Athens 2004 mens all around part 8

rank 1 USA Paul Hamm 57.823
rank 2 KOR Kim Dae Eun 57.811
rank 3 KOR Yang Tae Young 57.774
rank 4 ROM Ioan Silviu Suciu 57.648

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[KingLloyd]

Look, Hamm did nothing wrong. As an athlete, you have to know what you need to do to win. Hamm did what he had to do. If the judges didn't mess up, who knows what would have happened. Maybe Hamm should have gotten an even higher score because he did a better routine. Its all up in thje air. Maybe they should have given out two golds or two silvers.

[peachy3214]

Also do not make generalizations about the american people, you are not american, you dont live among us, so thus you can not make such false and untrue statements about an entire nation. If you paid attention to our media or anything any american says, were are aware of our current economic situation, our idiot president, and the war that we ARE NOT WINNGING and didnt want to partake in The american people HATE the Iraq war Until your country is perfect which i assure canada is not, SHUT UP!

[Lemaite]

미국 정신병자들 많네

[diamondfrost3]

Paul Hamm won the gold medal fair in square and I felt bad for him being put in the middle of this contraversy. But all of that is ancient history now. I was sad when Paul left along with his brother but now I'm excited that he's coming back to make up for what he's lost. Man he's gonna be old but age is just a number right?

[fishdude77]

@bluereedz i noticed that too, and i have to say it might be just me but a lot of international athletes dont seem to know about grace in defeat. for example when figure skater plushenko got silver in 2010 he was a SORE loser about it, and countless other times there have been athletes who refuse to accept defeat. i just think it takes away so much from the sport when an athlete does that. and if the situation were reversed do you think young wouldve given up a gold medal? i dont think so!

[BravesGurl1983]

Love Paul's head shake at 1:42 where he's like "no?!?" lol

[BonechipAK]

For anyone who still questions the true winner of this competition, please look at the top comment in part 5. That should clear any questions up.

[SuperNonhuman]

kim dae eun is first not paul hamm

[rgjt]

the main problem with olympic gymnastic judges (and I don't know if this goes for all olympic sports) but the judges have to be from countries that don't have strong gymnastic programs. Therefore, they come from smaller countries and may not have strong gymnastics backgrounds or be as well-versed in judging calls like judges from the USA, China, or Russia might.

[Quie8]

@dannyradar You've got a good point, but in the end it was mostly the judges fault. Coaches should not be respoinsible for the incompetence of judges, they have their athletes to focus on. In sydney 2000 where the vault was set 5cm too low, many of the coaches didnt notice the change until it was too late. It's diff in gymnastics compared to basketball. Coaches have to focus on their athlete more so, gymnast have to be on point 100% b/c one little mistake can cost them, including their focus. :)

[dannyradar]

@Quie8 i dont think so. i feel its the coaches duty to be aware of such things. just like in basketball. its the coaches job to watch whats going on and if he feels there was a wrong call, to tell the ref's and the refs will do a video replay or whatever. the coach should always be on the look out and taking note of all whats going on. the judging mistake was not just the judges mistake, it was also the coaches.