KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (March 27) – Using consistency and conditioning, the United States team, led by two-time national champion Blaine Wilson (Columbus, Ohio), edged out defending world champion China for the gold medal in the International Team Championships, held at Thompson-Boling Arena here Friday evening.
International Team Championships
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
March 27, 1998
Senior Men’s Competition
Team Final Standings
1, United States (Garry Denk, Northbrook, Ill.; John Roethlisberger, Minneapolis, Minn.; Jay Thornton, Augusta, Ga.; Yewki Tomita, Tucson, Ariz.; Sean Townsend, Houston, Texas; Blaine Wilson, Columbus, Ohio), 221.200. 2, China (Dong Zhen, Lu Bin, Lu Jia, Zhao Sheng, Zheng Lihui), 218.750. 3, Romania (Vasile Cioana, Cristian Leric, Rares Orzata, Dorin Petcu, Florin Popa, Ioan Suciu), 215.500.
Team Event Results
Floor Exercise — 1, United States, 36.350. 2, China 35.750. Romania, 34.050.
Pommel Horse — 1, United States, 36.900. 2, Romania, 36.500. 3, China, 35.650.
Still Rings — 1, China, 37.900. 2, Romania, 37.650. 3, United States, 37.050.
Vault — 1, Romania, 38.350. 2, China, 37.600. 3, United States, 36.900.
Parallel Bars — 1, China, 37.300. 2, United States, 36.950. 3, Romania, 38.350.
High Bar — 1, United States, 37.050. 2, China, 34.550. 3, Romania, 32.550.
Individual All-Around Scores
1, Blaine Wilson, Columbus, Ohio, 57.650. 2, Zhao Sheng, CHN, 55.800. 3, Yewki Tomita, Tucson, Ariz., 54.900. 4, Zheng Lihui, CHN, 54.850. 5, Dorin Petcu, ROM, 54.300. 6, John Roethlisberger, Minneapolis, Minn., 54.250. 7, Lu Bin, CHN, 53.550. 8, Lu Jia, CHN, 53.550. 9, Ioan Suciu, ROM, 53.300. 10, Rares Orzata, ROM, 52.750. 11, Florin Popa, ROM, 52.500. 12, Jay Thornton, Augusta, Ga., 52.500. 13, Sean Townsend, Houston, Texas, 36.350. 14, Dong Zheng, CHN, 35.700. 15, Vasile Cioana, ROM, 26.800. 16, Cristian Leric, ROM, 26.200. 17, Garry Denk, Northbrook, Ill., 16.850.