75	9.75
=29	197	Scott Johnson	USA	19.50	9.70	9.80
=29	167	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.50	9.70	9.80
=29	104	Petar Georgiev	BUL	19.50	9.70	9.80
=35	118	Li Chunyang	CHN	19.45	9.70	9.75
=35	186	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	19.45	9.65	9.80
=35	134	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	19.45	9.65	9.80
=35	178	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	19.45	9.60	9.85
=39	174	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	19.40	9.70	9.70
=39	115	Brad Peters	CAN	19.40	9.70	9.70
=39	162	Gabriele Sala	ITA	19.40	9.70	9.70
=39	105	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.40	9.60	9.80
=39	151	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	19.40	9.60	9.80
=44	132	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	19.35	9.70	9.65
=44	125	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	19.35	9.65	9.70
=44	107	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.35	9.60	9.75
=44	184	Marius Tobă	ROU	19.35	9.55	9.80
=44	153	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	19.35	9.55	9.80
=44	196	Kevin Davis	USA	19.35	9.50	9.85
=50	137	Ralph Kern	FRG	19.30	9.70	9.60
=50	176	Tony Pineda	MEX	19.30	9.65	9.65
=50	122	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.30	9.65	9.65
=50	173	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	110	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	140	Daniel Winkler	FRG	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	135	Mike Beckmann	FRG	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	168	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	19.30	9.60	9.70
=50	200	Lance Ringnald	USA	19.30	9.50	9.80
=59	149	Andreas Wecker	GDR	19.25	9.70	9.55
=59	181	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	19.25	9.65	9.60
=59	199	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	19.25	9.60	9.65
=59	164	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	19.25	9.50	9.75
=59	139	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	19.25	9.50	9.75
=59	121	Lou Yun	CHN	19.25	9.40	9.85
=59	109	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	19.25	9.30	9.95
66	202	Wes Suter	USA	19.20	9.40	9.80
=67	116	James Rozon	CAN	19.15	9.60	9.55
=67	126	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	19.15	9.55	9.60
=69	129	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	19.10	9.70	9.40
=69	131	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	19.10	9.50	9.60
=69	175	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	19.10	9.45	9.65
=72	141	Terry Bartlett	GBR	19.05	9.50	9.55
=72	142	Andrew Morris	GBR	19.05	9.45	9.60
=72	136	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	19.05	9.45	9.60
75	157	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	18.90	9.35	9.55
76	154	Jenő Paprika	HUN	18.85	9.15	9.70
=77	185	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	18.80	9.40	9.40
=77	187	Johan Jonasson	SWE	18.80	9.40	9.40
=77	182	Marian Rizan	ROU	18.80	8.90	9.90
=80	133	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	18.75	9.65	9.10
=80	101	Ken Meredith	AUS	18.75	9.15	9.60
=82	114	Alan Nolet	CAN	18.70	9.50	9.20
=82	124	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	18.70	9.30	9.40
=84	177	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	18.60	9.20	9.40
=84	188	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	18.60	9.05	9.55
=84	120	Li Ning	CHN	18.60	9.00	9.60
87	203	Jože Kolman	YUG	18.55	9.05	9.50
88	102	Gil Pinto	BRA	17.80	8.30	9.50
89	156	Balázs Tóth	HUN	9.70	9.70	–