The men's individual all-around was a gymnastics event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. It was held on 18 and 20 October. There were 130 competitors from 30 nations. Each nation could send a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 3 individuals. The event was won by Yukio Endō of Japan, the nation's first victory in the event after two consecutive Games with silver medals. Endō snapped the Soviet Union's three-Games gold medal streak and started a three-Games streak for Japan, as the two nations reached the height of their four-decade combined dominance of the event. Three silver medals were awarded after a tie between Viktor Lisitsky and Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union and Shuji Tsurumi of Japan. Shakhlin, the defending gold medalist, thus became the seventh man to win multiple medals in the all-around. For the second consecutive Games, Japan and the Soviet Union took 11 of the top 13 places (and, for the second consecutive Games, Yugoslavia's Miroslav Cerar and Italy's Franco Menichelli were the two men in the top 10 not from those two nations).

Background

This was the 14th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900.

Eight of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1960 Games returned: gold medalist Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, two-time silver medalist Takashi Ono of Japan, two-time bronze medalist Yuri Titov of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Shuji Tsurumi of Japan, fifth-place finisher Yukio Endō of Japan, eighth-place finisher Miroslav Cerar of Yugoslavia, ninth-place finisher Takashi Mitsukuri of Japan, and tenth-place finisher Franco Menichelli of Italy. Titov was the reigning (1962) World Champion, with Endō and Shakhlin (the 1958 World Champion) finishing second and third.

Algeria, the Republic of China, Iran, Mongolia, and the Philippines each made their debut in the event. France and Italy both made their 12th appearance, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

The gymnastics all-around events continued to use the aggregation format. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 130th. There was no all-around final.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, apparatus scores from 0 to 20, and individual totals from 0 to 120.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round Sunday, 18 October 1964 8:3017:00 Preliminary: Compulsory Tuesday, 20 October 1964 8:3017:00 Preliminary: Voluntary

Results

The score for the individual all-around was a simple sum of each gymnast's preliminary scores from the six apparatus events.

