Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

The men's vault 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 Monday, July 21, 1924. Seventy gymnasts from nine nations competed. The eight members of each nation's gymnastics team all competed; Czechoslovakia only had six competitors start the vault. The event was won by Frank Kriz of the United States, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event. Jan Koutný and Bohumil Mořkovský of Czechoslovakia took silver and bronze, respectively, the nation's first medals in the event.

Men's vault
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DateJuly 21
Competitors70 from 9 nations
Winning score9.98
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank Kriz
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Koutný
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bohumil Mořkovský
 Czechoslovakia
← 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). After three Games without apparatus events, the vault was one of seven apparatus events in 1924 (five, including the vault, have been held at every Games since, joined by the floor exercise in 1932). A similar event, the sidehorse vault, was held for the only time in Olympic history.[1]

Two nations were competing in the event for the second time: Switzerland had previously competed in 1896 and the United States had competed 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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The 1924 vault competition was very different from a modern vault competition, or even from other vault competitions at the time. Competitors had to jump from a springboard over a bar to reach the vaulting horse, landing with the hands on the horse and swinging their feet to the ground. Scores were based on the height of the bar (with the maximum score of 10 with the bar set at 1.70 metres above the ground) and the performance of the jump. Each gymnast was allowed three jumps. Scores were reported as 0 to 10; it is unclear whether the three jump scores were averaged or if the highest score was used.[2]

The vault was one of 11 components of the individual all-around score, and thus was also included in the team all-around score.[2]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Monday, 21 July 1924 Final

Results

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Four gymnasts received a score of 0 when they were unable to clear the bar on any of their three jumps.[2]

Rank Gymnast Nation Height
Jump 1
Height
Jump 2
Height
Jump 3
Score
  Frank Kriz   United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.98
  Jan Koutný   Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.97
  Bohumil Mořkovský   Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.93
4 Leon Štukelj   Yugoslavia 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.91
5 Max Wandrer   United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.85
6 Janez Porenta   Yugoslavia 1.50 1.70 1.70 9.76
7 Ferdinando Mandrini   Italy 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.75
Miroslav Klinger   Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.75
9 Robert Pražák   Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.74
10 Ladislav Vácha   Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.70
11 Al Jochim   United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.58
Curtis Rottman   United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.58
13 Albert Séguin   France 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.45
14 Luigi Cambiaso   Italy 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.37
15 Bedřich Šupčík   Czechoslovakia 1.60 1.60 1.70 9.33
16 Thomas Hopkins   Great Britain 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.22
17 August Güttinger   Switzerland 1.60 1.65 1.70 9.08
18 Jean Gounot   France 1.60 1.60 1.65 9.00
19 Harold Brown   Great Britain 1.60 1.70 1.70 8.92
20 Léon Delsarte   France 1.60 1.65 1.65 8.77
21 Luigi Maiocco   Italy 1.60 1.70 1.70 8.75
22 Henry Finchett   Great Britain 1.60 1.70 1.70 8.45
23 Jean Gutweninger   Switzerland 1.60 1.65 1.65 8.37
24 Otto Pfister   Switzerland 1.60 1.65 1.70 8.33
25 Georges Miez   Switzerland 1.60 1.60 1.70 8.17
26 Stane Derganc   Yugoslavia 1.50 1.60 1.60 8.00
27 Émile Munhofen   Luxembourg 1.50 1.60 1.60 7.78
28 Mihael Oswald   Yugoslavia 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.716
29 Jacques Palzer   Luxembourg 1.50 1.60 1.60 7.66
Frank Safandra   United States 1.60 1.60 1.60 7.66
31 John Mais   United States 1.60 1.60 1.60 7.58
32 John Pearson   United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 7.50
33 François Gangloff   France 1.60 1.60 1.70 7.43
34 Mario Lertora   Italy 1.60 1.70 1.70 7.32
35 Mikko Hämäläinen   Finland 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.23
Jaakko Kunnas   Finland 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.23
37 Akseli Roine   Finland 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.22
38 Aarne Roine   Finland 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.17
39 Stane Žilič   Yugoslavia 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.16
40 André Higelin   France 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.13
41 Giuseppe Paris   Italy 1.60 1.60 1.70 7.08
Hans Grieder   Switzerland 1.60 1.60 1.70 7.08
43 Rudolph Novak   United States 1.60 1.60 1.60 7.00
Otto Suhonen   Finland 1.50 1.60 1.60 7.00
45 Vittorio Lucchetti   Italy 1.50 1.60 1.60 6.90
46 Josef Wilhelm   Switzerland 1.60 1.65 1.70 6.87
47 Väinö Karonen   Finland 1.60 1.70 1.70 6.50
48 Théo Jeitz   Luxembourg 1.50 1.50 1.60 5.85
49 Josip Primožič   Yugoslavia 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.75
50 Albert Neumann   Luxembourg 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.68
51 Eugène Cordonnier   France 1.50 1.50 1.55 5.63
52 Charles Quaino   Luxembourg 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.58
53 Giorgio Zampori   Italy 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.50
54 Joseph Huber   France 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.42
55 Albert Spencer   Great Britain 1.40 1.40 1.50 5.15
56 Stanley Leigh   Great Britain 1.40 1.45 1.50 5.07
57 Francesco Martino   Italy 1.50 1.50 1.50 4.83
Carl Widmer   Switzerland 1.50 1.60 1.60 4.83
59 Samuel Humphreys   Great Britain 1.40 1.50 1.55 4.60
60 Mathias Erang   Luxembourg 1.30 1.40 1.50 3.85
61 Rastko Poljšak   Yugoslavia 1.30 1.30 1.40 3.616
62 Stane Hlastan   Yugoslavia 1.40 1.40 1.50 3.40
63 Frank Hawkins   Great Britain 1.40 1.40 1.50 3.27
64 Eetu Kostamo   Finland 1.40 1.50 1.50 3.17
65 Pierre Tolar   Luxembourg 1.30 1.40 1.40 2.00
66 Eevert Kerttula   Finland 1.50 1.40 1.40 1.17
67 Arthur Hermann   France 1.50 1.50 1.50 0.00
Antoine Rebetez   Switzerland 1.50 1.50 1.50 0.00
Mathias Weishaupt   Luxembourg 1.30 1.30 1.30 0.00
Edward Leigh   Great Britain 1.30 1.30 1.30 0.00
Stanislav Indruch   Czechoslovakia DNS
Josef Kos   Czechoslovakia DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Official Report, p. 358.