Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around

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Men's artistic team all-around
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Competitors95 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany
  1964
1972  

These are the results of the men's team all-around competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. [1]

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Competition format

The scoring in all the events was similar to that of the gymnastics events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges, like men's ones. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.

Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The top five individual scores in each exercise (that is, compulsory floor, voluntary floor, compulsory vault, etc.) were added to give a team score for that exercise. The 12 team exercise scores were summed to give a team total.

No separate finals were contested for the team all-around.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, apparatus scores from 0 to 20, individual totals from 0 to 120, and team scores from 0 to 600.

Results

After Japan won the team gold, Eizo Kenmotsu became the youngest ever Japanese male gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal. He was 20 years, 8 months and 11 days old, and would hold on to this record for almost 50 years until Kenzo Shirai broke it in 2016, becoming also Japan‘s only teenage male gymnast to do so at this level.

The men's artistic gymnastics all-around team event Olympic final took place on 24 October 1968.

RankNationGymnastsExercise resultsTeam total
Gymnastique au sol.svg Cheval d'arcon.svg Gymnastique aux anneaux.svg Saut de cheval.svg Barres paralleles.svg Barre fixe.svg
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Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Yukio Endo 9.159.659.209.209.459.509.359.659.659.509.559.70575.90
Sawao Kato 9.759.909.459.559.709.859.359.559.659.709.609.85
Takeshi Katō 9.609.759.209.459.709.709.459.609.609.709.559.55
Eizo Kenmotsu 9.559.709.459.659.559.459.409.559.609.659.559.80
Akinori Nakayama 9.609.809.409.459.759.759.459.409.709.859.709.80
Mitsuo Tsukahara 9.509.609.408.259.659.609.059.408.359.609.509.60
Total48.0048.8046.9047.3048.3548.4047.0047.7548.2048.5047.9548.75
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Sergey Diomidov 9.509.459.509.509.609.459.459.459.459.459.609.70571.10
Valery Karasyov 9.559.559.359.509.459.159.409.459.559.609.409.30
Viktor Klimenko 9.259.509.509.609.409.509.459.409.609.659.509.60
Viktor Lisitsky 9.509.509.309.309.409.409.409.409.609.009.359.45
Valery Ilyinykh 9.108.859.059.409.309.309.309.459.509.459.509.70
Mikhail Voronin 9.559.709.709.509.759.709.459.559.759.709.709.80
Total47.3547.7047.3547.5047.6047.3547.1547.3048.0047.8547.7048.25
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany Günter Beier 9.009.208.758.008.459.109.309.309.109.359.409.25557.15
Matthias Brehme 9.109.409.509.259.309.409.209.459.609.509.559.60
Gerhard Dietrich 8.809.309.159.508.859.209.009.008.709.359.309.55
Siegfried Fülle 9.159.459.058.259.059.409.359.459.409.459.559.55
Klaus Köste 9.209.359.258.659.409.409.159.259.459.309.759.70
Peter Weber 8.859.058.758.959.009.309.209.309.509.459.409.40
Total45.3046.7045.7044.6045.6046.7046.2046.7547.0547.1047.6547.80
4Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia František Bočko 9.209.458.909.408.959.209.259.309.309.409.259.40557.10
Jiří Fejtek 9.159.259.409.609.359.409.109.408.609.509.159.30
Václav Kubíčka 9.409.408.909.009.009.309.309.259.609.609.159.40
Bohumil Mudřík 9.109.309.109.258.259.109.259.309.359.509.059.40
Miloslav Netušil 9.409.209.309.559.108.958.959.159.459.607.509.25
Václav Skoumal 9.259.307.908.858.958.959.209.259.309.309.459.55
Total46.4046.7045.6046.8045.3545.9546.1046.5047.0047.6046.0547.05
5Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Andrzej Gonera 8.759.058.859.109.009.308.909.359.059.509.159.25555.40
Jerzy Kruża 8.908.959.009.108.908.809.009.158.959.158.909.35
Mikołaj Kubica 9.209.309.459.559.309.459.309.409.459.609.209.60
Sylwester Kubica 9.309.159.009.408.759.058.759.309.309.409.409.00
Wilhelm Kubica 9.259.309.609.509.309.309.259.309.509.659.509.70
Aleksander Rokosa 8.809.208.559.009.059.209.209.209.159.258.809.45
Total45.4546.0045.9046.6545.5546.3045.6546.5546.4547.4046.1547.35
6Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Damir Anić 8.509.108.359.158.258.908.859.058.859.008.809.00550.75
Janez Brodnik 9.059.008.859.159.209.309.259.359.309.359.459.50
Miroslav Cerar 9.259.409.659.709.309.409.209.409.609.509.559.35
Milenko Kersnić 9.209.108.858.809.059.109.109.309.509.509.059.30
Tine Šrot 7.408.608.608.659.209.209.059.258.209.208.409.05
Miloš Vratič 8.758.908.959.408.758.909.209.308.909.359.209.30
Total44.7545.5044.9046.2045.5045.9045.8046.6046.1546.9046.0546.50
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kanati Allen 9.109.209.008.557.808.509.009.157.709.058.809.50548.90
