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Pommelled Horse, Men

Date16 – 24 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney SuperDome, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants80 from 29 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. Romanian Marius Urzică had won the silver medal on pommells at the 1996 Olympics, and been the World Champion in 1994. His results since 1996 had been desultory, until a silver medal at the 1999 Worlds, and in early 2000 he won the European Championship on the pommelled horse. He won the gold medal in Sydney and in 2004, would add another silver medal on the pommelled horse. France’s Eric Poujade, runner-up at the 1997 World Championships, also placed second in Sydney, while bronze went to the 1999 World Champion, Aleksey Nemov, who had also been third in 1996.

Through 2012, Urzică’s three medals on a single apparatus has only been done three other times by a male Olympic gymnast: Nikolay Andrianov on both vault and floor, and Li Xiaopeng on the parallel bars. Among women this has only been accomplished by Russia’s Larysa Latynina, who did it on three apparatuses: vault, floor, and uneven bars.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Marius UrzicăROU9.862Gold
2Éric PoujadeFRA9.825Silver
3Aleksey NemovRUS9.800Bronze
4Lee Jang-HyeongKOR9.775
5Pae Gil-SuPRK9.762
6Zoltán SupolaHUN9.762
7Oleksandr BereshUKR9.712
8Nikolay KryukovRUS9.700
=8 r1/1Víctor CanoESP
=10 r1/1Xing AoweiCHN
=10 r1/1Éric CasimirFRA
=12 r1/1Aleksey BondarenkoRUS
=12 r1/1Oleksandr SvitlychnyiUKR
=12 r1/1Ioan SuciuROU
=15 r1/1Jan-Peter NikiferowGER
=15 r1/1Ruslan MezentsevUKR
=17 r1/1Yang WeiCHN
=17 r1/1Huang XuCHN
=19 r1/1Zheng LihuiCHN
=19 r1/1Jo Seong-MinKOR
=19 r1/1Andreas WeckerGER
=19 r1/1Xiao JunfengCHN
=23 r1/1Akihiro KasamatsuJPN
=23 r1/1Andreu VivóESP
=23 r1/1Sergey FedorchenkoKAZ
=26 r1/1Lee Ju-HyeongKOR
=26 r1/1Alberto BusnariITA
=28 r1/1Naoya TsukaharaJPN
=28 r1/1Roman ZozuliaUKR
=28 r1/1Saúl CofiñoESP
31 r1/1Ivan IvankouBLR
32 r1/1John RoethlisbergerUSA
=33 r1/1Yordan YovchevBUL
=33 r1/1Aliaksei SinkevichBLR
=33 r1/1Kenichi FujitaJPN
=36 r1/1Paul HammUSA
=36 r1/1Florentin PescaruROU
=38 r1/1Yann CucheratFRA
=38 r1/1Valeriy HoncharovUKR
=40 r1/1Ilia GiorgadzeGEO
=40 r1/1Yoshihiro SaitoJPN
=42 r1/1Marian DrăgulescuROU
=42 r1/1Jeong Jin-SuKOR
=42 r1/1Rareș OrzațaROU
=42 r1/1Erick LópezCUB
=42 r1/1Dimitrij NoninGER
=42 r1/1Igor CassinaITA
=48 r1/1Blaine WilsonUSA
=48 r1/1Aliaksandr ShostakBLR
50 r1/1Mutsumi HaradaJPN
51 r1/1Lázaro LamelasCUB
52 r1/1Morgan HammUSA
53 r1/1Marius TobăGER
54 r1/1Ivan PaulouskiBLR
55 r1/1Kim Dong-HwaKOR
=56 r1/1Deyan YordanovBUL
=56 r1/1Aliaksandr KruzhilouBLR
58 r1/1Philippe RizzoAUS
59 r1/1Sergej PfeiferGER
=60 r1/1Yevgeny PodgornyRUS
=60 r1/1Omar CortésESP
=62 r1/1Maksim AlyoshinRUS
=62 r1/1Benjamin VaronianFRA
64 r1/1Dimitri KarbanenkoFRA
65 r1/1Mladen StefanovBUL
66 r1/1Alejandro BarrenecheaESP
=67 r1/1Flemming SolbergNOR
=67 r1/1Vasil VetsevBUL
69 r1/1Stephen McCainUSA
70 r1/1Craig HeapGBR
71 r1/1Dimitar LunchevBUL
72 r1/1Dieter RehmSUI
73 r1/1Leszek BlanikPOL
74 r1/1Igors VihrovsLAT
75 r1/1Lin Yung-HsiTPE
76 r1/1Raouf AbdelraoufEGY
77 r1/1Damian IstriaAUS
78 r1/1Diego LizardiPUR
79 r1/1Rúnar AlexanderssonISL
80 r1/1David PhillipsNZL

