INCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 23 -- Japanese gymnasts, who won gold medals in the men's team event, dominated the individual all-around finals on Tuesday here at the Asian Games.

Yuya Kamoto ranked first in three out of the six apparatus and took the gold medal with 87.950 points, followed by Masayoshi Yamamoto with 87.500 points. Lee Sang-wook from South Korea won the bronze medal with 87.200 points.

"I focused on the competition the whole time," Kamoto said. "I really want to win the gold medal of parallel bars and I will try my best in other finals."

Lee said, "I have never thought that I could earn a medal because the Chinese and Japanese gymnasts are really good and I'm a little old in the squad. I just tried to not to make mistakes and I did 150 percent of my capability. "

Huang Yuguo and Yang Shengchao from China, the traditional powerhouse in artistic gymnastics, ranked in fourth and fifth, yielding the championship to Japan for the first time in 36 years.

"88 points is my usual level," said Yang. "Today I was a little nervous in the beginning and thought too much, so there were some mistakes."

Both Japan and China did not send their top gymnasts here in preparation for next month's Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in China's Nanning.

The apparatus finals will begin on Wednesday.