Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

Men's rings
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Men's rings; at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir (2009)
Venue	Stade Olympique
Date	July 19
Competitors	70 from 9 nations
Winning score	21.553
Medalists
	← 1904 1928 →

The men's rings 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 Saturday, July 19, 1924. Seventy gymnasts from nine nations competed, with each nation having an 8-gymnast team (with 2 non-starters). The event was won by Francesco Martino of Italy, the nation's first medal in the event. Robert Pražák and Ladislav Vácha of Czechoslovakia earned silver and bronze, respectively.

Background

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). The 1922 world championship had resulted in a four-way tie among gymnasts from Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia; Leon Štukelj was the only one of the four to compete at the 1924 Games.^[1]

The United States was the only nation that had previously competed, in 1904. The other eight nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia) were competing for the first time.

Competition format

Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. These two exercises were 2 of the 11 components of the individual all-around score, and thus were also included in the team all-around score. Each exercise had a maximum possible score of 11, with half a point each for the approach and dismount and up to 10 points for the routine.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 23 July 1924		Final

Results

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Compulsory	Voluntary	Total
	Francesco Martino	Italy	10.72	10.833	21.553
	Robert Pražák	Czechoslovakia	10.60	10.883	21.483
	Ladislav Vácha	Czechoslovakia	10.43	11.00	21.43
4	Leon Štukelj	Yugoslavia	10.33	11.00	21.33
5	Bedřich Šupčík	Czechoslovakia	10.27	10.85	21.12
6	Bohumil Mořkovský	Czechoslovakia	10.33	10.75	21.08
7	Jan Koutný	Czechoslovakia	10.47	10.583	21.053
8	Ferdinando Mandrini	Italy	10.36	10.583	20.943
9	Vittorio Lucchetti	Italy	10.83	10.083	20.913
10	Eugène Cordonnier	France	10.40	10.50	20.90
11	Miroslav Klinger	Czechoslovakia	10.23	10.50	20.73
12	Albert Séguin	France	10.00	10.633	20.633
13	François Gangloff	France	10.22	10.383	20.603
14	Léon Delsarte	France	10.00	10.566	20.566
15	Mario Lertora	Italy	10.25	10.083	20.333
16	Giorgio Zampori	Italy	10.33	9.916	20.246
17	Luigi Cambiaso	Italy	9.98	10.00	19.98
18	Giuseppe Paris	Italy	10.16	9.583	19.743
19	Jean Gounot	France	9.00	10.73	19.73
20	Arthur Hermann	France	9.32	10.383	19.703
21	Janez Porenta	Yugoslavia	9.41	10.15	19.56
22	Luigi Maiocco	Italy	10.25	0.083	19.333
23	Mihael Oswald	Yugoslavia	9.16	10.00	19.16
24	Joseph Huber	France	9.00	10.033	19.033
25	Stanley Leigh	Great Britain	10.00	8.666	18.666
26	Edward Leigh	Great Britain	9.50	9.00	18.50
27	Stane Derganc	Yugoslavia	9.16	9.333	18.493
28	Stane Žilič	Yugoslavia	8.50	9.733	18.233
29	Al Jochim	United States	10.08	8.00	18.08
30	Antoine Rebetez	Switzerland	9.42	8.50	17.92
31	André Higelin	France	8.42	9.45	17.87
32	Jean Gutweninger	Switzerland	9.68	8.166	17.846
33	Henry Finchett	Great Britain	9.76	8.00	17.760
34	Charles Quaino	Luxembourg	8.33	9.333	17.663
35	Mathias Erang	Luxembourg	8.50	8.083	17.583
35	Frank Safandra	United States	9.00	8.583	17.583
37	August Güttinger	Switzerland	9.32	8.25	17.57
38	Stane Hlastan	Yugoslavia	8.91	8.633	17.543
39	Mathias Weishaupt	Luxembourg	8.43	9.066	17.496
40	Josef Wilhelm	Switzerland	9.72	7.916	17.386
41	Otto Pfister	Switzerland	9.08	8.166	17.246
42	Pierre Tolar	Luxembourg	8.60	8.583	17.183
43	Hans Grieder	Switzerland	9.82	7.25	17.07
44	Carl Widmer	Switzerland	9.08	7.916	16.996
45	Georges Miez	Switzerland	8.77	7.916	16.686
46	Théo Jeitz	Luxembourg	7.50	8.25	15.750
47	Harold Brown	Great Britain	9.70	5.833	15.533
48	Samuel Humphreys	Great Britain	8.66	6.833	15.493
49	Frank Kriz	United States	7.83	7.583	15.413
50	Rastko Poljšak	Yugoslavia	7.00	8.333	15.333
51	Rudolph Novak	United States	7.66	7.50	15.16
52	Émile Munhofen	Luxembourg	7.60	7.50	15.10
53	Jacques Palzer	Luxembourg	6.66	8.25	14.91
54	Albert Neumann	Luxembourg	6.83	7.833	14.663
55	Josip Primožič	Yugoslavia	6.00	8.583	14.583
56	Frank Hawkins	Great Britain	8.00	6.50	14.50
57	Thomas Hopkins	Great Britain	8.00	5.75	13.75
58	John Pearson	United States	6.33	7.416	13.746
59	Aarne Roine	Finland	5.83	7.00	12.83
60	Jaakko Kunnas	Finland	6.00	6.75	12.75
61	Eevert Kerttula	Finland	5.00	7.50	12.50
62	John Mais	United States	5.66	6.50	12.16
63	Curtis Rottman	United States	5.66	6.25	11.91
64	Albert Spencer	Great Britain	6.50	5.25	11.75
65	Mikko Hämäläinen	Finland	5.16	6.00	11.16
66	Akseli Roine	Finland	3.83	6.25	10.08
67	Max Wandrer	United States	3.50	6.50	10.00
68	Eetu Kostamo	Finland	4.16	5.50	9.66
69	Väinö Karonen	Finland	3.66	5.50	9.16
69	Otto Suhonen	Finland	3.16	6.00	9.16