Rank Gymnast Nation Total Yukio Endō 19.40 18.70 19.50 19.40 19.55 19.40 115.95 Viktor Lisitsky 19.30 18.75 19.10 19.50 19.50 19.25 115.40 Boris Shakhlin 18.95 18.90 19.40 19.35 19.25 19.55 115.40 Shuji Tsurumi 19.10 19.25 19.35 19.30 19.50 18.90 115.405 Franco Menichelli 19.30 18.80 19.45 19.05 19.30 19.25 115.156 Haruhiro Yamashita 19.15 19.15 18.75 19.50 19.30 19.25 115.107 Miroslav Cerar 18.65 19.45 19.05 19.10 19.50 19.30 115.058 Takuji Hayata 19.15 18.90 19.45 19.15 19.15 19.10 114.909 Takashi Mitsukuri 19.20 19.30 19.00 19.05 19.10 19.15 114.8010 Viktor Leontyev 19.20 18.70 19.35 18.95 19.15 19.20 114.5511 Takashi Ono 18.90 18.90 19.10 19.20 18.90 19.40 114.40 Yuri Tsapenko 19.20 19.10 19.00 19.05 19.05 19.00 114.4013 Yuri Titov 18.70 18.60 19.25 19.25 19.05 19.50 114.3514 Sergei Diomidov 19.10 18.75 18.85 19.25 19.35 18.90 114.2015 Siegfried Fülle 19.00 18.80 19.05 19.30 19.00 18.95 114.1016 Mikołaj Kubica 18.80 18.70 18.80 19.10 18.70 19.10 113.2017 Rajmund Csányi 18.50 18.55 18.60 19.10 19.00 19.25 113.0018 Klaus Köste 18.95 18.55 18.25 19.10 19.00 18.90 112.7519 Erwin Koppe 18.45 18.60 18.80 18.75 19.05 18.80 112.4520 Makoto Sakamoto 18.40 18.50 18.80 18.95 18.90 18.85 112.4021 Luigi Cimnaghi 18.45 18.70 18.50 18.75 19.05 18.90 112.35 Peter Weber 18.85 18.40 18.85 19.00 18.75 18.50 112.3523 Nicola Prodanov 18.60 18.40 18.45 19.25 18.55 19.05 112.3024 Philipp Fürst 18.65 18.65 18.50 18.95 18.90 18.60 112.2525 Aleksander Rokosa 18.85 18.10 18.60 18.85 18.80 18.75 111.9526 Olli Laiho 18.75 18.30 18.35 18.85 18.85 18.75 111.8527 Giovanni Carminucci 18.65 18.20 18.65 18.75 19.30 18.25 111.8028 István Aranyos 18.50 18.55 18.25 18.95 18.60 18.90 111.7529 Günter Lyhs 18.75 18.00 18.55 19.15 18.80 18.45 111.7030 Bohumil Mudřík 18.45 18.60 18.25 18.95 18.80 18.45 111.5031 Frederic Orendi 18.30 18.55 17.90 18.90 18.80 18.95 111.4032 Russell Mitchell 19.00 18.45 18.70 18.90 18.10 18.05 111.20 Åge Storhaug 18.55 18.75 17.90 19.00 18.35 18.65 111.2034 Eugen Ekman 18.70 18.70 17.85 18.85 18.80 18.25 111.1535 Wilhelm Kubica 18.55 18.40 18.35 18.75 18.00 19.05 111.10 Lajos Varga 18.55 18.15 18.30 18.40 18.65 19.05 111.1037 Velik Kapsazov 17.85 18.15 19.15 18.80 18.15 18.95 111.05 Alfred Kucharczyk 18.85 18.20 18.50 19.30 17.60 18.60 111.0539 Ronald Barak 18.35 18.10 18.70 18.45 18.65 18.75 111.0040 Raimo Heinonen 18.50 18.50 17.85 19.10 18.60 18.40 110.9541 Georgi Mirchev 18.45 18.15 18.00 18.90 18.50 18.75 110.7542 Pasquale Carminucci 18.25 18.25 18.60 18.70 18.65 18.25 110.70 Ladislav Pazdera 18.10 18.40 18.40 18.40 18.80 18.60 110.7044 Václav Kubička 18.80 17.40 18.70 18.90 18.15 18.70 110.6545 Jan Jankowicz 18.60 17.55 18.30 18.60 18.80 18.75 110.60 Přemysl Krbec 18.50 16.95 18.75 19.25 18.70 18.45 110.60 Gheorghe Tohăneanu 18.45 18.00 18.10 18.85 18.65 18.55 110.6048 Fritz Feuz 18.65 18.55 17.20 19.15 18.55 18.40 110.50 Christian Guiffroy 18.05 18.55 17.50 18.55 19.15 18.70 110.50 Hannu Rantakari 18.70 18.25 17.60 19.35 18.55 18.05 110.5051 Anton Cadar 18.35 17.70 18.55 18.75 18.80 18.30 110.4552 Karel Klečka 18.60 17.95 17.95 18.75 18.25 18.85 110.3553 Kim Chung-tae 18.10 18.80 17.55 18.50 18.95 18.30 110.2054 Stig Lindewall 18.40 17.30 18.55 18.70 19.00 18.20 110.1555 Larry Banner 18.10 18.30 18.05 18.75 18.35 18.50 110.05 Todor Kondev 18.70 18.15 17.90 18.50 18.40 18.40 110.0557 Janez Brodnik 18.25 18.05 18.05 18.45 18.50 18.70 110.0058 Otto Kestola 19.05 18.00 17.50 18.70 18.25 18.45 109.9559 Gregor Weiss 18.45 18.05 18.55 18.80 18.80 17.25 109.9060 Kim Gwang-deok 18.25 17.85 18.05 18.25 18.80 18.60 109.8061 Alojz Petrovič 17.75 18.20 18.35 18.80 18.60 18.00 109.7062 Todor Bachvarov 18.00 18.15 17.80 18.70 18.65 18.35 109.6563 Angelo Vicardi 17.85 18.50 17.50 18.65 18.65 18.25 109.4064 Kauko Heikkinen 18.65 18.65 17.80 18.45 18.35 17.45 109.3565 Walter Müller 17.35 18.65 17.50 19.25 18.95 17.55 109.25 Martin Šrot 17.35 17.55 18.65 18.75 18.55 