Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's vault
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Men's vault at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Pauley Pavilion | |||||||||||||||
Dates | 29 July – 4 August | |||||||||||||||
Competitors | 71 from 19 nations | |||||||||||||||
Winning score | 19.950 | |||||||||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||||||||
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The men's vault competition was 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. There were 71 competitors from 19 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have to up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Lou Yun of China, in the nation's debut in the Games.
With four silver medalists, the event produced the only four-way tie in the Olympics to date.[2] The silver medals went to Li Ning of China, Koji Gushiken and Shinji Morisue of Japan, and Mitchell Gaylord of the United States. Gaylord's medal was the first for the United States in the vault since 1932.