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Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

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Men's vault
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DateJuly 21
Competitors70 from 9 nations
Winning score9.98
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank Kriz
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Koutný
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bohumil Mořkovský
 Czechoslovakia
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The men's vault event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was one of nine gymnastics events and it was contested for the third time after 1896 and 1904. The competition was held on Monday, July 21, 1924. Seventy gymnasts from nine nations competed. The eight members of each nation's gymnastics team all competed; Czechoslovakia only had six competitors start the vault. The event was won by Frank Kriz of the United States, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event. Jan Koutný and Bohumil Mořkovský of Czechoslovakia took silver and bronze, respectively, the nation's first medals in the event.

Background

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This was the third 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). After three Games without apparatus events, the vault was one of seven apparatus events in 1924 (five, including the vault, have been held at every Games since, joined by the floor exercise in 1932). A similar event, the sidehorse vault, was held for the only time in Olympic history.[1]

Two nations were competing in the event for the second time: Switzerland had previously competed in 1896 and the United States had competed in 1904. The other seven nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia) were competing for the first time.

Competition format

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The 1924 vault competition was very different from a modern vault competition, or even from other vault competitions at the time. Competitors had to jump from a springboard over a bar to reach the vaulting horse, landing with the hands on the horse and swinging their feet to the ground. Scores were based on the height of the bar (with the maximum score of 10 with the bar set at 1.70 metres above the ground) and the performance of the jump. Each gymnast was allowed three jumps. Scores were reported as 0 to 10; it is unclear whether the three jump scores were averaged or if the highest score was used.[2]

The vault was one of 11 components of the individual all-around score, and thus was also included in the team all-around score.[2]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Monday, 21 July 1924 Final

Results

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Four gymnasts received a score of 0 when they were unable to clear the bar on any of their three jumps.[2]

Rank Gymnast Nation Height
Jump 1
Height
Jump 2
Height
Jump 3
Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank Kriz  United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.98
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Koutný  Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bohumil Mořkovský  Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.93
4 Leon Štukelj  Yugoslavia 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.91
5 Max Wandrer  United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.85
6 Janez Porenta  Yugoslavia 1.50 1.70 1.70 9.76
7 Ferdinando Mandrini  Italy 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.75
Miroslav Klinger  Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.75
9 Robert Pražák  Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.74
10 Ladislav Vácha  Czechoslovakia 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.70
11 Al Jochim  United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.58
Curtis Rottman  United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 9.58
13 Albert Séguin  France 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.45
14 Luigi Cambiaso  Italy 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.37
15 Bedřich Šupčík  Czechoslovakia 1.60 1.60 1.70 9.33
16 Thomas Hopkins  Great Britain 1.60 1.70 1.70 9.22
17 August Güttinger  Switzerland 1.60 1.65 1.70 9.08
18 Jean Gounot  France 1.60 1.60 1.65 9.00
19 Harold Brown  Great Britain 1.60 1.70 1.70 8.92
20 Léon Delsarte  France 1.60 1.65 1.65 8.77
21 Luigi Maiocco  Italy 1.60 1.70 1.70 8.75
22 Henry Finchett  Great Britain 1.60 1.70 1.70 8.45
23 Jean Gutweninger  Switzerland 1.60 1.65 1.65 8.37
24 Otto Pfister  Switzerland 1.60 1.65 1.70 8.33
25 Georges Miez  Switzerland 1.60 1.60 1.70 8.17
26 Stane Derganc  Yugoslavia 1.50 1.60 1.60 8.00
27 Émile Munhofen  Luxembourg 1.50 1.60 1.60 7.78
28 Mihael Oswald  Yugoslavia 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.716
29 Jacques Palzer  Luxembourg 1.50 1.60 1.60 7.66
Frank Safandra  United States 1.60 1.60 1.60 7.66
31 John Mais  United States 1.60 1.60 1.60 7.58
32 John Pearson  United States 1.70 1.70 1.70 7.50
33 François Gangloff  France 1.60 1.60 1.70 7.43
34 Mario Lertora  Italy 1.60 1.70 1.70 7.32
35 Mikko Hämäläinen  Finland 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.23
Jaakko Kunnas  Finland 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.23
37 Akseli Roine  Finland 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.22
38 Aarne Roine  Finland 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.17
39 Stane Žilič  Yugoslavia 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.16
40 André Higelin  France 1.50 1.60 1.70 7.13
41 Giuseppe Paris  Italy 1.60 1.60 1.70 7.08
Hans Grieder  Switzerland 1.60 1.60 1.70 7.08
43 Rudolph Novak  United States 1.60 1.60 1.60 7.00
Otto Suhonen  Finland 1.50 1.60 1.60 7.00
45 Vittorio Lucchetti  Italy 1.50 1.60 1.60 6.90
46 Josef Wilhelm  Switzerland 1.60 1.65 1.70 6.87
47 Väinö Karonen  Finland 1.60 1.70 1.70 6.50
48 Théo Jeitz  Luxembourg 1.50 1.50 1.60 5.85
49 Josip Primožič  Yugoslavia 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.75
50 Albert Neumann  Luxembourg 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.68
51 Eugène Cordonnier  France 1.50 1.50 1.55 5.63
52 Charles Quaino  Luxembourg 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.58
53 Giorgio Zampori  Italy 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.50
54 Joseph Huber  France 1.50 1.60 1.60 5.42
55 Albert Spencer  Great Britain 1.40 1.40 1.50 5.15
56 Stanley Leigh  Great Britain 1.40 1.45 1.50 5.07
57 Francesco Martino  Italy 1.50 1.50 1.50 4.83
Carl Widmer  Switzerland 1.50 1.60 1.60 4.83
59 Samuel Humphreys  Great Britain 1.40 1.50 1.55 4.60
60 Mathias Erang  Luxembourg 1.30 1.40 1.50 3.85
61 Rastko Poljšak  Yugoslavia 1.30 1.30 1.40 3.616
62 Stane Hlastan  Yugoslavia 1.40 1.40 1.50 3.40
63 Frank Hawkins  Great Britain 1.40 1.40 1.50 3.27
64 Eetu Kostamo  Finland 1.40 1.50 1.50 3.17
65 Pierre Tolar  Luxembourg 1.30 1.40 1.40 2.00
66 Eevert Kerttula  Finland 1.50 1.40 1.40 1.17
67 Arthur Hermann  France 1.50 1.50 1.50 0.00
Antoine Rebetez  Switzerland 1.50 1.50 1.50 0.00
Mathias Weishaupt  Luxembourg 1.30 1.30 1.30 0.00
Edward Leigh  Great Britain 1.30 1.30 1.30 0.00
Stanislav Indruch  Czechoslovakia DNS
Josef Kos  Czechoslovakia DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Official Report, p. 358.