The Best Men’s Olympic Finishes of All Time

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Heikki Savolainen of Finland at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

As a long-awaited follow-up to our women’s “best of all time” lists, here are the men’s best Olympic finishes for every country over the history of the sport dating back to 1896, the first time the Olympic Games were contested in the modern era. Enjoy!

ALBANIA
10th pommel horse 2020 Matvei Petrov
First appearance: 2020
Most recent: 2020
Total: 1 (2020)
ALGERIA
48th all-around 2016 Mohamed Bourguieg
57th parallel bars 2016 Mohamed Bourguieg
60th still rings 1964 Mohamed Lazhari
62nd pommel horse 2016 Mohamed Bourguieg
66th high bar 2016 Mohamed Bourguieg
68th floor exercise 2016 Mohamed Bourguieg
77th vault 1964 Mohamed Lazhir
First appearance: 1964
Most recent: 2016
Total: 3 (1964, 1968, 2016)
ARMENIA
3rd vault 2020 Artur Davtyan
7th pommel horse 2016 Harutyun Merdinyan
36th all-around 2012 Artur Davtyan
47th parallel bars 2012 Artur Davtyan
49th floor exercise 1996 Norayr Sargsyan
60th high bar 2012 Artur Davtyan
64th still rings 2012 Artur Davtyan
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2020
Total: 4 (1996, 2012-2020)
ARGENTINA
8th still rings 2012 Federico Molinari
15th team 1948 Arturo Amos, Cesar Bonoris, Pedro Lonchibucco, Roberto Nunez, Enrique Rapesta, Jorge Soler, Jorge Vidal
18th high bar 2016 Nicolas Cordoba
45th floor exercise 1952 Juan Caviglia
70th all-around 1996 Marcelo Palacio
77th vault 1948 Arturo Amos
83rd parallel bars 1948 Arturo Amos
86th pommel horse 1996 Marcelo Palacio
First appearance: 1948
Most recent: 2016
Total: 8 (1948, 1952, 1960, 1964, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2016)
AUSTRALIA
5th high bar 2020 Tyson Bull
7th team 1956 Brian Blackburn, Graham Bond, David Gourlay, John Lees, Noel Punton, Bruce Sharp
13th parallel bars 2004 Philippe Rizzo
19th all-around 2012 Joshua Jefferis
25th still rings 1984 Werner Birnbaum
25th vault 1984 Werner Birnbaum
1984 Rob Edmonds
33rd floor exercise 2000 Philippe Rizzo
38th pommel horse 1984 Werner Birnbaum
First appearance: 1956
Most recent: 2020
Total: 16 (1956-2012, 2020)
AUSTRIA
1st all-around 1904 Julius Lenhart
6th pommel horse 1952 Hans Sauter
9th vault 1952 Wolfgang Girardi
9th team 1948 Karl Bohusch, Hans Friedrich, Gottfried Hermann, Robert Pranz, Hans Sauter, Willi Schreyer, Willi Welt, Ernst Wister
10th floor exercise 1948 Ernst Wister
15th high bar 1936 Gottfried Hermann
23rd parallel bars 1952 Hans Sauter
32nd still rings 1952 Hans Sauter
First appearance: 1904
Most recent: 2012
Total: 7 (1904, 1936-1960, 2012)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 2nd in apparatus work and 32nd in field sports (both belonging to Julius Lenhart in 1904).
AZERBAIJAN
13th pommel horse 2016 Oleg Stepko
18th parallel bars 2016 Oleg Stepko
20th still rings 2020 Ivan Tikhonov
22nd all-around 2016 Oleg Stepko
33rd floor exercise 2012 Shakir Shikhaliyev
41st high bar 2020 Ivan Tikhonov
First appearance: 2012
Most recent: 2020
Total: 3 (2012-2020)
BANGLADESH
29th floor exercise 2012 Syque Caesar
50th high bar 2012 Syque Caesar
First appearance: 2012
Most recent: 2012
Total: 1 (2012)
BARBADOS
72nd vault 1996 Shane de Freitas
73rd all-around 1996 Shane de Freitas
76th high bar 1996 Shane de Freitas
85th parallel bars 1996 Shane de Freitas
90th floor exercise 1996 Shane de Freitas
94th still rings 1996 Shane de Freitas
97th pommel horse 1996 Shane de Freitas
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 1996
Total: 1 (1996)
BELARUS
3rd all-around 1996 Vitaly Scherbo
3rd vault 1996 Vitaly Scherbo
3rd parallel bars 1996 Vitaly Scherbo
3rd high bar 1996 Vitaly Scherbo
4th team 1996 Aleksandr Belanovski, Andrei Kan, Ivan Pavlovski, Vitaly Rudnitski, Vitaly Scherbo, Aleksandr Shostak, Aleksei Sinkevich
5th still rings 2000 Ivan Ivankov
7th floor exercise 1996 Vitaly Scherbo
10th pommel horse 2016 Andrey Likhovitskiy
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2016
Total: 6 (1996-2016)
BELGIUM
2nd team 1920 Eugene Auwerkeren, Theophile Bauer, Francois Claessens, Augustus Cootmans, Francois Gibens, Albert Haepers, Domien Jacob, Felicien Kempeneers, Jules Lebeeu, Hubert Lafortune, Auguste Landrieu, Charles Lannie, Constant Loriot, Nicolaas Moerloos, Louis Stoop, Jean van Guysse, Alphonse van Mele, Francois Verboven, Jean Verboven, Julien Verdonck, Joseph Verstraeten, Georges Vivex, Julianus Wagemans
4th all-around 1920 Felicien Kempeneers
8th still rings 2016 Dennis Goossens
33rd high bar 2012 Jimmy Verbaeys
38th floor exercise 2012 Jimmy Verbaeys
38th pommel horse 2008 Koen van Damme
42nd parallel bars 2012 Jimmy Verbaeys
87th vault 1960 Rene Marteaux
First appearance: 1900
Most recent: 2016
Total: 8 (1900, 1908, 1920, 1952, 1960, 2008-2016)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 3rd in the Swedish system team competition in 1920.
