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Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueFestival Hall
Dates3–7 December
Competitors63 from 18 nations
Winning score114.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Chukarin  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Takashi Ono  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yury Titov  Soviet Union
← 1952
1960 →

The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics was held at the West Melbourne Stadium from 3 to 7 December. It was the twelfth appearance of the event.[1] There were 63 competitors from 18 nations, with each nation entering up to 6 gymnasts.[2] The event was won by Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, the second man to successfully defend an all-around title (after Alberto Braglia in 1908 and 1912) and fourth to earn multiple medals of any color. His countryman Yury Titov took bronze. Takashi Ono of Japan earned silver. It was the first medal in the event for Japan, beginning that nation's nearly four-decade battle with the Soviet Union for dominance. Every men's all-around medal from 1956 to 1976 was won by a gymnast from one of those two nations; from 1952 to 1988, the Soviets won six of the ten gold medals while Japan won the other four.

Background

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This was the 12th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900.[2]

Three of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1952 Games returned: gold medalist Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Valentin Muratov of the Soviet Union, and ninth-place finisher Helmut Bantz of Germany. Chukarin and Muratov had tied for the World Championship in 1954.[2]

Australia made its debut in the event. East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. France made its 10th appearance, tying the absent Italy for most among nations.

Competition format

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The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format, mostly following the scoring tweaks made in 1952. Each nation entered either a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The 12 exercise scores were summed to give an individual all-around total.

No separate finals were contested.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, apparatus scores from 0 to 20, and individual totals from 0 to 120.

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Monday, 3 December 1956
Tuesday, 4 December 1956
Wednesday, 5 December 1956
Thursday, 6 December 1956
Friday, 7 December 1956
8:00 Final

Results

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The results of the competition are shown below.[3]

