Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

The men's pommel horse competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Töölö Sports Hall, Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the eighth appearance of the event.[1] There were 185 competitors from 29 nations, with each nation sending up to 8 gymnasts.[2] The event was won by Viktor Chukarin as the Soviet Union swept the medals in its debut. It was the fourth medal sweep in the event, and last before apparatus finals with a two-gymnast-per-nation limit made further sweeps impossible. Yevgeny Korolkov and Hrant Shahinyan tied for silver.

Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Plaque at Töölö Sports Hall commemorating 1952 Olympic sports held there
VenueTöölö Sports Hall, Exhibition Hall I
Dates19–21 July
Competitors185 from 29 nations
Winning score19.50
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Chukarin
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yevgeny Korolkov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hrant Shahinyan
 Soviet Union
← 1948
1956 →

Background

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This was the eighth 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). Five of the top 10 gymnasts from 1948 returned: joint gold medalists Paavo Aaltonen and Heikki Savolainen of Finland, fourth-place finisher Luigi Zanetti and fifth-place finisher Guido Figone of Italy, and eighth-place finisher Josef Stalder of Switzerland. Stalder was the reigning (1950) world champion.[2]

Belgium, India, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Saar, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Spain, and Sweden each made their debut in the men's pommel horse. The United States made its seventh appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games. Of the 22 different nations that had competed at least once in the event before 1952, 19 competed in Helsinki (only Greece, Mexico, and the Netherlands were missing among the nations having previously competed).

Competition format

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The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of between five and eight 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 a total for the apparatus.

No separate finals were contested.

For each exercise, four judges gave scores from 0 to 10 in one-tenth point increments. The top and bottom scores were discarded and the remaining two scores averaged to give the exercise total. Thus, exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.

The competitor had the option to make a second try only on the compulsory exercise—with the second attempt counting regardless of whether it was better than the first.[3]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 19 July 1952
Sunday, 20 July 1952
Monday, 21 July 1952
7:30
8:00
8:00
Final

