Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

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Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Boris Shakhlin on the pommel horse
VenueBaths of Caracalla
Dates5–10 September
Competitors128 from 28 nations
Winning score19.375
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eugen Ekman
 Finland
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boris Shakhlin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shuji Tsurumi
 Japan
← 1956
1964 →
Gymnastics at the
1960 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen

The men's pommel horse competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 128 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts.[1] There was a tie for first place in the pommel horse. Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union and Eugen Ekman of Finland each received a gold medal. It was the third consecutive Games with a gold medal for the Soviets, as Shakhlin became the first man to successfully repeat as Olympic champion in the event (and second to win multiple medals of any color). Ekman's medal was the only medal in men's artistic gymnastics in 1960 that did not go to the Soviet Union or Japan. Third place and the bronze medal went to Japan's Shuji Tsurumi.

The 1960 gymnastics competitions introduced apparatus finals, with the all-around competition serving as a qualifying round for the pommel horse final.

Background[edit]

This was the 10th 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). Five of the top 11 (including ties for 9th) gymnasts from 1956 returned: gold medalist Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, silver medalist Takashi Ono of Japan, fifth-place finisher Yury Titov of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher Jaroslav Bím of Czechoslovakia, and seventh-place finisher Masao Takemoto of Japan. Shakhlin was also the reigning (1958) world champion.[1]

Morocco and South Korea each made their debut in the men's pommel horse; the short-lived United Arab Republic made its only appearance. The United States made its ninth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format[edit]

The gymnastics all-around events continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to two individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 130th. For the apparatus finals, the all-around score for that apparatus was multiplied by one-half then added to the final round exercise score to give a final total.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, with the final total apparatus score from 0 to 20.

Schedule[edit]

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 5 September 1960 8:00
17:00		 Preliminary: Compulsory
Wednesday, 7 September 1960 8:00
17:00		 Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 10 September 1960 15:00 Final

Results[edit]

