Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Albert Azaryan stamp.jpg
Albert Azaryan depicted on Armenian stamp
Venue Festival Hall
Dates3–7 December
Competitors63 from 18 nations
Winning score19.35
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Albert Azaryan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Valentin Muratov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Masao Takemoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Masumi Kubota
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
  1952
1960  

The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. It was held from 3 to 7 December at the Melbourne Festival Hall. There were 63 competitors from 18 nations (down sharply from the 185 gymnasts in 1952), with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. [1] The event was won by Albert Azaryan of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the rings. Another Soviet, Valentin Muratov, took silver (the second consecutive silver in the event for the Soviets, as well). Masumi Kubota and Masao Takemoto earned Japan's first medals in the event, tying for bronze.

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Background

This was the ninth 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 1952 returned: silver medalist Viktor Chukarin and fifth-place finisher Valentin Muratov of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher Masao Takemoto of Japan, and seventh-place finisher Berndt Lindfors of Finland. At the 1954 world championships, the Soviet Union had swept the top 6 places, with Albert Azaryan the victor. [1]

Australia and Canada each made their debut in the men's rings; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States made its eighth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format, mostly following the scoring tweaks made in 1952. Each nation entered either a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The 2 exercise scores were summed to give an apparatus total. No separate finals were contested.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20. [2]

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 3 December 1956
Tuesday, 4 December 1956
Wednesday, 5 December 1956
Thursday, 6 December 1956
Friday, 7 December 1956
8:00Final

Results

RankGymnastNationCompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Albert Azaryan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.559.8019.35
Silver medal icon.svg Valentin Muratov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.609.5519.15
Bronze medal icon.svg Masao Takemoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.609.5019.10
Masami Kubota Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.609.5019.10
5 Takashi Ono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.509.5519.05
Nobuyuki Aihara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.559.5019.05
7 Viktor Chukarin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.409.6019.00
Shinsaku Tsukawaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.509.5019.00
9 Ferdinand Daniš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.459.4518.90
10 Yury Titov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.409.4518.85
Berndt Lindfors Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.459.4018.85
12 Pavel Stolbov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.409.4018.80
Kalevi Suoniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.309.5018.80
14 Robert Klein Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.409.3518.75
15 Boris Shakhlin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.359.3518.70
Akira Kono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.409.3018.70
17 Dick Beckner US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.359.3018.65
18 Helmut Bantz Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.259.3518.60
19 Vladimír Kejř Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.309.2018.50
20 Velik Kapsazov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.209.2518.45
Armando Vega US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.059.4018.45
22 Zdeněk Růžička Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.109.2018.30
23 Josef Škvor Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.159.0518.20
Martti Mansikka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.159.0518.20
Attila Takács Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 8.959.2518.20
Hans Pfann Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.109.1018.20
27 Onni Lappalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.959.2018.15
28 Jaroslav Bím Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.909.2018.10
János Héder Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 8.909.2018.10
30 Theo Wied Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.058.7517.80
31 Jack Beckner US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.709.0517.75
32 Jaroslav Mikoška Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.758.9017.65
Erich Wied Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 8.708.9517.65
34 Charles Simms US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.708.8017.50
Abie Grossfeld US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.208.3017.50
36 Raymond Dot Flag of France.svg  France 8.858.6017.45
37 Josy Stoffel Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 8.508.9017.40
38 Frank Turner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.758.5017.25
Hans Sauter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8.558.7017.25
40 Olavi Leimuvirta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.758.4017.15
41 Michel Mathiot Flag of France.svg  France 8.608.4017.00
42 Nik Stuart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.157.7016.85
Bill Tom US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.108.7516.85
Ed Gagnier Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 8.408.4516.85
45 Raimo Heinonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7.858.9016.75
46 Jean Guillou Flag of France.svg  France 8.608.0016.60
William Thoresson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.208.4016.60
48 Jakob Kiefer Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 8.358.1516.50
49 John Lees Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.958.4516.40
50 Rafael Lecuona Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7.708.3016.00
51 Bruce Sharp Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.107.8515.95
52 Ronnie Lombard Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 7.608.3015.90
53 Jack Wells Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 7.358.5015.85
54 Stoyan Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 7.058.6015.65
55 Mincho Todorov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 7.657.9015.55
56 David Gourlay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.557.9015.45
57 Kurt Wigartz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6.908.4015.30
58 Graham Bond Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.007.8514.85
59 Brian Blackburn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.507.0514.55
60 Noel Punton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.807.5514.35
61 Sham Lal Flag of India.svg  India 6.906.6013.50
62 Pritam Singh Flag of India.svg  India 6.004.7510.75
63 Anant Ram Flag of India.svg  India 4.752.006.75

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