BOHEMIA
25th all-around 1908 Josef Cada
First appearance: 1900
Most recent: 1912
Total: 3 (1900, 1908, 1912)
BRAZIL
1st still rings 2012 Arthur Zanetti
2nd floor exercise 2016 Diego Hypolito
5th high bar 2016 Francisco Barretto
6th team 2016 Francisco Barretto Junior, Diego Hypolito, Arthur Nory, Sergio Sasaki, Arthur Zanetti
9th all-around 2016 Sergio Sasaki
9th vault 2016 Sergio Sasaki
17th pommel horse 2016 Sergio Sasaki
17th parallel bars 2012 Sergio Sasaki
First appearance: 1980
Most recent: 2020
Total: 9 (1980-1992, 2004-2020)
BULGARIA
1st pommel horse 1988 Lubomir Geraskov
1st high bar 1980 Stoyan Deltchev
2nd still rings 2004 Yordan Yovchev
3rd all-around 1980 Stoyan Deltchev
3rd floor exercise 2000, 2004 Yordan Yovchev
4th vault 1996 Ivan Ivanov
4th parallel bars 1988 Kalofer Hristozov
5th team 1980 Ognyan Bangiev, Stoyan Deltchev, Plamen Petkov, Rumen Petkov, Yanko Radanchev, Dancho Yordanov
1988 Petar Georgiev, Lubomir Geraskov, Stoyko Gochev, Kalofer Hristozov, Deyan Kolev, Dimitar Taskov
First appearance: 1936
Most recent: 2020
Total: 17 (1936, 1952-1980, 1988-2012, 2020)
CANADA
1st floor exercise 2004 Kyle Shewfelt
4th vault 2004 Kyle Shewfelt
6th parallel bars 1988 Curtis Hibbert
7th high bar 1988 Curtis Hibbert
7th team 1984 Philippe Chartrand, Daniel Gaudet, Warren Long, Frank Nutzenberger, Brad Peters, Allan Reddon
12th pommel horse 1984 Brad Peters
12th still rings 1984 Daniel Gaudet
15th all-around 2008 Adam Wong
First appearance: 1908
Most recent: 2020
Total: 17 (1908, 1956-1976, 1984-2020)
CHILE
4th floor exercise 2012 Tomas Gonzalez
4th vault 2012 Tomas Gonzalez
First appearance: 2012
Most recent: 2016
Total: 3 (2012-2020)
CHINA
1st all-around 1996 Li Xiaoshuang
2008 Yang Wei
1st floor exercise 1984 Li Ning
1992 Li Xiaoshuang
2008, 2012 Zou Kai
1st pommel horse 1984 Li Ning
2004 Teng Haibin
2008 Xiao Qin
1st still rings 1984 Li Ning
2008 Chen Yibing
2020 Liu Yang
1st vault 1984, 1988 Lou Yun
1st parallel bars 2000, 2008 Li Xiaopeng
2012 Feng Zhe
2020 Zou Jingyuan
1st high bar 2008 Zou Kai
1st team 2000 Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Junfeng, Xing Aowei, Yang Wei, Zheng Lihui
2008 Chen Yibing, Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Qin, Yang Wei, Zou Kai
2012 Chen Yibing, Feng Zhe, Guo Weiyang, Zhang Chenglong, Zou Kai
First appearance: 1984
Most recent: 2020
Total: 10 (1984-2020)
CHINESE TAIPEI
2nd pommel horse 2020 Lee Chih-Kai
7th all-around 2020 Tang Chia-Hung
10th team 2020 Hung Yuan-Hsi, Lee Chih-Kai, Shiao Yu-Jan, Tang Chia-Hung
16th floor exercise 2020 Tang Chia-Hung
33rd high bar 2020 Tang Chia-Hung
38th still rings 2020 Tang Chia-Hung
39th parallel bars 2020 Lee Chih-Kai
50th vault 2000 Lin Yung-Hsi
First appearance: 1964
Most recent: 2020
Total: 6 (1964, 1968, 1988, 2000, 2016, 2020)
COLOMBIA
10th all-around 2016 Jossimar Calvo
39th floor exercise 2016 Jossimar Calvo
12th pommel horse 2016 Jossimar Calvo
20th still rings 2016 Jossimar Calvo
13th parallel bars 2016 Jossimar Calvo
12th high bar 2016 Jossimar Calvo
First appearance: 2004
Most recent: 2016
Total: 4 (2004-2016)
CROATIA
2nd pommel horse 2008 Filip Ude
2nd high bar 2020 Tin Srbic
20th still rings 1996 Aleksei Demianov
41st floor exercise 2008 Filip Ude
57th all-around 1996 Aleksei Demianov
60th parallel bars 1996 Aleksei Demianov
63rd vault 1996 Aleksei Demianov
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2016
Total: 5 (1996, 2008-2020)
CUBA
7th team 1980 Miguel Arroyo, Enrique Bravo, Mario Castro, Roberto Leon, Jorge Roche, Sergio Suarez
17th all-around 2000 Eric Lopez
10th floor exercise 2016 Manrique Larduet
18th pommel horse 1980 Roberto Leon
9th still rings 2000 Eric Lopez
14th vault 2004 Eric Lopez
5th parallel bars 2016 Manrique Larduet
6th high bar 1980 Sergio Suarez
2016 Manrique Larduet
First appearance: 1948
Most recent: 2016
Total: 11 (1948-1956, 1964-1980, 2000, 2004, 2016)
CYPRUS
9th high bar 2020 Marios Georgiou
23rd all-around 2016 Marios Georgiou
35th parallel bars 2016 Marios Georgiou
40th pommel horse 2016 Marios Georgiou
50th floor exercise 2020 Marios Georgiou
61st still rings 2020 Marios Georgiou
First appearance: 2016
Most recent: 2020
Total: 2 (2016, 2020)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1st still rings 1936 Alois Hudec
1st parallel bars 1928 Ladislav Vacha
2nd all-around 1924 Robert Prazak
2nd vault 1924 Jan Koutny
1928 Emanuel Loffler
2nd team 1928 Josef Effenberger, Jan Gajdos, Jan Koutny, Emanuel Loffler, Bedrich Supcik, Ladislav Tikal, Ladislav Vacha, Vaclav Vesely
3rd floor exercise 1948 Zdenek Ruzicka
4th pommel horse 1956 Josef Skvor
9th high bar 1924 Robert Prazak
1928 Josef Effenberger
1956 Ferdinand Danis
First appearance: 1920
Most recent: 1992
Total: 14 (1920-1928, 1936-1980, 1992)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in rope climbing (Bedrich Supcik, 1924) and 6th in side horse (Bedrich Supcik and Ladislav Vacha, 1924).
CZECH REPUBLIC
34th all-around 2012 Martin Konecny
35th high bar 2016 David Jessen
44th floor exercise 2012 Martin Konecny
51st pommel horse 2012 Martin Konecny
53rd parallel bars 2020 David Jessen
63rd vault 1996 Jiri Firt
64th still rings 2016 David Jessen
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2020
Total: 5 (1996, 2008-2020)
DENMARK
4th team 1908 Carl Andersen, Hans Bredmose, Jens Chievitz, Arvor Hansen, Christian Hansen, Ingvardt Hansen, Einar Hermann, Knud Holm, Poul Holm, Oluf Husted-Nielsen, Charles Jensen, Gorm Jensen, hendrik Johansen, Harald Klem, Robert Madsen, Vigo Meulengracht Madsen, Lukas Nielsen, Oluf Olsson, Niels Petersen, Nicolai Philipsen, Henrik Rasmussen, Viktor Rasmussen, Marius Theusen, Niels Turin-Nielsen
5th floor exercise 1948 Elkana Grønne
15th still rings 1948 Elkana Grønne
20th vault 1948 Vilhelm Møller
26th all-around 1912 Arvor Hansen
33rd pommel horse 1968 Hans Peter Nielsen
41st parallel bars 1948 Elkana Grønne
1948 Poul Jessen
52nd high bar 1948 Poul Jessen
First appearance: 1896
Most recent: 1976
Total: 9 (1986, 1908-1920, 1948, 1952, 1968-1976)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in the free system team competition in 1920, 2nd in the Swedish system team competition in 1912 and 1920, and 4th in rope climbing (Viggo Jensen, 1896).
