Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's vault
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Men's vault at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Gymnastics Hall | ||||||||||||
Date | 18–24 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 89 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's vault competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 18, 20 and 24th at the Olympic Gymnastics Hall. There were 89 competitors from 23 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts and other nations having up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Lou Yun of China, the second man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the vault and fourth man to win two medals of any color in the event. Sylvio Kroll of East Germany took the silver medal, while Park Jong-hoon of South Korea earned his nation's first men's vault medal with his bronze.