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Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar
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The men's horizontal bar competition was one of eight events for male competitors of the artistic gymnastics discipline contested in the gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 14 and August 23 at the Olympic Indoor Hall. There were 79 competitors from 29 nations, with nations competing in the team event having up to 5 gymnasts and other nations having up to 2 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Igor Cassina of Italy, the nation's first victory in the horizontal bar and first medal of any color in the event since 1928. Paul Hamm took silver, the United States' first horizontal bar medal since 1992. Bronze went to Isao Yoneda of Japan, the once-dominant nation's first medal in the event since 1984 (the last of Japan's six gold medals in an eight-Games stretch).
Men's horizontal bar at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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![]() Igor Cassina (2008) | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Indoor Hall | |||||||||
Dates | 14 August (qualifying) 23 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 79 from 29 nations | |||||||||
Winning score | 9.812 | |||||||||
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