EAST GERMANY
1st floor exercise 1980 Roland Brückner
1st still rings 1988 Holger Behrendt
1st vault 1972 Klaus Köste
2nd team 1980 Andreas Bronst, Roland Brückner, Ralf-Peter Hemmann, Lutz Hoffmann, Lutz Mack, Michael Nikolay
1988 Holger Behrendt, Ralf Büchner, Ulf Hoffmann, Sylvio Kroll, Sven Tippelt, Andreas Wecker
3rd pommel horse 1976, 1980 Michael Nikolay
3rd parallel bars 1980 Roland Brückner
1988 Sven Tippelt
3rd high bar 1988 Holger Behrendt
4th all-around 1988 Sven Tippelt
First appearance: 1968
Most recent: 1988
Total: 5 (1968-1980, 1988)
ECUADOR
91st still rings 1968 Sergio Luna
105th parallel bars 1968 Sergio Luna
106th vault 1968 Sergio Luna
106th high bar 1968 Sergio Luna
110th all-around 1968 Sergio Luna
110th floor exercise 1968 Eduardo Najera
111th pommel horse 1968 Sergio Luna
First appearance: 1968
Most recent: 1968
Total: 1 (1968)
EGYPT
7th still rings 1952 Ali Zaky
12th vault 2012 Mohamed El Saharty
13th team 1948 Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, Moustafa Abdelal, Ahmed Khalaf Ali, Mohamed Aly, Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi, Ali El-Hefnawi, Mohamed Roushdi, Ali Zaky
21st parallel bars 1952 Ali Zaky
24th all-around 1920 Kabil Mahmoud
43rd high bar 1952 Mahmoud Safwat
46th pommel horse 2020 Omar Mohamed
54th floor exercise 2020 Omar Mohamed
First appearance: 1920
Most recent: 2020
Total: 8 (1920, 1948, 1952, 1964, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2020)
FINLAND
1st all-around 1948 Veikko Huhtanen
1st pommel horse 1948 Paavo Aaltonen
1948 Veikko Huhtanen
1948 Heikki Savolainen
1960 Eugen Ekman
1st vault 1948 Paavo Aaltonen
1st high bar 1936 Aleksanteri Saarvala
1st team 1948 Paavo Aaltonen, Veikko Huhtanen, Kalevi Laitinen, Olavi Rove, Aleksanteri Saarvala, Sulo Salmi, Heikki Savolainen, Einari Terasvirta
2nd parallel bars 1948 Veikko Huhtanen
5th floor exercise 1952 Onni Lappalainen
5th still rings 1928 Mauri Nyberg-Noroma
First appearance: 1908
Most recent: 2016
Total: 14 (1908, 1912, 1924-1972, 2016)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 2nd in the free system team competition in 1912, 35th in rope climbing (Otto Suhonen, 1924), and 46th in side horse (Eevert Kerttula, 1924).
FRANCE
1st all-around 1900 Gustave Sandras
2nd pommel horse 2000 Eric Poujade
2nd vault 2008 Thomas Bouhail
2nd high bar 2000 Benjamin Varonian
2nd team 1924 Eugene Cordonnier, Leon Delsarte, Francois Gangloff, Jean Gounot, Arthur Hermann, Alphonse Higelin, Joseph Huber, Albert Seguin
3rd floor exercise 1984 Philippe Vatuone
3rd parallel bars 2012 Hamilton Sabot
4th still rings 2020 Samir Aït Saïd
First appearance: 1896
Most recent: 2020
Total: 28 (1986, 1900, 1908-1928, 1936-2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in side horse and 2nd in rope climbing (both belonging to Albert Seguin in 1924).
GEORGIA
6th high bar 2000 Ilia Giorgadze
12th all-around 2000 Ilia Giorgadze
12th parallel bars 2000 Ilia Giorgadze
28th floor exercise 1996 Ilia Giorgadze
40th pommel horse 2000 Ilia Giorgadze
44th still rings 2000 Ilia Giorgadze
54th vault 2000 Ilia Giorgadze
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2008
Total: 4 (1996-2008)
GERMANY
1st all-around 1936 Alfred Schwarzmann
1st pommel horse 1936 Konrad Frey
1st vault 1896 Carl Schuhmann
1936 Alfred Schwartzmann
1956 Helmut Bantz
1st parallel bars 1896 Alfred Flatow
1936 Konrad Frey
1st high bar 1896 Hermann Weingärtner
1996 Andreas Wecker
2016 Fabian Hambüchen
1st team 1936 Franz Beckert, Konrad Frey, Alfred Schwarzmann, Willi Stadel, Innozenz Stangl, Walter Steffens, Matthias Volz, Ernst Winter
2nd still rings 1896 Hermann Weingärtner
3rd floor exercise 1936 Konrad Frey
First appearance: 1896
Most recent: 2020
Total: 18 (1896-1912, 1936, 1952-1964, 1992-2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in team parallel bars and team high bar in 1896, 3rd in apparatus work (Wilhelm Weber, 1904) and rope climbing (Fritz Hofmann, 1896), 4th in the free system team competition in 1912, and 7th in field sports (Christian Busch, 1904).
GREAT BRITAIN
1st floor exercise 2016 Max Whitlock
1st pommel horse 2016, 2020 Max Whitlock
2nd all-around 1908 Walter Tysall
3rd high bar 2016 Nile Wilson
3rd team 1912 Albert Betts, William Cowhig, Sidney Cross, Harry Dickason, Herbert Drury, Bernard Franklin, Leonard Hanson, Samuel Hodgetts, Charles Luck, William MacKune, Ronald McLean, Alfred Messenger, Henry Oberholzer, Edward Pepper, Edward Potts, Reginald Potts, George Ross, Charles Simmons, Arthur Southern, William Titt, Charles Vigurs, Samuel Walker, John Whitaker
2012 Sam Oldham, Daniel Purvis, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock
8th vault 2012 Kristian Thomas
8th parallel bars 2020 Joe Fraser
12th still rings 2020 Joe Fraser
First appearance: 1896
Most recent: 2020
Total: 25 (1896, 1900, 1908-1928, 1948-2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 5th in rope climbing (Launceston Elliot, 1896) and 25th in side horse (Stanley Leigh, 1924).
GREECE
1st floor exercise 1996 Ioannis Melissanidis
1st still rings 1896 Ioannis Mitropoulos
2004 Dimosthenis Tampakos
2016 Eleftherios Petrounias
6th parallel bars 2012 Vasileios Tsolakidis
7th vault 2000 Ioannis Melissanidis
13th high bar 2004 Vlasios Maras
36th all-around 2004 Vlasios Maras
71st pommel horse 2004 Vlasios Maras
First appearance: 1896
Most recent: 2020
Total: 8 (1896, 1996-2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in rope climbing (Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, 1896) and 2nd in team parallel bars in 1896.
