Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

The men's horizontal bar event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was one of nine gymnastics events and it was contested for the third time after 1896 and 1904. The competition was held on Saturday, July 19, 1924.[1] Seventy-two gymnasts from nine nations competed. The event was won by Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, with Jean Gutweninger of Switzerland taking silver and André Higelin of France bronze. It was the first medal in the horizontal bar for each of those nations.

Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Leon Štukelj (1958)
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DateJuly 19
Competitors72 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leon Štukelj  Yugoslavia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean Gutweninger  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) André Higelin  France
← 1904
1928 →

Background

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This was the third 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). The 1922 world championship had ended in a three-way tie; two of the winners were competing in Paris: Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia and Miroslav Klinger of Czechoslovakia.[2]

Two nations had previously competed, Switzerland in 1896 and the United States in 1904. The other seven nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia) were competing for the first time.

Competition format

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Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. These two exercises were 2 of the 11 components of the individual all-around score, and thus were also included in the team all-around score. Each exercise had a maximum possible score of 11, with half a point each for the approach and dismount and up to 10 points for the routine.[2][3]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Saturday, 19 July 1924 Final

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Total
  Leon Štukelj   Yugoslavia 19.730
  Jean Gutweninger   Switzerland 19.236
  André Higelin   France 19.163
4 Antoine Rebetez   Switzerland 19.053
5 Georges Miez   Switzerland 19.050
6 Jean Gounot   France 19.043
7 François Gangloff   France 18.933
8 August Güttinger   Switzerland 18.886
9 Robert Pražák   Czechoslovakia 18.730
10 Léon Delsarte   France 18.633
11 Francesco Martino   Italy 18.386
12 Mario Lertora   Italy 18.366
13 Stanley Leigh   Great Britain 18.350
14 Ferdinando Mandrini   Italy 18.120
15 Josef Kos   Czechoslovakia 17.960
16 Bedřich Šupčík   Czechoslovakia 17.860
17 Arthur Hermann   France 17.503
18 Frank Kriz   United States 17.500
19 Stanislav Indruch   Czechoslovakia 17.430
20 Vittorio Lucchetti   Italy 17.270
21 Luigi Cambiaso   Italy 17.180
22 Josef Wilhelm   Switzerland 17.150
23 Al Jochim   United States 17.060
24 Hans Grieder   Switzerland 16.946
25 Otto Pfister   Switzerland 16.920
26 Miroslav Klinger   Czechoslovakia 16.470
27 Giuseppe Paris   Italy 16.356
28 Stane Žilič   Yugoslavia 16.330
Curtis Rottman   United States 16.330
30 Giorgio Zampori   Italy 16.203
31 Carl Widmer   Switzerland 16.190
32 John Pearson   United States 15.990
33 Eugène Cordonnier   France 15.886
34 Otto Suhonen   Finland 15.853
35 Jan Koutný   Czechoslovakia 15.716
36 Albert Séguin   France 15.683
37 Väinö Karonen   Finland 15.420
38 Stane Hlastan   Yugoslavia 15.066
39 Ladislav Vácha   Czechoslovakia 14.700
40 Luigi Maiocco   Italy 14.663
41 Bohumil Mořkovský   Czechoslovakia 14.563
42 Mihael Oswald   Yugoslavia 14.280
43 Harold Brown   Great Britain 14.206
44 Janez Porenta   Yugoslavia 14.166
45 John Mais   United States 13.930
46 Jaakko Kunnas   Finland 13.583
47 Rastko Poljšak   Yugoslavia 13.536
48 Josip Primožič   Yugoslavia 13.460
49 Aarne Roine   Finland 13.280
50 Frank Safandra   United States 12.900
51 Albert Spencer   Great Britain 12.893
52 Théo Jeitz   Luxembourg 12.850
53 Joseph Huber   France 12.686
54 Henry Finchett   Great Britain 12.290
55 Eevert Kerttula   Finland 12.273
56 Akseli Roine   Finland 12.233
57 Edward Leigh   Great Britain 12.120
58 Stane Derganc   Yugoslavia 12.100
59 Mikko Hämäläinen   Finland 11.873
60 Charles Quaino   Luxembourg 11.646
61 Eetu Kostamo   Finland 11.253
62 Albert Neumann   Luxembourg 11.243
63 Samuel Humphreys   Great Britain 10.933
64 Thomas Hopkins   Great Britain 10.840
65 Émile Munhofen   Luxembourg 10.366
66 Max Wandrer   United States 10.240
67 Mathias Erang   Luxembourg 9.833
68 Frank Hawkins   Great Britain 9.733
69 Rudolph Novak   United States 9.703
70 Jacques Palzer   Luxembourg 9.463
71 Mathias Weishaupt   Luxembourg 8.550
72 Pierre Tolar   Luxembourg 7.800

References

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  1. ^ Official Report, p. 340.
  2. ^ a b "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 346.