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Rings at the Olympics

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Rings
at the Olympic Games
Rings competition at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Overview
SportArtistic gymnastics
GenderMen
Years heldMen: 1896, 1904, 19242024
Reigning champion
Men Liu Yang (CHN)

The rings is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896.[1] It was held again in 1904, but not in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920 when no apparatus events were awarded medals. However, the rings was one of the components of the men's artistic individual all-around in 1900, 1908, and 1912. The men's rings returned as a medal event in 1924 and has been held every Games since. Rings scores were included in the individual all-around for 1924 and 1928, with no separate apparatus final. In 1932, the rings was entirely separate from the all-around. From 1936 to 1956, there were again no separate apparatus finals with the rings scores used in the all-around. Beginning in 1960, there were separate apparatus finals.

Medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
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Ioannis Mitropoulos
 Greece
Hermann Weingärtner
 Germany
Petros Persakis
 Greece
1900 Paris Not held
1904 St. Louis
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Herman Glass
 United States
William Merz
 United States
Emil Voigt
 United States
1908 London Not held
1912 Stockholm Not held
1920 Antwerp Not held
1924 Paris
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Francesco Martino
 Italy
Robert Pražák
 Czechoslovakia
Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
1928 Amsterdam
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Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
Emanuel Löffler
 Czechoslovakia
1932 Los Angeles
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George Gulack
 United States
Bill Denton
 United States
Giovanni Lattuada
 Italy
1936 Berlin
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Alois Hudec
 Czechoslovakia
Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
Matthias Volz
 Germany
1948 London
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Karl Frei
 Switzerland
Michael Reusch
 Switzerland
Zdeněk Růžička
 Czechoslovakia
1952 Helsinki
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Hrant Shahinyan
 Soviet Union
Viktor Chukarin
 Soviet Union
Hans Eugster
 Switzerland
Dmytro Leonkin
 Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne
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Albert Azaryan
 Soviet Union
Valentin Muratov
 Soviet Union
Masumi Kubota
 Japan
Masao Takemoto
 Japan
1960 Rome
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Albert Azaryan
 Soviet Union
Boris Shakhlin
 Soviet Union
Velik Kapsazov
 Bulgaria
Takashi Ono
 Japan
1964 Tokyo
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Takuji Hayata
 Japan
Franco Menichelli
 Italy
Boris Shakhlin
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
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Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Sawao Kato
 Japan
1972 Munich
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Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Japan
1976 Montreal
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Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
Danuţ Grecu
 Romania
1980 Moscow
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Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Tkachyov
 Soviet Union
Jiří Tabák
 Czechoslovakia
1984 Los Angeles
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Li Ning
 China
Koji Gushiken
 Japan
Not awarded Mitchell Gaylord
 United States
1988 Seoul
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Holger Behrendt
 East Germany
Dmitri Bilozertchev
 Soviet Union
Not awarded Sven Tippelt
 East Germany
1992 Barcelona
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Vitaly Scherbo
 Unified Team
Li Jing
 China
Andreas Wecker
 Germany
Li Xiaoshuang
 China
1996 Atlanta
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Jury Chechi
 Italy
Szilveszter Csollány
 Hungary
Dan Burincă
 Romania
2000 Sydney
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Szilveszter Csollány
 Hungary
Dimosthenis Tampakos
 Greece
Yordan Yovchev
 Bulgaria
2004 Athens
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Dimosthenis Tampakos
 Greece
Yordan Yovchev
 Bulgaria
Jury Chechi
 Italy
2008 Beijing
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Chen Yibing
 China
Yang Wei
 China
Oleksandr Vorobiov
 Ukraine
2012 London
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Arthur Zanetti
 Brazil
Chen Yibing
 China
Matteo Morandi
 Italy
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Eleftherios Petrounias
 Greece
Arthur Zanetti
 Brazil
Denis Ablyazin
 Russia
2020 Tokyo
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Liu Yang
 China
You Hao
 China
Eleftherios Petrounias
 Greece
2024 Paris
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Liu Yang
 China
Zou Jingyuan
 China
Eleftherios Petrounias
 Greece

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Albert Azaryan  Soviet Union (URS) 1956–1960 2 0 0 2
Liu Yang  China (CHN) 2020–2024 2 0 0 2
Akinori Nakayama  Japan (JPN) 1968–1972 2 0 0 2
4 Leon Štukelj  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1928–1936 1 1 0 2
Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union (URS) 1976–1980 1 1 0 2
Szilveszter Csollány  Hungary (HUN) 1996–2000 1 1 0 2
Dimosthenis Tampakos  Greece (GRE) 2000–2004 1 1 0 2
Chen Yibing  China (CHN) 2008–2012 1 1 0 2
Arthur Zanetti  Brazil (BRA) 2012–2016 1 1 0 2
10 Eleftherios Petrounias  Greece (GRE) 2016–2024 1 0 2 3
11 Jury Chechi  Italy (ITA) 1996–2004 1 0 1 2
12 Mikhail Voronin  Soviet Union (URS) 1968–1972 0 2 0 2
13 Ladislav Vácha  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1924–1928 0 1 1 2
Boris Shakhlin  Soviet Union (URS) 1960–1964 0 1 1 2
Yordan Yovchev  Bulgaria (BUL) 2000–2004 0 1 1 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 6 7 2 17
2  China (CHN) 4 5 1 10
3  Japan (JPN) 4 0 5 9
4  Greece (GRE) 3 1 3 7
5  United States (USA) 2 2 2 6
6  Italy (ITA) 2 1 3 6
7  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 2 4 7
8  Brazil (BRA) 1 1 0 2
 Hungary (HUN) 1 1 0 2
 Yugoslavia (YUG) 1 1 0 2
11  East Germany (GDR) 1 0 1 2
12  Unified Team (EUN) 1 0 0 1
13  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 1 2 3
 Germany (GER) 0 1 2 3
15  Romania (ROU) 0 0 2 2
16  Russia (RUS) 0 0 1 1
 Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1
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References

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  1. ^ "Rings | Gymnastics, Olympics, Skills, Technique, & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 August 2024.