Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Festival Hall
Dates3–7 December
Competitors63 from 18 nations
Winning score114.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Viktor Chukarin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Takashi Ono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Yury Titov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1952
1960  

The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics was held at the West Melbourne Stadium from 3 to 7 December. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. [1] There were 63 competitors from 18 nations, with each nation entering up to 6 gymnasts. [2] The event was won by Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, the second man to successfully defend an all-around title (after Alberto Braglia in 1908 and 1912) and fourth to earn multiple medals of any color. His countryman Yury Titov took bronze. Takashi Ono of Japan earned silver. It was the first medal in the event for Japan, beginning that nation's nearly four-decade battle with the Soviet Union for dominance. Every men's all-around medal from 1956 to 1976 was won by a gymnast from one of those two nations; from 1952 to 1988, the Soviets won six of the ten gold medals while Japan won the other four.

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Background

This was the 12th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900. [2]

Three of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1952 Games returned: gold medalist Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Valentin Muratov of the Soviet Union, and ninth-place finisher Helmut Bantz of Germany. Chukarin and Muratov had tied for the World Championship in 1954. [2]

Australia made its debut in the event. East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. France made its 10th appearance, tying the absent Italy for most among nations.

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 12 exercise scores were summed to give an individual all-around total.

No separate finals were contested.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, apparatus scores from 0 to 20, and individual totals from 0 to 120.

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

The results of the competition are shown below. [3]

