1956 Summer Olympics / gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics |
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venue | Melbourne |
Competition venue | West Melbourne Stadium |
Nations | 21st |
Athletes | 128 (65 , 63 ) |
date | 3rd-7th December 1956 |
decisions | 15th |
← Helsinki 1952 |
At the XVI. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , 15 gymnastics competitions were held, eight for men and seven for women. The venue was the West Melbourne Stadium .
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | Soviet Union | 11 | 6th | 6th | 23 |
2 | Hungary | 4th | 2 | 1 | 7th |
3 | Japan | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
4th | Germany | 1 | - | - | 1 |
5 | Sweden | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
6th | Czechoslovakia | - | 1 | - | 1 |
7th | Romania | - | - | 2 | 2 |
8th | Finland | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Poland | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Team all-around |
Albert Azarjan , Valentin Muratow , Boris Schachlin , Pawel Stolbow , Yuri Titow , Viktor Tschukarin |
Nobuyuki Aihara , Akira Kōno , Masami Kubota , Takashi Ono , Masao Takemoto , Shinsaku Tsukawaki |
Raimo Heinonen , Onni Lappalainen , Olavi Leimuvirta , Berndt Lindfors , Martti Mansikka , Kalevi Suoniemi |
Individual all-around | Viktor Chukarin | Takashi Ono | Yuri Titov |
Ingots | Viktor Chukarin | Masami Kubota |
Takashi Ono Masao Takemoto |
Floor exercise | Valentin Muratov |
Nobuyuki Aihara William Thoresson Viktor Tschukarin |
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Horse jump |
Helmut Bantz Valentin Muratow |
- | Yuri Titov |
Horizontal bar | Takashi Ono | Yuri Titov | Masao Takemoto |
Rings | Albert Azarianan | Valentin Muratov |
Masami Kubota Masao Takemoto |
Pommel horse | Boris Schachlin | Takashi Ono | Viktor Chukarin |
Results men
Team all-around
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS |
Albert Azarjan , Valentin Muratow , Boris Schachlin , Pawel Stolbow , Yuri Titow , Viktor Tschukarin |
568.25 |
2 | JPN |
Nobuyuki Aihara , Akira Kōno , Masami Kubota , Takashi Ono , Masao Takemoto , Shinsaku Tsukawaki |
566.40 |
3 | FIN |
Raimo Heinonen , Onni Lappalainen , Olavi Leimuvirta , Berndt Lindfors , Martti Mansikka , Kalevi Suoniemi |
555.95 |
4th | TCH |
Jaroslav Bím , Ferdinand Daniš , Vladimír Kejř , Jaroslav Mikoška , Zdeněk Růžička , Josef Škvor |
554.10 |
5 | EUA |
Helmut Bantz , Jakob Kiefer , Robert Klein , Hans Pfann , Erich Wied , Theo Wied |
552.45 |
6th | United States |
Jack Beckner , Richard Beckner , Abraham Grossfeld , Charles Simms , William Tom , Armando Vega |
547.50 |
7th | OUT |
Brian Blackburn , Graham Bond , David Gourlay , John Lees , Noel Punton , Bruce Sharp |
477.15 |
Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
42 participants from 7 countries
Individual all-around
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS | Viktor Chukarin | 114.25 |
2 | JPN | Takashi Ono | 114.20 |
3 | URS | Yuri Titov | 113.80 |
4th | JPN | Masao Takemoto | 113.55 |
5 | URS | Valentin Muratov | 113.30 |
6th | EUA | Helmut Bantz | 112.90 |
7th | URS | Albert Azarianan | 112.55 |
8th | JPN | Masami Kubota | 112.50 |
URS | Boris Schachlin | ||
10 | JPN | Nobuyuki Aihara | 112.45 |
20th | EUA | Robert Klein | 110.60 |
25th | EUA | Theo Wied | 109.90 |
29 | EUA | Hans Pfann | 109.15 |
41 | EUA | Erich Wied | 107.50 |
42 | EUA | Jakob Kiefer | 107.45 |
60 | AUT | Johann Sauter | 79.85 |
Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries
Ingots
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS | Viktor Chukarin | 19.20 |
2 | JPN | Masami Kubota | 19.15 |
3 | JPN | Takashi Ono | 19.10 |
JPN | Masao Takemoto | ||
5 | URS | Albert Azarianan | 19.00 |
6th | JPN | Nobuyuki Aihara | 18.90 |
FIN | Berndt Lindfors | ||
8th | FIN | Onni Lappalainen | 18.85 |
FIN | Olavi Leimuvirta | ||
URS | Boris Schachlin | ||
URS | Yuri Titov | ||
JPN | Shinsaku Tsukawaki | ||
13 | EUA | Helmut Bantz | 18.80 |
23 | EUA | Hans Pfann | 18.55 |
31 | EUA | Theo Wied | 18.35 |
33 | EUA | Robert Klein | 18.30 |
39 | EUA | Erich Wied | 18.10 |
43 | AUT | Johann Sauter | 17.85 |
48 | EUA | Jakob Kiefer | 17.65 |
Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries
Floor exercise
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS | Valentin Muratov | 19.20 |
2 | JPN | Nobuyuki Aihara | 19.10 |
SWE | William Thoresson | ||
URS | Viktor Chukarin | ||
5 | URS | Yuri Titov | 18.95 |
6th | TCH | Ferdinand Daniš | 18.80 |
BUL | Mintscho Todorov | ||
8th | EUA | Helmut Bantz | 18.75 |
JPN | Takashi Ono | ||
10 | FIN | Kalevi Suoniemi | 18.70 |
16 | EUA | Robert Klein | 18.50 |
23 | EUA | Theo Wied | 18.40 |
33 | EUA | Hans Pfann | 18.15 |
38 | EUA | Jakob Kiefer | 18.00 |
45 | EUA | Erich Wied | 17.80 |
63 | AUT | Johann Sauter | 8.50 |
Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries
Horse jump
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | EUA | Helmut Bantz | 18.85 |
URS | Valentin Muratov | ||
3 | URS | Yuri Titov | 18.75 |
4th | URS | Boris Schachlin | 18.70 |
EUA | Theo Wied | ||
6th | JPN | Masao Takemoto | 18.65 |
7th | United States | Jack Beckner | 18.60 |
URS | Viktor Chukarin | ||
EUA | Jakob Kiefer | ||
EUA | Robert Klein | ||
16 | EUA | Erich Wied | 18.50 |
33 | EUA | Hans Pfann | 18.30 |
47 | AUT | Johann Sauter | 17.95 |
Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries
Horizontal bar
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | JPN | Takashi Ono | 19.60 |
2 | URS | Yuri Titov | 19.40 |
3 | JPN | Masao Takemoto | 19.30 |
4th | URS | Pavel Stolbow | 19.25 |
URS | Viktor Chukarin | ||
6th | EUA | Helmut Bantz | 19.15 |
7th | United States | Jack Beckner | 19.00 |
8th | URS | Albert Azarianan | 18.95 |
9 | TCH | Ferdinand Daniš | 18.85 |
10 | FRA | Raymond Dot | 18.80 |
18th | EUA | Theo Wied | 18.70 |
22nd | EUA | Jakob Kiefer | 18.65 |
29 | EUA | Robert Klein | 18.45 |
37 | EUA | Erich Wied | 18.15 |
48 | EUA | Hans Pfann | 17.25 |
62 | AUT | Johann Sauter | 9.20 |
Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries
Rings
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS | Albert Azarianan | 19.35 |
2 | URS | Valentin Muratov | 19.15 |
3 | JPN | Masami Kubota | 19.10 |
JPN | Masao Takemoto | ||
5 | JPN | Nobuyuki Aihara | 19.05 |
JPN | Takashi Ono | ||
7th | URS | Viktor Chukarin | 19.00 |
JPN | Shinsaku Tsukawaki | ||
9 | TCH | Ferdinand Daniš | 18.90 |
10 | FIN | Berndt Lindfors | 18.85 |
14th | EUA | Robert Klein | 18.75 |
18th | EUA | Helmut Bantz | 18.60 |
23 | EUA | Hans Pfann | 18.20 |
30th | EUA | Theo Wied | 17.80 |
32 | EUA | Erich Wied | 17.65 |
38 | AUT | Johann Sauter | 17.25 |
48 | EUA | Jakob Kiefer | 16.50 |
Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries
Pommel horse
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | URS | Boris Schachlin | 19.25 |
2 | JPN | Takashi Ono | 19.20 |
3 | URS | Viktor Chukarin | 19.10 |
