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Pommelled Horse, 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. After team qualifying there was a four-way tie for first among Soviet Dmitry Bilozerchev, Hungarian Zsolt Borkai, Bulgaria’s Lyubomir Geraskov, and Japan’s Koichi Mizushima. Mizushima scored 9.95 in the final round but it was not enough, as the other three scored perfect 10s for a three-way tie for the gold medal. The only other time that three gold medals were handed out at in a single event at the Olympics also occurred on the pommelled horse, in 1948. Through 2012, Geraskov’s gymnastics gold medal is one of only two won by Bulgaria, after Stoyan Delchev in the 1980 horizontal bar.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
=1	105	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.950	Gold
=1	150	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.950	Gold
=1	190	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.950	Gold
4	169	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.900
5	193	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.875
6	170	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.850
7	148	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.800
8	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.775
=7 r1/1	189	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	–
=9 r1/1	182	Marian Rizan	ROU	–
=9 r1/1	195	Vladimir Novikov	URS	–
=12 r1/1	192	Sergey Kharkov	URS	–
=12 r1/1	171	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
=12 r1/1	109	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	–
=15 r1/1	179	Marius Gherman	ROU	–
=15 r1/1	122	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	–
=15 r1/1	161	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=15 r1/1	152	György Guczoghy	HUN	–
=19 r1/1	104	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–
=19 r1/1	168	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	–
=19 r1/1	106	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
=22 r1/1	151	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	–
=22 r1/1	196	Kevin Davis	USA	–
=22 r1/1	191	Lado Gogoladze	URS	–
=22 r1/1	145	Ralf Büchner	GDR	–
=22 r1/1	167	Yukio Iketani	JPN	–
=22 r1/1	160	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
=28 r1/1	115	Brad Peters	CAN	–
=28 r1/1	135	Mike Beckmann	FRG	–
=30 r1/1	130	Christian Chevalier	FRA	–
=30 r1/1	198	Charles Lakes	USA	–
=30 r1/1	118	Li Chunyang	CHN	–
=30 r1/1	159	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=30 r1/1	129	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	–
35 r1/1	178	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	–
=36 r1/1	184	Marius Tobă	ROU	–
=36 r1/1	128	Claude Carmona	FRA	–
=36 r1/1	146	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	–
=36 r1/1	172	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	–
=40 r1/1	187	Johan Jonasson	SWE	–
=40 r1/1	154	Jenő Paprika	HUN	–
42 r1/1	164	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	–
=43 r1/1	120	Li Ning	CHN	–
=43 r1/1	181	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	–
=43 r1/1	186	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	–
=46 r1/1	114	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=46 r1/1	133	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	–
=46 r1/1	200	Lance Ringnald	USA	–
=46 r1/1	103	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	–
