Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

These are the results of the men's horizontal bar competition, which is one of eight events for male competitors of the artistic gymnastics discipline contested in the gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 14 and August 23 at the Olympic Indoor Hall.

Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Medalists
Igor Cassina  Italy
Paul Hamm  United States
Isao Yoneda  Japan
Gymnastics at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Artistic
Qualificationmenwomen
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen
Rhythmic
Group all-aroundwomen
Individual all-aroundwomen
Trampoline
Individualmenwomen

Results

Qualification
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic qualification

Seventy-nine gymnasts competed in the horizontal bar event in the artistic gymnastics qualification round on August 14. The ten highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 23.

Controversy

After performing a routine with six release skills in the high bar event final (including four in a row – three variations of Tkatchev releases and a Gienger), the judges posted a score of 9.725, placing Nemov in third position with several athletes still to compete. This was actually a fair judging decision because he took a big step on landing which was a two tenths deduction. The crowd became unruly on seeing the results and interrupted the competition for almost fifteen minutes. Influenced by the crowd's fierce reaction, the judges reevaluated the routine and increased Nemov's score to 9.762, but this did not improve his placement and he finished without a medal.

Final
Rank Gymnast Start
Value		  France  Malaysia  Romania  Iceland  Canada  Cuba Penalty Total
 Igor Cassina (ITA) 10.009.859.89.89.859.89.8—9.813
 Paul Hamm (USA) 10.009.859.79.859.859.79.85—9.8
 Isao Yoneda (JPN) 10.009.759.859.809.809.809.75—9.787
4  Morgan Hamm (USA) 10.009.809.809.759.759.809.80—9.783
5  Alexei Nemov (RUS) 10.009.809.759.759.809.759.70—9.762
6  Xiao Qin (CHN) 10.009.709.759.659.759.759.75—9.737
7  Fabian Hambuechen (GER) 10.009.709.759.709.659.709.70—9.700
8  Valeri Goncharov (UKR) 9.608.858.908.908.908.908.80—8.887
9  Daisuke Nakano (JPN) 9.808.709.008.708.608.808.80—8.750
10  Yang Tae-Young (KOR) 9.808.608.908.608.708.508.80—8.675

References
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