Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held at the West Melbourne Stadium between December 3 and December 7. It is located some 3.4 km north-west of the main Olympic venue, Melbourne Cricket Ground, and named Festival Hall as of 2006.

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[edit] Format of competition

Each country was allowed to enter a team of eight gymnasts, but in contrast to the previous Olympics not more than six of them were allowed to participate in all exercises. Nations with incomplete teams, could enter one to three gymnasts for the individual competition.

[edit] WAG

Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of four apparatus. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events, except the separate team exercise with portable apparatus event (also known as group exercise with hand apparatus event), which was some sort of group rhythmic exercises similar to the group competition event in rhythmic gymnastics. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

The scoring in the team competition was different from the one at the previous Olympics, its principle became the same, as for men's events: five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine; these scores constituted the overall team's totals.

[edit] MAG

The team included from five to eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of six apparatus. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

Like in the women's events, five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine. These scores constituted the overall team's totals.

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS) 11 6 6 23
2 Hungary Hungary (HUN) 4 2 1 7
3 Japan Japan (JPN) 1 5 5 11
4 United Team of Germany United Team of Germany (EUA) 1 0 0 1
5 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 0 2 1 3
6 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 1 0 1
7 Romania Romania (ROU) 0 0 2 2
8 Finland Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1
Poland Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1

[edit] Women's events

65 gymnasts participated, including nine teams and eleven individual competitors from six nations.

In tables below "C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

[edit] Individual all-around

Rank Team / Competitor VT UB BB FX Total Score
C O C O C O C O C O
1 Larissa Latynina (URS) 9.433 9.40 9.233 9.60 9.30 9.233 9.266 9.466 37.233 37.70 74.933
2 Ágnès Keleti (HUN) 8.833 9.30 9.533 9.433 9.433 9.366 9.266 9.466 37.066 37.566 74.633
3 Sofia Muratova (URS) 9.50 9.166 9.30 9.50 9.166 9.266 9.30 9.266 37.266 37.20 74.466

[edit] Team competition

Rank Team / Competitor VT UB BB FX Total Team, PA Score
C O C O C O C O C O
1 USSR 46.799 45.998 45.766 47.099 45.865 46.365 46.198 46.697 184.628 186.161 74.00 444.80
Tamara Manina 9.466 9.333 9.00 9.333 9.233 9.40 9.20 9.266 36.90 37.333 74.233
Larissa Latynina 9.433 9.40 9.233 9.60 9.30 9.233 9.266 9.466 37.233 37.70 74.933
Sofia Muratova 9.50 9.166 9.30 9.50 9.166 9.266 9.30 9.266 37.266 37.20 74.466
Lidia Kalinina 9.20 8.133 9.033 9.233 8.90 9.10 9.266 9.166 36.40 35.633 72.033
Polina Astakhova 8.733 8.833 9.20 9.366 9.066 9.10 9.166 9.233 36.166 36.533 72.70
Ludmilla Egorova 9.20 9.266 8.833 9.30 9.10 9.366 9.00 9.466 36.133 37.40 73.533
2 Hungary 44.831 46.432 46.565 46.565 46.298 45.898 45.797 45.898 183.491 184.793 75.20 443.50
Ágnès Keleti 8.833 9.30 9.533 9.433 9.433 9.366 9.266 9.466 37.066 37.566 74.633
Margit Korondi 8.90 9.333 9.10 9.40 9.266 9.20 9.033 9.10 36.30 37.033 73.333
Olga Tass 9.166 9.566 9.366 9.266 9.233 9.233 9.266 9.266 37.033 37.333 74.366
Alice Kertesz 8.766 0.000 9.333 9.30 9.30 8.666 9.066 8.966 36.466 26.933 63.40
Andrea Bodo 9.066 9.20 9.233 9.166 9.066 9.066 9.166 8.933 36.533 36.355 72.90
Karolyne Gulyas 8.866 9.033 9.00 9.133 9.066 9.033 8.966 9.10 35.90 36.30 72.20
3 Romania 45.165 46.265 45.465 45.598 45.399 45.132 45.897 45.864 181.926 182.879 73.40 438.20
Georgetta Hurmuzachi 8.966 9.30 9.033 9.233 8.933 8.833 9.266 9.166 36.20 36.533 72.733
Sonia Inovan 9.10 9.166 9.10 9.066 9.10 9.166 9.133 9.066 36.433 36.466 72.90
Elena Leustean 9.266 9.366 9.466 9.066 9.30 9.20 9.266 9.433 37.30 37.066 74.366
Elena Margarit 8.933 9.20 8.833 9.10 8.833 8.80 9.166 9.166 35.766 36.266 72.033
Elena Sacalici 8.866 9.233 8.90 9.033 8.966 8.333 9.066 9.033 35.80 35.633 71.433
Emilia Vatasoiu 8.90 9.166 8.966 9.133 9.10 9.133 8.833 8.866 35.80 36.30 72.10

