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Parallel Bars, Men

Date	20 – 29 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	106 from 31 countries

As in 1992, eight gymnasts advanced to the final round based on the qualifying scores in the team all-around, with a maximum of two per nation, but the final placements were determined only by the score posted in the final round. Belarussian Vitaly Shcherbo was the defending champion and had won the 1993 and 1995 World Championships. Shcherbo would win the bronze medal, as he was upset by Ukrainian Rustam Sharipov, who had won a silver on the parallel bars at the 1994 World Championships. The silver medal in Atlanta went to American Jair Lynch, who was sixth on this apparatus at the 1992 Olympics, but had never before been on the podium at a major international.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	151	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	9.837	Gold
2	157	Jair Lynch	USA	9.825	Silver
3	23	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	9.800	Bronze
=4	118	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	9.750
=4	134	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.750
6	115	Huang Liping	CHN	9.737
7	106	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	9.687
8	132	Sergey Kharkov	RUS	9.650
7 r1/1	116	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	–
8 r1/1	133	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	–
9 r1/1	117	Shen Jian	CHN	–
11 r1/1	103	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	–
=13 r1/1	159	John Roethlisberger	USA	–
=13 r1/1	89	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	–
=15 r1/1	20	Andrei Kan	BLR	–
=15 r1/1	147	Ihor Korobchinskyi	UKR	–
=17 r1/1	129	Marius Urzică	ROU	–
=17 r1/1	93	Hikaru Tanaka	JPN	–
19 r1/1	94	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=20 r1/1	150	Volodymyr Shamenko	UKR	–
=20 r1/1	49	Sébastien Darrigade	FRA	–
=22 r1/1	153	Yuriy Yermakov	UKR	–
=22 r1/1	112	Fan Bin	CHN	–
=24 r1/1	102	Han Yun-Su	KOR	–
=24 r1/1	138	Aleksey Voropayev	RUS	–
26 r1/1	86	Boris Preti	ITA	–
=27 r1/1	64	Andreas Wecker	GER	–
=27 r1/1	137	Dmitry Vasilenko	RUS	–
=29 r1/1	31	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	–
=29 r1/1	162	Blaine Wilson	USA	–
=29 r1/1	28	Krasimir Dunev	BUL	–
=29 r1/1	152	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	–
33 r1/1	114	Huang Huadong	CHN	–
34 r1/1	58	Valeri Belenki	GER	–
=35 r1/1	30	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	–
=35 r1/1	59	Uwe Billerbeck	GER	–
=35 r1/1	25	Aliaksandr Shostak	BLR	–
38 r1/1	92	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	–
39 r1/1	160	Kip Simons	USA	–
=40 r1/1	52	Éric Poujade	FRA	–
=40 r1/1	141	Jesús Carballo	ESP	–
42 r1/1	19	Aliaksandr Belanovski	BLR	–
43 r1/1	74	Zoltán Supola	HUN	–
44 r1/1	125	Cristian Leric	ROU	–
45 r1/1	81	Paolo Bucci	ITA	–
=46 r1/1	48	Patrice Casimir	FRA	–
=46 r1/1	143	Michael Engeler	SUI	–
=46 r1/1	22	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	–
49 r1/1	84	Roberto Galli	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	98	Aleksey Dmitriyenko	KAZ	–
=50 r1/1	85	Sergio Luini	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	53	Sébastien Tayac	FRA	–
=53 r1/1	124	Adrian Ianculescu	ROU	–
=53 r1/1	51	Frédérick Nicolas	FRA	–
55 r1/1	15	Bret Hudson	AUS	–
56 r1/1	14	Brennon Dowrick	AUS	–
=57 r1/1	63	Oliver Walther	GER	–
=57 r1/1	56	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
=57 r1/1	148	Oleh Kosiak	UKR	–
60 r1/1	41	Aleksej Demjanov	CRO	–
=61 r1/1	107	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	–
=61 r1/1	127	Nicu Stroia	ROU	–
=61 r1/1	90	Shigeru Kurihara	JPN	–
=64 r1/1	33	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	–
=64 r1/1	68	Lee McDermott	GBR	–
=64 r1/1	37	Kris Burley	CAN	–
=64 r1/1	60	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	–
=68 r1/1	144	Donghua Li	SUI	–
=68 r1/1	32	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	–
=68 r1/1	99	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	–
=68 r1/1	73	Krisztián Jordanov	HUN	–
72 r1/1	95	Takashi Uchiyama	JPN	–
=73 r1/1	158	John Macready	USA	–
=73 r1/1	29	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	–
75 r1/1	70	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	–
76 r1/1	101	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
77 r1/1	67	Dominic Brindle	GBR	–
78 r1/1	72	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	–
79 r1/1	126	Nistor Șandro	ROU	–
=80 r1/1	39	Alan Nolet	CAN	–
=80 r1/1	80	Marcello Barbieri	ITA	–
82 r1/1	78	Barry McDonald	IRL	–
=83 r1/1	61	Karsten Oelsch	GER	–
=83 r1/1	43	Jiří Fiřt	CZE	–
85 r1/1	17	Shane de Freitas	BAR	–
86 r1/1	12	Norayr Sargsyan	ARM	–
87 r1/1	82	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
88 r1/1	110	Flemming Solberg	NOR	–
89 r1/1	145	Erich Wanner	SUI	–
90 r1/1	10	Marcelo Palacio	ARG	–
91 r1/1	38	Richard Ikeda	CAN	–
92 r1/1	76	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
93 r1/1	121	Diego Lizardi	PUR	–
94 r1/1	45	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	–
95 r1/1	136	Dmitry Trush	RUS	–
96 r1/1	24	Aliaksei Sinkevich	BLR	–
97 r1/1	47	Thiérry Aymes	FRA	–
98 r1/1	105	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	–
99 r1/1	123	Dan Burincă	ROU	–
100 r1/1	104	Kim Bong-Hyeon	KOR	–
101 r1/1	128	Robert Tăciulet	ROU	–
102 r1/1	156	Mihai Bagiu	USA	–
103 r1/1	135	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	–
104 r1/1	161	Chainey Umphrey	USA	–
105 r1/1	50	Frédéric Lemoine	FRA	–
106 r1/1	21	Ivan Paulouski	BLR	–

