# Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The qualification and final rounds took place on 27 July, 29 July and 2 August at the Palau dels Esports de Barcelona. There were 93 competitors from 25 nations, with nations in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Vitaly Scherbo of the Unified Team, the fourth time in five Games that a Soviet or former Soviet gymnast won the rings. Li Jing of China earned silver. There was a tie for third, with Andreas Wecker of Germany and Li Xiaoshuang of China each receiving bronze medals. It was the first medal for unified Germany since 1936, though East Germany had won gold and bronze in 1988.

## Background

This was the 18th 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). Two of the eight finalists from 1988 returned: bronze medalist Sven Tippelt of East Germany and fourth-place finisher Kalofer Khristozov of Bulgaria. The reigning (1991) world champion was Grigory Misutin of the Unified Team. Wecker had placed second in both 1989 and 1991.
Puerto Rico and Slovenia each made their debut in the men's rings; some former Soviet Republics competed as the Unified Team. The United States made its 16th appearance, most of any nation; the Americans had missed only the inaugural 1896 rings and the boycotted 1980 Games.

## Competition format

Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three 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 eight gymnasts, with a limit of two per nation, advanced to the final. In a change from previous years, the preliminary score had no effect on the final; once the eight finalists were selected, their ranking depended only on the final exercise. Non-finalists were ranked 9th through 93rd based on preliminary score.

