Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held in the Finnish Fair building in Helsinki between July 19 and July 24. It is located some 0.4 km to the south from Olympiastadion and named Töölön kisahalli as of 2006. Men's events were held in the Exhibition Hall I (Messuhalli I) of the building. Women's events were contested in the Exhibition Hall II (Messuhalli II), which is smaller, than Exhibition Hall I.

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[edit] Format of competition

Each nation was allowed to enter a team. Nations, which did not enter full teams, could enter individual competitors.

[edit] WAG

Each of the events, except the team exercise with portable apparatus, was judged by five judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of three remaining ones constituted the score. The team exercise with portable apparatus event was judged by eight judges. Two highest and two lowest marks were dropped and the sum of four remaining marks, multiplied by two formed the team's score.

The team consisted of eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of four apparatus. She could also repeat the compulsory routine, then only the repetition was counted. This rule was applied for all apparatus, except the vault. On both compulsory and optional vaults a gymnast performed two attempts, the better to count. 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.

In the team competition gymnast's scores in each routine constituted her total score for all routines. From eight total scores of team's gymnasts were selected six best ones, which, along with the team's score in the team exercise with portable apparatus event, constituted the overall team's totals.

[edit] MAG

Each of the events was judged by four judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining ones constituted the score.

The team included from five to eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of six apparatus. He could also repeat the compulsory routine, then only the repetition was counted. This rule was applied for all apparatus, except the vault and the floor exercise. On both compulsory and optional vaults a gymnast performed two attempts, the better to count. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

The scoring in the team competition event was much different from WAG one. 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) 9 11 2 22
2 Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) 2 2 3 7
3 Hungary Hungary (HUN) 2 1 5 8
4 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 2 0 0 2
5 Japan Japan (JPN) 0 2 2 4
6 Poland Poland (POL) 0 1 0 1
Germany Germany (GER) 0 1 0 1
8 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 0 1 1
Finland Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1

[edit] Women's events

134 gymnasts participated, including 16 teams and six individual competitors from two countries.

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 Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) 9.63 9.56 9.63 9.63 9.43 9.70 9.50 9.70 38.19 38.59 76.78
2 Nina Bocharova (URS) 9.80 9.23 9.56 9.43 9.46 9.76 9.40 9.30 38.22 37.72 75.94
3 Margit Korondi (HUN) 9.10 9.30 9.63 9.63 9.46 9.56 9.40 9.60 37.66 38.16 75.82

[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
Maria Gorokhovskaya 9.63 9.56 9.63 9.63 9.43 9.70 9.50 9.70 38.19 38.59 76.78
Nina Bocharova 9.80 9.23 9.56 9.43 9.46 9.76 9.40 9.30 38.22 37.72 75.94
Galina Minaicheva 9.73 9.43 9.36 9.53 9.13 9.53 9.36 9.60 37.58 38.09 75.67
Galina Urbanovich 9.70 9.40 9.16 9.46 9.40 9.53 9.43 9.56 37.69 37.95 75.64
Polina Danilova 9.46 9.16 9.43 9.56 9.26 9.50 9.23 9.43 37.38 37.65 75.03
Galina Shamrai 9.03 9.36 9.33 9.60 9.43 9.36 9.23 9.63 37.02 37.95 74.97
Medea Dzhugeli 9.73 9.40 9.23 9.50 9.13 9.36 9.30 9.30 37.39 37.56 74.95
Ekaterina Kalinchuk 9.70 9.50 9.30 9.36 8.96 9.36 8.83 8.90 36.79 37.12 73.91
Total 73.00 527.03
2 Hungary
Margit Korondi 9.10 9.30 9.63 9.63 9.46 9.56 9.40 9.60 37.66 38.16 75.82
Ágnes Keleti 8.90 9.20 9.56 9.43 9.43 9.53 9.50 9.86 37.29 38.29 75.58
Károlyné Perényi 9.33 9.30 9.36 9.53 9.06 9.30 9.16 9.66 36.95 37.82 74.77
Olga Tass 9.26 9.30 9.16 9.46 9.40 9.46 9.23 9.66 37.19 37.52 74.71
Károlyné Gulyás 9.30 9.30 9.43 9.56 9.06 9.33 9.26 9.73 36.85 37.76 74.61
Lászlóne Zalai 9.46 9.30 9.33 9.60 8.60 9.30 9.16 9.43 36.48 37.39 73.87
Andrea Bodó 9.23 9.16 9.23 9.50 9.03 7.50 9.16 9.10 36.75 34.92 71.67
Lászlóne Daruházi 8.66 9.03 9.30 9.36 9.13 7.43 9.03 9.00 35.88 34.99 70.87
Total 71.60 520.96
3 Czechoslovakia
Eva Věchtová 9.00 9.20 9.16 9.36 9.03 9.53 9.36 9.23 36.55 37.32 73.87
Alena Chadimová 9.23 8.83 8.50 9.30 8.83 9.33 9.20 9.03 35.76 36.49 72.25
Jana Rabasová 9.10 9.06 9.06 9.06 8.93 9.13 9.03 8.76 36.12 36.01 72.13
Božena Srncová 9.00 9.20 8.93 9.20 9.13 9.06 9.00 8.56 36.06 36.02 72.08
Hana Bobková 8.93 9.00 8.73 9.20 8.63 9.30 9.13 8.60 35.42 36.10 71.52
Matylda Šínová 9.40 8.73 8.46 9.36 8.73 9.36 9.03 8.40 35.62 35.85 71.47
Věra Vančurová 9.16 8.46 8.10 9.20 9.00 9.50 9.20 8.76 35.46 35.92 71.38
Alena Reichová 9.10 8.93 9.06 9.16 8.66 8.00 9.06 8.43 35.88 34.52 70.40
Total 70.00 503.32