Eugen Ekman on the pommel horse
Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 1⁄2 Prelim. Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eugen Ekman  Finland 9.55 9.70 19.25 9.625 9.750 19.375
Boris Shakhlin  Soviet Union 9.60 9.75 19.35 9.675 9.700 19.375
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shuji Tsurumi  Japan 9.50 9.60 19.10 9.550 9.600 19.150
4 Takashi Mitsukuri  Japan 9.60 9.55 19.15 9.575 9.550 19.125
5 Yury Titov  Soviet Union 9.55 9.65 19.20 9.600 9.350 18.950
6 Takashi Ono  Japan 9.60 9.55 19.15 9.575 8.950 18.525
7 Miroslav Cerar  Yugoslavia 9.60 9.45 19.05 did not advance
8 Kauko Heikkinen  Finland 9.40 9.60 19.00 did not advance
Larry Banner  United States 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance
10 Yukio Endo  Japan 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance
Nikolai Miligulo  Soviet Union 9.50 9.35 18.85 did not advance
12 Jaroslav Šťastný  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.50 18.80 did not advance
Valery Kerdemelidi  Soviet Union 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance
Orlando Polmonari  Italy 9.30 9.50 18.80 did not advance
15 Åge Storhaug  Norway 9.35 9.40 18.75 did not advance
Gar O'Quinn  United States 9.30 9.45 18.75 did not advance
Gianfranco Marzolla  Italy 9.35 9.40 18.75 did not advance
18 Vladimir Portnoy  Soviet Union 9.30 9.40 18.70 did not advance
Pavel Gajdoš  Czechoslovakia 9.20 9.50 18.70 did not advance
Jack Beckner  United States 9.40 9.30 18.70 did not advance
Josy Stoffel  Luxembourg 9.25 9.45 18.70 did not advance
Dragan Gagić  Yugoslavia 9.35 9.35 18.70 did not advance
23 Franco Menichelli  Italy 9.35 9.30 18.65 did not advance
Ivan Čaklec  Yugoslavia 9.25 9.40 18.65 did not advance
Angelo Vicardi  Italy 9.20 9.45 18.65 did not advance
26 Nobuyuki Aihara  Japan 9.40 9.20 18.60 did not advance
Masao Takemoto  Japan 9.30 9.30 18.60 did not advance
Don Tonry  United States 9.25 9.35 18.60 did not advance
Fritz Feuz  Switzerland 9.25 9.35 18.60 did not advance
30 Albert Azaryan  Soviet Union 9.45 9.10 18.55 did not advance
Giovanni Carminucci  Italy 9.25 9.30 18.55 did not advance
Edy Thomi  Switzerland 9.25 9.30 18.55 did not advance
33 Jaroslav Bím  Czechoslovakia 9.10 9.40 18.50 did not advance
Fred Orlofsky  United States 9.10 9.40 18.50 did not advance
Józef Rajnisz  Poland 9.20 9.30 18.50 did not advance
36 Kurt Wigartz  Sweden 8.90 7.25 18.45 did not advance
Sakari Olkkonen  Finland 9.20 9.25 18.45 did not advance
38 János Mester  Hungary 8.80 9.10 18.40 did not advance
Jean Jaillard  France 8.75 8.80 18.40 did not advance
40 Günter Nachtigall  United Team of Germany 9.10 9.25 18.35 did not advance
Pasquale Carminucci  Italy 9.10 9.25 18.35 did not advance
42 Ferdinand Daniš  Czechoslovakia 9.25 9.05 18.30 did not advance
Josef Trmal  Czechoslovakia 9.00 9.30 18.30 did not advance
Velik Kapsazov  Bulgaria 9.05 8.90 18.30 did not advance
Alojz Petrovič  Yugoslavia 9.10 9.20 18.30 did not advance
46 Siegfried Fülle  United Team of Germany 8.95 9.30 18.25 did not advance
Raimo Heinonen  Finland 9.15 9.10 18.25 did not advance
48 Ladislav Pazdera  Czechoslovakia 8.80 9.40 18.20 did not advance
Olavi Leimuvirta  Finland 9.15 9.05 18.20 did not advance
Max Benker  Switzerland 8.85 9.35 18.20 did not advance
51 Ernst Fivian  Switzerland 8.95 9.20 18.15 did not advance
Otto Kestola  Finland 9.20 8.95 18.15 did not advance
Nik Stuart  Great Britain 9.35 8.80 18.15 did not advance
54 Mohamed Lazhari  France 8.70 8.90 18.10 did not advance
André Brüllmann  Switzerland 9.00 9.10 18.10 did not advance
Bo Wirhed  Sweden 9.30 5.50 18.10 did not advance
57 Lajos Varga  Hungary 9.25 8.70 18.05 did not advance
Leif Koorn  Sweden 9.20 8.25 18.05 did not advance
59 Hans Schwarzentruber  Switzerland 9.15 8.85 18.00 did not advance
Rajmund Csányi  Hungary 8.85 7.35 18.00 did not advance
Todor Bachvarov  Bulgaria 8.80 9.30 18.00 did not advance
62 Alfred Kucharczyk  Poland 8.95 9.00 17.95 did not advance
Andrzej Konopka  Poland 8.75 9.20 17.95 did not advance
Ernest Hawełek  Poland 9.00 8.95 17.95 did not advance
