Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

Gymnastics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Artistic
Team all-around   men   women

Individual all-around men women
Vault men women
Floor men women
Pommel horse men
Rings men
Parallel bars men
Horizontal bar men
Uneven bars women
Balance beam women

These are the results of the men's rings competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Medalists

Gold Akinori Nakayama
Japan (JPN)
Silver Mikhail Voronin
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Sawao Kato
Japan (JPN)

Results

Qualification

One-hundred seventeen gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final.

Final

Rank Gymnast C V Total
 Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 9.7509.70019.450
 Mikhail Voronin (URS) 9.7259.60019.325
 Sawao Kato (JPN) 9.7759.45019.225
4  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) 9.6259.50019.125
5  Takeshi Katō (JPN) 9.7009.35019.050
6  Sergei Diomidov (URS) 9.5259.45018.975

References

Preceded by
Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's rings
Men's Rings Event
1968
Succeeded by
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's rings