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Golden Olympic Moments – Gymnastics – Still Rings

Published on December 11, 2011 by eddiego65 in Sports

Greatest Olympic men’s gymnastics champions on still rings.

Akinori Nakayama (Japan) – 1968 Mexico & 1972 Munich

Winning a total of 6 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronze, Akinori Nakayama played a significant role in the golden success of Japanese men’s gymnastics team at the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games, where he also captured two consecutive rings titles.

Alexander Dityatin (USSR) – 1980 Moscow

Alexander Dityatin, the most successful athlete of the 1980 Summer Games, was the only male gymnast in history to medal in each of the 8 gymnastics events at a single Olympics. He added the rings gold in addition to the all-around and team title.

Vitaly Scherbo (EUN/Belarus) – 1992 Barcelona

All-around champion Vitaly Scherbo captured his fourth gold out of a total of six gold medals he won at the 1992 Games in one of the most dominant performances in Olympic history.

Jury Chechi (Italy) – 1996 Atlanta

As of 1996, Jury Chechi was the clear favorite to win the rings gold medal, having won four consecutive world titles on his favorite apparatus.

Szilveszter Csollány (Hungary) – 2000 Sydney

Perennial silver medallist on rings (1992, 1996, 1997 and 1999 Worlds; 1996 Olympics), Szilveszter Csollány finally got his golden moment at the final Olympic Games of the 20th century.

Dimosthenis Tampakos (Greece) – 2004 Athens

Dimosthenis Tampakos gave the home crowd plenty of reasons to rejoice by snatching the gold medal from strong competitors that included two-time World champion Yordan Yovchev of Bulgaria, and five-time World and 1996 Olympic champion Jury Chechi.