Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

Gymnastics at the
1984 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
Rhythmic
Individual all-around women

These are the results of the men's vault competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 29, 31 and August 4 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion.

Medalists

Gold Lou Yun
China (CHN)
Silver Li Ning
China (CHN)
Silver Koji Gushiken
Japan (JPN)
Silver Mitchell Gaylord
United States (USA)
Silver Shinji Morisue
Japan (JPN)

Results

Seventy-one gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 29 and 31st. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 4. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes the "prelim" score.

Rank Gymnast C O Prelim Final Total
 Lou Yun (CHN) 10.00010.00010.0009.95019.950
 Li Ning (CHN) 10.0009.7509.8759.95019.825
 Koji Gushiken (JPN) 9.8509.9009.8759.95019.825
 Mitchell Gaylord (USA) 9.9509.9009.9259.90019.825
 Shinji Morisue (JPN) 9.9509.7509.8509.97519.825
6  James Hartung (USA) 9.9009.9009.9009.90019.800
7  Warren Long (CAN) 9.8509.8509.8509.85019.700
8  Daniel Wunderlin (SUI) 9.9009.8009.8509.77519.625

References

Preceded by
Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's vault
Men's Vault Event
1984
Succeeded by
Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's vault