Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Men's artistic individual all-around; at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
	Gold medalist Boris Shakhlin during the pommel horse segment
Venue	Baths of Caracalla
Dates	5–7 September 1960
Competitors	130 from 27 nations
Winning score	115.95
Medalists
	← 1956 1964 →

Last updated January 03, 2025

The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held at the Baths of Caracalla from 5 to 7 September. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event.^[1] There were 130 competitors from 28 nations.^[2] Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to two individual gymnasts. The event was won by Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, the nation's third consecutive victory in the event, putting the Soviets second all-time to that point (behind Italy's four). Takashi Ono of Japan and Yuri Titov of the Soviet Union repeated as silver and bronze medalists, respectively; they were the fifth and sixth men to earn multiple medals in the event.

Background

This was the 13th 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]

Six of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1956 Games returned: silver medalist Takashi Ono, fourth-place finisher Masao Takemoto, and tenth-place finisher Nobuyuki Aihara of Japan and bronze medalist Yury Titov, seventh-place finisher Albert Azaryan, and eighth-place finisher Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union. Shakhlin was the reigning (1958) World Champion, with Ono and Titov finishing second and third.^[2]

Morocco, South Korea, and the United Arab Republic each made their debut in the event. France and Italy both made their 11th appearance, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

The gymnastics all-around events continued to use the aggregation format. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 130th. There was no all-around final.

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

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 5 September 1960	8:00 17:00	Preliminary: Compulsory
Wednesday, 7 September 1960	8:00 17:00	Preliminary: Voluntary

Results

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Apparatus results												Total

