Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

The men's parallel bars 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 Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars. Japan took three medals: a silver by Masumi Kubota and bronzes by Takashi Ono and Masao Takemoto. It was the third time a nation had won three medals in the event in the same Games: the United States had swept the medals in 1904 and Switzerland had earned a gold and two bronzes in 1948. Chukarin was the third man to win multiple medals in the parallel bars; Ono would become the fourth in 1960.

Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenueFestival Hall
Dates3–7 December
Competitors63 from 18 nations
Winning score19.20
Medalists
Viktor Chukarin
 Soviet Union
Masumi Kubota
 Japan
Takashi Ono
 Japan
Masao Takemoto
 Japan
Gymnastics at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Team Portable
Apparatus		women
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen

Background

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). Three of the top 10 gymnasts from 1952 returned: silver medalist Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, fifth-place finisher Ferdinand Daniš of Czechoslovakia, and eighth-place finisher Valentin Muratov of the Soviet Union. Chukarin (the 1952 Olympic all-around champion) had won the 1954 world championships.[1]

Australia and Canada each made their debut in the men's parallel bars; 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

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

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		8:00Final

Results
RankGymnastNationCompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union9.559.6519.20
Masami Kubota Japan9.559.6019.15
Takashi Ono Japan9.609.5019.10
Masao Takemoto Japan9.409.7019.10
5Albert Azaryan Soviet Union9.309.7019.00
6Berndt Lindfors Finland9.459.4518.90
Nobuyuki Aihara Japan9.359.5518.90
8Yury Titov Soviet Union9.409.4518.85
Shinsaku Tsukawaki Japan9.459.4018.85
Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union9.309.5518.85
Onni Lappalainen Finland9.309.5518.85
Olavi Leimuvirta Finland9.209.6518.85
13Helmut Bantz United Team of Germany9.459.3518.80
Kalevi Suoniemi Finland9.259.5518.80
15Jack Beckner United States9.409.3518.75
16Ferdinand Daniš Czechoslovakia9.409.3018.70
Akira Kono Japan9.409.3018.70
Valentin Muratov Soviet Union9.309.4018.70
Jaroslav Mikoška Czechoslovakia9.359.3518.70
William Thoresson Sweden9.409.3018.70
21Raimo Heinonen Finland9.209.4518.65
Attila Takács Hungary9.409.2518.65
23Hans Pfann United Team of Germany9.309.2518.55
24Stoyan Stoyanov Bulgaria9.359.1518.50
Velik Kapsazov Bulgaria9.209.3018.50
Martti Mansikka Finland9.159.3518.50
27Josef Škvor Czechoslovakia9.209.2518.45
28Raymond Dot France9.259.1518.40
Charles Simms United States9.109.3018.40
Michel Mathiot France9.109.3018.40
31Theo Wied United Team of Germany9.159.2018.35
Bill Tom United States9.059.3018.35
33Zdeněk Růžička Czechoslovakia9.009.3018.30
Robert Klein United Team of Germany9.209.1018.30
Vladimír Kejř Czechoslovakia9.159.1518.30
Nik Stuart Great Britain9.159.1518.30
János Héder Hungary9.209.1018.30
38Jaroslav Bím Czechoslovakia9.159.1018.25
39Erich Wied United Team of Germany9.009.1018.10
40Mincho Todorov Bulgaria9.108.9018.00
41Pavel Stolbov Soviet Union8.559.4017.95
Jean Guillou France9.358.6017.95
43Abie Grossfeld United States8.759.1017.85
Kurt Wigartz Sweden8.809.0517.85
Hans Sauter Austria9.058.8017.85
46Josy Stoffel Luxembourg9.308.5017.80
47Dick Beckner United States8.559.2017.75
48Jakob Kiefer United Team of Germany9.208.4517.65
Frank Turner Great Britain8.758.9017.65
Ed Gagnier Canada8.858.8017.65
51Armando Vega United States8.109.5017.60
52Rafael Lecuona Cuba8.508.9517.45
53Graham Bond Australia8.158.3516.50
Bruce Sharp Australia8.208.3016.50
55John Lees Australia8.008.1516.15
56Brian Blackburn Australia8.457.2515.70
57David Gourlay Australia7.807.6515.45
58Jack Wells South Africa7.407.9515.35
Noel Punton Australia7.707.6515.35
60Ronnie Lombard South Africa7.657.1514.80
61Pritam Singh India7.506.0013.50
62Sham Lal India6.257.1013.35
63Anant Ram India7.205.5012.70

References
  1. "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, p. 472.
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