[edit] Team, portable apparatus

Rank Team Hand apparatus Score
1 Hungary 6 ribbons 75.20
2 Sweden 6 balls 74.20
3 USSR 12 clubs 74.00
3 Poland 74.00

[edit] Vault

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Larissa Latynina (URS) 9.433 9.40 18.833
2 Tamara Manina (URS) 9.466 9.333 18.80
3 Olga Tass (HUN) 9.166 9.566 18.733
3 Ann-Sofi Colling (SWE) 9.433 9.30 18.733

[edit] Uneven bars

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Ágnès Keleti (HUN) 9.533 9.433 18.966
2 Larissa Latynina (URS) 9.233 9.60 18.833
3 Sofia Muratova (URS) 9.30 9.50 18.80

[edit] Balance beam

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Ágnès Keleti (HUN) 9.433 9.366 18.80
2 Eva Bosáková (TCH) 9.30 9.333 18.633
2 Tamara Manina (URS) 9.233 9.40 18.633

[edit] Floor exercise

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Ágnès Keleti (HUN) 9.266 9.466 18.733
1 Larissa Latynina (URS) 9.266 9.466 18.733
3 Elena Leustean (ROM) 9.266 9.433 18.70

[edit] Men's events

63 gymnasts participated, including 7 teams and 21 individual competitor from eleven countries.

In tables below "C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

[edit] Individual all-around

Rank Athlete FX PH RG VT PB HB Total Score
C O C O C O C O C O C O C O
1 Viktor Chukarin (URS) 9.55 9.55 9.50 9.60 9.40 9.60 9.25 9.35 9.55 9.65 9.55 9.70 56.80 57.45 114.25
2 Takashi Ono (JPN) 9.40 9.35 9.50 9.70 9.50 9.55 9.20 9.30 9.60 9.50 9.75 9.85 56.95 57.25 114.20
3 Yuri Titov (URS) 9.50 9.45 9.45 9.55 9.40 9.45 9.35 9.40 9.40 9.45 9.70 9.70 56.80 57.00 113.80

