Olympic Men's Gymnastics 2016: Rings Medal Winners, Scores and Results

Eleftherios Petrounias from Greece won the gold medal in the men's rings final during Monday's 2016 Summer Olympics action with a fantastic routine that yielded an incredible score of 16.000.

The 2015 world champion put together a flawless routine, while China's Liu Yang and You Hao both struggled after delivering strong showings in qualifying. Local favourite and defending champion Arthur Zanetti took silver, and Russia's Denis Ablyazin settled for bronze.

Here's a look at the medal winners, complete with their final scores: 

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece	Arthur Zanetti, Brazil	Denis Ablyazin, Russia
16.000	15.766	15.700

Recap

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Yang posted the highest scores in qualifying and during the team finals and entered the individual final as the clear favourite for the gold. He faced serious competition in the form of 2015 world champion Petrounias, however, and Hao was also seen as a threat.

Hao started the final with a mistake-filled routine, finishing with a score of 15.400 that was well below the totals Yang and Petrounias posted in qualifying. His landing was far from perfect, and NBC Sports' Andy Thornton was shocked to see him struggle like that:

Petrounias followed immediately after, and the 25-year-old nailed his routine, standing out with both his execution and the level of difficulty. He held his difficult positions long, and his double-double landing was perfect, leading to a score of 16.000.

Thornton thought it could have been even higher:

Belgium's Dennis Goossens didn't come close to his score with a 14.933, and Ablyazin put himself in second position with his routine, passing Hao in the standings with a 15.700.

The next man up was Yang, who impressed early with his strength positions but fell short in the handstand and couldn't even beat the Russian's score, finishing with a 15.600. Per The All Around, all of his errors came toward the end of his routine, as he visibly tired:

His score was good enough for third place with three athletes still to come, including local favourite Zanetti, the last man up. France's Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues couldn't better his mark, and neither could Ukraine's Igor Radivilov, who finished with a 15.466, a fine showing after he was a last-minute addition to the final.

Reigning Olympic champion Zanetti sent the Brazilian fans into a delirium as he started his routine, but his execution was less than perfect, and he failed to knock Petrounias off the top spot. His score of 15.766 was good enough for silver, however, just beating Ablyazin's score.