Final (24 September 2000 — 16:48)

Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCFP
1Marius UrzicăROU9.862
2Éric PoujadeFRA9.825
3Aleksey NemovRUS9.800
4Lee Jang-HyeongKOR9.775
5Pae Gil-SuPRK9.762
6Zoltán SupolaHUN9.762
7Oleksandr BereshUKR9.712
8Nikolay KryukovRUS9.700

Qualifying (16 September 2000)

Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Marius UrzicăROU9.812Q
=2Aleksey NemovRUS9.787Q
=2Zoltán SupolaHUN9.787Q
=2Éric PoujadeFRA9.787Q
5Oleksandr BereshUKR9.775Q
6Pae Gil-SuPRK9.762Q
7Nikolay KryukovRUS9.750Q
=8Lee Jang-HyeongKOR9.737Q
=8Víctor CanoESP9.737
=10Xing AoweiCHN9.725
=10Éric CasimirFRA9.725
=12Aleksey BondarenkoRUS9.712
=12Oleksandr SvitlychnyiUKR9.712
=12Ioan SuciuROU9.712
=15Jan-Peter NikiferowGER9.700
=15Ruslan MezentsevUKR9.700
=17Yang WeiCHN9.687
=17Huang XuCHN9.687
=19Zheng LihuiCHN9.675
=19Jo Seong-MinKOR9.675
=19Andreas WeckerGER9.675
=19Xiao JunfengCHN9.675
=23Akihiro KasamatsuJPN9.662
=23Andreu VivóESP9.662
=23Sergey FedorchenkoKAZ9.662
=26Lee Ju-HyeongKOR9.650
=26Alberto BusnariITA9.650
=28Naoya TsukaharaJPN9.637
=28Roman ZozuliaUKR9.637
=28Saúl CofiñoESP9.637
31Ivan IvankouBLR9.625
32John RoethlisbergerUSA9.600
=33Yordan YovchevBUL9.587
=33Aliaksei SinkevichBLR9.587
=33Kenichi FujitaJPN9.587
=36Paul HammUSA9.562
=36Florentin PescaruROU9.562
=38Yann CucheratFRA9.550
=38Valeriy HoncharovUKR9.550
=40Ilia GiorgadzeGEO9.525
=40Yoshihiro SaitoJPN9.525
=42Marian DrăgulescuROU9.500
=42Jeong Jin-SuKOR9.500
=42Rareș OrzațaROU9.500
=42Erick LópezCUB9.500
=42Dimitrij NoninGER9.500
=42Igor CassinaITA9.500
=48Blaine WilsonUSA9.462
=48Aliaksandr ShostakBLR9.462
50Mutsumi HaradaJPN9.450
51Lázaro LamelasCUB9.437
52Morgan HammUSA9.400
53Marius TobăGER9.375
54Ivan PaulouskiBLR9.325
55Kim Dong-HwaKOR9.300
=56Deyan YordanovBUL9.237
=56Aliaksandr KruzhilouBLR9.237
58Philippe RizzoAUS9.225
59Sergej PfeiferGER9.200
=60Yevgeny PodgornyRUS9.125
=60Omar CortésESP9.125
=62Maksim AlyoshinRUS9.100
=62Benjamin VaronianFRA9.100
64Dimitri KarbanenkoFRA9.050
65Mladen StefanovBUL8.975
66Alejandro BarrenecheaESP8.912
=67Flemming SolbergNOR8.875
=67Vasil VetsevBUL8.875
69Stephen McCainUSA8.850
70Craig HeapGBR8.800
71Dimitar LunchevBUL8.725
72Dieter RehmSUI8.587
73Leszek BlanikPOL8.575
74Igors VihrovsLAT8.462
75Lin Yung-HsiTPE8.387
76Raouf AbdelraoufEGY8.300
77Damian IstriaAUS8.175
78Diego LizardiPUR8.000
79Rúnar AlexanderssonISL7.975
80David PhillipsNZL6.725