[edit] Team competition

Rank Team / Competitor FX PH RG VT PB HB Total Score
C O C O C O C O C O C O C O
1 USSR 46.75 47.25 47.30 47.90 47.35 47.80 46.50 46.95 46.85 47.75 47.75 48.10 282.50 285.75 568.25
Viktor Chukarin 9.55 9.55 9.50 9.60 9.40 9.60 9.25 9.35 9.55 9.65 9.55 9.70 56.80 57.45 114.25
Valentin Muratov 9.60 9.60 9.45 9.35 9.60 9.55 9.40 9.45 9.30 9.40 9.55 9.05 56.90 56.40 113.30
Boris Shakhlin 8.95 9.30 9.50 9.75 9.35 9.35 9.35 9.35 9.30 9.55 9.30 9.45 55.75 56.75 112.50
Albert Azarian 8.90 9.05 9.25 9.50 9.55 9.80 9.15 9.40 9.30 9.70 9.40 9.55 55.55 57.00 112.55
Yuri Titov 9.50 9.45 9.45 9.55 9.40 9.45 9.35 9.40 9.40 9.45 9.70 9.70 56.80 57.00 113.80
Pavel Stolbov 9.15 9.35 9.40 9.50 9.40 9.40 9.10 9.25 8.55 9.40 9.55 9.70 55.15 56.60 111.75
2 Japan 46.90 47.25 46.85 47.45 47.75 47.55 46.05 46.35 47.40 47.75 47.35 47.75 282.30 284.10 566.40
Takashi Ono 9.40 9.35 9.50 9.70 9.50 9.55 9.20 9.30 9.60 9.50 9.75 9.85 56.95 57.25 114.20
Masao Takemoto 9.00 9.50 9.45 9.45 9.60 9.50 9.20 9.45 9.40 9.70 9.70 9.60 56.35 57.20 113.55
Akira Kono 9.40 9.10 9.00 9.60 9.40 9.30 9.00 9.30 9.40 9.30 9.30 9.45 55.50 56.05 111.55
Nobuyuki Aihara 9.50 9.60 9.35 9.40 9.55 9.50 9.20 8.90 9.35 9.55 9.30 9.25 56.25 56.20 112.45
Shinji Tsukawaki 9.30 9.40 9.20 9.25 9.50 9.50 9.20 9.25 9.45 9.40 9.30 9.45 55.95 56.25 112.20
Masumi Kubota 9.30 9.40 9.35 9.30 9.60 9.50 9.25 9.05 9.55 9.60 9.20 9.40 56.25 56.25 112.50
3 Finland 45.85 46.70 46.50 46.85 45.60 46.05 45.50 46.40 46.40 47.65 45.65 46.80 275.50 280.45 555.95
Raime Heinonen 8.60 9.15 8.90 9.25 7.85 8.90 9.05 9.05 9.20 9.45 9.25 9.45 52.85 55.25 108.10
Onni Lappalainen 9.20 9.30 9.05 9.40 8.95 9.20 9.00 9.25 9.30 9.55 9.00 9.25 54.50 55.95 110.45
Olavi Leimuvirta 8.95 9.20 9.35 9.30 8.75 8.40 9.10 9.30 9.20 9.65 8.95 9.20 54.30 55.05 109.35
Berndt Lindfors 9.05 9.45 9.45 9.35 9.45 9.40 8.80 9.10 9.45 9.45 9.20 9.45 55.40 56.20 111.60
Martti Mansikka 9.30 9.40 9.30 9.35 9.15 9.05 9.20 9.35 9.15 9.35 8.90 9.10 55.00 55.60 110.60
Kalevi Suoniemi 9.35 9.35 9.35 9.45 9.30 9.50 9.15 9.40 9.25 9.55 9.25 9.45 55.65 56.70 112.35

[edit] Floor exercise

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Valentin Muratov (URS) 9.60 9.60 19.20
2 Nobuyuki Aihara (JPN) 9.50 9.60 19.10
2 William Thoresson (SWE) 9.50 9.60 19.10
2 Viktor Chukarin (URS) 9.50 9.60 19.10

[edit] Pommel horse

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Boris Shakhlin (URS) 9.50 9.75 19.25
2 Takashi Ono (JPN) 9.50 9.70 19.20
3 Viktor Chukarin (URS) 9.50 9.60 19.10

[edit] Rings

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Albert Azarian (URS) 9.55 9.80 19.35
2 Valentin Muratov (URS) 9.60 9.55 19.15
3 Masao Takemoto (JPN) 9.60 9.50 19.10
3 Masumi Kubota (JPN) 9.60 9.50 19.10

[edit] Vault

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Helmut Bantz (EUA) 9.40 9.45 18.85
1 Valentin Muratov (URS) 9.40 9.45 18.85
3 Yuri Titov (URS) 9.35 9.40 18.75

[edit] Parallel bars

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Viktor Chukarin (URS) 9.55 9.65 19.20
2 Masumi Kubota (JPN) 9.55 9.60 19.15
3 Takashi Ono (JPN) 9.60 9.50 19.10
3 Masao Takemoto (JPN) 9.40 9.70 19.10

[edit] Horizontal bar

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Takashi Ono (JPN) 9.75 9.85 19.60
2 Yuri Titov (URS) 9.70 9.70 19.40
3 Masao Takemoto (JPN) 9.70 9.60 19.30

Note: country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1952.

[edit] See also

[edit] References


Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
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See also: List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men) and List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
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