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Horse Vault, Men

Date	16 – 25 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney SuperDome, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	80 from 31 countries

The format was the same as it had been from 1984-96, with eight gymnasts advancing from the team all-around, but no more than two per nation. Spain’s Gervasio Deferr had no significant international results on vault prior to the Sydney Olympics, but in the final of the vault, he hit both his landings to win the gold medal with a big margin over Russian Aleksey Bondarenko. Deferr would go another four years and still not post any big wins on vault, but in Athinai he defended his gold medal, only the second time this had been done, after China’s Lou Yun in 1984-88. Deferr’s medal in Sydney was the first ever won by a Spanish gymnast at the Olympics.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Gervasio Deferr	ESP	9.712	Gold
2	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	9.587	Silver
3	Leszek Blanik	POL	9.475	Bronze
4	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.456
5	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	9.399
6	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.362
7	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	9.262
8	Dieter Rehm	SUI	9.006
=9 r1/1	Paul Hamm	USA	–
=9 r1/1	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
11 r1/1	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	–
=12 r1/1	Oleksandr Beresh	UKR	–
=12 r1/1	Yang Wei	CHN	–
=14 r1/1	Kenichi Fujita	JPN	–
=14 r1/1	Akihiro Kasamatsu	JPN	–
=16 r1/1	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	–
=16 r1/1	Sean Townsend	USA	–
=18 r1/1	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	–
=18 r1/1	Rareș Orzața	ROU	–
20 r1/1	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	–
=21 r1/1	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=21 r1/1	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	–
=23 r1/1	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	–
=23 r1/1	Florentin Pescaru	ROU	–
=25 r1/1	Maksim Alyoshin	RUS	–
=25 r1/1	Kyle Shewfelt	CAN	–
=27 r1/1	Yoshihiro Saito	JPN	–
=27 r1/1	Roman Zozulia	UKR	–
=27 r1/1	Valeriy Pereshkura	UKR	–
=30 r1/1	Erick López	CUB	–
=30 r1/1	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	–
=32 r1/1	Zheng Lihui	CHN	–
=32 r1/1	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	–
34 r1/1	Raouf Abdelraouf	EGY	–
35 r1/1	Norimasa Iwai	JPN	–
36 r1/1	Flemming Solberg	NOR	–
=37 r1/1	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	–
=37 r1/1	Mladen Stefanov	BUL	–
=39 r1/1	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	–
=39 r1/1	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	–
=39 r1/1	Ioan Suciu	ROU	–
=39 r1/1	Ivan Paulouski	BLR	–
=39 r1/1	Omar Cortés	ESP	–
=39 r1/1	Morgan Hamm	USA	–
45 r1/1	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	–
=46 r1/1	Aliaksei Sinkevich	BLR	–
=46 r1/1	Yann Cucherat	FRA	–
=46 r1/1	Lázaro Lamelas	CUB	–
49 r1/1	Igor Cassina	ITA	–
50 r1/1	Lin Yung-Hsi	TPE	–
=51 r1/1	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	–
=51 r1/1	Saúl Cofiño	ESP	–
=51 r1/1	Damian Istria	AUS	–
54 r1/1	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
55 r1/1	Xing Aowei	CHN	–
=56 r1/1	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	–
=56 r1/1	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	–
=58 r1/1	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	–
=58 r1/1	Xiao Junfeng	CHN	–
=58 r1/1	Rene Tschernitschek	GER	–
=61 r1/1	Zoltán Supola	HUN	–
=61 r1/1	Marius Tobă	GER	–
63 r1/1	Diego Lizardi	PUR	–
64 r1/1	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	–
65 r1/1	David Phillips	NZL	–
66 r1/1	Florent Marée	FRA	–
=67 r1/1	Víctor Cano	ESP	–
=67 r1/1	Philippe Rizzo	AUS	–
69 r1/1	Aliaksandr Kruzhilou	BLR	–
70 r1/1	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	–
=71 r1/1	Benjamin Varonian	FRA	–
=71 r1/1	Stephen McCain	USA	–
73 r1/1	Dimitrij Nonin	GER	–
74 r1/1	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	–
75 r1/1	Andreas Wecker	GER	–
76 r1/1	Hristian Ivanov	BUL	–
77 r1/1	Craig Heap	GBR	–
78 r1/1	Alberto Busnari	ITA	–
79 r1/1	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
80 r1/1	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	–

Final (25 September 2000 — 15:38)

Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals. Mean score of two final jumps determined placement.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	FP	FJ#1P	FJ#2P
1	Gervasio Deferr	ESP	9.712	9.800	9.625
2	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	9.587	9.600	9.575
3	Leszek Blanik	POL	9.475	9.225	9.725
4	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.456	9.262	9.650
5	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	9.399	9.212	9.587
6	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.362	9.425	9.300
7	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	9.262	9.212	9.312
8	Dieter Rehm	SUI	9.006	9.212	8.800