			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Boris Shakhlin	Soviet Union	18.95	7	19.50	2	19.35	1	19.20	3	19.40	1	19.55	3	115.95
	Takashi Ono	Japan	19.00	4	19.45	3	19.15	4	19.30	1	19.40	1	19.60	1	115.90
	Yury Titov	Soviet Union	19.25	2	19.45	4	19.20	3	19.00	5	19.20	6	19.50	4	115.60
4	Shuji Tsurumi	Japan	18.85	13	19.20	9	19.10	6	19.00	5	19.15	8	19.25	8	114.55
5	Yukio Endo	Japan	18.90	10	19.00	12	18.85	10	19.05	4	19.20	6	19.45	6	114.45
5	Masao Takemoto	Japan	18.80	14	19.25	8	18.60	26	19.00	5	19.25	4	19.55	2	114.45
7	Nobuyuki Aihara	Japan	19.30	1	19.40	5	18.60	26	18.85	9	19.25	4	19.00	13	114.40
8	Miroslav Cerar	Yugoslavia	18.75	17	19.05	11	19.05	7	18.75	13	19.15	8	19.50	4	114.25
9	Takashi Mitsukuri	Japan	19.00	4	19.00	12	19.15	4	18.95	8	18.80	19	19.20	9	114.10
10	Franco Menichelli	Italy	19.05	3	19.30	7	18.65	23	18.85	9	19.15	8	18.80	20	113.80
11	Albert Azaryan	Soviet Union	18.55	24	19.75	1	18.55	30	18.70	14	18.35	46	19.45	6	113.35
12	Vladimir Portnoy	Soviet Union	18.95	7	19.00	12	18.70	18	19.25	2	18.40	42	19.00	13	113.30
13	Nikolai Miligulo	Soviet Union	18.80	14	19.00	12	18.85	10	18.80	12	18.75	23	18.85	17	113.05
14	Giovanni Carminucci	Italy	18.50	26	18.40	46	18.55	30	18.85	9	19.35	3	18.65	28	112.30
15	Ferdinand Daniš	Czechoslovakia	18.70	19	18.80	21	18.30	42	18.35	28	18.80	19	19.15	11	112.10
16	Otto Kestola	Finland	18.75	17	18.90	19	18.15	51	18.10	46	19.00	14	19.10	12	112.00
17	Valery Kerdemelidi	Soviet Union	18.80	14	19.20	9	18.80	12	18.60	16	17.35	97	19.20	9	111.95
18	Jaroslav Šťastný	Czechoslovakia	19.00	4	17.95	77	18.80	12	18.45	20	18.40	42	18.90	16	111.50
18	Josy Stoffel	Luxembourg	18.25	46	18.55	39	18.70	18	18.45	20	18.70	26	18.85	17	111.50
20	Velik Kapsazov	Bulgaria	18.25	46	19.35	6	18.30	42	17.95	58	18.60	31	18.70	26	111.15
21	Ernst Fivian	Switzerland	18.95	7	18.00	73	18.15	51	18.45	20	19.05	13	18.45	42	111.05
21	Larry Banner	United States	18.30	39	18.80	21	19.00	8	18.35	28	18.10	60	18.50	38	111.05
23	Jaroslav Bím	Czechoslovakia	18.15	60	18.60	36	18.50	33	18.20	39	18.80	19	18.75	22	111.00
24	Angelo Vicardi	Italy	18.45	30	18.20	59	18.65	23	18.65	15	18.65	29	18.30	54	110.90
25	Jack Beckner	United States	18.35	35	18.25	55	18.70	18	18.10	46	18.70	26	18.75	22	110.85
26	Günter Lyhs	United Team of Germany	18.55	24	18.55	39	17.90	65	18.40	26	18.85	18	18.55	33	110.80
27	Don Tonry	United States	18.50	26	18.20	59	18.60	26	18.45	20	18.45	37	18.55	33	110.75
28	Siegfried Fülle	United Team of Germany	18.90	10	18.80	21	18.25	46	18.25	34	18.05	66	18.35	50	110.60
28	Pavel Gajdoš	Czechoslovakia	18.35	35	18.30	52	18.70	18	18.45	20	18.25	52	18.55	33	110.60
30	Eugen Ekman	Finland	18.10	62	18.15	66	19.25	2	17.55	89	18.65	29	18.75	22	110.45
31	Pasquale Carminucci	Italy	18.30	39	18.80	21	18.35	40	18.25	34	18.35	46	18.35	50	110.40
32	Lajos Varga	Hungary	18.20	52	18.75	25	18.05	57	18.25	34	18.70	26	18.40	46	110.35
33	Josef Trmal	Czechoslovakia	18.45	30	18.95	16	18.30	42	18.40	26	18.10	60	18.05	65	110.25
33	Olavi Leimuvirta	Finland	18.10	62	18.30	52	18.20	48	18.15	43	18.95	16	18.55	33	110.25
35	Rajmund Csányi	Hungary	18.20	52	18.70	30	18.00	59	18.25	34	18.15	56	18.80	20	110.10
36	Abie Grossfeld	United States	18.30	39	18.75	25	17.75	76	17.85	63	18.45	37	18.95	15	110.05
37	Max Benker	Switzerland	18.00	69	18.05	71	18.20	48	18.35	28	19.00	14	18.40	46	110.00
38	Orlando Polmonari	Italy	18.10	62	18.30	52	18.80	12	18.00	52	18.20	54	18.55	33	109.95
39	Alojz Petrovič	Yugoslavia	18.10	62	18.55	39	18.30	42	18.25	34	18.35	46	18.35	50	109.90
40	Kauko Heikkinen	Finland	18.45	30	17.90	79	19.00	8	17.65	81	18.45	37	18.40	46	109.85
40	Fritz Feuz	Switzerland	18.20	52	18.20	59	18.60	26	18.15	43	19.15	8	17.55	87	109.85
42	Åge Storhaug	Norway	18.45	30	18.20	59	18.75	15	17.55	89	18.45	37	18.20	59	109.60
42	Raimo Heinonen	Finland	17.95	71	18.10	69	18.25	46	17.80	68	18.75	23	18.75	22	109.60
44	Fred Orlofsky	United States	17.90	75	18.60	36	18.50	33	18.55	17	18.45	37	17.45	91	109.45
