The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 129 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts. The event was won by Albert Azaryan of the Soviet Union, the first man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the rings. Boris Shakhlin took silver, making it the third consecutive Games the Soviets finished in the top two. Takashi Ono tied with Velik Kapsazov for bronze, giving Japan its second consecutive Games with at least one bronze medal (there had been a tie for third in 1956 as well, between two Japanese gymnasts that time) and Bulgaria its first medal in the rings.

The 1960 gymnastics competitions introduced apparatus finals, with the all-around competition serving as a qualifying round for the rings final.

Background

This was the 10th 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). Six of the top 11 (including ties for 10th) gymnasts from 1956 returned: gold medalist Albert Azaryan and tenth-place finisher Yury Titov of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist Masao Takemoto and fifth-place finishers Takashi Ono and Nobuyuki Aihara of Japan, and ninth-place finisher Ferdinand Daniš of Czechoslovakia. Azaryan, Aihara, and Titov had comprised the podium in the 1958 world championships.

Morocco and South Korea each made their debut in the men's rings; the short-lived United Arab Republic made its only appearance. The United States made its ninth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

The gymnastics all-around events continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to two individual gymnasts. 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 new 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 129th. For the apparatus finals, the all-around score for that apparatus was multiplied by one-half then added to the final round exercise score to give a final total.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, with the final total apparatus score from 0 to 20.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round Monday, 5 September 1960 8:0017:00 Preliminary: Compulsory Wednesday, 7 September 1960 8:0017:00 Preliminary: Voluntary Saturday, 10 September 1960 15:00 Final

Results

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final Compulsory Voluntary Total Prelim. Final Total 9.85 9.90 19.75 9.875 9.850 19.725 9.70 9.80 19.50 9.750 9.750 19.500 9.65 9.70 19.35 9.675 9.750 19.425 9.75 9.70 19.45 9.725 9.700 19.425 5 9.65 9.75 19.40 9.700 9.700 19.400 6 9.70 9.75 19.45 9.725 9.550 19.275 7 9.55 9.75 19.30 did not advance 8 9.60 9.65 19.25 did not advance 9 9.60 9.60 19.20 did not advance 9.60 9.60 19.20 did not advance 11 9.45 9.60 19.05 did not advance 12 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance 9.60 9.40 19.00 did not advance 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance 9.45 9.55 19.00 did not advance 16 9.55 9.40 18.95 did not advance 9.50 9.45 18.95 did not advance 9.45 9.50 18.95 did not advance 19 9.40 9.50 18.90 did not advance 20 9.50 9.35 18.85 did not advance 21 9.50 9.30 18.80 did not advance 9.35 9.45 18.80 did not advance 9.30 9.50 18.80 did not advance 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance 25 9.35 9.40 18.75 did not advance 9.40 9.35 18.75 did not advance 9.35 9.40 18.75 did not advance 9.40 9.35 18.75 did not advance 9.25 9.50 18.75 did not advance 30 9.15 9.55 18.70 did not advance 9.35 9.35 18.70 did not advance 9.25 9.45 18.70 did not advance 9.40 9.30 18.70 did not advance 34 9.20 9.45 18.65 did not advance 9.35 9.30 18.65 did not advance 36 9.30 9.30 18.60 did not advance 9.45 9.15 18.60 did not advance 9.45 9.15 18.60 did not advance 39 9.15 9.40 18.55 did not advance 9.35 9.20 18.55 did not advance 9.20 9.35 18.55 did not advance 9.40 9.15 18.55 did not advance 43 9.10 9.35 18.45 did not advance 9.25 9.20 18.45 did not advance 9.25 9.20 18.45 did not advance 46 8.90 9.50 18.40 did not advance 9.10 9.30 18.40 did not advance 9.15 9.25 18.40 did not advance 49 9.25 9.10 18.35 did not advance 9.15 9.20 18.35 did not advance 9.05 9.30 18.35 did not advance 52 9.00 9.30 18.30 did not advance 8.90 9.40 18.30 did not advance 9.25 9.05 18.30 did not advance 55 9.10 9.15 18.25 did not advance 9.20 9.05 18.25 did not advance 9.05 9.20 18.25 did not advance 9.15 9.10 18.25 did not advance 59 8.95 9.25 18.20 did not advance 8.80 9.40 18.20 did not advance 9.20 9.00 18.20 did not advance 9.00 9.20 18.20 did not advance 9.20 9.00 18.20 did not advance 9.10 9.10 18.20 did not advance 9.10 9.10 18.20 did not advance 66 8.90 9.25 18.15 did not advance 9.20 8.95 18.15 did not advance 8.90 9.25 18.15 did not advance 69 9.05 9.05 18.10 did not advance 8.95 9.15 18.10 did not advance 71 8.75 9.30 18.05 did not advance 9.10 8.95 18.05 did not advance 73 8.65 9.35 18.00 did not advance 9.20 8.80 18.00 did not advance 8.95 9.05 18.00 did not advance 8.70 9.30 18.00 did not advance 77 8.80 9.15 17.95 did not advance 8.90 9.05 17.95 did not advance 79 9.15 8.75 17.90 did not advance 8.65 9.25 17.90 did not advance 8.95 8.95 17.90 did not advance 8.80 9.10 17.90 did not advance 83 8.90 8.95 17.85 did not advance 8.65 9.20 17.85 did not advance 85 8.60 9.20 17.80 did not advance 8.75 9.05 17.80 did not advance 87 8.85 8.80 17.65 did not advance 88 9.40 8.20 17.60 did not advance 9.10 8.50 17.60 did not advance 8.85 8.75 17.60 did not advance 91 8.75 8.75 17.50 did not advance 92 8.60 8.85 17.45 did not advance 8.55 8.90 17.45 did not advance 94 8.40 8.95 17.35 did not advance 95 9.10 8.20 17.30 did not advance 8.10 9.20 17.30 did not advance 8.50 8.80 17.30 did not advance 98 8.90 8.35 17.25 did not advance 8.65 8.60 17.25 did not advance 100 8.60 8.60 17.20 did not advance 101 8.35 8.80 17.15 did not advance 102 8.15 8.95 17.10 did not advance 8.60 8.50 17.10 did not advance 104 8.30 8.65 16.95 did not advance 105 8.15 8.75 16.90 did not advance 106 8.40 8.45 16.85 did not advance 107 8.05 8.75 16.80 did not advance 8.25 8.55 16.80 did not advance 8.55 8.25 16.80 did not advance 110 8.75 8.00 16.75 did not advance 111 8.20 8.50 16.70 did not advance 8.05 8.65 16.70 did not advance 113 8.00 8.65 16.65 did not advance 8.15 8.50 16.65 did not advance 115 7.85 8.70 16.55 did not advance 116 7.95 8.25 16.20 did not advance 117 8.55 7.60 16.15 did not advance 118 7.75 8.00 15.75 did not advance 119 7.20 8.20 15.40 did not advance 120 7.45 7.80 15.25 did not advance 121 6.75 8.00 14.75 did not advance 122 6.10 7.25 13.35 did not advance 123 5.80 6.40 12.20 did not advance 124 0.00 9.35 9.35 did not advance 125 4.00 4.75 8.75 did not advance 126 8.50 — 8.50 did not advance 127 4.20 4.00 8.20 did not advance 128 3.50 4.00 7.50 did not advance 7.50 — 7.50 did not advance

References

Official Olympic Report www.gymnasticsresults.com www.gymn-forum.net