Qualifying (16 September 2000)

Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals. Mean score of two final jumps determined placement.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	J#1P	J#2P
1	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.800	–	–	Q
2	Sergey Fedorchenko	KAZ	9.775	–	–	Q
3	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	9.750	–	–	Q
4	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	9.737	–	–	Q
5	Dieter Rehm	SUI	9.725	–	–	Q
=6	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.712	–	–	Q
=6	Gervasio Deferr	ESP	9.712	–	–	Q
8	Leszek Blanik	POL	9.700	–	–	Q
=9	Paul Hamm	USA	9.700	–	–
=9	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	9.700	–	–
11	Yeo Hong-Cheol	KOR	9.687	–	–
=12	Oleksandr Beresh	UKR	9.675	–	–
=12	Yang Wei	CHN	9.675	–	–
=14	Kenichi Fujita	JPN	9.662	–	–
=14	Akihiro Kasamatsu	JPN	9.662	–	–
=16	Jeong Jin-Su	KOR	9.650	–	–
=16	Sean Townsend	USA	9.650	–	–
=18	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	9.637	–	–
=18	Rareș Orzața	ROU	9.637	–	–
20	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	GER	9.625	–	–
=21	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	9.612	–	–
=21	Nikolay Kryukov	RUS	9.612	–	–
=23	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	9.587	–	–
=23	Florentin Pescaru	ROU	9.587	–	–
=25	Maksim Alyoshin	RUS	9.575	–	–
=25	Kyle Shewfelt	CAN	9.575	–	–
=27	Yoshihiro Saito	JPN	9.562	–	–
=27	Roman Zozulia	UKR	9.562	–	–
=27	Valeriy Pereshkura	UKR	9.562	–	–
=30	Erick López	CUB	9.537	–	–
=30	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	9.537	–	–
=32	Zheng Lihui	CHN	9.512	–	–
=32	Oleksandr Svitlychnyi	UKR	9.512	–	–
34	Raouf Abdelraouf	EGY	9.462	–	–
35	Norimasa Iwai	JPN	9.450	–	–
36	Flemming Solberg	NOR	9.400	–	–
=37	Yevgeny Podgorny	RUS	9.387	–	–
=37	Mladen Stefanov	BUL	9.387	–	–
=39	Yordan Yovchev	BUL	9.350	–	–
=39	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.350	–	–
=39	Ioan Suciu	ROU	9.350	–	–
=39	Ivan Paulouski	BLR	9.350	–	–
=39	Omar Cortés	ESP	9.350	–	–
=39	Morgan Hamm	USA	9.350	–	–
45	Dimitar Lunchev	BUL	9.337	–	–
=46	Aliaksei Sinkevich	BLR	9.312	–	–
=46	Yann Cucherat	FRA	9.312	–	–
=46	Lázaro Lamelas	CUB	9.312	–	–
49	Igor Cassina	ITA	9.300	–	–
50	Lin Yung-Hsi	TPE	9.287	–	–
=51	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	9.275	–	–
=51	Saúl Cofiño	ESP	9.275	–	–
=51	Damian Istria	AUS	9.275	–	–
54	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	9.262	–	–
55	Xing Aowei	CHN	9.237	–	–
=56	Kim Dong-Hwa	KOR	9.225	–	–
=56	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.225	–	–
=58	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	9.212	–	–
=58	Xiao Junfeng	CHN	9.212	–	–
=58	Rene Tschernitschek	GER	9.212	–	–
=61	Zoltán Supola	HUN	9.187	–	–
=61	Marius Tobă	GER	9.187	–	–
63	Diego Lizardi	PUR	9.137	–	–
64	Vitali Rudnitski	BLR	9.125	–	–
65	David Phillips	NZL	9.087	–	–
66	Florent Marée	FRA	9.050	–	–
=67	Víctor Cano	ESP	9.037	–	–
=67	Philippe Rizzo	AUS	9.037	–	–
69	Aliaksandr Kruzhilou	BLR	9.025	–	–
70	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	9.012	–	–
=71	Benjamin Varonian	FRA	8.987	–	–
=71	Stephen McCain	USA	8.987	–	–
73	Dimitrij Nonin	GER	8.975	–	–
74	Deyan Yordanov	BUL	8.950	–	–
75	Andreas Wecker	GER	8.912	–	–
76	Hristian Ivanov	BUL	8.900	–	–
77	Craig Heap	GBR	8.825	–	–
78	Alberto Busnari	ITA	8.637	–	–
79	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	8.600	–	–
80	Pae Gil-Su	PRK	8.537	–	–