Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held at the West Melbourne Stadium between December 3 and December 7. It is located some 3.4 km north-west of the main Olympic venue, Melbourne Cricket Ground, and named Festival Hall as of 2006.

Contents 1 Format of competition 1.1 WAG 1.2 MAG 2 Medal table 3 Women's events 3.1 Individual all-around 3.2 Team competition 3.3 Team, portable apparatus 3.4 Vault 3.5 Uneven bars 3.6 Balance beam 3.7 Floor exercise 4 Men's events 4.1 Individual all-around 4.2 Team competition 4.3 Floor exercise 4.4 Pommel horse 4.5 Rings 4.6 Vault 4.7 Parallel bars 4.8 Horizontal bar 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Format of competition

Each country was allowed to enter a team of eight gymnasts, but in contrast to the previous Olympics not more than six of them were allowed to participate in all exercises. Nations with incomplete teams, could enter one to three gymnasts for the individual competition.

[edit] WAG

Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of four apparatus. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events, except the separate team exercise with portable apparatus event (also known as group exercise with hand apparatus event), which was some sort of group rhythmic exercises similar to the group competition event in rhythmic gymnastics. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

The scoring in the team competition was different from the one at the previous Olympics, its principle became the same, as for men's events: five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine; these scores constituted the overall team's totals.

[edit] MAG

The team included from five to eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of six apparatus. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

Like in the women's events, five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine. These scores constituted the overall team's totals.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	11	6	6	23
2	Hungary (HUN)	4	2	1	7
3	Japan (JPN)	1	5	5	11
4	Germany (EUA)	1	0	0	1
5	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
6	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
7	Romania (ROU)	0	0	2	2
8	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Women's events

65 gymnasts participated, including nine teams and eleven individual competitors from six nations.

In tables below "C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

[edit] Individual all-around

Rank	Team / Competitor	VT		UB		BB		FX		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
1	Larissa Latynina (URS)	9.433	9.40	9.233	9.60	9.30	9.233	9.266	9.466	37.233	37.70	74.933
2	Ágnès Keleti (HUN)	8.833	9.30	9.533	9.433	9.433	9.366	9.266	9.466	37.066	37.566	74.633
3	Sofia Muratova (URS)	9.50	9.166	9.30	9.50	9.166	9.266	9.30	9.266	37.266	37.20	74.466

[edit] Team competition

Rank	Team / Competitor	VT		UB		BB		FX		Total		Team, PA	Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
1	USSR	46.799	45.998	45.766	47.099	45.865	46.365	46.198	46.697	184.628	186.161	74.00	444.80
	Tamara Manina	9.466	9.333	9.00	9.333	9.233	9.40	9.20	9.266	36.90	37.333		74.233
	Larissa Latynina	9.433	9.40	9.233	9.60	9.30	9.233	9.266	9.466	37.233	37.70		74.933
	Sofia Muratova	9.50	9.166	9.30	9.50	9.166	9.266	9.30	9.266	37.266	37.20		74.466
	Lidia Kalinina	9.20	8.133	9.033	9.233	8.90	9.10	9.266	9.166	36.40	35.633		72.033
	Polina Astakhova	8.733	8.833	9.20	9.366	9.066	9.10	9.166	9.233	36.166	36.533		72.70
	Ludmilla Egorova	9.20	9.266	8.833	9.30	9.10	9.366	9.00	9.466	36.133	37.40		73.533
2	Hungary	44.831	46.432	46.565	46.565	46.298	45.898	45.797	45.898	183.491	184.793	75.20	443.50
	Ágnès Keleti	8.833	9.30	9.533	9.433	9.433	9.366	9.266	9.466	37.066	37.566		74.633
	Margit Korondi	8.90	9.333	9.10	9.40	9.266	9.20	9.033	9.10	36.30	37.033		73.333
	Olga Tass	9.166	9.566	9.366	9.266	9.233	9.233	9.266	9.266	37.033	37.333		74.366
	Alice Kertesz	8.766	0.000	9.333	9.30	9.30	8.666	9.066	8.966	36.466	26.933		63.40
	Andrea Bodo	9.066	9.20	9.233	9.166	9.066	9.066	9.166	8.933	36.533	36.355		72.90
	Karolyne Gulyas	8.866	9.033	9.00	9.133	9.066	9.033	8.966	9.10	35.90	36.30		72.20
3	Romania	45.165	46.265	45.465	45.598	45.399	45.132	45.897	45.864	181.926	182.879	73.40	438.20
	Georgetta Hurmuzachi	8.966	9.30	9.033	9.233	8.933	8.833	9.266	9.166	36.20	36.533		72.733
	Sonia Inovan	9.10	9.166	9.10	9.066	9.10	9.166	9.133	9.066	36.433	36.466		72.90
	Elena Leuṣtean	9.266	9.366	9.466	9.066	9.30	9.20	9.266	9.433	37.30	37.066		74.366
	Elena Mărgărit	8.933	9.20	8.833	9.10	8.833	8.80	9.166	9.166	35.766	36.266		72.033
	Elena Săcalici	8.866	9.233	8.90	9.033	8.966	8.333	9.066	9.033	35.80	35.633		71.433
	Emilia Vatasoiu	8.90	9.166	8.966	9.133	9.10	9.133	8.833	8.866	35.80	36.30		72.10

