The men's horizontal bar was a gymnastics event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. The event was held on 18, 20, and 23 October. There were 128 competitors from 29 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the horizontal bar after two Games with silver and bronze medals. The Soviets also took silver, with Yuri Titov finishing second. Shakhlin (bronze in 1960) and Titov (silver in 1956) were the fifth and sixth men to win multiple medals in the horizontal bar. Bronze went to Miroslav Cerar of Yugoslavia.

Background

This was the 11th appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Five of the six finalists from 1960 returned: two-time gold medalist Takashi Ono of Japan, bronze medalist Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Yukio Endo of Japan, fifth-place finisher (and 1956 silver medalist) Yury Titov of the Soviet Union, and sixth-place finisher Miroslav Cerar of Yugoslavia. (All five would make the final again in 1964.) Ono was the reigning (1962) world champion as well, with Endo a silver medalist and Titov and Cerar finalists.

Algeria, the Republic of China, Iran, and Mongolia each made their debut in the men's parallel bars. The United States made its 10th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

The gymnastics all-around events continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to two individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 128th. For the apparatus finals, the all-around score for that apparatus was multiplied by one-half then added to the final round exercise score to give a final total.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, with the final total apparatus score from 0 to 20.Official Report, vol. 2, p. 362.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round Sunday, 18 October 1964 8:3017:00 Preliminary: Compulsory Tuesday, 20 October 1964 8:3017:00 Preliminary: Voluntary Saturday, 23 October 1964 19:30 Final

Results

Each gymnast competed in both compulsory and optional exercises, with the median scores from the four judges for the two sets of exercises were summed. This score was also used in calculating both individual all-around and team scores.

