Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse
November 30, 2023
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 (down sharply from the 185 gymnasts in 1952), with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts.[1] 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.
This was the ninth 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). Two of the top 10 gymnasts from 1952 returned: gold medalist Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union and sixth-place finisher Hans Sauter of Austria. Reigning world champion and Olympic silver medalist Hrant Shahinyan of the Soviet Union did not compete; Chukarin at third place in the worlds was the highest placed gymnast to come to Melbourne.[1]
Australia and Canada each made their debut in the men's pommel horse; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States made its eighth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.
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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 2 exercise scores were summed to give an apparatus total. No separate finals were contested.
Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.[2]
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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 down sharply from the 185 gymnasts in 1952 with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts 1 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 Men s pommel horseat the Games of the XVI OlympiadArtistic gymnastics pictogramVenueFestival HallDate3 7 DecemberCompetitors63 from 18 nationsWinning score19 25MedalistsBoris Shakhlin Soviet UnionTakashi Ono JapanViktor Chukarin Soviet Union 19521960 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 5 ReferencesBackground editThis was the ninth 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 Two of the top 10 gymnasts from 1952 returned gold medalist Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union and sixth place finisher Hans Sauter of Austria Reigning world champion and Olympic silver medalist Hrant Shahinyan of the Soviet Union did not compete Chukarin at third place in the worlds was the highest placed gymnast to come to Melbourne 1 Australia and Canada each made their debut in the men s pommel horse East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time The United States made its eighth appearance most of any nation having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games Competition format editThe 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 2 exercise scores were summed to give an apparatus total No separate finals were contested Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20 2 Schedule editAll times are Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC 10 Date Time RoundMonday 3 December 1956Tuesday 4 December 1956Wednesday 5 December 1956Thursday 6 December 1956Friday 7 December 1956 8 00 FinalResults editRank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total nbsp Boris Shakhlin nbsp Soviet Union 9 50 9 75 19 25 nbsp Takashi Ono nbsp Japan 9 50 9 70 19 20 nbsp Viktor Chukarin nbsp Soviet Union 9 50 9 60 19 104 Josef Skvor nbsp Czechoslovakia 9 45 9 60 19 055 Yury Titov nbsp Soviet Union 9 45 9 55 19 006 Jaroslav Bim nbsp Czechoslovakia 9 35 9 60 18 957 Masao Takemoto nbsp Japan 9 45 9 45 18 90Pavel Stolbov nbsp Soviet Union 9 40 9 50 18 909 Valentin Muratov nbsp Soviet Union 9 45 9 35 18 80Kalevi Suoniemi nbsp Finland 9 35 9 45 18 80Berndt Lindfors nbsp Finland 9 45 9 35 18 8012 Nobuyuki Aihara nbsp Japan 9 35 9 40 18 75Helmut Bantz nbsp United Team of Germany 9 35 9 40 18 75Josy Stoffel nbsp Luxembourg 9 30 9 45 18 75Albert Azaryan nbsp Soviet Union 9 25 9 50 18 7516 Martti Mansikka nbsp Finland 9 30 9 35 18 65Masami Kubota nbsp Japan 9 35 9 30 18 65Olavi Leimuvirta nbsp Finland 9 35 9 30 18 65Velik Kapsazov nbsp Bulgaria 9 30 9 35 18 6520 Akira Kono nbsp Japan 9 00 9 60 18 6021 Nik Stuart nbsp Great Britain 9 30 9 25 18 5522 Shinsaku Tsukawaki nbsp Japan 9 20 9 25 18 45Onni Lappalainen nbsp Finland 9 05 9 40 18 45Attila Takacs nbsp Hungary 9 10 9 35 18 4525 Jack Beckner nbsp United States 9 30 9 10 18 4026 Ferdinand Danis nbsp Czechoslovakia 9 40 8 85 18 25Vladimir Kejr nbsp Czechoslovakia 9 15 9 10 18 2528 Hans Pfann nbsp United Team of Germany 9 25 8 95 18 20Michel Mathiot nbsp France 9 20 9 00 18 2030 Raimo Heinonen nbsp Finland 8 90 9 25 18 15Charles Simms nbsp United States 9 35 8 80 18 1532 Jaroslav Mikoska nbsp Czechoslovakia 9 35 8 75 18 1033 Jakob Kiefer nbsp United Team of Germany 9 20 8 85 18 05Rafael Lecuona nbsp Cuba 8 90 9 15 18 05Ronnie Lombard nbsp South Africa 9 05 9 00 18 0536 Robert Klein nbsp United Team of Germany 8 95 9 05 18 0037 Theo Wied nbsp United Team of Germany 8 90 9 05 17 9538 Kurt Wigartz nbsp Sweden 8 85 9 00 18 85Zdenek Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia 9 15 8 70 17 85Stoyan Stoyanov nbsp Bulgaria 9 10 8 75 17 85Jean Guillou nbsp France 9 40 8 45 17 85Janos Heder nbsp Hungary 8 80 9 05 17 8543 Raymond Dot nbsp France 8 70 9 10 17 8044 Bill Tom nbsp United States 8 60 9 15 17 7545 William Thoresson nbsp Sweden 8 90 8 80 17 70Ed Gagnier nbsp Canada 8 50 9 20 17 7047 Dick Beckner nbsp United States 8 70 8 80 17 5048 Jack Wells nbsp South Africa 8 70 8 75 17 4549 Mincho Todorov nbsp Bulgaria 8 50 8 90 17 4050 Armando Vega nbsp United States 8 60 8 75 17 3551 Abie Grossfeld nbsp United States 8 65 8 65 17 30Erich Wied nbsp United Team of Germany 8 60 8 70 17 3053 Frank Turner nbsp Great Britain 8 55 7 80 16 3554 John Lees nbsp Australia 7 70 7 85 15 5555 David Gourlay nbsp Australia 7 50 7 20 14 7056 Graham Bond nbsp Australia 6 95 7 00 13 9557 Noel Punton nbsp Australia 5 50 7 10 12 6058 Brian Blackburn nbsp Australia 5 00 7 10 12 1059 Bruce Sharp nbsp Australia 5 65 4 95 10 6060 Pritam Singh nbsp India 4 50 5 75 10 2561 Sham Lal nbsp India 3 40 6 60 10 0062 Hans Sauter nbsp Austria 9 10 9 1063 Anant Ram nbsp India 2 00 6 25 8 25References edit a b Pommelled Horse Men Olympedia Retrieved 1 December 2020 Official Report p 472 Official Olympic Report www gymnasticsresults com www gymn forum net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men 27s pommel horse amp oldid 1055165853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
