Information about Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held in the Finnish Fair building in Helsinki between July 19 and July 24. It is located some 0.4 km to the south from Olympiastadion and named Töölön kisahalli as of 2006. Men's events were held in the Exhibition Hall I (Messuhalli I) of the building. Women's events were contested in the Exhibition Hall II (Messuhalli II), which is smaller, than Exhibition Hall I.

Format of competition

Each nation was allowed to enter a team. Nations, which did not enter full teams, could enter individual competitors.

WAG

Each of the events, except the team exercise with portable apparatus, was judged by five judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of three remaining ones constituted the score. The team exercise with portable apparatus event was judged by eight judges. Two highest and two lowest marks were dropped and the sum of four remaining marks, multiplied by two formed the team's score.

The team consisted of eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of four apparatus. She could also repeat the compulsory routine, then only the repetition was counted. This rule was applied for all apparatus, except the vault. On both compulsory and optional vaults a gymnast performed two attempts, the better to count. 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 some sort of group rhythmic exercises similar to the group competition event in rhythmic gymnastics. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

In the team competition gymnast's scores in each routine constituted her total score for all routines. From eight total scores of team's gymnasts were selected six best ones, which, along with the team's score in the team exercise with portable apparatus event, constituted the overall team's totals.

MAG

Each of the events was judged by four judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining ones constituted the score.

The team included from five to eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of six apparatus. He could also repeat the compulsory routine, then only the repetition was counted. This rule was applied for all apparatus, except the vault and the floor exercise. On both compulsory and optional vaults a gymnast performed two attempts, the better to count. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

The scoring in the team competition event was much different from WAG one. Five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine. These scores constituted the overall team's totals.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	9	11	2	22
2	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	3	7
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	5	8
4	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
5	Japan (JPN)	0	2	2	4
6	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
6	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
8	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1

Women's events

134 gymnasts participated, including 16 teams and six individual competitors from two countries.

In tables below "C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

Individual all-around

Rank	Team / Competitor	VT		UB		BB		FX		Total		Score
Rank	Team / Competitor	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score
1	Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)	9.63	9.56	9.63	9.63	9.43	9.70	9.50	9.70	38.19	38.59	76.78
2	Nina Bocharova (URS)	9.80	9.23	9.56	9.43	9.46	9.76	9.40	9.30	38.22	37.72	75.94
3	Margit Korondi (HUN)	9.10	9.30	9.63	9.63	9.46	9.56	9.40	9.60	37.66	38.16	75.82

Team competition

Rank	Team / Competitor	VT		UB		BB		FX		Total		Team, PA	Score
Rank	Team / Competitor	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Team, PA	Score
1	USSR
	Maria Gorokhovskaya	9.63	9.56	9.63	9.63	9.43	9.70	9.50	9.70	38.19	38.59		76.78
	Nina Bocharova	9.80	9.23	9.56	9.43	9.46	9.76	9.40	9.30	38.22	37.72		75.94
	Galina Minaicheva	9.73	9.43	9.36	9.53	9.13	9.53	9.36	9.60	37.58	38.09		75.67
	Galina Urbanovich	9.70	9.40	9.16	9.46	9.40	9.53	9.43	9.56	37.69	37.95		75.64
	Polina Danilova	9.46	9.16	9.43	9.56	9.26	9.50	9.23	9.43	37.38	37.65		75.03
	Galina Shamrai	9.03	9.36	9.33	9.60	9.43	9.36	9.23	9.63	37.02	37.95		74.97
	Medea Dzhugeli	9.73	9.40	9.23	9.50	9.13	9.36	9.30	9.30	37.39	37.56		74.95
	Ekaterina Kalinchuk	9.70	9.50	9.30	9.36	8.96	9.36	8.83	8.90	36.79	37.12		73.91
	Total											73.00	527.03
2	Hungary
	Margit Korondi	9.10	9.30	9.63	9.63	9.46	9.56	9.40	9.60	37.66	38.16		75.82
	Ágnes Keleti	8.90	9.20	9.56	9.43	9.43	9.53	9.50	9.86	37.29	38.29		75.58
	Károlyné Perényi	9.33	9.30	9.36	9.53	9.06	9.30	9.16	9.66	36.95	37.82		74.77
	Olga Tass	9.26	9.30	9.16	9.46	9.40	9.46	9.23	9.66	37.19	37.52		74.71
	Károlyné Gulyás	9.30	9.30	9.43	9.56	9.06	9.33	9.26	9.73	36.85	37.76		74.61
	Lászlóne Zalai	9.46	9.30	9.33	9.60	8.60	9.30	9.16	9.43	36.48	37.39		73.87
	Andrea Bodó	9.23	9.16	9.23	9.50	9.03	7.50	9.16	9.10	36.75	34.92		71.67
	Lászlóne Daruházi	8.66	9.03	9.30	9.36	9.13	7.43	9.03	9.00	35.88	34.99		70.87
	Total											71.60	520.96
3	Czechoslovakia
	Eva Věchtová	9.00	9.20	9.16	9.36	9.03	9.53	9.36	9.23	36.55	37.32		73.87
	Alena Chadimová	9.23	8.83	8.50	9.30	8.83	9.33	9.20	9.03	35.76	36.49		72.25
	Jana Rabasová	9.10	9.06	9.06	9.06	8.93	9.13	9.03	8.76	36.12	36.01		72.13
	Božena Srncová	9.00	9.20	8.93	9.20	9.13	9.06	9.00	8.56	36.06	36.02		72.08
	Hana Bobková	8.93	9.00	8.73	9.20	8.63	9.30	9.13	8.60	35.42	36.10		71.52
	Matylda Šínová	9.40	8.73	8.46	9.36	8.73	9.36	9.03	8.40	35.62	35.85		71.47
	Věra Vančurová	9.16	8.46	8.10	9.20	9.00	9.50	9.20	8.76	35.46	35.92		71.38
	Alena Reichová	9.10	8.93	9.06	9.16	8.66	8.00	9.06	8.43	35.88	34.52		70.40bgcolor=CC9966 \|align=left colspan=11\|Total\|\|70.00\|\|503.32

