Rings at the Olympics
# Rings at the Olympics

The rings 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 rings was one of the components of the men's artistic individual all-around in 1900, 1908, and 1912, however. The men's rings returned as a medal event in 1924 and has been held every Games since. Rings scores were included in the individual all-around for 1924 and 1928, with no separate apparatus final. In 1932, the rings was entirely separate from the all-around. From 1936 to 1956, there were again no separate apparatus finals with the rings scores used in the all-around. Beginning in 1960, there were separate apparatus finals.

## Medalists

### Men

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1896 Athens details | Ioannis Mitropoulos Greece | Hermann Weingärtner Germany | Petros Persakis Greece |
| 1900 Paris | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1904 St. Louis details | Herman Glass United States | William Merz United States | Emil Voigt 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 | Francesco Martino Italy | Robert Pražák Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia |
| 1928 Amsterdam details | Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia | Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia | Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia |
| 1932 Los Angeles details | George Gulack United States | Bill Denton United States | Giovanni Lattuada Italy |
| 1936 Berlin details | Alois Hudec Czechoslovakia | Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia | Matthias Volz Germany |
| 1948 London details | Karl Frei Switzerland | Michael Reusch Switzerland | Zdeněk Růžička Czechoslovakia |
| 1952 Helsinki details | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Hans Eugster SwitzerlandDmytro Leonkin Soviet Union |
| 1956 Melbourne details | Albert Asaryan Soviet Union | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Masumi Kubota JapanMasao Takemoto Japan |
| 1960 Rome details | Albert Asaryan Soviet Union | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Velik Kapsazov BulgariaTakashi Ono Japan |
| 1964 Tokyo details | Takuji Hayata Japan | Franco Menichelli Italy | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union |
| 1968 Mexico City details | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Sawao Kato Japan |
| 1972 Munich details | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan |
| 1976 Montreal details | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Danuţ Grecu Romania |
| 1980 Moscow details | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union | Jiří Tabák Czechoslovakia |
| 1984 Los Angeles details | Li Ning ChinaKoji Gushiken Japan | Not awarded | Mitchell Gaylord United States |
| 1988 Seoul details | Holger Behrendt East GermanyDmitri Bilozertchev Soviet Union | Not awarded | Sven Tippelt East Germany |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team | Li Jing China | Andreas Wecker GermanyLi Xiaoshuang China |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Jury Chechi Italy | Szilveszter Csollány Hungary | Dan Burincă Romania |
| 2000 Sydney details | Szilveszter Csollány Hungary | Dimosthenis Tampakos Greece | Yordan Yovchev Bulgaria |
| 2004 Athens details | Dimosthenis Tampakos Greece | Yordan Yovchev Bulgaria | Jury Chechi Italy |
| 2008 Beijing details | Chen Yibing China | Yang Wei China | Oleksandr Vorobiov Ukraine |
| 2012 London details | Arthur Zanetti Brazil | Chen Yibing China | Matteo Morandi Italy |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Eleftherios Petrounias Greece | Arthur Zanetti Brazil | Denis Ablyazin Russia |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Liu Yang China | You Hao China | Eleftherios Petrounias Greece |

**Multiple medalists**

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Albert Asaryan | Soviet Union (URS) | 1956–1960 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Akinori Nakayama | Japan (JPN) | 1968–1972 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Leon Štukelj | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1928–1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Alexander Dityatin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1976–1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Szilveszter Csollány | Hungary (HUN) | 1996–2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Dimosthenis Tampakos | Greece (GRE) | 2000–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chen Yibing | China (CHN) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Arthur Zanetti | Brazil (BRA) | 2012–2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Jury Chechi | Italy (ITA) | 1996–2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Eleftherios Petrounias | Greece (GRE) | 2016–2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Mikhail Voronin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1968–1972 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Ladislav Vácha | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1924–1928 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Boris Shakhlin | Soviet Union (URS) | 1960–1964 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2000–2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

**Medalists by country**

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Greece (GRE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
