Horizontal bar at the Olympics
# Horizontal bar at the Olympics

The horizontal bar is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1904, but not in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920 when no apparatus events were awarded medals. The horizontal bar was one of the components of the men's artistic individual all-around in 1900, 1908, and 1912, however. The men's horizontal bar returned as a medal event in 1924 and has been held every Games since. Horizontal bar scores were included in the individual all-around for 1924 and 1928, with no separate apparatus final. In 1932, the horizontal bar was entirely separate from the all-around. From 1936 to 1956, there were again no separate apparatus finals with the horizontal bar scores used in the all-around. Beginning in 1960, there were separate apparatus finals.

The 1896 Games also featured a team horizontal bar event.

## Medalists

### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1896 Athens details | Hermann Weingärtner Germany | Alfred Flatow Germany | Not awarded |
| 1900 Paris | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Anton Heida United StatesEdward Hennig United States | Not awarded | George Eyser United States |
| 1908 London | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1912 Stockholm | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1920 Antwerp | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1924 Paris details | Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia | Jean Gutweninger Switzerland | André Higelin France |
| 1928 Amsterdam details | Georges Miez Switzerland | Romeo Neri Italy | Eugen Mack Switzerland |
| 1932 Los Angeles details | Dallas Bixler United States | Heikki Savolainen Finland | Einari Teräsvirta Finland |
| 1936 Berlin details | Aleksanteri Saarvala Finland | Konrad Frey Germany | Alfred Schwarzmann Germany |
| 1948 London details | Josef Stalder Switzerland | Walter Lehmann Switzerland | Veikko Huhtanen Finland |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Jack Günthard Switzerland | Alfred Schwarzmann GermanyJosef Stalder Switzerland | Not awarded |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Takashi Ono Japan | Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan |
| 1960 Rome details | Takashi Ono Japan | Masao Takemoto Japan | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Akinori Nakayama JapanMikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Not awarded | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| 1972 Munich details | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Sawao Kato Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan |
| 1976 Montreal details | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Eberhard Gienger West GermanyHenri Boerio France |
| 1980 Moscow details | Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Shinji Morisue Japan | Tong Fei China | Koji Gushiken Japan |
| 1988 Seoul details | Vladimir Artemov Soviet UnionValeri Liukin Soviet Union | Not awarded | Holger Behrendt East GermanyMarius Gherman Romania |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Trent Dimas United States | Andreas Wecker Germany | Grigory Misutin Unified Team |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Andreas Wecker Germany | Krasimir Dunev Bulgaria | Vitaly Scherbo BelarusFan Bin ChinaAlexei Nemov Russia |
| 2000 Sydney details | Alexei Nemov Russia | Benjamin Varonian France | Lee Joo-Hyung South Korea |
| 2004 Athens details | Igor Cassina Italy | Paul Hamm United States | Isao Yoneda Japan |
| 2008 Beijing details | Zou Kai China | Jonathan Horton United States | Fabian Hambüchen Germany |
| 2012 London details | Epke Zonderland Netherlands | Fabian Hambüchen Germany | Zou Kai China |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Fabian Hambüchen Germany | Danell Leyva United States | Nile Wilson Great Britain |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Daiki Hashimoto Japan | Tin Srbić Croatia | Nikita Nagornyy ROC |

**Multiple medalists**

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Takashi Ono | Japan (JPN) | 1956–1960 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Mitsuo Tsukahara | Japan (JPN) | 1972–1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Fabian Hambüchen | Germany (GER) | 2008–2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Josef Stalder | Switzerland (SUI) | 1948–1952 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Andreas Wecker | Germany (GER) | 1992–1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Boris Shakhlin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1960–1964 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Alexei Nemov | Russia (RUS) | 1996–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Zou Kai | China (CHN) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Yuri Titov | Soviet Union (URS) | 1956–1964 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Eizo Kenmotsu | Japan (JPN) | 1968–1976 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Alfred Schwarzmann | Germany (GER) | 1936–1952 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Masao Takemoto | Japan (JPN) | 1956–1960 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

**Medalists by country**

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | ROC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Team horizontal bar

At the 1896 Olympics a team version of the horizontal bar was held. It was one of two team apparatus events in 1896, along with the team parallel bars. The team apparatus events were never held again.

The team horizontal bar event had 10 horizontal bars for the team to use. Teams in the 1896 team events could be large, with one in the parallel bars exceeding 30 members. Only one team competed in the team horizontal bar. Judges scored the teams on execution, rhythm, and technical difficulty.

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1896 Athens details | Germany (GER) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
