1950 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

The 12th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Basel, the second largest city of Switzerland, on July 14-16, 1950.[1] 20,000 spectators[2] watched the championships, held for the first time in Switzerland, and the Swiss team was very successful in front of the home crowd.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
  Switzerland
Marcel Adatte
Hans Eugster
Ernst Gebendinger
Jack Günthard
Walter Lehmann
Josef Stalder
Melchior Thalmann
Jean Tschabold
 Finland
Paavo Aaltonen
Veikko Huhtanen
Kalevi Laitinen
Kaino Lempinen
Olavi Rove
Heikki Savolainen
Esa Seeste
Kalevi Viskari
 France
Alphonse Anger
Raymond Badin
Marcel de Wolf
Raymond Dot
Lucien Masset
Michel Mathiot
Gilbert Pruvost
André Weingand
Individual all-around
Walter Lehmann Marcel Adatte Olavi Rove
Floor
Josef Stalder
Ernst Gebendinger
none awarded Raymond Dot
Pommel horse
Josef Stalder Marcel Adatte Walter Lehmann
Rings
Walter Lehmann Olavi Rove Hans Eugster
Vault
Ernst Gebendinger Olavi Rove Walter Lehmann
Parallel bars
Hans Eugster Olavi Rove Raymond Dot
Horizontal bar
Paavo Aaltonen Veikko Huhtanen Walter Lehmann
Josef Stalder
Women
Team all-around
 Sweden
Evy Berggren
Vanja Blomberg
Karin Lindberg
Gunnel Ljungström
Hjördis Nordin
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Göta Pettersson
Ingrid Sandahl
 France
Ginette Durand
Colette Hué
Madeleine Jouffroy
Alexandra Lemoine
Liliane Montagne
Christine Palau
Irène Pittelioen
Jeanette Vogelbacher
 Italy
Renata Bianchi
Licia Macchini
Laura Micheli
Anna Monlarini
Marja Nutti
Elena Santoni
Liliana Scaricabarozzi
Lilia Torriani
Individual all-around
Helena Rakoczy Ann-Sofi Pettersson Gertrude Kolar
Vault
Helena Rakoczy Gertchen Kolar Alexandra Lemoine
Uneven bars
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Gertchen Kolar
none awarded Helena Rakoczy
Balance beam
Helena Rakoczy Marja Nutti Licia Macchini
Floor
Helena Rakoczy Tereza Kočiš Stefania Reindlowa

Men's Results

Team competition

RankTeamTotal
  Switzerland852.250
 Finland838.500
 France807.850
4  Italy728.900
5  Yugoslavia664.900
6  Egypt623.800

Individual all-around

RankGymnastTotal
 Walter Lehmann (SUI)143.300
 Marcel Adatte (SUI)141.000
 Olavi Rove (FIN)140.800
4  Guido Figone (ITA)139.950
5  Josef Stoffel (LUX)139.500
6  Josef Stalder (SUI)139.400
7  Kalevi Viskari (FIN)139.350
8  Raymond Dot (FRA)138.850
9  Ernst Gebendinger (SUI)138.800
10  Jack Günthard (SUI)138.750
11  Melchior Thalmann (SUI)138.200
12  Kalevi Laitinen (FIN)138.050

Floor exercise

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Josef Stalder (SUI)9.6009.65019.250
 Ernst Gebendinger (SUI)9.5009.75019.250
 Raymond Dot (FRA)9.6009.60019.200
4  Kaino Lempinen (FIN)9.6009.55019.150
4  Olavi Rove (FIN)9.6009.55019.150
4  Ernst Wister (AUT)9.6009.55019.150
7  Guido Figone (ITA)9.6009.45019.050
8  Kalevi Viskari (FIN)9.4509.55019.000

Pommel horse

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Josef Stalder (SUI)9.8009.90019.700
 Marcel Adatte (SUI)9.6009.75019.350
 Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.4009.65019.050
4  Veikko Huhtanen (FIN)9.5009.40018.900
4  Melchior Thalmann (SUI)9.4009.50018.900
6  Guido Figone (ITA)9.3009.55018.850
7  Luigi Zanetti (ITA)9.5009.10018.600