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total
  Viktor Chukarin   Soviet Union 9.70 9.80 19.50
  Yevgeny Korolkov   Soviet Union 9.75 9.65 19.40
Hrant Shahinyan   Soviet Union 9.90 9.50 19.40
4 Mikhail Perelman   Soviet Union 9.70 9.60 19.30
5 Josef Stalder   Switzerland 9.65 9.55 19.20
6 Hans Sauter   Austria 9.60 9.55 19.15
7 Vladimir Belyakov   Soviet Union 9.60 9.50 19.10
8 Heikki Savolainen   Finland 9.55 9.50 19.05
Jean Tschabold   Switzerland 9.55 9.50 19.05
10 József Fekete   Hungary 9.55 9.45 19.00
11 Helmut Bantz   Germany 9.40 9.55 18.95
12 Jakob Kiefer   Germany 9.45 9.45 18.90
13 Jack Günthard   Switzerland 9.50 9.35 18.85
Melchior Thalmann   Switzerland 9.45 9.40 18.85
15 Iosif Berdiev   Soviet Union 9.55 9.25 18.80
Friedel Overwien   Germany 9.55 9.25 18.80
Zdeněk Růžička   Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.35 18.80
18 Adalbert Dickhut   Germany 9.60 9.15 18.75
Berndt Lindfors   Finland 9.45 9.30 18.75
20 Sándor Réthy   Hungary 9.55 9.15 18.70
21 Hans Pfann   Germany 9.40 9.25 18.65
22 Bill Roetzheim   United States 9.25 9.35 18.60
Lajos Sántha   Hungary 9.25 9.35 18.60
Josef Škvor   Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.30 18.60
25 Hans Eugster   Switzerland 9.25 9.30 18.55
Ernst Gebendinger   Switzerland 9.35 9.20 18.55
Károly Kocsis   Hungary 9.45 9.10 18.55
28 Kalevi Viskari   Finland 9.10 9.40 18.50
29 Kaino Lempinen   Finland 9.15 9.30 18.45
Leo Sotorník   Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.15 18.45
31 Takashi Ono   Japan 9.40 9.00 18.40
32 Don Holder   United States 9.10 9.20 18.30
Ferenc Kemény   Hungary 9.35 8.95 18.30
Michel Mathiot   France 9.15 9.15 18.30
Valentin Muratov   Soviet Union 9.70 8.60 18.30
36 Ferdinand Daniš   Czechoslovakia 9.55 8.70 18.25
37 Guido Figone   Italy 9.40 8.80 18.20
Nikolay Milev   Bulgaria 9.40 8.80 18.20
Theo Wied   Germany 9.50 8.70 18.20
40 Paavo Aaltonen   Finland 8.40 9.70 18.10
Ed Scrobe   United States 9.30 8.80 18.10
Josy Stoffel   Luxembourg 9.30 8.80 18.10
43 Kalevi Laitinen   Finland 9.05 9.00 18.05
Frank Turner   Great Britain 9.05 9.00 18.05
Erich Wied   Germany 8.80 9.25 18.05
Luigi Zanetti   Italy 9.35 8.70 18.05
47 Poul Jessen   Denmark 8.90 9.10 18.00
Tadao Uesako   Japan 9.15 8.85 18.00
49 Georges Floquet   France 9.00 8.95 17.95
Franz Kemter   Austria 9.05 8.90 17.95
51 Vincent D'Autorio   United States 8.85 9.05 17.90
Szymon Sobala   Poland 9.40 8.50 17.90
53 Raymond Badin   France 8.50 9.35 17.85
Josef Svoboda   Czechoslovakia 9.30 8.55 17.85
55 Andrei Kerekes   Romania 9.00 8.80 17.80
56 Paweł Gaca   Poland 8.80 9.00 17.80
57 Silvio Brivio   Italy 9.05 8.70 17.75
Miloš Kolejka   Czechoslovakia 9.25 8.50 17.75
Ferenc Pataki   Hungary 9.35 8.40 17.75
Olavi Rove   Finland 8.60 9.15 17.75
Quinto Vadi   Italy 8.90 8.85 17.75
Ali Zaky   Egypt 8.85 8.90 17.75
63 Fabio Bonacina   Italy 9.20 8.50 17.70
Paweł Gawron   Poland 8.95 8.75 17.70
65 Freddy Jensen   Denmark 8.50 9.10 17.60
Vasil Konstantinov   Bulgaria 8.50 9.10 17.60
Alfred Schwarzmann   Germany 9.20 8.40 17.60
André Weingand   France 8.85 8.75 17.60
69 Hans Friedrich   Austria 9.35 8.20 17.55
Bob Stout   United States 8.75 8.80 17.55
Masao Takemoto   Japan 8.90 8.65 17.55
Jack Whitford   Great Britain 9.05 8.50 17.55
73 Walter Blattmann   United States 8.90 8.60 17.50
Onni Lappalainen   Finland 9.00 8.50 17.50
Orlando Polmonari   Italy 9.00 8.50 17.50
Volmer Thomsen   Denmark 8.80 8.70 17.50
77 Vladimír Kejř   Czechoslovakia 8.60 8.85 17.45
Rafael Lecuona   Cuba 9.15 8.30 17.45
Jindřich Mikulec   Czechoslovakia 8.80 8.65 17.45
Littorio Sampieri   Italy 8.60 8.85 17.45
Mincho Todorov   Bulgaria 8.95 8.50 17.45
82 Nikolay Atanasov   Bulgaria 8.95 8.30 17.25
Akitomo Kaneko   Japan 9.35 7.90 17.25
84 Tetsumi Nabeya   Japan 8.20 9.00 17.20
Lajos Tóth   Hungary 8.20 9.00 17.20
Ernst Wister   Austria 8.70 8.50 17.20
87 Willi Welt   Austria 8.25 8.85 17.10
88 Jack Beckner   United States 8.40 8.60 17.00
Hans Schwarzentruber   Switzerland 9.00 8.00 17.00
90 Ernst Fivian   Switzerland 9.35 7.50 16.85
91 Frederic Orendi   Romania 8.80 8.00 16.80
92 Erich Peters   Sweden 8.25 8.50 16.75
Ragai Youssef   Egypt 8.35 8.40 16.75
94 Arthur Schmitt   Saar 8.20 8.35 16.55
