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Aug. 18, 2008

BEIJING, China -- U.S. Olympic medalist Jonathan Horton will compete in the men's high bar finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics on Tuesday August 19 at 5:00 a.m. (CT), inside the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Fans can watch Horton compete when the event is later televised on Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. (CT) on NBC. (KFOR News Channel 4, Cox Channel 3 in the Oklahoma City metro area).

The 22-year old Houston, Texas, native has already won a bronze medal after he and the U.S. men's gymnastics team competed in the team finals last week finishing just behind, Japan, the silver medalist, and host country China, the gold medalist.

Horton is the 2008 U.S. all-around silver medalist and he finished fourth in the all-around at the 2007 World Championships, becoming just the fifth U.S. man to finish in the top four in the all-around at an Olympic Games or a World Championships.

Horton qualified for the high bar event finals after finishing sixth on the first day of competition back on August 9, with the USA's highest score of 15.575.

Horton will compete in the high bar finals against Fabian Hambuechen of Germany, Igor Cassina of Italy, Yann Cucherat of France,  Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands, Kai Zou of China, Hiroyuki Tomita of Japan, and Takuya Nakase of Japan.

The top eight athletes in each event with a limit of two per country advance to the individual event finals. Scores from the qualification round do not carry forward to the finals.

Horton completed his outstanding collegiate career at the University of Oklahoma with 18 All-America honors and six individual national titles, while helping the Sooners win three NCAA National Championships during his four years in Norman.

Horton is the second gymnast in school history to be selected to the U.S. Olympic Team and first since two-time gold medalist Bart Con­ner competed in the 1976, 1980, and 1984 Olympic Games.