Epke Zonderland Wins Artistic Men's Horizontal Bar Gold - London 2012 Olympics
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Published 2012-08-07
Epke Zonderland (NED) wins the gold medal in the men's gymnastic artistic horizontal bar at the London 2012 Olympic Games (7 August).
Germany's Fabian Hambuchen took silver in the event with China's Zou Kai taking bronze.
Artistic gymnastics was introduced at the very first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, and has been present at every edition of the Games since then. At the beginning, it comprised disciplines that are difficult to qualify as "artistic", such as climbing and acrobatics.
The foundations of the Olympic gymnastics programme were laid at the 1924 Games in Paris, when the men's apparatus individual and team competitions appeared. In 1928, women were included in the Amsterdam Games. It was not until 1952 that the women's programme was developed, with seven events, and then stabilised at six events as from the 1960 Games in Rome.
Find more about Artistic Gymnastics at www.olympic.org/artistic-gymnastics
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All Comments (21)
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2012 Olympics Epke wins gold. Now, SIX years later, he's became World champion again in Doha, but not only that, he became a father and.....yes......he's a DOCTOR! Dutch Superman!
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Great performance, but in the end the greatest part was seeing how all competitors showed respect to each other
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Day XX of quarantine: I'm watching the finals of the Artistic Men's Horizontal Bar Gold from the London 2012 Olympics while eating guacamole-flavored potato chips (which I STRONGLY recommend) at 5:34 AM with no clear intentions of going to sleep.
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the flying Dutchman.
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Whenever I feel too proud of myself I watch this
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it made my day to see the guys and even coaches hug each other, that was so sweet and they seemed genuinely happy. i'm glad people aren't salty at this level of competition.
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I love watching finals like this, everyone goes clean, and the best win with no controversy. All the athletes seem to totally support each other as well. Brilliant.
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And studying medicine in the mean time... This guy makes me feel like such a sloth.
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This was my olympic moment. Casually stumbled upon the final while browsing tv. stuck. I thought the german was amazing. And then the dutch killed it. Still watch this video from time to time.
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Owen Wilson's routine still gives me the chills
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Zonderland with one of the all time great Olympic gymnastics performances. Astonishing.
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I'm Dutch, so really proud of Epke. And he's a funny guy wich is always nice. He got married this year, and when asked about it he said : "My wife was impressed by my agility during the wedding night." Now - that's a true gold medal winner!
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I always feel for the person who has to go after Epke. I wouldn't want to be that person!
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fabian and epke are soooooo good they are also good friends! Its lovely to see
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the way all the athletes congratulate and hug one another is so nice to see, there must be a deep level of understanding and almost companionship from being within a sport that intensive from such a young age.
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!!!!...EPKE ZONDERLAND... IS THE MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE....!!!
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Epke Zonderland’s routine lives in my mind rent-free.
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I love how they congratulate each other, the pinnacle of athletic ability AND sportsmanship
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That gold winning dismount still amazes me. It's like he was meant to win the medal right from the very beginning.
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He's so good, he made the bars look like rings