[edit] Team, portable apparatus

Rank	Team	Hand apparatus	Score
1	Hungary	6 ribbons	75.20
2	Sweden	6 balls	74.20
3	USSR	12 clubs	74.00
3	Poland		74.00

[edit] Vault

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Larissa Latynina (URS)	9.433	9.40	18.833
2	Tamara Manina (URS)	9.466	9.333	18.80
3	Olga Tass (HUN)	9.166	9.566	18.733
3	Ann-Sofi Colling (SWE)	9.433	9.30	18.733

[edit] Uneven bars

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Ágnès Keleti (HUN)	9.533	9.433	18.966
2	Larissa Latynina (URS)	9.233	9.60	18.833
3	Sofia Muratova (URS)	9.30	9.50	18.80

[edit] Balance beam

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Ágnès Keleti (HUN)	9.433	9.366	18.80
2	Eva Bosáková (TCH)	9.30	9.333	18.633
2	Tamara Manina (URS)	9.233	9.40	18.633

[edit] Floor exercise

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Ágnès Keleti (HUN)	9.266	9.466	18.733
1	Larissa Latynina (URS)	9.266	9.466	18.733
3	Elena Leuṣtean (ROM)	9.266	9.433	18.70

[edit] Men's events

63 gymnasts participated, including 7 teams and 21 individual competitor from eleven countries.

In tables below "C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

[edit] Individual all-around

Rank	Athlete	FX		PH		RG		VT		PB		HB		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
1	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	9.55	9.55	9.50	9.60	9.40	9.60	9.25	9.35	9.55	9.65	9.55	9.70	56.80	57.45	114.25
2	Takashi Ono (JPN)	9.40	9.35	9.50	9.70	9.50	9.55	9.20	9.30	9.60	9.50	9.75	9.85	56.95	57.25	114.20
3	Yuri Titov (URS)	9.50	9.45	9.45	9.55	9.40	9.45	9.35	9.40	9.40	9.45	9.70	9.70	56.80	57.00	113.80