Team, portable apparatus

This event is also known as group exercise with hand apparatus.

Rank	Team	Hand apparatus	Score
1	Sweden	8 balls	74.20
2	USSR	8 hoops	73.00
3	Hungary	16 clubs	71.60

Vault

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Ekaterina Kalinchuk (URS)	9.70	9.50	19.20
2	Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)	9.63	9.56	19.19
3	Galina Minaicheva (URS)	9.73	9.43	19.16

Uneven bars

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Margit Korondi (HUN)	9.70	9.70	19.40
2	Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)	9.63	9.56	19.26
3	Ágnes Keleti (HUN)	9.46	9.70	19.16

Balance beam

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Nina Bocharova (URS)	9.46	9.76	19.22
2	Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)	9.43	9.70	19.13
3	Margit Korondi (HUN)	9.46	9.56	19.02

Floor exercise

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Ágnes Keleti (HUN)	9.50	9.86	19.36
2	Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)	9.50	9.70	19.20
3	Margit Korondi (HUN)	9.40	9.60	19.00

Men's events

185 gymnasts participated, including 23 teams and 14 individual competitors from six countries.

In tables below "C" stands for "Compulsory exercises" and "O" stands for "Optional exercises".

Individual all-around

Rank	Athlete	FX		PH		RG		VT		PB		HB		Total		Score
Rank	Athlete	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score
1	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	8.65	9.80	9.70	9.80	9.65	9.90	9.45	9.75	9.80	9.80	9.60	9.80	56.85	58.85	115.70
2	Grant Shaginian (URS)	9.30	9.60	9.90	9.50	9.80	9.95	9.05	9.45	9.50	9.85	9.45	9.60	57.00	57.95	114.95
3	Josef Stalder (SUI)	9.15	9.50	9.65	9.55	9.45	9.65	9.45	9.35	9.80	9.70	9.65	9.85	57.15	57.60	114.75

