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Aug. 7, 2012

	Olympic High Bar Finals
	Video | Photos | Results Final Results 1. Epike Zonderland 16.533 2. Fabian Hambuchen 16.400 3. Zou Kai 16.366 4. Chenglong Zhang 16.266 5. Danell Leyva 15.833 6. Jonathan Horton 15.466 7. Emin Garibov 15.333 8. Jihoon Kim 15.133 Jake Dalton Men's Gymnastics Olympic Bio | @Jake_Dalton Jonathan Horton Men's Gymnastics Olympic Bio | @J_Horton11   Sooner Calendar NBC Coverage Complete Schedule OU's Olympic History: The University of Oklahoma has produced three past Olympic gymnasts, dating back to three-time Olympian Bart Conner. The 1981 graduate represented the United States in both 1976 and 1980 before winning it all on American soil at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Calif. In addition to helping Team USA take home Gold, Conner proved to be the world's top gymnast on parallel bars, winning individual Gold. In 2008, Oklahoma gymnast Jonathan Horton helped the United States win Bronze at the Summer Games in Beijing, China. Horton also found individual success, taking Silver in the high bar portion of the event. Upon graduating from BYU in 2001, current OU assistant Guard Young returned to his home state of Oklahoma to train with Williams for the Olympic Games while serving as an assistant coach for the Sooners. Young represented the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where the Americans claimed Silver.

LONDON -- Oklahoma men's gymnastics letterwinner Jonathan Horton concluded his 2012 Olympic performance on Tuesday with a sixth-place finish in the high bar final at the North Greenwhich Arena. Horton earned a score of 15.466 on the final day of artistic gymnastics competition at the 2012 games.

Horton, the silver medal-winner at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, qualified with U.S. teammate Danell Leyva, who finished fifth. Both qualified after their performance in the qualification round on July 28.

Horton's routine, a Cassina, layout Kovacs, Kolman Tak full with a double twisting double layout dismount, scored a 15.466, which was good for sixth place.

"I had the lowest start value and I spent the last five to six days trying to upgrade my start value, but it just wasn't consistent enough to do," Horton said. "I knew I couldn't medal if everyone else hit, but I wanted to go out and hit the cleanest, nicest routine I could do. And that's what I did except for the step on the dismount. I hit all of my release moves right on. I'm pleased with my routine."

"Jonathan did a great set, but the competition was unbelievable today," OU head coach Mark Williams said. "It was a very exciting final for Jon to be a part of. He finished his second Olympics in fine fashion."

Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands won the gold medal after showing three major release moves in a row to score a 16.533. Fabian Hambuchen of Germany grabbed the silver medal with a score of 16.400 and Zou Kai of China won the bronze with a score of 16.366.

The individual event finals will be aired tonight on NBC in primetime, between 7 and 11 p.m. CT.