HONG KONG
12th vault 2020 Shek Wai Hung
55th high bar 2012 Shek Wai Hung
63rd floor exercise 2012 Shek Wai Hung
68th pommel horse 2012 Shek Wai Hung
First appearance: 2012
Most recent: 2012, 2020
Total: 2 (2012, 2020)
HUNGARY
1st floor exercise 1932 Istvan Pelle
1948 Ferenc Pataki
1st pommel horse 1932 Istvan Pelle
1976, 1980 Zoltan Magyar
1988 Zsolt Borkai
2012 Krisztian Berki
1st still rings 2000 Szilveszter Csollany
2nd all-around 1932 Istvan Pelle
2nd parallel bars 1932 Istvan Pelle
2nd team 1912 Lajos Aradi, Jozsef Berkes, Imre Erdody, Samu Foti, Imre Gellert, Gyozo Halmos, Otto Hellmich, Istvan Herczeg, Jozsef Keresztessy, Janos Krizmanich, Elmer Paszti, Arpad Pedery, Jeno Reti, Ferenc Szuts, Odon Tery, Geza Tuli
3rd vault 1948 Ferenc Pataki
4th high bar 1932 Istvan Pelle
1948 Lajos Santha
First appearance: 1896
Most recent: 2016
Total: 24 (1896, 1900, 1908, 1912, 1928-1980, 1988-2016)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 4th in rope climbing (Miklos Peter, 1932) and tumbling (Istvan Pelle, 1932).
ICELAND
7th pommel horse 2004 Runar Alexandersson
35th all-around 2004 Runar Alexandersson
36th parallel bars 2000 Runar Alexandersson
39th high bar 2000 Runar Alexandersson
59th still rings 2004 Runar Alexandersson
71st floor exercise 2000 Runar Alexandersson
79th vault 2000 Runar Alexandersson
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2004
Total: 3 (1996, 2000, 2004)
INDIA
18th team 1964 Bandu Bhosle, Vithal Karande, Darshan Mondal, Jagmal More, Anant Ram, Trilok Singh
59th floor exercise 1956 Pritam Singh
59th high bar 1956 Pritam Singh
60th pommel horse 1956 Pritam Singh
60th vault 1956 Sham Lal
61st all-around 1956 Pritam Singh
61st still rings 1956 Sham Lal
61st parallel bars 1956 Pritam Singh
First appearance: 1952
Most recent: 1964
Total: 3 (1952, 1956, 1964)
IRAN
103rd vault 1964 Jalal Bazargan-Vali
113rd pommel horse 1964 Jalal Bazargan-Vali
116th still rings 1964 Jalal Bazargan-Vali
116th parallel bars 1964 Jalal Bazargan-Vali
116th high bar 1964 Jalal Bazargan-Vali
118th all-around 1964 Jalal Bazargan-Vali
123rd floor exercise 1964 Jalal Bazargan-Vali
First appearance: 1964
Most recent: 1964
Total: 1 (1964)
IRELAND
7th pommel horse 2020 Rhys McClenaghan
33rd floor exercise 2016 Kieran Behan
38th all-around 2016 Kieran Behan
42nd still rings 2016 Kieran Behan
53rd parallel bars 2016 Kieran Behan
56th high bar 2016 Kieran Behan
95th vault 1996 Barry McDonald
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2020
Total: 4 (1996, 2012-2020)
ISRAEL
1st floor exercise 2020 Artem Dolgopyat
12th all-around 2012 Alexander Shatilov
12th high bar 2012 Alexander Shatilov
27th pommel horse 2012 Alexander Shatilov
27th parallel bars 2004 Pavel Gofman
47th still rings 1992 Ron Kaplan
60th vault 1992 Ron Kaplan
First appearance: 1976
Most recent: 2020
Total: 8 (1976, 1984, 1992, 2004-2020)
ITALY
1st all-around 1908, 1912 Alberto Braglia
1920 Giorgio Zampori
1932 Romeo Neri
1st floor exercise 1964 Franco Menichelli
1st still rings 1924 Francesco Martino
1996 Jury Chechi
1st vault 1932 Savino Guglielmetti
1st parallel bars 1932 Romeo Neri
1st high bar 2004 Igor Cassina
1st team 1912 Pietro Bianchi, Guido Boni, Alberto Braglia, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Carlo Fregosi, Alfredo Gollini, Francesco Loy, Luigi Maiocco, Giovanni Mangiante, Renzo Mangiante, Serafino Mazzarocchi, Guido Romano, Paolo Salvi, Luciano Savorini, Adolfo Tunesi, Giorgio Zampori, Umberto Zanolini, Angelo Zorzi
1920 Arnaldo Andreoli, Ettore Bellotto, Pietro Bianchi, Fernando Bonatti, Luigi Cambiaso, Luigi Contessi, Carlo Costigliolo, Luigi Costigliolo, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Roberto Ferrari, Carlo Fregosi, Romualdo Ghiglione, Ambrogio Levati, Francesco Loy, Vittorio Lucchetti, Luigi Maiocco, Ferdinando Mandrini, Renzo Mangiante, Antonio Marovelli, Michele Mastromarino, Giuseppe Paris, Manlio Pastorini, Ezio Roselli, Paolo Salvi, Giovanni Battista Tubino, Giorgio Zampori, Angelo Zorzi
1924 Luigi Cambiaso, Mario Lertora, Vittorio Lucchetti, Ferdinando Mandrini, Francesco Martino, Luigi Maiocco, Giuseppe Paris, Giorgio Zampori
1932 Oreste Capuzzo, Savino Guglielmetti, Mario Lertora, Romeo Neri, Franco Tognini
2nd pommel horse 1932 Omero Bonoli
First appearance: 1900
Most recent: 2020
Total: 25 (1900, 1908-1952, 1960-1976, 1984-2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 10th in rope climbing (Mario Lertora, 1924) and 21st in side horse (Ferdinando Mandrini, 1924).
