Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

The men's vault 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 Helmut Bantz of the United Team of Germany and Valentin Muratov of the Soviet Union, who tied for the top place. Soviet Yuri Titov finished third to win the bronze medal.

Men's vault
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenueFestival Hall
Dates3–7 December
Competitors63 from 18 nations
Winning score18.85
Medalists
Helmut Bantz
 United Team of Germany
Valentin Muratov
 Soviet Union
Yuri Titov
 Soviet Union
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). Seven of the top 12 (including ties for 9th) gymnasts from 1952 returned: gold medalist Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, silver medalist Masao Takemoto and bronze medalist Takashi Ono of Japan, and fifth-place finisher Theo Wied of Germany (now the United Team of Germany). The reigning (1954) world champion, Leo Sotorník of Czechoslovakia, did not compete in Melbourne, but the runner-up (Helmut Bantz of the United Team of Germany) did.[1]

Australia and Canada each made their debut in the men's vault; 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. The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004). 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
Valentin Muratov Soviet Union9.409.4518.85
Helmut Bantz United Team of Germany9.409.4518.85
Yury Titov Soviet Union9.359.4018.75
4Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union9.359.3518.70
Theo Wied United Team of Germany9.309.4018.70
6Masao Takemoto Japan9.209.4518.65
7Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union9.259.3518.60
Jack Beckner United States9.259.3518.60
Robert Klein United Team of Germany9.309.3018.60
Jakob Kiefer United Team of Germany9.309.3018.60
11Albert Azaryan Soviet Union9.159.4018.55
Kalevi Suoniemi Finland9.159.4018.55
Martti Mansikka Finland9.209.3518.55
Vladimír Kejř Czechoslovakia9.109.4518.55
Attila Takács Hungary9.209.3518.55
16Takashi Ono Japan9.209.3018.50
William Thoresson Sweden9.209.3018.50
Erich Wied United Team of Germany9.209.3018.50
19Shinsaku Tsukawaki Japan9.209.2518.45
Josef Škvor Czechoslovakia9.209.2518.45
Charles Simms United States9.159.3018.45
Kurt Wigartz Sweden9.259.2018.45
23Ferdinand Daniš Czechoslovakia9.309.1018.40
Olavi Leimuvirta Finland9.109.3018.40
Jaroslav Mikoška Czechoslovakia9.209.2018.40
Josy Stoffel Luxembourg9.009.4018.40
Armando Vega United States9.109.3018.40
28Pavel Stolbov Soviet Union9.109.2518.35
Bill Tom United States9.109.2518.35
Stoyan Stoyanov Bulgaria9.159.2018.35
Mincho Todorov Bulgaria9.059.3018.35
Bruce Sharp Australia9.259.1018.35
33Masami Kubota Japan9.259.0518.30
Akira Kono Japan9.009.3018.30
Hans Pfann United Team of Germany9.059.2518.30
36Velik Kapsazov Bulgaria9.109.1518.25
Onni Lappalainen Finland9.009.2518.25
Raymond Dot France9.009.2518.25
39Zdeněk Růžička Czechoslovakia9.109.1018.20
János Héder Hungary9.009.2018.20
41Nobuyuki Aihara Japan9.208.9018.10
Raimo Heinonen Finland9.059.0518.10
43Dick Beckner United States8.859.2018.05
Ed Gagnier Canada9.009.0518.05
David Gourlay Australia9.009.0518.05
46Jaroslav Bím Czechoslovakia9.009.0018.00
47Abie Grossfeld United States8.859.1017.95
Brian Blackburn Australia9.008.9517.95
Hans Sauter Austria9.008.9517.95
50Berndt Lindfors Finland8.809.1017.90
Michel Mathiot France8.809.1017.90
Jean Guillou France8.909.0017.90
Ronnie Lombard South Africa9.008.9017.90
Noel Punton Australia9.058.8517.90
55Rafael Lecuona Cuba8.958.9017.85
56Graham Bond Australia9.008.8017.80
57Frank Turner Great Britain8.908.7017.60
58Nik Stuart Great Britain8.658.9017.55
59Jack Wells South Africa8.608.8517.45
60Sham Lal India8.358.1516.50
61John Lees Australia7.508.9016.40
62Pritam Singh India8.158.0516.20
63Anant Ram India8.457.2015.65

References
  1. "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. Official Report, p. 472.
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