Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings 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 Soviet Union, in its debut in the event, won a medal of every color but did not quite sweep the medals as there was a tie for third. Hrant Shahinyan was the winner, Viktor Chukarin took silver, and Dmytro Leonkin shared bronze with Hans Eugster of Switzerland.

Men's rings
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Hrant Shahinyan depicted on Armenian stamp
VenueTöölö Sports Hall, Exhibition Hall I
Dates19–21 July
Competitors185 from 29 nations
Winning score19.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hrant Shahinyan
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktor Chukarin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans Eugster
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmytro Leonkin
 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). Four of the top 10 gymnasts from 1948 returned: bronze medalist Zdeněk Růžička of Czechoslovakia, fifth-place finisher Josef Stalder of Switzerland, and eighth-place finisher Heikki Savolainen (who had also been in the top 10 in 1932 and 1936) and ninth-place finisher Olavi Rove of Finland. The reigning (1950) world champion, Walter Lehmann of Switzerland, was not competing in Helsinki. Rove had taken second, with Hans Eugster third.[2]

Belgium, India, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Saar, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Spain, and Sweden each made their debut in the men's rings. 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
  Hrant Shahinyan   Soviet Union 9.80 9.95 19.75
  Viktor Chukarin   Soviet Union 9.65 9.90 19.55
  Hans Eugster   Switzerland 9.60 9.80 19.40
Dmytro Leonkin   Soviet Union 9.55 9.85 19.40
5 Valentin Muratov   Soviet Union 9.45 9.90 19.35
6 Masao Takemoto   Japan 9.40 9.80 19.20
7 Ferenc Kemény   Hungary 9.45 9.70 19.15
Yevgeny Korolkov   Soviet Union 9.45 9.70 19.15
Berndt Lindfors   Finland 9.40 9.75 19.15
Ali Zaky   Egypt 9.45 9.70 19.15
11 Iosif Berdiev   Soviet Union 9.50 9.60 19.10
Josef Stalder   Switzerland 9.45 9.65 19.10
13 Mikhail Perelman   Soviet Union 9.35 9.70 19.05
14 Helmut Bantz   Germany 9.35 9.60 18.95
Vladimir Belyakov   Soviet Union 9.25 9.70 18.95
Onni Lappalainen   Finland 9.30 9.65 18.95
Zdeněk Růžička   Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.50 18.95
18 Hans Pfann   Germany 9.40 9.50 18.90
19 Ferdinand Daniš   Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.40 18.85
Akitomo Kaneko   Japan 9.40 9.45 18.85
Heikki Savolainen   Finland 9.40 9.45 18.85
22 Vladimír Kejř   Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.40 18.80
23 Josef Škvor   Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.35 18.75
Josef Svoboda   Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.45 18.75
Jean Tschabold   Switzerland 9.15 9.60 18.75
26 Raymond Dot   France 9.30 9.40 18.70
Jack Günthard   Switzerland 9.15 9.55 18.70
Josy Stoffel   Luxembourg 9.35 9.35 18.70
29 Vasil Konstantinov   Bulgaria 9.15 9.50 18.65
Olavi Rove   Finland 9.30 9.35 18.65
Lajos Sántha   Hungary 9.20 9.45 18.65
32 Ferenc Pataki   Hungary 9.10 9.50 18.60
Hans Sauter   Austria 9.30 9.30 18.60
34 Guido Figone   Italy 9.45 9.10 18.55
35 Mihai Botez   Romania 9.15 9.35 18.50
