Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's vault
| Men's vault at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| Artistic | ||||
| Team all-around | men | women | ||
| Team Portable Apparatus |
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 | |||
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
These are the results of the men's vault competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
Results
Qualification
Sixty-three gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds of the team competition. The top scorers in the team competition won the individual medals. There was no separate competition for individual apparatus.
Final
| Rank | Gymnast | C | V | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Helmut Bantz (EUA) |
9.400 | 9.450 | 18.850 |
| |
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9.450 | 9.450 | 18.850 |
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Yuri Titov (URS) |
9.350 | 9.400 | 18.750 |
| 4 | Theo Wied (EUA) |
9.300 | 9.400 | 18.700 |
| 4 | Boris Shakhlin (URS) |
9.350 | 9.350 | 18.700 |
| 6 |  Masao Takemoto (JPN) |
9.200 | 9.450 | 18.650 |