China, who produced stunning efforts on the rings and parallel bars, had to settle for silver amid high drama and the United States finished third for their first medal since 2008.
China’s impressive Liu Yang refused to blame his team-mates for the late failure.
“I don’t think we need to comfort each other,” he said. “We are a team, and we bear all the mistakes or poor performances together. So now, we move on and focus on the individual apparatus.”
The Japanese quintet of Daiki Hashimoto, Shinnosuke Oka, Kazuma Kaya, Takaaki Sugino and Wataru Tanigawa scored a total of 259.594, with China pipped on 259.062 and the Americans recording 257.793.
Japan slip back in second rotation
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