The men's parallel bars 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 Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's parallel bars (tying Germany for second-most all-time). Giovanni Carminucci earned Italy's first medal in the event since 1932 with his silver. Takashi Ono of Japan took bronze for a second consecutive Games, making him the fourth man to win multiple medals in the event.

The 1960 gymnastics competitions introduced apparatus finals, with the all-around competition serving as a qualifying round for the parallel bars 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). Seven of the top 12 (including ties for 8th) gymnasts from 1956 returned: bronze medalists Takashi Ono and Masao Takemoto of Japan, fifth-place finisher Albert Azaryan of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher Nobuyuki Aihara of Japan, and eighth-place finishers Yury Titov and Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union and Olavi Leimuvirta of Finland. Shakhlin had won the 1958 world championship, with Ono the runner-up.

Morocco and South Korea each made their debut in the men's parallel bars; 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 9.70 9.70 19.40 9.700 9.700 19.400 9.60 9.75 19.35 9.675 9.700 19.375 9.80 9.60 19.40 9.700 9.650 19.350 4 9.60 9.65 19.25 9.625 9.650 19.275 5 9.65 9.55 19.20 9.600 9.600 19.200 6 9.70 9.55 19.25 9.625 9.500 19.125 7 9.70 9.50 19.20 did not advance 8 9.55 9.60 19.15 did not advance 9.55 9.60 19.15 did not advance 9.45 9.70 19.15 did not advance 9.60 9.55 19.15 did not advance 9.60 9.55 19.15 did not advance 13 9.45 9.60 19.05 did not advance 14 9.55 9.45 19.00 did not advance 9.50 9.50 19.00 did not advance 16 9.40 9.55 18.95 did not advance 17 9.45 9.45 18.90 did not advance 18 9.35 9.50 18.85 did not advance 19 9.65 9.15 18.80 did not advance 9.35 9.45 18.80 did not advance 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance 9.45 9.35 18.80 did not advance 23 9.45 9.30 18.75 did not advance 9.25 9.50 18.75 did not advance 9.40 9.35 18.75 did not advance 26 9.35 9.35 18.70 did not advance 9.40 9.30 18.70 did not advance 9.45 9.25 18.70 did not advance 29 9.10 9.55 18.65 did not advance 9.25 9.40 18.65 did not advance 31 9.30 9.30 18.60 did not advance 9.25 9.35 18.60 did not advance 9.30 9.30 18.60 did not advance 9.20 9.40 18.60 did not advance 35 9.20 9.35 18.55 did not advance 9.20 9.35 18.55 did not advance 37 9.25 9.20 18.45 did not advance 9.30 9.15 18.45 did not advance 9.05 9.40 18.45 did not advance 9.30 9.15 18.45 did not advance 9.15 9.30 18.45 did not advance 42 9.40 9.00 18.40 did not advance 8.90 9.50 18.40 did not advance 9.05 9.35 18.40 did not advance 9.35 9.05 18.40 did not advance 46 9.25 9.10 18.35 did not advance 9.15 9.20 18.35 did not advance 9.20 9.15 18.35 did not advance 9.10 9.25 18.35 did not advance 50 9.05 9.25 18.30 did not advance 9.15 9.15 18.30 did not advance 52 9.25 9.00 18.25 did not advance 8.95 9.30 18.25 did not advance 54 9.30 8.90 18.20 did not advance 9.00 9.20 18.20 did not advance 56 9.45 8.70 18.15 did not advance 9.15 9.00 18.15 did not advance 9.30 8.85 18.15 did not advance 8.95 9.20 18.15 did not advance 60 9.00 9.10 18.10 did not advance 9.10 9.00 18.10 did not advance 9.20 8.90 18.10 did not advance 9.10 9.00 18.10 did not advance 9.40 8.70 18.10 did not advance 9.05 9.05 18.10 did not advance 66 9.00 9.05 18.05 did not advance 9.25 8.80 18.05 did not advance 8.95 9.10 18.05 did not advance 69 9.10 8.90 18.00 did not advance 70 8.95 9.00 17.95 did not advance 9.00 8.95 17.95 did not advance 72 8.85 9.05 17.90 did not advance 8.90 9.00 17.90 did not advance 74 8.85 9.00 17.85 did not advance 8.85 9.00 17.85 did not advance 8.95 8.90 17.85 did not advance 8.90 8.95 17.85 did not advance 78 8.80 9.00 17.80 did not advance 8.80 9.00 17.80 did not advance 8.65 9.15 17.80 did not advance 81 8.75 9.00 17.75 did not advance 82 9.35 8.35 17.70 did not advance 83 8.85 8.80 17.65 did not advance 8.75 8.90 17.65 did not advance 85 8.75 8.85 17.60 did not advance 86 8.40 9.15 17.55 did not advance 87 8.05 9.45 17.50 did not advance 8.50 9.00 17.50 did not advance 8.75 8.75 17.50 did not advance 8.75 8.75 17.50 did not advance 9.00 8.50 17.50 did not advance 92 8.20 9.25 17.45 did not advance 8.35 9.10 17.45 did not advance 8.70 8.75 17.45 did not advance 8.65 8.80 17.45 did not advance 96 8.05 9.35 17.40 did not advance 97 9.45 7.90 17.35 did not advance 98 8.45 8.80 17.25 did not advance 99 8.00 9.05 17.05 did not advance 8.25 8.80 17.05 did not advance 101 8.00 9.00 17.00 did not advance 102 8.20 8.75 16.95 did not advance 8.45 8.50 16.95 did not advance 104 7.50 9.20 16.70 did not advance 105 8.15 8.35 16.50 did not advance 106 7.50 8.95 16.45 did not advance 107 7.70 8.40 16.10 did not advance 7.00 9.10 16.10 did not advance 8.05 8.05 16.10 did not advance 110 7.80 8.25 16.05 did not advance 111 7.05 8.90 15.95 did not advance 112 8.15 7.70 15.85 did not advance 113 6.65 8.85 15.50 did not advance 6.90 8.60 15.50 did not advance 115 7.95 7.50 15.45 did not advance 116 6.65 8.65 15.30 did not advance 6.80 8.50 15.30 did not advance 118 7.85 7.30 15.15 did not advance 119 7.20 7.85 15.05 did not advance 120 7.65 6.80 14.45 did not advance 121 6.40 7.80 14.20 did not advance 122 7.10 7.00 14.10 did not advance 6.00 8.10 14.10 did not advance 124 3.50 6.90 10.40 did not advance 125 4.50 5.75 10.25 did not advance 126 4.00 5.50 9.50 did not advance 127 3.00 6.25 9.25 did not advance 128 7.95 — 7.95 did not advance 129 — 2.50 2.50 did not advance

References

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