Steve Cohen 8.858.759.008.359.309.608.959.059.109.508.909.40
Sid Freudenstein 9.159.508.757.858.909.159.108.958.859.408.959.45
Steve Hug 9.009.159.309.408.809.108.759.059.059.409.259.35
Fred Roethlisberger 8.959.408.858.709.159.209.259.159.109.509.109.35
Dave Thor 9.159.309.509.609.009.009.109.408.709.309.059.50
Total45.3546.5545.6544.6045.1546.0545.4045.8044.8047.1045.2547.20
8Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany Heinz Häussler 9.009.159.309.508.658.908.858.959.209.109.059.15548.35
Erich Hess 9.009.058.858.258.909.259.009.258.858.459.559.35
Hermann Höpfner 9.009.058.809.008.459.108.959.159.109.209.209.10
Willi Jaschek 9.152.009.259.559.109.309.109.359.509.309.45
Heiko Reinemer 9.259.407.008.808.859.409.009.359.209.309.209.45
Helmut Tepasse 9.009.007.709.108.459.309.059.409.459.459.359.10
Total45.4045.6543.9045.9543.9546.3545.1046.1046.3046.5546.6046.50
9Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Meinrad Berchtold 8.958.958.909.358.959.209.209.359.459.459.409.35548.20
Hans Ettlin 8.609.058.958.509.209.359.109.259.559.509.409.45
Edwin Greutmann 8.758.958.608.608.708.908.659.059.109.259.059.10
Roland Hürzeler 8.808.909.309.058.509.058.809.109.509.608.409.45
Paul Müller 8.658.809.259.358.859.008.459.109.309.259.008.80
Peter Rohner 9.059.159.109.308.908.958.759.309.309.409.259.35
Total44.2045.0045.5045.6544.6045.5544.5046.1047.1047.2046.1046.70
10Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Reino Heino 8.858.808.808.809.009.158.908.809.009.108.409.30547.05
Olli Laiho 8.608.759.459.708.009.209.159.009.509.558.659.40
Mauno Nissinen 9.209.109.409.459.309.258.959.009.409.609.459.50
Juhani Rahikainen 8.809.009.008.908.959.059.009.209.309.258.959.20
Hannu Rantakari 8.608.808.358.359.109.159.058.809.159.208.259.50
Heikki Sappinen 9.159.208.609.209.209.258.909.159.059.108.909.35
Total44.6044.9045.2546.0545.5546.0045.0545.1546.4046.7044.3547.05
11Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria Georgi Adamov 8.208.909.058.208.808.859.209.209.359.459.509.15538.15
Rumen Gabrovski 8.909.108.408.008.608.959.109.058.959.009.107.75
Bozhidar Ivanov 8.259.057.708.708.658.458.808.909.109.257.509.15
Raycho Khristov 9.359.608.408.808.108.608.959.208.509.159.509.40
Ivan Kondev 9.109.508.808.858.608.159.159.108.859.008.759.00
Stefan Zoev 8.659.159.358.008.658.709.109.159.108.859.258.90
Total44.2546.4044.0042.5543.3043.5545.5045.7045.3545.8546.1045.60
12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giovanni Carminucci 8.759.008.959.358.758.909.058.709.459.409.308.45537.05
Pasquale Carminucci 7.658.658.709.058.708.558.758.609.209.208.808.95
Luigi Cimnaghi 9.109.309.108.859.059.059.158.959.309.159.359.40
Bruno Franceschetti 7.758.659.009.258.809.008.808.959.159.158.709.10
Franco Menichelli 9.309.609.309.609.60
Vincenzo Mori 8.208.708.708.858.508.009.159.058.958.408.458.10
Total43.1044.3044.4545.3544.9043.5045.4544.2546.7045.3045.7544.00
13Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary István Aranyos 8.358.708.658.708.709.009.059.209.259.208.909.30535.25
Dezső Bordán 7.908.808.808.657.957.809.058.859.309.509.059.40
Béla Herczeg 8.458.758.757.607.208.858.809.059.259.309.159.40
Sándor Kiss 8.659.158.758.556.908.959.059.159.409.358.609.10
Konrád Mentsik 8.058.757.508.608.358.758.158.909.359.509.309.50
Endre Tihanyi 9.109.008.658.558.809.209.159.059.109.058.809.15
Total42.6044.4543.6043.0541.0044.7545.1045.3546.5546.8545.2046.75
14Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Enrique García 8.108.657.558.407.608.358.108.658.008.908.659.05518.25
José González 8.858.808.206.457.458.109.008.859.008.708.858.75
Rogelio Mendoza 8.309.108.159.058.158.708.209.308.908.758.809.00
Armando Valles 8.008.809.059.109.059.209.159.208.708.859.308.00
Fernando Valles 7.358.458.908.357.757.858.859.157.208.458.358.40
José Vilchis 8.008.407.807.708.559.008.608.808.008.708.858.80
Total41.2543.8042.1042.6041.1043.3543.8045.3042.6043.9044.4544.00
15Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Luis Navarrete 7.008.807.908.256.507.158.409.207.408.608.257.00515.85
Roberto Pumpido 8.859.106.857.807.858.408.709.008.709.008.658.75
Héctor Ramírez 9.058.304.507.858.608.858.858.008.559.159.05
Luis Ramírez 8.309.206.757.808.558.958.608.858.558.657.808.95
Jorge Rodríguez 9.059.357.708.408.258.908.959.108.958.158.759.20
Octavio Suárez 8.058.808.657.908.808.858.409.158.009.207.509.20
Total43.3045.2539.4040.1541.3043.7043.5045.3042.2044.0042.6045.15
16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Barry Brooker 7.608.307.307.707.908.558.908.757.208.058.657.80474.85
Roger Dion 7.608.258.558.456.158.258.559.057.709.108.958.85
Sid Jensen 8.108.958.708.009.059.208.859.359.058.358.809.20
Gilbert Larose 8.609.308.909.059.009.309.109.208.209.208.808.60
Steve Mitruk 7.008.358.758.758.108.408.958.508.358.808.708.75
Total38.9043.1542.2041.9540.2043.7044.3544.8540.5043.5043.9043.20

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