Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

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Men's vault
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Hannu Rantakari 1964.jpg
Hannu Rantakari competing on the vault
Venue Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Dates18–23 October
Competitors130 from 30 nations
Winning score19.600
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Haruhiro Yamashita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Victor Lisitsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Hannu Rantakari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  1960
1968  

The men's vault was a gymnastics event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. [1] The event was held on 18, 20, and 23 October. There were 130 competitors from 30 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts. [2] For the first time in three Games, there was a clear winner with no tie. Haruhiro Yamashita took the gold medal, the second consecutive gold for Japan. Victor Lisitsky finished second, taking silver but breaking the Soviet Union's three-Games gold medal streak. Hannu Rantakari's bronze was Finland's first medal in the event since 1948.

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Background

This was the 11th 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). Seven of the top 11 (including three-way tie for 9th) gymnasts from 1960 returned: joint gold medalists Takashi Ono of Japan and Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Yury Titov of the Soviet Union, fifth-place finisher Yukio Endo, sixth-place finisher Shuji Tsurumi, and eighth-place finisher Takashi Mitsukuri of Japan, and ninth-place finishers Franco Menichelli and Giovanni Carminucci of Italy. Ono had also taken bronze in 1952, Titov had taken bronze in 1956, and Shakhlin had finished fourth in 1956. The reigning (1962) world champion was Přemysl Krbec of Czechoslovakia, with Haruhiro Yamashita of Japan second and Endo and Shakhlin tied for third. [2]

Algeria, the Republic of China, Iran, Mongolia, and the Philippines each made their debut in the men's vault. The United States made its 10th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

The gymnastics all-around events continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to two individual gymnasts. 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. The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004).

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. For the apparatus finals, the all-around score for that apparatus was multiplied by one-half then added to the final round exercise score to give a final total.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, with the final total apparatus score from 0 to 20. [2] [3]

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
Friday, 23 October 196419:30Final

Results

Each gymnast competed in both compulsory and optional exercises, with the median scores from the four judges for the two sets of exercises were summed. This score was also used in calculating both individual all-around and team scores.

The top 6 advanced to the final for the apparatus, keeping half of their preliminary score to be added to their final score.

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal12 Prelim.FinalTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Haruhiro Yamashita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.709.8019.509.7509.85019.600
Silver medal icon.svg Victor Lisitsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.759.7519.509.7509.57519.325
Bronze medal icon.svg Hannu Rantakari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.659.7019.359.6759.62519.300
4 Shuji Tsurumi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.659.6519.309.6509.57519.225
5 Boris Shakhlin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.659.7019.359.6759.52519.200
6 Yukio Endo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.759.6519.409.7009.37519.075
7 Siegfried Fulle Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 9.659.6519.30Did not advance
Alfred Kucharczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.609.7019.30Did not advance
9 Sergey Diomidov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.609.6519.25Did not advance
Yury Titov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.659.6019.25Did not advance
Premysl Krbec Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.559.7019.25Did not advance
Walter Muller Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.559.7019.25Did not advance
Nicola Prodanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.559.7019.25Did not advance
14 Takashi Ono Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.659.5519.20Did not advance
Wilhelm Weiler Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 9.509.7019.20Did not advance
16 Fritz Feuz Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.509.6519.15Did not advance
Takuji Hayata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.459.7019.15Did not advance
Gunter Lyhs Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 9.559.6519.15Did not advance
19 Miroslav Cerar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 9.509.6019.10Did not advance
Rajmund Csanyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.559.5519.10Did not advance
Raimo Heinonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.409.7019.10Did not advance
Klaus Koste Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 9.409.7519.10Did not advance
Mikolaj Kubica Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.559.5519.10Did not advance
24 Fredy Egger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.459.6019.05Did not advance
Franco Menichelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.359.7019.05Did not advance
Mitsukuri Takashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.509.5519.05Did not advance
Yury Tsapenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.509.5519.05Did not advance
28 Age Storhaug Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9.459.5519.00Did not advance
Peter Weber Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 9.459.5519.00Did not advance
30 Istvan Aranyos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.509.4518.95Did not advance
Philipp Furst Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 9.409.5518.95Did not advance
Victor Leontyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.409.5518.95Did not advance
Bohumil Mudrik Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.359.6018.95Did not advance
Makoto Sakamoto Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.459.5018.95Did not advance
Peter Sos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.459.5018.95Did not advance
36 Meinrad Berchtold Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.409.5018.90Did not advance
Vaclav Kubicka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.409.5018.90Did not advance
Andras Lelkes Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.409.5018.90Did not advance
Georgi Mirtchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.409.5018.90Did not advance
Russell Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9.259.6518.90Did not advance
Frederic Orendi Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.409.5018.90Did not advance
42 Eugen Ekman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.359.5018.85Did not advance
Gottlieb Fassler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9.409.4518.85Did not advance
Olli Laiho Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.459.4018.85Did not advance
John Mulhall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9.459.4018.85Did not advance
Aleksander Rokosa Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.459.4018.85Did not advance
Gheorghe Tohaneanu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.359.5018.85Did not advance
48 Pavel Gajdos Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.359.4518.80Did not advance
Velik Kapsasov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.309.5018.80Did not advance
Alojz Petrovic Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 9.359.4518.80Did not advance
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Alexandru Szilagyi Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.209.6018.80Did not advance
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Michel Bouchonnet Flag of France.svg  France 9.259.5018.75Did not advance
Ivan Caklec Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 9.359.4018.75Did not advance
Giovanni Carminucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.259.5018.75Did not advance
Liuben Christov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.409.3518.75Did not advance
Luigi Cimnaghi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.259.5018.75Did not advance
Anton Kadar Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.309.4518.75Did not advance
Karel Klecka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.209.5518.75Did not advance
Erwin Koppe Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 9.409.3518.75Did not advance
Wilhelm Kubica Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.509.2518.75Did not advance
Gilbert Larose Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 9.259.5018.75Did not advance
Martin Srot Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 9.359.4018.75Did not advance
Josy Stoffel Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 9.309.4518.75Did not advance
William Thoresson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9.309.4518.75Did not advance
Harald Wigaard Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 9.309.4518.75Did not advance
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Pasquale Carminucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.309.4018.70Did not advance
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Andrzej Konopka Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.209.2518.45Did not advance
Suh Jae Kyu Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 9.009.4518.45Did not advance
100 Ladislav Pazdera Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.109.3018.40Did not advance
Frederick Trainer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 9.059.3518.40Did not advance
Lajos Varga Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9.159.2518.40Did not advance
103 Jalal Bazargan State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 9.059.3018.35Did not advance
Graham Bond Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 9.309.0518.35Did not advance
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