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Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre on 12 and 13 August. It was the tenth appearance of the event.[1] There were 123 competitors from 16 nations, with each nation sending a team of up to 8 gymnasts.[2] The event was won by Veikko Huhtanen of Finland, the nation's first victory in the men's all-around. Finland also earned bronze, with Paavo Aaltonen finishing third. For the second consecutive Games, Switzerland took silver—this time with Walter Lehmann as the nation's medalist.

Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Gold medalist Veikko Huhtanen
VenueEarls Court Exhibition Centre
Date12–13 August
Competitors123 from 16 nations
Winning score229.70
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Veikko Huhtanen
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Walter Lehmann
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paavo Aaltonen
 Finland
← 1936
1952 →

Background edit

This was the 10th 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]

Two of the top 10 gymnasts from the pre-war 1936 Games returned: fifth-place finisher Michael Reusch of Switzerland and ninth-place finisher Heikki Savolainen of Finland. Savolainen had also finished in the top 10 in 1928 and won a bronze medal in the event in 1932. Reigning gold medalist Alfred Schwarzmann was unable to defend his title due to Germany not being invited to the Games following World War II, though he would return in 1952. The last World Championships had been held in 1938, with no international competitions since the war, so it was difficult to determine a favorite.[2]

Argentina, Cuba, and Mexico each made their debut in the event. Italy made its ninth appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1904 Games in St. Louis.

Competition format edit

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 edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 12 August 1948 9:00 Final
Friday, 13 August 1948 9:00 Final, continued

