1948 Summer Olympics / gymnastics

Modern pentathlon at the XIV Summer Olympics
information
venue	London
Competition venue	Earls Court Exhibition Center
Nations	19th
Athletes	211 (88 women, 123 men)
date	12-14 August 1948
decisions	9
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At the XIV Summer Olympics in London in 1948 , nine gymnastics competitions were held, eight for men and one for women. The venue was the Earls Court Exhibition Center .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Finland	6th	2	2	10
2	Switzerland	3	4th	2	9
3	Hungary	1	2	3	6th
4th	Czechoslovakia	1	-	3	4th
5	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Team all-around	Paavo Aaltonen , Veikko Huhtanen , Kalevi Laitinen , Olavi Rove , Aleksanteri Saarvala , Sulo Salmi , Heikki Savolainen , Einari Teräsvirta	Karl Frei , Christian Kipfer , Walter Lehmann , Robert Lucy , Michael Reusch , Josef Stalder , Emil Studer , Melchior Thalmann	László Baranyai , József Fekete , Győző Mogyorossy , János Mogyorósy-Klencs , Ferenc Pataki , Lajos Sántha , Lajos Tóth , Ferenc Várkői
Individual all-around	Veikko Huhtanen	Walter Lehmann	Paavo Aaltonen
Ingots	Michael Reusch	Veikko Huhtanen	Christian Kipfer Josef Stalder
Floor exercise	Ferenc Pataki	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	Zdeněk Růžička
Horse jump	Paavo Aaltonen	Olavi Rove	János Mogyorósi-Klencs Ferenc Pataki Leo Sotornik
Horizontal bar	Josef Stalder	Walter Lehmann	Veikko Huhtanen
Rings	Karl Frei	Michael Reusch	Zdeněk Růžička
Pommel horse	Paavo Aaltonen Veikko Huhtanen Heikki Savolainen	-	-

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Team all-around	Zdeňka Honsová , Marie Kovářová , Miloslava Misáková , Milena Müllerová , Věra Růžičková , Olga Šilhánová , Božena Srncová , Zdeňka Veřmiřovská	Erzsébet Balázs , Anna Fehér , Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles , Irén Kárpáti-Karcsics , Mária Kövi , Mária Nagy-Sándor , Olga Tass , Edit Vásárhelyi-Weckinger	Ladislava Bakanic , Marian Barone , Consetta Carruccio-Lenz , Dorothy Dalton , Meta Elste-Neumann , Helen Schifano , Clara Schroth-Lomady , Anita Simonis

Results men

Team all-around

space	country	athlete	Points
1	FIN	Paavo Aaltonen , Veikko Huhtanen , Kalevi Laitinen , Olavi Rove , Aleksanteri Saarvala , Sulo Salmi , Heikki Savolainen , Einari Teräsvirta	1358.30
2	SUI	Karl Frei , Christian Kipfer , Walter Lehmann , Robert Lucy , Michael Reusch , Josef Stalder , Emil Studer , Melchior Thalmann	1356.70
3	HUN	László Baranyai , József Fekete , Győző Mogyorossy , János Mogyorósy-Klencs , Ferenc Pataki , Lajos Sántha , Lajos Tóth , Ferenc Várkői	1330.85
4th	FRA	Alphonse Anger , Marcel de Wolf , Raymond Dot , Lucien Masset , Michel Mathiot , Antoine Schildwein , Auguste Sirot , André Weingand	1313.85
5	ITA	Egidio Armelloni , Guido Figone , Danilo Fioravanti , Domenico Grosso , Savino Guglielmetti , Ettore Perego , Quinto Vadi , Luigi Zanetti	1300.30
6th	TCH	Pavel Benetka , Gustav Hrubý , Vladimír Karas , Miroslav Málek , Vratislav Petráček , Zdeněk Růžička , Leo Sotorník , František Wirth	1292.10
7th	United States	William Bonsall , Louis Bordo , Frank Cumiskey , Vincent D'Autorio , Joseph Kotys , William Roetzheim , Edward Scrobe , Raymond Sorensen	1252.50
8th	THE	Elkana Grønne , Freddy Jensen , Poul Jessen , Børge Minerth , Vilhelm Møller , Gunner Olesen , Arnold Thomsen , Volmer Thomsen	1245.40
9	AUT	Karl Bohusch , Hans Friedrich , Gottfried Hermann , Robert Pranz , Johann Sauter , Wilhelm Schreyer , Willi Welt , Ernst Wister	1212.15
10	YUG	Stjepan Boltižar , Konrad Grilc , Karel Janež , Drago Jelić , Ivica Jelić , Josip Kujundžić , Miro Longyka , Jakob Šubelj	1194.80