=46 r1/1	132	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	–
=51 r1/1	177	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	–
=51 r1/1	202	Wes Suter	USA	–
=51 r1/1	110	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	–
=51 r1/1	162	Gabriele Sala	ITA	–
=51 r1/1	121	Lou Yun	CHN	–
=56 r1/1	123	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	–
=56 r1/1	107	Deyan Kolev	BUL	–
=56 r1/1	137	Ralph Kern	FRG	–
=59 r1/1	183	Adrian Sandu	ROU	–
=59 r1/1	143	Holger Behrendt	GDR	–
=59 r1/1	111	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	–
=59 r1/1	136	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	–
=63 r1/1	140	Daniel Winkler	FRG	–
=63 r1/1	199	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	–
=63 r1/1	149	Andreas Wecker	GDR	–
=66 r1/1	153	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	–
=66 r1/1	116	James Rozon	CAN	–
=66 r1/1	117	Guo Linxian	CHN	–
=69 r1/1	185	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	–
=69 r1/1	139	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	–
=69 r1/1	157	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	–
=72 r1/1	112	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	–
=72 r1/1	142	Andrew Morris	GBR	–
74 r1/1	101	Ken Meredith	AUS	–
=75 r1/1	134	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	–
=75 r1/1	174	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	–
=75 r1/1	125	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	–
78 r1/1	131	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	–
=79 r1/1	203	Jože Kolman	YUG	–
=79 r1/1	197	Scott Johnson	USA	–
=81 r1/1	173	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	–
=81 r1/1	126	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	–
83 r1/1	124	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	–
84 r1/1	188	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	–
85 r1/1	141	Terry Bartlett	GBR	–
=86 r1/1	175	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	–
=86 r1/1	102	Gil Pinto	BRA	–
88 r1/1	176	Tony Pineda	MEX	–
89 r1/1	156	Balázs Tóth	HUN	–

Final

Date	24 September 1988 — 12:30-13:00
Format	Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
=1	105	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.950	9.950	10.000
=1	150	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.950	9.950	10.000
=1	190	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.950	9.950	10.000
4	169	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.900	9.950	9.950
5	193	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.875	9.925	9.950
6	170	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.850	9.900	9.950
7	148	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.800	9.850	9.950
8	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.775	9.875	9.900

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	190	Dmitry Bilozerchev	URS	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=1	169	Koichi Mizushima	JPN	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=1	105	Lyubomir Geraskov	BUL	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
=1	150	Zsolt Borkai	HUN	19.90	9.90	10.00	Q
5	193	Valery Lyukin	URS	19.85	9.85	10.00	Q
6	170	Daisuke Nishikawa	JPN	19.80	9.80	10.00	Q
=7	189	Vladimir Artyomov	URS	19.75	9.80	9.95
=7	147	Sylvio Kroll	GDR	19.75	9.80	9.95	Q
=9	148	Sven Tippelt	GDR	19.70	9.80	9.90	q
=9	182	Marian Rizan	ROU	19.70	9.80	9.90
=9	195	Vladimir Novikov	URS	19.70	9.80	9.90
