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Parallel Bars, Men

Date	14 – 23 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Kleisto Gymnastirio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	81 from 30 countries

The format was the same as it had been from 1984-2000, with eight gymnasts advancing from the team all-around, but no more than two per nation. China’s Li Xiaopeng was the defending gold medalist and had won this event at the 2002-03 World Championships and came to Athinai favored. He led the qualifying, then scored 9.762 in the final, but that trailed Ukraine’s Valeriy Honcharov, the 2000 European silver medalist, who had scored 9.787. Japan’s Hiroyuki Tomita won silver, while Li received the bronze medal, winning a four-way tie-breaker. In 2008 Li would return and win gold on the parallel bars, becoming the first Olympic gymnast to ever win an individual event twice, but not consecutively.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	211	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	9.787	Gold
2	173	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.775	Silver
3	121	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.762	Bronze
4	103	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.762
5	172	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	9.762
6	142	Yann Cucherat	FRA	9.762
7	222	Paul Hamm	USA	9.737
8	240	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	9.737
8 r1/2	145	Johan Mounard	FRA	–
=10 r1/2	215	Roman Zozulia	UKR	–
=10 r1/2	220	Jason Gatson	USA	–
=12 r1/2	195	Marius Urzică	ROU	–
=12 r1/2	204	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	–
=12 r1/2	101	Philippe Rizzo	AUS	–
=15 r1/2	175	Isao Yoneda	JPN	–
=15 r1/2	233	Erick López	CUB	–
=15 r1/2	203	Georgy Grebenkov	RUS	–
=15 r1/2	224	Blaine Wilson	USA	–
=19 r1/2	223	Brett McClure	USA	–
=19 r1/2	120	Huang Xu	CHN	–
=21 r1/2	174	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	–
=21 r1/2	180	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	–
23 r1/2	225	Guard Young	USA	–
=24 r1/2	125	Yang Wei	CHN	–
=24 r1/2	113	David Kikuchi	CAN	–
=26 r1/2	239	Pavel Gofman	ISR	–
=26 r1/2	183	Kim Seung-Il	KOR	–
=28 r1/2	152	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	–
=28 r1/2	234	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	–
=30 r1/2	185	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	–
=30 r1/2	163	Jury Chechi	ITA	–
32 r1/2	214	Andriy Mykhailychenko	UKR	–
33 r1/2	190	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	–
34 r1/2	192	Dan Potra	ROU	–
=35 r1/2	200	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	–
=35 r1/2	150	Thomas Andergassen	GER	–
=35 r1/2	245	Kim Hyon-Il	PRK	–
38 r1/2	123	Xiao Qin	CHN	–
39 r1/2	194	Ioan Suciu	ROU	–
40 r1/2	170	Takehiro Kashima	JPN	–
41 r1/2	201	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	–
42 r1/2	141	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	–
=43 r1/2	213	Ruslan Mezentsev	UKR	–
=43 r1/2	230	Jorge Giraldo	COL	–
=45 r1/2	232	Abel Driggs	CUB	–
=45 r1/2	184	Lee Seon-Seong	KOR	–
47 r1/2	248	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	–
48 r1/2	154	Sven Kwiatkowski	GER	–
=49 r1/2	135	Rafael Martínez	ESP	–
=49 r1/2	250	Tingui Vargas	PUR	–
51 r1/2	238	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	–
52 r1/2	242	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	–
53 r1/2	115	Adam Wong	CAN	–
54 r1/2	151	Matthias Fahrig	GER	–
55 r1/2	132	Jesús Carballo	ESP	–
=56 r1/2	155	Sergej Pfeifer	GER	–
=56 r1/2	193	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	–
=56 r1/2	144	Florent Marée	FRA	–
59 r1/2	165	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	–
60 r1/2	235	Vlasis Maras	GRE	–
61 r1/2	181	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	–
62 r1/2	161	Alberto Busnari	ITA	–
63 r1/2	130	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	–
64 r1/2	110	Grant Golding	CAN	–
65 r1/2	212	Vadym Kuvakin	UKR	–
66 r1/2	104	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	–
67 r1/2	106	Mosiah Rodrigues	BRA	–
68 r1/2	112	Sasha Jeltkov	CAN	–
69 r1/2	247	Christoph Schärer	SUI	–
70 r1/2	111	Ken Ikeda	CAN	–
71 r1/2	162	Igor Cassina	ITA	–
72 r1/2	133	Oriol Combarros	ESP	–
73 r1/2	143	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	–
74 r1/2	131	Víctor Cano	ESP	–
=75 r1/2	164	Matteo Morandi	ITA	–
=75 r1/2	109	Filip Yanev	BUL	–
77 r1/2	249	Wajdi Bouallègue	TUN	–
78 r1/2	243	Ng Shu Wai	MAS	–
79 r1/2	244	Filipe Bezugo	POR	–
80 r1/2	202	Anton Golotsutskov	RUS	–
81 r1/2	122	Teng Haibin	CHN	–

Final

Date	23 August 2004
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.
Chair	István Karácsony	HUN
A1 Judge	Mohamed Hadji	ALG
A2 Judge	Juan Carlos Colón	PUR
B1 Judge	Kelly Thompson	CAN
B2 Judge	Gilberto Pantiga	BRA
B3 Judge	Anzor Gongadze	GEO
B4 Judge	José Echezarreta Menéndez	CUB
B5 Judge	Todor Todorov	BUL
B6 Judge	Mircea Apolzan	ROU

