Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around
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.[1]
Men's artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | West Melbourne Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 3–7 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 114.25 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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Artistic | ||
Team all-around | men | women |
Team Portable Apparatus | women | |
Individual all-around | men | women |
Vault | men | women |
Floor | men | women |
Pommel horse | men | |
Rings | men | |
Parallel bars | men | |
Horizontal bar | men | |
Uneven bars | women | |
Balance beam | women | |
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 12 exercise scores were summed to give an individual all-around total.
No separate finals were contested.
Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, apparatus scores from 0 to 20, and individual totals from 0 to 120.
Results
The results of the competition are shown below.[2]
Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Exercise results | Total | |||||||||||||||||
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C | V | T | C | V | T | C | V | T | C | V | T | C | V | T | C | V | T | ||||
Viktor Chukarin | 9.55 | 9.55 | 19.10 | 9.40 | 9.60 | 19.00 | 9.50 | 9.60 | 19.10 | 9.25 | 9.35 | 18.60 | 9.55 | 9.65 | 19.20 | 9.55 | 9.70 | 19.25 | 114.25 | ||
Takashi Ono | 9.40 | 9.35 | 18.75 | 9.50 | 9.55 | 19.05 | 9.50 | 9.70 | 19.20 | 9.20 | 9.30 | 18.50 | 9.60 | 9.50 | 19.10 | 9.75 | 9.85 | 19.60 | 114.20 | ||
Yury Titov | 9.50 | 9.45 | 18.95 | 9.40 | 9.45 | 18.85 | 9.45 | 9.55 | 19.00 | 9.35 | 9.40 | 18.75 | 9.40 | 9.45 | 18.85 | 9.70 | 9.70 | 19.40 | 113.80 | ||
4 | Masao Takemoto | 9.00 | 9.50 | 18.50 | 9.60 | 9.50 | 19.10 | 9.45 | 9.45 | 18.90 | 9.20 | 9.45 | 18.65 | 9.40 | 9.70 | 19.10 | 9.70 | 9.60 | 19.30 | 113.55 | |
5 | Valentin Muratov | 9.60 | 9.60 | 19.20 | 9.60 | 9.55 | 19.15 | 9.45 | 9.35 | 18.80 | 9.40 | 9.45 | 18.85 | 9.30 | 9.40 | 18.70 | 9.55 | 9.05 | 18.60 | 113.30 | |
6 | Helmut Bantz | 9.35 | 9.40 | 18.75 | 9.25 | 9.35 | 18.60 | 9.35 | 9.40 | 18.75 | 9.40 | 9.45 | 18.85 | 9.45 | 9.35 | 18.80 | 9.50 | 9.65 | 19.15 | 112.90 | |
7 | Albert Azaryan | 8.90 | 9.05 | 17.95 | 9.55 | 9.80 | 19.35 | 9.25 | 9.50 | 18.75 | 9.15 | 9.40 | 18.55 | 9.30 | 9.70 | 19.00 | 9.40 | 9.55 | 18.95 | 112.55 | |