Rank Gymnast Nation Exercise results Total
C V T C V T C V T C V T C V T C V T
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Chukarin  Soviet Union 9.55 9.55 19.10 9.40 9.60 19.00 9.50 9.60 19.10 9.25 9.35 18.60 9.55 9.65 19.20 9.55 9.70 19.25 114.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Takashi Ono  Japan 9.40 9.35 18.75 9.50 9.55 19.05 9.50 9.70 19.20 9.20 9.30 18.50 9.60 9.50 19.10 9.75 9.85 19.60 114.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yury Titov  Soviet Union 9.50 9.45 18.95 9.40 9.45 18.85 9.45 9.55 19.00 9.35 9.40 18.75 9.40 9.45 18.85 9.70 9.70 19.40 113.80
4 Masao Takemoto  Japan 9.00 9.50 18.50 9.60 9.50 19.10 9.45 9.45 18.90 9.20 9.45 18.65 9.40 9.70 19.10 9.70 9.60 19.30 113.55
5 Valentin Muratov  Soviet Union 9.60 9.60 19.20 9.60 9.55 19.15 9.45 9.35 18.80 9.40 9.45 18.85 9.30 9.40 18.70 9.55 9.05 18.60 113.30
6 Helmut Bantz  United Team of Germany 9.35 9.40 18.75 9.25 9.35 18.60 9.35 9.40 18.75 9.40 9.45 18.85 9.45 9.35 18.80 9.50 9.65 19.15 112.90
7 Albert Azaryan  Soviet Union 8.90 9.05 17.95 9.55 9.80 19.35 9.25 9.50 18.75 9.15 9.40 18.55 9.30 9.70 19.00 9.40 9.55 18.95 112.55
8 Masami Kubota  Japan 9.30 9.40 18.70 9.60 9.50 19.10 9.35 9.30 18.65 9.25 9.05 18.30 9.55 9.60 19.15 9.20 9.40 18.60 112.50
Boris Shakhlin  Soviet Union 8.95 9.30 18.25 9.35 9.35 18.70 9.50 9.75 19.25 9.35 9.35 18.70 9.30 9.55 18.85 9.30 9.45 18.75 112.50
10 Nobuyuki Aihara  Japan 9.50 9.60 19.10 9.55 9.50 19.05 9.35 9.40 18.75 9.20 8.90 18.10 9.35 9.55 18.90 9.30 9.25 18.55 112.45
11 Kalevi Suoniemi  Finland 9.35 9.35 18.70 9.30 9.50 18.80 9.35 9.45 18.80 9.15 9.40 18.55 9.25 9.55 18.80 9.25 9.45 18.70 112.35
12 Shinsaku Tsukawaki  Japan 9.30 9.40 18.70 9.50 9.50 19.00 9.20 9.25 18.45 9.20 9.25 18.45 9.45 9.40 18.85 9.30 9.45 18.75 112.20
13 Ferdinand Daniš  Czechoslovakia 9.40 9.40 18.80 9.45 9.45 18.90 9.40 8.85 18.25 9.30 9.10 18.40 9.40 9.30 18.70 9.45 9.40 18.85 111.90
14 Pavel Stolbov  Soviet Union 9.15 9.35 18.50 9.40 9.40 18.80 9.40 9.50 18.90 9.10 9.25 18.35 8.55 9.40 17.95 9.55 9.70 19.25 111.75
15 Berndt Lindfors  Finland 9.05 9.45 18.50 9.45 9.40 18.85 9.45 9.35 18.80 8.80 9.10 17.90 9.45 9.45 18.90 9.20 9.45 18.65 111.60
16 Akira Kono  Japan 9.40 9.10 18.50 9.40 9.30 18.70 9.00 9.60 18.60 9.00 9.30 18.30 9.40 9.30 18.70 9.30 9.45 18.75 111.55
17 Jack Beckner  United States 9.25 9.25 18.50 8.70 9.05 17.75 9.30 9.10 18.40 9.25 9.35 18.60 9.40 9.35 18.75 9.40 9.60 19.00 111.00
18 Josef Škvor  Czechoslovakia 8.90 9.10 18.00 9.15 9.05 18.20 9.45 9.60 19.05 9.20 9.25 18.45 9.20 9.25 18.45 9.20 9.50 18.70 110.85
19 Velik Kapsazov  Bulgaria 9.00 9.15 18.15 9.20 9.25 18.45 9.30 9.35 18.65 9.10 9.15 18.25 9.20 9.30 18.50 9.40 9.35 18.75 110.75
20 Robert Klein  United Team of Germany 9.30 9.20 18.50 9.40 9.35 18.75 8.95 9.05 18.00 9.30 9.30 18.60 9.20 9.10 18.30 9.25 9.20 18.45 110.60