65 Philipp Fürst  United Team of Germany 8.40 9.50 17.90 did not advance
Günter Lyhs  United Team of Germany 8.90 9.00 17.90 did not advance
Bernard Fauqueux  France 8.85 9.35 17.90 did not advance
Hans Sauter  Austria 9.05 8.85 17.90 did not advance
69 Rudolf Keszthelyi  Hungary 9.20 9.00 17.85 did not advance
Milenko Lekić  Yugoslavia 9.00 8.85 17.85 did not advance
Géza Bejek  Hungary 8.70 9.20 17.85 did not advance
Lyuben Khristov  Bulgaria 9.15 9.15 17.85 did not advance
73 Jerzy Jokiel  Poland 9.00 8.80 17.80 did not advance
Stig Lindewall  Sweden 9.10 7.80 17.80 did not advance
Jaime Belenguer  Spain 8.50 9.30 17.80 did not advance
76 Abie Grossfeld  United States 8.95 8.80 17.75 did not advance
77 Michel Mathiot  France 8.95 9.25 17.70 did not advance
78 Sándor Békési  Hungary 9.30 8.20 17.60 did not advance
Hermann Klien  Austria 8.70 8.90 17.60 did not advance
80 Nikola Prodanov  Bulgaria 8.20 9.40 17.50 did not advance
Aleksander Rokosa  Poland 8.50 9.00 17.50 did not advance
82 Robert Caymaris  France 9.00 9.15 17.35 did not advance
83 Armand Huberty  Luxembourg 8.60 8.70 17.30 did not advance
Johann König  Austria 8.60 8.70 17.30 did not advance
85 Marsel Markulin  Yugoslavia 8.35 8.90 17.25 did not advance
86 Erwin Koppe  United Team of Germany 8.85 8.30 17.15 did not advance
Richard Montpetit  Canada 8.30 8.85 17.15 did not advance
Luis Valbuena  Spain 8.25 8.90 17.15 did not advance
89 William Thoresson  Sweden 8.90 6.75 17.10 did not advance
Ahmed Goneim  United Arab Republic 9.00 8.85 17.10 did not advance
91 Karlheinz Friedrich  United Team of Germany 7.80 9.20 17.00 did not advance
92 Daniel Touche  France 9.10 9.00 16.75 did not advance
Willi Kafel  Austria 8.30 8.45 16.75 did not advance
Armando Valles  Mexico 7.90 8.85 16.75 did not advance
95 Abdel Vares Sharraf  United Arab Republic 9.10 8.85 16.65 did not advance
96 Emilio Lecuona  Spain 8.25 8.30 16.55 did not advance
97 Jean Cronstedt  Sweden 9.00 7.70 16.50 did not advance
Michel Kiesgen  Luxembourg 7.70 8.80 16.50 did not advance
99 Jack Pancott  Great Britain 7.80 8.60 16.40 did not advance
100 Dick Gradley  Great Britain 7.65 8.70 16.35 did not advance
Gerhard Huber  Austria 8.70 7.65 16.35 did not advance
102 Ramón García  Spain 7.55 8.55 16.10 did not advance
103 Georgi Khristov  Bulgaria 7.20 8.65 16.00 did not advance
104 Stoyan Stoyanov  Bulgaria 7.00 9.20 15.85 did not advance
105 Enrique Montserrat  Spain 7.20 8.60 15.80 did not advance
106 Hermenegildo Candeias  Portugal 7.65 8.00 15.65 did not advance
107 Marcel Coppin  Luxembourg 7.25 8.25 15.50 did not advance
108 Ismail Abdallah  United Arab Republic 8.15 7.70 15.40 did not advance
109 Kim Sang-guk  South Korea 6.95 8.25 15.20 did not advance
110 Ahmed Dakkeli  United Arab Republic 8.55 7.80 15.05 did not advance
René Marteaux  Belgium 6.60 8.45 15.05 did not advance
112 Hubert Erang  Luxembourg 6.85 8.00 14.85 did not advance
113 John Mulhall  Great Britain 6.50 8.20 14.70 did not advance
114 Juan Caviglia  Argentina 7.60 6.90 14.50 did not advance
115 Ken Buffin  Great Britain 7.80 6.60 14.40 did not advance
116 Selim El-Sayed  United Arab Republic 8.70 7.60 14.35 did not advance
117 Benjamin de Roo  Australia 6.50 7.65 14.15 did not advance
118 Graham Bond  Australia 6.50 7.50 14.00 did not advance
119 François Eisenbarth  Luxembourg 5.00 7.75 12.75 did not advance
120 Ahmed Issam Allam  United Arab Republic 8.10 7.20 12.70 did not advance
121 Léopold Desmet  Belgium 5.25 7.15 12.40 did not advance
122 Mohamed Sekkat  Morocco 4.35 6.00 10.35 did not advance
123 Ahmed Fellat  Morocco 4.00 5.50 9.50 did not advance
124 Darif Tanjaoui  Morocco 3.80 5.25 9.05 did not advance
125 Abdesselem Regragui  Morocco 4.00 4.75 8.75 did not advance
126 Peter Starling  Great Britain 8.65 — 8.65 did not advance
127 Miloud M'Sellek  Morocco 3.00 4.00 7.00 did not advance
128 Anton Hertl  Austria 6.70 — 6.70 did not advance

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Pommelled Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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