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Men’s Parallel bars
Held at 26 Games, 1896–2024. Most golds: China (5). Most medals: Li Xiaopeng (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games261896–2024
Medals81
Delegations20on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Zou Jingyuan China | Illia Kovtun Ukraine | Shinnosuke Oka Japan |
| 2020 Tokyo | Zou Jingyuan China | Lukas Dauser Germany | Ferhat Arıcan Turkey |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine | Danell Leyva United States | David Belyavskiy Russia |
| 2012 London | Feng Zhe China | Marcel Nguyen Germany | Hamilton Sabot France |
| 2008 Beijing | Li Xiaopeng China | Yoo Won-Chul South Korea | Anton Fokin Uzbekistan |
| 2004 Athens | Valeri Goncharov Ukraine | Hiroyuki Tomita Japan | Li Xiaopeng China |
| 2000 Sydney | Li Xiaopeng China | Lee Joo-Hyung South Korea | Alexei Nemov Russia |
| 1996 Atlanta | Rustam Sharipov Ukraine | Jair Lynch United States | Vitaly Scherbo Belarus |
| 1992 Barcelona | Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team | Li Jing China | Guo Linyao China / Masayuki Matsunaga Japan / Igor Korobchinski Unified Team |
| 1988 Seoul | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union | Valeri Liukin Soviet Union | Sven Tippelt East Germany |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Bart Conner United States | Nobuyuki Kajitani Japan | Mitchell Gaylord United States |
| 1980 Moscow | Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Roland Brückner East Germany |
| 1976 Montreal | Sawao Kato Japan | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan |
| 1972 Munich | Sawao Kato Japan | Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan |
| 1968 Mexico City | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Viktor Klimenko Soviet Union |
| 1964 Tokyo | Yukio Endo Japan | Shuji Tsurumi Japan | Franco Menichelli Italy |
| 1960 Rome | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Giovanni Carminucci Italy | Takashi Ono Japan |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masumi Kubota Japan | Takashi Ono Japan / Masao Takemoto Japan |
| 1952 Helsinki | Hans Eugster Switzerland | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Josef Stalder Switzerland |
| 1948 London | Michael Reusch Switzerland | Veikko Huhtanen Finland | Christian Kipfer Switzerland / Josef Stalder Switzerland |
| 1936 Berlin | Konrad Frey Germany | Michael Reusch Switzerland | Alfred Schwarzmann Germany |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Romeo Neri Italy | István Pelle Hungary | Heikki Savolainen Finland |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia | Josip Primožič Yugoslavia | Hermann Hänggi Switzerland |
| 1924 Paris | August Güttinger Switzerland | Robert Pražák Czechoslovakia | Giorgio Zampori Italy |
| 1904 St. Louis | George Eyser United States | Anton Heida United States | John Duha United States |
| 1896 Athens | Alfred Flatow Germany | Louis Zutter Switzerland | — |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | United States | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Li Xiaopeng | 2 | 3 |
| Sawao Kato | 2 | 2 |
| Zou Jingyuan | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Reusch | 1 | 2 |
| Viktor Chukarin | 1 | 2 |
| Vitaly Scherbo | 1 | 2 |
| Alfred Flatow | 1 | 1 |
| George Eyser | 1 | 1 |
| August Güttinger | 1 | 1 |
| Ladislav Vácha | 1 | 1 |
| Romeo Neri | 1 | 1 |
| Konrad Frey | 1 | 1 |