Sportsfans · Summer Olympics · Events · Men’s Horizontal bar
Summer Olympics · Gymnastics · men’s · 1896–2024
Men’s Horizontal bar
Held at 26 Games, 1896–2024. Most golds: Japan (8). Most medals: Takashi Ono (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games261896–2024
Medals82
Delegations24on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Shinnosuke Oka Japan | Ángel Barajas Colombia | Zhang Boheng China / Tang Chia-hung Chinese Taipei |
| 2020 Tokyo | Daiki Hashimoto Japan | Tin Srbić Croatia | Nikita Nagornyy ROC |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Fabian Hambüchen Germany | Danell Leyva United States | Nile Wilson Great Britain |
| 2012 London | Epke Zonderland Netherlands | Fabian Hambüchen Germany | Zou Kai China |
| 2008 Beijing | Zou Kai China | Jonathan Horton United States | Fabian Hambüchen Germany |
| 2004 Athens | Igor Cassina Italy | Paul Hamm United States | Isao Yoneda Japan |
| 2000 Sydney | Alexei Nemov Russia | Benjamin Varonian France | Lee Joo-hyung South Korea |
| 1996 Atlanta | Andreas Wecker Germany | Krasimir Dunev Bulgaria | Vitaly Scherbo Belarus / Fan Bin China / Alexei Nemov Russia |
| 1992 Barcelona | Trent Dimas United States | Andreas Wecker Germany / Grigory Misutin Unified Team | — |
| 1988 Seoul | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union / Valeri Liukin Soviet Union | — | Holger Behrendt East Germany / Marius Gherman Romania |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Shinji Morisue Japan | Tong Fei China | Koji Gushiken Japan |
| 1980 Moscow | Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Henri Boerio France / Eberhard Gienger West Germany |
| 1972 Munich | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Sawao Kato Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan |
| 1968 Mexico City | Akinori Nakayama Japan / Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | — | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| 1964 Tokyo | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Miroslav Cerar Yugoslavia |
| 1960 Rome | Takashi Ono Japan | Masao Takemoto Japan | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Takashi Ono Japan | Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan |
| 1952 Helsinki | Jack Günthard Switzerland | Alfred Schwarzmann Germany / Josef Stalder Switzerland | — |
| 1948 London | Josef Stalder Switzerland | Walter Lehmann Switzerland | Veikko Huhtanen Finland |
| 1936 Berlin | Aleksanteri Saarvala Finland | Konrad Frey Germany | Alfred Schwarzmann Germany |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Dallas Bixler United States | Heikki Savolainen Finland | Einari Teräsvirta Finland |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Georges Miez Switzerland | Romeo Neri Italy | Eugen Mack Switzerland |
| 1924 Paris | Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia | Jean Gutweninger Switzerland | André Higelin France |
| 1904 St. Louis | Anton Heida United States / Edward Hennig United States | — | George Eyser United States |
| 1896 Athens | Hermann Weingärtner Germany | Alfred Flatow Germany | — |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | China | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Takashi Ono | 2 | 2 |
| Mitsuo Tsukahara | 2 | 2 |
| Fabian Hambüchen | 1 | 3 |
| Josef Stalder | 1 | 2 |
| Boris Shakhlin | 1 | 2 |
| Andreas Wecker | 1 | 2 |
| Alexei Nemov | 1 | 2 |
| Zou Kai | 1 | 2 |
| Hermann Weingärtner | 1 | 1 |
| Anton Heida | 1 | 1 |
| Edward Hennig | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Štukelj | 1 | 1 |