Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's sidehorse vault

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Men's sidehorse vault
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Stade Olympique
DateJuly 22
Competitors70 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Albert Séguin Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Jean Gounot Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg François Gangloff Flag of France.svg  France

The men's sidehorse vault event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was one of nine gymnastics events. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 22, 1924.

Seventy gymnasts from nine nations competed. The "sidehorse vault" (French : saut de cheval en largeur) event used a vaulting horse set sideways (perpendicular to the approach) for gymnasts to turn and make a single flip. This was the only time that this event was held. [1] The French achieved a podium sweep, which would not happen again at the Olympics until the 2014 Winter Olympics men's ski cross event. [2] [3]

Results

PlaceGymnastTotal
1Flag of France.svg  Albert Séguin  (FRA)10.00
2Flag of France.svg  Jean Gounot  (FRA)9.93
Flag of France.svg  François Gangloff  (FRA)9.93
4Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Stane Hlastan  (YUG)9.86
5Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Stane Derganc  (YUG)9.85
6Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Ladislav Vácha  (TCH)9.83
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Bedřich Šupčík  (TCH)9.83
8Flag of France.svg  Eugène Cordonnier  (FRA)9.80
US flag 48 stars.svg  Frank Kriz  (USA)9.80
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Mathias Erang  (LUX)9.80
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Robert Pražák  (TCH)9.80
12Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jan Koutný  (TCH)9.75
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Miroslav Klinger  (TCH)9.75
14Flag of France.svg  André Higelin  (FRA)9.70
15US flag 48 stars.svg  Max Wandrer  (USA)9.65
16Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Charles Quaino  (LUX)9.62
17Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Leon Štukelj  (YUG)9.60
18Flag of France.svg  Joseph Huber  (FRA)9.57
19Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Janez Porenta  (YUG)9.516
20US flag 48 stars.svg  Al Jochim  (USA)9.51
21Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Ferdinando Mandrini  (ITA)9.50
Flag of France.svg  Léon Delsarte  (FRA)9.50
23Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Bohumil Mořkovský  (TCH)9.45
24Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Giorgio Zampori  (ITA)9.42
25Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Stanley Leigh  (GBR)9.41
26US flag 48 stars.svg  John Mais  (USA)9.26
US flag 48 stars.svg  Curtis Rottman  (USA)9.26
28Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Vittorio Lucchetti  (ITA)9.20
29Flag of Switzerland.svg  Hans Grieder  (SUI)9.17
30Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Luigi Cambiaso  (ITA)9.15
31Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Thomas Hopkins  (GBR)9.13
32Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Mario Lertora  (ITA)9.11
33Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Henry Finchett  (GBR)9.08
34Flag of Switzerland.svg  Josef Wilhelm  (SUI)9.06
Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Stane Žilič  (YUG)9.06
36Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Giuseppe Paris  (ITA)9.03
37Flag of France.svg  Arthur Hermann  (FRA)9.00
38Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Mihael Oswald  (YUG)8.93
39Flag of Switzerland.svg  Otto Pfister  (SUI)8.86
40Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Théo Jeitz  (LUX)8.83
41US flag 48 stars.svg  John Pearson  (USA)8.71
42Flag of Switzerland.svg  Georges Miez  (SUI)8.70
43Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Émile Munhofen  (LUX)8.68
44Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Francesco Martino  (ITA)8.58
45Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Josip Primožič  (YUG)8.55
46Flag of Switzerland.svg  Jean Gutweninger  (SUI)8.50
Flag of Finland.svg  Eevert Kerttula  (FIN)8.50
48Flag of Switzerland.svg  August Güttinger  (SUI)8.41
49US flag 48 stars.svg  Rudolph Novak  (USA)8.40
50Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Luigi Maiocco  (ITA)8.33
Flag of Finland.svg  Otto Suhonen  (FIN)8.33
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Jacques Palzer  (LUX)8.33
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Albert Neumann  (LUX)8.33
54Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Edward Leigh  (GBR)8.17
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Samuel Humphreys  (GBR)8.17
56Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Pierre Tolar  (LUX)8.08
57Flag of Finland.svg  Mikko Hämäläinen  (FIN)8.00
58Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Rastko Poljšak  (YUG)7.96
59Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Frank Hawkins  (GBR)7.83
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Harold Brown  (GBR)7.83
Flag of Finland.svg  Väinö Karonen  (FIN)7.83
62Flag of Switzerland.svg  Antoine Rebetez  (SUI)7.80
63Flag of Switzerland.svg  Carl Widmer  (SUI)7.66
64Flag of Finland.svg  Eetu Kostamo  (FIN)7.60
65Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Albert Spencer  (GBR)7.50
66Flag of Finland.svg  Aarne Roine  (FIN)7.43
67Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Mathias Weishaupt  (LUX)7.33
68Flag of Finland.svg  Jaakko Kunnas  (FIN)7.27
69Flag of Finland.svg  Akseli Roine  (FIN)6.87
70US flag 48 stars.svg  Frank Safandra  (USA)3.00

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