45	Sakari Olkkonen	Finland	17.90	75	18.65	34	18.45	36	18.05	51	18.40	42	17.95	72	109.40
46	Andrzej Konopka	Poland	18.50	26	18.45	43	17.95	62	17.45	93	18.35	46	18.50	38	109.20
47	Hans Schwarzentruber	Switzerland	18.25	46	18.45	43	18.00	59	18.10	46	18.60	31	17.75	81	109.15
47	André Brüllmann	Switzerland	17.95	71	18.00	73	18.10	54	17.75	69	18.90	17	18.45	42	109.15
49	Rudolf Keszthelyi	Hungary	18.60	22	18.45	43	17.85	69	18.00	52	18.20	54	18.00	70	109.10
50	Erwin Koppe	United Team of Germany	18.30	39	18.95	16	17.15	86	17.65	81	18.55	35	18.45	42	109.05
	Bernard Fauqueux	France	18.25	46	18.35	49	17.90	65	18.00	52	18.15	56	18.40	46	109.05
	Gianfranco Marzolla	Italy	18.05	66	18.70	30	18.75	15	18.20	39	17.45	92	17.90	76	109.05
53	Gar O'Quinn	United States	18.30	39	17.60	88	18.75	15	17.90	61	18.30	50	18.15	61	109.00
54	Ladislav Pazdera	Czechoslovakia	18.35	35	18.40	46	18.20	48	17.55	89	18.05	66	18.30	54	108.85
55	Nik Stuart	Great Britain	17.95	71	18.75	25	18.15	51	17.70	73	18.00	69	18.25	56	108.80
56	Alfred Kucharczyk	Poland	18.70	19	17.60	88	17.95	62	17.95	58	18.25	52	18.25	56	108.70
	Ivan Čaklec	Yugoslavia	18.50	26	17.35	94	18.65	23	18.10	46	17.50	87	18.60	31	108.70
	Nikola Prodanov	Bulgaria	18.35	35	18.15	66	17.50	80	18.55	17	17.80	78	18.35	50	108.70
59	Günter Nachtigall	United Team of Germany	18.30	39	18.55	39	18.35	40	18.30	33	17.40	96	17.75	81	108.65
60	Ernest Hawełek	Poland	18.05	66	18.25	55	17.95	62	18.00	52	17.80	78	18.50	38	108.55
61	Jerzy Jokiel	Poland	18.90	10	18.00	73	17.80	73	18.00	52	18.10	60	17.65	84	108.45
61	Stig Lindewall	Sweden	18.25	46	18.65	34	17.80	73	17.65	81	18.30	50	17.80	80	108.45
63	Edy Thomi	Switzerland	18.20	52	16.90	105	18.55	30	17.65	81	18.60	31	18.45	42	108.35
64	Stoyan Stoyanov	Bulgaria	17.75	79	18.75	25	15.85	104	18.35	28	18.80	19	18.70	26	108.20
65	Lyuben Khristov	Bulgaria	17.35	92	18.20	59	17.85	69	18.15	43	18.10	60	18.50	38	108.15
66	Milenko Lekić	Yugoslavia	18.20	52	18.05	71	17.85	69	17.90	61	17.95	70	18.10	64	108.05
67	Karlheinz Friedrich	United Team of Germany	18.00	69	18.35	49	17.00	91	18.20	39	17.85	74	18.60	31	108.00
68	Mohamed Lazhari	France	18.25	46	17.45	92	18.10	54	17.15	101	18.10	60	18.65	28	107.70
69	Todor Bachvarov	Bulgaria	17.75	79	18.35	49	18.00	59	16.90	106	18.40	42	18.20	59	107.60
70	Armand Huberty	Luxembourg	17.55	86	18.10	69	17.30	83	17.85	63	17.90	72	18.85	17	107.55
71	Marsel Markulin	Yugoslavia	18.40	34	18.20	59	17.25	85	17.85	63	17.80	78	17.95	72	107.45
72	Józef Rajnisz	Poland	17.35	92	18.70	30	18.50	33	17.70	73	17.05	99	18.05	65	107.35
73	Kurt Wigartz	Sweden	18.20	52	17.45	92	18.45	36	17.70	73	17.50	87	17.75	81	107.05
74	Aleksander Rokosa	Poland	18.20	52	18.60	36	17.50	80	16.55	112	18.55	35	17.40	93	106.80
75	János Mester	Hungary	18.05	66	17.10	102	18.40	38	17.65	81	17.50	87	18.05	65	106.75
76	Philipp Fürst	United Team of Germany	18.60	22	18.95	16	17.90	65	18.20	39	19.15	8	13.85	119	106.65
77	Georgi Khristov	Bulgaria	17.80	77	18.75	25	16.00	103	18.00	52	17.85	74	17.85	78	106.25
77	Robert Caymaris	France	18.15	60	17.30	95	17.35	82	17.85	63	17.70	82	17.90	76	106.25
79	Hans Sauter	Austria	17.00	99	17.90	79	17.90	65	17.70	73	17.65	83	17.95	72	106.10
80	Géza Bejek	Hungary	17.65	81	17.60	88	17.85	69	17.75	69	17.85	74	17.00	99	105.70
81	Jean Jaillard	France	17.25	96	16.65	113	18.40	38	17.70	73	17.50	87	18.15	61	105.65
82	Bo Wirhed	Sweden	17.45	89	17.95	77	18.10	54	18.45	20	16.45	106	17.20	98	105.60
83	Michel Mathiot	France	17.50	88	16.55	115	17.70	77	16.75	110	18.15	56	18.65	28	105.30
84	Sándor Békési	Hungary	18.30	39	17.50	91	17.60	78	18.35	28	18.05	66	15.45	112	105.25
85	Richard Montpetit	Canada	17.65	81	17.25	98	17.15	86	17.70	73	18.10	60	17.35	96	105.20
86	Ismail Abdallah	United Arab Republic	16.75	104	18.20	59	15.40	108	17.95	58	18.60	31	18.00	70	104.90
87	Dragan Gagić	Yugoslavia	18.20	52	17.90	79	18.70	18	17.20	100	16.05	110	16.65	103	104.70
88	Kim Sang-guk	South Korea	17.80	77	18.40	46	15.20	109	17.65	81	17.95	70	17.55	87	104.55
