Paul Hamm

Paul Hamm is an American artistic gymnast who won the men's individual all-around gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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2004 Summer Olympics men's artistic individual all-around: The men's gymnastics final in Athens in which Paul Hamm won the individual all-around gold medal. Hamm’s victory came after a late scoring correction and a narrow final margin.
2004 Olympic gymnastics judging controversy: A controversy over scoring errors in the men's all-around final at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The error initially left Hamm in third before judges corrected his score and awarded gold.
Morgan Hamm: An American artistic gymnast and Paul Hamm’s twin brother, who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. The brothers trained and competed together, including on the U.S. Olympic teams.
Olympic gymnastics tie-breaking rules: Rules used to separate gymnasts with equal or closely matched scores in Olympic competitions. The Athens result was decided by scores rather than a tie, but the case prompted scrutiny of judging procedures.
2004 Summer Olympics men's artistic team all-around: The men's team gymnastics competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where the United States won bronze. Hamm helped the U.S. team recover from a poor start to earn bronze.
Yang Tae-young scoring controversy: The 2004 Olympic dispute over the difficulty score assigned to Yang Tae-young's parallel-bars routine. Yang’s omitted difficulty value triggered a formal challenge and calls to change the result.
Miles Avery: An American gymnastics coach who coached Paul and Morgan Hamm at Ohio State University. Avery coached Hamm through the collegiate and international rise that led to Olympic gold.
2004 Summer Olympics men's artistic team all-around bronze medal: The bronze medal won by the United States in the men's team all-around at the 2004 Olympics. Hamm’s team medal came from a collective event, unlike his disputed individual gold.
2000 Summer Olympics men's artistic individual all-around: The men's gymnastics all-around final at the Sydney Olympics, won by China's Yang Wei. Hamm placed fifth in his first Olympic all-around final, four years before his gold.
Gymnastics scoring system: A system for evaluating gymnastics routines through difficulty and execution scores. The controversy revealed the consequences of errors within gymnastics scoring.