JAPAN
1st all-around 1964 Endo Yukio
1968, 1972 Kato Sawao
1984 Gushiken Koji
2012, 2016 Uchimura Kohei
2020 Hashimoto Daiki
1st floor exercise 1960 Aihara Nobuyuki
1968 Kato Sawao
1st still rings 1964 Hayata Takuji
1968, 1972 Nakayama Akinori
1984 Koji Gushiken Koji
1st vault 1960 Ono Takashi
1964 Yamashita Haruhiro
1st parallel bars 1964 Endo Yukio
1968 Nakayama Akinori
1972, 1976 Kato Sawao
1st high bar 1956, 1960 Ono Takashi
1968 Nakayama Akinori
1972, 1976 Tsukahara Mitsuo
1984 Morisue Shinji
2020 Hashimoto Daiki
1st team 1960 Nobuyuki Aihara, Yukio Endo, Takashi Mitsukuri, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto, Shuji Tsurumi
1964 Yukio Endo, Takuji Hayata, Takashi Mitsukuri, Takashi Ono, Shuji Tsurumi, Haruhiro Yamashita
1968 Yukio Endo, Sawao Kato, Takeshi Kato, Eizo Kenmotsu, Akinori Nakayama, Mitsuo Tsukahara
1972 Shigeru Kasamatsu, Sawao Kato, Eizo Kenmotsu, Akinori Nakayama, Teruichi Okamura, Mitsuo Tsukahara
1976 Shun Fujimoto, Hisato Igarashi, Hiroshi Kajiyama, Sawao Kato, Eizo Kenmotsu, Mitsuo Tsukahara
2004 Takehiro Kashima, Hisashi Mizutori, Daisuke Nakano, Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara, Isao Yoneda
2016 Ryohei Kato, Kenzo Shirai, Yusuke Tanaka, Kohei Uchimura, Koji Yamamuro
2nd pommel horse 1956 Ono Takashi
1964 Tsurumi Shuji
1972 Kato Sawao
1976 Kenmotsu Eizo
First appearance: 1932
Most recent: 2020
Total: 18 (1932, 1936, 1952-1976, 1984-2020)
KAZAKHSTAN
5th floor exercise 2020 Milad Karimi
5th vault 2000 Sergey Fedorchenko
8th parallel bars 2004 Yernar Yerimbetov
8th high bar 2020 Milad Karimi
14th all-around 2004 Yernar Yerimbetov
2020 Milad Karimi
14th pommel horse 2004 Yernar Yerimbetov
49th still rings 2020 Milad Karimi
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2020
Total: 5 (1996-2004, 2012, 2020)
LATVIA
1st floor exercise 2000 Igors Vihrovs
2nd vault 2004 Evgeni Sapronenko
18th all-around 2004 Igors Vihrovs
24th pommel horse 2012 Dmitrijs Trefilovs
32nd parallel bars 2000 Igors Vihrovs
34th high bar 2000 Igors Vihrovs
49th still rings 2000 Igors Vihrovs
First appearance: 2000
Most recent: 2012
Total: 3 (2000, 2004, 2012)
LIECHTENSTEIN
60th pommel horse 1972 Bruno Banzer
67th high bar 1972 Bruno Banzer
88th all-around 1972 Bruno Banzer
88th vault 1972 Bruno Banzer
88th parallel bars 1972 Bruno Banzer
104th still rings 1972 Bruno Banzer
107th floor exercise 1972 Bruno Banzer
First appearance: 1972
Most recent: 1972
Total: 1 (1972)
LITHUANIA
15th vault 2016 Robert Tvorogal
17th pommel horse 2012 Rokas Guscinas
32nd parallel bars 2020 Robert Tvorogal
39th high bar 2016 Robert Tvorogal
41st floor exercise 2020 Robert Tvorogal
42nd all-around 2016 Robert Tvorogal
48th still rings 2020 Robert Tvorogal
First appearance: 2012
Most recent: 2020
Total: 3 (2012-2020)
LUXEMBOURG
4th team 1912 Nic Adam, Charles Behm, Andre Bordang, Michel Hemmerling, Francois Hentges, Pierre Hentges, Jean-Baptiste Horn, Nicolas Kanive, Nic Kummer, Marcel Langsam, Emile Lanners, Jean-Pierre Thommes, Francois Wagner, Antoine Wehrer, Ferd Wirtz, Jos Zuang
12th pommel horse 1956 Josy Stoffel
15th all-around 1912 Antoine Wehrer
16th still rings 1936 Jey Kugeler
17th high bar 1960 Armand Huberty
1960 Josy Stoffel
20th vault 1960 Josy Stoffel
22nd floor exercise 2008 Sascha Palgen
26th parallel bars 1952, 1960 Josy Stoffel
First appearance: 1912
Most recent: 2008
Total: 10 (1912, 1924, 1928, 1936-1964, 2008)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 5th in the free system team competition in 1912, 8th in side horse (Mathias Erang, 1924), and 47th in rope climbing (Pierre Tolar, 1924).
MALAYSIA
38th all-around 2004 Ng Shu Wai
46th pommel horse 2004 Ng Shu Wai
48th floor exercise 2004 Ng Shu Wai
55th high bar 2004 Ng Shu Wai
60th still rings 2004 Ng Shu Wai
70th parallel bars 2020 Loo Phay Xing
First appearance: 2004
Most recent: 2020
Total: 2 (2004, 2020)
MEXICO
5th parallel bars 2012 Daniel Corral
9th still rings 1932 Vicente Mayagoitia
9th high bar 1932 Ismael Mosqueira
10th pommel horse 1932 Ismael Mosqueira
14th team 1968 Enrique Garcia, Jose Gonzalez, Rogelio Mendoza, Armando Valles, Fernando Valles, Jose Vilchis
23rd all-around 1984 Tony Pineda
32nd floor exercise 1984 Tony Pineda
37th vault 1968 Armando Valles
First appearance: 1932
Most recent: 2020
Total: 11 (1932, 1948, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1984-1992, 2012-2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 4th in club swinging (Franciso Jose Alvarez, 1932).
MONACO
12th all-around 1920 Michel Porasso
66th floor exercise 2016 Kevin Crovetto
67th parallel bars 2016 Kevin Crovetto
69th high bar 2016 Kevin Crovetto
70th still rings 2016 Kevin Crovetto
71st pommel horse 2016 Kevin Crovetto
First appearance: 1920
Most recent: 2016
Total: 2 (1920, 2016)
MONGOLIA
69th vault 1964 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam
86th still rings 1968 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam
89th floor exercise 1964 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam
89th pommel horse 1968 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam
94th all-around 1964 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam
94th high bar 1964 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam
99th parallel bars 1968 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam
First appearance: 1964
Most recent: 1968
Total: 2 (1964, 1968)
MOROCCO
20th team 1960 Ahmed Fellat, Kacem Klifa, Miloud M’Sellek, Abdesselem Regragui, Mohamed Sekkat, Darif Tanjaoui
109th vault 1960 Miloud M’Sellek
119th floor exercise 1960 Mohamed Sekkat
122nd pommel horse 1960 Mohammed Sekkat
122nd still rings 1960 Mohamed Sekkat