Date: August 12th and 13th, 1948
123 participants from 16 countries

Individual all-around

space	country	athlete	Points
1	FIN	Veikko Huhtanen	229.70
2	SUI	Walter Lehmann	229.00
3	FIN	Paavo Aaltonen	228.80
4th	SUI	Josef Stalder	228.70
5	SUI	Christian Kipfer	227.10
6th	SUI	Emil Studer	226.60
7th	TCH	Zdeněk Růžička	226.20
8th	FIN	Kalevi Laitinen	225.65
9	ITA	Guido Figone	225.30
10	FIN	Olavi Rove	225.20
15th	SUI	Robert Lucy	223.30
18th	SUI	Michael Reusch	222.00
21st	SUI	Melchior Thalmann	220.60
28	AUT	Ernst Wister	218.90
32	SUI	Karl Frei	217.20
36	AUT	Karl Bohusch	214.40
59	AUT	Hans Friedrich	205.80
61	AUT	Wilhelm Schreyer	205.40
66	AUT	Johann Sauter	203.10
99	AUT	Robert Pranz	164.55
114	AUT	Gottfried Hermann	132.30
123	AUT	Willi world	002.00

Date: August 12th and 13th, 1948
123 participants from 16 countries

Ingots

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Michael Reusch	39.50
2	FIN	Veikko Huhtanen	39.30
3	SUI	Christian Kipfer	39.10
	SUI	Josef Stalder
5	SUI	Walter Lehmann	39.00
6th	FIN	Heikki Savolainen	38.90
7th	FIN	Paavo Aaltonen	38.80
	TCH	Zdeněk Růžička
9	HUN	Lajos Sántha	38.70
10	FIN	Olavi Rove	38.60
20th	SUI	Melchior Thalmann	37.90
21st	SUI	Robert Lucy	37.80
	SUI	Emil Studer
30th	SUI	Karl Frei	36.90
35	AUT	Hans Friedrich	36.40
37	AUT	Ernst Wister	36.10
63	AUT	Johann Sauter	34.25
68	AUT	Karl Bohusch	33.80
74	AUT	Wilhelm Schreyer	33.00
76	AUT	Gottfried Hermann	32.30
107	AUT	Robert Pranz	24.00
122	AUT	Willi world	02.00

Date: August 12th and 13th, 1948
122 participants from 16 countries

Floor exercise

space	country	athlete	Points
1	HUN	Ferenc Pataki	38.70
2	HUN	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	38.40
3	TCH	Zdeněk Růžička	38.10
4th	FRA	Raymond Dot	37.80
5	THE	Elkana Grønne	37.65
6th	TCH	Pavel Benetka	37.60
	TCH	Leo Sotorník
8th	TCH	Vladimír Karas	37.40
9	HUN	Lajos Sántha	37.30
10	AUT	Ernst Wister	37.20
14th	AUT	Karl Bohusch	37.10
16	SUI	Josef Stalder	37.00
25th	SUI	Melchior Thalmann	36.60
29	AUT	Hans Friedrich	36.50
	SUI	Christian Kipfer
	SUI	Walter Lehmann
38	AUT	Wilhelm Schreyer	36.10
41	SUI	Robert Lucy	36.00
	SUI	Emil Studer
56	SUI	Karl Frei	35.00
67	SUI	Michael Reusch	33.90
70	AUT	Johann Sauter	33.75
95	AUT	Robert Pranz	28.75
118	AUT	Gottfried Hermann	15.50