Martti Mansikka  Finland 9.30 9.40 18.70 9.15 9.05 18.20 9.30 9.35 18.65 9.20 9.35 18.55 9.15 9.35 18.50 8.90 9.10 18.00 110.60
22 Onni Lappalainen  Finland 9.20 9.30 18.50 8.95 9.20 18.15 9.05 9.40 18.45 9.00 9.25 18.25 9.30 9.55 18.85 9.00 9.25 18.25 110.45
23 Vladimír Kejř  Czechoslovakia 9.10 9.30 18.40 9.30 9.20 18.50 9.15 9.10 18.25 9.10 9.45 18.55 9.15 9.15 18.30 9.20 9.10 18.30 110.30
24 Attila Takács  Hungary 9.15 9.25 18.40 8.95 9.25 18.20 9.10 9.35 18.45 9.20 9.35 18.55 9.40 9.25 18.65 9.45 8.45 17.90 110.15
25 Theo Wied  United Team of Germany 9.20 9.20 18.40 9.05 8.75 17.80 8.90 9.05 17.95 9.30 9.40 18.70 9.15 9.20 18.35 9.25 9.45 18.70 109.90
26 Zdeněk Růžička  Czechoslovakia 9.00 9.20 18.20 9.10 9.20 18.30 9.15 8.70 17.85 9.10 9.10 18.20 9.00 9.30 18.30 9.45 9.35 18.80 109.65
27 Olavi Leimuvirta  Finland 8.95 9.20 18.15 8.75 8.40 17.15 9.35 9.30 18.65 9.10 9.30 18.40 9.20 9.65 18.85 8.95 9.20 18.15 109.35
Jaroslav Mikoška  Czechoslovakia 9.10 9.10 18.20 8.75 8.90 17.65 9.35 8.75 18.10 9.20 9.20 18.40 9.35 9.35 18.70 9.35 8.95 18.30 109.35
29 Hans Pfann  United Team of Germany 8.85 9.30 18.15 9.10 9.10 18.20 9.25 8.95 18.20 9.05 9.25 18.30 9.30 9.25 18.55 8.55 9.20 17.75 109.15
30 Josy Stoffel  Luxembourg 9.20 9.00 18.20 8.50 8.90 17.40 9.30 9.45 18.75 9.00 9.40 18.40 9.30 8.50 17.80 9.25 9.20 18.45 109.00
31 Armando Vega  United States 9.20 9.40 18.60 9.05 9.40 18.45 8.60 8.75 17.35 9.10 9.30 18.40 8.10 9.50 17.60 9.15 8.90 18.05 108.45
32 Raymond Dot  France 8.60 9.10 17.70 8.85 8.60 17.45 8.70 9.10 17.80 9.00 9.25 18.25 9.25 9.15 18.40 9.40 9.40 18.80 108.40
William Thoresson  Sweden 9.50 9.60 19.10 8.20 8.40 16.60 8.90 8.80 17.70 9.20 9.30 18.50 9.40 9.30 18.70 9.05 8.75 17.80 108.40
Charles Simms  United States 8.55 8.70 17.25 8.70 8.80 17.50 9.35 8.80 18.15 9.15 9.30 18.45 9.10 9.30 18.40 9.20 9.45 18.65 108.40
35 Dick Beckner  United States 8.85 9.05 17.90 9.35 9.30 18.65 8.70 8.80 17.50 8.85 9.20 18.05 8.55 9.20 17.75 9.10 9.35 18.45 108.30
36 Jaroslav Bím  Czechoslovakia 7.90 8.70 16.60 8.90 9.20 18.10 9.35 9.60 18.95 9.00 9.00 18.00 9.15 9.10 18.25 9.05 9.30 18.35 108.25
37 Raimo Heinonen  Finland 8.60 9.15 17.75 7.85 8.90 16.75 8.90 9.25 18.15 9.05 9.05 18.10 9.20 9.45 18.65 9.25 9.45 18.70 108.10
38 Nik Stuart  Great Britain 9.20 9.20 18.40 9.15 7.70 16.85 9.30 9.25 18.55 8.65 8.90 17.55 9.15 9.15 18.30 9.15 9.05 18.20 107.85
39 Abie Grossfeld  United States 9.10 9.30 18.40 9.20 8.30 17.50 8.65 8.65 17.30 8.85 9.10 17.95 8.75 9.10 17.85 9.35 9.40 18.75 107.75
40 Michel Mathiot  France 9.00 9.15 18.15 8.60 8.40 17.00 9.20 9.00 18.20 8.80 9.10 17.90 9.10 9.30 18.40 9.15 8.75 17.90 107.55
41 Erich Wied  United Team of Germany 8.60 9.20 17.80 8.70 8.95 17.65 8.60 8.70 17.30 9.20 9.30 18.50 9.00 9.10 18.10 8.65 9.50 18.15 107.50
42 Jakob Kiefer  United Team of Germany 8.85 9.15 18.00 8.35 8.15 16.50 9.20 8.85 18.05 9.30 9.30 18.60 9.20 8.45 17.65 9.25 9.40 18.65 107.45
