Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars
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The men's parallel bars competition was 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. There were 81 competitors from 31 nations, with nations competing in the team event having up to 5 gymnasts and other nations having up to 2 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Valeriy Honcharov of Ukraine, the nation's second victory in the parallel bars. Hiroyuki Tomita took silver, putting Japan above the Soviet Union on the all-time medal table for the event (both nations had four golds, the Soviet Union had led Japan 5–4 in silvers, and Japan had more bronzes 6–1). Li Xiaopeng of China became the seventh man to win multiple parallel bars medals with his bronze adding to his 2000 gold.
Men's parallel bars at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Indoor Hall | |||||||||
Dates | 14 August (qualifying) 23 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 81 from 30 nations | |||||||||
Winning score | 9.787 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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