Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's vault
| Men's vault at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| 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 | |||
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
These are the results of the men's vault competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Results
Qualification
One-hundred thirty gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final.
Final
| Rank | Gymnast | C & V/2 | Final | Total |
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.svg.png){kind=small} Boris Shakhlin (URS) |
9.600 | 9.750 | 19.350 |
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 Takashi Ono (JPN) |
9.650 | 9.700 | 19.350 |
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Vladimir Portnoi (URS) |
9.625 | 9.600 | 19.225 |
| 4 | Yuri Titov (URS) |
9.500 | 9.700 | 19.200 |
| 5 | Yukio Endo (JPN) |
9.525 | 9.650 | 19.175 |
| 6 | Shuji Tsurumi (JPN) |
9.500 | 9.650 | 19.150 |