43 Bill Tom  United States 9.00 9.20 18.20 8.10 8.75 16.85 8.60 9.15 17.75 9.10 9.25 18.35 9.05 9.30 18.35 8.80 9.05 17.85 107.35
44 János Héder  Hungary 8.40 9.00 17.40 8.90 9.20 18.10 8.80 9.05 17.85 9.00 9.20 18.20 9.20 9.10 18.30 9.20 8.25 17.45 107.30
45 Stoyan Stoyanov  Bulgaria 8.80 9.10 17.90 7.05 8.60 15.65 9.10 8.75 17.85 9.15 9.20 18.35 9.35 9.15 18.50 9.35 9.45 18.80 107.05
46 Jean Guillou  France 8.95 8.90 17.85 8.60 8.00 16.60 9.40 8.45 17.85 8.90 9.00 17.90 9.35 8.60 17.95 9.30 9.20 18.50 106.65
47 Mincho Todorov  Bulgaria 9.35 9.45 18.80 7.65 7.90 15.55 8.50 8.90 17.40 9.05 9.30 18.35 9.10 8.90 18.00 9.00 9.10 18.10 106.20
48 Kurt Wigartz  Sweden 9.25 9.40 18.65 6.90 8.40 15.30 8.85 9.00 18.85 9.25 9.20 18.45 8.80 9.05 17.85 9.20 8.85 18.05 106.15
49 Ed Gagnier  Canada 8.85 9.20 18.05 8.40 8.45 16.85 8.50 9.20 17.70 9.00 9.05 18.05 8.85 8.80 17.65 7.65 8.45 16.10 104.40
50 Frank Turner  Great Britain 8.05 8.50 16.55 8.75 8.50 17.25 8.55 7.80 16.35 8.90 8.70 17.60 8.75 8.90 17.65 8.95 8.80 17.75 103.15
51 Ronnie Lombard  South Africa 8.00 8.25 16.25 7.60 8.30 15.90 9.05 9.00 18.05 9.00 8.90 17.90 7.65 7.15 14.80 9.05 8.90 17.95 100.85
52 Rafael Lecuona  Cuba 8.30 8.05 16.35 7.70 8.30 16.00 8.90 9.15 18.05 8.95 8.90 17.85 8.50 8.95 17.45 6.75 7.80 14.55 100.25
53 Jack Wells  South Africa 8.45 8.05 16.50 7.35 8.50 15.85 8.70 8.75 17.45 8.60 8.85 17.45 7.40 7.95 15.35 8.50 8.70 17.20 99.80
54 Graham Bond  Australia 7.65 8.00 15.65 7.00 7.85 14.85 6.95 7.00 13.95 9.00 8.80 17.80 8.15 8.35 16.50 8.90 8.75 17.65 96.40
55 David Gourlay  Australia 8.25 8.00 16.25 7.55 7.90 15.45 7.50 7.20 14.70 9.00 9.05 18.05 7.80 7.65 15.45 8.10 7.90 16.00 95.90
56 John Lees  Australia 7.25 7.50 14.75 7.95 8.45 16.40 7.70 7.85 15.55 7.50 8.90 16.40 8.00 8.15 16.15 7.70 6.10 13.80 93.05
57 Bruce Sharp  Australia 8.80 8.80 17.60 8.10 7.85 15.95 5.65 4.95 10.60 9.25 9.10 18.35 8.20 8.30 16.50 7.30 6.65 13.95 92.95
58 Brian Blackburn  Australia 8.85 9.05 17.90 7.50 7.05 14.55 5.00 7.10 12.10 9.00 8.95 17.95 8.45 7.25 15.70 8.20 5.00 13.20 91.40
59 Noel Punton  Australia 8.55 8.50 17.05 6.80 7.55 14.35 5.50 7.10 12.60 9.05 8.85 17.90 7.70 7.65 15.35 4.50 4.00 8.50 85.75
60 Hans Sauter  Austria 8.50 8.50 8.55 8.70 17.25 9.10 9.10 9.00 8.95 17.95 9.05 8.80 17.85 9.20 9.20 79.85
61 Pritam Singh  India 7.80 7.30 15.10 6.00 4.75 10.75 4.50 5.75 10.25 8.15 8.05 16.20 7.50 6.00 13.50 5.80 5.75 11.55 77.35
62 Sham Lal  India 6.45 6.80 13.25 6.90 6.60 13.50 3.40 6.60 10.00 8.35 8.15 16.50 6.25 7.10 13.35 4.00 6.50 10.50 77.10
63 Anant Ram  India 5.00 7.50 12.50 4.75 2.00 6.75 2.00 6.25 8.25 8.45 7.20 15.65 7.20 5.50 12.70 8.20 1.50 9.70 65.55

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Individual All-Around, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ Official Report, pp. 484–85.