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Men’s Rings
Held at 26 Games, 1896–2024. Most golds: Soviet Union (6). Most medals: Akinori Nakayama (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals82
Delegations18on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Liu Yang China | Zou Jingyuan China | Eleftherios Petrounias Greece |
| 2020 Tokyo | Liu Yang China | You Hao China | Eleftherios Petrounias Greece |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Eleftherios Petrounias Greece | Arthur Zanetti Brazil | Denis Ablyazin Russia |
| 2012 London | Arthur Zanetti Brazil | Chen Yibing China | Matteo Morandi Italy |
| 2008 Beijing | Chen Yibing China | Yang Wei China | Oleksandr Vorobiov Ukraine |
| 2004 Athens | Dimosthenis Tampakos Greece | Yordan Yovchev Bulgaria | Jury Chechi Italy |
| 2000 Sydney | Szilveszter Csollány Hungary | Dimosthenis Tampakos Greece | Yordan Yovchev Bulgaria |
| 1996 Atlanta | Jury Chechi Italy | Szilveszter Csollány Hungary / Dan Burincă Romania | — |
| 1992 Barcelona | Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team | Li Jing China | Li Xiaoshuang China / Andreas Wecker Germany |
| 1988 Seoul | Holger Behrendt East Germany / Dimitri Bilozertchev Soviet Union | — | Sven Tippelt East Germany |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Li Ning China / Koji Gushiken Japan | — | Mitchell Gaylord United States |
| 1980 Moscow | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union | Jiri Tabak Czechoslovakia |
| 1976 Montreal | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Danuţ Grecu Romania |
| 1972 Munich | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan |
| 1968 Mexico City | Akinori Nakayama Japan | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union | Sawao Kato Japan |
| 1964 Tokyo | Takuji Hayata Japan | Franco Menichelli Italy | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union |
| 1960 Rome | Albert Asaryan Soviet Union | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Velik Kapsazov Bulgaria / Takashi Ono Japan |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Albert Azaryan Soviet Union | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan / Masumi Kubota Japan |
| 1952 Helsinki | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Dmytro Leonkin Soviet Union / Hans Eugster Switzerland |
| 1948 London | Karl Frei Switzerland | Michael Reusch Switzerland | Zdeněk Růžička Czechoslovakia |
| 1936 Berlin | Alois Hudec Czechoslovakia | Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia | Matthias Volz Germany |
| 1932 Los Angeles | George Gulack United States | Bill Denton United States | Giovanni Lattuada Italy |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia | Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia | Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia |
| 1924 Paris | Francesco Martino Italy | Robert Pražák Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia |
| 1904 St. Louis | Herman Glass United States | William Merz United States | Emil Voigt United States |
| 1896 Athens | Ioannis Mitropoulos Greece | Hermann Weingärtner Germany | Petros Persakis Greece |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | China | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | United States | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |