1964 Summer Olympics / gymnastics

Gymnastics at the ; XVIII. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Tokyo
Competition venue	Tōkyō Taiikukan
Nations	34
Athletes	213 (130 women, 83 men)
date	18.-22. October 1964
decisions	14th
	← Rome 1960 Mexico City 1968 →

At the XVIII. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , 14 gymnastics competitions were held, eight for men and six for women. The venue was the Tōkyō Taiikukan ("Tokyo Prefecture Sports Hall") in the Shibuya district .

As four years before, the team and individual competitions were held together in the all-around competition. At the same time, the all-around competition served as a qualification for the device finals with six participants each.

Balance sheet

Tōkyō Taiikukan

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Japan Japan	5	4th	1	10
2	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	4th	10	5	19th
3	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	3	1	-	4th
4th	Italy Italy	1	1	1	3
5	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia	1	-	1	2
6th	Germany team all German Germany	-	1	1	2
6th	Hungary 1957 Hungary	-	1	1	2
8th	Finland Finland	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men
competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Team all-around	Japan Yukio Endō , Takuji Hayata , Takashi Mitsukuri , Takashi Ono , Shūji Tsurumi , Haruhiro Yamashita	Soviet Union 1955 Sergei Diomidow , Wiktor Leontjew , Wiktor Lissizki , Boris Schachlin , Juri Titow , Juri Zapenko	Germany team all German Siegfried Fülle , Philipp Fürst , Günter Lyhs , Erwin Koppe , Klaus Köste , Peter Weber
Individual all-around	Japan Yukio Endo	Soviet Union 1955 Wiktor Lissizki Boris Schachlin Shūji Tsurumi Soviet Union 1955 Japan	-
Ingots	Japan Yukio Endo	Japan Shūji Tsurumi	Italy Franco Menichelli
Floor exercise	Italy Franco Menichelli	Japan Yukio Endō Wiktor Lissizki Soviet Union 1955	-
Horse jump	Japan Haruhiro Yamashita	Soviet Union 1955 Viktor Lissitsky	Finland Hannu Rantakari
Horizontal bar	Soviet Union 1955 Boris Schachlin	Soviet Union 1955 Yuri Titov	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Miroslav Cerar
Rings	Japan Takuji Hayata	Italy Franco Menichelli	Soviet Union 1955 Boris Schachlin
Pommel horse	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Miroslav Cerar	Japan Shūji Tsurumi	Soviet Union 1955 Yuri Zapenko

Women
competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Team all-around	Soviet Union 1955 Polina Astachowa , Lyudmila Gromowa , Larissa Latynina , Tamara Manina , Jelena Woltschezkaja , Tamara Zamotailowa	Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská , Mária Krajčírová , Jana Posnerová , Hana Růžičková , Jaroslava Sedláčková , Adolfína Tkačíková	Japan Toshiko Aihara , Ginko Chiba , Keiko Ikeda , Taniko Nakamura , Kiyoko Ono , Hiroko Tsuji
Individual all-around	Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská	Soviet Union 1955 Larissa Latynina	Soviet Union 1955 Polina Astakhova
Floor exercise	Soviet Union 1955 Larissa Latynina	Soviet Union 1955 Polina Astakhova	Hungary 1957 Anikó Jánosi
Horse jump	Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská	Soviet Union 1955 Larissa Latynina Birgit Radochla Germany team all German	-
Balance beam	Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská	Soviet Union 1955 Tamara Manina	Soviet Union 1955 Larissa Latynina
Uneven bars	Soviet Union 1955 Polina Astakhova	Hungary 1957 Katalin Makray	Soviet Union 1955 Larissa Latynina

Results men

Team all-around

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Japan JPN	Yukio Endō , Takuji Hayata , Takashi Mitsukuri , Takashi Ono , Shūji Tsurumi , Haruhiro Yamashita	577.95
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Sergei Diomidow , Wiktor Leontjew , Wiktor Lissizki , Boris Schachlin , Juri Titow , Juri Zapenko	575.45
3	Germany team all German EUA	Siegfried Fülle , Philipp Fürst , Günter Lyhs , Erwin Koppe , Klaus Köste , Peter Weber	565.10
4th	Italy ITA	Giovanni Carminucci , Pasquale Carminucci , Luigi Cimnaghi , Bruno Franceschetti , Franco Menichelli , Angelo Vicardi	560.90
5	Poland 1944 POLE	Jan Jankowicz , Andrzej Konopka , Mikołaj Kubica , Wilhelm Kubica , Alfred Kucharczyk , Aleksander Rokosa	559.50
6th	Czechoslovakia TCH	Pavel Gajdoš , Karel Klečka , Přemysl Krbec , Václav Kubíčka , Bohumil Mudřík , Ladislav Pazdera	558.15
7th	United States United States	Larry Banner , Ronald Barak , Russell Mitchell , Makoto Sakamoto , Athur Shurlock , Gregor Weiss	556.95
8th	Finland FIN	Eugen Ekman , Kauko Heikkinen , Raimo Heinonen , Otto Kestola , Olli Laiho , Hannu Rantakari	556.20
9	Hungary 1957 HUN	István Aranyos , Rajmund Csányi , Győző Cser , András Lelkes , Péter Sós , Lajos Varga	555.70
10	Bulgaria 1948 BUL	Georgi Adamow , Todor Batschwarow , Lyuben Christow , Todor Kondew , Nikola Prodanow , Velik Kapsazow	555.65

Date: October 18 and 20, 1964
108 participants from 18 countries

Individual all-around

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Japan JPN	Yukio Endo	115.95
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Viktor Lissitsky	115.40
	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Boris Schachlin
	Japan JPN	Shūji Tsurumi
5	Italy ITA	Franco Menichelli	115.15
6th	Japan JPN	Haruhiro Yamashita	115.10
7th	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic YUG	Miroslav Cerar	115.05
8th	Japan JPN	Takuji Hayata	114.90
9	Japan JPN	Takashi Mitsukuri	114.80
10	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Viktor Leontiev	114.50

15th	Germany team all German EUA	Siegfried Abundance	114.10
18th	Germany team all German EUA	Klaus Köste	112.75
19th	Germany team all German EUA	Erwin Koppe	112.45
21st	Germany team all German EUA	Peter Weber	112.40
24	Germany team all German EUA	Philipp Prince	112.25
29	Germany team all German EUA	Günter Lyhs	111.70
48	Switzerland SUI	Fritz Feuz	110.50
65	Switzerland SUI	Walter Müller	109.35
71	Switzerland SUI	Fredy Egger	108.90
85	Switzerland SUI	Gottlieb Fässler	107.70
90	Switzerland SUI	Meinrad Berchtold	107.00
93	Switzerland SUI	Franz Fäh	106.15

Date: October 18 and 20, 1964
130 participants from 30 countries

Ingots

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Japan JPN	Yukio Endo	19.675
2	Japan JPN	Shūji Tsurumi	19,450
3	Italy ITA	Franco Menichelli	19,350
4th	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Sergei Diomidov	19.225
5	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Viktor Lissitsky	19.200
6th	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic YUG	Miroslav Cerar	18,450
	Result in qualification
14th	Germany team all German EUA	Erwin Koppe	19.050
18th	Germany team all German EUA	Siegfried Abundance	19,000
18th	Germany team all German EUA	Klaus Köste	19,000
22nd	Switzerland SUI	Walter Müller	18,950
25th	Germany team all German EUA	Philipp Prince	18,900
30th	Germany team all German EUA	Günter Lyhs	18,800
40	Germany team all German EUA	Peter Weber	18,750
45	Switzerland SUI	Fredy Egger	18,650
55	Switzerland SUI	Fritz Feuz	18,550
60	Switzerland SUI	Franz Fäh	18,500
68	Switzerland SUI	Gottlieb Fässler	18,350
75	Switzerland SUI	Meinrad Berchtold	18,250

Qualification: October 18 and 20, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
128 participants from 29 countries

Floor exercise

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Italy ITA	Franco Menichelli	19,450
2	Japan JPN	Yukio Endo	19,350
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Viktor Lissitsky	19,350
4th	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Viktor Leontiev	19.200
5	Japan JPN	Takashi Mitsukuri	19,100
6th	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Yuri Zapenko	18,850
	Result in qualification
12	Germany team all German EUA	Siegfried Abundance	19,000
14th	Germany team all German EUA	Klaus Köste	18,950
18th	Germany team all German EUA	Peter Weber	18,850
23	Germany team all German EUA	Günter Lyhs	18,750
30th	Switzerland SUI	Fritz Feuz	18,650
30th	Germany team all German EUA	Philipp Prince	18,650
46	Germany team all German EUA	Erwin Koppe	18,450
61	Switzerland SUI	Fredy Egger	18,250
69	Switzerland SUI	Meinrad Berchtold	18,100
94	Switzerland SUI	Gottlieb Fässler	17,500
100	Switzerland SUI	Walter Müller	17.350
115	Switzerland SUI	Franz Fäh	16,750

Qualification: October 18 and 20, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
130 participants from 30 countries

Horse jump

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Japan JPN	Haruhiro Yamashita	19,600
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Viktor Lissitsky	19.325
3	Finland FIN	Hannu Rantakari	19,300
4th	Japan JPN	Shūji Tsurumi	19.225
5	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Boris Schachlin	19.200
6th	Japan JPN	Yukio Endo	19.075
	Result in qualification
7th	Germany team all German EUA	Siegfried Abundance	19,300
9	Switzerland SUI	Walter Müller	19,250
16	Switzerland SUI	Fritz Feuz	19,150
16	Germany team all German EUA	Günter Lyhs	19,150
19th	Germany team all German EUA	Klaus Köste	19,100
24	Switzerland SUI	Fredy Egger	19.050
28	Germany team all German EUA	Peter Weber	19,000
30th	Germany team all German EUA	Philipp Prince	18,950
36	Switzerland SUI	Meinrad Berchtold	18,900
42	Switzerland SUI	Gottlieb Fässler	18,850
54	Germany team all German EUA	Erwin Koppe	18,750
77	Switzerland SUI	Franz Fäh	18,650

Qualification: October 18 and 20, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
130 participants from 30 countries

Horizontal bar

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Boris Schachlin	19.625
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Yuri Titov	19,550
3	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic YUG	Miroslav Cerar	19,500
4th	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Viktor Lissitsky	19.325
5	Japan JPN	Yukio Endo	19.050
6th	Japan JPN	Takashi Ono	19,000
	Result in qualification
18th	Germany team all German EUA	Siegfried Abundance	18,950
21st	Germany team all German EUA	Klaus Köste	18,900
29	Germany team all German EUA	Erwin Koppe	18,800
42	Germany team all German EUA	Philipp Prince	18,600
47	Germany team all German EUA	Peter Weber	18,500
50	Germany team all German EUA	Günter Lyhs	18,450
55	Switzerland SUI	Fritz Feuz	18,400
68	Switzerland SUI	Franz Fäh	18,200
71	Switzerland SUI	Meinrad Berchtold	18,150
80	Switzerland SUI	Fredy Egger	17,700
82	Switzerland SUI	Gottlieb Fässler	17,650
86	Switzerland SUI	Walter Müller	17,550

Qualification: October 18 and 20, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
128 participants from 29 countries

Rings

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Japan JPN	Takuji Hayata	19.475
2	Italy ITA	Franco Menichelli	19,425
3	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Boris Schachlin	19,400
4th	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Viktor Leontiev	19,250
5	Japan JPN	Shūji Tsurumi	19.275
6th	Japan JPN	Yukio Endo	19,250
	Result in qualification
12	Germany team all German EUA	Siegfried Abundance	19.050
16	Germany team all German EUA	Peter Weber	18,850
18th	Germany team all German EUA	Erwin Koppe	18,800
31	Germany team all German EUA	Günter Lyhs	18,550
35	Germany team all German EUA	Philipp Prince	18,500
49	Germany team all German EUA	Klaus Köste	18,250
81	Switzerland SUI	Walter Müller	17,500
91	Switzerland SUI	Gottlieb Fässler	17,200
91	Switzerland SUI	Fritz Feuz	17,200
98	Switzerland SUI	Fredy Egger	17,000
105	Switzerland SUI	Meinrad Berchtold	16,700
110	Switzerland SUI	Franz Fäh	16,250

Qualification: October 18 and 20, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
128 participants from 29 countries

Pommel horse

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic YUG	Miroslav Cerar	19.525
2	Japan JPN	Shūji Tsurumi	19.325
3	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Yuri Zapenko	19.200
4th	Japan JPN	Haruhiro Yamashita	19.075
5	Norway NOR	Harald Wigaard	18,925
6th	Japan JPN	Takashi Mitsukuri	18,650
	Result in qualification
11	Germany team all German EUA	Siegfried Abundance	18,800
22nd	Germany team all German EUA	Philipp Prince	18,650
22nd	Switzerland SUI	Walter Müller	18,650
25th	Germany team all German EUA	Erwin Koppe	18,600
28	Switzerland SUI	Fritz Feuz	18,550
28	Germany team all German EUA	Klaus Köste	18,550
40	Germany team all German EUA	Peter Weber	18,400
50	Switzerland SUI	Fredy Egger	18,250
60	Switzerland SUI	Gottlieb Fässler	18,150
72	Germany team all German EUA	Günter Lyhs	18,000
80	Switzerland SUI	Franz Fäh	17,800
99	Switzerland SUI	Meinrad Berchtold	16,900

Qualification: October 18 and 20, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
128 participants from 29 countries

Results women

Team all-around

space	country	Sportswomen	Points
1	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Polina Astachowa , Lyudmila Gromowa , Larissa Latynina , Tamara Manina , Jelena Woltschezkaja , Tamara Zamotailowa	380.890
2	Czechoslovakia TCH	Věra Čáslavská , Mária Krajčírová , Jana Posnerová , Hana Růžičková , Jaroslava Sedláčková , Adolfína Tkačíková	379.989
3	Japan JPN	Toshiko Aihara , Ginko Chiba , Keiko Ikeda , Taniko Nakamura , Kiyoko Ono , Hiroko Tsuji	377.889
4th	Germany team all German EUA	Christel Felgner , Ingrid Föst , Karin Mannewitz , Birgit Radochla , Ute Starke , Barbara Stolz	376,038
5	Hungary 1957 HUN	Anikó Jánosi , Gyöngyi Mák-Kovács , Katalin Makray , Katalin Müller , Márta Tolnai-Erdős , Mária Tressel	375.455
6th	Romania 1948 ROME	Elena Ceampelea , Cristina Doboșan , Atanasia Ionescu , Sonia Iovan , Elena Leuștean , Emilia Vătășoiu	371.984
7th	Poland 1944 POLE	Elżbieta Apostolska , Gerda Bryłka , Barbara Eustachiewicz , Dorota Miler , Gizela Niedurna , Małgorzata Wilczek	371.287
8th	Sweden SWE	Solveig Egman-Andersson , Anne-Marie Lambert , Gerola Lindahl , Ulla Lindström , Anna Lundqvist , Ewa Rydell	367.888
9	United States United States	Kathleen Corrigan , Muriel Grossfeld , Dorothy McClements , Linda Metheny , Janice Speaks , Marie Walther	367,321
10	Australia OUT	Janice Bedford , Valerie Buffham , Barbara Cage , Barbara Fletcher , Lynette Hancock , Valerie Roberts	342,325

Date: October 19 and 21, 1964
60 participants from 10 countries

Individual all-around

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	Czechoslovakia TCH	Věra Čáslavská	77.564
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Larissa Latynina	76.998
3	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Polina Astakhova	76.965
4th	Germany team all German EUA	Birgit Radochla	76.431
5	Czechoslovakia TCH	Hana Růžičková	76.097
6th	Japan JPN	Keiko Ikeda	76.031
7th	Japan JPN	Toshiko Aihara	75.997
8th	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Yelena Volchetskaya	75.765
9	Japan JPN	Kiyoko Ono	75.665
10	Germany team all German EUA	Ute Starke	75.632

