1928 Summer Olympics / gymnastics

Gymnastics at the IX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Amsterdam
Competition venue	Olympic Stadium
Nations	11
Athletes	148 (60 women, 88 men)
date	8-10 August 1928
decisions	8th
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With the IX. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam there were eight gymnastics competitions, seven for men and one for women. The venue was the Olympic Stadium . For the first time ever, a gymnastics competition for women was on the program.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Switzerland	5	2	2	9
2	Czechoslovakia	1	3	1	5
3	Yugoslavia	1	1	3	5
4th	Netherlands	1	-	-	1
5	Italy	-	2	-	2
6th	Finland	-	-	1	1
	Great Britain	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Team all-around	Hans Grieder , August Güttinger , Hermann Hänggi , Eugen Mack , Georges Miez , Otto Pfister , Eduard Steinemann , Melchior Wezel	Josef Effenberger , Jan Gajdoš , Jan Koutný , Emanuel Löffler , Bedřich Šupčík , Ladislav Tikal , Ladislav Vácha , Václav Veselý	Edvard Antosiewicz , Dragutin Cioti , Stane Derganc , Boris Gregorka , Anton Malej , Janez Porenta , Josip Primožič , Leon Štukelj
Individual all-around	Georges Miez	Hermann Hänggi	Leon Štukelj
Ingots	Ladislav Vácha	Josip Primožič	Hermann Hänggi
Horse jump	Eugene Mack	Emanuel Löffler	Stane Derganc
Horizontal bar	Georges Miez	Romeo Neri	Eugene Mack
Rings	Leon Štukelj	Ladislav Vácha	Emanuel Löffler
Pommel horse	Hermann Hänggi	Georges Miez	Heikki Savolainen

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Team all-around	Estella Agsteribbe , Petronella Burgerhof , Elka de Levie , Helena Nordheim , Anna Polak , Judikje Simons , Jacoba Stelma , Jacomina van den Berg , Alida van den Bos , Anna van der Vegt , Petronella van Randwijk , Hendrika van Rumt	Bianca Ambrosetti , Lavinia Gianoni , Luigina Giavotti , Virginia Giorgi , Germana Malabarba , Carla Marangoni , Luigina Perversi , Diana Pizzavini , Luisa Tanzini , Carolina Tronconi , Ines Vercesi , Rita Vittadini	Annie Broadbent , Lucy Desmond , Margaret Hartley , Amy Jagger , Isobel Judd , Jessie Kite , Marjorie Moreman , Edith Pickles , Ethel Seymour , Ada Smith , Hilda Smith , Doris Woods

Results men

Team all-around

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Hans Grieder , August Güttinger , Hermann Hänggi , Eugen Mack , Georges Miez , Otto Pfister , Eduard Steinemann , Melchior Wezel	1718.625
2	TCH	Josef Effenberger , Jan Gajdoš , Jan Koutný , Emanuel Löffler , Bedřich Šupčík , Ladislav Tikal , Ladislav Vácha , Václav Veselý	1712,250
3	YUG	Edvard Antosiewicz , Dragutin Cioti , Stane Derganc , Boris Gregorka , Anton Malej , Janez Porenta , Josip Primožič , Leon Štukelj	1648.750
4th	FRA	Antoine Chatelaine , Jean Gounot , Alfred Krauss , Jean Larrouy , André Lemoine , Georges Leroux , Étienne Schmitt , Armand Solbach	1620.750
5	FIN	Kalervo Kinos , Urho Korhonen , Jaakko Kunnas , Mauri Nyberg-Noroma , Heikki Savolainen , Birger Stenman , Martti Uosikkinen , Rafael Ylönen	1609,250
6th	ITA	Mario Lertora , Vittorio Lucchetti , Giuseppe Lupi , Ferdinando Mandrini , Romeo Neri , Giuseppe Paris , Ezio Roselli , Mario Tambini	1599.125
7th	United States	Glenn Berry , Frank Haubold , Alfred Jochim , Frank Kriz , Paul Krempel , Harold Newhart , John Pearson , Herman Witzig	1519.125
8th	NED	Klaas Boot , Mozes Jacobs , Hugo Licher , Elias Melkman , Willibrordus Pouw , Pieter van Dam , Jacobus van der Vinden , Israel Wijnschenk	1364.875
9	LUX	Mathias Erang , Edouard Grethen , Mathias Logelin , Albert Neumann , Nic Roeser , Josy Staudt , Jean-Pierre Urbing , Fränz Zouang	1361,000
10	HUN	Imre Erdődy , Rezső Kende , Gyula Kunszt , Péter Miklós , Elemér Pászti , István Pelle , József Szalai , Géza Tóth	1374.750
11	GBR	Bart Cronin , Henry Finchett , Samuel Humphreys , TB Parkinson , GC Raynes , EA Walton , EW Warren , Arthur Whitford	1205,000

Date: August 8-10, 1928
88 participants from 11 countries

Individual all-around

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Georges Miez	247,500
2	SUI	Hermann Hänggi	246.625
3	YUG	Leon Štukelj	244.875
4th	ITA	Romeo Neri	244.750
5	YUG	Josip Primožič	244,000
6th	FIN	Mauri Nyberg-Noroma	243.750
	FIN	Heikki Savolainen
8th	SUI	Eugene Mack	243,250
9	TCH	Ladislav Vácha	242.875
10	TCH	Emanuel Löffler	242,500
12	SUI	Melchior Wezel	240.875
15th	SUI	Eduard Steinemann	237.875
16	SUI	August Güttinger	237.750
18th	SUI	Hans Grieder	234.125
24	SUI	Otto Pfister	230.875