89	Ahmed Goneim	United Arab Republic	16.70	108	17.80	85	17.10	89	17.85	63	17.50	87	17.55	87	104.50
90	Johann König	Austria	17.10	98	17.20	100	17.30	83	17.45	93	17.05	99	18.25	56	104.35
91	Leif Koorn	Sweden	17.65	81	18.85	20	18.05	57	17.75	69	15.50	113	16.50	104	104.30
92	William Thoresson	Sweden	18.65	21	16.80	107	17.10	89	18.50	19	16.70	104	15.90	109	103.65
93	Daniel Touche	France	17.95	71	17.85	83	16.75	92	15.10	122	17.90	72	18.05	65	103.60
94	Hermann Klien	Austria	16.85	102	16.80	107	17.60	78	16.90	106	17.85	74	17.50	90	103.50
95	Jaime Belenguer	Spain	16.70	108	17.30	95	17.80	73	16.45	114	18.15	56	16.90	100	103.30
96	Ahmed Dakkeli	United Arab Republic	17.25	96	18.25	55	15.05	110	16.85	108	17.60	85	18.15	61	103.15
97	Michel Kiesgen	Luxembourg	15.80	122	18.15	66	16.50	97	16.65	111	17.00	101	17.85	78	101.95
98	Emilio Lecuona	Spain	16.35	114	18.25	55	16.55	96	17.40	95	16.10	107	17.25	97	101.90
99	Dick Gradley	Great Britain	17.60	85	17.85	83	16.35	100	15.05	123	17.45	92	17.45	91	101.75
100	Marcel Coppin	Luxembourg	16.90	101	16.70	111	15.50	107	17.60	87	17.25	98	17.60	86	101.55
101	Abdel Vares Sharraf	United Arab Republic	16.50	113	18.70	30	16.65	95	17.40	95	15.95	111	16.30	106	101.50
102	Jack Pancott	Great Britain	17.65	81	17.30	95	16.40	99	17.35	98	17.45	92	15.00	116	101.15
103	Ramón García	Spain	16.75	104	17.80	85	16.10	102	16.40	115	16.95	102	16.70	102	100.70
104	Willi Kafel	Austria	17.55	86	16.70	111	16.75	92	17.75	69	14.45	120	17.40	93	100.60
105	Jean Cronstedt	Sweden	17.30	95	17.65	87	16.50	97	15.05	123	16.10	107	17.65	84	100.25
106	Enrique Montserrat	Spain	15.45	124	17.90	79	15.80	105	17.70	73	17.45	92	15.25	113	99.55
107	Luis Valbuena	Spain	17.45	89	18.00	73	17.15	86	17.70	73	17.55	86	11.05	122	98.90
108	René Marteaux	Belgium	16.25	117	17.25	98	15.05	110	17.60	87	17.65	83	15.05	115	98.85
109	Selim El-Sayed	United Arab Republic	16.70	108	16.15	117	14.35	116	17.55	89	17.75	81	16.25	107	98.75
110	Ahmed Issam Allam	United Arab Republic	16.80	103	16.75	110	12.70	120	16.30	117	18.75	23	17.40	93	98.70
111	Gerhard Huber	Austria	16.30	116	17.15	101	16.35	100	17.10	102	16.10	107	15.65	110	98.65
112	John Mulhall	Great Britain	16.35	114	16.65	113	14.70	113	17.05	104	16.95	102	15.95	108	97.65
113	Benjamin de Roo	Australia	16.75	104	16.85	106	14.15	117	16.35	116	16.50	105	15.65	110	96.25
114	Ken Buffin	Great Britain	15.05	125	15.75	118	14.40	115	17.35	98	15.15	118	17.95	72	95.65
115	Graham Bond	Australia	16.20	118	17.10	102	14.00	118	14.65	125	15.45	115	18.05	65	95.45
116	Juan Caviglia	Argentina	17.35	92	15.40	119	14.50	114	16.30	117	14.10	122	16.50	104	94.15
117	Léopold Desmet	Belgium	16.55	111	16.95	104	12.40	121	17.40	95	15.85	112	14.15	118	93.30
118	Armando Valles	Mexico	16.10	120	16.80	107	16.75	92	15.55	121	15.05	119	11.80	121	92.05
119	Hubert Erang	Luxembourg	16.75	104	14.75	121	14.85	112	17.10	102	15.30	116	13.10	120	91.85
120	Hermenegildo Candeias	Portugal	16.55	111	16.20	116	15.65	106	8.75	129	15.30	116	15.20	114	87.65
121	François Eisenbarth	Luxembourg	13.95	127	15.25	120	12.75	119	16.20	119	14.20	121	14.75	117	87.10
122	Anton Hertl	Austria	17.00	99	7.50	128	6.70	128	16.50	113	15.50	113	16.75	101	79.95
123	Mohamed Sekkat	Morocco	16.15	119	13.35	122	10.35	122	14.45	126	14.10	122	10.45	124	78.85
124	Ahmed Fellat	Morocco	15.60	123	8.75	125	9.50	123	15.65	120	10.40	124	10.80	123	70.70
125	Miloud M'Sellek	Morocco	12.15	128	12.20	123	7.00	127	16.80	109	9.50	126	7.35	127	65.00
126	Abdesselem Regragui	Morocco	14.10	126	7.50	128	8.75	125	12.75	127	10.25	125	9.15	125	62.50
127	Darif Tanjaoui	Morocco	15.95	121	8.20	127	9.05	124	11.50	128	9.25	127	6.00	129	59.95
128	Peter Starling	Great Britain	7.95	129	8.50	126	8.65	126	17.00	105	7.95	128	7.65	126	57.70
129	Hermenegildo Martínez	Spain	17.40	91	9.35	124	—	—	18.10	46	—	—	6.40	128	51.25
130	Kacem Klifa	Morocco	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.50	129	4.00	130	6.50