122nd parallel bars 1960 Mohamed Sekkat
123rd all-around 1960 Mohamed Sekkat
123rd high bar 1960 Ahmed Fellat
First appearance: 1960
Most recent: 1960
Total: 1 (1960)
NETHERLANDS
1st high bar 2012 Epke Zonderland
7th team 1908 Cornelus Becker, Michel Biet, Reinier Blom, Jan Bolt, Emanuel Brouwer, Jan de Boer, Abraham d’Oliveira, Johann Flemer, Johannes Gockel, Isidore Goudeket, Dirk Janssen, Jan Kieft, Salomon Konijn, Abraham Mok, Johannes Posthumus, Johan Schmitt, Jonas Slier, Johannes Stikkelman, Hendricus Thijsen, Constantijn van Daalen, Herman van Leeuwen, Gerardus Wesling
8th still rings 2016 Yuri van Gelder
15th all-around 2016 Bart Deurloo
18th parallel bars 2012 Epke Zonderland
21st pommel horse 1928 Mozes Jacobs
29th floor exercise 2016 Jeffrey Wammes
34th vault 1928 Pieter van Dam
First appearance: 1908
Most recent: 2020
Total: 6 (1908, 1928, 2008-2020)
NEW ZEALAND
16th vault 2016 Mikhail Koudinov
35th parallel bars 2020 Mikhail Koudinov
45th all-around 2016 Mikhail Koudinov
51st floor exercise 2020 Mikhail Koudinov
59th pommel horse 2020 Mikhail Koudinov
62nd still rings 2016 Mikhail Koudinov
67th high bar 2016 Mikhail Koudinov
First appearance: 1972
Most recent: 2020
Total: 4 (1972, 2000, 2016, 2020)
NIGERIA
52nd pommel horse 2020 Uche Eke
58th all-around 2020 Uche Eke
61st floor exercise 2020 Uche Eke
64th parallel bars 2020 Uche Eke
67th high bar 2020 Uche Eke
70th still rings 2020 Uche Eke
First appearance: 2020
Most recent: 2020
Total: 1 (2020)
NORTH KOREA
1st pommel horse 1992 Pae Kil Su
1st vault 2016 Ri Se Gwang
6th team 1972 Ho Yun Hang, Jo Jong Ryol, Kim Song Il, Kim Song Yu, Li Song Sob, Shin Heung Do
8th still rings 1972 Shin Heung Do
8th high bar 1992 Pae Kil Su
12th floor exercise 1972 Li Song Sob
13th all-around 1972 Li Song Sob
22nd parallel bars 1972 Li Song Sob
First appearance: 1972
Most recent: 2016
Total: 6 (1972, 1980, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2016)
NORWAY
2nd team 1908 Arthur Amundsen, Carl Albert Andersen, Otto Authen, Herman Bohne, Trygve Boyesen, Oskar Bye, Conrad Carlsrud, Sverre Groner, Harald Halvorsen, Harald Hansen, Peter Hol, Eugen Ingebretsen, Ole Iversen, Per Jespersen, Sigurd Johannessen, Nicolai Kiaer, Carl Klaeth, Thor Larsen, Rolf Lefdahl, Hans Lem, Anders Moen, Frithjof Olsen, Carl Alfred Pedersen, Paul Pedersen, Sigvard Sivertsen, John Skrataas, Harald Smedvik, Andreas Strand, Olaf Syvertsen, Thomas Thorstensen
5th pommel horse 1964 Harald Wigaard
14th all-around 1920 Peter Hol
28th vault 1964 Åge Storhaug
30th floor exercise 1960 Åge Storhaug
37th parallel bars 1960 Åge Storhaug
40th high bar 1964 Åge Storhaug
52nd still rings 2020 Sofus Heggemsnes
First appearance: 1904
Most recent: 2020
Total: 13 (1904-1920, 1952, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2016, 2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in the free system team competition and 3rd in the Swedish system team competition in 1912, as well as 67th in field sports and 85th in apparatus work (both belonging to Birger Nilsen in 1904).
PHILIPPINES
4th vault 2020 Carlos Edriel Yulo
24th still rings 2020 Carlos Edriel Yulo
44th floor exercise 2020 Carlos Edriel Yulo
47th all-around 2020 Carlos Edriel Yulo
55th parallel bars 2020 Carlos Edriel Yulo
63rd high bar 2020 Carlos Edriel Yulo
69th pommel horse 2020 Carlos Edriel Yulo
First appearance: 1964
Most recent: 2020
Total: 3 (1964, 1968, 2020)
POLAND
1st vault 2008 Leszek Blanik
2nd floor exercise 1952 Jerzy Jokiel
4th pommel horse 1968 Wilhelm Kubica
4th team 1972 Jerzy Kruza, Mikolay Kubica, Sylwester Kubica, Wilhelm Kubica, Mieczyslaw Strzalka, Andrzej Szajna
6th all-around 1976 Andrzej Szajna
6th parallel bars 1976 Andrzej Szajna
8th high bar 1968 Wilhelm Kubica
10th still rings 1972 Andrzej Szajna
First appearance: 1952
Most recent: 2012
Total: 10 (1952, 1960-1980, 2000, 2008, 2012)
PORTUGAL
23rd team 1952 Raul Caldeira, Manuel Cardoso, Manuel Gouveia, Joaquim Granger, Antonio Leite, Manuel Prazeres
35th all-around 2012 Manuel Campos
39th still rings 2012 Manuel Campos
45th floor exercise 2012 Manuel Campos
45th parallel bars 2012 Manuel Campos
51st pommel horse 1988 Helder Pinheiro
54th high bar 2004 Filipe Bezugo
71st vault 1968 Jose Filipe Abreu
First appearance: 1952
Most recent: 2012
Total: 6 (1952, 1960, 1968, 1988, 2004, 2012)
PUERTO RICO
6th still rings 2012 Tommy Ramos
13th pommel horse 2004 Luis Vargas
13th vault 2008 Luis Rivera
14th all-around 2008 Luis Rivera
24th floor exercise 2008 Luis Rivera
30th high bar 2004 Luis Vargas
49th parallel bars 2004 Luis Vargas
First appearance: 1992
Most recent: 2012
Total: 6 (1992-2012)
ROMANIA
1st pommel horse 2000 Marius Urzica
2nd floor exercise 2004 Marian Dragulescu
2nd still rings 1996 Dan Burinca
3rd vault 2004 Marian Dragulescu
3rd high bar 1988 Marius Gherman
3rd team 2004 Marian Dragulescu, Ilie Popescu, Dan Potra, Dorin Selariu, Ioan Suciu, Marius Urzica
4th all-around 2004 Ioan Suciu
5th parallel bars 1988 Marius Gherman
First appearance: 1936
Most recent: 2020
Total: 16 (1936, 1952, 1964, 1972-2020)
RUSSIA
1st all-around 2000 Alexei Nemov
1st vault 1996 Alexei Nemov
1st high bar 2000 Alexei Nemov
1st team 1996 Sergei Kharkov, Nikolai Kryukov, Alexei Nemov, Yevgeni Podgorny, Dmitri Trush, Dmitri Vasilenko, Alexei Voropaev
2020 Denis Abliazin, David Belyavskiy, Artur Dalaloyan, Nikita Nagornyy
2nd floor exercise 2000 Alexei Nemov
3rd pommel horse 1996, 2000 Alexei Nemov
3rd still rings 2016 Denis Abliazin
3rd parallel bars 2000 Alexei Nemov
2016 David Belyavskiy
First appearance: 1912
Most recent: 2020
Total: 8 (1912, 1996-2020)
SAAR
22nd team 1952 Norbert Dietrich, Rolf Lauer, Walter Müller, Heinz Ostheimer, Arthur Schmitt, Fred Wiedersporn
