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Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

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Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Olympic Stadium (2008)
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date8 August
Competitors88 from 11 nations
Winning score59.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hermann Hänggi
 Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georges Miez
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heikki Savolainen
 Finland
← 1924
1932 →

The men's pommel horse event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven gymnastics events for men and it was contested for the fourth time after 1896, 1904, and 1924. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 8, 1928. Eighty-eight gymnasts from eleven nations competed, with each nation having a team of 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Hermann Hänggi of Switzerland, the nation's second consecutive (and third overall) victory in the pommel horse. The Swiss nearly repeated their 1924 medal sweep, with 4 of the top 5, but Finland's Heikki Savolainen took bronze between silver medalist Georges Miez and fourth-place finisher Edi Steinemann. It was Finland's first medal in the event.

Background

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This was the fourth 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 1924 returned: fifth-place finisher Giuseppe Paris of Italy, sixth-place finisher Stane Derganc of Yugoslavia, eighth-place finisher August Güttinger of Switzerland, and tenth-place finisher Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia. The reigning (1926) world champion, Jan Karafiat of Czechoslovakia, did not compete, but the second- and third-place finishers at the world championships, Jan Gajdos and Ladislav Vácha (both also of Czechoslovakia), did.[1]

The Netherlands made its debut in the men's pommel horse. Hungary competed for the first time since 1896. The other nine nations had all competed in 1924. Switzerland and the United States were each making their third appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Competition format

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Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. The maximum score for each exercise was 30 points. The pommel horse was one of the apparatus used in the individual and team all-around scores. It accounted for 29 of the score.[2]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Wednesday, 8 August 1928 Final

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hermann Hänggi  Switzerland 59.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georges Miez  Switzerland 57.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heikki Savolainen  Finland 56.50
4 Edi Steinemann  Switzerland 56.00
5 August Güttinger  Switzerland 55.75
6 Georges Leroux  France 54.75
7 Mauri Nyberg-Noroma  Finland 54.50
Melchior Wezel  Switzerland 54.50
9 Eugen Mack  Switzerland 54.25
10 Jan Gajdoš  Czechoslovakia 54.00
Josef Effenberger  Czechoslovakia 54.00
12 Leon Štukelj  Yugoslavia 53.25
Otto Pfister  Switzerland 53.25
14 Armand Solbach  France 53.00
15 Anton Malej  Yugoslavia 52.50
Jean Larrouy  France 52.50
17 Emanuel Löffler  Czechoslovakia 52.00
18 Josip Primožič  Yugoslavia 51.75
19 Bedřich Šupčík  Czechoslovakia 51.50
Romeo Neri  Italy 51.50
21 Janez Porenta  Yugoslavia 51.25
Mozes Jacobs  Netherlands 51.25
23 István Pelle  Hungary 51.00
24 Jean Gounot  France 50.75
Vittorio Lucchetti  Italy 50.75
26 Giuseppe Lupi  Italy 50.50
John Pearson  United States 50.50
28 Ferdinando Mandrini  Italy 50.25
Hans Grieder  Switzerland 50.25
30 Frank Haubold  United States 50.00
31 Mario Lertora  Italy 49.50
Martti Uosikkinen  Finland 49.50
33 Alfred Krauss  France 49.00
34 Étienne Schmitt  France 48.75
Stane Derganc  Yugoslavia 48.75
36 Edvard Antonijevič  Yugoslavia 48.50
37 Giuseppe Paris  Italy 48.25
Harold Newhart  United States 48.25
39 Miklós Péter  Hungary 48.00
Nic Roeser  Luxembourg 48.00
41 André Lemoine  France 47.75
Boris Gregorka  Yugoslavia 47.75
43 Frank Kriz  United States 47.50
44 Paul Krempel  United States 47.25
45 Ladislav Vácha  Czechoslovakia 47.00
46 Mario Tambini  Italy 46.75
47 Václav Veselý  Czechoslovakia 46.50
48 Al Jochim  United States 45.75
49 Ladislav Tikal  Czechoslovakia 45.50
50 Ezio Roselli  Italy 45.25
51 Dragutin Cioti  Yugoslavia 44.75
Fränz Zouang  Luxembourg 44.75
53 Glenn Berry  United States 44.50
54 Israel Wijnschenk  Netherlands 44.50
55 Herman Witzig  United States 43.50
56 Jan Koutný  Czechoslovakia 42.75
57 Jaakko Kunnas  Finland 42.25
Bart Cronin  Great Britain 42.25
59 Pieter van Dam  Netherlands 41.25
60 Henry Finchett  Great Britain 40.75
61 Hugo Licher  Netherlands 40.50
62 Géza Tóth  Hungary 40.25
Mathias Logelin  Luxembourg 40.25
64 Jean-Pierre Urbing  Luxembourg 40.00
65 Edouard Grethen  Luxembourg 38.75
Ted Warren  Great Britain 38.75
Elias Melkman  Netherlands 38.75
68 Antoine Chatelaine  France 38.00
Arthur Whitford  Great Britain 38.00
70 Willibrordus Pouw  Netherlands 37.50
71 Urho Korhonen  Finland 36.75
72 Rafael Ylönen  Finland 35.00
73 Gyula Kunszt  Hungary 34.00
Samuel Humphreys  Great Britain 34.00
75 G. C. Raynes  Great Britain 33.75
76 T. B. Parkinson  Great Britain 33.50
77 Klaas Boot  Netherlands 33.00
78 Jacobus van der Vinden  Netherlands 32.00
79 Mathias Erang  Luxembourg 31.75
80 E. A. Walton  Great Britain 30.50
81 József Szalai  Hungary 30.00
82 Elemér Pászti  Hungary 29.75
83 Josy Staudt  Luxembourg 29.25
84 Rezső Kende  Hungary 28.50
85 Kalervo Kinos  Finland 27.00
86 Albert Neumann  Luxembourg 21.00
87 Birger Stenman  Finland 20.25
Imre Erdődy  Hungary DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Pommelled Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 646.