Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's floor

Gymnastics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Artistic
Team all-around   men   women

Individual all-around men women
Vault men women
Floor men women
Pommel horse men
Rings men
Parallel bars men
Horizontal bar men
Uneven bars women
Balance beam women

These are the results of the men's floor competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Sawao Kato
Japan (JPN)
Silver  Akinori Nakayama
Japan (JPN)
Bronze  Takeshi Kato
Japan (JPN)

Results

Qualification

One-hundred seventeen gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final.

Final

Rank Gymnast C V Total
 Sawao Kato (JPN) 9.825 9.650 19.475
 Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 9.700 9.700 19.400
 Takeshi Kato (JPN) 9.675 9.600 19.275
4  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) 9.550 9.500 19.050
5  Valery Karasev (URS) 9.550 9.400 18.950
6  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.625 9.300 18.925

References

Preceded by
Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's floor exercise
Men's Floor Event
1968
Succeeded by
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's floor