87th still rings 1952 Arthur Schmitt
87th high bar 1952 Arthur Schmitt
94th pommel horse 1952 Arthur Schmitt
106th parallel bars 1952 Arthur Schmitt
110th vault 1952 Heinz Ostheimer
119th all-around 1952 Arthur Schmitt
126th floor exercise 1952 Heinz Ostheimer
First appearance: 1952
Most recent: 1952
Total: 1 (1952)
SAN MARINO
34th pommel horse 1984 Maurizio Zonzini
61st parallel bars 1984 Maurizio Zonzini
63rd still rings 1984 Maurizio Zonzini
63rd vault 1984 Maurizio Zonzini
65th all-around 1984 Maurizio Zonzini
66th floor exercise 1984 Maurizio Zonzini
68th high bar 1984 Maurizio Zonzini
First appearance: 1984
Most recent: 1984
Total: 1 (1984)
SLOVAKIA
11th parallel bars 2012 Samuel Piasecky
65th high bar 2012 Samuel Piasecky
First appearance: 2012
Most recent: 2012
Total: 1 (2012)
SLOVENIA
5th parallel bars 2008 Mitja Petkovsek
65th vault 1992 Lojze Kolman
67th pommel horse 1992 Lojze Kolman
80th all-around 1992 Lojze Kolman
81st high bar 1992 Lojze Kolman
83rd still rings 1992 Lojze Kolman
84th floor exercise 1992 Lojze Kolman
First appearance: 1992
Most recent: 2008
Total: 3 (1992, 2000, 2008)
SOUTH AFRICA
33rd pommel horse 1956 Ronnie Lombard
34th floor exercise 2016 Ryan Patterson
43rd high bar 1956 Ronnie Lombard
46th all-around 2016 Ryan Patterson
50th vault 1956 Ronnie Lombard
52nd still rings 1956 Ronnie Lombard
58th parallel bars 1956 Jack Wells
First appearance: 1952
Most recent: 2016
Total: 3 (1952, 1956, 2016)
SOUTH KOREA
1st vault 2012 Yang Hak-seon
2020 Shin Jea-hwan
2nd all-around 2004 Kim Dae-eun
2nd parallel bars 2000 Lee Joo-hyung
2008 Yoo Won-chul
3rd high bar 2000 Lee Joo-hyung
4th floor exercise 1992 Yoo Ok-ryul
2020 Ryu Sung-hyun
4th pommel horse 2000 Lee Jang-hyung
4th team 2004 Cho Seong-min, Kim Dae-eun, Kim Dong-hwa, Kim Seung-il, Lee Sun-sung, Yang Tae-young
11th still rings 2008 Yoo Won-chul
First appearance: 1960
Most recent: 2020
Total: 13 (1960-1968, 1984-2020)
SOVIET UNION
1st all-around 1952, 1956 Viktor Chukarin
1960 Borys Shakhlin
1976 Nikolai Andrianov
1980 Alexander Dityatin
1988 Vladimir Artemov
1st floor exercise 1956 Valentin Muratov
1972, 1976 Nikolai Andrianov
1988 Sergei Kharkov
1st pommel horse 1952 Viktor Chukarin
1956, 1960 Borys Shakhlin
1972 Viktor Klimenko
1988 Dmitri Bilozertchev
1st still rings 1952 Hrant Shahinyan
1956, 1960 Albert Azaryan
1976 Nikolai Andrianov
1980 Alexander Dityatin
1988 Dmitri Bilozertchev
1st vault 1952 Viktor Chukarin
1956 Valentin Muratov
1960 Borys Shakhlin
1968 Mikhail Voronin
1976, 1980 Nikolai Andrianov
1st parallel bars 1956 Viktor Chukarin
1960 Borys Shakhlin
1980 Aleksandr Tkachev
1988 Vladimir Artemov
1st high bar 1964 Borys Shakhlin
1968 Mikhail Voronin
1988 Vladimir Artemov
1988 Valeri Liukin
1st team 1952 Vladimir Belyakov, Iosif Berdiyev, Viktor Chukarin, Yevgeny Korolkov, Dmytro Leonkin, Valentin Muratov, Mikhail Perlman, Hrant Shahinyan
1956 Albert Azaryan, Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Borys Shakhlin, Pavel Stolbov, Yury Titov
1980 Nikolai Andrianov, Eduard Azaryan, Alexander Dityatin, Bogdan Makuts, Vladimir Markelov, Aleksandr Tkachyov
1988 Vladimir Artemov, Dmitri Bilozertchev, Vladimir Gogoladze, Sergei Kharkov, Valeri Liukin, Vladimir Novikov
First appearance: 1952
Most recent: 1988
Total: 9 (1952-1980, 1988)
SPAIN
1st vault 2000, 2004 Gervasio Deferr
2nd floor exercise 2008 Gervasio Deferr
2020 Rayderley Zapata
5th all-around 2004 Rafael Martinez
5th pommel horse 2004 Victor Cano
7th high bar 1996 Jesus Carballo
9th team 2012 Isaac Botella, Javier Gomez, Fabian Gonzalez, Ruben Lopez, Sergio Munoz*
18th parallel bars 2000 Andreu Vivo
19th still rings 2004 Rafael Martinez
First appearance: 1952
Most recent: 2020
Total: 15 (1952, 1960, 1972-2020)
SWEDEN
1st floor exercise 1952 William Thoresson
1st team 1908 Gosta Asbrink, Carl Bertilsson, Hjalmar Cedercrona, Andreas Cervin, Rudolf Degermark, Carl Folcker, Sven Forssman, Erik Granfelt, Carl Harleman, Nils Hellsten, Gunnar Hojer, Arvid Holmberg, Carl Holmberg, Oswald Holmberg, Hugo Jahnke, Johan Jarlen, Gustaf Johnsson, Rolf Johnsson, Sven Landberg, Olle Lanner, Axel Ljung, Osvald Moberg, Carl Martin Norberg, Erik Norberg, Tor Norberg, Axel Norling, Daniel Norling, Gustaf Olson, Leonard Peterson, Sven Rosen, Gustaf Rosenquist, Axel Sjoblom, Birger Sorvik, Haakon Sorvik, Karl-Johan Svensson, Karl-Gustaf Vingqvist, Nils von Kantzow, Nils Widforss
9th still rings 1964 Leif Koorn
13th vault 1952 Anders Lindh
16th parallel bars 1956 William Thoresson
19th high bar 1968 Christer Jonsson
30th all-around 1988 Johan Jonasson
36th pommel horse 1960 Kurt Wigartz
First appearance: 1896
Most recent: 2020
Total: 13 (1896, 1908-1920, 1952-1968, 1984-1992, 2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in the Swedish system team competition in 1912 and 1920.
SWITZERLAND
1st all-around 1928 Georges Miez
1st floor exercise 1928 Georges Miez
1st pommel horse 1896 Louis Zutter
1924 Josef Wilhelm
1928 Hermann Hänggi
1996 Li Donghua
1st still rings 1948 Karl Frei
1st vault 1928 Eugen Mack
1st parallel bars 1924 August Güttinger
1948 Michael Reusch
1952 Hans Eugster
1st high bar 1928 Georges Miez
1948 Sepp Stalder
1952 Jack Günthard
1st team 1928 Hans Grieder, August Güttinger, Hermann Hänggi, Eugen Mack, Georges Miez, Otto Pfister, Edi Steinemann, Melchior Wezel
First appearance: 1896
Most recent: 2020
Total: 24 (1896-1904, 1924-1952, 1960-1976, 1984-2020)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in apparatus work (Adolf Spinnler, 1904), 3rd in rope climbing (August Güttinger, 1924), 29th in side horse (Hans Grider, 1924), and 64th in field sports (Adolf Spinnler, 1904).