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The men's parallel bars was a gymnastics event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. The event was held on 18, 20, and 23 October. There were 128 competitors from 29 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Yukio Endo of Japan, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars after two Games with silver and bronze medals. It was the first of a four-Games gold medal streak for Japanese gymnasts in the event. Japan also took silver, with Shuji Tsurumi finishing second. Bronze went to Franco Menichelli of Italy.

The men's horizontal bar was a gymnastics event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. The event was held on 18, 20, and 23 October. There were 128 competitors from 29 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the horizontal bar after two Games with silver and bronze medals. The Soviets also took silver, with Yuri Titov finishing second. Shakhlin and Titov were the fifth and sixth men to win multiple medals in the horizontal bar. Bronze went to Miroslav Cerar of Yugoslavia.

The men's individual all-around was a gymnastics event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. It was held on 18 and 20 October. There were 130 competitors from 30 nations. Each nation could send a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 3 individuals. The event was won by Yukio Endō of Japan, the nation's first victory in the event after two consecutive Games with silver medals. Endō snapped the Soviet Union's three-Games gold medal streak and started a three-Games streak for Japan, as the two nations reached the height of their four-decade combined dominance of the event. Three silver medals were awarded after a tie between Viktor Lisitsky and Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union and Shuji Tsurumi of Japan. Shakhlin, the defending gold medalist, thus became the seventh man to win multiple medals in the all-around. For the second consecutive Games, Japan and the Soviet Union took 11 of the top 13 places.

The men's horizontal bar competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 27, 29 and September 1 at the Olympiahalle. There were 113 competitors from 26 nations; nations entering the team event had 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts. Japan reached the height of its success in the event this year, thoroughly dominating the event by taking the top five places. Mitsuo Tsukahara was the winner, with Sawao Kato second and Shigeru Kasamatsu third. Japan had now won the event in four of the last five Games. The only finalist from outside Japan was Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union.

The men's horizontal bar competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The event was held on 22, 24, and 26 October. There were 115 competitors from 27 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won in a tie between Akinori Nakayama of Japan and Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union. Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan took bronze.

