1956 Summer Olympics / gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Melbourne
Competition venue	West Melbourne Stadium
Nations	21st
Athletes	128 (65 , 63 )
date	3rd-7th December 1956
decisions	15th
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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
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

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
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	-
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

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Team all-around	Polina Astachowa , Lyudmila Jegorowa , Lidija Kalinina , Larissa Latynina , Tamara Manina , Sofja Muratowa	Andrea Bodó , Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles , Ágnes Keleti , Alíz Kertész , Margit Korondi , Olga Tass	Georgeta Hurmuzachi , Sonia Iovan , Elena Leuștean , Elena Mărgărit , Elena Săcălici , Emilia Vătășoiu
Individual all-around	Larissa Latynina	Ágnes Keleti	Sofja Muratova
Floor exercise	Ágnes Keleti Larissa Latynina	-	Elena Leuştean
Horse jump	Larissa Latynina	Tamara Manina	Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling Olga Tass
Balance beam	Ágnes Keleti	Eva Bosáková Tamara Manina	-
Uneven bars	Ágnes Keleti	Larissa Latynina	Sofja Muratova
Group gymnastics	Andrea Bodó , Erzsébet Gulyás , Ágnes Keleti , Alíz Kertész , Margit Korondi , Olga Tass	Evy Berggren , Doris Hedberg , Maude Karlén , Karin Lindberg , Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling , Eva Rönström	Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel , Natalia Kot-Wala , Danuta Stachow , Helena Rakoczy , Barbara Ślizowska , Lidia Szczerbińska Polina Astachowa , Lyudmila Jegorowa , Lidija Kalinina , Larissa Latynina , Tamara Manina , Sofja Muratowa

Results men

Team all-around

space	country	athlete	Points
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
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	079.85

Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries

Ingots

space	country	athlete	Points
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
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	08.50

Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries

Horse jump

space	country	athlete	Points
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
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	09.20

Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries

Rings

space	country	athlete	Points
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
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	09.10

Date: December 3rd to 7th, 1956
63 participants from 18 countries

Results women

Team all-around

space	country	Sportswomen	Points
1	URS	Polina Astachowa , Lyudmila Jegorowa , Lidija Kalinina , Larissa Latynina , Tamara Manina , Sofja Muratowa	444.787
2	HUN	Andrea Bodó , Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles , Ágnes Keleti , Alíz Kertész , Margit Korondi , Olga Tass	443,484
3	ROME	Georgeta Hurmuzachi , Sonia Iovan , Elena Leuștean , Elena Mărgărit , Elena Săcălici , Emilia Vătășoiu	438.185
4th	POLE	Dorota Horzonek , Natalia Kot , Danuta Nowak , Helena Rakoczy , Lidia Szczerbińska , Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska	436,485
5	TCH	Eva Bosáková , Miroslava Brdíčková , Věra Drazdíková , Anna Marejková , Matylda Matoušková , Alena Reichová	435,356
6th	JPN	Mitsuka Ikeda , Kyoko Kubota , Shizuko Sakashita , Suzuko Seki , Kazuko Sogabe , Keiko Tanaka	433.653
7th	ITA	Elisa Calsi , Miranda Cicognani , Rosella Cicognani , Elena Lagorara , Luciana Lagorara , Luciana Reali	428.654
8th	SWE	Evy Berggren , Doris Hedberg , Maude Karlén , Karin Lindberg , Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling , Eva Rönström	428,587
9	United States	Muriel Davis , Doris Fuchs , Judy Howe , Jackie Klein , Joyce Racek , Sandra Ruddick	413.187

Date: 3rd to 7th August 1956
54 participants from 9 countries

Individual all-around

space	country	sportswoman	Points
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
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
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
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
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

space	country	Sportswomen	Points
1	HUN	Andrea Bodó , Erzsébet Gulyás , Ágnes Keleti , Alíz Kertész , Margit Korondi , Olga Tass	75.20
2	SWE	Evy Berggren , Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling , Doris Hedberg , Maude Karlén , Karin Lindberg , Eva Rönström	74.20
3	POLE	Dorota Jokiel , Natalia Kot , Danuta Nowak-Stachow , Helena Rakoczy , Barbara Ślizowska , Lidia Szczerbińska	74.00
	URS	Polina Astachowa , Lyudmila Jegorowa , Lidija Kalinina , Larissa Latynina , Tamara Manina , Sofja Muratowa
5	ROME	Gheorgheta Hurmuzachi , Sonia Iovan , Elena Leuștean , Elena Mărgărit , Elena Săcălici , Emilia Vătășoiu	73.40
6th	JPN	Mitsuka Ikeda , Kyoko Kubota , Shizuko Sakashita , Suzuko Seki , Kazuko Sogabe , Keiko Tanaka	73.20
7th	TCH	Eva Bosáková , Miroslava Brdíčková , Věra Drazdíková , Anna Marejková , Matylda Matoušková , Alena Reichová	73.00
8th	ITA	Elisa Calsi , Miranda Cicognani , Rosella Cicognani , Elena Lagorara , Luciana Lagorara , Luciana Reali	72.80
9	United States	Muriel Davis , Doris Fuchs , Judy Howe , Jackie Klein , Joyce Racek , Sandra Ruddick	67.60

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)