Completed Event: Men's Gymnastics versus Nebraska on April 18, 2025 , Loss , 323.460, to, 324.694
Final
Men's Gymnastics
323.460
vs Nebraska
324.694
University of Oklahoma Athletics
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May 20, 2013 | Men's Gymnastics
 | Bound for Beijing |
 
• Aug. 09 - Team and all-around event qualification • Aug. 12 - Team finals • Aug. 14 - All-around finals • Aug. 17 - Floor exercise and pommel horse finals • Aug. 18 - Still rings and vault finals • Aug. 19 - Parallel bars and high bar finals The 2008 Summer Olympics will be televised by NBC. (Please check your local listings for time and availability in your area). Fans can also stay up-to-date on Olympic coverage at nbcolympics.com and usa-gymnastics.org.
• Consider Jonathan Horton, who won the silver medal on the high bar Tuesday with a routine so staggering that it lacked only a utility belt or him shooting spider webs from his wrists. • Jonathan Horton not only wrapped up a silver medal with his nervy high-wire act in the final event of the Olympic gymnastics competition... • Jonathan Horton changed his high bar routine and altered his Olympic fortunes. • U.S. Olympian Jonathan Horton won the silver medal in the men's high bar finals on Tuesday. • Williams: Blogging in Beijing: Aug. 12 - I hope most of you saw what an incredible meet it was for the USA men. • With his spiky brown hair, and muscle-packed 5-foot-1-inch frame, Horton is the personification of nonstop high energy. • When Jonathan Horton went to the 2007 gymnastics world championships in Stuttgart, Germany, his mother told him to bring home an all-around medal. • Men's gymnastics in the United States no longer is all about the Hamm brothers. It's about the free-spirited impishness of Jonathan Horton. • The former Oklahoma standout caused that reaction time and again from the Sooner gymnasts gathered to watch him at the Olympics (  video).• "It got us pretty fired up," Jonathan Horton told TODAY co-hosts Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira Tuesday. • The U.S. Olympic Team for men's gymnastics won the team bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, held at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. • Williams: Blogging in Beijing: Aug. 11 - I did get to run around the track with the 100-meter track star, Tyson Gay, rode the bus with fencing gold medalist, Mariel Zagunis and watched the basketball team for a few minutes workout near our dorm. • The U.S. men's gymnastics team, led by fist-pumping Jonathan Horton, advanced to the Olympic team finals Saturday by winning its qualifying group. • Jonathan Horton, who led the Americans on Saturday with an overall score of 91.650 (eighth-best overall) ... • If Jonathan Horton were to win a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, it would not come as a surprise to anyone who knows him. He has been preparing for this chance nearly all of his life. • Jonathan Horton will step onto the gymnastics mat at the Beijing Olympics today ... • Horton: Blogging in Beijing: Aug. 6 - The village that we are staying in here in China is unbelievable. • Williams: Blogging in Beijing: Aug. 4 - Last Tuesday morning, at 5:00 a.m., Jonathan Horton and I were on our way to the airport to embark on our trip to China for the Olympic games.  • Olympic hopeful Jonathan Horton has been focused on the rings. Except for the time spent thinking about a ring. • Jonathan Horton's workout took an unexpected turn Monday morning. So did his Olympic outlook. • At 5 feet, 1 inch and 122 pounds, Jonathan Horton has the diminutive stature, not to mention the cheerfully indefatigable manner, of the fuzzy pink Energizer bunny. • Jonathan Horton might have hit his face on the high bar one too many times. You see, if you ask him about injuries, the Olympic gymnast says he's been blessed. • They competed in different generations, but one significant factor links Bart Conner and Jonathan Horton - their alma mater, the University of Oklahoma. • The 2008 Summer Olympics are set to be begin in less than three weeks and former Sooner Jonathan Horton met with local members of the media one last time in Norman before the U.S. Men's Gymnastics team departs on July 29 for Beijing. • Horton and head coach Mark Williams are interviewed as Oklahoma Gold Gymnastics holds a going-away party for the Olympian. • U.S. Olympian Jonathan Horton recently met with members of the local media to discuss his victory at the Olympic Trials and his preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. • It will be whirlwind month for Horton. The former Sooner will train in Norman before a 10-day session at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs July 13. The team will depart for Beijing July 29. • Jonathan Horton's dream came true Saturday when he became the first Oklahoma gymnast since Bart Conner in 1984 to make the U.S. Olympic team. • Horton, 22, joined 2004 Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm as the first athletes named to the six-member team at the conclusion of the Olympic trials at the Wachovia Center. • The joy shooting through Jonathan Horton was the stupefying, completely happy, don't-know-how-to-put-it-into-words kind. • This all started with a rambunctious child who slipped away from his mom at a store and climbed to the ceiling. Now, that little guy has scampered all the way to the Summer Olympics. So how will "Boomer Sooner" sound in Beijing? • Horton was one of two gymnasts selected to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team following the second day of the men's all-around finals at the Olympic Trials in Philadelphia. The Houston, Texas, native joins Paul Hamm as the first two members selected to represent the United States in Beijing. Day 2 Results and Photos • Horton began the U.S. Olympc Trials with the second best all-around score of the night on Thursday in Philadelphia. Horton also finished second on the rings with a score of 15.800, and tied for third place in the floor exercise and high bar with scores of 15.000 and 15.200, respectively. Day 1 Results and Photos • Jenni Carlson highlights Horton's rise to the top. The former Oklahoma standout has emerged over the past few years as America's best young all-arounder. He has a great chance of being an Olympian by this time next week. • Olympic hopeful Jonathan Horton is featured in Inside Gymnastics Magazine and talks about the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials, June 19-22, in Philadelphia, Pa. • Ever since he was four year's old, Jonathan Horton has dreamed of becoming an Olympian. After 18 years of hard work, the time and opportunity has arrived for the 22-year-old Houston, Texas, native to make his Olympic dream come true. Horton will compete with 14 others at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, June 19-22, at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa. • After a second-place all-around finish at the 2008 Visa U.S. Championships on May 24, Horton earned an automatic bid to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, June 19-22, at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa. • David Barron of the Houston Chronicle previews the field of Olympic hopefuls: "All 13 athletes at the trials ranked among the top six on at least one apparatus, led by Alexander Artemev, Morgan Hamm, Jonathan Horton and David Sender on four events each."
With the 2008 Olympic Games just around the corner, SoonerSports.com will be chronicling Jonathan Horton and Team USA's quest to medal in Beijing. The most decorated collegiate gymnast in OU history, Horton earned 18 All-America honors, won six individual national titles and led the Sooners to three NCAA Championships in his four years in Norman. Now, with his college career behind him, the two-time U.S. World Championship team member is focused on performing on the world's biggest stage. The Jonathan Horton: Bound for Beijing page will keep fans up to date on Horton's gymnastics journey, including recaps of all events, as well as video, journals, photo galleries, notes, quotes and highlights from the coming weeks. |
18-time NCAA All-American
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