Results edit

Rank Gymnast Nation             Total
  Veikko Huhtanen   Finland 36.3 38.7 37.8 39.3 39.2 38.4 229.7
  Walter Lehmann   Switzerland 36.5 37.6 38.4 39.0 39.4 38.1 229.0
  Paavo Aaltonen   Finland 36.5 38.7 37.3 38.8 38.4 39.1 228.8
4 Josef Stalder   Switzerland 37.0 37.7 38.3 39.1 39.7 36.9 228.7
5 Christian Kipfer   Switzerland 36.5 37.2 37.8 39.1 38.6 37.9 227.1
6 Emil Studer   Switzerland 36.0 37.7 38.3 37.8 38.8 38.0 226.6
7 Zdeněk Růžička   Czechoslovakia 38.1 36.3 38.5 38.8 37.9 36.6 226.2
8 Kalevi Laitinen   Finland 37.15 36.9 37.4 38.1 38.1 38.0 225.65
9 Guido Figone   Italy 37.0 38.2 36.1 38.3 38.0 37.7 225.3
10 Olavi Rove   Finland 35.8 36.5 37.9 38.6 37.4 39.0 225.2
10 Lajos Tóth   Hungary 36.8 36.3 37.3 38.2 38.6 38.0 225.2
12 Einari Teräsvirta   Finland 35.8 37.0 36.8 38.4 38.7 38.3 225.0
13 Lajos Sántha   Hungary 37.3 37.1 36.8 38.7 38.8 35.6 224.3
14 Heikki Savolainen   Finland 34.65 38.7 38.1 38.9 37.1 36.5 223.95
15 Robert Lucy   Switzerland 36.0 37.1 37.0 37.8 37.5 37.9 223.3
16 László Baranyai   Hungary 36.0 36.3 37.9 38.1 36.5 37.6 222.4
17 Aleksanteri Saarvala   Finland 33.9 37.7 37.3 37.6 38.8 36.8 222.1
18 Michael Reusch   Switzerland 33.9 37.8 39.1 39.5 38.4 33.3 222.0
19 Ferenc Pataki   Hungary 38.7 35.2 37.8 38.0 33.1 38.5 221.3
20 Raymond Dot   France 37.8 32.4 36.4 38.0 38.8 37.4 220.8
21 Melchior Thalmann   Switzerland 36.6 36.5 36.5 37.9 35.5 37.6 220.6
22 Michel Mathiot   France 37.2 36.0 35.4 38.2 37.8 35.8 220.4
23 Pavel Benetka   Czechoslovakia 37.6 33.6 36.9 37.3 37.6 37.3 220.3
24 Lucien Masset   France 36.9 37.2 36.2 34.35 38.5 36.8 219.95
25 André Weingand   France 36.5 35.7 37.6 37.0 37.6 35.4 219.8
26 Luigi Zanetti   Italy 37.2 38.3 34.1 37.3 37.3 34.8 219.0
27 János Mogyorósi-Klencs   Hungary 38.4 34.3 35.85 35.9 36.0 38.5 218.95
28 Ernst Wister   Austria 37.2 36.4 35.7 36.1 35.8 37.7 218.9
29 Ferenc Várkõi   Hungary 36.3 36.4 36.7 36.6 34.7 38.0 218.7
30 Jozsef Fekete   Hungary 36.6 36.9 36.4 37.1 33.7 37.9 218.6
31 Sulo Salmi   Finland 32.05 35.2 37.3 36.8 38.0 38.1 217.45
32 Karl Frei   Switzerland 35.0 36.4 39.6 36.9 33.7 35.6 217.2
32 Savino Guglielmetti   Italy 32.3 36.9 36.0 38.5 37.2 36.3 217.2
34 Antoine Schildwein   France 36.7 34.8 37.2 35.4 36.0 36.4 216.5
35 Alphonse Anger   France 36.0 34.9 36.7 36.8 37.6 34.4 216.4
36 Karl Bohusch   Austria 37.1 36.3 33.9 33.8 36.7 36.6 214.4
36 Marcel de Wolf   France 36.0 36.2 36.4 35.7 34.8 35.3 214.4
38 Poul Jessen   Denmark 36.6 33.8 36.0 35.8 35.0 37.1 214.3
38 Gyözö Mogyorosi   Hungary 35.7 34.8 36.3 36.4 36.8 34.3 214.3
40 Domenico Grosso   Italy 34.6 36.6 34.2 35.4 36.6 36.7 214.1
40 Auguste Sirot   France 35.4 36.3 33.7 35.6 37.9 35.2 214.1
42 Jey Kugeler   Luxembourg 36.1 34.2 37.3 34.8 34.6 37.0 214.0
42 Quinto Vadi   Italy 34.1 37.4 34.4 35.7 36.6 35.8 214.0
44 Ed Scrobe   United States 34.3 35.6 34.6 37.8 36.6 35.0 213.9
45 Elkana Grønne   Denmark 37.65 32.25 37.5 35.8 33.1 37.2 213.5
46 Konrad Grilc   Yugoslavia 34.35 35.6 34.8 35.7 35.9 36.7 213.05
47 Miroslav Málek   Czechoslovakia 35.1 33.1 36.4 34.5 36.6 37.2 212.9
48 Vladimír Karas   Czechoslovakia 37.4 33.6 38.2 36.7 33.9 32.4 212.2
49 Vincent D'Autorio   United States 36.8 35.2 32.9 34.5 35.4 36.5 211.3
50 Leo Sotorník   Czechoslovakia 37.6 31.4 37.3 34.8 31.2 38.5 210.8
51 Danilo Fioravanti   Italy 36.3 34.4 33.5 35.9 36.6 34.0 210.7
52 František Wirth   Czechoslovakia 34.55 33.9 33.0 34.15 37.2 36.9 209.7
53 Bill Roetzheim   United States 36.3 36.4 27.9 36.0 36.4 36.1 209.1
54 Josip Kujundžić   Yugoslavia 37.1 32.0 32.5 34.5 35.5 37.3 208.9
55 Joe Kotys   United States 34.8 36.5 29.4 37.4 34.0 36.4 208.5
56 Freddy Jensen   Denmark 37.0 34.3 35.3 34.1 33.95 33.7 208.35
57 Ettore Perego   Italy 35.3 37.5 28.5 33.4 35.4 36.2 206.3
58 Arnold Thomsen   Denmark 36.6 31.65 35.1 32.1 33.3 37.5 206.25
59 Hans Friedrich   Austria 36.5 33.5 31.3 36.4 31.3 36.8 205.8
60 George Weedon   Great Britain 34.1 31.6 31.2 35.8 36.5 36.4 205.6
61 Willi Schreyer   Austria 36.1 34.9 32.2 33.0 36.1 33.1 205.4
62 Frank Cumiskey   United States 31.15 37.9 30.3 34.0 37.3 34.5 205.15
63 Ray Sorensen   United States 33.45 35.6 31.0 33.1 35.5 35.9 204.55
