Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Kovtun, Zou, and Oka on the medal podium
VenueAccor Arena
Date27 July 2024 (qualifying)
5 August 2024 (final)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning score16.200
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zou Jingyuan  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Illia Kovtun  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shinnosuke Oka  Japan
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The men's parallel bars event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July and 5 August 2024 at the Accor Arena (referred to as the Bercy Arena due to IOC sponsorship rules).

Competition Format

The top 8 qualifiers (limit two per NOC) for parallel bars advanced to the apparatus finals.

Schedule

The competition was held over two days, 27 July and 5 August. The qualifying round (for all men's gymnastics events) was on the first day with the apparatus final on the second day.

Date Time Round Subdivision
27 July 11:00 Qualification Subdivision 1
15:30 Subdivision 2
20:00 Subdivision 3
5 August 11:45 Final –
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Qualification

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Rank Gymnast D Score E Score Pen. Total Qual.
1  Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 6.9 9.300 16.200 Q
2  Zhang Boheng (CHN) 6.4 8.933 15.333
3  Shinnosuke Oka (JPN) 6.5 8.800 15.300
4  Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 6.6 8.666 15.266
5  Lukas Dauser (GER) 6.6 8.566 15.166
6  Illia Kovtun (UKR) 6.7 8.466 15.166
7  Ferhat Arıcan (TUR) 6.9 8.133 15.033
8  Wataru Tanigawa (JPN) 6.3 8.700 15.000
9  Kaya Kazuma (JPN) 6.3 8.633 14.933 –
10  Joe Fraser (GBR) 6.5 8.433 14.933 R1
11  Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) 6.1 8.733 14.833 –
12  Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) 6.0 8.800 14.800 –
13  Krisztofer Mészáros (HUN) 6.4 8.333 14.733 R2
14  Ángel Barajas (COL) 6.7 8.000 14.700 R3

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Reserves

The reserves for the men's parallel bars final were:

  1.  Joe Fraser (GBR)
  2.  Krisztofer Mészáros (HUN)
  3.  Ángel Barajas (COL)

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the event final. Therefore, Japanese gymnasts Kaya Kazuma and Daiki Hashimoto and Chinese gymnast Xiao Ruoteng would be excluded as reserves unless another gymnast of their nation was to drop out.

Final

Rank Gymnast D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 6.900 9.300 16.200
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Illia Kovtun (UKR) 7.000 8.500 15.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Shinnosuke Oka (JPN) 6.500 8.800 15.300
4  Zhang Boheng (CHN) 6.400 8.700 15.100
5  Ferhat Arıcan (TUR) 6.900 8.200 15.100
6  Wataru Tanigawa (JPN) 6.300 7.833 14.133
7  Lukas Dauser (GER) 6.000 7.700 13.700
8  Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 6.200 7.100 13.300

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References

  1. ^ "Men's Parallel Bars - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Ukrainian gymnast Kovtun wins silver in Paris Olympics". The Kyiv Independent. August 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Zou Jingyuan defends parallel bars title at Paris Olympics, Shinnosuke Oka claims 3rd gold medal". Associated Press. August 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Men's Parallel Bars - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.