Date: August 12th and 13th, 1948
121 participants from 16 countries

Horse jump

space	country	athlete	Points
1	FIN	Paavo Aaltonen	39.10
2	FIN	Olavi Rove	39.00
3	HUN	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	38.50
	HUN	Ferenc Pataki
	TCH	Leo Sotornik
6th	FIN	Veikko Huhtanen	38.40
7th	FIN	Einari Teräsvirta	38.30
8th	SUI	Walter Lehmann	38.10
	FIN	Sulo Salmi
10	SUI	Emil Studer	38.00
14th	SUI	Christian Kipfer	37.90
	SUI	Robert Lucy
18th	AUT	Ernst Wister	37.70
20th	SUI	Melchior Thalmann	37.60
38	SUI	Josef Stalder	36.90
40	AUT	Hans Friedrich	36.80
46	AUT	Karl Bohusch	36.60
64	SUI	Karl Frei	35.60
84	SUI	Michael Reusch	33.30
87	AUT	Wilhelm Schreyer	33.10
88	AUT	Johann Sauter	32.90
112	AUT	Robert Pranz	21.00
115	AUT	Gottfried Hermann	18.75

Date: August 12th and 13th, 1948
120 participants from 16 countries

Horizontal bar

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Josef Stalder	39.70
2	SUI	Walter Lehmann	39.40
3	FIN	Veikko Huhtanen	39.10
4th	FRA	Raymond Dot	38.80
	FIN	Aleksanteri Saarvala
	HUN	Lajos Sántha
	SUI	Emil Studer
8th	FIN	Einari Teräsvirta	38.70
9	SUI	Christian Kipfer	38.60
	HUN	Lajos Tóth
12	SUI	Michael Reusch	38.40
23	SUI	Robert Lucy	37.50
32	AUT	Karl Bohusch	36.70
41	AUT	Wilhelm Schreyer	36.10
45	AUT	Ernst Wister	35.80
46	SUI	Melchior Thalmann	35.50
51	AUT	Gottfried Hermann	35.10
57	AUT	Johann Sauter	34.40
65	SUI	Karl Frei	33.70
77	AUT	Hans Friedrich	31.30
87	AUT	Robert Pranz	29.40

Date: August 12th and 13th, 1948
121 participants from 16 countries

Rings

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Karl Frei	39.60
2	SUI	Michael Reusch	39.10
3	TCH	Zdeněk Růžička	38.50
4th	SUI	Walter Lehmann	38.40
5	SUI	Josef Stalder	38.30
	SUI	Emil Studer
7th	TCH	Vladimír Karas	38.20
8th	FIN	Heikki Savolainen	38.10
9	HUN	László Baranyai	37.90
	FIN	Olavi Rove
11	SUI	Christian Kipfer	37.80
24	SUI	Robert Lucy	37.00
31	SUI	Melchior Thalmann	36.50
44	AUT	Ernst Wister	35.70
63	AUT	Karl Bohusch	33.90
83	AUT	Wilhelm Schreyer	32.20
86	AUT	Johann Sauter	31.80
89	AUT	Hans Friedrich	31.30
98	AUT	Robert Pranz	29.80
117	AUT	Gottfried Hermann	14.25

