Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was one of seven gymnastics events for men, and it was contested for the fourth time after 1896, 1904, and 1924. Scores from the rings event were added to the results from other individual apparatus events to give aggregate scores for the individual and team all-around events. Eighty-eight gymnasts from eleven nations competed, with each nation having a team of 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, the nation's first medal in the rings event. For the second consecutive Games, Czechoslovak gymnasts took both silver and bronze: Ladislav Vácha finished second and Emanuel Löffler is credited with a third-place finish. Vácha, the bronze medalist in 1924, was the first man to win multiple medals in the event.

Bronze Medal Computations

Löffler's bronze medal may be the result of a math error. His scores in the compulsory and voluntary exercises were 27.25 and 28.25, respectively, which would result in a total score of 55.50.Official Report, p. 651. This score is consistent with the individual all-around and team all-around scores for Löffler and Czechoslovakia.Official Report, p. 668. However, his total score is listed as 56.50 instead in the Official Report for the rings apparatus.Official Report, p. 660. A score of 55.50 would have placed Löffler fourth in the rings, behind Italy's Romeo Neri at 56.00.

Background

This was the fourth 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 10 gymnasts from 1924 returned: bronze medalist Ladislav Vácha of Czechoslovakia, fourth-place finisher Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, fifth-place finisher Bedřich Šupčík of Czechoslovakia, seventh-place finisher Jan Koutný of Czechoslovakia, eighth-place finisher Ferdinando Mandrini of Italy, and ninth-place finisher Vittorio Lucchetti of Italy. The 1926 world championship podium had Štukelj (who had also won in 1922), Vácha, and Šupčík atop it, in that order.

The Netherlands made its debut in the men's rings. Hungary competed for the first time since 1896. The other nine nations had all competed in 1924. The United States made its third appearance, more than any other nation.

Competition format

Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. The maximum score for each exercise was 30 points. The rings were one of the apparatuses used in the individual and team all-around scores. It accounted for of the score.Official Report, p. 646.

Schedule

Date Time Round Wednesday, 8 August 1928 Final

Results

Source: Official results; De Wael

RankGymnastNationScore Leon Štukelj 57.75 Ladislav Vácha 57.50 Emanuel Löffler 56.50 4 Romeo Neri 56.00 5 Mauri Nyberg-Noroma 55.00 6 Bedřich Šupčík 54.75 7 Paul Krempel 54.50 8 Jan Gajdoš 54.25 Georges Miez 54.25 Armand Solbach 54.25 11 Edvard Antonijevič 54.00 12 Heikki Savolainen 53.75 13 Janez Porenta 53.25 14 Vittorio Lucchetti 53.00 15 Al Jochim 52.75 Anton Malej 52.75 Václav Veselý 52.75 18 Jan Koutný 52.50 Eugen Mack 52.50 Josip Primožič 52.50 Martti Uosikkinen 52.50 22 Josef Effenberger 52.00 23 Melchior Wezel 51.75 24 Mario Lertora 51.50 25 Alfred Krauss 51.25 26 André Lemoine 50.75 Edi Steinemann 50.75 28 Giuseppe Lupi 50.50 Ezio Roselli 50.50 30 Giuseppe Paris 50.25 István Pelle 50.25 32 Jaakko Kunnas 50.00 33 Antoine Chatelaine 49.75 Urho Korhonen 49.75 Ferdinando Mandrini 49.75 36 Hermann Hänggi 49.50 37 Dragutin Cioti 49.25 Boris Gregorka 49.25 39 Rezső Kende 49.00 Stane Derganc 49.00 41 Elias Melkman 48.75 Étienne Schmitt 48.75 Ladislav Tikal 48.75 44 August Güttinger 48.50 Mario Tambini 48.50 46 Jean Larrouy 48.00 47 Glenn Berry 47.75 Jean Gounot 47.75 49 Hans Grieder 47.50 Georges Leroux 47.50 Nic Roeser 47.50 52 Otto Pfister 47.25 53 Mathias Logelin 47.00 54 Fränz Zouang 46.75 55 Mozes Jacobs 46.00 56 Rafael Ylönen 45.00 57 Miklós Péter 44.75 58 Frank Haubold 44.50 Josy Staudt 44.50 60 Birger Stenman 43.00 61 Herman Witzig 42.75 62 Kalervo Kinos 42.50 Gyula Kunszt 42.50 Harold Newhart 42.50 65 Edouard Grethen 42.25 66 Jean-Pierre Urbing 41.75 67 Arthur Whitford 41.50 68 John Pearson 41.25 69 Mathias Erang 40.25 70 Elemér Pászti 40.00 Willibrordus Pouw 40.00 72 Albert Neumann 39.75 Israel Wijnschenk 39.75 74 Bart Cronin 39.25 Frank Kriz 39.25 76 József Szalai 39.00 77 Pieter van Dam 38.25 E. W. Warren 38.25 79 Jacobus van der Vinden 37.25 80 Géza Tóth 36.25 81 Klaas Boot 36.00 82 E. A. Walton 35.50 83 T. B. Parkinson 34.50 84 Henry Finchett 34.25 85 Samuel Humphreys 33.75 86 Hugo Licher 32.75 87 G. C. Raynes 31.25 — Imre Erdődy

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