Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's floor

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Men's floor exercise
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Valentin Muratov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Nobuyuki Aihara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg William Thoresson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Viktor Chukarin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
  1952
1960  

These are the results of the men's floor competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

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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.

Results

RankGymnastNationCompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Valentin Muratov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 9.609.6019.20
Silver medal icon.svg Viktor Chukarin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 9.559.5519.10
Silver medal icon.svg William Thoresson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.509.6019.10
Silver medal icon.svg Nobuyuki Aihara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.509.6019.10
5 Yury Titov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 9.509.4518.95
6 Ferdinand Daniš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.409.4018.80
6 Mincho Todorov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.359.4518.80
8 Helmut Bantz Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.359.4018.75
8 Takashi Ono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.409.3518.75
10 Kalevi Suoniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.359.3518.70
10 Martti Mansikka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.309.4018.70
10 Shinsaku Tsukawaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.309.4018.70
10 Masami Kubota Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.309.4018.70
14 Kurt Wigartz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.259.4018.65
15 Armando Vega US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.209.4018.60
16 Masao Takemoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.009.5018.50
16 Jack Beckner US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.259.2518.50
16 Robert Klein Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.309.2018.50
16 Pavel Stolbov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 9.159.3518.50
16 Akira Kono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.409.1018.50
16 Onni Lappalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.209.3018.50
16 Berndt Lindfors Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.059.4518.50
23 Theo Wied Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 9.209.2018.40
23 Vladimír Kejř Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.109.3018.40
23 Attila Takács Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.159.2518.40
23 Abie Grossfeld US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.109.3018.40
23 Nik Stuart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.209.2018.40
28 Boris Shakhlin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 8.959.3018.25
29 Jaroslav Mikoška Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.109.1018.20
29 Josy Stoffel Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 9.209.0018.20
29 Bill Tom US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9.009.2018.20
29 Zdeněk Růžička Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.009.2018.20
33 Olavi Leimuvirta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.959.2018.15
33 Hans Pfann Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 8.859.3018.15
33 Velik Kapsazov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.009.1518.15
33 Michel Mathiot Flag of France.svg  France 9.009.1518.15
37 Ed Gagnier Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 8.859.2018.05
38 Jakob Kiefer Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 8.859.1518.00
38 Josef Škvor Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.909.1018.00
40 Albert Azaryan Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 8.909.0517.95
41 Stoyan Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.809.1017.90
41 Dick Beckner US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.859.0517.90
41 Brian Blackburn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.859.0517.90
44 Jean Guillou Flag of France.svg  France 8.958.9017.85
45 Erich Wied Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 8.609.2017.80
46 Raimo Heinonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.609.1517.75
47 Raymond Dot Flag of France.svg  France 8.609.1017.70
48 Bruce Sharp Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.808.8017.60
49 János Héder Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 8.409.0017.40
50 Charles Simms US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.558.7017.25
51 Noel Punton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.558.5017.05
52 Jaroslav Bím Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7.908.7016.60
53 Frank Turner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.058.5016.55
54 Jack Wells Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 8.458.0516.50
55 Rafael Lecuona Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 8.308.0516.35
56 David Gourlay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.258.0016.25
56 Ronnie Lombard Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 8.008.2516.25
58 Graham Bond Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.658.0015.65
59 Pritam Singh Flag of India.svg  India 7.807.3015.10
60 John Lees Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.257.5014.75
61 Sham Lal Flag of India.svg  India 6.456.8013.25
62 Anant Ram Flag of India.svg  India 5.007.5012.50
63 Hans Sauter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8.508.50

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