Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Yukio Endo 1964.jpg
Gold medalist Yukio Endo during the horizontal bar segment
Venue Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Dates18–20 October
Competitors130 from 30 nations
Winning score115.95
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yukio Endo
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Viktor Lisitsky
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Boris Shakhlin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Shuji Tsurumi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
  1960
1968  

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. [1] It was held on 18 and 20 October. There were 130 competitors from 30 nations. [2] Each nation could send a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 3 individuals. The event was won by Yukio Endo of Japan, the nation's first victory in the event after two consecutive Games with silver medals. Endo 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 (and, for the second consecutive Games, Yugoslavia's Miroslav Cerar and Italy's Franco Menichelli were the two men in the top 10 not from those two nations).

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Background

This was the 14th 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]

Eight of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1960 Games returned: gold medalist Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, two-time silver medalist Takashi Ono of Japan, two-time bronze medalist Yury Titov of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Shuji Tsurumi of Japan, fifth-place finisher Yukio Endo of Japan, eighth-place finisher Miroslav Cerar of Yugoslavia, ninth-place finisher Takashi Mitsukuri of Japan, and tenth-place finisher Franco Menichelli of Italy. Titov was the reigning (1962) World Champion, with Endo and Shakhlin (the 1958 World Champion) finishing second and third. [2]

Algeria, the Republic of China, Iran, Mongolia, and the Philippines each made their debut in the event. France and Italy both made their 12th 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 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 Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 18 October 19648:30
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 20 October 19648:30
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary

Results

The score for the individual all-around was a simple sum of each gymnast's preliminary scores from the six apparatus events. [1]

