Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

These are the results of the men's pommel horse competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 27, 29 and September 1 at the Sports Hall. There were 111 competitors from 26 nations (with 2 of the 113 gymnasts not starting in this apparatus); nations entering the team event had 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Viktor Klimenko of the Soviet Union, the nation's fourth victory in the men's pommel horse. Sawao Kato (silver) and Eizo Kenmotsu (bronze) returned Japan to the pommel horse podium after a one-Games absence.

Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Viktor Klimenko
VenueOlympiahalle
Dates27 August – 1 September
Competitors111 from 26 nations
Winning score19.125
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Klimenko
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sawao Kato
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eizo Kenmotsu
 Japan
← 1968
1976 →

Background

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This was the 13th 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 six finalists from 1968 returned: bronze medalist Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Wilhelm Kubica of Poland, fifth-place finisher Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan, and sixth-place finisher Viktor Klimenko of the Soviet Union. Three-time world champion and two-time gold medalist Miroslav Cerar of Yugoslavia had retired in 1970, leaving the field open to other competitors. Kenmotsu and Klimenko had finished second and third at the 1970 World Championships.[1]

Liechtenstein, New Zealand, and North Korea each made their debut in the men's pommel horse. The United States made its 12th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

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Each nation entered 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 scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score. (One gymnast who entered the all-around competition did not perform on the vault.) These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 111th. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final.[1][2]

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 27 August 1972 11:15
19:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Wednesday, 29 August 1972 10:00
18:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 1 September 1972 19:30 Final

