Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Leon Stukelj 1958 (2).jpg
Leon Štukelj (1958)
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date8 August
Competitors88 from 11 nations
Winning score57.75
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Leon Štukelj
Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Silver medal icon.svg Ladislav Vácha
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon.svg Emanuel Löffler
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
  1924
1932  

The men's rings 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 rings event were added to the results from other individual apparatus events to give aggregate scores for the individual and team all-around events. Eighty-eight gymnasts from eleven nations competed, with each nation having a team of 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, the nation's first medal in the rings event. For the second consecutive Games, Czechoslovakian gymnasts took both silver and bronze: Ladislav Vácha finished second and Emanuel Löffler is credited with a third place finish. Vácha, the bronze medalist in 1924, was the first man to win multiple medals in the event.

Löffler's bronze medal may be the result of a math error. [1] His scores in the compulsory and voluntary exercises were 27.25 and 28.25, respectively, which would result in a total score of 55.50. [2] This score is consistent with the individual all-around and team all-around scores for Löffler and Czechoslovakia. [2] [3] However, his total score is listed as 56.50 instead in the Official Report for the rings apparatus. [4] A score of 55.50 would have placed Löffler fourth in the rings, behind Italy's Romeo Neri at 56.00.

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). Six of the top 10 gymnasts from 1924 returned: bronze medalist Ladislav Vácha of Czechoslovakia, fourth-place finisher Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, fifth-place finisher Bedřich Šupčík of Czechoslovakia, seventh-place finisher Jan Koutný of Czechoslovakia, eighth-place finisher Ferdinando Mandrini of Italy, and ninth-place finisher Vittorio Lucchetti of Italy. The 1926 world championship podium had Štukelj (who had also won in 1922), Vácha, and Šupčík atop it, in that order. [1]

The Netherlands made its debut in the men's rings. Hungary competed for the first time since 1896. The other nine nations had all competed in 1924. The United States made its third appearance, 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 rings was one of the apparatus used in the individual and team all-around scores. It accounted for 29 of the score. [5]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 8 August 1928Final

Results

Source: Official results; [6] De Wael [7]

RankGymnastNationScore
Gold medal icon.svg Leon Štukelj Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 57.75
Silver medal icon.svg Ladislav Vácha Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 57.50
Bronze medal icon.svg Emanuel Löffler Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 56.50
4 Romeo Neri Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 56.00
5 Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.00
6 Bedřich Šupčík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 54.75
7 Paul Krempel US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 54.50
8 Jan Gajdoš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 54.25
Georges Miez Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 54.25
Armand Solbach Flag of France.svg  France 54.25
11 Edvard Antonijevič Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 54.00
12 Heikki Savolainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 53.75
13 Janez Porenta Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 53.25
14 Vittorio Lucchetti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 53.00
15 Al Jochim US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 52.75
Anton Malej Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 52.75
Václav Veselý Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 52.75
18 Jan Koutný Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 52.50
Eugen Mack Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 52.50
Josip Primožič Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 52.50
Martti Uosikkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 52.50
22 Josef Effenberger Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 52.00
23 Melchior Wezel Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 51.75
24 Mario Lertora Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 51.50
25 Alfred Krauss Flag of France.svg  France 51.25
26 André Lemoine Flag of France.svg  France 50.75
Edi Steinemann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 50.75
28 Giuseppe Lupi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 50.50
Ezio Roselli Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 50.50
30 Giuseppe Paris Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 50.25
István Pelle Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 50.25
32 Jaakko Kunnas Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50.00
33 Antoine Chatelaine Flag of France.svg  France 49.75
Urho Korhonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49.75
Ferdinando Mandrini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 49.75
36 Hermann Hänggi Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 49.50
37 Dragutin Cioti Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 49.25
Boris Gregorka Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 49.25
39 Rezső Kende Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 49.00
Stane Derganc Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 49.00
41 Elias Melkman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.75
Étienne Schmitt Flag of France.svg  France 48.75
Ladislav Tikal Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 48.75
44 August Güttinger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 48.50
Mario Tambini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 48.50
46 Jean Larrouy Flag of France.svg  France 48.00
47 Glenn Berry US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 47.75
Jean Gounot Flag of France.svg  France 47.75
49 Hans Grieder Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 47.50
Georges Leroux Flag of France.svg  France 47.50
Nic Roeser Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 47.50
52 Otto Pfister Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 47.25
53Mathias LogelinFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 47.00
54 Fränz Zouang Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 46.75
55 Mozes Jacobs Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46.00
56 Rafael Ylönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 45.00
57 Miklós Péter Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 44.75
58 Frank Haubold US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 44.50
Josy Staudt Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 44.50
60 Birger Stenman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 43.00
61 Herman Witzig US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 42.75
62 Kalervo Kinos Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 42.50
Gyula Kunszt Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 42.50
Harold Newhart US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 42.50
65 Edouard Grethen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 42.25
66 Jean-Pierre Urbing Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 41.75
67 Arthur Whitford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41.50
68 John Pearson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 41.25
69 Mathias Erang Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 40.25
70 Elemér Pászti Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 40.00
Willibrordus Pouw Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 40.00
72 Albert Neumann Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 39.75
Israel Wijnschenk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 39.75
74 Bart Cronin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 39.25
Frank Kriz US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 39.25
76 József Szalai Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 39.00
77 Pieter van Dam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 38.25
E. W. Warren Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 38.25
79 Jacobus van der Vinden Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 37.25
80 Géza Tóth Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 36.25
81 Klaas Boot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 36.00
82 E. A. Walton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 35.50
83 T. B. Parkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 34.50
84 Henry Finchett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 34.25
85 Samuel Humphreys Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 33.75
86 Hugo Licher Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 32.75
87 G. C. Raynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 31.25
Imre Erdődy Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary DNF

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