TUNISIA
47th all-around 2004 Wajdi Bouallegue
57th floor exercise 2004 Wajdi Bouallegue
63rd pommel horse 2004 Wajdi Bouallegue
71st high bar 2004 Wajdi Bouallegue
73rd still rings 2004 Wajdi Bouallegue
77th parallel bars 2004 Wajdi Bouallegue
First appearance: 2004
Most recent: 2004
Total: 1 (2004)
TURKEY
3rd parallel bars 2020 Ferhat Arican
5th still rings 2020 Ibrahim Colak
6th vault 2020 Adem Asil
13th floor exercise 2020 Ahmet Önder
13th high bar 2020 Adem Asil
15th all-around 2020 Adem Asil
17th pommel horse 2020 Ferhat Arican
First appearance: 1908
Most recent: 2020
Total: 3 (1908, 2016, 2020)
UKRAINE
1st parallel bars 1996 Rustam Sharipov
2004 Valeri Goncharov
2016 Oleg Verniaiev
2nd all-around 2016 Oleg Verniaiev
2nd team 2000 Oleksandr Beresh, Valeri Goncharov, Ruslan Myezyentsev, Valeri Pereshkura, Oleksandr Svetlichny, Roman Zozulya
3rd still rings 2008 Oleksandr Vorobiov
3rd vault 2012 Igor Radivilov
5th high bar 2000 Oleksandr Beresh
6th pommel horse 2012 Vitali Nakonechnyi
8th floor exercise 1996 Grigory Misutin
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2020
Total: 7 (1996-2020)
UNIFIED TEAM
1st all-around 1992 Vitaly Scherbo
1st pommel horse 1992 Vitaly Scherbo
1st still rings 1992 Vitaly Scherbo
1st vault 1992 Vitaly Scherbo
1st parallel bars 1992 Vitaly Scherbo
1st team 1992 Valeri Belenky, Igor Korobchinski, Grigory Misutin, Vitaly Scherbo, Rustam Sharipov, Alexei Voropaev
2nd floor exercise 1992 Grigory Misutin
2nd high bar 1992 Grigory Misutin
First appearance: 1992
Most recent: 1992
Total: 1 (1992)
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
15th team 1960 Ismail Abdallah, Ahmed Issam Allam, Ahmed Dakkeli, Selim El-Sayed, Ahmed Goneim, Abdel Vares Sharraf
23rd parallel bars 1960 Ahmed Issam Allam
30th still rings 1960 Abdel Vares Sharraf
58th vault 1960 Ismail Abdallah
61st high bar 1960 Ahmed Dakkeli
86th all-around 1960 Ismail Abdallah
89th pommel horse 1960 Ahmed Goneim
96th floor exercise 1960 Ahmed Dakkeli
First appearance: 1960
Most recent: 1960
Total: 1 (1960)
UNITED STATES
1st all-around 2004 Paul Hamm
1st pommel horse 1984 Peter Vidmar
1st still rings 1904 Herman Glass
1932 George Gulack
1st vault 1904 George Eyser
1904 Anton Heida
1924 Frank Kriz
1st parallel bars 1904 George Eyser
1984 Bart Conner
1st high bar 1904 Anton Heida
1904 Ed Hennig
1932 Dallas Bixler
1992 Trent Dimas
1st team 1904 Philadelphia Turngemeinde
1984 Bart Conner, Tim Daggett, Mitch Gaylord, Jim Hartung, Scott Johnson, Peter Vidmar
3rd floor exercise 1976 Peter Kormann
First appearance: 1904
Most recent: 2016
Total: 23 (1904, 1920-1976, 1984-2016)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 1st in club swinging (George Eyser, 1904 and George Roth, 1932), field sports (Max Emmerich, 1904), four events (Anton Heida, 1904), rope climbing (George Eyser, 1904 and Benny Bass, 1932), side horse (Anton Heida, 1904), and tumbling (Rowland Wolfe, 1932), as well as 6th in apparatus work (Otto Steffen, 1904).
UZBEKISTAN
3rd parallel bars 2008 Anton Fokin
16th all-around 2008 Anton Fokin
22nd pommel horse 2008 Anton Fokin
41st still rings 2008 Anton Fokin
48th high bar 2016 Anton Fokin
2020 Rasuljon Abdurakhimov
58th floor exercise 2008 Anton Fokin
First appearance: 2008
Most recent: 2020
Total: 3 (2008, 2016, 2020)
VENEZUELA
8th pommel horse 2008 Jose Fuentes
22nd all-around 2008 Jose Fuentes
31st parallel bars 2008 Jose Fuentes
32nd high bar 2008 Jose Fuentes
40th still rings 2008 Jose Fuentes
65th floor exercise 2008 Jose Fuentes
First appearance: 2008
Most recent: 2008
Total: 1 (2008)
VIETNAM
19th vault 2020 Le Thanh Tung
19th parallel bars 2012 Pham Phuoc Hung
39th high bar 2020 Le Thanh Tung
40th still rings 2012 Pham Phuoc Hung
First appearance: 2012
Most recent: 2020
Total: 3 (2012-2020)
WEST GERMANY
3rd high bar 1976 Eberhard Gienger
4th team 1984 Jürgen Geiger, Benno Gross, Andreas Japtok, Volker Rohrwick, Bernhard Simmelbauer, Daniel Winkler
6th parallel bars 1972 Eberhard Gienger
7th pommel horse 1984 Benno Gross
9th still rings 1988 Andreas Aguilar
10th all-around 1984 Jürgen Geiger
13th vault 1988 Jürgen Brummer
14th floor exercise 1968 Heiko Reinemer
First appearance: 1968
Most recent: 1988
Total: 5 (1968-1976, 1984, 1988)
YEMEN
16th vault 2008 Nashwan Al-Harazi
74th pommel horse 2008 Nashwan Al-Harazi
75th floor exercise 2008 Nashwan Al-Harazi
First appearance: 2008
Most recent: 2008
Total: 1 (2008)
YUGOSLAVIA
1st all-around 1924 Leon Stukelj
1st pommel horse 1964, 1968 Miroslav Cerar
1st still rings 1928 Leon Stukelj
1st high bar 1924 Leon Stukelj
2nd parallel bars 1928 Joze Primozic
3rd vault 1928 Stane Derganc
3rd team 1928 Edvard Antonijevic, Drago Ciotti, Stane Derganc, Boris Gregorka, Anton Malej, Janez Porenta, Joze Primozic, Leon Stukelj
14th floor exercise 1948 Josip Kujundzic
1968 Miroslav Cerar
First appearance: 1924
Most recent: 1988
Total: 10 (1924, 1928, 1936-1952, 1960-1972, 1988)
Records for now-defunct medal categories include 4th in side horse (Stane Hlastan, 1924) and 5th in rope climbing (Stane Zilic, 1924).

2 thoughts on “The Best Men’s Olympic Finishes of All Time

  1. Slight error- for Iceland Runar Alexandersson competed at 1996, 2000, 2004 Olympics. All the 2008 results listed are from 2004.
    Thanks for this! Must have taken a long time.

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