Rings

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.7509.85019.600
 Olavi Rove (FIN)9.6509.65019.300
 Hans Eugster (SUI)9.5509.65019.200
4  Ali Zaki (EGY)9.4509.70019.150
5  Guido Figone (ITA)9.5009.40018.900
6  Raymond Dot (FRA)9.5009.35018.850
6  Heikki Savolainen (FIN)9.3509.50018.850

Vault

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Ernst Gebendinger (SUI)9.7509.70019.450
 Olavi Rove (FIN)9.6009.75019.350
 Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.6509.65019.300
4  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.7509.45019.200
4  Melchior Thalmann (SUI)9.6009.60019.200
4  Jean Tschabold (SUI)9.7009.50019.200
7  Kalevi Viskari (FIN)9.5009.60019.100
8  Paavo Aaltonen (FIN)9.4509.55019.000

Parallel bars

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Hans Eugster (SUI)10.0009.85019.850
 Olavi Rove (FIN)9.8509.60019.450
 Raymond Dot (FRA)9.8009.55019.350
4  Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.7009.60019.300
5  Heikki Savolainen (FIN)9.6009.65019.250
6  Alphonse Anger (FRA)9.5509.35018.900
6  Guido Figone (ITA)9.2009.70018.900

Horizontal bar

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Paavo Aaltonen (FIN)9.7509.70019.450
 Veikko Huhtanen (FIN)9.8009.60019.400
 Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.7509.60019.350
 Josef Stalder (SUI)9.7509.60019.350
5  Olavi Rove (FIN)9.6509.60019.250
6  Raymond Dot (FRA)9.6509.50019.150

Women's Results

Team competition

RankTeamTotal
 Sweden607.500
 France598.766
 Italy594.250
4  Yugoslavia589.333
5  Poland587.333
6  Austria585.783
7  Belgium509.866

Individual all-around

RankGymnastTotal
 Helena Rakoczy (POL)94.016
 Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE)91.700
 Gertrude Kolar (AUT)91.000
4  Evy Berggren (SWE)90.633
5  Alexandra Lemoine (FRA)90.516
6  Ginette Durand (FRA)90.466
7  Laura Micheli (ITA)90.100
8  Ingrid Sandahl (SWE)89.933
9  Jeanette Vogelbacher (FRA)89.483
10  Marja Nutti (ITA)89.333
11  Zofia Krupianka (POL)89.300
12  Edeltraud Schramm (AUT)88.883

Vault

RankGymnastTotal
 Helena Rakoczy (POL)23.566
 Gertrude Kolar (AUT)23.466
 Alexandra Lemoine (FRA)23.400
4  Karin Lindberg (SWE)23.366
5  Stefania Reindlowa (POL)23.300

Uneven bars

RankGymnastTotal
 Gertrude Kolar (got a kip named after her) (AUT)24.000
 Ann-Sofi Pettersson (got a kip named after her) (SWE)24.000
 Helena Rakoczy (POL)23.850
4  Ingrid Sandahl (SWE)23.600
5  Edeltraud Schramm (AUT)23.550
6  Traudl Ruckser (AUT)23.500
6  Vida Gerbec (YUG)23.500

Balance beam

RankGymnastTotal
 Helena Rakoczy (POL)23.433
 Marja Nutti (ITA)23.333
 Licia Macchini (ITA)23.200
4  Stefania Reindlowa (POL)22.966
5  Madeleine Jouffroy (FRA)22.933

Floor exercise

RankGymnastTotal
 Helena Rakoczy (POL)23.166
 Tereza Kočiš (YUG)23.033
 Stefania Reindlowa (POL)23.000
4  Madeleine Jouffroy (FRA)22.966
5  Laura Micheli (ITA)22.600

Medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Switzerland (SUI)82515
2 Poland (POL)4026
3 Sweden (SWE)2103
4 Finland (FIN)1517
5 Austria (AUT)1113
6 France (FRA)0145
7 Italy (ITA)0123
8 Yugoslavia (YUG)0101
Totals (8 nations)16121543

References

  1. Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 86.
  2. Winterthur Glossary: Ernst Gebendinger
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