8 | Masami Kubota | 9.30 | 9.40 | 18.70 | 9.60 | 9.50 | 19.10 | 9.35 | 9.30 | 18.65 | 9.25 | 9.05 | 18.30 | 9.55 | 9.60 | 19.15 | 9.20 | 9.40 | 18.60 | 112.50 | |
8 | Boris Shakhlin | 8.95 | 9.30 | 18.25 | 9.35 | 9.35 | 18.70 | 9.50 | 9.75 | 19.25 | 9.35 | 9.35 | 18.70 | 9.30 | 9.55 | 18.85 | 9.30 | 9.45 | 18.75 | 112.50 | |
10 | Nobuyuki Aihara | 9.50 | 9.60 | 19.10 | 9.55 | 9.50 | 19.05 | 9.35 | 9.40 | 18.75 | 9.20 | 8.90 | 18.10 | 9.35 | 9.55 | 18.90 | 9.30 | 9.25 | 18.55 | 112.45 | |
11 | Kalevi Suoniemi | 9.35 | 9.35 | 18.70 | 9.30 | 9.50 | 18.80 | 9.35 | 9.45 | 18.80 | 9.15 | 9.40 | 18.55 | 9.25 | 9.55 | 18.80 | 9.25 | 9.45 | 18.70 | 112.35 | |
12 | Shinsaku Tsukawaki | 9.30 | 9.40 | 18.70 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 19.00 | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 | 9.45 | 9.40 | 18.85 | 9.30 | 9.45 | 18.75 | 112.20 | |
13 | Ferdinand Daniš | 9.40 | 9.40 | 18.80 | 9.45 | 9.45 | 18.90 | 9.40 | 8.85 | 18.25 | 9.30 | 9.10 | 18.40 | 9.40 | 9.30 | 18.70 | 9.45 | 9.40 | 18.85 | 111.90 | |
14 | Pavel Stolbov | 9.15 | 9.35 | 18.50 | 9.40 | 9.40 | 18.80 | 9.40 | 9.50 | 18.90 | 9.10 | 9.25 | 18.35 | 8.55 | 9.40 | 17.95 | 9.55 | 9.70 | 19.25 | 111.75 | |
15 | Berndt Lindfors | 9.05 | 9.45 | 18.50 | 9.45 | 9.40 | 18.85 | 9.45 | 9.35 | 18.80 | 8.80 | 9.10 | 17.90 | 9.45 | 9.45 | 18.90 | 9.20 | 9.45 | 18.65 | 111.60 | |
16 | Akira Kono | 9.40 | 9.10 | 18.50 | 9.40 | 9.30 | 18.70 | 9.00 | 9.60 | 18.60 | 9.00 | 9.30 | 18.30 | 9.40 | 9.30 | 18.70 | 9.30 | 9.45 | 18.75 | 111.55 | |
17 | Jack Beckner | 9.25 | 9.25 | 18.50 | 8.70 | 9.05 | 17.75 | 9.30 | 9.10 | 18.40 | 9.25 | 9.35 | 18.60 | 9.40 | 9.35 | 18.75 | 9.40 | 9.60 | 19.00 | 111.00 | |
18 | Josef Škvor | 8.90 | 9.10 | 18.00 | 9.15 | 9.05 | 18.20 | 9.45 | 9.60 | 19.05 | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 | 9.20 | 9.50 | 18.70 | 110.85 | |
19 | Velik Kapsazov | 9.00 | 9.15 | 18.15 | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 | 9.30 | 9.35 | 18.65 | 9.10 | 9.15 | 18.25 | 9.20 | 9.30 | 18.50 | 9.40 | 9.35 | 18.75 | 110.75 | |
20 | Robert Klein | 9.30 | 9.20 | 18.50 | 9.40 | 9.35 | 18.75 | 8.95 | 9.05 | 18.00 | 9.30 | 9.30 | 18.60 | 9.20 | 9.10 | 18.30 | 9.25 | 9.20 | 18.45 | 110.60 | |
20 | Martti Mansikka | 9.30 | 9.40 | 18.70 | 9.15 | 9.05 | 18.20 | 9.30 | 9.35 | 18.65 | 9.20 | 9.35 | 18.55 | 9.15 | 9.35 | 18.50 | 8.90 | 9.10 | 18.00 | 110.60 | |