Final

Date	29 July 1996 — 21:45
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	151	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	9.837
2	157	Jair Lynch	USA	9.825
3	23	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	9.800
=4	118	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	9.750
=4	134	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.750
6	115	Huang Liping	CHN	9.737
7	106	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	9.687
8	132	Sergey Kharkov	RUS	9.650

Qualifying Round

Date	20 July 1996
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
=1	115	Huang Liping	CHN	19.387	9.650	9.737	Q
=1	134	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	19.387	9.650	9.737	Q
3	157	Jair Lynch	USA	19.375	9.650	9.725	Q
4	23	Vitali Shcherba	BLR	19.374	9.687	9.687	Q
5	132	Sergey Kharkov	RUS	19.312	9.637	9.675	Q
6	118	Zhang Jinjing	CHN	19.299	9.587	9.712	Q
7	116	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	19.262	9.637	9.625
8	133	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	19.237	9.562	9.675
=9	151	Rustam Sharipov	UKR	19.200	9.575	9.625	q
=9	117	Shen Jian	CHN	19.200	9.475	9.725
=11	106	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	19.162	9.575	9.587	q
=11	103	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	19.162	9.500	9.662
=13	159	John Roethlisberger	USA	19.150	9.575	9.575
=13	89	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	JPN	19.150	9.500	9.650
=15	20	Andrei Kan	BLR	19.137	9.625	9.512
=15	147	Ihor Korobchinskyi	UKR	19.137	9.500	9.637
=17	129	Marius Urzică	ROU	19.050	9.500	9.550
=17	93	Hikaru Tanaka	JPN	19.050	9.400	9.650
19	94	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	19.037	9.450	9.587
=20	150	Volodymyr Shamenko	UKR	19.025	9.550	9.475
=20	49	Sébastien Darrigade	FRA	19.025	9.500	9.525
=22	153	Yuriy Yermakov	UKR	19.012	9.500	9.512
=22	112	Fan Bin	CHN	19.012	9.350	9.662
=24	102	Han Yun-Su	KOR	19.000	9.475	9.525
=24	138	Aleksey Voropayev	RUS	19.000	9.475	9.525
26	86	Boris Preti	ITA	18.962	9.425	9.537
=27	64	Andreas Wecker	GER	18.950	9.500	9.450
=27	137	Dmitry Vasilenko	RUS	18.950	9.350	9.600
=29	31	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	18.925	9.525	9.400
=29	162	Blaine Wilson	USA	18.925	9.500	9.425
=29	28	Krasimir Dunev	BUL	18.925	9.450	9.475
=29	152	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	18.925	9.400	9.525
33	114	Huang Huadong	CHN	18.912	9.400	9.512
34	58	Valeri Belenki	GER	18.862	9.612	9.250
=35	30	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	18.850	9.425	9.425
=35	59	Uwe Billerbeck	GER	18.850	9.375	9.475
=35	25	Aliaksandr Shostak	BLR	18.850	9.375	9.475
=35	92	Toshiharu Sato	JPN	18.850	9.300	9.550
39	160	Kip Simons	USA	18.837	9.300	9.537
=40	52	Éric Poujade	FRA	18.800	9.400	9.400
=40	141	Jesús Carballo	ESP	18.800	9.250	9.550
42	19	Aliaksandr Belanovski	BLR	18.775	9.350	9.425
43	74	Zoltán Supola	HUN	18.750	9.475	9.275
44	125	Cristian Leric	ROU	18.662	9.125	9.537
45	81	Paolo Bucci	ITA	18.650	9.300	9.350
=46	48	Patrice Casimir	FRA	18.625	9.575	9.050
=46	143	Michael Engeler	SUI	18.625	9.375	9.250