Results

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One-hundred eleven gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on August 27 and 29. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 1.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 12 Prelim. Final Total
  Viktor Klimenko   Soviet Union 9.50 9.55 19.05 9.525 9.600 19.125
  Sawao Kato   Japan 9.40 9.60 19.00 9.500 9.500 19.000
  Eizo Kenmotsu   Japan 9.50 9.60 19.10 9.550 9.400 18.950
4 Shigeru Kasamatsu   Japan 9.50 9.55 19.05 9.525 9.400 18.925
5 Mikhail Voronin   Soviet Union 9.40 9.45 18.85 9.425 9.450 18.875
6 Wilhelm Kubica   Poland 9.15 9.55 18.70 9.350 9.400 18.750
7 Akinori Nakayama   Japan 9.30 9.40 18.70 Did not advance
8 Matthias Brehme   East Germany 9.25 9.35 18.60 Did not advance
Edvard Mikaelian   Soviet Union 9.35 9.25 18.60 Did not advance
Imre Molnár   Hungary 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
11 Steven Hug   United States 9.15 9.40 18.55 Did not advance
Mikolaj Kubica   Poland 9.15 9.40 18.55 Did not advance
13 Klaus Köste   East Germany 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
14 Jürgen Paeke   East Germany 9.20 9.25 18.45 Did not advance
Wolfgang Thüne   East Germany 9.45 9.00 18.45 Did not advance
16 Jifi Fejtek   Czechoslovakia 9.10 9.25 18.35 Did not advance
17 Nikolai Andrianov   Soviet Union 9.50 8.80 18.30 Did not advance
Sylwester Kubica   Poland 9.10 9.20 18.30 Did not advance
19 Marshall Avener   United States 8.95 9.30 18.25 Did not advance
Alexander Maleev   Soviet Union 9.15 9.10 18.25 Did not advance
Reinhard Ritter   West Germany 9.05 9.20 18.25 Did not advance
22 Mauno Nissinen   Finland 9.10 9.10 18.20 Did not advance
23 Wolfgang Klotz   East Germany 9.10 9.05 18.15 Did not advance
24 Milenko Kersnic   Yugoslavia 8.90 9.20 18.10 Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar   Hungary 9.05 9.05 18.10 Did not advance
Roberto Léon Richards   Cuba 8.75 9.35 18.10 Did not advance
Vladimir Schukin   Soviet Union 9.05 9.05 18.10 Did not advance
28 Mieczyslaw Strzalka   Poland 8.95 9.10 18.05 Did not advance
29 Max Brühwiler   Switzerland 8.90 9.10 18.00 Did not advance
Béla Herczeg   Hungary 8.85 9.15 18.00 Did not advance
Teruichi Okamura   Japan 9.05 8.95 18.00 Did not advance
32 Ladislav Morava   Czechoslovakia 8.85 9.10 17.95 Did not advance
Reinhard Rychly   East Germany 8.90 9.05 17.95 Did not advance
34 Bernd Effing   West Germany 8.80 9.10 17.90 Did not advance
Li Song-sob   North Korea 8.85 9.05 17.90 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna   Poland 8.90 9.00 17.90 Did not advance
Mitsuo Tsukahara   Japan 9.20 8.70 17.90 Did not advance
38 Petre Mihaiuc   Romania 8.80 9.05 17.85 Did not advance
39 Mircea Gheorghiu   Romania 8.75 9.05 17.80 Did not advance
Heinz Häussler   West Germany 8.95 8.85 17.80 Did not advance
41 Robert Bretscher   Switzerland 8.80 8.95 17.75 Did not advance
Dan Grecu   Romania 8.65 9.10 17.75 Did not advance
Walter Mossinger   West Germany 8.90 8.85 17.75 Did not advance
Stefan Zoev   Bulgaria 9.00 8.75 17.75 Did not advance
45 István Bérczi   Hungary 8.70 9.00 17.70 Did not advance
Zoran Ivanovic   Yugoslavia 8.70 9.00 17.70 Did not advance
Kim Song-yu   North Korea 8.60 9.10 17.70 Did not advance
István Kiss   Hungary 8.70 9.00 17.70 Did not advance
Tore Lie   Norway 8.65 9.05 17.70 Did not advance
Peter Rohner   Switzerland 8.95 8.75 17.70 Did not advance
Miloš Vratič   Yugoslavia 8.40 9.30 17.70 Did not advance
52 Jerzy Kruza   Poland 8.75 8.85 17.60 Did not advance
Gheorghe Paunescu   Romania 8.65 8.95 17.60 Did not advance
54 Ho Yun-hang   North Korea 8.55 9.00 17.55 Did not advance
55 Franco Donega   Italy 8.55 8.95 17.50 Did not advance
Kim Song-il   North Korea 8.45 9.05 17.50 Did not advance
Jean-Pierre Miens   France 8.50 9.00 17.50 Did not advance
58 Bohumil Mudrik   Czechoslovakia 8.70 8.75 17.45 Did not advance
59 Shin Heung-do   North Korea 8.35 9.05 17.40 Did not advance
60 Bruno Banzer   Liechtenstein 8.35 9.00 17.35 Did not advance
Pavel Stanovsky   Czechoslovakia 9.00 8.35 17.35 Did not advance
62 Steve Mitruk   Canada 8.70 8.60 17.30 Did not advance
63 Jim Culhane Jr.   United States 8.35 8.90 17.25 Did not advance
64 Philippe Gaille   Switzerland 8.70 8.50 17.20 Did not advance
Antal Kisteleki   Hungary 8.20 9.00 17.20 Did not advance
66 Jo Jong-ryol   North Korea 8.80 8.35 17.15 Did not advance
67 Janez Brodnik   Yugoslavia 8.05 9.05 17.10 Did not advance
68 Christian Deuza   France 8.75 8.25 17.00 Did not advance
69 Eberhard Gienger   West Germany 9.10 7.85 16.95 Did not advance
Vladislav Nehasil   Czechoslovakia 8.30 8.65 16.95 Did not advance
71 Edwin Greutmann   Switzerland 8.30 8.60 16.90 Did not advance
Jorge Rodriguez   Cuba 8.00 8.90 16.90 Did not advance
73 Stan Wild   Great Britain 7.95 8.90 16.85 Did not advance
74 Ole Benediktson   Denmark 8.35 8.45 16.80 Did not advance
75 Bernard Farjat   France 7.90 8.85 16.75 Did not advance
76 Günter Spies   West Germany 7.90 8.75 16.65 Did not advance
77 John Crosby Jr.   United States 7.75 8.85 16.60 Did not advance
78 Drago Sostaric   Yugoslavia 7.80 8.75 16.55 Did not advance
79 Luigi Coppa   Italy 7.50 9.00 16.50 Did not advance
80 Dimitar Koychev   Bulgaria 8.05 8.35 16.40 Did not advance
Geno Radev   Bulgaria 7.75 8.65 16.40 Did not advance
82 Christian Guiffroy   France 7.55 8.70 16.25 Did not advance
83 René Badell   Cuba 7.55 8.60 16.15 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu   Romania 7.45 8.70 16.15 Did not advance
85 Maurizio Milanetto   Italy 7.80 8.30 16.10 Did not advance
86 Constantin Petrescu   Romania 8.85 7.15 16.00 Did not advance
Agustin Sandoval   Spain 7.80 8.20 16.00 Did not advance
88 Jorge Cuervo   Cuba 7.20 8.75 15.95 Did not advance
89 Ivan Kondev   Bulgaria 7.50 8.40 15.90 Did not advance
90 Peter Lloyd   Australia 7.30 8.40 15.70 Did not advance
91 Bill Norgrave   Great Britain 7.60 8.00 15.60 Did not advance
92 Carmine Luppino   Italy 6.90 8.60 15.50 Did not advance
93 Ivica Hmjelovac   Yugoslavia 7.55 7.80 15.35 Did not advance
94 Cecilio Ugarte   Spain 7.70 7.60 15.30 Did not advance
95 Henri Boërio   France 6.75 8.35 15.10 Did not advance
Bozhidar Iliev   Bulgaria 7.25 7.85 15.10 Did not advance
97 George Greenfield   United States 6.35 8.70 15.05 Did not advance
Georges Guelzec   France 7.25 7.80 15.05 Did not advance
99 André Simard   Canada 6.35 8.50 14.85 Did not advance
100 Rogelio Mendoza   Mexico 6.00 8.70 14.70 Did not advance
101 Adolfo Lampronti   Italy 7.35 7.20 14.55 Did not advance
Terry Sale   New Zealand 6.50 8.05 14.55 Did not advance
103 José Ginés   Spain 7.00 7.40 14.40 Did not advance
104 Emilio Sagre   Cuba 5.95 8.35 14.30 Did not advance
105 Makoto Sakamoto   United States 5.35 8.75 14.10 Did not advance
Fedele Spatazza   Italy 5.75 8.35 14.10 Did not advance
107 Eddie Arnold   Great Britain 6.65 7.25 13.90 Did not advance
108 Dimitar Dimitrov   Bulgaria 5.50 8.00 13.50 Did not advance
109 Ian Clarke   Australia 5.00 7.95 12.95 Did not advance
110 Luis Ramirez   Cuba 4.55 8.35 12.90 Did not advance
111 Miloslav Netusil   Czechoslovakia 9.25 0.00 9.25 Did not advance
Hans Ettlin   Switzerland DNS Did not advance
Bruce Medd   Canada DNS Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Pommelled Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 192.