Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

at the Games of the XVI Olympiad

Venue| West Melbourne Stadium
Dates| 3–7 December 1956

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Gymnastics at the
1956 Summer Olympics

List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-around| men| women
Team Portable
Apparatus| | women
Individual all-around| men| women
Vault| men| women
Floor| men| women
Pommel horse| men|
Rings| men|
Parallel bars| men|
Horizontal bar| men|
Uneven bars| | women
Balance beam| | women

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Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held at the West Melbourne Stadium between December 3 and December 7. It is located some 3.4 km north-west of the main Olympic venue, Melbourne Cricket Ground, and named Festival Hall as of 2006[update].[1]

## Format of competition

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Each country was allowed to enter a team of eight gymnasts, but in contrast to the previous Olympics not more than six of them were allowed to participate in all exercises. Nations with incomplete teams, could enter one to three gymnasts for the individual competition.

### Men's competition

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Bill Tom

The team included from five to eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of six apparatus. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

Like in the women's events, five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine. These scores constituted the overall team's totals.

### Women's competition

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Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of four apparatus. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events, except the separate team exercise with portable apparatus event (also known as group exercise with hand apparatus event), which was a group rhythmic exercises similar to the group competition event in rhythmic gymnastics. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

The scoring in the team competition was different from the one at the previous Olympics, its principle became the same, as for men's events: five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine; these scores constituted the overall team's totals.

## Medal summary

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### Men’s events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual all-around
details | Viktor Chukarin
Soviet Union | Takashi Ono
Japan | Yuri Titov
Soviet Union
Team all-around
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Albert Azaryan
Viktor Chukarin
Valentin Muratov
Boris Shakhlin
Pavel Stolbov
Yuri Titov |  Japan (JPN)
Nobuyuki Aihara
Akira Kono
Masami Kubota
Takashi Ono
Masao Takemoto
Shinsaku Tsukawaki |  Finland (FIN)
Raimo Heinonen
Olavi Laimuvirta
Onni Lappalainen
Berndt Lindfors
Martti Mansikka
Kalevi Suoniemi
Floor exercise
details | Valentin Muratov
Soviet Union | Nobuyuki Aihara
Japan | none awarded
William Thoresson
Sweden
Viktor Chukarin
Soviet Union
Horizontal bar
details | Takashi Ono
Japan | Yuri Titov
Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto
Japan
Parallel bars
details | Viktor Chukarin
Soviet Union | Masumi Kubota
Japan | Takashi Ono
Japan
Masao Takemoto
Japan
Pommel horse
details | Boris Shakhlin
Soviet Union | Takashi Ono
Japan | Viktor Chukarin
Soviet Union
Rings
details | Albert Azaryan
Soviet Union | Valentin Muratov
Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto
Japan
Masumi Kubota
Japan
Vault
details | Helmut Bantz
United Team of Germany | none awarded | Yuri Titov
Soviet Union
Valentin Muratov
Soviet Union

### Women's events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual all-around
details | Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union | Ágnes Keleti
Hungary | Sofia Muratova
Soviet Union
Team all-around
details |  Soviet Union (URS)
Polina Astakhova
Lyudmila Yegorova
Lidia Kalinina
Larisa Latynina
Tamara Manina
Sofia Muratova |  Hungary (HUN)
Andrea Molnár-Bodó
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Ágnes Keleti
Alice Kertész
Margit Korondi
Olga Lemhényi-Tass |  Romania (ROU)
Georgeta Hurmuzachi
Sonia Iovan
Elena Leușteanu
Elena Mărgărit
Elena Săcălici
Emilia Vătășoiu
Balance beam
details | Ágnes Keleti
Hungary | Eva Bosáková
Czechoslovakia | none awarded
Tamara Manina
Soviet Union
Floor exercise
details | Ágnes Keleti
Hungary | none awarded | Elena Leușteanu
Romania
Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union
Uneven bars
details | Ágnes Keleti
Hungary | Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union | Sofia Muratova
Soviet Union
Vault
details | Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union | Tamara Manina
Soviet Union | Olga Lemhényi-Tass
Hungary
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Sweden
Team, portable apparatus
details |  Hungary (HUN)
Andrea Molnár-Bodó
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Ágnes Keleti
Alice Kertész
Margit Korondi
Olga Lemhényi-Tass |  Sweden (SWE)
Karin Lindberg
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Eva Rönström
Evy Berggren
Doris Hedberg
Maud Karlén |  Soviet Union (URS)
Polina Astakhova
Lyudmila Yegorova
Lidia Kalinina
Larisa Latynina
Tamara Manina
Sofia Muratova
Poland (POL)
Helena Rakoczy
Natalia Kot-Wala
Danuta Stachow
Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel
Barbara Ślizowska
Lidia Szczerbińska

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 11| 6| 6| 23
2|  Hungary (HUN)| 4| 2| 1| 7
3|  Japan (JPN)| 1| 5| 5| 11
4|  United Team of Germany (EUA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
5|  Sweden (SWE)| 0| 2| 1| 3
6|  Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 0| 1| 0| 1
7|  Romania (ROU)| 0| 0| 2| 2
8|  Finland (FIN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Poland (POL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (9 entries)| 17| 16| 17| 50

## References

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1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

## Sources

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* The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad. Melbourne: W. M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. Archived from the original on 2006-06-22. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
* "1956 Olympic Games". Gymn-Forum.com. Retrieved May 6, 2006. [dead link]

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Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne/Stockholm)

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* Vault
* Floor
* Pommel horse
* Rings
* Parallel bars
* Horizontal bar
* Uneven bars
* Balance beam

Rhythmic events|

* Individual all-around
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* Team horizontal bar
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