Olympic Men's Gymnastics 2024: Horizontal Bar Medal Winners, Scores and Results

The men's horizontal bar competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics literally could not have been any closer.

Japan's Shinnosuke Oka and Colombia's Angel Barajas tied with an overall score of 14.533 during Monday's final, with Oka taking home gold and Barajas grabbing silver due to the execution score tiebreaker. Oka received an execution score of 8.633, besting Barajas' score of 7.933.

There was also a tie in the bronze standings, with China's Zhang Boheng and Tang Chia-Hung of Chinese Taipei each scoring 13.966. Because both men had the same execution score, they were each awarded a bronze medal.

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Men's Horizontal Bar Final

Gold: Shinnosuke Oka (Japan): 14.533

Silver: Angel Barajas (Colombia): 14.533

Bronze: Zhang Boheng (China): 13.966

Bronze: Tang Chia-Hung (Chinese Taipei): 13.966

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Oka already established himself as one of the rising names in men's gymnastics by winning the all-around and helping lead Japan to a victory in the team competition as well. The 20-year-old took home bronze in the parallel bars earlier Monday as well.

Japan is tied for sixth with Great Britain with 10 gold medals and tied with South Korea for sixth on the overall medal count with 26.

Barajas' earned the first-ever medal in gymnastics for his country. It was also Colombia's first medal period at the 2024 Summer Games.

China remains second in the overall medal count (51) behind the United States (72) after Zhang's bronze. Chinese Taipei now has four total medals (one gold, three bronze) in its trip to Paris.