Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings 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 Albert Azaryan of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the rings. Another Soviet, Valentin Muratov, took silver (the second consecutive silver in the event for the Soviets, as well). Masumi Kubota and Masao Takemoto earned Japan's first medals in the event, tying for bronze.

Men's rings
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Albert Azaryan depicted on Armenian stamp
VenueFestival Hall
Dates3–7 December
Competitors63 from 18 nations
Winning score19.35
Medalists
Albert Azaryan
 Soviet Union
Valentin Muratov
 Soviet Union
Masao Takemoto
 Japan
Masumi Kubota
 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). Four of the top 10 gymnasts from 1952 returned: silver medalist Viktor Chukarin and fifth-place finisher Valentin Muratov of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher Masao Takemoto of Japan, and seventh-place finisher Berndt Lindfors of Finland. At the 1954 world championships, the Soviet Union had swept the top 6 places, with Albert Azaryan the victor.[1]

Australia and Canada each made their debut in the men's rings; 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
Albert Azaryan Soviet Union9.559.8019.35
Valentin Muratov Soviet Union9.609.5519.15
Masao Takemoto Japan9.609.5019.10
Masami Kubota Japan9.609.5019.10
5Takashi Ono Japan9.509.5519.05
Nobuyuki Aihara Japan9.559.5019.05
7Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union9.409.6019.00
Shinsaku Tsukawaki Japan9.509.5019.00
9Ferdinand Daniš Czechoslovakia9.459.4518.90
10Yury Titov Soviet Union9.409.4518.85
Berndt Lindfors Finland9.459.4018.85
12Pavel Stolbov Soviet Union9.409.4018.80
Kalevi Suoniemi Finland9.309.5018.80
14Robert Klein United Team of Germany9.409.3518.75
15Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union9.359.3518.70
Akira Kono Japan9.409.3018.70
17Dick Beckner United States9.359.3018.65
18Helmut Bantz United Team of Germany9.259.3518.60
19Vladimír Kejř Czechoslovakia9.309.2018.50
20Velik Kapsazov Bulgaria9.209.2518.45
Armando Vega United States9.059.4018.45
22Zdeněk Růžička Czechoslovakia9.109.2018.30
23Josef Škvor Czechoslovakia9.159.0518.20
Martti Mansikka Finland9.159.0518.20
Attila Takács Hungary8.959.2518.20
Hans Pfann United Team of Germany9.109.1018.20
27Onni Lappalainen Finland8.959.2018.15
28Jaroslav Bím Czechoslovakia8.909.2018.10
János Héder Hungary8.909.2018.10
30Theo Wied United Team of Germany9.058.7517.80
31Jack Beckner United States8.709.0517.75
32Jaroslav Mikoška Czechoslovakia8.758.9017.65
Erich Wied United Team of Germany8.708.9517.65
34Charles Simms United States8.708.8017.50
Abie Grossfeld United States9.208.3017.50
36Raymond Dot France8.858.6017.45
37Josy Stoffel Luxembourg8.508.9017.40
38Frank Turner Great Britain8.758.5017.25
Hans Sauter Austria8.558.7017.25
40Olavi Leimuvirta Finland8.758.4017.15
41Michel Mathiot France8.608.4017.00
42Nik Stuart Great Britain9.157.7016.85
Bill Tom United States8.108.7516.85
Ed Gagnier Canada8.408.4516.85
45Raimo Heinonen Finland7.858.9016.75
46Jean Guillou France8.608.0016.60
William Thoresson Sweden8.208.4016.60
48Jakob Kiefer United Team of Germany8.358.1516.50
49John Lees Australia7.958.4516.40
50Rafael Lecuona Cuba7.708.3016.00
51Bruce Sharp Australia8.107.8515.95
52Ronnie Lombard South Africa7.608.3015.90
53Jack Wells South Africa7.358.5015.85
54Stoyan Stoyanov Bulgaria7.058.6015.65
55Mincho Todorov Bulgaria7.657.9015.55
56David Gourlay Australia7.557.9015.45
57Kurt Wigartz Sweden6.908.4015.30
58Graham Bond Australia7.007.8514.85
59Brian Blackburn Australia7.507.0514.55
60Noel Punton Australia6.807.5514.35
61Sham Lal India6.906.6013.50
62Pritam Singh India6.004.7510.75
63Anant Ram India4.752.006.75

References
  1. "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, p. 472.
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