
Olympic Men's Gymnastics 2016: Team All-Around Medal Winners and Scores
Japan broke China's back-to-back reign as Olympic champions in the men's gymnastics all-around team competition Monday, putting on a dominant display to earn the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.
Russia finished with the silver medal, while China took home the bronze.
Here are the full results:
| 1 | Japan | 47.199 | 45.398 | 46.766 | 43.933 | 44.599 | 46.199 | 274.094 |
| 2 | Russia | 44.766 | 43.890 | 46.033 | 45.299 | 45.432 | 46.033 | 271.453 |
| 3 | China | 43.799 | 44.966 | 47.866 | 44.258 | 45.233 | 45.000 | 271.122 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 45.099 | 44.999 | 44.566 | 45.623 | 44.066 | 45.399 | 269.752 |
| 5 | United States | 43.757 | 44.441 | 46.333 | 43.699 | 44.465 | 45.865 | 268.560 |
| 6 | Brazil | 41.733 | 44.665 | 44.533 | 43.433 | 44.332 | 45.032 | 263.728 |
| 7 | Germany | 43.532 | 43.732 | 45.391 | 40.948 | 43.132 | 44.540 | 261.275 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 27.766 | 27.000 | 30.366 | 43.632 | 29.299 | 44.015 | 202.078 |
Japan's three epic routines on the floor exercise highlighted its gold-medal performance, while the country was also fantastic on the vault, parallel bars and high bar.
Kohei Uchimura posted a score of 15.000 or better in five different events, while Ryohei Kato did so in four events. Kenzo Shirai's floor routine (16.133) was one of the best performances of the day.
It was an important moment for Uchimura, in particular, as Nick Zaccardi of NBC Sports' Olympic Talk noted:
It was equally important for Russia, which ended its long medal drought in the event, while China will be disappointed with bronze after winning three of the last four gold medals.
The Chinese did contribute one of the highlights of the day, however, scoring an absurd 47.866 total score on the parallel bars. Only Japan notched a score of 47.000 or better in any other event Monday, managing an impressive 47.199 total score in the floor routine.
Team USA, meanwhile, couldn't reach the podium in this event for the second straight Olympics. Danell Leyva's fall in the team's final event, the high bar, was symbolic of an afternoon in which the United States could have finished with a medal but wasn't at its best.
Juliet Macur of the New York Times broke down Leyva's routine:
Nick McCarvel of USA Today felt that his fall was probably irrelevant, however:
The United States never recovered from a horrid start, as its floor routine quickly plunged it down the leaderboard. While the Americans had excellent showings on the parallel bars and the vault, they weren't able to recover from the disappointing opening routine.
One of the stranger stories of the day came from Ukraine. It sent out only two competitors in every event except for the vault and pommel horse, throwing away any chance of earning a medal and guaranteeing an eighth-place finish.
Sports Illustrated reported the country was down two gymnasts because of injuries, however. Ukraine perhaps decided to keep those athletes out of the competition Monday to allow them to participate in the individual competition.
Even that potential excuse rang hollow for Nancy Armour of USA Today, however:
Andy Thornton of NBC Olympics heard Ukraine planned to withhold gymnasts in advance:
Until the Ukraine team reveals why it only had two gymnasts compete in four events, that decision will remain one of the most controversial moments of these young Games.
What wasn't controversial, however, was Japan's dominance. With a number of men sure to be in the running for individual medals—including Uchimura, who is looking to defend his 2012 all-around gold—the Japanese could end up being the darlings of the men's competition in Rio.
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