Date: August 12th and 13th, 1948
121 participants from 16 countries

Pommel horse

space	country	athlete	Points
1	FIN	Paavo Aaltonen	38.70
	FIN	Veikko Huhtanen
	FIN	Heikki Savolainen
4th	ITA	Luigi Zanetti	38.30
5	ITA	Guido Figone	38.20
6th	United States	Frank Cumiskey	37.90
7th	SUI	Michael Reusch	37.80
8th	FIN	Aleksanteri Saarvala	37.70
	SUI	Josef Stalder
	SUI	Emil Studer
11	SUI	Walter Lehmann	37.60
14th	SUI	Christian Kipfer	37.20
16	SUI	Robert Lucy	37.10
23	SUI	Melchior Thalmann	36.50
26th	SUI	Karl Frei	36.40
	AUT	Ernst Wister
30th	AUT	Karl Bohusch	36.30
36	AUT	Johann Sauter	36.00
48	AUT	Wilhelm Schreyer	34.90
61	AUT	Hans Friedrich	33.50
74	AUT	Robert Pranz	31.60
108	AUT	Gottfried Hermann	16.40

Date: August 12th and 13th, 1948
121 participants from 16 countries

Results women

Team all-around

space	country	Sportswomen	Points
1	TCH	Zdeňka Honsová , Marie Kovářová , Miloslava Misáková , Milena Müllerová , Věra Růžičková , Olga Šilhánová , Božena Srncová , Zdeňka Veřmiřovská	445.45
2	HUN	Erzsébet Balázs , Anna Fehér , Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles , Irén Kárpáti-Karcsics , Mária Kövi , Mária Nagy-Sándor , Olga Tass , Edit Vásárhelyi-Weckinger	440.65
3	United States	Ladislava Bakanic , Marian Barone , Consetta Carruccio-Lenz , Dorothy Dalton , Meta Elste-Neumann , Helen Schifano , Clara Schroth-Lomady , Anita Simonis	422.66
4th	SWE	Ingrid Andersson , Märta Andersson , Kerstin Bohman , Stina Haage , Gunnel Johansson , Karin Lindberg , Göta Pettersson , Ingrid Sandahl	417.95
5	NED	Helena Gerrietsen , Geertruida Heil , Barendina Meijer , Klaasje Post , Johanna Hendrika Ros , Jacoba Wijnands , Anna Maria van Geene , Jacoba van Kampen	408.35
6th	AUT	Erika Enzenhofer , Gertrude Fesl , Gertrude Gollner-Kolar , Gertrude Gries , Gretchen Hehenberger , Traudl Ruckser , Edeltraud Schramm , Gertrude Winnige-Barosch	405.45
7th	YUG	Dragica Basletić , Neža Černe , Draginja Ðipalović , Dragana Đorđević , Vida Gerbec , Zlatica Mijatović , Ruža Vojsk , Tanja Žutić	397.90
8th	ITA	Renata Bianchi , Norma Icardi , Licia Macchini , Laura Micheli , Wanda Nuti , Luciana Pezzoni , Elena Santoni , Lilia Torriani	394.20
9	GBR	Joan Airey , Cissy Davies , Patricia Evans , Dorothy Hey , Irene Hirst , Mary Hirst , Dorothy Smith , Audrey Rennard	392.95
10	FRA	G. Guibert , Colette Hué , Christine Palau , Irène Pittelioen , Jeanine Touchard , F. Vailee , Jeanette Vogelbacher , Martine Yvinou	384.65
11	BEL	Julienne Boudewijns , Thérèse De Grijze , Anna Jordaens , Denise Parmentier , Jenny Schumacher , Yvonne Van Bets , Albertine Van Roy-Moens , Caroline Verbraecken-De Loose	353.60

Date: August 13 and 14, 1948
88 participants from 11 countries

Shortly after arriving in London, Eliška Misáková fell ill and was replaced by Věra Růžičková. The day the Czechoslovak team won the all-around event, Misáková died of poliomyelitis . The IOC also awarded her the gold medal posthumously.

Web links

• Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1948 Summer Games (PDF, 30.9 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Wallechinsky: The Complete Book of the Olympics . Penguin Books, London 1984, ISBN 0-14-006632-2 , pp. 323 .