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Final Points
1	211	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	9.787
2	173	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.775
3	121	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.762
4	103	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.762
5	172	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	9.762
6	142	Yann Cucherat	FRA	9.762
7	222	Paul Hamm	USA	9.737
8	240	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	9.737

Qualifying Round

Date	14 August 2004
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.
Chair	George Beckstead	USA
A1 Judge	Benjamin Bango	ESP
A2 Judge	Bjørn Tomasson	ISL
B1 Judge	Bruno Franceschetti	ITA
B2 Judge	Mikalai Niadbalski	BLR
B3 Judge	Anzor Gongadze	GEO
B4 Judge	Siegfried Funk	GER
B5 Judge	Kelly Thompson	CAN
B6 Judge	Jacky Blanquino	FRA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	172	Daisuke Nakano	JPN	9.800	Q
=2	173	Hiroyuki Tomita	JPN	9.787	Q
=2	121	Li Xiaopeng	CHN	9.787	Q
=4	222	Paul Hamm	USA	9.762	Q
=4	103	Ivan Ivankou	BLR	9.762	Q
6	142	Yann Cucherat	FRA	9.750	Q
7	211	Valeriy Honcharov	UKR	9.737	Q
=8	240	Yernar Yerimbetov	KAZ	9.725	Q
=8	145	Johan Mounard	FRA	9.725
=10	215	Roman Zozulia	UKR	9.712
=10	220	Jason Gatson	USA	9.712
=12	195	Marius Urzică	ROU	9.700
=12	204	Aleksey Nemov	RUS	9.700
=12	101	Philippe Rizzo	AUS	9.700
=15	175	Isao Yoneda	JPN	9.687
=15	233	Erick López	CUB	9.687
=15	203	Georgy Grebenkov	RUS	9.687
=15	224	Blaine Wilson	USA	9.687
=19	223	Brett McClure	USA	9.675
=19	120	Huang Xu	CHN	9.675
=21	174	Naoya Tsukahara	JPN	9.650
=21	180	Jo Seong-Min	KOR	9.650
23	225	Guard Young	USA	9.637
=24	125	Yang Wei	CHN	9.625
=24	113	David Kikuchi	CAN	9.625
=26	239	Pavel Gofman	ISR	9.612
=26	183	Kim Seung-Il	KOR	9.612
=28	152	Fabian Hambüchen	GER	9.600
=28	234	Ilia Giorgadze	GEO	9.600
=30	185	Yang Tae-Yeong	KOR	9.587
=30	163	Jury Chechi	ITA	9.587
32	214	Andriy Mykhailychenko	UKR	9.575
33	190	Marian Drăgulescu	ROU	9.562
34	192	Dan Potra	ROU	9.550
=35	200	Aleksey Bondarenko	RUS	9.537
=35	150	Thomas Andergassen	GER	9.537
=35	245	Kim Hyon-Il	PRK	9.537
38	123	Xiao Qin	CHN	9.525
39	194	Ioan Suciu	ROU	9.500
40	170	Takehiro Kashima	JPN	9.475
41	201	Maksim Devyatovsky	RUS	9.462
42	141	Benoît Caranobe	FRA	9.450
=43	213	Ruslan Mezentsev	UKR	9.437
=43	230	Jorge Giraldo	COL	9.437
=45	232	Abel Driggs	CUB	9.425
=45	184	Lee Seon-Seong	KOR	9.425
47	248	Andreas Schweizer	SUI	9.387
48	154	Sven Kwiatkowski	GER	9.362
=49	135	Rafael Martínez	ESP	9.325
=49	250	Tingui Vargas	PUR	9.325
51	238	Rúnar Alexandersson	ISL	9.312
52	242	Igors Vihrovs	LAT	9.287
53	115	Adam Wong	CAN	9.262
54	151	Matthias Fahrig	GER	9.212
55	132	Jesús Carballo	ESP	9.187
=56	155	Sergej Pfeifer	GER	9.150
=56	193	Răzvan Șelariu	ROU	9.150
=56	144	Florent Marée	FRA	9.150
59	165	Enrico Pozzo	ITA	9.100
60	235	Vlasis Maras	GRE	9.087
61	181	Kim Dae-Eun	KOR	9.075
62	161	Alberto Busnari	ITA	8.987
63	130	Alejandro Barrenechea	ESP	8.975
64	110	Grant Golding	CAN	8.962
65	212	Vadym Kuvakin	UKR	8.912
66	104	Dzianis Savenkou	BLR	8.875
67	106	Mosiah Rodrigues	BRA	8.800
68	112	Sasha Jeltkov	CAN	8.787
69	247	Christoph Schärer	SUI	8.737
70	111	Ken Ikeda	CAN	8.687
71	162	Igor Cassina	ITA	8.675
72	133	Oriol Combarros	ESP	8.637
73	143	Dimitri Karbanenko	FRA	8.550
74	131	Víctor Cano	ESP	8.475
=75	164	Matteo Morandi	ITA	8.375
=75	109	Filip Yanev	BUL	8.375
77	249	Wajdi Bouallègue	TUN	8.350
78	243	Ng Shu Wai	MAS	8.300
79	244	Filipe Bezugo	POR	8.262
80	202	Anton Golotsutskov	RUS	7.737
81	122	Teng Haibin	CHN	6.775