Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars
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The men's parallel bars competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the HSBC Arena on 16 August. There were 67 competitors from 33 nations.[1] The event was won by Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars since 2004 and third overall (tying Switzerland and China for third-most all-time after Japan and the Soviet Union with four). Danell Leyva won the United States' first medal in the event since 1996 with his silver; David Belyavskiy's bronze was Russia's first medal in the parallel bars since 2000. China's four-Games podium streak in the event ended.
Men's parallel bars at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | HSBC Arena | ||||||||||||
Dates | 6 August (qualifying) 16 August 2016 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 67 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 16.041 | ||||||||||||
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The medals were presented by Sergey Bubka IOC member, Ukraine and Georges Guelzec, FIG Executive Committee Member.