Date: August 8-10, 1928
88 participants from 11 countries

Ingots

space	country	athlete	Points
1	TCH	Ladislav Vácha	56.50
2	YUG	Josip Primožič	55.50
3	SUI	Hermann Hänggi	54.25
4th	TCH	Jan Gajdoš	53.75
	FRA	André Lemoine
	TCH	Bedřich Šupčík
7th	ITA	Mario Lertora	53.50
	FIN	Mauri Nyberg-Noroma
	YUG	Leon Štukelj
	SUI	Melchior Wezel
11	SUI	Hans Grieder	53.25
19th	SUI	Eduard Steinemann	51.25
21st	SUI	Eugene Mack	51.00
28	SUI	August Güttinger	51.00
	SUI	Otto Pfister
30th	SUI	Georges Miez	49.75

Date: August 9, 1928
88 participants from 11 countries

Horse jump

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Eugene Mack	28.750
2	TCH	Emanuel Löffler	28,500
3	YUG	Stane Derganc	28.375
4th	SUI	Georges Miez	28,250
	YUG	Josip Primožič
6th	FRA	Georges Leroux	28,000
7th	SUI	August Güttinger	27.750
	YUG	Janez Porenta
	United States	Herman Funny
10	United States	Harold Newhart	27.625
	FRA	Étienne Schmitt
12	SUI	Hans Grieder	27.375
	SUI	Melchior Wezel
18th	SUI	Hermann Hänggi	27.175
	SUI	Otto Pfister
34	SUI	Eduard Steinemann	26.125

Date: August 10, 1928
85 participants from 11 countries

Horizontal bar

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Georges Miez	57.50
2	ITA	Romeo Neri	57.00
3	SUI	Eugene Mack	56.75
4th	SUI	Hermann Hänggi	56.50
	ITA	Vittorio Lucchetti
6th	YUG	Josip Primožič	56.00
7th	SUI	Hans Grieder	55.75
	SUI	August Güttinger
9	TCH	Josef Effenberger	55.50
	FRA	Armand Solbach
21st	SUI	Eduard Steinemann	53.75
	SUI	Melchior Wezel
25th	SUI	Otto Pfister	53.25

Date: August 9, 1928
88 participants from 11 countries

Rings

space	country	athlete	Points
1	YUG	Leon Štukelj	57.75
2	TCH	Ladislav Vácha	57.50
3	TCH	Emanuel Löffler	56.50
4th	ITA	Romeo Neri	56.00
5	FIN	Mauri Nyberg-Noroma	55.00
6th	TCH	Bedřich Šupčík	54.75
7th	United States	Paul Krempel	54.50
8th	TCH	Jan Gajdoš	54.25
	SUI	Georges Miez
	FRA	Armand Solbach
18th	SUI	Eugene Mack	52.50
23	SUI	Melchior Wezel	51.75
26th	SUI	Eduard Steinemann	50.75
36	SUI	Hermann Hänggi	49.50
44	SUI	August Güttinger	48.50
49	SUI	Hans Grieder	47.50
52	SUI	Otto Pfister	47.25

Date: August 8, 1928
88 participants from 11 countries

Pommel horse

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Hermann Hänggi	59.25
2	SUI	Georges Miez	57.75
3	FIN	Heikki Savolainen	56.50
4th	SUI	Eduard Steinemann	56.00
5	SUI	August Güttinger	55.75
6th	FRA	Georges Leroux	54.75
7th	FIN	Mauri Nyberg-Noroma	54.50
	SUI	Melchior Wezel
9	SUI	Eugene Mack	54.25
10	TCH	Josef Effenberger	54.00
	TCH	Jan Gajdoš
12	SUI	Otto Pfister	53.25
28	SUI	Hans Grieder	50.25

Date: August 8, 1928
88 participants from 11 countries

Results women

Team all-around

space	country	Sportswomen	Points
1	NED	Estella Agsteribbe , Petronella Burgerhof , Elka de Levie , Helena Nordheim , Anna Polak , Judikje Simons , Jacoba Stelma , Jacomina van den Berg , Alida van den Bos , Anna van der Vegt , Petronella van Randwijk , Hendrika van Rumt	316.75
2	ITA	Bianca Ambrosetti , Lavinia Gianoni , Luigina Giavotti , Virginia Giorgi , Germana Malabarba , Carla Marangoni , Luigina Perversi , Diana Pizzavini , Luisa Tanzini , Carolina Tronconi , Ines Vercesi , Rita Vittadini	289.00
3	GBR	Annie Broadbent , Lucy Desmond , Margaret Hartley , Amy Jagger , Isobel Judd , Jessie Kite , Marjorie Moreman , Edith Pickles , Ethel Seymour , Ada Smith , Hilda Smith , Doris Woods	258.25
4th	HUN	Valéria Frantz-Herpich , Mária Hámos , Aranka Hennyei , I. Hennyei, Anna Kael , Margit Kövessi , Margit Pályi , E. Ruda, Irén Rudas , Aranka Szeiler , Ilona Szöllõsi , Judit Tóth	256.50
5	FRA	Mathilde Bataille , Honorine Delescluse , Louise Delescluse , Galuëlle Dhont , Valentine Héméryck , Paulette Houtéer , Georgette Meulebroeck , Renée Oger , Antonie Straeteman , Jeanne Vanoverloop , Berthe Verstraete , Geneviève Vankiersbilck	247.50

Date: August 8th and 9th, 1928
60 participants from 5 countries

Web links

• Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1928 Summer Olympics (PDF, 77.8 MB)