ILLYRIA BURKLE summarizes:
– In the all around, almost all the top contenders have a major mistake/fall (Paul Hamm, Ioan Silviu Suciu, Hiroyuki Tomita, Yang Wei, Marian Dragulescu, etc.)
– Yang Tae-Young was mistakenly credited with a 9.9 start value instead of a 10 like he was in the qualifying and team competitions, costing him the gold medal in the all around. Oscar Buitrago Reyes of Colombia, Benjamin Bango of Spain, and the head judge George Beckstead of the United States were all suspended for the mistake. …
read more – 2004 MAG
And who was the Men’s Head Judge?
Gymnastics Coaching.com 
Great summary and interesting to relive 2004! However, I wish they included the fact that after video review, Yang Tae-Young had too many hold elements in his routine and should have been deducted a medium error of .2. With the awarded 9.9, his 9.712 is impossible. People make mistakes. His score really should have started from a 10 but, it also should have been deducted properly leaving him around a 9.612 and lucky to hold onto the bronze…
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this just in: “water is wet.”
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I feel you Jim but, this was 13 years ago. The older generation is aging and it is important to keep history accurate. I was barely 10 years old when this occurred and at the time did not understand the complexities behind it. At this point it is nothing to get upset about.
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