Team competition

Rank	Team / Competitor	FX		PH		RG		VT		PB		HB		Total		Score
Rank	Team / Competitor	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score
1	USSR	46.15	47.95	48.75	48.05	47.95	49.30	46.30	47.80	47.80	49.00	47.35	47.95	284.30	290.05	574.35
	Viktor Chukarin	8.65	9.80	9.70	9.80	9.65	9.90	9.45	9.75	9.80	9.80	9.60	9.80	56.85	58.85	115.70
	Grant Shaginian	9.30	9.60	9.90	9.50	9.80	9.95	9.05	9.45	9.50	9.85	9.45	9.60	57.00	57.95	114.95
	Valentin Muratov	9.35	9.50	9.70	8.60	9.45	9.90	9.25	9.45	9.55	9.70	9.65	9.55	56.95	56.70	113.65
	Evgeny Korolkov	9.00	9.30	9.75	9.65	9.45	9.70	8.90	9.50	9.50	9.80	9.35	9.45	55.95	57.40	113.35
	Vladimir Belyakov	9.25	9.50	9.60	9.50	9.25	9.70	9.10	9.40	9.45	9.80	9.25	9.55	55.90	57.45	113.35
	Iosif Berdiev	9.25	9.40	9.55	9.25	9.50	9.60	9.30	9.60	9.45	9.70	9.20	9.30	56.25	56.85	113.10
	Mikhail Perelman	8.70	9.45	9.70	9.60	9.35	9.70	9.05	9.25	9.25	9.75	9.30	9.40	55.35	57.15	112.50
	Dmitri Leonkin	8.95	9.55	3.75	8.35	9.55	9.85	9.20	9.50	7.10	9.60	9.05	9.30	47.60	56.15	103.75
2	Switzerland	43.85	46.85	47.50	47.10	46.50	48.10	47.10	46.95	48.50	48.25	48.35	48.45	281.80	285.70	567.50
	Josef Stalder	9.15	9.50	9.65	9.55	9.45	9.65	9.45	9.35	9.80	9.70	9.65	9.85	57.15	57.60	114.75
	Hans Eugster	8.40	9.30	9.25	9.30	9.60	9.80	9.40	9.55	9.85	9.80	9.65	9.50	56.15	57.25	113.40
	Jean Tschabold	8.95	9.20	9.55	9.50	9.15	9.60	9.45	9.25	9.65	9.65	9.65	9.70	56.40	56.90	113.30
	Jack Günthard	7.95	9.20	9.50	9.35	9.15	9.55	9.15	9.15	9.55	9.50	9.75	9.80	55.05	56.55	111.60
	Melchior Thalmann	8.00	9.00	9.45	9.40	8.80	9.50	9.30	9.30	9.40	9.35	9.65	9.60	54.60	56.15	110.75
	Ernst Gebedinger	8.75	9.30	9.35	9.20	8.50	9.20	9.40	8.95	9.65	8.85	9.65	8.95	55.30	54.45	109.75
	Hans Schwarzentruber	8.30	9.10	9.00	8.00	9.15	9.30	9.25	9.15	9.55	9.40	9.35	8.85	54.60	53.80	108.40
	Ernst Fivian	8.60	9.55	9.35	7.50	8.95	9.35	9.40	9.50	8.70	9.60	8.10	9.35	53.10	54.85	107.95
3	Finland	46.20	47.65	46.30	47.20	46.45	47.60	46.45	46.45	46.75	47.05	48.25	47.85	280.40	283.80	564.20
	Onni Lappalainen	9.30	9.70	9.00	8.50	9.30	9.65	9.35	9.25	9.45	9.60	9.40	9.35	55.80	56.05	111.85
	Berndt Lindfors	9.10	9.50	9.45	9.30	9.40	9.75	9.00	9.00	9.05	8.70	9.60	9.60	55.60	55.85	111.45
	Paavo Aaltanen	9.10	9.45	8.40	9.70	9.05	9.40	9.25	9.25	9.00	9.65	9.55	9.60	54.35	57.05	111.40
	Kaino Lempinen	9.25	9.50	9.15	9.30	8.85	9.30	9.20	9.20	9.35	8.70	9.40	9.40	55.20	55.40	110.60
	Heikki Savolainen	7.60	9.45	9.55	9.50	9.40	9.45	8.75	9.10	9.00	9.20	9.75	9.70	54.05	56.40	110.45
	Kalevi Laitinen	9.45	9.50	9.05	9.00	8.60	9.30	9.20	9.20	9.10	9.15	9.75	8.80	55.15	54.95	110.10
	Kalevi Viskari	8.05	9.45	9.10	9.40	8.30	9.20	9.45	9.25	9.45	9.00	9.60	9.55	53.95	55.85	109.80 \|align=left\|Olavi Rove\|\|8.30\|\|9.45\|\|8.60\|\|9.15\|\|9.30\|\|9.35\|\|8.15\|\|9.50\|\|9.40\|\|9.45\|\|9.40\|\|9.40\|\|53.15\|\|56.30\|\|109.45

Floor exercise

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Karl Thoresson (SWE)	9.45	9.80	19.25
2	Jerzy Jokiel (POL)	9.55	9.60	19.15
2	Tadeo Uesako (JPN)	9.55	9.60	19.15

Pommel horse

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	9.70	9.80	19.50
2	Grant Shaginian (URS)	9.90	9.50	19.40
2	Evgeny Korolkov (URS)	9.75	9.65	19.40

Rings

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Grant Shaginian (URS)	9.80	9.95	19.75
2	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	9.65	9.90	19.55
3	Dmitri Leonkin (URS)	9.55	9.85	19.40
3	Hans Eugster (SUI)	9.60	9.80	19.40

Vault

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	9.45	9.75	19.20
2	Masao Takemoto (JPN)	9.55	9.60	19.15
3	Takashi Ono (JPN)	9.50	9.60	19.10
3	Tadao Uesako (JPN)	9.55	9.55	19.10

Parallel bars

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Hans Eugster (SUI)	9.85	9.80	19.65
2	Viktor Chukarin (URS)	9.80	9.80	19.60
3	Josef Stalder (SUI)	9.80	9.70	19.50

Horizontal bar

Rank	Athlete	C	O	Total
1	Jack Günthard (SUI)	9.75	9.80	19.55
2	Josef Stalder (SUI)	9.65	9.85	19.50
2	Alfred Schwarzmann (GER)	9.70	9.80	19.50

Note: country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1952.

References

(1955) The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad. Porvoo: Werner Södreström Osakeyhtiö.Porvoo&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aafla.org%2F5va%2Freports_frmst.htm">
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Format of competition

WAG

MAG

Medal table

Women's events

Individual all-around

Team competition

Team, portable apparatus

Vault

Uneven bars

Balance beam

Floor exercise

Men's events

Individual all-around

Team competition

Floor exercise

Pommel horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel bars

Horizontal bar

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References

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