=46	22	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	18.625	9.350	9.275
49	84	Roberto Galli	ITA	18.600	9.400	9.200
=50	98	Aleksey Dmitriyenko	KAZ	18.575	9.450	9.125
=50	85	Sergio Luini	ITA	18.575	9.175	9.400
=50	53	Sébastien Tayac	FRA	18.575	9.175	9.400
=53	124	Adrian Ianculescu	ROU	18.550	9.350	9.200
=53	51	Frédérick Nicolas	FRA	18.550	9.175	9.375
55	15	Bret Hudson	AUS	18.500	9.225	9.275
56	14	Brennon Dowrick	AUS	18.475	9.325	9.150
=57	63	Oliver Walther	GER	18.450	9.200	9.250
=57	56	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	18.450	9.150	9.300
=57	148	Oleh Kosiak	UKR	18.450	9.050	9.400
60	41	Aleksej Demjanov	CRO	18.437	8.975	9.462
=61	107	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	18.400	9.225	9.175
=61	127	Nicu Stroia	ROU	18.400	9.175	9.225
=61	90	Shigeru Kurihara	JPN	18.400	9.150	9.250
=64	33	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	18.375	9.375	9.000
=64	68	Lee McDermott	GBR	18.375	9.350	9.025
=64	37	Kris Burley	CAN	18.375	9.200	9.175
=64	60	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	18.375	9.050	9.325
=68	144	Donghua Li	SUI	18.350	9.400	8.950
=68	32	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	18.350	9.350	9.000
=68	99	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	18.350	9.300	9.050
=68	73	Krisztián Jordanov	HUN	18.350	8.950	9.400
72	95	Takashi Uchiyama	JPN	18.325	8.875	9.450
=73	158	John Macready	USA	18.300	9.450	8.850
=73	29	Kalofer Hristozov	BUL	18.300	9.000	9.300
75	70	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	18.250	9.050	9.200
76	101	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	18.150	9.275	8.875
77	67	Dominic Brindle	GBR	18.100	9.275	8.825
78	72	Szilveszter Csollány	HUN	18.000	9.150	8.850
79	126	Nistor Șandro	ROU	17.925	9.350	8.575
=80	39	Alan Nolet	CAN	17.875	9.350	8.525
=80	80	Marcello Barbieri	ITA	17.875	8.650	9.225
82	78	Barry McDonald	IRL	17.675	8.725	8.950
=83	61	Karsten Oelsch	GER	17.550	9.425	8.125
=83	43	Jiří Fiřt	CZE	17.550	8.450	9.100
85	17	Shane de Freitas	BAR	17.525	8.800	8.725
86	12	Norayr Sargsyan	ARM	17.450	8.975	8.475
87	82	Jury Chechi	ITA	17.437	7.800	9.637
88	110	Flemming Solberg	NOR	17.375	9.025	8.350
89	145	Erich Wanner	SUI	17.350	9.275	8.075
90	10	Marcelo Palacio	ARG	17.100	8.775	8.325
91	38	Richard Ikeda	CAN	17.075	9.300	7.775
92	76	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	16.100	7.800	8.300
93	121	Diego Lizardi	PUR	15.850	8.350	7.500
94	45	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	14.325	5.450	8.875
95	136	Dmitry Trush	RUS	9.637	9.637	–
96	24	Aliaksei Sinkevich	BLR	9.625	9.625	–
97	47	Thiérry Aymes	FRA	9.537	–	9.537
98	105	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	9.400	9.400	–
99	123	Dan Burincă	ROU	9.375	9.375	–
100	104	Kim Bong-Hyeon	KOR	9.350	–	9.350
101	128	Robert Tăciulet	ROU	9.325	–	9.325
102	156	Mihai Bagiu	USA	9.300	–	9.300
103	135	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	9.225	–	9.225
104	161	Chainey Umphrey	USA	9.200	9.200	–
105	50	Frédéric Lemoine	FRA	8.500	8.500	–
106	21	Ivan Paulouski	BLR	8.025	–	8.025