Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

The men's pommel horse event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was one of nine gymnastics events and it was contested for the third time after 1896 and 1904. The competition was held on Wednesday, July 23, 1924. Seventy gymnasts from nine nations competed, with each nation having an 8-gymnast team (with 2 non-starters). The event was won by Josef Wilhelm of Switzerland, the nation's second victory in the event (after 1896). With Swiss gymnasts Jean Gutweninger and Antoine Rebetez taking silver and bronze, respectively, it was the second consecutive appearance of the event in which the event's medals were swept (United States, 1904).

Background

This was the third 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). The reigning (1922) world champion was Miroslav Klinger of Czechoslovakia.

Two nations were competing in the event for the second time: Switzerland had previously competed in 1896 and the United States had competed in 1904. The other seven nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia) were competing for the first time.

Competition format

Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. These two exercises were 2 of the 11 components of the individual all-around score, and thus were also included in the team all-around score. Each exercise had a maximum possible score of 11, with half a point each for the approach and dismount and up to 10 points for the routine.Official Report, p. 362.

Schedule

Date Time Round Wednesday, 23 July 1924 Final

Results

Rank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total Josef Wilhelm 10.53 10.70 21.23 Jean Gutweninger 10.40 10.73 21.13 Antoine Rebetez 10.00 10.73 20.73 4 Carl Widmer 10.40 10.10 20.50 5 Giuseppe Paris 10.00 10.10 20.10 6 Stane Derganc 10.70 9.23 19.93 7 Miroslav Klinger 10.67 9.00 19.67 8 August Güttinger 9.53 10.07 19.60 9 Arthur Hermann 10.33 9.13 19.46 10 Leon Štukelj 10.17 9.20 19.37 11 Eugène Cordonnier 10.36 8.83 19.19 12 Al Jochim 9.90 9.10 19.00 13 Robert Pražák 10.47 8.50 18.97 14 Georges Miez 8.46 10.37 18.83 15 Hans Grieder 9.07 9.37 18.44 16 Otto Pfister 8.26 10.17 18.43 17 Ladislav Vácha 9.80 8.53 18.33 18 Janez Porenta 10.00 8.27 18.27 19 Vittorio Lucchetti 8.06 10.13 18.19 20 Luigi Maiocco 8.13 10.00 18.13 21 Frank Kriz 9.40 8.53 17.93 22 Jan Koutný 9.77 8.10 17.87 23 Giorgio Zampori 7.73 10.00 17.73 24 Bedřich Šupčík 10.63 6.90 17.53 25 Stanley Leigh 8.49 9.00 17.49 26 Frank Safanda 10.00 7.46 17.46 27 Jean Gounot 9.03 8.27 17.30 28 Francesco Martino 7.82 9.47 17.29 29 Mario Lertora 7.66 9.50 17.16 30 Ferdinando Mandrini 8.33 8.73 17.06 31 Bohumil Mořkovský 9.46 7.33 16.79 32 François Gangloff 7.64 9.13 16.77 33 Léon Delsarte 8.30 8.27 16.57 34 Albert Séguin 10.53 5.90 16.43 Joseph Huber 8.93 7.50 16.43 36 Stane Hlastan 8.86 7.47 16.33 37 Mihael Oswald 8.80 7.33 16.13 38 Stane Žilič 8.51 7.23 15.74 39 Rudolph Novak 7.73 7.70 15.43 40 Curtis Rottman 7.666 7.66 15.326 41 Henry Finchett 7.87 7.43 15.30 42 Rastko Poljšak 8.66 6.56 15.22 43 John Pearson 6.766 8.33 15.096 44 Luigi Cambiaso 5.37 9.37 14.74 45 Harold Brown 6.54 7.83 14.37 46 Albert Spencer 7.23 6.83 14.06 47 Frank Hawkins 6.803 6.46 13.263 48 Edward Leigh 6.47 6.73 13.20 49 André Higelin 6.96 5.83 12.79 50 John Mais 5.57 7.20 12.77 51 Josip Primožič 6.50 6.13 12.63 52 Max Wandrer 4.70 6.99 11.69 53 Thomas Hopkins 4.55 6.66 11.21 54 Samuel Humphreys 6.07 5.03 11.10 55 Charles Quaino 5.56 5.00 10.56 56 Mikko Hämäläinen 4.66 5.30 9.96 57 Otto Suhonen 3.97 5.90 9.87 58 Väinö Karonen 4.90 4.80 9.70 59 Aarne Roine 4.33 4.80 9.13 60 Eevert Kerttula 4.33 4.46 8.79 61 Jaakko Kunnas 4.43 4.23 8.66 62 Eetu Kostamo 3.83 4.80 8.63 63 Mathias Erang 4.39 4.00 8.39 64 Akseli Roine 3.20 4.87 8.07 65 Jacques Palzer 2.40 5.00 7.40 66 Albert Neumann 3.00 4.00 7.00 67 Émile Munhofen 2.80 3.80 6.60 68 Mathias Weishaupt 2.52 4.00 6.52 69 Pierre Tolar 2.40 3.50 5.90 70 Théo Jeitz 2.40 3.00 5.40 — Stanislav Indruch Josef Kos

References

Official Olympic Report