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 29 July 1992 | | Preliminary |
| Sunday, 2 August 1992 | 21:30 | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final |
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Compulsory | Voluntary | Total | Final |
| | Vitaly Scherbo | Unified Team | 9.900 | 9.900 | 19.800 | 9.937 |
| | Li Jing | China | 9.875 | 9.775 | 19.650 | 9.875 |
| | Li Xiaoshuang | China | 9.900 | 9.725 | 19.625 | 9.862 |
| | Andreas Wecker | Germany | 9.900 | 9.850 | 19.750 | 9.862 |
| 5 | Valery Belenky | Unified Team | 9.875 | 9.800 | 19.675 | 9.825 |
| 6 | Szilveszter Csollány | Hungary | 9.875 | 9.800 | 19.675 | 9.800 |
| 7 | Yukio Iketani | Japan | 9.875 | 9.725 | 19.600 | 9.762 |
| 8 | Kalofer Hristozov | Bulgaria | 9.800 | 9.750 | 19.550 | 9.750 |
| 9 | Grigory Misutin | Unified Team | 9.800 | 9.850 | 19.650 | Did not advance |
| 10 | Li Chunyang | China | 9.800 | 9.775 | 19.575 | Did not advance |
| 11 | Sven Tippelt | Germany | 9.750 | 9.750 | 19.500 | Did not advance |
| 12 | Ihor Korobchynskyi | Unified Team | 9.800 | 9.675 | 19.475 | Did not advance |
| 13 | Mario Franke | Germany | 9.750 | 9.700 | 19.450 | Did not advance |
| 13 | Zoltán Supola | Hungary | 9.800 | 9.650 | 19.450 | Did not advance |
| 13 | Aleksey Voropayev | Unified Team | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450 | Did not advance |
| 13 | Yoo Ok-ryul | South Korea | 9.800 | 9.650 | 19.450 | Did not advance |
| 17 | Scott Keswick | United States | 9.775 | 9.650 | 19.425 | Did not advance |
| 17 | Daisuke Nishikawa | Japan | 9.775 | 9.650 | 19.425 | Did not advance |
| 19 | Li Ge | China | 9.625 | 9.775 | 19.400 | Did not advance |
| 20 | Boris Preti | Italy | 9.700 | 9.675 | 19.375 | Did not advance |
| 21 | Guo Linyao | China | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 | Did not advance |
| 21 | Alfonso Rodríguez | Spain | 9.775 | 9.575 | 19.350 | Did not advance |
| 21 | Rustam Sharipov | Unified Team | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 | Did not advance |
| 21 | Sin Myong-su | North Korea | 9.800 | 9.550 | 19.350 | Did not advance |
| 25 | Paolo Bucci | Italy | 9.675 | 9.625 | 19.300 | Did not advance |
| 25 | Jeong Jin-su | South Korea | 9.600 | 9.700 | 19.300 | Did not advance |
| 27 | Sylvio Kroll | Germany | 9.700 | 9.550 | 19.250 | Did not advance |
| 27 | Masayuki Matsunaga | Japan | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250 | Did not advance |
| 29 | John Roethlisberger | United States | 9.700 | 9.525 | 19.225 | Did not advance |
| 29 | M. Chris Waller | United States | 9.675 | 9.550 | 19.225 | Did not advance |
| 31 | Takashi Chinen | Japan | 9.650 | 9.550 | 19.200 | Did not advance |
| 32 | Pae Gil-su | North Korea | 9.750 | 9.425 | 19.175 | Did not advance |
| 32 | Neil Thomas | Great Britain | 9.750 | 9.425 | 19.175 | Did not advance |
| 34 | Ralf Büchner | Germany | 9.650 | 9.500 | 19.150 | Did not advance |
| 34 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria | 9.475 | 9.675 | 19.150 | Did not advance |
| 36 | Yutaka Aihara | Japan | 9.500 | 9.625 | 19.125 | Did not advance |
| 36 | Oliver Walther | Germany | 9.700 | 9.425 | 19.125 | Did not advance |
| 38 | Marius Gherman | Romania | 9.650 | 9.450 | 19.100 | Did not advance |
| 38 | Lee Joo-hyung | South Korea | 9.650 | 9.450 | 19.100 | Did not advance |
| 40 | Nicolae Bejenaru | Romania | 9.525 | 9.525 | 19.050 | Did not advance |
| 40 | Csaba Fajkusz | Hungary | 9.600 | 9.450 | 19.050 | Did not advance |
| 40 | Daniel Giubellini | Switzerland | 9.550 | 9.500 | 19.050 | Did not advance |
| 40 | Yoshiaki Hatakeda | Japan | 9.650 | 9.400 | 19.050 | Did not advance |
| 40 | Luis López | Mexico | 9.625 | 9.425 | 19.050 | Did not advance |
| 45 | Li Dashuang | China | 9.500 | 9.525 | 19.025 | Did not advance |
| 45 | James May | Great Britain | 9.600 | 9.425 | 19.025 | Did not advance |
| 47 | Sébastien Darrigade | France | 9.600 | 9.400 | 19.000 | Did not advance |
| 47 | Ron Kaplan | Israel | 9.550 | 9.450 | 19.000 | Did not advance |
| 47 | Dominick Minicucci | United States | 9.525 | 9.475 | 19.000 | Did not advance |
| 47 | Marian Rizan | Romania | 9.675 | 9.325 | 19.000 | Did not advance |
| 47 | Ruggero Rossato | Italy | 9.575 | 9.425 | 19.000 | Did not advance |
| 47 | Károly Schupkégel | Hungary | 9.550 | 9.450 | 19.000 | Did not advance |
| 53 | Johan Jonasson | Sweden | 9.600 | 9.375 | 18.975 | Did not advance |
| 53 | Miguel Ángel Rubio | Spain | 9.575 | 9.400 | 18.975 | Did not advance |
| 55 | Gianmatteo Centazzo | Italy | 9.600 | 9.350 | 18.950 | Did not advance |
| 55 | Róbert Élő | Hungary | 9.550 | 9.400 | 18.950 | Did not advance |
| 55 | Michael Engeler | Switzerland | 9.650 | 9.300 | 18.950 | Did not advance |
| 55 | Fabrice Guelzec | France | 9.500 | 9.450 | 18.950 | Did not advance |
| 55 | Han Yun-su | South Korea | 9.600 | 9.350 | 18.950 | Did not advance |
| 60 | Patrice Casimir | France | 9.600 | 9.325 | 18.925 | Did not advance |
| 61 | Brennon Dowrick | Australia | 9.600 | 9.250 | 18.850 | Did not advance |
| 62 | Adrian Gal | Romania | 9.525 | 9.300 | 18.825 | Did not advance |
| 62 | Oliver Grimm | Switzerland | 9.450 | 9.375 | 18.825 | Did not advance |
| 64 | Adrian Sandu | Romania | 9.450 | 9.350 | 18.800 | Did not advance |
| 64 | Nicu Stroia | Romania | 9.425 | 9.375 | 18.800 | Did not advance |
| 66 | Han Gwang-ho | South Korea | 9.475 | 9.300 | 18.775 | Did not advance |
| 66 | Jair Lynch | United States | 9.475 | 9.300 | 18.775 | Did not advance |
| 68 | Miklós Pánczél | Hungary | 9.475 | 9.250 | 18.725 | Did not advance |
| 69 | Trent Dimas | United States | 9.575 | 9.125 | 18.700 | Did not advance |
| 69 | Gabriele Sala | Italy | 9.600 | 9.100 | 18.700 | Did not advance |
| 69 | Erich Wanner | Switzerland | 9.350 | 9.350 | 18.700 | Did not advance |
| 72 | Cho Hun | North Korea | 9.475 | 9.175 | 18.650 | Did not advance |
| 72 | Curtis Hibbert | Canada | 9.625 | 9.025 | 18.650 | Did not advance |
| 72 | Martin Modlitba | Czechoslovakia | 9.500 | 9.150 | 18.650 | Did not advance |
| 75 | Ilian Aleksandrov | Bulgaria | 9.325 | 9.300 | 18.625 | Did not advance |
| 75 | Alan Nolet | Canada | 9.325 | 9.300 | 18.625 | Did not advance |
| 77 | Krasimir Dunev | Bulgaria | 9.650 | 8.950 | 18.600 | Did not advance |
| 78 | Alessandro Viligiardi | Italy | 9.325 | 9.200 | 18.525 | Did not advance |
| 79 | Terry Bartlett | Great Britain | 9.400 | 9.100 | 18.500 | Did not advance |
| 80 | Georgi Lozanov | Bulgaria | 9.400 | 9.075 | 18.475 | Did not advance |
| 80 | Flavio Rota | Switzerland | 9.250 | 9.225 | 18.475 | Did not advance |
| 82 | Marvin Campbell | Great Britain | 9.325 | 9.125 | 18.450 | Did not advance |
| 83 | Jože Kolman | Slovenia | 9.300 | 9.100 | 18.400 | Did not advance |
| 84 | Arnold Bugár | Czechoslovakia | 9.300 | 8.975 | 18.275 | Did not advance |
| 84 | David Cox | Great Britain | 9.000 | 9.275 | 18.275 | Did not advance |
| 86 | Isidro Ibarrondo | Argentina | 9.025 | 9.050 | 18.075 | Did not advance |
| 87 | Marco Monteiro | Brazil | 9.200 | 8.675 | 17.875 | Did not advance |
| 88 | Markus Müller | Switzerland | 9.050 | 8.675 | 17.725 | Did not advance |
| 89 | Mike Inglis | Canada | 9.000 | 8.575 | 17.575 | Did not advance |
| 90 | Yeo Hong-cheol | South Korea | 8.150 | 8.975 | 17.125 | Did not advance |
| 91 | Deyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 9.700 | — | 9.700 | Did not advance |
| 92 | Paul Bowler | Great Britain | 9.550 | — | 9.550 | Did not advance |
| 93 | Victor Colon | Puerto Rico | 9.225 | — | 9.225 | Did not advance |