RankGymnastNation Gymnastique au sol.svg Cheval d'arcon.svg Gymnastique aux anneaux.svg Saut de cheval.svg Barres paralleles.svg Barre fixe.svg Total
Gold medal icon.svg Yukio Endo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 19.4018.7019.5019.4019.5519.40115.95
Silver medal icon.svg Viktor Lisitsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 19.3018.7519.1019.5019.5019.25115.40
Boris Shakhlin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.9518.9019.4019.3519.2519.55115.40
Shuji Tsurumi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 19.1019.2519.3519.3019.5018.90115.40
5 Franco Menichelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19.3018.8019.4519.0519.3019.25115.15
6 Haruhiro Yamashita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 19.1519.1518.7519.5019.3019.25115.10
7 Miroslav Cerar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 18.6519.4519.0519.1019.5019.30115.05
8 Takuji Hayata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 19.1518.9019.4519.1519.1519.10114.90
9 Takashi Mitsukuri Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 19.2019.3019.0019.0519.1019.15114.80
10 Viktor Leontev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 19.2018.7019.3518.9519.1519.20114.55
11 Takashi Ono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 18.9018.9019.1019.2018.9019.40114.40
Yuri Tsapenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 19.2019.1019.0019.0519.0519.00114.40
13 Yuri Titov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18.7018.6019.2519.2519.0519.50114.35
14 Sergei Diomidov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 19.1018.7518.8519.2519.3518.90114.20
15 Siegfried Fülle Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 19.0018.8019.0519.3019.0018.95114.10
16 Mikołaj Kubica Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.8018.7018.8019.1018.7019.10113.20
17 Rajmund Csányi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.5018.5518.6019.1019.0019.25113.00
18 Klaus Köste Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 18.9518.5518.2519.1019.0018.90112.75
19 Erwin Koppe Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 18.4518.6018.8018.7519.0518.80112.45
20 Makoto Sakamoto Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18.4018.5018.8018.9518.9018.85112.40
21 Luigi Cimnaghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18.4518.7018.5018.7519.0518.90112.35
Peter Weber Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 18.8518.4018.8519.0018.7518.50112.35
23 Nicola Prodanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 18.6018.4018.4519.2518.5519.05112.30
24 Philipp Fürst Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 18.6518.6518.5018.9518.9018.60112.25
25 Aleksander Rokosa Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.8518.1018.6018.8518.8018.75111.95
26 Olli Laiho Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18.7518.3018.3518.8518.8518.75111.85
27 Giovanni Carminucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18.6518.2018.6518.7519.3018.25111.80
28 István Aranyos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.5018.5518.2518.9518.6018.90111.75
29 Günter Lyhs Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 18.7518.0018.5519.1518.8018.45111.70
30 Bohumil Mudřík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 18.4518.6018.2518.9518.8018.45111.50
31 Frederic Orendi Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 18.3018.5517.9018.9018.8018.95111.40
32 Russell Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.0018.4518.7018.9018.1018.05111.20
Age Storhaug Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 18.5518.7517.9019.0018.3518.65111.20
34 Eugen Ekman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18.7018.7017.8518.8518.8018.25111.15
35 Wilhelm Kubica Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.5518.4018.3518.7518.0019.05111.10
Lajos Varga Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.5518.1518.3018.4018.6519.05111.10
37 Velik Kapsasov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 17.8518.1519.1518.8018.1518.95111.05
Alfred Kucharczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.8518.2018.5019.3017.6018.60111.05
39 Ronald Barak Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18.3518.1018.7018.4518.6518.75111.00
40 Raimo Heinonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18.5018.5017.8519.1018.6018.40110.95
41 Georgi Mirchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 18.4518.1518.0018.9018.5018.75110.75
42 Pasquale Carminucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18.2518.2518.6018.7018.6518.25110.70
Ladislav Pazdera Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 18.1018.4018.4018.4018.8018.60110.70
44 Václav Kubička Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 18.8017.4018.7018.9018.1518.70110.65
45 Jan Jankowicz Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.6017.5518.3018.6018.8018.75110.60
Přemysl Krbec Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 18.5016.9518.7519.2518.7018.45110.60
Gheorghe Tohǎneanu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 18.4518.0018.1018.8518.6518.55110.60
48 Fritz Feuz Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 18.6518.5517.2019.1518.5518.40110.50
Christian Guiffroy Flag of France.svg  France 18.0518.5517.5018.5519.1518.70110.50
Hannu Rantakari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18.7018.2517.6019.3518.5518.05110.50
51 Anton Cadar Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 18.3517.7018.5518.7518.8018.30110.45
52 Karel Klečka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 18.6017.9517.9518.7518.2518.85110.35
53 Kim Chung-tae Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 18.1018.8017.5518.5018.9518.30110.20
54 Stig Lindevall Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18.4017.3018.5518.7019.0018.20110.15
55 Larry Banner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18.1018.3018.0518.7518.3518.50110.05
Todor Kondev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 18.7018.1517.9018.5018.4018.40110.05
57 Janez Brodnik Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 18.2518.0518.0518.4518.5018.70110.00
58 Otto Kestola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19.0518.0017.5018.7018.2518.45109.95
59 Gregor Weiss Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18.4518.0518.5518.8018.8017.25109.90
60 Kim Gwang-deok Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 18.2517.8518.0518.2518.8018.60109.80
61 Alojz Petrovič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 17.7518.2018.3518.8018.6018.00109.70
62 Todor Bachvarov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 18.0018.1517.8018.7018.6518.35109.65
63 Angelo Vicardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17.8518.5017.5018.6518.6518.25109.40
64 Kauko Heikkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 18.6518.6517.8018.4518.3517.45109.35
65 Walter Müller Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 17.3518.6517.5019.2518.9517.55109.25
Martin Šrot Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 17.3517.5518.6518.7518.5518.40109.25
67 Leif Koorn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18.2018.2019.1018.6518.1516.90109.20
68 Arthur Shurlock Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17.3518.8518.3018.8017.6518.15109.10
69 Alexandru Szilaghi Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 18.7517.7017.9518.8018.3017.55109.05
70 Jeong Ri-gwang Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 18.2017.2517.7518.2518.7018.85109.00