Károly Kocsis   Hungary 9.15 9.35 18.50
Iliya Topalov   Bulgaria 9.30 9.20 18.50
38 Paavo Aaltonen   Finland 9.05 9.40 18.45
Joaquín Blume   Spain 9.20 9.25 18.45
Littorio Sampieri   Italy 9.25 9.20 18.45
Hans Schwarzentruber   Switzerland 9.15 9.30 18.45
Leo Sotorník   Czechoslovakia 9.20 9.25 18.45
Mincho Todorov   Bulgaria 9.35 9.10 18.45
Dimitar Yordanov   Bulgaria 9.20 9.25 18.45
45 Adalbert Dickhut   Germany 9.05 9.35 18.40
Friedel Overwien   Germany 9.10 9.30 18.40
Ed Scrobe   United States 9.35 9.05 18.40
Bob Stout   United States 9.20 9.20 18.40
Theo Wied   Germany 9.00 9.40 18.40
50 József Fekete   Hungary 8.95 9.40 18.35
Tadao Uesako   Japan 9.00 9.35 18.35
Erich Wied   Germany 9.00 9.35 18.35
53 Andrei Kerekes   Romania 9.00 9.30 18.30
Ernst Fivian   Switzerland 8.95 9.35 18.30
Zdzisław Lesiński   Poland 9.35 8.95 18.30
János Mogyorósi-Klencs   Hungary 8.95 9.35 18.30
Melchior Thalmann   Switzerland 8.80 9.50 18.30
58 Nikolay Milev   Bulgaria 9.10 9.15 18.25
Børge Minerth   Denmark 9.05 9.20 18.25
Alfred Schwarzmann   Germany 9.00 9.25 18.25
61 Jindřich Mikulec   Czechoslovakia 9.25 8.95 18.20
Frank Turner   Great Britain 9.15 9.05 18.20
63 Fabio Bonacina   Italy 9.15 9.00 18.15
Freddy Jensen   Denmark 8.90 9.25 18.15
Kaino Lempinen   Finland 8.85 9.30 18.15
Takashi Ono   Japan 8.95 9.20 18.15
67 Ahmed Issam Allam   Egypt 8.90 9.15 18.05
Sreten Stefanović   Yugoslavia 8.85 9.20 18.05
69 Tetsumi Nabeya   Japan 8.70 9.30 18.00
Børge Nielsen   Denmark 8.95 9.05 18.00
Szymon Sobala   Poland 9.15 8.85 18.00
72 Nikolay Atanasov   Bulgaria 9.15 8.80 17.95
73 Jakob Kiefer   Germany 8.70 9.20 17.90
Kalevi Laitinen   Finland 8.60 9.30 17.90
Alf Nørgaard   Norway 9.00 8.90 17.90
Paweł Świętek   Poland 9.20 8.70 17.90
77 Miloš Kolejka   Czechoslovakia 8.45 9.40 17.85
Ernst Wister   Austria 8.80 9.05 17.85
79 Raymond Badin   France 8.75 9.05 17.80
Magne Kleiven   Norway 8.80 9.00 17.80
Odd Lie   Norway 8.95 8.85 17.80
Sándor Réthy   Hungary 8.60 9.20 17.80
Volmer Thomsen   Denmark 8.90 8.90 17.80
84 Georg Johansen   Norway 8.80 8.95 17.75
Orlando Polmonari   Italy 8.85 8.90 17.75
86 Ernst Gebendinger   Switzerland 8.50 9.20 17.70
87 Silvio Brivio   Italy 8.70 8.95 17.65
Arthur Schmitt   Saar 8.65 9.00 17.65
89 Jack Whitford   Great Britain 8.95 8.65 17.60
90 Magdy Gheriani   Egypt 8.60 8.90 17.50
Poul Jessen   Denmark 8.35 9.15 17.50
Michel Mathiot   France 8.90 8.60 17.50
Kalevi Viskari   Finland 8.30 9.20 17.50
94 Ken Buffin   Great Britain 8.70 8.75 17.45
Norbert Dietrich   Saar 8.90 8.55 17.45
Mathias Jamtvedt   Norway 8.75 8.70 17.45
Bjarne Jørgensen   Denmark 8.50 8.95 17.45
Frederic Orendi   Romania 8.50 8.95 17.45
Todor Todorov   Bulgaria 8.80 8.65 17.45
100 Anders Lindh   Sweden 8.45 8.95 17.40
Alf Olsen   Norway 8.80 8.60 17.40
102 Ryszard Kucjas   Poland 9.00 8.35 17.35
Lajos Tóth   Hungary 8.25 9.10 17.35
104 Wolfgang Girardi   Austria 8.10 9.05 17.15
Jey Kugeler   Luxembourg 8.40 8.75 17.15
106 Arne Knudsen   Norway 8.75 8.35 17.10
107 Joaquim Granger   Portugal 8.00 9.05 17.05
108 Luigi Zanetti   Italy 7.95 9.00 16.95
109 Ángel Aguiar   Cuba 7.85 9.05 16.90
Don Holder   United States 8.70 8.20 16.90
111 Ernst Madland   Norway 8.20 8.65 16.85
Quinto Vadi   Italy 7.85 9.00 16.85
André Weingand   France 8.00 8.85 16.85