22 | Onni Lappalainen | 9.20 | 9.30 | 18.50 | 8.95 | 9.20 | 18.15 | 9.05 | 9.40 | 18.45 | 9.00 | 9.25 | 18.25 | 9.30 | 9.55 | 18.85 | 9.00 | 9.25 | 18.25 | 110.45 | |
23 | Vladimír Kejř | 9.10 | 9.30 | 18.40 | 9.30 | 9.20 | 18.50 | 9.15 | 9.10 | 18.25 | 9.10 | 9.45 | 18.55 | 9.15 | 9.15 | 18.30 | 9.20 | 9.10 | 18.30 | 110.30 | |
24 | Attila Takács | 9.15 | 9.25 | 18.40 | 8.95 | 9.25 | 18.20 | 9.10 | 9.35 | 18.45 | 9.20 | 9.35 | 18.55 | 9.40 | 9.25 | 18.65 | 9.45 | 8.45 | 17.90 | 110.15 | |
25 | Theo Wied | 9.20 | 9.20 | 18.40 | 9.05 | 8.75 | 17.80 | 8.90 | 9.05 | 17.95 | 9.30 | 9.40 | 18.70 | 9.15 | 9.20 | 18.35 | 9.25 | 9.45 | 18.70 | 109.90 | |
26 | Zdeněk Růžička | 9.00 | 9.20 | 18.20 | 9.10 | 9.20 | 18.30 | 9.15 | 8.70 | 17.85 | 9.10 | 9.10 | 18.20 | 9.00 | 9.30 | 18.30 | 9.45 | 9.35 | 18.80 | 109.65 | |
27 | Olavi Leimuvirta | 8.95 | 9.20 | 18.15 | 8.75 | 8.40 | 17.15 | 9.35 | 9.30 | 18.65 | 9.10 | 9.30 | 18.40 | 9.20 | 9.65 | 18.85 | 8.95 | 9.20 | 18.15 | 109.35 | |
27 | Jaroslav Mikoška | 9.10 | 9.10 | 18.20 | 8.75 | 8.90 | 17.65 | 9.35 | 8.75 | 18.10 | 9.20 | 9.20 | 18.40 | 9.35 | 9.35 | 18.70 | 9.35 | 8.95 | 18.30 | 109.35 | |
29 | Hans Pfann | 8.85 | 9.30 | 18.15 | 9.10 | 9.10 | 18.20 | 9.25 | 8.95 | 18.20 | 9.05 | 9.25 | 18.30 | 9.30 | 9.25 | 18.55 | 8.55 | 9.20 | 17.75 | 109.15 | |
30 | Josy Stoffel | 9.20 | 9.00 | 18.20 | 8.50 | 8.90 | 17.40 | 9.30 | 9.45 | 18.75 | 9.00 | 9.40 | 18.40 | 9.30 | 8.50 | 17.80 | 9.25 | 9.20 | 18.45 | 109.00 | |
31 | Armando Vega | 9.20 | 9.40 | 18.60 | 9.05 | 9.40 | 18.45 | 8.60 | 8.75 | 17.35 | 9.10 | 9.30 | 18.40 | 8.10 | 9.50 | 17.60 | 9.15 | 8.90 | 18.05 | 108.45 | |
32 | Raymond Dot | 8.60 | 9.10 | 17.70 | 8.85 | 8.60 | 17.45 | 8.70 | 9.10 | 17.80 | 9.00 | 9.25 | 18.25 | 9.25 | 9.15 | 18.40 | 9.40 | 9.40 | 18.80 | 108.40 | |
32 | William Thoresson | 9.50 | 9.60 | 19.10 | 8.20 | 8.40 | 16.60 | 8.90 | 8.80 | 17.70 | 9.20 | 9.30 | 18.50 | 9.40 | 9.30 | 18.70 | 9.05 | 8.75 | 17.80 | 108.40 | |
32 | Charles Simms | 8.55 | 8.70 | 17.25 | 8.70 | 8.80 | 17.50 | 9.35 | 8.80 | 18.15 | 9.15 | 9.30 | 18.45 | 9.10 | 9.30 | 18.40 | 9.20 | 9.45 | 18.65 | 108.40 | |
35 | Dick Beckner | 8.85 | 9.05 | 17.90 | 9.35 | 9.30 | 18.65 | 8.70 | 8.80 | 17.50 | 8.85 | 9.20 | 18.05 | 8.55 | 9.20 | 17.75 | 9.10 | 9.35 | 18.45 | 108.30 | |
