Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games
Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Gymnastics Hall, Olympic Park, Seoul
Date Started: September 18, 1988
Date Finished: September 22, 1988
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The format was the now standard of 36 gymnasts advancing to a final round from the team all-around, with no more than three gymnasts allowed per nation. The total score consisted of 50% of the qualifying scores, and the final round score from an optional routine. Soviet men had swept the medals in this event at the 1987 World Championships, led by [Dmitry Bilozerchev], who had also been World Champion in 1983. Bilozerchev had been severely injured in a 1985 motorcycle accident, almost losing his left leg, and he was not expected to compete again, much less win further World titles.
In Seoul, the Soviets had the top four qualifiers, and five of the top six, but could only advance three to the final round. They swept the medals quite easily, with [Vladimir Artyomov] winning the gold medal, [Valery Lyukin] silver, and Bilozerchev bronze. They not only led the qualifying but those three had the highest scores in the final round as well. Their dominance can be shown by the margin of Bilozerchev over fourth-place finisher [Sven Tippett] of East Germany, which was almost a complete point (0.975).
This was only the second time, after the Japanese in 1972, that a nation swept the medals in this event at the Olympics. In fact, it became impossible to do in 2004 when the rules were changed allowing only two gymnasts per nation to advance to the final round. Lyukin would later settle in the United States, after the break-up of the Soviet Union, and his daughter, [Nastia Liukin], won the womenâs all-around gold medal at the 2008 Olympics for the United States.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | PTS | |
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1 | Vladimir Artyomov | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | 119.125 | |
2 | Valery Lyukin | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | Silver | 119.025 | |
3 | Dmitry Bilozerchev | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | 118.975 | |
4 | Sven Tippelt | 23 | East Germany | GDR | 118.000 | ||
5 | Marius Gherman | 21 | Romania | ROU | 117.825 | ||
6T | Wang Chongsheng | 21 | China | CHN | 117.750 | ||
6T | Kalofer Khristozov | 19 | Bulgaria | BUL | 117.750 | ||
8T | György Guczoghy | 26 | Hungary | HUN | 117.675 | ||
8T | Yukio Iketani | 17 | Japan | JPN | 117.675 | ||
10T | Koichi Mizushima | 23 | Japan | JPN | 117.625 | ||
10T | Sylvio Kroll | 23 | East Germany | GDR | 117.625 | ||
12 | Lou Yun | 24 | China | CHN | 117.600 | ||
13 | Daisuke Nishikawa | 18 | Japan | JPN | 117.425 | ||
14 | Csaba Fajkusz | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 117.325 | ||
15T | Boris Preti | 20 | Italy | ITA | 117.300 | ||
15T | Xu Zhiqiang | 25 | China | CHN | 117.300 | ||
17 | Jury Chechi | 18 | Italy | ITA | 117.275 | ||
18 | Ralf Büchner | 21 | East Germany | GDR | 117.200 | ||
19 | Charles Lakes | 24 | United States | USA | 117.175 | ||
20 | Dimitar Taskov | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | 117.125 | ||
21 | Marius TobÄ | 20 | Romania | ROU | 116.925 | ||
22 | Curtis Hibbert | 22 | Canada | CAN | 116.825 | ||
23 | Lyubomir Geraskov | 19 | Bulgaria | BUL | 116.625 | ||
24 | Paolo Bucci | 20 | Italy | ITA | 116.600 | ||
25 | Park Jong-Hun | 23 | South Korea | KOR | 116.500 | ||
26 | Brad Peters | 25 | Canada | CAN | 116.475 | ||