The top 6 advanced to the final for the apparatus, keeping half of their preliminary score to be added to their final score.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final Compulsory Voluntary Total Prelim. Final Total Boris Shakhlin 9.75 9.80 19.55 9.775 9.850 19.625 Yuri Titov 9.70 9.80 19.50 9.750 9.800 19.550 Miroslav Cerar 9.55 9.75 19.30 9.650 9.850 19.500 4 Victor Lisitsky 9.65 9.60 19.25 9.625 9.700 19.325 5 Yukio Endo 9.70 9.70 19.40 9.700 9.350 19.050 6 Takashi Ono 9.70 9.70 19.40 9.700 9.300 19.0007 Rajmund Csanyi 9.70 9.55 19.25 Did not advance Franco Menichelli 9.60 9.65 19.25 Did not advance Haruhiro Yamashita 9.65 9.60 19.25 Did not advance10 Victor Leontyev 9.50 9.70 19.20 Did not advance11 Takashi Mitsukuri 9.55 9.60 19.15 Did not advance12 Takuji Hayata 9.60 9.50 19.10 Did not advance Mikolaj Kubica 9.50 9.60 19.10 Did not advance14 Wilhelm Kubica 9.55 9.50 19.05 Did not advance Nicola Prodanov 9.45 9.60 19.05 Did not advance Lajos Varga 9.50 9.55 19.05 Did not advance17 Yury Tsapenko 9.50 9.50 19.00 Did not advance18 Siegfried Fulle 9.40 9.55 18.95 Did not advance Velik Kapsasov 9.45 9.50 18.95 Did not advance Frederic Orendi 9.60 9.35 18.95 Did not advance21 Istvan Aranyos 9.40 9.50 18.90 Did not advance Luigi Cimnaghi 9.30 9.60 18.90 Did not advance Sergey Diomidov 9.60 9.30 18.90 Did not advance Klaus Köste 9.50 9.40 18.90 Did not advance Shuji Tsurumi 9.65 9.25 18.90 Did not advance26 Chung Yi Kwang 9.40 9.45 18.85 Did not advance Karel Klecka 9.40 9.45 18.85 Did not advance Makoto Sakamoto 9.35 9.50 18.85 Did not advance29 Liuben Christov 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance Erwin Koppe 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance31 Ronald Barak 9.45 9.30 18.75 Did not advance Bernard Fauqueux 9.20 9.55 18.75 Did not advance Jan Jankowicz 9.35 9.40 18.75 Did not advance Olli Laiho 9.45 9.30 18.75 Did not advance Georgi Mirtchev 9.35 9.40 18.75 Did not advance Aleksander Rokosa 9.35 9.40 18.75 Did not advance37 Janez Brodnik 9.40 9.30 18.70 Did not advance Christian Guiffroy 9.25 9.45 18.70 Did not advance Vaclav Kubicka 9.35 9.35 18.70 Did not advance40 Gyozo Cser 9.25 9.40 18.65 Did not advance Age Storhaug 9.20 9.45 18.65 Did not advance42 Philipp Fürst 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance Kim Kwang Duk 9.30 9.30 18.60 Did not advance Alfred Kucharczyk 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance Ladislav Pazdera 9.30 9.30 18.60 Did not advance46 Gheorghe Tohaneanu 9.15 9.40 18.55 Did not advance47 Larry Banner 9.15 9.35 18.50 Did not advance Lee Kwang Jae 9.40 9.10 18.50 Did not advance Peter Weber 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance50 Otto Kestola 9.15 9.30 18.45 Did not advance Premysl Krbec 9.15 9.30 18.45 Did not advance Gunter Lyhs 9.05 9.40 18.45 Did not advance Bohumil Mudrik 9.20 9.25 18.45 Did not advance Suh Jae Kyu 9.10 9.35 18.45 Did not advance55 Fritz Feuz 9.10 9.30 18.40 Did not advance Raimo Heinonen 9.30 9.10 18.40 Did not advance Todor Kondev 9.25 9.15 18.40 Did not advance Martin Srot 9.00 9.40 18.40 Did not advance59 Todor Batchvarov 9.10 9.25 18.35 Did not advance60 Anton Kadar 9.20 9.10 18.30 Did not advance Kim Choong Tai 9.10 9.20 18.30 Did not advance Harald Wigaard 8.95 9.35 18.30 Did not advance63 Giovanni Carminucci 9.20 9.05 18.25 Did not advance Pasquale Carminucci 9.20 9.05 18.25 Did not advance Eugen Ekman 9.10 9.15 18.25 Did not advance Josy Stoffel 8.95 9.30 18.25 Did not advance Angelo Vicardi 8.95 9.30 18.25 Did not advance68 Franz Fah 9.00 9.20 18.20 Did not advance Andrzej Konopka 8.95 9.25 18.20 Did not advance Stig Lindevall 8.90 9.30 18.20 Did not advance71 Meinrad Berchtold 8.90 9.25 18.15 Did not advance Arthur Shurlock 9.10 9.05 18.15 Did not advance73 Russell Mitchell 9.05 9.00 18.05 Did not advance Hannu Rantakari 9.10 8.95 18.05 Did not advance75 Andras Lelkes 9.10 8.90 18.00 Did not advance Alojz Petrovic 8.75 9.25 18.00 Did not advance77 Michel Bouchonnet 8.75 9.20 17.95 Did not advance78 Peter Sos 8.75 9.05 17.80 Did not advance79 Héctor Ramírez 8.80 8.95 17.75 Did not advance80 Fredy Egger 9.00 8.70 17.70 Did not advance Nenad Vidovic 9.30 8.40 17.70 Did not advance82 Gheorghe Condovici 8.40 9.25 17.65 Did not advance Gottlieb Fassler 8.45 9.20 17.65 Did not advance Gilbert Larose 8.65 9.00 17.65 Did not advance85 Ivan Caklec 8.50 9.10 17.60 Did not advance86 Liuh Reng Suhn 8.65 8.90 17.55 Did not advance Walter Muller 8.60 8.95 17.55 Did not advance Alexandru Szilagyi 8.55 9.00 17.55 Did not advance89 Kauko Heikkinen 9.00 8.45 17.45 Did not advance Kang Soo Il 8.20 9.25 17.45 Did not advance91 Jan Thai San 8.70 8.70 17.40 Did not advance Lai Chu Long 8.50 8.90 17.40 Did not advance Felix Padron 8.45 8.95 17.40 Did not advance94 Graham Bond 8.95 8.40 17.35 Did not advance Ady Stefanetti 8.45 8.90 17.35 Did not advance William Thoresson 8.40 8.95 17.35 Did not advance Niamdawaa Zagdbazar 8.60 8.75 17.35 Did not advance98 Barry Cheales 8.50 8.80 17.30 Did not advance99 Richard Kihn 8.55 8.70 17.25 Did not advance Gregor Weiss 8.85 8.40 17.25 Did not advance101 Pablo Hernandez 8.15 9.00 17.15 Did not advance102 Bruno Franceschetti 8.90 8.20 17.10 Did not advance Pavel Gajdos 9.10 8.00 17.10 Did not advance Wang Shian Ming 8.35 8.75 17.10 Did not advance105 John Pancott 8.55 8.50 17.05 Did not advance Frederick Trainer 8.35 8.70 17.05 Did not advance Wilhelm Weiler 8.15 8.90 17.05 Did not advance108 Marcus Faulks 8.45 8.55 17.00 Did not advance109 Leif Koorn 8.45 8.45 16.90 Did not advance110 Lee Bu Ti 8.05 8.75 16.80 Did not advance111 Andres Gonzalez 8.40 8.30 16.70 Did not advance Mohamed Lazhari 7.45 9.25 16.70 Did not advance113 Petre Miclaus 8.00 8.45 16.45 Did not advance114 Carlos Garcia 8.20 7.45 15.65 Did not advance115 Douglas McLennon 6.90 8.40 15.30 Did not advance116 Jalal Bazargan 7.80 7.45 15.25 Did not advance117 John Mulhall 7.65 7.55 15.20 Did not advance118 Benjamin de Roo 7.20 7.95 15.15 Did not advance119 Octavio Suarez 6.90 8.00 14.90 Did not advance120 Uih Yah Torh 6.85 7.60 14.45 Did not advance121 Vithal Karande 6.75 6.45 13.20 Did not advance122 Carlos Pizzini 4.90 8.20 13.10 Did not advance123 B. Bhosle 5.25 6.90 12.15 Did not advance124 Anant Ram 4.50 6.05 10.55 Did not advance125 Mohamed Ibrahim 7.30 — 7.30 Did not advance126 D. Mondal 7.15 — 7.15 Did not advance127 Y. More 4.50 1.75 6.25 Did not advance128 Trilok Singh — 6.00 6.00 Did not advance — Demetrio Pastrana Did not advance Fortunato Payao Did not advance

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