Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

The men's parallel bars competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre on 12 and 13 August. It was the seventh appearance of the event.[1] There were 122 competitors from 16 nations, with each nation sending a team of up to 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Michael Reusch of Switzerland, with his countrymen Christian Kipfer and Josef Stalder tying for bronze. Between the Swiss gymnasts was Veikko Huhtanen of Finland, taking silver. Reusch was the first man to win multiple medals in the event (and the only one to do so 12 years apart); Stalder would become the second in 1952. It was Switzerland's second victory in the event, tying Germany for most gold medals.

Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Veikko Huhtanen competing on the rings
VenueEarls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates12–13 August
Competitors122 from 16 nations
Winning score39.5
Medalists
Michael Reusch
 Switzerland
Veikko Huhtanen
 Finland
Christian Kipfer
 Switzerland
Josef Stalder
 Switzerland

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Four of the top 10 gymnasts from 1936 returned: silver medalist Michael Reusch of Switzerland, seventh-place finisher Heikki Savolainen of Finland, ninth-place finisher Savino Guglielmetti of Italy, and tenth-place finisher Lajos Tóth of Hungary. Reusch was the reigning world champion, though the title was 10 years old—no world championship had yet been held post-World War II, so the 1938 event was the latest.[2]

Argentina, Cuba, Denmark, and Egypt each made their debut in the men's parallel bars. The United States made its sixth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of up to eight gymnasts (Cuba and Argentina had only 7; Mexico only 5). All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus, with the scores summed to give a final total. The scores in each of the six apparatus competitions were added together to give individual all-around scores; the top six individual scores on each team were summed to give a team all-around score. No separate finals were contested.

For each exercise, four judges gave scores from 0 to 10 in one-tenth point increments. The top and bottom scores were discarded and the remaining two scores summed to give the exercise total. If the two scores were sufficiently far apart, the judges would "confer" and decide on a score. Thus, exercise scores ranged from 0 to 20, apparatus scores from 0 to 40, individual totals from 0 to 240, and team scores from 0 to 1,440.[3]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 12 August 19489:00Compulsory
Friday, 13 August 19489:00Voluntary

Results

RankGymnastNationCompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Michael Reusch Switzerland19.819.739.5
Veikko Huhtanen Finland19.719.639.3
Christian Kipfer Switzerland19.719.439.1
Josef Stalder Switzerland19.319.839.1
5Walter Lehmann Switzerland19.519.539.0
6Heikki Savolainen Finland19.219.738.9
7Paavo Aaltonen Finland19.019.838.8
Zdeněk Růžička Czechoslovakia19.619.238.8
9Lajos Sántha Hungary19.419.338.7
10Olavi Rove Finland19.519.138.6
11Savino Guglielmetti Italy19.119.438.5
12Einari Teräsvirta Finland19.518.938.4
13Guido Figone Italy19.319.038.3
14Michel Mathiot France18.919.338.2
Lajos Tóth Hungary19.119.138.2
16László Baranyai Hungary19.318.838.1
Kalevi Laitinen Finland19.518.638.1
18Raymond Dot France19.118.938.0
Ferenc Pataki Hungary19.118.938.0
20Melchior Thalmann Switzerland19.118.837.9
21Robert Lucy Switzerland18.918.937.8
Ed Scrobe United States18.819.037.8
Emil Studer Switzerland18.519.337.8
24Aleksanteri Saarvala Finland18.219.437.6
25Joe Kotys United States18.918.537.4
26Pavel Benetka Czechoslovakia18.818.537.3
Luigi Zanetti Italy18.918.437.3
28Jozsef Fekete Hungary18.518.637.1
29André Weingand France18.218.837.0
30Karl Frei Switzerland18.318.636.9
31Alphonse Anger France18.618.236.8
Sulo Salmi Finland18.118.736.8
33Vladimír Karas Czechoslovakia18.817.936.7
34Ferenc Várkõi Hungary17.818.836.6
35Hans Friedrich Austria18.318.136.4
Gyözö Mogyorosi Hungary18.118.336.4
37Ernst Wister Austria18.118.036.1
38Bill Roetzheim United States18.317.736.0
39Danilo Fioravanti Italy17.418.535.9
János Mogyorósi-Klencs Hungary17.418.535.9
41Elkana Grønne Denmark17.917.935.8
Poul Jessen Denmark18.017.835.8
George Weedon Great Britain18.017.835.8
44Marcel de Wolf France18.217.535.7
Konrad Grilc Yugoslavia18.916.835.7
Frank Turner Great Britain17.718.035.7
Quinto Vadi Italy17.518.235.7
48Auguste Sirot France17.618.035.6
49Domenico Grosso Italy17.717.735.4
Antoine Schildwein France18.017.435.4
51Vratislav Petráček Czechoslovakia17.617.735.3
52Egidio Armelloni Italy17.617.435.0
53Jey Kugeler Luxembourg17.617.234.8
Leo Sotorník Czechoslovakia18.616.234.8
55Mohamed Roushdi Egypt16.717.934.6
56Mahmoud Abdel-Aal Egypt17.517.034.5
Vincent D'Autorio United States16.617.934.5
Josip Kujundžić Yugoslavia17.417.134.5
Miroslav Málek Czechoslovakia17.417.134.5
Børge Minerth Denmark19.015.534.5
61Lucien Masset France18.615.7534.35
62Gunner Olesen Denmark17.816.534.3
63Hans Sauter Austria18.315.9534.25
64František Wirth Czechoslovakia18.715.4534.15
65Freddy Jensen Denmark17.616.534.1
66Frank Cumiskey United States16.217.834.0
67Alec Wales Great Britain16.517.433.9
68Karl Bohusch Austria17.216.633.8
69Ali Zaky Egypt15.718.033.7
70Volmer Thomsen Denmark17.815.7533.55
71Ettore Perego Italy15.617.833.4
72William Bonsall United States15.817.333.1
Ray Sorensen United States15.617.533.1
74Willi Schreyer Austria16.116.933.0
75Fernando Lecuona Cuba17.715.2532.95
76Gottfried Hermann Austria17.814.532.3
77Arnold Thomsen Denmark17.614.532.1
78Vilhelm Møller Denmark15.016.931.9
79Ahmed Khalaf Ali Egypt14.916.931.8
Rafael Lecuona Cuba17.314.531.8
81Mohamed Aly Egypt17.014.7531.75
82Ken Buffin Great Britain16.315.031.3
83Arturo Amos Argentina17.014.2531.25
84Percy May Great Britain15.016.231.2
Josy Stoffel Luxembourg17.713.531.2
86Miro Longyka Yugoslavia18.113.031.1
87Stjepan Boltižar Yugoslavia14.915.830.7
Ali El-Hefnawi Egypt16.714.030.7
89Moustafa Abdelal Egypt14.016.030.0
90Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi Egypt16.213.529.7
91René Schroeder Luxembourg14.015.2529.25
92Karel Janež Yugoslavia14.514.529.0
Ivica Jelić Yugoslavia14.514.529.0
94Menn Krecke Luxembourg14.714.2528.95
95Jack Flaherty Great Britain16.012.7528.75
96César Bonoris Argentina14.214.2528.45
Drago Jelić Yugoslavia14.414.0528.45
98Pedro Lonchibuco Argentina13.315.028.3
99Ángel Aguiar Cuba15.711.7527.45
Polo Welfring Luxembourg16.211.2527.45
101Pierre Schmitz Luxembourg14.013.2527.25
102Gustav Hrubý Czechoslovakia16.810.026.8
103Jos Bernard Luxembourg13.213.526.7
104Enrique Rapesta Argentina11.014.025.0
105Jakob Šubelj Yugoslavia13.811.024.8
106Raimundo Rey Cuba12.811.524.3
107Robert Pranz Austria10.513.524.0
108Georges Wengler Luxembourg10.513.2523.75
109Roberto Villacián Cuba14.48.2522.65
110Baldomero Rubiera Cuba13.59.022.5
111Glyn Hopkins Great Britain7.513.7521.25
112Jorge Soler Argentina7.013.520.5
113Roberto Núñez Argentina6.512.018.5
114Alejandro Díaz Cuba6.011.2517.25
115Dario Aguilar Mexico6.011.017.0
116Ivor Vice Great Britain1.015.2516.25
117Louis Bordo United States14.914.9
118Jorge Castro Mexico7.07.514.5
119Rubén Lira Mexico4.08.2512.25
120Everardo Rios Mexico9.59.5
121Jorge Vidal Argentina6.56.5
122Willi Welt Austria2.02.0

References

  1. "Gymnastics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Parallel Bars". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 343.
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