Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings 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. Scores from the rings event were added to the results from other individual apparatus events to give aggregate scores for the individual and team all-around events. Eighty-eight gymnasts from eleven nations competed, with each nation having a team of 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, the nation's first medal in the rings event. For the second consecutive Games, Czechoslovakian gymnasts took both silver and bronze: Ladislav Vácha finished second and Emanuel Löffler is credited with a third place finish. Vácha, the bronze medalist in 1924, was the first man to win multiple medals in the event.

Men's rings
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Leon Štukelj (1958)
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date8 August
Competitors88 from 11 nations
Winning score57.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leon Štukelj
 Yugoslavia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emanuel Löffler
 Czechoslovakia
← 1924
1932 →

Löffler's bronze medal may be the result of a math error.[1] His scores in the compulsory and voluntary exercises were 27.25 and 28.25, respectively, which would result in a total score of 55.50.[2] This score is consistent with the individual all-around and team all-around scores for Löffler and Czechoslovakia.[2][3] However, his total score is listed as 56.50 instead in the Official Report for the rings apparatus.[4] A score of 55.50 would have placed Löffler fourth in the rings, behind Italy's Romeo Neri at 56.00.

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). Six of the top 10 gymnasts from 1924 returned: bronze medalist Ladislav Vácha of Czechoslovakia, fourth-place finisher Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, fifth-place finisher Bedřich Šupčík of Czechoslovakia, seventh-place finisher Jan Koutný of Czechoslovakia, eighth-place finisher Ferdinando Mandrini of Italy, and ninth-place finisher Vittorio Lucchetti of Italy. The 1926 world championship podium had Štukelj (who had also won in 1922), Vácha, and Šupčík atop it, in that order.[1]

The Netherlands made its debut in the men's rings. Hungary competed for the first time since 1896. The other nine nations had all competed in 1924. The United States made its third appearance, 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 rings was one of the apparatus used in the individual and team all-around scores. It accounted for 29 of the score.[5]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Wednesday, 8 August 1928 Final

Results

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Source: Official results;[6] De Wael[7]

Rank Gymnast Nation Score
  Leon Štukelj   Yugoslavia 57.75
  Ladislav Vácha   Czechoslovakia 57.50
  Emanuel Löffler   Czechoslovakia 56.50
4 Romeo Neri   Italy 56.00
5 Mauri Nyberg-Noroma   Finland 55.00
6 Bedřich Šupčík   Czechoslovakia 54.75
7 Paul Krempel   United States 54.50
8 Jan Gajdoš   Czechoslovakia 54.25
Georges Miez   Switzerland 54.25
Armand Solbach   France 54.25
11 Edvard Antonijevič   Yugoslavia 54.00
12 Heikki Savolainen   Finland 53.75
13 Janez Porenta   Yugoslavia 53.25
14 Vittorio Lucchetti   Italy 53.00
15 Al Jochim   United States 52.75
Anton Malej   Yugoslavia 52.75
Václav Veselý   Czechoslovakia 52.75
18 Jan Koutný   Czechoslovakia 52.50
Eugen Mack   Switzerland 52.50
Josip Primožič   Yugoslavia 52.50
Martti Uosikkinen   Finland 52.50
22 Josef Effenberger   Czechoslovakia 52.00
23 Melchior Wezel   Switzerland 51.75
24 Mario Lertora   Italy 51.50
25 Alfred Krauss   France 51.25
26 André Lemoine   France 50.75
Edi Steinemann   Switzerland 50.75
28 Giuseppe Lupi   Italy 50.50
Ezio Roselli   Italy 50.50
30 Giuseppe Paris   Italy 50.25
István Pelle   Hungary 50.25
32 Jaakko Kunnas   Finland 50.00
33 Antoine Chatelaine   France 49.75
Urho Korhonen   Finland 49.75
Ferdinando Mandrini   Italy 49.75
36 Hermann Hänggi   Switzerland 49.50
37 Dragutin Cioti   Yugoslavia 49.25
Boris Gregorka   Yugoslavia 49.25
39 Rezső Kende   Hungary 49.00
Stane Derganc   Yugoslavia 49.00
41 Elias Melkman   Netherlands 48.75
Étienne Schmitt   France 48.75
Ladislav Tikal   Czechoslovakia 48.75
44 August Güttinger   Switzerland 48.50
Mario Tambini   Italy 48.50
46 Jean Larrouy   France 48.00
47 Glenn Berry   United States 47.75
Jean Gounot   France 47.75
49 Hans Grieder   Switzerland 47.50
Georges Leroux   France 47.50
Nic Roeser   Luxembourg 47.50
52 Otto Pfister   Switzerland 47.25
53 Mathias Logelin   Luxembourg 47.00
54 Fränz Zouang   Luxembourg 46.75
55 Mozes Jacobs   Netherlands 46.00
56 Rafael Ylönen   Finland 45.00
57 Miklós Péter   Hungary 44.75
58 Frank Haubold   United States 44.50
Josy Staudt   Luxembourg 44.50
60 Birger Stenman   Finland 43.00
61 Herman Witzig   United States 42.75
62 Kalervo Kinos   Finland 42.50
Gyula Kunszt   Hungary 42.50
Harold Newhart   United States 42.50
65 Edouard Grethen   Luxembourg 42.25
66 Jean-Pierre Urbing   Luxembourg 41.75
67 Arthur Whitford   Great Britain 41.50
68 John Pearson   United States 41.25
69 Mathias Erang   Luxembourg 40.25
70 Elemér Pászti   Hungary 40.00
Willibrordus Pouw   Netherlands 40.00
72 Albert Neumann   Luxembourg 39.75
Israel Wijnschenk   Netherlands 39.75
74 Bart Cronin   Great Britain 39.25
Frank Kriz   United States 39.25
76 József Szalai   Hungary 39.00
77 Pieter van Dam   Netherlands 38.25
E. W. Warren   Great Britain 38.25
79 Jacobus van der Vinden   Netherlands 37.25
80 Géza Tóth   Hungary 36.25
81 Klaas Boot   Netherlands 36.00
82 E. A. Walton   Great Britain 35.50
83 T. B. Parkinson   Great Britain 34.50
84 Henry Finchett   Great Britain 34.25
85 Samuel Humphreys   Great Britain 33.75
86 Hugo Licher   Netherlands 32.75
87 G. C. Raynes   Great Britain 31.25
Imre Erdődy   Hungary DNF

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Official Report, p. 651.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 668.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 660.
  5. ^ Official Report, p. 646.
  6. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Gymnastics 1928". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.