RankGymnastNationExercise resultsTotal
Gymnastique au sol.svg Gymnastique aux anneaux.svg Cheval d'arcon.svg Saut de cheval.svg Barres paralleles.svg Barre fixe.svg
CVTCVTCVTCVTCVTCVT
Gold medal icon.svg Viktor Chukarin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.559.5519.109.409.6019.009.509.6019.109.259.3518.609.559.6519.209.559.7019.25114.25
Silver medal icon.svg Takashi Ono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.409.3518.759.509.5519.059.509.7019.209.209.3018.509.609.5019.109.759.8519.60114.20
Bronze medal icon.svg Yury Titov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.509.4518.959.409.4518.859.459.5519.009.359.4018.759.409.4518.859.709.7019.40113.80
4 Masao Takemoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.009.5018.509.609.5019.109.459.4518.909.209.4518.659.409.7019.109.709.6019.30113.55
5 Valentin Muratov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.609.6019.209.609.5519.159.459.3518.809.409.4518.859.309.4018.709.559.0518.60113.30
6 Helmut Bantz Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.359.4018.759.259.3518.609.359.4018.759.409.4518.859.459.3518.809.509.6519.15112.90
7 Albert Azaryan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8.909.0517.959.559.8019.359.259.5018.759.159.4018.559.309.7019.009.409.5518.95112.55
8 Masami Kubota Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.309.4018.709.609.5019.109.359.3018.659.259.0518.309.559.6019.159.209.4018.60112.50
Boris Shakhlin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8.959.3018.259.359.3518.709.509.7519.259.359.3518.709.309.5518.859.309.4518.75112.50
10 Nobuyuki Aihara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.509.6019.109.559.5019.059.359.4018.759.208.9018.109.359.5518.909.309.2518.55112.45
11 Kalevi Suoniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.359.3518.709.309.5018.809.359.4518.809.159.4018.559.259.5518.809.259.4518.70112.35
12 Shinsaku Tsukawaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.309.4018.709.509.5019.009.209.2518.459.209.2518.459.459.4018.859.309.4518.75112.20
13 Ferdinand Daniš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.409.4018.809.459.4518.909.408.8518.259.309.1018.409.409.3018.709.459.4018.85111.90
14 Pavel Stolbov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.159.3518.509.409.4018.809.409.5018.909.109.2518.358.559.4017.959.559.7019.25111.75
15 Berndt Lindfors Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.059.4518.509.459.4018.859.459.3518.808.809.1017.909.459.4518.909.209.4518.65111.60
16 Akira Kono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.409.1018.509.409.3018.709.009.6018.609.009.3018.309.409.3018.709.309.4518.75111.55
17 Jack Beckner US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.259.2518.508.709.0517.759.309.1018.409.259.3518.609.409.3518.759.409.6019.00111.00
18 Josef Škvor Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.909.1018.009.159.0518.209.459.6019.059.209.2518.459.209.2518.459.209.5018.70110.85
19 Velik Kapsazov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.009.1518.159.209.2518.459.309.3518.659.109.1518.259.209.3018.509.409.3518.75110.75
20 Robert Klein Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.309.2018.509.409.3518.758.959.0518.009.309.3018.609.209.1018.309.259.2018.45110.60
Martti Mansikka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.309.4018.709.159.0518.209.309.3518.659.209.3518.559.159.3518.508.909.1018.00110.60
22 Onni Lappalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.209.3018.508.959.2018.159.059.4018.459.009.2518.259.309.5518.859.009.2518.25110.45
23 Vladimír Kejř Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.109.3018.409.309.2018.509.159.1018.259.109.4518.559.159.1518.309.209.1018.30110.30
24 Attila Takács Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.159.2518.408.959.2518.209.109.3518.459.209.3518.559.409.2518.659.458.4517.90110.15
25 Theo Wied Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.209.2018.409.058.7517.808.909.0517.959.309.4018.709.159.2018.359.259.4518.70109.90
26 Zdeněk Růžička Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.009.2018.209.109.2018.309.158.7017.859.109.1018.209.009.3018.309.459.3518.80109.65
27 Olavi Leimuvirta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.959.2018.158.758.4017.159.359.3018.659.109.3018.409.209.6518.858.959.2018.15109.35
Jaroslav Mikoška Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.109.1018.208.758.9017.659.358.7518.109.209.2018.409.359.3518.709.358.9518.30109.35
29 Hans Pfann Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 8.859.3018.159.109.1018.209.258.9518.209.059.2518.309.309.2518.558.559.2017.75109.15
30 Josy Stoffel Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 9.209.0018.208.508.9017.409.309.4518.759.009.4018.409.308.5017.809.259.2018.45109.00
31 Armando Vega US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.209.4018.609.059.4018.458.608.7517.359.109.3018.408.109.5017.609.158.9018.05108.45
32 Raymond Dot Flag of France.svg  France 8.609.1017.708.858.6017.458.709.1017.809.009.2518.259.259.1518.409.409.4018.80108.40
William Thoresson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.509.6019.108.208.4016.608.908.8017.709.209.3018.509.409.3018.709.058.7517.80108.40
Charles Simms US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.558.7017.258.708.8017.509.358.8018.159.159.3018.459.109.3018.409.209.4518.65108.40
35 Dick Beckner US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.859.0517.909.359.3018.658.708.8017.508.859.2018.058.559.2017.759.109.3518.45108.30
36 Jaroslav Bím Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7.908.7016.608.909.2018.109.359.6018.959.009.0018.009.159.1018.259.059.3018.35108.25
37 Raimo Heinonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.609.1517.757.858.9016.758.909.2518.159.059.0518.109.209.4518.659.259.4518.70108.10
38 Nik Stuart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.209.2018.409.157.7016.859.309.2518.558.658.9017.559.159.1518.309.159.0518.20107.85
39 Abie Grossfeld US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.109.3018.409.208.3017.508.658.6517.308.859.1017.958.759.1017.859.359.4018.75107.75
40 Michel Mathiot Flag of France.svg  France 9.009.1518.158.608.4017.009.209.0018.208.809.1017.909.109.3018.409.158.7517.90107.55
41 Erich Wied Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 8.609.2017.808.708.9517.658.608.7017.309.209.3018.509.009.1018.108.659.5018.15107.50
42 Jakob Kiefer Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 8.859.1518.008.358.1516.509.208.8518.059.309.3018.609.208.4517.659.259.4018.65107.45
43 Bill Tom US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.009.2018.208.108.7516.858.609.1517.759.109.2518.359.059.3018.358.809.0517.85107.35
44 János Héder Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 8.409.0017.408.909.2018.108.809.0517.859.009.2018.209.209.1018.309.208.2517.45107.30
45 Stoyan Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.809.1017.907.058.6015.659.108.7517.859.159.2018.359.359.1518.509.359.4518.80107.05
46 Jean Guillou Flag of France.svg  France 8.958.9017.858.608.0016.609.408.4517.858.909.0017.909.358.6017.959.309.2018.50106.65
47 Mincho Todorov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.359.4518.807.657.9015.558.508.9017.409.059.3018.359.108.9018.009.009.1018.10106.20
48 Kurt Wigartz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.259.4018.656.908.4015.308.859.0018.859.259.2018.458.809.0517.859.208.8518.05106.15
49 Ed Gagnier Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 8.859.2018.058.408.4516.858.509.2017.709.009.0518.058.858.8017.657.658.4516.10104.40
50 Frank Turner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.058.5016.558.758.5017.258.557.8016.358.908.7017.608.758.9017.658.958.8017.75103.15
51 Ronnie Lombard Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 8.008.2516.257.608.3015.909.059.0018.059.008.9017.907.657.1514.809.058.9017.95100.85
52 Rafael Lecuona Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 8.308.0516.357.708.3016.008.909.1518.058.958.9017.858.508.9517.456.757.8014.55100.25
53 Jack Wells Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 8.458.0516.507.358.5015.858.708.7517.458.608.8517.457.407.9515.358.508.7017.2099.80
54 Graham Bond Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.658.0015.657.007.8514.856.957.0013.959.008.8017.808.158.3516.508.908.7517.6596.40
55 David Gourlay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.258.0016.257.557.9015.457.507.2014.709.009.0518.057.807.6515.458.107.9016.0095.90
56 John Lees Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.257.5014.757.958.4516.407.707.8515.557.508.9016.408.008.1516.157.706.1013.8093.05
57 Bruce Sharp Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.808.8017.608.107.8515.955.654.9510.609.259.1018.358.208.3016.507.306.6513.9592.95
58 Brian Blackburn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.859.0517.907.507.0514.555.007.1012.109.008.9517.958.457.2515.708.205.0013.2091.40
59 Noel Punton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.558.5017.056.807.5514.355.507.1012.609.058.8517.907.707.6515.354.504.008.5085.75
60 Hans Sauter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8.508.508.558.7017.259.109.109.008.9517.959.058.8017.859.209.2079.85
61 Pritam Singh Flag of India.svg  India 7.807.3015.106.004.7510.754.505.7510.258.158.0516.207.506.0013.505.805.7511.5577.35
62 Sham Lal Flag of India.svg  India 6.456.8013.256.906.6013.503.406.6010.008.358.1516.506.257.1013.354.006.5010.5077.10
63 Anant Ram Flag of India.svg  India 5.007.5012.504.752.006.752.006.258.258.457.2015.657.205.5012.708.201.509.7065.55

