# Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

The men's individual all-around competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 16 and 20 at the Sydney SuperDome. There were 97 competitors from 32 nations. Each nation could enter a team of 6 gymnasts (returning to the longstanding team size after one Games of teams of 7 in 1996) or up to 2 individual gymnasts. The event was won by Alexei Nemov of Russia, the nation's first victory in the event. Nemov, with a silver medal in 1996, became the 12th man to earn multiple medals in the all-around. Yang Wei of China took silver. Oleksandr Beresch earned bronze, Ukraine's first medal in the event.

## Background

This was the 23rd 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.
Three of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1996 Games returned: silver medalist Alexei Nemov of Russia, seventh-place finisher John Roethlisberger of the United States, and tenth-place finisher Blaine Wilson of the United States. Russia's Nikolai Kryukov was the reigning (1999) World Champion; Ivan Ivankov of Belarus had won the 1997 World Championship.
Latvia made its debut in the event. France made its 21st appearance, most among nations.

## Competition format

Major changes to the competition format were implemented in 2000. The competition continued to use a preliminary (qualifying) round and a final round, with scores cleared between rounds (no carryover). However, the preliminary round now used only one optional exercise for each apparatus rather than requiring both a compulsory and optional exercise. The team event scoring used a 6–5–4 format (each team had 6 gymnasts, selected 5 per apparatus, with 4 scores counting), a reduced version of the 1996 7–6–5 system, which reduced the number of gymnasts competing in every apparatus. Total scores and an overall rank were still used for all gymnasts, however. 2000 was also the year where the tie-breaking rules came into effect, which resulted in far less tie rankings or duplicate of medals than at the Games before that. Each exercise was scored from 0 to 10; thus the total preliminary score was from 0 to 60. The final total, with six exercises, was from 0 to 60.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 16 September 2000 | 10:30 | Qualifying |
| Wednesday, 20 September 2000 | 19:00 | Final |