64 Josy Stoffel   Luxembourg 35.8 32.5 36.0 31.2 31.45 36.4 203.35
65 Vratislav Petráček   Czechoslovakia 34.2 32.3 36.9 35.3 31.3 33.3 203.3
66 Hans Sauter   Austria 33.75 36.0 31.8 34.25 34.4 32.9 203.1
67 Frank Turner   Great Britain 34.35 32.75 34.4 35.7 29.2 36.2 202.6
68 Vilhelm Møller   Denmark 37.0 28.7 34.7 31.9 31.85 37.6 201.75
69 William Bonsall   United States 33.2 33.2 31.75 33.1 32.95 37.5 201.7
70 Volmer Thomsen   Denmark 35.7 29.3 34.2 33.55 32.8 35.7 201.25
71 Miro Longyka   Yugoslavia 35.7 29.6 32.6 31.1 33.9 37.5 200.4
72 Egidio Armelloni   Italy 32.6 35.9 33.05 35.0 34.8 23.7 195.05
73 Gunner Olesen   Denmark 36.8 27.3 34.6 34.3 22.9 37.4 193.3
74 Gustav Hrubý   Czechoslovakia 36.1 35.6 35.5 26.8 21.3 37.8 193.1
75 Drago Jelić   Yugoslavia 29.9 32.75 32.4 28.45 33.9 34.4 191.8
76 Ivica Jelić   Yugoslavia 31.75 32.9 34.3 29.0 27.0 36.8 191.75
77 Polo Welfring   Luxembourg 33.5 25.0 32.3 27.45 33.9 37.1 189.25
78 Stjepan Boltižar   Yugoslavia 33.8 32.8 33.5 30.7 26.1 32.0 188.9
79 Ken Buffin   Great Britain 31.55 27.2 29.3 31.3 34.4 34.9 188.65
80 René Schroeder   Luxembourg 35.95 21.5 35.7 29.25 30.3 35.3 188.0
81 Rafael Lecuona   Cuba 29.25 34.3 32.0 31.8 26.35 34.0 187.7
82 Ali Zaky   Egypt 30.0 18.05 36.4 33.7 33.0 36.4 187.55
83 Alec Wales   Great Britain 30.5 35.8 33.15 33.9 29.45 18.0 180.8
84 Menn Krecke   Luxembourg 32.15 25.2 31.4 28.95 27.35 35.5 180.55
85 Jakob Šubelj   Yugoslavia 33.15 29.25 27.8 24.8 26.4 37.1 178.5
86 Moustafa Abdelal   Egypt 27.0 25.75 34.5 30.0 30.45 30.0 177.7
87 Mohamed Roushdi   Egypt 23.75 23.35 35.0 34.6 30.2 30.45 177.35
88 Ahmed Khalaf Ali   Egypt 26.25 24.85 30.7 31.8 30.05 33.5 177.15
89 Arturo Amos   Argentina 32.3 23.35 26.1 31.25 29.55 34.3 176.85
90 Pierre Schmitz   Luxembourg 25.8 22.55 32.7 27.25 31.2 35.8 175.3
91 Jos Bernard   Luxembourg 30.25 19.75 32.5 26.7 32.0 31.2 172.4
92 Percy May   Great Britain 30.0 26.75 30.8 31.2 19.5 33.2 171.45
93 Ali El-Hefnawi   Egypt 32.0 15.05 30.5 30.7 24.3 37.0 169.55
94 Mohamed Aly   Egypt 31.1 12.5 31.0 31.75 28.5 33.8 168.65
95 Mahmoud Abdel-Aal   Egypt 28.0 14.05 33.2 34.5 28.0 29.75 167.5
96 Georges Wengler   Luxembourg 27.65 28.25 32.3 23.75 23.15 31.6 166.7
97 Fernando Lecuona   Cuba 25.3 29.5 33.9 32.95 17.3 27.4 166.35
98 Jack Flaherty   Great Britain 23.25 26.5 33.9 28.75 36.9 16.0 165.3
99 Robert Pranz   Austria 28.75 31.6 29.8 24.0 29.4 21.0 164.55
100 Børge Minerth   Denmark 19.0 16.0 17.8 34.5 31.9 37.1 156.3
101 Ángel Aguiar   Cuba 31.0 20.2 34.9 27.45 14.5 28.1 156.15
102 Pedro Lonchibuco   Argentina 25.75 18.5 32.2 28.3 20.5 28.95 154.2
103 Karel Janež   Yugoslavia 29.85 23.6 21.8 29.0 16.0 32.2 152.45
104 Raimundo Rey   Cuba 31.3 29.85 20.25 24.3 16.25 30.1 152.05
105 Baldomero Rubiera   Cuba 23.8 21.5 32.95 22.5 19.0 31.4 151.15
106 Enrique Rapesta   Argentina 24.5 21.5 30.25 25.0 25.05 22.6 148.9
107 Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi   Egypt 24.75 14.5 26.4 29.7 25.5 28.0 148.85
108 César Bonoris   Argentina 23.0 14.0 22.5 28.45 22.2 29.5 139.65
109 Roberto Villacián   Cuba 27.25 24.4 33.2 22.65 16.5 13.3 137.3
110 Alejandro Díaz   Cuba 29.05 27.75 26.2 17.25 16.5 20.0 136.75
111 Glyn Hopkins   Great Britain 25.75 23.95 23.0 21.25 13.75 27.1 134.8
112 Ivor Vice   Great Britain 28.5 23.5 23.6 16.25 13.0 29.65 134.5
113 Jorge Soler   Argentina 23.3 17.0 22.8 20.5 21.4 29.3 134.3
114 Gottfried Hermann   Austria 15.5 16.4 14.25 32.3 35.1 18.75 132.3
115 Roberto Núñez   Argentina 21.75 12.0 19.0 18.5 14.4 24.3 109.95
116 Jorge Castro   Mexico 20.0 11.0 14.5 14.5 17.0 26.9 103.9
117 Rubén Lira   Mexico 17.0 14.0 13.2 12.25 17.0 25.5 98.95
118 Dionisio Aguilar   Mexico 11.0 14.0 11.4 17.0 8.0 20.4 81.8
119 Louis Bordo   United States 17.6 12.0 16.75 14.9 15.75 – 77.0
120 Everardo Rios   Mexico 12.0 4.7 11.0 9.5 6.0 12.0 55.2
121 Jorge Vidal   Argentina — 11.8 8.0 6.5 6.0 5.0 37.2
122 Nicanor Villarreal   Mexico 4.0 — — — — — 4.0
123 Willi Welt   Austria — — — 2.0 — — 2.0

References edit

  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Individual All-Around, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 343.
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