[edit] Team competition

Rank	Team / Competitor	FX		PH		RG		VT		PB		HB		Total		Score
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
1	USSR	46.75	47.25	47.30	47.90	47.35	47.80	46.50	46.95	46.85	47.75	47.75	48.10	282.50	285.75	568.25
	Viktor Chukarin	9.55	9.55	9.50	9.60	9.40	9.60	9.25	9.35	9.55	9.65	9.55	9.70	56.80	57.45	114.25
	Valentin Muratov	9.60	9.60	9.45	9.35	9.60	9.55	9.40	9.45	9.30	9.40	9.55	9.05	56.90	56.40	113.30
	Boris Shakhlin	8.95	9.30	9.50	9.75	9.35	9.35	9.35	9.35	9.30	9.55	9.30	9.45	55.75	56.75	112.50
	Albert Azarian	8.90	9.05	9.25	9.50	9.55	9.80	9.15	9.40	9.30	9.70	9.40	9.55	55.55	57.00	112.55
	Yuri Titov	9.50	9.45	9.45	9.55	9.40	9.45	9.35	9.40	9.40	9.45	9.70	9.70	56.80	57.00	113.80
	Pavel Stolbov	9.15	9.35	9.40	9.50	9.40	9.40	9.10	9.25	8.55	9.40	9.55	9.70	55.15	56.60	111.75
2	Japan	46.90	47.25	46.85	47.45	47.75	47.55	46.05	46.35	47.40	47.75	47.35	47.75	282.30	284.10	566.40
	Takashi Ono	9.40	9.35	9.50	9.70	9.50	9.55	9.20	9.30	9.60	9.50	9.75	9.85	56.95	57.25	114.20
	Masao Takemoto	9.00	9.50	9.45	9.45	9.60	9.50	9.20	9.45	9.40	9.70	9.70	9.60	56.35	57.20	113.55
	Akira Kono	9.40	9.10	9.00	9.60	9.40	9.30	9.00	9.30	9.40	9.30	9.30	9.45	55.50	56.05	111.55
	Nobuyuki Aihara	9.50	9.60	9.35	9.40	9.55	9.50	9.20	8.90	9.35	9.55	9.30	9.25	56.25	56.20	112.45
	Shinji Tsukawaki	9.30	9.40	9.20	9.25	9.50	9.50	9.20	9.25	9.45	9.40	9.30	9.45	55.95	56.25	112.20
	Masumi Kubota	9.30	9.40	9.35	9.30	9.60	9.50	9.25	9.05	9.55	9.60	9.20	9.40	56.25	56.25	112.50
3	Finland	45.85	46.70	46.50	46.85	45.60	46.05	45.50	46.40	46.40	47.65	45.65	46.80	275.50	280.45	555.95
	Raime Heinonen	8.60	9.15	8.90	9.25	7.85	8.90	9.05	9.05	9.20	9.45	9.25	9.45	52.85	55.25	108.10
	Onni Lappalainen	9.20	9.30	9.05	9.40	8.95	9.20	9.00	9.25	9.30	9.55	9.00	9.25	54.50	55.95	110.45
	Olavi Leimuvirta	8.95	9.20	9.35	9.30	8.75	8.40	9.10	9.30	9.20	9.65	8.95	9.20	54.30	55.05	109.35
	Berndt Lindfors	9.05	9.45	9.45	9.35	9.45	9.40	8.80	9.10	9.45	9.45	9.20	9.45	55.40	56.20	111.60
	Martti Mansikka	9.30	9.40	9.30	9.35	9.15	9.05	9.20	9.35	9.15	9.35	8.90	9.10	55.00	55.60	110.60
	Kalevi Suoniemi	9.35	9.35	9.35	9.45	9.30	9.50	9.15	9.40	9.25	9.55	9.25	9.45	55.65	56.70	112.35

[edit] Floor exercise

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Valentin Muratov (URS)	9.60	9.60	19.20
2	Nobuyuki Aihara (JPN)	9.50	9.60	19.10
2	William Thoresson (SWE)	9.50	9.60	19.10
2	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	9.50	9.60	19.10

[edit] Pommel horse

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Boris Shakhlin (URS)	9.50	9.75	19.25
2	Takashi Ono (JPN)	9.50	9.70	19.20
3	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	9.50	9.60	19.10

[edit] Rings

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Albert Azarian (URS)	9.55	9.80	19.35
2	Valentin Muratov (URS)	9.60	9.55	19.15
3	Masao Takemoto (JPN)	9.60	9.50	19.10
3	Masumi Kubota (JPN)	9.60	9.50	19.10

[edit] Vault

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Helmut Bantz (EUA)	9.40	9.45	18.85
1	Valentin Muratov (URS)	9.40	9.45	18.85
3	Yuri Titov (URS)	9.35	9.40	18.75

[edit] Parallel bars

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	9.55	9.65	19.20
2	Masumi Kubota (JPN)	9.55	9.60	19.15
3	Takashi Ono (JPN)	9.60	9.50	19.10
3	Masao Takemoto (JPN)	9.40	9.70	19.10

[edit] Horizontal bar

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Takashi Ono (JPN)	9.75	9.85	19.60
2	Yuri Titov (URS)	9.70	9.70	19.40
3	Masao Takemoto (JPN)	9.70	9.60	19.30

Note: country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1952.

[edit] See also

• Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
• Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)

[edit] References

• (1958) The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad. Melbourne: W. M. Houston, Government Printer. 
• 1956 Olympic Games. Gymn-Forum.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2006.

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