12	Germany team all German EUA	Ingrid Föst	75.465
31	Germany team all German EUA	Karin Mannewitz	74,363
35	Germany team all German EUA	Christel Felgner	74.014
44	Germany team all German EUA	Barbara proud	73.430
61	Austria AUT	Henriette Parzer	71.897

Date: October 19 and 21, 1964
83 participants from 24 countries

Floor exercise

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Larissa Latynina	19,599
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Polina Astakhova	19,500
3	Hungary 1957 HUN	Anikó Jánosi	19,300
4th	Germany team all German EUA	Birgit Radochla	19.299
5	Germany team all German EUA	Ingrid Föst	19.266
6th	Czechoslovakia TCH	Věra Čáslavská	19,099
	Result in qualification
13	Germany team all German EUA	Ute Starke	18,933
25th	Germany team all German EUA	Karin Mannewitz	18.666
39	Germany team all German EUA	Christel Felgner	18,499
49	Germany team all German EUA	Barbara proud	18.266
56	Austria AUT	Henriette Parzer	18,132

Qualification: October 19 and 21, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
83 participants from 24 countries

Horse jump

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	Czechoslovakia TCH	Věra Čáslavská	19,483
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Larissa Latynina	19.283
2	Germany team all German EUA	Birgit Radochla	19.283
4th	Japan JPN	Toshiko Aihara	19.282
5	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Yelena Volchetskaya	19,149
6th	Germany team all German EUA	Ute Starke	19.116
	Result in qualification
8th	Germany team all German EUA	Ingrid Föst	19,000
30th	Germany team all German EUA	Christel Felgner	18.666
40	Germany team all German EUA	Barbara proud	18,532
50	Germany team all German EUA	Karin Mannewitz	18,432
47	Austria AUT	Henriette Parzer	18,433

Qualification: October 19 and 21, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
83 participants from 24 countries

Balance beam

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	Czechoslovakia TCH	Věra Čáslavská	19,449
2	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Tamara Manina	19,399
3	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Larissa Latynina	19,382
4th	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Polina Astakhova	19,366
5	Czechoslovakia TCH	Hana Růžičková	19,349
6th	Japan JPN	Keiko Ikeda	19.216
	Result in qualification
9	Germany team all German EUA	Birgit Radochla	18,933
17th	Germany team all German EUA	Ute Starke	18.733
26th	Germany team all German EUA	Ingrid Föst	18.666
31	Germany team all German EUA	Karin Mannewitz	18,566
46	Germany team all German EUA	Christel Felgner	18,350
49	Germany team all German EUA	Barbara proud	18.266
62	Austria AUT	Henriette Parzer	18.033

Qualification: October 19 and 21, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
83 participants from 24 countries

Uneven bars

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Polina Astakhova	19,332
2	Hungary 1957 HUN	Katalin Makray	19.216
3	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Larissa Latynina	19.199
4th	Japan JPN	Toshiko Aihara	18,782
5	Czechoslovakia TCH	Věra Čáslavská	18,416
6th	Soviet Union 1955 URS	Tamara Zamotailova	17.833
	Result in qualification
14th	Germany team all German EUA	Birgit Radochla	18,933
15th	Germany team all German EUA	Ute Starke	18.666
20th	Germany team all German EUA	Karin Mannewitz	18,699
21st	Germany team all German EUA	Ingrid Föst	18.666
33	Germany team all German EUA	Christel Felgner	18,499
39	Germany team all German EUA	Barbara proud	18,366
65	Austria AUT	Henriette Parzer	17.299

Qualification: October 19 and 21, 1964
Final of the best six: October 22, 1964
83 participants from 24 countries

Web links

Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Official results of the 1964 Summer Games (PDF, 18.4 MB)

Gymnastics at the XVIII. Summer Olympics


information
venue	Japan Tokyo
Competition venue	Tōkyō Taiikukan
Nations	34
Athletes	213 (130 women, 83 men)
date	18.-22. October 1964
decisions	14th
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