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The men's rings competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Töölö Sports Hall, Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the eighth appearance of the event. There were 185 competitors from 29 nations, with each nation sending up to 8 gymnasts. The Soviet Union, in its debut in the event, won a medal of every color but did not quite sweep the medals as there was a tie for third. Hrant Shahinyan was the winner, Viktor Chukarin took silver, and Dmytro Leonkin shared bronze with Hans Eugster of Switzerland.

Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Mens vault Olympic gymnastics event

The men's vault competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Töölö Sports Hall, Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the eighth appearance of the event. There were 185 competitors from 29 nations, with nations competing in the team event entering up to 8 gymnasts and other nations able to send up to 3. The event was won by Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, the nation's first medal in the event in its first appearance. Japan also earned its first medal(s): a silver and two bronzes, as Masao Takemoto finished second and there was a tie for third between Takashi Ono and Tadao Uesako.

Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Mens parallel bars Olympic gymnastics event

The men's parallel bars competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the eighth appearance of the event. There were 185 competitors from 29 nations, with each nation sending up to 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Hans Eugster of Switzerland, the nation's second consecutive and third overall victory in the parallel bars, breaking a tie with Germany for most all-time. Switzerland also took bronze, as Josef Stalder repeated his 1948 third-place performance. The Soviet Union's debut resulted in a silver medal for Viktor Chukarin, who would become the third multi-medalist in 1956.

References

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