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Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Albert Azaryan depicted on Armenian stamp
VenueFestival Hall
Dates3–7 December
Competitors63 from 18 nations
Winning score19.35
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albert Azaryan
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valentin Muratov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Masao Takemoto
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Masumi Kubota
 Japan
← 1952
1960 →

The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. It was held from 3 to 7 December at the Melbourne Festival Hall. There were 63 competitors from 18 nations (down sharply from the 185 gymnasts in 1952), with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Albert Azaryan of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the rings. Another Soviet, Valentin Muratov, took silver (the second consecutive silver in the event for the Soviets, as well). Masumi Kubota and Masao Takemoto earned Japan's first medals in the event, tying for bronze.

Background

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This was the ninth 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 1952 returned: silver medalist Viktor Chukarin and fifth-place finisher Valentin Muratov of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher Masao Takemoto of Japan, and seventh-place finisher Berndt Lindfors of Finland. At the 1954 world championships, the Soviet Union had swept the top 6 places, with Albert Azaryan the victor.[1]

Australia and Canada each made their debut in the men's rings; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States made its eighth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

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The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format, mostly following the scoring tweaks made in 1952. Each nation entered either a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The 2 exercise scores were summed to give an apparatus total. No separate finals were contested.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.[2]

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Monday, 3 December 1956
Tuesday, 4 December 1956
Wednesday, 5 December 1956
Thursday, 6 December 1956
Friday, 7 December 1956
8:00 Final

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albert Azaryan  Soviet Union 9.55 9.80 19.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valentin Muratov  Soviet Union 9.60 9.55 19.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Masao Takemoto  Japan 9.60 9.50 19.10
Masami Kubota  Japan 9.60 9.50 19.10
5 Takashi Ono  Japan 9.50 9.55 19.05
Nobuyuki Aihara  Japan 9.55 9.50 19.05
7 Viktor Chukarin  Soviet Union 9.40 9.60 19.00
Shinsaku Tsukawaki  Japan 9.50 9.50 19.00
9 Ferdinand Daniš  Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.45 18.90
10 Yury Titov  Soviet Union 9.40 9.45 18.85
Berndt Lindfors  Finland 9.45 9.40 18.85
12 Pavel Stolbov  Soviet Union 9.40 9.40 18.80
Kalevi Suoniemi  Finland 9.30 9.50 18.80
14 Robert Klein  United Team of Germany 9.40 9.35 18.75
15 Boris Shakhlin  Soviet Union 9.35 9.35 18.70
Akira Kono  Japan 9.40 9.30 18.70
17 Dick Beckner  United States 9.35 9.30 18.65
18 Helmut Bantz  United Team of Germany 9.25 9.35 18.60
19 Vladimír Kejř  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.20 18.50
20 Velik Kapsazov  Bulgaria 9.20 9.25 18.45
Armando Vega  United States 9.05 9.40 18.45
22 Zdeněk Růžička  Czechoslovakia 9.10 9.20 18.30
23 Josef Škvor  Czechoslovakia 9.15 9.05 18.20
Martti Mansikka  Finland 9.15 9.05 18.20
Attila Takács  Hungary 8.95 9.25 18.20
Hans Pfann  United Team of Germany 9.10 9.10 18.20
27 Onni Lappalainen  Finland 8.95 9.20 18.15
28 Jaroslav Bím  Czechoslovakia 8.90 9.20 18.10
János Héder  Hungary 8.90 9.20 18.10
30 Theo Wied  United Team of Germany 9.05 8.75 17.80
31 Jack Beckner  United States 8.70 9.05 17.75
32 Jaroslav Mikoška  Czechoslovakia 8.75 8.90 17.65
Erich Wied  United Team of Germany 8.70 8.95 17.65
34 Charles Simms  United States 8.70 8.80 17.50
Abie Grossfeld  United States 9.20 8.30 17.50
36 Raymond Dot  France 8.85 8.60 17.45
37 Josy Stoffel  Luxembourg 8.50 8.90 17.40
38 Frank Turner  Great Britain 8.75 8.50 17.25
Hans Sauter  Austria 8.55 8.70 17.25
40 Olavi Leimuvirta  Finland 8.75 8.40 17.15
41 Michel Mathiot  France 8.60 8.40 17.00
42 Nik Stuart  Great Britain 9.15 7.70 16.85
Bill Tom  United States 8.10 8.75 16.85
Ed Gagnier  Canada 8.40 8.45 16.85
45 Raimo Heinonen  Finland 7.85 8.90 16.75
46 Jean Guillou  France 8.60 8.00 16.60
William Thoresson  Sweden 8.20 8.40 16.60
48 Jakob Kiefer  United Team of Germany 8.35 8.15 16.50
49 John Lees  Australia 7.95 8.45 16.40
50 Rafael Lecuona  Cuba 7.70 8.30 16.00
51 Bruce Sharp  Australia 8.10 7.85 15.95
52 Ronnie Lombard  South Africa 7.60 8.30 15.90
53 Jack Wells  South Africa 7.35 8.50 15.85
54 Stoyan Stoyanov  Bulgaria 7.05 8.60 15.65
55 Mincho Todorov  Bulgaria 7.65 7.90 15.55
56 David Gourlay  Australia 7.55 7.90 15.45
57 Kurt Wigartz  Sweden 6.90 8.40 15.30
58 Graham Bond  Australia 7.00 7.85 14.85
59 Brian Blackburn  Australia 7.50 7.05 14.55
60 Noel Punton  Australia 6.80 7.55 14.35
61 Sham Lal  India 6.90 6.60 13.50
62 Pritam Singh  India 6.00 4.75 10.75
63 Anant Ram  India 4.75 2.00 6.75

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 472.