[edit] Team, portable apparatus

This event is also known as group exercise with hand apparatus.

Rank Team Hand apparatus Score
1 Sweden 8 balls 74.20
2 USSR 8 hoops 73.00
3 Hungary 16 clubs 71.60

[edit] Vault

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Ekaterina Kalinchuk (URS) 9.70 9.50 19.20
2 Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) 9.63 9.56 19.19
3 Galina Minaicheva (URS) 9.73 9.43 19.16

[edit] Uneven bars

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Margit Korondi (HUN) 9.70 9.70 19.40
2 Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) 9.63 9.56 19.26
3 Ágnes Keleti (HUN) 9.46 9.70 19.16

[edit] Balance beam

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Nina Bocharova (URS) 9.46 9.76 19.22
2 Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) 9.43 9.70 19.13
3 Margit Korondi (HUN) 9.46 9.56 19.02

[edit] Floor exercise

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Ágnes Keleti (HUN) 9.50 9.86 19.36
2 Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) 9.50 9.70 19.20
3 Margit Korondi (HUN) 9.40 9.60 19.00

[edit] Men's events

185 gymnasts participated, including 23 teams and 14 individual competitors from six 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) 8.65 9.80 9.70 9.80 9.65 9.90 9.45 9.75 9.80 9.80 9.60 9.80 56.85 58.85 115.70
2 Grant Shaginyan (URS) 9.30 9.60 9.90 9.50 9.80 9.95 9.05 9.45 9.50 9.85 9.45 9.60 57.00 57.95 114.95
3 Josef Stalder (SUI) 9.15 9.50 9.65 9.55 9.45 9.65 9.45 9.35 9.80 9.70 9.65 9.85 57.15 57.60 114.75

[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 46.15 47.95 48.75 48.05 47.95 49.30 46.30 47.80 47.80 49.00 47.35 47.95 284.30 290.05 574.35
Viktor Chukarin 8.65 9.80 9.70 9.80 9.65 9.90 9.45 9.75 9.80 9.80 9.60 9.80 56.85 58.85 115.70
Grant Shaginyan 9.30 9.60 9.90 9.50 9.80 9.95 9.05 9.45 9.50 9.85 9.45 9.60 57.00 57.95 114.95
Valentin Muratov 9.35 9.50 9.70 8.60 9.45 9.90 9.25 9.45 9.55 9.70 9.65 9.55 56.95 56.70 113.65
Evgeny Korolkov 9.00 9.30 9.75 9.65 9.45 9.70 8.90 9.50 9.50 9.80 9.35 9.45 55.95 57.40 113.35
Vladimir Belyakov 9.25 9.50 9.60 9.50 9.25 9.70 9.10 9.40 9.45 9.80 9.25 9.55 55.90 57.45 113.35
Iosif Berdiev 9.25 9.40 9.55 9.25 9.50 9.60 9.30 9.60 9.45 9.70 9.20 9.30 56.25 56.85 113.10
Mikhail Perelman 8.70 9.45 9.70 9.60 9.35 9.70 9.05 9.25 9.25 9.75 9.30 9.40 55.35 57.15 112.50
Dmitri Leonkin 8.95 9.55 3.75 8.35 9.55 9.85 9.20 9.50 7.10 9.60 9.05 9.30 47.60 56.15 103.75
2 Switzerland 43.85 46.85 47.50 47.10 46.50 48.10 47.10 46.95 48.50 48.25 48.35 48.45 281.80 285.70 567.50
Josef Stalder 9.15 9.50 9.65 9.55 9.45 9.65 9.45 9.35 9.80 9.70 9.65 9.85 57.15 57.60 114.75
Hans Eugster 8.40 9.30 9.25 9.30 9.60 9.80 9.40 9.55 9.85 9.80 9.65 9.50 56.15 57.25 113.40
Jean Tschabold 8.95 9.20 9.55 9.50 9.15 9.60 9.45 9.25 9.65 9.65 9.65 9.70 56.40 56.90 113.30
Jack Günthard 7.95 9.20 9.50 9.35 9.15 9.55 9.15 9.15 9.55 9.50 9.75 9.80 55.05 56.55 111.60
Melchior Thalmann 8.00 9.00 9.45 9.40 8.80 9.50 9.30 9.30 9.40 9.35 9.65 9.60 54.60 56.15 110.75
Ernst Gebedinger 8.75 9.30 9.35 9.20 8.50 9.20 9.40 8.95 9.65 8.85 9.65 8.95 55.30 54.45 109.75
Hans Schwarzentruber 8.30 9.10 9.00 8.00 9.15 9.30 9.25 9.15 9.55 9.40 9.35 8.85 54.60 53.80 108.40
Ernst Fivian 8.60 9.55 9.35 7.50 8.95 9.35 9.40 9.50 8.70 9.60 8.10 9.35 53.10 54.85 107.95
3 Finland 46.20 47.65 46.30 47.20 46.45 47.60 46.45 46.45 46.75 47.05 48.25 47.85 280.40 283.80 564.20
Onni Lappalainen 9.30 9.70 9.00 8.50 9.30 9.65 9.35 9.25 9.45 9.60 9.40 9.35 55.80 56.05 111.85
Berndt Lindfors 9.10 9.50 9.45 9.30 9.40 9.75 9.00 9.00 9.05 8.70 9.60 9.60 55.60 55.85 111.45
Paavo Aaltanen 9.10 9.45 8.40 9.70 9.05 9.40 9.25 9.25 9.00 9.65 9.55 9.60 54.35 57.05 111.40
Kaino Lempinen 9.25 9.50 9.15 9.30 8.85 9.30 9.20 9.20 9.35 8.70 9.40 9.40 55.20 55.40 110.60
Heikki Savolainen 7.60 9.45 9.55 9.50 9.40 9.45 8.75 9.10 9.00 9.20 9.75 9.70 54.05 56.40 110.45
Kalevi Laitinen 9.45 9.50 9.05 9.00 8.60 9.30 9.20 9.20 9.10 9.15 9.75 8.80 55.15 54.95 110.10
Kalevi Viskari 8.05 9.45 9.10 9.40 8.30 9.20 9.45 9.25 9.45 9.00 9.60 9.55 53.95 55.85 109.80
Olavi Rove 8.30 9.45 8.60 9.15 9.30 9.35 8.15 9.50 9.40 9.45 9.40 9.40 53.15 56.30 109.45

[edit] Floor exercise

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 William Thoresson (SWE) 9.45 9.80 19.25
2 Jerzy Jokiel (POL) 9.55 9.60 19.15
2 Tadeo Uesako (JPN) 9.55 9.60 19.15

[edit] Pommel horse

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Viktor Chukarin (URS) 9.70 9.80 19.50
2 Grant Shaginyan (URS) 9.90 9.50 19.40
2 Evgeny Korolkov (URS) 9.75 9.65 19.40

[edit] Rings

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Grant Shaginyan (URS) 9.80 9.95 19.75
2 Viktor Chukarin (URS) 9.65 9.90 19.55
3 Dmitri Leonkin (URS) 9.55 9.85 19.40
3 Hans Eugster (SUI) 9.60 9.80 19.40

[edit] Vault

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Viktor Chukarin (URS) 9.45 9.75 19.20
2 Masao Takemoto (JPN) 9.55 9.60 19.15
3 Takashi Ono (JPN) 9.50 9.60 19.10
3 Tadao Uesako (JPN) 9.55 9.55 19.10

[edit] Parallel bars

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Hans Eugster (SUI) 9.85 9.80 19.65
2 Viktor Chukarin (URS) 9.80 9.80 19.60
3 Josef Stalder (SUI) 9.80 9.70 19.50

[edit] Horizontal bar

Rank Athlete C O Total
1 Jack Günthard (SUI) 9.75 9.80 19.55
2 Josef Stalder (SUI) 9.65 9.85 19.50
2 Alfred Schwarzmann (GER) 9.70 9.80 19.50

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

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