36 | Jaroslav Bím | 7.90 | 8.70 | 16.60 | 8.90 | 9.20 | 18.10 | 9.35 | 9.60 | 18.95 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 18.00 | 9.15 | 9.10 | 18.25 | 9.05 | 9.30 | 18.35 | 108.25 | |
37 | Raimo Heinonen | 8.60 | 9.15 | 17.75 | 7.85 | 8.90 | 16.75 | 8.90 | 9.25 | 18.15 | 9.05 | 9.05 | 18.10 | 9.20 | 9.45 | 18.65 | 9.25 | 9.45 | 18.70 | 108.10 | |
38 | Nik Stuart | 9.20 | 9.20 | 18.40 | 9.15 | 7.70 | 16.85 | 9.30 | 9.25 | 18.55 | 8.65 | 8.90 | 17.55 | 9.15 | 9.15 | 18.30 | 9.15 | 9.05 | 18.20 | 107.85 | |
39 | Abie Grossfeld | 9.10 | 9.30 | 18.40 | 9.20 | 8.30 | 17.50 | 8.65 | 8.65 | 17.30 | 8.85 | 9.10 | 17.95 | 8.75 | 9.10 | 17.85 | 9.35 | 9.40 | 18.75 | 107.75 | |
40 | Michel Mathiot | 9.00 | 9.15 | 18.15 | 8.60 | 8.40 | 17.00 | 9.20 | 9.00 | 18.20 | 8.80 | 9.10 | 17.90 | 9.10 | 9.30 | 18.40 | 9.15 | 8.75 | 17.90 | 107.55 | |
41 | Erich Wied | 8.60 | 9.20 | 17.80 | 8.70 | 8.95 | 17.65 | 8.60 | 8.70 | 17.30 | 9.20 | 9.30 | 18.50 | 9.00 | 9.10 | 18.10 | 8.65 | 9.50 | 18.15 | 107.50 | |
42 | Jakob Kiefer | 8.85 | 9.15 | 18.00 | 8.35 | 8.15 | 16.50 | 9.20 | 8.85 | 18.05 | 9.30 | 9.30 | 18.60 | 9.20 | 8.45 | 17.65 | 9.25 | 9.40 | 18.65 | 107.45 | |
43 | Bill Tom | 9.00 | 9.20 | 18.20 | 8.10 | 8.75 | 16.85 | 8.60 | 9.15 | 17.75 | 9.10 | 9.25 | 18.35 | 9.05 | 9.30 | 18.35 | 8.80 | 9.05 | 17.85 | 107.35 | |
44 | János Héder | 8.40 | 9.00 | 17.40 | 8.90 | 9.20 | 18.10 | 8.80 | 9.05 | 17.85 | 9.00 | 9.20 | 18.20 | 9.20 | 9.10 | 18.30 | 9.20 | 8.25 | 17.45 | 107.30 | |
45 | Stoyan Stoyanov | 8.80 | 9.10 | 17.90 | 7.05 | 8.60 | 15.65 | 9.10 | 8.75 | 17.85 | 9.15 | 9.20 | 18.35 | 9.35 | 9.15 | 18.50 | 9.35 | 9.45 | 18.80 | 107.05 | |
46 | Jean Guillou | 8.95 | 8.90 | 17.85 | 8.60 | 8.00 | 16.60 | 9.40 | 8.45 | 17.85 | 8.90 | 9.00 | 17.90 | 9.35 | 8.60 | 17.95 | 9.30 | 9.20 | 18.50 | 106.65 | |
47 | Mincho Todorov | 9.35 | 9.45 | 18.80 | 7.65 | 7.90 | 15.55 | 8.50 | 8.90 | 17.40 | 9.05 | 9.30 | 18.35 | 9.10 | 8.90 | 18.00 | 9.00 | 9.10 | 18.10 | 106.20 | |
48 | Kurt Wigartz | 9.25 | 9.40 | 18.65 | 6.90 | 8.40 | 15.30 | 8.85 | 9.00 | 18.85 | 9.25 | 9.20 | 18.45 | 8.80 | 9.05 | 17.85 | 9.20 | 8.85 | 18.05 | 106.15 | |
49 | Ed Gagnier | 8.85 | 9.20 | 18.05 | 8.40 | 8.45 | 16.85 | 8.50 | 9.20 | 17.70 | 9.00 | 9.05 | 18.05 | 8.85 | 8.80 | 17.65 | 7.65 | 8.45 | 16.10 | 104.40 | |