=12	192	Sergey Kharkov	URS	19.65	9.75	9.90
=12	171	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	19.65	9.75	9.90
=12	109	Dimitar Taskov	BUL	19.65	9.75	9.90
=15	179	Marius Gherman	ROU	19.60	9.80	9.80
=15	122	Wang Chongsheng	CHN	19.60	9.75	9.85
=15	161	Boris Preti	ITA	19.60	9.70	9.90
=15	152	György Guczoghy	HUN	19.60	9.70	9.90
=19	104	Petar Georgiev	BUL	19.55	9.75	9.80
=19	168	Hiroyuki Konishi	JPN	19.55	9.65	9.90
=19	106	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	19.55	9.65	9.90
=22	151	Csaba Fajkusz	HUN	19.50	9.75	9.75
=22	196	Kevin Davis	USA	19.50	9.70	9.80
=22	191	Lado Gogoladze	URS	19.50	9.70	9.80
=22	145	Ralf Büchner	GDR	19.50	9.70	9.80
=22	167	Yukio Iketani	JPN	19.50	9.70	9.80
=22	160	Jury Chechi	ITA	19.50	9.60	9.90
=28	115	Brad Peters	CAN	19.45	9.70	9.75
=28	135	Mike Beckmann	FRG	19.45	9.70	9.75
=30	130	Christian Chevalier	FRA	19.40	9.60	9.80
=30	198	Charles Lakes	USA	19.40	9.60	9.80
=30	118	Li Chunyang	CHN	19.40	9.60	9.80
=30	159	Paolo Bucci	ITA	19.40	9.50	9.90
=30	129	Stéphane Cauterman	FRA	19.40	9.50	9.90
35	178	Nicolae Bejenaru	ROU	19.35	9.60	9.75
=36	184	Marius Tobă	ROU	19.30	9.60	9.70
=36	128	Claude Carmona	FRA	19.30	9.60	9.70
=36	146	Ulf Hoffmann	GDR	19.30	9.60	9.70
=36	172	Takahiro Yamada	JPN	19.30	9.55	9.75
=40	187	Johan Jonasson	SWE	19.25	9.55	9.70
=40	154	Jenő Paprika	HUN	19.25	9.55	9.70
42	164	Riccardo Trapella	ITA	19.20	9.40	9.80
=43	120	Li Ning	CHN	19.15	9.80	9.35
=43	181	Valentin Pîntea	ROU	19.15	9.50	9.65
=43	186	Sepp Zellweger	SUI	19.15	9.40	9.75
=46	114	Alan Nolet	CAN	19.10	9.55	9.55
=46	133	Thierry Pecqueux	FRA	19.10	9.40	9.70
=46	200	Lance Ringnald	USA	19.10	9.40	9.70
=46	103	Stoyko Gochev	BUL	19.10	9.35	9.75
=46	132	Patrick Mattioni	FRA	19.10	9.30	9.80
=51	177	Hélder Pinheiro	POR	19.05	9.45	9.60
=51	202	Wes Suter	USA	19.05	9.45	9.60
=51	110	Lorne Bobkin	CAN	19.05	9.40	9.65
=51	162	Gabriele Sala	ITA	19.05	9.35	9.70
=51	121	Lou Yun	CHN	19.05	9.20	9.85
=56	123	Xu Zhiqiang	CHN	19.00	9.70	9.30
=56	107	Deyan Kolev	BUL	19.00	9.50	9.50
=56	137	Ralph Kern	FRG	19.00	9.40	9.60
=59	183	Adrian Sandu	ROU	18.95	9.70	9.25
=59	143	Holger Behrendt	GDR	18.95	9.70	9.25
=59	111	Philippe Chartrand	CAN	18.95	9.35	9.60
=59	136	Jürgen Brümmer	FRG	18.95	9.35	9.60
=63	140	Daniel Winkler	FRG	18.90	9.40	9.50
=63	199	Dominick Minicucci, Jr.	USA	18.90	9.30	9.60
=63	149	Andreas Wecker	GDR	18.90	9.05	9.85
=66	153	Zsolt Horváth	HUN	18.85	9.55	9.30
=66	116	James Rozon	CAN	18.85	9.35	9.50
=66	117	Guo Linxian	CHN	18.85	9.10	9.75
=69	185	Bruno Cavelti	SUI	18.80	9.30	9.50
=69	139	Bernhard Simmelbauer	FRG	18.80	9.20	9.60
=69	157	Vittorio Allievi	ITA	18.80	9.00	9.80
=72	112	Curtis Hibbert	CAN	18.75	9.60	9.15
=72	142	Andrew Morris	GBR	18.75	9.20	9.55
74	101	Ken Meredith	AUS	18.70	9.15	9.55
=75	134	Andreas Aguilar	FRG	18.60	9.50	9.10
=75	174	Park Jong-Hun	KOR	18.60	9.45	9.15
=75	125	Alfonso Rodríguez	ESP	18.60	9.05	9.55
78	131	Frédéric Longuepée	FRA	18.55	9.30	9.25
=79	203	Jože Kolman	YUG	18.50	9.30	9.20
=79	197	Scott Johnson	USA	18.50	8.85	9.65
=81	173	Ju Yeong-Sam	KOR	18.45	9.65	8.80
=81	126	Miguel Ángel Rubio	ESP	18.45	9.45	9.00
83	124	Álvaro Montesinos	ESP	18.25	9.30	8.95
84	188	Chang Chao-Chun	TPE	18.05	8.75	9.30
85	141	Terry Bartlett	GBR	17.95	9.35	8.60
=86	175	Song Yu-Jin	KOR	17.55	8.55	9.00
=86	102	Gil Pinto	BRA	17.55	8.45	9.10
88	176	Tony Pineda	MEX	17.05	8.75	8.30
89	156	Balázs Tóth	HUN	9.70	9.70	0.00