114 Zoltan Balogh   Romania 7.85 8.95 16.80
Heinz Ostheimer   Saar 8.35 8.45 16.80
116 George Weedon   Great Britain 8.30 8.45 16.75
117 Paweł Gawron   Poland 8.70 8.00 16.70
Aurel Losnita   Romania 7.80 8.90 16.70
119 Francisc Cocis   Romania 8.10 8.55 16.65
Mahmoud Safwat   Egypt 7.80 8.85 16.65
121 Dušan Furlan   Yugoslavia 7.80 8.60 16.40
Rafael Lecuona   Cuba 7.95 8.45 16.40
René Schroeder   Luxembourg 7.85 8.55 16.40
124 Maurice De Groote   Belgium 8.10 8.25 16.35
125 Arrigo Carnoli   Italy 7.65 8.60 16.25
Frederik De Waele   Belgium 8.35 7.90 16.25
127 Gunnar Pedersen   Denmark 7.75 8.40 16.15
Charles Simms   United States 8.35 7.80 16.15
Rolf Yelseth   South Africa 7.65 8.50 16.15
130 Armand Huberty   Luxembourg 7.75 8.35 16.10
131 Jerzy Jokiel   Poland 8.00 8.00 16.00
Eugen Balint   Romania 8.25 7.75 16.00
Georges Floquet   France 7.85 8.15 16.00
Manuel Gouveia   Portugal 7.65 8.35 16.00
Peter Starling   Great Britain 8.35 7.65 16.00
136 Juan Caviglia   Argentina 7.85 8.10 15.95
137 Walter Blattmann   United States 8.20 7.70 15.90
Marcel de Wolf   France 7.70 8.20 15.90
Ivica Jelić   Yugoslavia 7.95 7.95 15.90
Antun Kropivšek   Yugoslavia 8.05 7.85 15.90
Willi Welt   Austria 7.70 8.20 15.90
142 Jean Guillou   France 7.25 8.60 15.85
Bill Roetzheim   United States 7.90 7.95 15.85
144 César Bonoris   Argentina 8.05 7.75 15.80
145 Börje Stattin   Sweden 7.00 8.75 15.75
146 Marcel Coppin   Luxembourg 7.50 8.20 15.70
147 Jack Wells   South Africa 7.40 8.25 15.65
148 Franz Kemter   Austria 7.20 8.35 15.55
Graham Harcourt   Great Britain 8.45 7.10 15.55
Ede Mađar   Yugoslavia 8.05 7.50 15.55
151 Walter Müller   Saar 7.55 7.90 15.45
152 Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi   Egypt 7.70 7.70 15.40
153 Francisco Cascante   Cuba 7.00 8.35 15.35
154 Friedrich Fetz   Austria 7.55 7.75 15.30
Jerzy Solarz   Poland 6.95 8.35 15.30
156 Franjo Jurjević   Yugoslavia 6.80 8.45 15.25
157 Vincent D'Autorio   United States 7.85 7.35 15.20
Hubert Erang   Luxembourg 7.10 8.10 15.20
159 António Leite   Portugal 7.15 8.00 15.15
160 Jack Beckner   United States 7.10 8.00 15.10
161 Erich Peters   Sweden 6.85 8.10 14.95
162 William Thoresson   Sweden 7.25 7.65 14.90
163 Carol Bedö   Romania 6.80 7.90 14.70
Ronnie Lombard   South Africa 6.70 8.00 14.70
165 Rolf Lauer   Saar 7.40 7.25 14.65
166 Mohamed Sayed Hamdi   Egypt 6.90 7.65 14.55
167 Arne Carlsson   Sweden 6.70 7.60 14.30
168 Paul Grubenthal   Austria 5.50 8.60 14.10
169 Jeroom Riske   Belgium 7.00 6.95 13.95
170 Ivan Čaklec   Yugoslavia 6.00 7.90 13.90
171 Kurt Wigartz   Sweden 6.50 7.10 13.60
172 Nils Sjöberg   Sweden 6.15 7.10 13.25
173 René Changeat   France 4.75 8.45 13.20
174 Karel Janež   Yugoslavia 5.85 7.20 13.05
175 Ragai Youssef   Egypt 5.90 7.10 13.00
176 Fred Wiedersporn   Saar 5.40 7.35 12.75
177 Manuel Prazeres   Portugal 4.85 7.75 12.60
178 Raúl Caldeira   Portugal 3.50 7.60 11.10
179 Mahmoud Mohamed Reda   Egypt 4.00 7.00 11.00
180 Paweł Gaca   Poland 2.00 8.35 10.35
181 Manuel Cardoso   Portugal 2.00 7.80 9.80
182 Stoyan Stoyanov   Bulgaria 9.40 9.40
183 Hans Friedrich   Austria 7.75 7.75
184 Vir Singh   India 1.25 4.00 5.25
185 Khushi Ram   India 2.00 3.00 5.00

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Rings". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 424.