27 | Alfonso RodrÃguez | 22 | Spain | ESP | 116.425 | ||
28 | Zsolt Horváth | 20 | Hungary | HUN | 116.400 | ||
29 | Christian Chevalier | 21 | France | FRA | 115.975 | ||
30 | Johan Jonasson | 21 | Sweden | SWE | 115.950 | ||
31T | Josef Zellweger | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | 115.450 | ||
31T | Patrick Mattioni | 21 | France | FRA | 115.450 | ||
33 | Nicolae Bejenaru | 20 | Romania | ROU | 115.400 | ||
34 | Kevin Davis | 22 | United States | USA | 115.325 | ||
35 | Lance Ringnald | 18 | United States | USA | 115.075 | ||
36 | Claude Carmona | 24 | France | FRA | 114.925 | ||
4 QR | Sergey Kharkov | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | |||
6T QR | Lado Gogoladze | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | |||
11 QR | Vladimir Novikov | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | |||
19 QR | Holger Behrendt | 24 | East Germany | GDR | |||
26 QR | Toshiharu Sato | 19 | Japan | JPN | |||
29 QR | Ulf Hoffmann | 27 | East Germany | GDR | |||
30T QR | Deyan Kolev | 22 | Bulgaria | BUL | |||
30T QR | Andreas Wecker | 18 | East Germany | GDR | |||
32T QR | Li Chunyang | 20 | China | CHN | |||
36 QR | Stoyko Gochev | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | |||
37 QR | Hiroyuki Konishi | 25 | Japan | JPN | |||
39T QR | Petar Georgiev | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | |||
43T QR | Zsolt Borkai | 23 | Hungary | HUN | |||
43T QR | Takahiro Yamada | 24 | Japan | JPN | |||
45 QR | Guo Linxian | 23 | China | CHN | |||
48 QR | Adrian Sandu | 21 | Romania | ROU | |||
50 QR | Li Ning | 25 | China | CHN | |||
51T QR | Thierry Pecqueux | 23 | France | FRA | |||
51T QR | Marian Rizan | 21 | Romania | ROU | |||
53T QR | Riccardo Trapella | 20 | Italy | ITA | |||
55 QR | JenÅ Paprika | 28 | Hungary | HUN | |||
56T QR | Lorne Bobkin | 22 | Canada | CAN | |||
59 QR | Daniel Winkler | 26 | West Germany | FRG | |||
60 QR | Mike Beckmann | 20 | West Germany | FRG | |||
61T QR | Ju Yeong-Sam | 22 | South Korea | KOR | |||
61T QR | Gabriele Sala | 20 | Italy | ITA | |||
63 QR | Scott Johnson | 27 | United States | USA | |||
64 QR | Jürgen Brümmer | 23 | West Germany | FRG | |||
65T QR | James Rozon | 24 | Canada | CAN | |||
65T QR | Alan Nolet | 20 | Canada | CAN | |||
67T QR | Ralph Kern | 21 | West Germany | FRG | |||
67T QR | Dominick Minicucci, Jr. | 19 | United States | USA | |||
69 QR | Wes Suter | 24 | United States | USA | |||
70 QR | Stéphane Cauterman | 19 | France | FRA | |||
71T QR | Song Yu-Jin | 21 | South Korea | KOR | |||
71T QR | Bernhard Simmelbauer | 25 | West Germany | FRG | |||
73 QR | Andreas Aguilar | 26 | West Germany | FRG | |||
74 QR | Bruno Cavelti | 27 | Switzerland | SUI | |||
75 QR | Terry Bartlett | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | |||
76 QR | Frédéric Longuepée | 22 | France | FRA | |||
77 QR | Miguel Ãngel Rubio | 22 | Spain | ESP | |||
78T QR | Ãlvaro Montesinos | 24 | Spain | ESP | |||
78T QR | Vittorio Allievi | 25 | Italy | ITA | |||
80 QR | Kenneth Meredith | 25 | Australia | AUS | |||
81 QR | Andrew Morris | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | |||
82 QR | Jože Kolman | 21 | Yugoslavia | YUG | |||
83 QR | Chang Chao-Chun | 21 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | |||
84 QR | Gil Pinto | 22 | Brazil | BRA | |||
85 QR | Hélder Pinheiro | 18 | Portugal | POR | |||
86 QR | Philippe Chartrand | 24 | Canada | CAN | |||
87 QR | Valentin Pîntea | 26 | Romania | ROU | |||
88 QR | Tony Piñeda | 24 | Mexico | MEX | |||
89 QR | Balázs Tóth | 21 | Hungary | HUN |