71 Fredi Egger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 18.2518.2517.0019.0518.6517.70108.90
András Lelkes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 17.9517.8517.6518.9018.5518.00108.90
73 Bernard Fauqueux Flag of France.svg  France 17.8518.2017.0518.7018.3018.75108.85
74 Győző Cser Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 17.9017.5018.2018.3018.2518.65108.80
75 Bruno Franceschetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18.1018.3018.4518.5518.2017.10108.70
Andrzej Konopka Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18.3517.2018.2018.4518.3018.20108.70
77 William Thoresson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18.9017.5017.9518.7518.2017.35108.65
78 Péter Sós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18.0517.0518.2518.9518.5017.80108.60
79 Ljuben Christov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 17.4518.5517.7518.7517.1018.80108.40
80 Ivan Čaklec Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 18.1518.1517.5018.7518.1517.60108.30
81 Lee Gwang-jae Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 18.3517.7517.1018.7017.7018.50108.10
82 Richard Kihn Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 18.2018.2517.1018.6518.5017.25107.95
83 Michel Bouchonnet Flag of France.svg  France 17.8518.2016.7518.7518.4017.95107.90
84 Seo Jae-gyu Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 18.3518.3517.7018.4516.5518.45107.85
85 Gottlieb Fässler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 17.5018.1517.2018.8518.3517.65107.70
86 Gheorghe Condovici Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 17.6017.9517.3518.5018.1017.65107.15
Wilhelm Weiler Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 17.9017.1017.4019.2018.5017.05107.15
88 Petre Miclǎuş Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 17.9518.0517.7518.7018.2016.45107.10
Nenad Vidović Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 17.9518.3016.9018.1518.1017.70107.10
90 Meinrad Berchtold Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 18.1016.9016.7018.9018.2518.15107.00
91 Mohamed Lazhari Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 17.4018.0018.0018.6518.2016.70106.95
92 Gilbert Larose Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 18.0016.6517.8018.7518.0517.65106.90
93 Franz Fäh Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 16.7517.8016.2518.6518.5018.20106.15
94 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia 17.7517.2517.0018.7017.6017.35105.65
95 Gang Su-il Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 18.3515.4018.2518.6516.8517.45104.95
96 Andrés González Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.8516.9016.8018.6517.4516.70104.35
97 Héctor Ramírez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 18.5015.6015.9018.5518.0017.75104.30
Ady Stefanetti Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 17.7014.8018.4518.0517.9517.35104.30
Octavio Suárez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.6017.8017.5018.6017.9014.90104.30
100 Graham Bond Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 17.1517.0516.0518.3518.1017.35104.05
Félix Padrón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.9016.8516.3518.1517.4017.40104.05
102 John Pancott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.2016.7017.2018.5017.3517.05104.00
103 Yan Tai-san Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 17.5015.8016.7518.1517.5017.40103.10
104 Josy Stoffel Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 10.1018.3017.9018.7518.8518.25102.15
105 Frederick Trainer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 17.3017.4514.6018.4017.0517.05101.85
106 Pavel Gajdoš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 10.0018.5518.3518.8018.9517.10101.75
107 Harald Wigaard Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9.1019.0517.4518.7518.7018.30101.35
108 Marcus Faulks Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 17.2515.9015.2517.7017.6017.00100.70
109 Pablo Hernández Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 15.6515.3516.5517.8517.0517.1599.60
110 Benjamin de Roo Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 16.8015.8516.2018.5516.9515.1599.50
111 Douglas McLennan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 17.2016.5516.3517.8516.2015.3099.45
112 Carlos Pizzini Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 16.8516.8516.2018.5017.4513.1098.95
113 Barry Cheales Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 17.0514.3014.5018.2517.5017.3098.90
114 Carlos García Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17.2013.1517.3517.8517.6515.6598.85
115 John Mulhall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15.4515.3516.4018.8517.2015.2098.45
116 Lai Chu-long Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 15.8014.6014.5518.1017.4017.4097.85
117 Lee Bu-ti Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 16.0013.4016.8017.3016.8016.8097.10
118 Jalal Bazargan-Vali State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 14.9515.1515.8018.3516.8515.2596.35
119 Wang Shian-ming Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 17.1010.0016.2017.9016.7017.1095.00
120 Ui Yah-tor Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 16.808.8017.1017.5517.8014.4592.50
121 Liu Reng-sun Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 17.506.5014.9017.6517.9017.5592.00
122 Bandu Bhosle Flag of India.svg  India 17.1513.9013.0016.6514.9012.1587.75
123 Vithal Karande Flag of India.svg  India 16.4512.3013.9517.2013.1013.2086.20
124 Trilok Singh Flag of India.svg  India 16.3011.8513.5017.8014.156.0079.60
125 Jagmal More Flag of India.svg  India 14.8512.8013.7017.1513.056.2577.80
126 Anant Ram Flag of India.svg  India 15.7514.6512.150.0013.4010.5566.50
127 Mohamed Ibrahim Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Egypt 17.508.258.709.208.207.3059.15
128 Darshan Mondal Flag of India.svg  India 7.907.306.6517.907.807.1554.70
129 Fortunato Payao Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 11.500.000.007.500.000.0019.00
130 Demetrio Pastrana Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 6.500.000.005.000.000.0011.50

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Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Mens artistic individual all-around Olympic gymnastics event

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.

Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Mens pommel horse

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.

Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Mens rings Olympic gymnastics event

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.

Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Mens parallel bars Olympic gymnastics event

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.

Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Mens horizontal bar Olympic gymnastics event

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.

Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Mens artistic individual all-around Olympic gymnastics event

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 6 of the 10 gold medals while Japan won the other 4.

Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Mens artistic individual all-around Olympic gymnastics event

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. There were 130 competitors from 28 nations. 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. 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.

References

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