18.40 109.2567 Leif Koorn 18.20 18.20 19.10 18.65 18.15 16.90 109.2068 Arthur Shurlock 17.35 18.85 18.30 18.80 17.65 18.15 109.1069 Alexandru Szilaghi 18.75 17.70 17.95 18.80 18.30 17.55 109.0570 Jeong Ri-gwang 18.20 17.25 17.75 18.25 18.70 18.85 109.0071 Fredi Egger 18.25 18.25 17.00 19.05 18.65 17.70 108.90 András Lelkes 17.95 17.85 17.65 18.90 18.55 18.00 108.9073 Bernard Fauqueux 17.85 18.20 17.05 18.70 18.30 18.75 108.8574 Győző Cser 17.90 17.50 18.20 18.30 18.25 18.65 108.8075 Bruno Franceschetti 18.10 18.30 18.45 18.55 18.20 17.10 108.70 Andrzej Konopka 18.35 17.20 18.20 18.45 18.30 18.20 108.7077 William Thoresson 18.90 17.50 17.95 18.75 18.20 17.35 108.6578 Péter Sós 18.05 17.05 18.25 18.95 18.50 17.80 108.6079 Lyuben Khristov 17.45 18.55 17.75 18.75 17.10 18.80 108.4080 Ivan Čaklec 18.15 18.15 17.50 18.75 18.15 17.60 108.3081 Lee Gwang-jae 18.35 17.75 17.10 18.70 17.70 18.50 108.1082 Richard Kihn 18.20 18.25 17.10 18.65 18.50 17.25 107.9583 Michel Bouchonnet 17.85 18.20 16.75 18.75 18.40 17.95 107.9084 Seo Jae-gyu 18.35 18.35 17.70 18.45 16.55 18.45 107.8585 Gottlieb Fässler 17.50 18.15 17.20 18.85 18.35 17.65 107.7086 Gheorghe Condovici 17.60 17.95 17.35 18.50 18.10 17.65 107.15 Wilhelm Weiler 17.90 17.10 17.40 19.20 18.50 17.05 107.1588 Petre Miclăuș 17.95 18.05 17.75 18.70 18.20 16.45 107.10 Nenad Vidović 17.95 18.30 16.90 18.15 18.10 17.70 107.1090 Meinrad Berchtold 18.10 16.90 16.70 18.90 18.25 18.15 107.0091 Mohamed Lazhari 17.40 18.00 18.00 18.65 18.20 16.70 106.9592 Gilbert Larose 18.00 16.65 17.80 18.75 18.05 17.65 106.9093 Franz Fäh 16.75 17.80 16.25 18.65 18.50 18.20 106.1594 Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam 17.75 17.25 17.00 18.70 17.60 17.35 105.6595 Gang Su-il 18.35 15.40 18.25 18.65 16.85 17.45 104.9596 Andrés González 17.85 16.90 16.80 18.65 17.45 16.70 104.3597 Héctor Ramírez 18.50 15.60 15.90 18.55 18.00 17.75 104.30 Ady Stefanetti 17.70 14.80 18.45 18.05 17.95 17.35 104.30 Octavio Suárez 17.60 17.80 17.50 18.60 17.90 14.90 104.30100 Graham Bond 17.15 17.05 16.05 18.35 18.10 17.35 104.05 Félix Padrón 17.90 16.85 16.35 18.15 17.40 17.40 104.05102 John Pancott 17.20 16.70 17.20 18.50 17.35 17.05 104.00103 Yan Tai-san 17.50 15.80 16.75 18.15 17.50 17.40 103.10104 Josy Stoffel 10.10 18.30 17.90 18.75 18.85 18.25 102.15105 Frederick Trainer 17.30 17.45 14.60 18.40 17.05 17.05 101.85106 Pavel Gajdoš 10.00 18.55 18.35 18.80 18.95 17.10 101.75107 Harald Wigaard 9.10 19.05 17.45 18.75 18.70 18.30 101.35108 Marcus Faulks 17.25 15.90 15.25 17.70 17.60 17.00 100.70109 Pablo Hernández 15.65 15.35 16.55 17.85 17.05 17.15 99.60110 Benjamin de Roo 16.80 15.85 16.20 18.55 16.95 15.15 99.50111 Douglas MacLennan 17.20 16.55 16.35 17.85 16.20 15.30 99.45112 Carlos Pizzini 16.85 16.85 16.20 18.50 17.45 13.10 98.95113 Barry Cheales 17.05 14.30 14.50 18.25 17.50 17.30 98.90114 Carlos García 17.20 13.15 17.35 17.85 17.65 15.65 98.85115 John Mulhall 15.45 15.35 16.40 18.85 17.20 15.20 98.45116 Lai Chu-long 15.80 14.60 14.55 18.10 17.40 17.40 97.85117 Lee Bu-ti 16.00 13.40 16.80 17.30 16.80 16.80 97.10118 Jalal Bazargan-Vali 14.95 15.15 15.80 18.35 16.85 15.25 96.35119 Wang Shian-ming 17.10 10.00 16.20 17.90 16.70 17.10 95.00120 Ui Yah-tor 16.80 8.80 17.10 17.55 17.80 14.45 92.50121 Liu Reng-sun 17.50 6.50 14.90 17.65 17.90 17.55 92.00122 Bandu Bhosle 17.15 13.90 13.00 16.65 14.90 12.15 87.75123 Vithal Karande 16.45 12.30 13.95 17.20 13.10 13.20 86.20124 Trilok Singh 16.30 11.85 13.50 17.80 14.15 6.00 79.60125 Jagmal More 14.85 12.80 13.70 17.15 13.05 6.25 77.80126 Anant Ram 15.75 14.65 12.15 0.00 13.40 10.55 66.50127 Mohamed Ibrahim 17.50 8.25 8.70 9.20 8.20 7.30 59.15128 Darshan Mondal 7.90 7.30 6.65 17.90 7.80 7.15 54.70129 Fortunato Payao 11.50 0.00 0.00 7.50 0.00 0.00 19.00130 Demetrio Pastrana 6.50 0.00 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 11.50

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