And back in Athens, the International Gymnastics Federation says it agreed with South Korea's complaint over a score for Yang Tae-young in the all-around that left him with the bronze medal and gave American Paul Hamm the gold.

The Federation, however, said the scores cannot be reversed and that Hamm's medal cannot be take away.

The Federation said in a letter to the chief of South Korea's delegation to the Olympics that Yang's routine on the parallel bars should have received 10 points rather than the judges' score of 9.9.

The Federation said it would sanction the judges but added the scores cannot be reversed.

Hamm won Wednesday night's meet with a score of 57.823, 0.012 points better than South Korea's Kim Dae-eun in the closest all-around finish in Olympic history. Yang finished third with a score of 57.774.

South Korea's gymnastics federation complained because Yang's parallel bars routine received a start value of 10 in team preliminaries and finals, but only a 9.9 for the same set in the all-around.

Had Yang received the extra tenth of a point, he would have finished first.