4th | TCH | Josef Škvor | 19.05 |
5 | URS | Yuri Titov | 19.00 |
6th | TCH | Jaroslav Bím | 18.95 |
7th | URS | Pavel Stolbow | 18.90 |
JPN | Masao Takemoto | ||
9 | FIN | Berndt Lindfors | 18.80 |
URS | Valentin Muratov | ||
FIN | Kalevi Suoniemi | ||
12 | EUA | Helmut Bantz | 18.75 |
28 | EUA | Hans Pfann | 18.20 |
33 | EUA | Jakob Kiefer | 18.05 |
36 | EUA | Robert Klein | 18.00 |
37 | EUA | Theo Wied | 17.95 |
51 | EUA | Erich Wied | 17.30 |
62 | AUT | Johann Sauter | 9.10 |
Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries
Results women
Team all-around
Date: 3rd to 7th August 1956
54 participants from 9 countries
Individual all-around
space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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1 | URS | Larissa Latynina | 74.933 |
2 | HUN | Ágnes Keleti | 74.633 |
3 | URS | Sofja Muratova | 74,466 |
4th | ROME | Elena Leuştean | 74,366 |
HUN | Olga Tass | ||
6th | URS | Tamara Manina | 74.233 |
7th | TCH | Eva Bosáková | 74,100 |
8th | POLE | Helena Rakoczy | 73,700 |
9 | POLE | Natalia Kot | 73.633 |
10 | URS | Lyudmila Egorova | 73.533 |
Date: August 3 to 7, 1956
65 participants from 15 countries
Floor exercise
space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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1 | HUN | Ágnes Keleti | 18.733 |
URS | Larissa Latynina | ||
3 | ROME | Elena Leuştean | 18,700 |
4th | TCH | Eva Bosáková | 18,566 |
URS | Sofja Muratova | ||
JPN | Keiko Tanaka | ||
7th | URS | Olga Tass | 18,533 |
8th | SWE | Doris Hedberg | 18,500 |
9 | URS | Lyudmila Egorova | 18,466 |
URS | Tamara Manina |
Date: 3rd to 7th August 1956
64 participants from 15 countries
Horse jump
space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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1 | URS | Larissa Latynina | 19,000 |
2 | URS | Tamara Manina | 18,800 |
3 | SWE | Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling | 18.733 |
HUN | Olga Tass | ||
5 | URS | Sofja Muratova | 18.666 |
6th | ROME | Elena Leuştean | 18.633 |
7th | POLE | Natalia Kot | 18,500 |
POLE | Helena Rakoczy | ||
9 | URS | Lyudmila Egorova | 18,466 |
10 | ITA | Miranda Cicognani | 18,433 |
SWE | Doris Hedberg |
Date: 3rd to 7th August 1956
64 participants from 15 countries
Balance beam
space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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1 | HUN | Ágnes Keleti | 18,800 |
2 | TCH | Eva Bosáková | 18.633 |
URS | Tamara Manina | ||
4th | URS | Larissa Latynina | 18,533 |
TCH | Anna Marejková | ||
6th | ROME | Elena Leuştean | 18,500 |
7th | URS | Lyudmila Egorova | 18,466 |
HUN | Margit Korondi | ||
HUN | Olga Tass | ||
10 | URS | Sofja Muratova | 18,433 |
Date: August 3 to 7, 1956
65 participants from 15 countries
Uneven bars
space | country | sportswoman | Points |
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1 | HUN | Ágnes Keleti | 18,966 |
2 | URS | Larissa Latynina | 18,833 |
3 | URS | Sofja Muratova | 18,800 |
4th | TCH | Eva Bosáková | 18.733 |
5 | POLE | Helena Rakoczy | 18,700 |
6th | HUN | Aliz Kertész | 18.633 |
HUN | Olga Tass | ||
8th | POLE | Natalia Kot | 18,600 |
9 | URS | Polina Astakhova | 18,566 |
10 | ROME | Elena Leuştean | 18,533 |
POLE | Danuta Nowak |
Date: 3rd to 7th August 1956
64 participants from 15 countries
Group gymnastics
Date: August 7, 1956
54 participants from 9 countries
Web links
- Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1956 Summer Games (PDF, 32.5 MB)