2013 World Championships

2013 World Championship Men's High Bar Final

2013 World Championship Men's High Bar Final

Sep 30, 2013 by Jennifer Teitell
2013 World Championship Men's High Bar Final
Welcome to your home for the 2013 World Championships Men's High Bar Final. This page will be updated throughout the week with breaking news and pertinent information specific to men's high bar on Sunday, October 6th. 




2012 Olympic High Bar Champion Epke Zonderland finally won a world title after finishing second on high bar at the 2009 and 2010 World Championships. Zonderland thrilled the crowd with his crazy release combinations and capped it off with a stuck layout double double.  Fabian Hambuechen of Germany won the silver medal with a 15.933 followed by King Kohei Uchimura of Japan in third with a 15.633. Uchimura just won his fourth straight World All-Around gold medal. 
Men's 2013 World Championship Finals - Horizontal Bar Results



D E
1 ZONDERLAND Epke NED 7.7 8.300
16.000
2 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER 7.4 8.533
15.933
3 UCHIMURA Kohei JPN 6.9 8.733
15.633
4 MIKULAK Samuel USA 6.9 8.666
15.566
5 CALVO MORENO Jossimar Orlando COL 7.2 8.266
15.466
6 BRETSCHNEIDER Andreas GER 6.9 8.258
15.158
7 KATO Ryohei JPN 6.4 8.625
15.025
8 LIN Chaopan CHN 6.9 8.000
14.900



UPDATE 10/1: ANNOUNCING THE FINALISTS! Qualification competition has concluded in Antwerp. The following eight men have advanced to the 2013 World High Bar FINALS:

High Bar 
      Score D E
1 UCHIMURA Kohei JPN
15.658
6.900 8.758
2 HAMBUECHEN Fabian GER
15.633
7.100 8.533
3 ZONDERLAND Epke NED
15.433
7.100 8.333
4 MIKULAK Sam USA
15.366
6.900 8.466
5 CALVO MORENO Jossimar 
COL
15.166
7.100 8.066
6 BRETSCHNEIDER Andreas GER
15.133
6.900 8.233
7 KATO Ryohei JPN
15.075
6.400 8.675
8 LIN Chaopan CHN
15.066
6.900 8.166




EVENT HISTORY

Past World High Bar Champions 
2011 Zou Kai (CHN)
2010 Zhang Chenglong (CHN)
2009 Zou Kai (CHN)
2007 Fabian Hambuchen (GER)

Past Olympic High Bar Champions 
2012 Epke Zonderland (NED)
2008 Zou Kai (CHN)
2004 Igor Cassina (ITA)
2000 Alexei Nemov (RUS)
1996 Andreas Wecker (GER)




Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands by Melissa J Perenson


2013 World Championship High Bar Title Contenders

Epke Zonderland (NED)
2012 Olympic Champion
2009 & 2010 World Silver Medalist

Fabian Hambuchen (GER)
2012 Olympic Silver Medalist
2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Emin Garibov (RUS)
2012 Olympic Finalist

Kohei Uchimura (JPN)
2011 World Bronze Medalist


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