The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 6 and 10 August 2016 at the HSBC Arena. Kōhei Uchimura won gold, becoming the first male gymnast in 44 years (and third overall) to do this in two successive Olympic Games. Uchimura also became the second man to earn three all-around medals, matching countryman Sawao Kato with two golds and one silver. Uchimura's victory was Japan's sixth in the men's all-around, tying the Soviet Union for most all-time. His margin of victory was only 0.099, which was less than one small step on landing in terms of gymnastic scoring. It was also his eighth consecutive victory at the top competition of the year (World Championships and Olympics from 2009 to 2016). Oleg Verniaiev's silver was Ukraine's first medal in the event since 2000. Max Whitlock's bronze was Great Britain's first since the 1908 Games in London.

The medals were presented by Princess Nora of Liechtenstein, IOC Member from Liechtenstein, accompanied by Vasily Titov, FIG Executive Committee member.

Background

This was the 27th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900.

Five of the top 10 gymnasts from the 2012 Games returned. Gold medalist Kōhei Uchimura of Japan, silver medalist Marcel Nguyen of Germany, 4th place finisher Nikolai Kuksenkov of Ukraine (now competing for Russia), 5th place finisher David Belyavskiy of Russia, and 10th place finisher Sergio Sasaki of Brazil. Uchimura was favored and had been dominant for the last two Olympic cycles. He had followed the silver all-around medal in 2008 with three World Championships (2009–2011), Olympic gold in 2012, and then three more World Championships (2013–2015).

Cyprus and Lithuania each made their debut in the event. France made its 25th appearance, most among nations.

Qualification

Qualification for the men's artistic gymnastics in 2016 was based primarily on the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The top 8 teams at the world championships could send a full team of 5 gymnasts to the Olympics. The next 8 teams (#9 through #16) competed in the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, with the top 4 of those teams also qualifying a team of 5 gymnasts for the Olympics. The individual apparatus medalists from the World Championships also qualified, if their nation had not already qualified a team. There were places reserved for host country and continental representation, and the Tripartite Commission made an invitation. The quota of 98 gymnasts was then filled through the individual all-around rankings at the Test Event, with each nation able to qualify only one gymnast in that manner (though this one gymnast could be added to the world championship apparatus medalists—e.g., Romania qualified Marian Drăgulescu as silver medalist in the vault and Andrei Muntean through the Test Event).

Only gymnasts competing in all six apparatus exercises in the qualifying round were ranked for the individual all-around qualifying.

Competition format The top 24 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists will perform on each apparatus again, and scores in qualification do not count anymore. Scoring was according to the Code of Points.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC−3)

Date Time Round Saturday, 6 August 2016 10:30Qualifying Wednesday, 10 August 2016 16:00Final

Results

Qualifying

The gymnasts who ranked top twenty four qualified for final round. In case of there were more than two gymnasts in same NOC, the last ranked among them would not qualify to final round. The next best ranked gymnast would qualify instead.