50 | Frank Turner | 8.05 | 8.50 | 16.55 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 17.25 | 8.55 | 7.80 | 16.35 | 8.90 | 8.70 | 17.60 | 8.75 | 8.90 | 17.65 | 8.95 | 8.80 | 17.75 | 103.15 | |
51 | Ronnie Lombard | 8.00 | 8.25 | 16.25 | 7.60 | 8.30 | 15.90 | 9.05 | 9.00 | 18.05 | 9.00 | 8.90 | 17.90 | 7.65 | 7.15 | 14.80 | 9.05 | 8.90 | 17.95 | 100.85 | |
52 | Rafael Lecuona | 8.30 | 8.05 | 16.35 | 7.70 | 8.30 | 16.00 | 8.90 | 9.15 | 18.05 | 8.95 | 8.90 | 17.85 | 8.50 | 8.95 | 17.45 | 6.75 | 7.80 | 14.55 | 100.25 | |
53 | Jack Wells | 8.45 | 8.05 | 16.50 | 7.35 | 8.50 | 15.85 | 8.70 | 8.75 | 17.45 | 8.60 | 8.85 | 17.45 | 7.40 | 7.95 | 15.35 | 8.50 | 8.70 | 17.20 | 99.80 | |
54 | Graham Bond | 7.65 | 8.00 | 15.65 | 7.00 | 7.85 | 14.85 | 6.95 | 7.00 | 13.95 | 9.00 | 8.80 | 17.80 | 8.15 | 8.35 | 16.50 | 8.90 | 8.75 | 17.65 | 96.40 | |
55 | David Gourlay | 8.25 | 8.00 | 16.25 | 7.55 | 7.90 | 15.45 | 7.50 | 7.20 | 14.70 | 9.00 | 9.05 | 18.05 | 7.80 | 7.65 | 15.45 | 8.10 | 7.90 | 16.00 | 95.90 | |
56 | John Lees | 7.25 | 7.50 | 14.75 | 7.95 | 8.45 | 16.40 | 7.70 | 7.85 | 15.55 | 7.50 | 8.90 | 16.40 | 8.00 | 8.15 | 16.15 | 7.70 | 6.10 | 13.80 | 93.05 | |
57 | Bruce Sharp | 8.80 | 8.80 | 17.60 | 8.10 | 7.85 | 15.95 | 5.65 | 4.95 | 10.60 | 9.25 | 9.10 | 18.35 | 8.20 | 8.30 | 16.50 | 7.30 | 6.65 | 13.95 | 92.95 | |
58 | Brian Blackburn | 8.85 | 9.05 | 17.90 | 7.50 | 7.05 | 14.55 | 5.00 | 7.10 | 12.10 | 9.00 | 8.95 | 17.95 | 8.45 | 7.25 | 15.70 | 8.20 | 5.00 | 13.20 | 91.40 | |
59 | Noel Punton | 8.55 | 8.50 | 17.05 | 6.80 | 7.55 | 14.35 | 5.50 | 7.10 | 12.60 | 9.05 | 8.85 | 17.90 | 7.70 | 7.65 | 15.35 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 8.50 | 85.75 | |
60 | Hans Sauter | 8.50 | – | 8.50 | 8.55 | 8.70 | 17.25 | 9.10 | – | 9.10 | 9.00 | 8.95 | 17.95 | 9.05 | 8.80 | 17.85 | 9.20 | – | 9.20 | 79.85 | |
61 | Pritam Singh | 7.80 | 7.30 | 15.10 | 6.00 | 4.75 | 10.75 | 4.50 | 5.75 | 10.25 | 8.15 | 8.05 | 16.20 | 7.50 | 6.00 | 13.50 | 5.80 | 5.75 | 11.55 | 77.35 | |
62 | Sham Lal | 6.45 | 6.80 | 13.25 | 6.90 | 6.60 | 13.50 | 3.40 | 6.60 | 10.00 | 8.35 | 8.15 | 16.50 | 6.25 | 7.10 | 13.35 | 4.00 | 6.50 | 10.50 | 77.10 | |
63 | Anant Ram | 5.00 | 7.50 | 12.50 | 4.75 | 2.00 | 6.75 | 2.00 | 6.25 | 8.25 | 8.45 | 7.20 | 15.65 | 7.20 | 5.50 | 12.70 | 8.20 | 1.50 | 9.70 | 65.55 |
References
- "Gymnastics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- Official Report, pp. 484–85.