The men's horizontal bar competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 130 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts. The event was won by Takashi Ono of Japan, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's parallel bars. Masao Takemoto gave Japan a second medal with his silver. Ono and Takemoto were the third and fourth men to win multiple medals in the parallel bars; Ono was the first to win two gold medals in the event. Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union took bronze.

The men's vault competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 129 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts. For the second straight Games, there was a tie for first place in the vault. Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union and Takashi Ono of Japan each received a gold medal. It was the third consecutive Games with a gold medal for the Soviets. Ono, who had taken bronze in 1952, became the second man to win multiple vault medals. Third place and the bronze medal went to Soviet Vladimir Portnoi.

The men's individual all-around competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. It was held on 22 and 24 October at the Auditorio Nacional. There were 117 competitors from 28 nations. Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. The event was won by Sawao Kato of Japan, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event. Kato's teammate Akinori Nakayama took bronze. Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union took silver. It was the fifth consecutive Games with a Soviet gymnast on the podium in the men's all-around and the fourth consecutive Games with a Japanese gymnast there; no gymnast from any other nation medaled in the men's all-around from 1956 to 1976. In 1960 and 1964, the two nations had taken 8 of the top 10 places both Games, with Yugoslavia's Miroslav Cerar and Italy's Franco Menichelli the only two breaking up the Japanese–Soviet dominance; this time, Menichelli did not finish all exercises and Cerar was the only person from outside the Soviet Union or Japan in the top 10 as those two nations took 9 of the top 10 places in the event.

The men's pommel horse competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 128 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts. There was a tie for first place in the pommel horse. Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union and Eugen Ekman of Finland each received a gold medal. It was the third consecutive Games with a gold medal for the Soviets, as Shakhlin became the first man to successfully repeat as Olympic champion in the event. Ekman's medal was the only medal in men's artistic gymnastics in 1960 that did not go to the Soviet Union or Japan. Third place and the bronze medal went to Japan's Shuji Tsurumi.

The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 129 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts. The event was won by Albert Azaryan of the Soviet Union, the first man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the rings. Boris Shakhlin took silver, making it the third consecutive Games the Soviets finished in the top two. Takashi Ono tied with Velik Kapsazov for bronze, giving Japan its second consecutive Games with at least one bronze medal and Bulgaria its first medal in the rings.

The men's parallel bars competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 129 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts. The event was won by Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's parallel bars. Giovanni Carminucci earned Italy's first medal in the event since 1932 with his silver. Takashi Ono of Japan took bronze for a second consecutive Games, making him the fourth man to win multiple medals in the event.

The men's vault 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, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Helmut Bantz of the United Team of Germany and Valentin Muratov of the Soviet Union, who tied for the top place. Soviet Yuri Titov finished third to win the bronze medal.

The men's horizontal bar competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. There were 63 competitors from 18 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Takashi Ono of Japan, with his countryman Masao Takemoto taking bronze. Silver went to Yuri Titov of the Soviet Union. Japan and the Soviet Union each earned their first horizontal bar medals.

The men's parallel bars 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, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars. Japan took three medals: a silver by Masumi Kubota and bronzes by Takashi Ono and Masao Takemoto. It was the third time a nation had won three medals in the event in the same Games: the United States had swept the medals in 1904 and Switzerland had earned a gold and two bronzes in 1948. Chukarin was the third man to win multiple medals in the parallel bars; Ono would become the fourth in 1960.

The men's pommel horse 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, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the pommel horse. Takashi Ono earned Japan's first medal in the event with his silver. Soviet Viktor Chukarin became the first man to win multiple medals in the pommel horse, adding a bronze to his 1952 gold.

The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. There were 185 competitors from 29 nations. Each nation entered a team of between five and eight gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. The event was won by Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, with his countryman Hrant Shahinyan taking silver. It was the Soviet debut in the event, beginning four decades of dominance rivalled only by Japan and ending after the dissolution of the Soviet Union; the Soviets would win 6 of the 10 editions from 1952 to 1988, with Japan taking the other 4. Bronze in 1952 went to Josef Stalder of Switzerland ; it was the last medal in the men's all-around for any gymnast not from the Soviet Union or Japan until 1980.

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. There were 63 competitors from 18 nations, with each nation entering up to 6 gymnasts. The event was won by Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, the second man to successfully defend an all-around title 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.

References

↑ "Gymnastics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
1 2 3 "Individual All-Around, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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