Rank Gymnast Nation Total Notes1 Oleg Verniaiev 14.83315.56615.20015.06616.16615.133 91.964 2 Kōhei Uchimura 15.53314.96614.70015.53315.46614.300 90.4983 David Belyavskiy 14.60015.30014.53314.90015.93314.533 89.7994 Deng Shudi 15.03314.86614.30015.30015.80014.366 89.6655 Nile Wilson 15.06614.13314.94114.70014.90015.500 89.2406 Ryōhei Katō 15.03314.80013.99614.93315.50015.000 89.2327 Sam Mikulak 15.80013.10014.53315.10015.37515.133 89.0418 Sérgio Sasaki 14.90014.83314.13315.26614.93314.833 88.8989 Nikolai Kuksenkov 14.66615.38314.33314.90015.36614.100 88.84810 Lin Chaopan 13.66615.03314.13315.23315.70014.866 88.63111 Arthur Mariano 15.20014.43314.03315.10014.93314.766 88.46512 Max Whitlock 15.50015.80014.60013.70015.06613.566 88.23213 Jossimar Calvo 14.17515.03314.16613.76615.40014.966 87.50614 Bart Deurloo 14.00014.20014.26614.85814.56615.100 86.99015 Manrique Larduet 15.20013.86615.10011.76615.76615.116 86.81416 Andrey Likhovitskiy 14.20015.23313.86613.96614.90014.600 86.76517 Brinn Bevan 14.23314.73314.33314.13314.96614.366 86.764 2 per NOC18 Francisco Barretto Júnior 13.43314.53314.20014.20014.90015.266 86.53219 Chris Brooks 14.53312.76614.56614.40015.30014.766 86.331 20 Oleg Stepko 13.90014.97514.03314.40015.30013.600 86.20821 Pablo Brägger 14.50013.93314.03313.80014.83315.100 86.19922 Marcel Nguyen 14.50013.43314.73314.60015.46613.366 86.09823 Axel Augis 14.03314.50014.33313.16615.30014.700 86.03224 Andreas Bretschneider 14.80013.64114.15814.63314.83313.633 85.69825 Eddy Yusof 15.03314.13314.53315.20013.30013.166 85.36526 Marios Georgiou 13.56614.06613.36614.73314.85814.700 85.28927 Park Min-soo 13.40013.60014.40014.03315.03314.800 85.266 28 Nikita Nagornyy 14.06614.54114.90015.26613.13312.733 84.639 2 per NOC29 Julien Gobaux 13.06614.23314.50013.70014.76614.300 84.565 30 Oliver Hegi 13.96614.06614.20014.50014.33313.366 84.431 2 per NOC31 Néstor Abad 14.03313.40014.33314.90012.96614.766 84.398 32 Stian Skjerahaug 14.16614.23313.26614.70014.26613.700 84.331 33 Frank Rijken 13.866 13.966 13.700 14.200 14.500 14.033 84.265 34 Petro Pakhnyuk 14.133 14.233 13.600 14.300 14.166 13.783 84.215 35 Oskar Kirmes 14.933 14.000 13.833 14.200 13.891 13.266 84.123 36 Andrei Muntean 13.733 12.500 13.700 14.633 15.466 13.833 83.865 37 Anton Fokin 11.800 14.333 13.966 14.400 15.466 13.866 83.831 38 Kieran Behan 14.333 12.866 14.133 14.300 14.000 13.600 83.232 39 Maksym Semiankiv 14.200 13.700 13.666 13.633 13.300 14.566 83.065 40 Jeffrey Wammes 14.533 11.933 12.941 14.900 14.333 14.066 82.706 41 Ferhat Arıcan 13.133 13.866 13.733 13.533 14.733 13.633 82.631 42 Robert Tvorogal 13.866 13.366 13.466 14.133 13.500 14.166 82.497 43 Randy Lerú 13.000 11.966 13.400 14.166 15.000 14.866 82.398 44 Ludovico Edalli 12.433 13.333 13.666 13.933 14.400 14.033 81.798 45 Mikhail Koudinov 13.200 12.600 13.433 14.133 14.700 12.833 80.899 46 Ryan Patterson 14.300 13.033 13.333 13.733 13.000 13.291 80.690 47 David Jessen 12.233 12.166 13.366 14.500 13.100 14.316 79.681 48 Mohamed Bourguieg 12.533 12.900 13.033 13.700 13.500 12.833 78.499 49 Kévin Crovetto 12.858 11.800 12.866 13.166 12.700 12.666 76.056

Final

Both Georgiou and Larduet were forced to retire from the competition due to injury.

Rank Gymnast Nation Total Kōhei Uchimura 15.76614.90014.73315.56615.60015.80092.365 Oleg Verniaiev 15.03315.53315.30015.50016.10014.80092.266 Max Whitlock 15.20015.87514.73315.13315.00014.70090.6414 David Belyavskiy 15.00014.76614.53315.13315.93315.13390.4985 Lin Chaopan 14.86614.83314.73314.96615.66615.16690.2306 Deng Shudi 14.96614.53314.43315.26615.96614.96690.1307 Sam Mikulak 15.20014.60014.36614.56615.76615.13389.6318 Nile Wilson 14.90014.06614.93315.00015.70014.96689.5659 Sérgio Sasaki 14.83314.76614.43315.20014.96615.00089.19810 Jossimar Calvo 14.65014.70014.43314.83315.36614.93388.91511 Ryōhei Katō 15.26614.90014.56615.05814.90013.90088.59012 Eddy Yusof 14.63314.03314.71615.06614.93314.53387.91413 Nikolai Kuksenkov 14.73313.30014.70014.96615.23314.80087.73214 Chris Brooks 14.60013.20014.63314.93315.06615.20087.63215 Bart Deurloo 14.66614.73314.63314.70014.30014.56687.59816 Pablo Brägger 14.93314.03313.90814.30015.03315.16687.37317 Arthur Mariano 15.13313.40014.13314.76614.63315.26687.33118 Andrey Likhovitskiy 14.30015.03313.93314.03314.96614.36686.63119 Marcel Nguyen 14.73312.66614.60014.66614.90014.46686.03120 Andreas Bretschneider 14.73313.50013.83314.53314.53313.83384.96521 Axel Augis 13.93313.10013.93314.26614.76612.90082.89822 Oleg Stepko 12.26613.10014.53314.91613.80010.46679.081 — Marios Georgiou — — — 12.83312.4669.433 Manrique Larduet — — 15.13314.000 — —

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