95 Paweł Świętek   Poland 8.05 8.45 16.50
96 Marcel de Wolf   France 7.90 8.55 16.45
97 Arrigo Carnoli   Italy 8.40 8.00 16.40
Magne Kleiven   Norway 8.35 8.05 16.40
János Mogyorósi-Klencs   Hungary 7.40 9.00 16.40
100 Armand Huberty   Luxembourg 8.65 7.65 16.30
101 Joaquín Blume   Spain 8.00 8.25 16.25
Mihai Botez   Romania 7.75 8.50 16.25
Ken Buffin   Great Britain 8.50 7.75 16.25
104 Dušan Furlan   Yugoslavia 8.35 7.85 16.20
Alf Nørgaard   Norway 8.70 7.50 16.20
106 Mahmoud Mohamed Reda   Egypt 8.10 8.00 16.10
Charles Simms   United States 8.05 8.05 16.10
108 Zdzisław Lesiński   Poland 8.50 7.55 16.05
109 Ángel Aguiar   Cuba 8.35 7.60 15.95
Heinz Ostheimer   Saar 8.85 7.10 15.95
111 René Changeat   France 7.90 8.00 15.90
Todor Todorov   Bulgaria 7.70 8.20 15.90
113 Manuel Prazeres   Portugal 8.80 7.00 15.80
114 Antun Kropivšek   Yugoslavia 7.85 7.85 15.70
Jerzy Solarz   Poland 7.80 7.90 15.70
116 Dimitar Yordanov   Bulgaria 7.00 8.55 15.55
117 Børge Nielsen   Denmark 8.30 7.20 15.50
118 Jean Guillou   France 7.50 7.95 15.45
Børge Minerth   Denmark 7.90 7.55 15.45
120 Paul Grubenthal   Austria 8.15 7.25 15.40
121 Frederik De Waele   Belgium 8.00 7.35 15.35
Fred Wiedersporn   Saar 7.85 7.50 15.35
123 Arne Knudsen   Norway 7.90 7.40 15.30
Ernst Madland   Norway 7.05 8.25 15.30
125 Wolfgang Girardi   Austria 7.55 7.70 15.25
Mathias Jamtvedt   Norway 7.70 7.55 15.25
127 Juan Caviglia   Argentina 7.45 7.70 15.15
Iliya Topalov   Bulgaria 9.15 6.00 15.15
129 Ivica Jelić   Yugoslavia 7.65 7.40 15.05
Ronnie Lombard   South Africa 7.80 7.25 15.05
George Weedon   Great Britain 7.45 7.60 15.05
Kurt Wigartz   Sweden 8.25 6.80 15.05
133 Gunnar Pedersen   Denmark 7.75 7.00 14.75
134 Odd Lie   Norway 8.80 5.90 14.70
135 Karel Janež   Yugoslavia 6.30 8.35 14.65
136 Carol Bedö   Romania 6.85 7.75 14.60
137 Rolf Lauer   Saar 8.05 6.25 14.30
138 Jey Kugeler   Luxembourg 6.00 8.20 14.20
139 Alf Olsen   Norway 7.25 6.90 14.15
140 Arne Carlsson   Sweden 7.95 6.15 14.10
Bjarne Jørgensen   Denmark 7.20 6.90 14.10
142 Eugen Balint   Romania 6.50 7.50 14.00
143 Hubert Erang   Luxembourg 7.80 6.00 13.80
144 Zoltan Balogh   Romania 6.50 7.25 13.75
Georg Johansen   Norway 5.85 7.90 13.75
Ede Mađar   Yugoslavia 6.50 7.25 13.75
147 Marcel Coppin   Luxembourg 7.30 6.40 13.70
Raymond Dot   France 4.75 8.95 13.70
Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi   Egypt 6.25 7.45 13.70
150 Ivan Čaklec   Yugoslavia 5.10 8.50 13.60
Walter Müller   Saar 7.60 6.00 13.60
152 Mohamed Sayed Hamdi   Egypt 5.50 7.85 13.35
Nils Sjöberg   Sweden 6.35 7.00 13.35
Sreten Stefanović   Yugoslavia 7.85 5.50 13.35
155 Ryszard Kucjas   Poland 6.50 6.80 13.30
156 Norbert Dietrich   Saar 7.50 5.65 13.15
157 António Leite   Portugal 6.10 6.75 12.85
158 Jerzy Jokiel   Poland 7.30 5.50 12.80
Jeroom Riske   Belgium 6.15 6.65 12.80
160 Anders Lindh   Sweden 6.15 6.45 12.60
161 Peter Starling   Great Britain 6.10 6.30 12.40
162 Friedrich Fetz   Austria 5.25 7.00 12.25
Rolf Yelseth   South Africa 7.00 5.25 12.25
164 Dmytro Leonkin   Soviet Union 3.75 8.35 12.10
165 Francisc Cocis   Romania 5.25 6.80 12.05
166 William Thoresson   Sweden 5.75 6.00 11.75
167 Manuel Gouveia   Portugal 6.80 4.85 11.65
168 Jack Wells   South Africa 6.80 4.75 11.55
169 Raúl Caldeira   Portugal 5.70 5.75 11.45
170 Graham Harcourt   Great Britain 6.85 4.50 11.35
171 Joaquim Granger   Portugal 6.05 5.25 11.30
172 Mahmoud Safwat   Egypt 4.50 6.65 11.15
173 Manuel Cardoso   Portugal 5.55 5.30 10.85
174 Franjo Jurjević   Yugoslavia 5.00 5.80 10.80
175 Magdy Gheriani   Egypt 3.00 7.55 10.55
176 Maurice De Groote   Belgium 3.50 6.75 10.25
177 César Bonoris   Argentina 3.00 7.05 10.05
178 Börje Stattin   Sweden 9.00 1.00 10.00
179 Francisco Cascante   Cuba 4.50 5.25 9.75
180 Aurel Losnita   Romania 4.75 4.50 9.25
181 Stoyan Stoyanov   Bulgaria 9.15 9.15
182 Ahmed Issam Allam   Egypt 3.50 4.75 8.25
René Schroeder   Luxembourg 4.75 3.50 8.25
184 Vir Singh   India 1.00 2.25 3.25
185 Khushi Ram   India 1.00 2.00 3.00

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Pommelled Horse". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Pommelled Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 424.