## Results

There were 97 gymnasts that competed during the qualification round on September 16, though only 52 competed on each apparatus. Fifty-three gymnasts competed in the all-around during the qualification round. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 16. Each country was limited to three competitors in the final.
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Prelim | | | | | | | Total |
| | Alexei Nemov | Russia | 58.361 | 9.800 | 9.775 | 9.687 | 9.650 | 9.775 | 9.787 | 58.474 |
| | Yang Wei | China | 57.449 | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.712 | 9.712 | 9.750 | 9.737 | 58.361 |
| | Oleksandr Beresch | Ukraine | 58.049 | 9.675 | 9.762 | 9.550 | 9.675 | 9.750 | 9.800 | 58.212 |
| 4 | Ivan Ivankov | Belarus | 56.949 | 9.575 | 9.725 | 9.762 | 9.500 | 9.700 | 9.762 | 58.024 |
| 5 | Oleksandr Svetlichny | Ukraine | 57.286 | 9.600 | 9.675 | 9.525 | 9.725 | 9.725 | 9.700 | 57.950 |
| 6 | Blaine Wilson | United States | 56.861 | 9.700 | 9.587 | 9.612 | 9.800 | 9.712 | 9.525 | 57.936 |
| 7 | Alexei Bondarenko | Russia | 57.812 | 9.637 | 9.725 | 9.712 | 9.400 | 9.675 | 9.775 | 57.924 |
| 8 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria | 57.599 | 9.550 | 9.737 | 9.750 | 9.475 | 9.675 | 9.700 | 57.887 |
| 9 | Lihui Zheng | China | 57.311 | 9.612 | 9.650 | 9.575 | 9.612 | 9.675 | 9.350 | 57.474 |
| 10 | Lee Joo-Hyung | South Korea | 55.986 | 9.237 | 9.650 | 9.600 | 9.525 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 57.462 |
| 11 | Rareş Orzaţa | Romania | 56.560 | 9.312 | 9.612 | 9.637 | 9.662 | 9.462 | 9.700 | 57.385 |
| 12 | Yoshihiro Saito | Japan | 56.487 | 9.512 | 9.600 | 9.662 | 9.437 | 9.425 | 9.725 | 57.361 |
| 13 | Marian Drăgulescu | Romania | 57.349 | 9.637 | 9.300 | 9.562 | 9.562 | 9.487 | 9.550 | 57.098 |
| 14 | Paul Hamm | United States | 57.436 | 9.675 | 9.612 | 9.550 | 9.587 | 9.750 | 8.875 | 57.049 |
| 15 | Dimitri Karbanenko | France | 56.424 | 9.450 | 9.125 | 9.425 | 9.612 | 9.712 | 9.637 | 56.961 |
| 16 | Yann Cucherat | France | 56.323 | 9.262 | 9.662 | 9.575 | 9.212 | 9.612 | 9.600 | 56.923 |
| 17 | Eric López | Cuba | 56.574 | 8.662 | 9.600 | 9.675 | 9.687 | 9.612 | 9.575 | 56.811 |
| 18 | Naoya Tsukahara | Japan | 56.985 | 9.362 | 8.425 | 9.650 | 9.562 | 9.662 | 9.762 | 56.423 |
| 19 | Maxim Aleshin | Russia | 56.274 | 9.325 | 9.000 | 9.412 | 9.412 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 56.399 |
| 20 | Benjamin Varonian | France | 56.161 | 9.500 | 8.887 | 9.550 | 8.987 | 9.725 | 9.712 | 56.361 |
| 21 | Dimitrij Nonin | Germany | 56.049 | 8.937 | 9.437 | 9.587 | 9.012 | 9.587 | 9.750 | 56.310 |
| 22 | Cho Seong-Min | South Korea | 56.937 | 9.262 | 9.250 | 9.550 | 9.600 | 9.662 | 8.900 | 56.224 |
| 23 | Aleksei Sinkevich | Belarus | 56.622 | 8.750 | 9.587 | 9.500 | 9.137 | 9.575 | 9.512 | 56.061 |
| 24 | Dimitar Lountchev | Bulgaria | 54.948 | 9.037 | 9.562 | 9.075 | 9.375 | 9.437 | 9.525 | 56.011 |
| 25 | Kenichi Fujita | Japan | 56.560 | 9.512 | 9.637 | 9.600 | 9.575 | 8.750 | 8.800 | 55.874 |
| 26 | Omar Cortés | Spain | 55.061 | 8.112 | 9.675 | 9.550 | 9.325 | 9.537 | 9.650 | 55.849 |
| 27 | Roman Zozulya | Ukraine | 55.923 | 8.812 | 9.625 | 9.687 | 9.162 | 8.925 | 9.600 | 55.811 |
| 28 | Ioan Suciu | Romania | 56.773 | 8.712 | 9.725 | 9.325 | 9.212 | 9.400 | 9.412 | 55.786 |
| 29 | Philippe Rizzo | Australia | 54.123 | 9.350 | 9.637 | 8.775 | 9.087 | 9.187 | 9.750 | 55.786 |
| 30 | Lazaro Lamelas | Cuba | 55.722 | 8.775 | 9.262 | 9.437 | 9.262 | 9.275 | 9.575 | 55.586 |
| 31 | Víctor Cano | Spain | 55.748 | 9.087 | 9.650 | 9.462 | 8.825 | 8.875 | 9.662 | 55.561 |
| 32 | Craig Heap | Great Britain | 54.511 | 9.112 | 9.262 | 9.450 | 9.037 | 9.275 | 9.212 | 55.348 |
| 33 | Ivan Pavlovsky | Belarus | 56.374 | 8.925 | 9.500 | 9.312 | 9.437 | 8.375 | 9.362 | 54.911 |
| 34 | Alejandro Barrenechea | Spain | 54.911 | 8.162 | 8.612 | 9.575 | 9.237 | 9.587 | 9.237 | 54.410 |
| 35 | Alberto Busnari | Italy | 54.686 | 8.300 | 9.550 | 8.400 | 8.362 | 9.537 | 9.662 | 53.811 |
| 36 | Igor Cassina | Italy | 54.111 | 7.837 | 9.350 | 8.412 | 9.175 | 8.812 | 9.687 | 53.373 |
| 37 | Ilia Giorgadze | Georgia | 56.948 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| 38 | Jeong Jin-su | South Korea | 56.574 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| 39 | Andreas Wecker | Germany | 56.011 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| 40 | Igors Vihrovs | Latvia | 56.186 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| 41 | Stephen McCain | United States | 55.686 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| 42 | Florentin Pescaru | Romania | 55.823 | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule |
| 43 | Yevgeny Podgorny | Russia | 56.273 | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule |
| 44 | Dieter Rehm | Switzerland | 54.423 | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule |
| 45 | Saúl Cofiño | Spain | 54.286 | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule | Did not advance—3 per nation rule |
| 46 | Flemming Solberg | Norway | 53.975 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 47 | Damian Istria | Australia | 53.973 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 48 | Kim Dong-hwa | South Korea | 53.124 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 48 | Diego Lizardi | Puerto Rico | 52.261 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 50 | Rúnar Alexandersson | Iceland | 52.149 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 51 | Lin Yung-hsi | Chinese Taipei | 51.674 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 52 | David Phillips | New Zealand | 49.461 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 53 | Pae Gil-su | North Korea | 48.411 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 54 | Li Xiaopeng | China | 47.962 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 55 | Xing Aowei | China | 47.574 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 56 | Nikolay Kryukov | Russia | 47.336 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 57 | Morgan Hamm | United States | 47.262 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 58 | Mutsumi Harada | Japan | 46.974 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 59 | Valeriy Honcharov | Ukraine | 46.611 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 60 | Jan-Peter Nikiferow | Germany | 46.587 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 61 | Sergej Pfeifer | Germany | 46.549 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 62 | Deyan Yordanov | Bulgaria | 44.274 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 63 | Florent Maree | France | 44.087 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 64 | Vasil Vetsev | Bulgaria | 43.362 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 65 | Sean Townsend | United States | 38.337 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 66 | Akihiro Kasamatsu | Japan | 38.311 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 67 | Valeriy Pereshkura | Ukraine | 38.236 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 68 | Huang Xu | China | 37.999 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 69 | Aleksandr Shostak | Belarus | 37.973 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 70 | Xiao Junfeng | China | 37.712 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 71 | Andreu Vivó | Spain | 37.612 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 72 | Zoltán Supola | Hungary | 37.586 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 73 | Vitaly Rudnitsky | Belarus | 37.399 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 74 | Marius Tobă | Germany | 37.337 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 75 | Aleksandr Kruzhilov | Belarus | 37.224 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 76 | Khristian Ivanov | Bulgaria | 37.211 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 77 | Rene Tschernitschek | Germany | 36.998 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 78 | Leszek Blanik | Poland | 36.325 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 79 | Mladen Stefanov | Bulgaria | 36.286 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 80 | Raouf Abdelraouf | Egypt | 35.212 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 81 | Sergey Fedorchenko | Kazakhstan | 29.162 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 82 | Marius Urzică | Romania | 29.049 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 83 | Lee Jang-hyeong | South Korea | 28.849 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 84 | Éric Casimir | France | 28.837 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 85 | Yeo Hong-cheol | South Korea | 28.762 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 86 | Norimasa Iwai | Japan | 28.699 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 87 | Ruslan Mezentsev | Ukraine | 28.462 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 88 | John Roethlisberger | United States | 28.412 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 89 | Kyle Shewfelt | Canada | 19.150 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 90 | Gervasio Deferr | Spain | 19.087 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 91 | Dimosthenis Tambakos | Greece | 18.574 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 92 | Sasha Jeltkov | Canada | 17.699 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 93 | Éric Poujade | France | 9.787 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 94 | Szilveszter Csollány | Hungary | 9.775 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 95 | Ioannis Melissanidis | Greece | 9.737 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 96 | Dmitry Drevin | Russia | 9.225 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 97 | Mitja Petkovšek | Slovenia | 8.687 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |