Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in gymnastics were contested.[1] Finland led all nations with six gold medals and ten medals overall.[2]

Contents

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual all-round  Veikko Huhtanen
Finland (FIN)		  Walter Lehmann
Switzerland (SUI)		  Paavo Aaltonen
Finland (FIN)
Men's floor exercises
details		  Ferenc Pataki
Hungary (HUN)		  János Mogyorósi-Klencs
Hungary (HUN)		  Zdenek Ruzicka
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Men's horizontal bar  Josef Stalder
Switzerland (SUI)		  Walter Lehmann
Switzerland (SUI)		  Veikko Huhtanen
Finland (FIN)
Men's parallel bars  Michael Reusch
Switzerland (SUI)		  Veikko Huhtanen
Finland (FIN)		  Josef Stalder
Switzerland (SUI)
 Christian Kipfer
Switzerland (SUI)
Men's pommel horse  Paavo Aaltonen
Finland (FIN)		 none[A] none[A]
 Veikko Huhtanen
Finland (FIN)
 Heikki Savolainen
Finland (FIN)
Men's rings  Karl Frei
Switzerland (SUI)		  Michael Reusch
Switzerland (SUI)		  Zdenek Ruzicka
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Men's vault  Paavo Aaltonen
Finland (FIN)		  Olavi Rove
Finland (FIN)		  János Mogyorósi-Klencs
Hungary (HUN)
 Ferenc Pataki
Hungary (HUN)
 Leo Sotornik
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Men's team competition  Finland (FIN)
Paavo Aaltonen
Veikko Huhtanen
Kalevi Laitinen
Olavi Rove
Aleksanteri Saarvala
Sulo Salmi
Heikki Savolainen
Einari Teräsvirta		  Switzerland (SUI)
Karl Frei
Christian Kipfer
Walter Lehmann
Robert Lucy
Michael Reusch
Josef Stalder
Emil Studer
Melchior Thalmann		  Hungary (HUN)
László Baranyai
Jozsef Fekete
Gyözö Mogyorosi
János Mogyorósi-Klencs
Ferenc Pataki
Lajos Sántha
Lajos Tóth
Ferenc Várkõi
Women's team competition  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Zdeňka Honsová
Marie Kovářová
Miloslava Misáková
Milena Müllerová
Věra Růžičkova
Olga Šilhánová
Božena Srncová
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská		  Hungary (HUN)
Edit Parényi Weckinger
Mária Zalai-Kövi
Irén Kárpáti-Karcsics
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Erzsébet Balázs
Olga Tass
Anna Fehér
Margit Nagy-Sandor		  United States (USA)
Ladislava Bakanic
Marian Barone
Consetta Lenz
Dorothy Dalton
Meta Elste
Helen Schifano
Clara Schroth
Anita Simonis

Notes

  1. a b Other sources[3][4] claim that Luigi Zanetti (Italy) also won a silver medal and Guido Figone (Italy) also won a bronze medal in the pommel horse event, despite the three gold medals awarded for the three-way first place tie.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland (FIN) 6 2 2 10
2  Switzerland (SUI) 3 4 2 9
3  Hungary (HUN) 1 2 3 6
4  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 3 4
5  United States (USA) 0 0 1 1

References

  1. ^ (ed.) Lord Burghley (1951) (PDF). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. London: Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. pp. 389–405. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-04. 
  2. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-18. 
  3. ^ Lord Killanin; Rodda, John (1983). The Olympic Games 1984. Willow. ISBN 0002180626. 
  4. ^ Greenberg, Stan (1996). The Guinness Book of Olympic Facts and Feats. Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0851126391. 
Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Athletics • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Lacrosse (demonstration) • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling • Art competitions (unofficial)
Summer Games
Winter Games
1 Discounted ex post facto by the IOC. 2 Cancelled due to World War I. 3 Cancelled due to World War II.