Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

Gymnastics at the
1932 Summer Olympics
All-around   men
Team men
Floor men
Horizontal bar men
Indian clubs men
Parallel bars men
Pommel horse men
Rings men
Rope climbing men
Tumbling men
Vault men

The men's vault or long horse vaulting event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. It was one of eleven gymnastics events for men and it was contested for the fifth time after 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1928. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 10, 1932.

Ten gymnasts from four nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Savino Guglielmetti
Italy (ITA)		  Al Jochim
United States (USA)		  Ed Carmichael
United States (USA)

Results

A separate competition was held, unrelated to the all-around event. Two exercises were contested with the results based on total points.

Place Gymnast Total 1st ex. 2nd ex. Jump-off 1st ex. 2nd ex.
1  Savino Guglielmetti (ITA) 54.1 26.4 27.7
2  Al Jochim (USA) 53.3 26.6 26.7
3  Ed Carmichael (USA) 52.6 26.2 26.4 54.5 26.3 28.2
4  Einari Teräsvirta (FIN) 52.6 26.0 26.6 52.7 26.1 26.6
5  Marcel Gleyre (USA) 52.4 25.8 26.6
6  István Pelle (HUN) 51.4 26.7 24.7
7  Miklós Péter (HUN) 50.9 24.2 26.7
8  Mario Lertora (ITA) 49.2 25.2 24.0
9  Péter Boros (HUN) 48.8 24.2 24.6
10  Heikki Savolainen (FIN) 46.6 20.0 26.6

References