Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

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Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Georges Miez.jpg
Georges Miez
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date9 August
Competitors86 from 11 nations
Winning score57.50
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Georges Miez
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Romeo Neri
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Eugen Mack
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1924
1932  

The men's horizontal bar event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven gymnastics events for men and it was contested for the fourth time after 1896, 1904, and 1924. Scores from the horizontal bar event were added to the results from other individual apparatus events to give aggregate scores for the individual and team all-around events. There were 86 gymnasts from 11 nations, with each nation having a team of up to 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Georges Miez of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in the men's horizontal bar. The silver medal went to Romeo Neri of Italy (the nation's first medal in the event), with Eugen Mack of Switzerland earning bronze.

Background

This was the fourth appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Four of the top 10 gymnasts from 1924 returned: gold medalist Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, fifth-place finisher Georges Miez of Switzerland, sixth-place finisher Jean Gounot of France, and eighth-place finisher August Güttinger of Switzerland. Štukelj was also the two-time reigning (1922 and 1926) world champion. [1]

The Netherlands made its debut in the men's parallel bars. Hungary competed for the first time since 1896. The other nine nations had all competed in 1924. Switzerland and the United States each made their third appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Competition format

Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. The maximum score for each exercise was 30 points. The horizontal bar was one of the apparatus used in the individual and team all-around scores. It accounted for 29 of the score. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 9 August 1928Final

Results

Source: Official results; [3] De Wael [4]

RankGymnastNationScore
Gold medal icon.svg Georges Miez Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 57.50
Silver medal icon.svg Romeo Neri Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 57.00
Bronze medal icon.svg Eugen Mack Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 56.75
4 Hermann Hänggi Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 56.50
Vittorio Lucchetti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 56.50
6 Josip Primožič Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 56.00
7 Hans Grieder Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 55.75
August Güttinger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 55.75
9 Josef Effenberger Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 55.50
Armand Solbach Flag of France.svg  France 55.50
11 Ferdinando Mandrini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 55.25
12 Ladislav Vácha Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 54.75
13 Heikki Savolainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54.50
14 Jean Gounot Flag of France.svg  France 54.25
Bedřich Šupčík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 54.25
16 André Lemoine Flag of France.svg  France 54.00
Emanuel Löffler Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 54.00
Giuseppe Lupi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 54.00
Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54.00
Martti Uosikkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54.00
21 Mario Lertora Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 53.75
Edi Steinemann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 53.75
Leon Štukelj Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 53.75
Melchior Wezel Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 53.75
25 Georges Leroux Flag of France.svg  France 53.25
Otto Pfister Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 53.25
27 Frank Kriz US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 53.00
28 Mathias Logelin Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 52.50
István Pelle Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 52.50
Mario Tambini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 52.50
31 Jan Koutný Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 52.25
32 Václav Veselý Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 52.00
33 Jan Gajdoš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 51.25
Urho Korhonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 51.25
Jaakko Kunnas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 51.25
36 Edvard Antonijevič Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 51.00
37 Jean Larrouy Flag of France.svg  France 50.75
38 Boris Gregorka Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 49.75
39 Elias Melkman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 49.50
Rafael Ylönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49.50
41 Antoine Chatelaine Flag of France.svg  France 49.25
Harold Newhart US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 49.25
43 Jacobus van der Vinden Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.75
44 Giuseppe Paris Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 48.50
45 Glenn Berry US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 47.50
Nic Roeser Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 47.50
Étienne Schmitt Flag of France.svg  France 47.50
48 Birger Stenman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 47.25
49 Herman Witzig US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 47.00
50 Ladislav Tikal Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 46.75
51 Anton Malej Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 46.00
52 Dragutin Cioti Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 45.75
Rezső Kende Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 45.75
54 Samuel Humphreys Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.50
55 Kalervo Kinos Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 45.25
Frank Haubold US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 45.25
57 John Pearson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 45.00
József Szalai Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 45.00
E. A. Walton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.00
Fränz Zouang Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 45.00
61 Miklós Péter Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 44.25
Ezio Roselli Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 44.25
63 Al Jochim US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 44.00
64 Arthur Whitford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 43.75
65 T. B. Parkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 42.75
G. C. Raynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 42.75
Israel Wijnschenk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 42.75
68 Willibrordus Pouw Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 42.50
69 Pieter van Dam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 42.00
70 E. W. Warren Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 40.50
71 Klaas Boot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 40.25
Paul Krempel US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 40.25
73 Jean-Pierre Urbing Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 39.75
74 Stane Derganc Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 39.50
75 Albert Neumann Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 39.25
76 Janez Porenta Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 37.75
77 Henry Finchett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 37.50
78 Bart Cronin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 36.75
79 Elemér Pászti Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 34.75
80 Josy Staudt Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 34.00
81 Edouard Grethen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 32.50
82 Mathias Erang Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 30.00
83 Gyula Kunszt Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 27.50
84 Géza Tóth Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 26.25
85 Mozes Jacobs Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.75
86 Hugo Licher Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.50
Imre Erdődy Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary DNS
Alfred Krauss Flag of France.svg  France DNS

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