The men's

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competition at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

was held at the

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on 28 July and 6 August 2012. It included 68 competitors from 31 nations.

Arthur Zanetti Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (born April 16, 1990) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. He won the gold medal in the rings exercise at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the first Brazilian and Latin American gymnast to win an Olympic medal i ...

of Brazil won the gold, his nation's first medal in the event. The 2008 winner,

Chen Yibing Chen Yibing (; born 19 December 1984 in Tianjin) is a Chinese gymnast, a four-time world champion on still rings. Chen was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2006, ...

of China, earned silver to become the 12th man to win multiple medals in the event.

Matteo Morandi Matteo Morandi (born 8 October 1981) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He was born in Vimercate. Morandi is married and has a daughter. He is a specialist at the rings. Olympic Games He competed at the 2004 games taking 5th place at the Rings, ...

of Italy took bronze.

Background

This was the 23rd appearance of the event in the Olympics. Three of the eight finalists from 2008 returned: gold medalist

of China, sixth-place finisher (and 2004 finalist)

of Italy, and eighth-place finisher

Yordan Yovchev Yordan Yovchev Yovchev ( bg, Йордан Йовчев Йовчев; born February 24, 1973), also spelled Jordan Jovtchev, is a retired Bulgarian gymnast. He took part in six consecutive Olympic Games, more than any other Bulgarian athlete in O ...

of Bulgaria. Yovchev was competing in his sixth Olympic Games, a record for a male gymnast; he had previously won a silver medal in 2004 and a bronze medal in 2000.

Oksana Chusovitina Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an eight-time Olympic gymnast who has competed for the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, and Germany. Chusovitina's care ...

was also competing in her sixth Games in 2012, sharing at the moment the record for any gymnast with Yovchev. She competed again in 2016 for a total of seven Games. In addition to his 2008 title, Chen was the 2010 and 2011 world champion in the event.

of Brazil was the world championship runner-up in 2011. Azerbaijan and Vietnam each made their debut in the men's rings event. The United States made its 21st appearance, the most of any nation.

Competition format

The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the apparatus final. Qualification scores were then erased, with only final-round scores counting.Format Competition – Artistic Gymnastic

Final results

References

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