Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held at the Baths of Caracalla from 5 to 7 September. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event.[1] There were 130 competitors from 28 nations.[2] Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to two individual gymnasts. The event was won by Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union, the nation's third consecutive victory in the event, putting the Soviets second all-time to that point (behind Italy's four). Takashi Ono of Japan and Yuri Titov of the Soviet Union repeated as silver and bronze medalists, respectively; they were the fifth and sixth men to earn multiple medals in the event.

Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Gold medalist Boris Shakhlin during the pommel horse segment
VenueBaths of Caracalla
Dates5–7 September
Competitors130 from 27 nations
Winning score115.95
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Boris Shakhlin
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Takashi Ono
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Yuri Titov
 Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

Background

This was the 13th 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.[2]

Six of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1956 Games returned: silver medalist Takashi Ono, fourth-place finisher Masao Takemoto, and tenth-place finisher Nobuyuki Aihara of Japan and bronze medalist Yury Titov, seventh-place finisher Albert Azaryan, and eighth-place finisher Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union. Shakhlin was the reigning (1958) World Champion, with Ono and Titov finishing second and third.[2]

Morocco, South Korea, and the United Arab Republic each made their debut in the event. France and Italy both made their 11th 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 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 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 Central European Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 5 September 19608:00
17:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Wednesday, 7 September 19608:00
17:00
Preliminary: Voluntary

Results

RankGymnastNationApparatus resultsTotal
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Boris Shakhlin  Soviet Union18.95719.50219.35119.20319.40119.553115.95
Takashi Ono  Japan19.00419.45319.15419.30119.40119.601115.90
Yury Titov  Soviet Union19.25219.45419.20319.00519.20619.504115.60
4Shuji Tsurumi  Japan18.851319.20919.10619.00519.15819.258114.55
5Yukio Endo  Japan18.901019.001218.851019.05419.20619.456114.45
Masao Takemoto  Japan18.801419.25818.602619.00519.25419.552114.45
7Nobuyuki Aihara  Japan19.30119.40518.602618.85919.25419.0013114.40
8Miroslav Cerar  Yugoslavia18.751719.051119.05718.751319.15819.504114.25
9Takashi Mitsukuri  Japan19.00419.001219.15418.95818.801919.209114.10
10Franco Menichelli  Italy19.05319.30718.652318.85919.15818.8020113.80
11Albert Azaryan  Soviet Union18.552419.75118.553018.701418.354619.456113.35
12Vladimir Portnoy  Soviet Union18.95719.001218.701819.25218.404219.0013113.30
13Nikolai Miligulo  Soviet Union18.801419.001218.851018.801218.752318.8517113.05
14Giovanni Carminucci  Italy18.502618.404618.553018.85919.35318.6528112.30
15Ferdinand Daniš  Czechoslovakia18.701918.802118.304218.352818.801919.1511112.10
16Otto Kestola  Finland18.751718.901918.155118.104619.001419.1012112.00
17Valery Kerdemelidi  Soviet Union18.801419.20918.801218.601617.359719.209111.95
18Jaroslav Šťastný  Czechoslovakia19.00417.957718.801218.452018.404218.9016111.50
Josy Stoffel  Luxembourg18.254618.553918.701818.452018.702618.8517111.50
20Velik Kapsazov  Bulgaria18.254619.35618.304217.955818.603118.7026111.15
21Ernst Fivian  Switzerland18.95718.007318.155118.452019.051318.4542111.05
Larry Banner  United States18.303918.802119.00818.352818.106018.5038111.05
23Jaroslav Bím  Czechoslovakia18.156018.603618.503318.203918.801918.7522111.00
24Angelo Vicardi  Italy18.453018.205918.652318.651518.652918.3054110.90
25Jack Beckner  United States18.353518.255518.701818.104618.702618.7522110.85
26Günter Lyhs  United Team of Germany18.552418.553917.906518.402618.851818.5533110.80
27Don Tonry  United States18.502618.205918.602618.452018.453718.5533110.75
28Siegfried Fülle  United Team of Germany18.901018.802118.254618.253418.056618.3550110.60
Pavel Gajdoš  Czechoslovakia18.353518.305218.701818.452018.255218.5533110.60
30Eugen Ekman  Finland18.106218.156619.25217.558918.652918.7522110.45
31Pasquale Carminucci  Italy18.303918.802118.354018.253418.354618.3550110.40
32Lajos Varga  Hungary18.205218.752518.055718.253418.702618.4046110.35
33Josef Trmal  Czechoslovakia18.453018.951618.304218.402618.106018.0565110.25
Olavi Leimuvirta  Finland18.106218.305218.204818.154318.951618.5533110.25
35Rajmund Csányi  Hungary18.205218.703018.005918.253418.155618.8020110.10
36Abie Grossfeld  United States18.303918.752517.757617.856318.453718.9515110.05
37Max Benker  Switzerland18.006918.057118.204818.352819.001418.4046110.00
38Orlando Polmonari  Italy18.106218.305218.801218.005218.205418.5533109.95
39Alojz Petrovič  Yugoslavia18.106218.553918.304218.253418.354618.3550109.90
40Kauko Heikkinen  Finland18.453017.907919.00817.658118.453718.4046109.85
Fritz Feuz  Switzerland18.205218.205918.602618.154319.15817.5587109.85
42Åge Storhaug  Norway18.453018.205918.751517.558918.453718.2059109.60
Raimo Heinonen  Finland17.957118.106918.254617.806818.752318.7522109.60
44Fred Orlofsky  United States17.907518.603618.503318.551718.453717.4591109.45
45Sakari Olkkonen  Finland17.907518.653418.453618.055118.404217.9572109.40
46Andrzej Konopka  Poland18.502618.454317.956217.459318.354618.5038109.20
47Hans Schwarzentruber  Switzerland18.254618.454318.005918.104618.603117.7581109.15
André Brüllmann  Switzerland17.957118.007318.105417.756918.901718.4542109.15
49Rudolf Keszthelyi  Hungary18.602218.454317.856918.005218.205418.0070109.10
50Erwin Koppe  United Team of Germany18.303918.951617.158617.658118.553518.4542109.05
Bernard Fauqueux  France18.254618.354917.906518.005218.155618.4046109.05
Gianfranco Marzolla  Italy18.056618.703018.751518.203917.459217.9076109.05
53Gar O'Quinn  United States18.303917.608818.751517.906118.305018.1561109.00
54Ladislav Pazdera  Czechoslovakia18.353518.404618.204817.558918.056618.3054108.85
55Nik Stuart  Great Britain17.957118.752518.155117.707318.006918.2556108.80
56Alfred Kucharczyk  Poland18.701917.608817.956217.955818.255218.2556108.70
Ivan Čaklec  Yugoslavia18.502617.359418.652318.104617.508718.6031108.70
Nikola Prodanov  Bulgaria18.353518.156617.508018.551717.807818.3550108.70
59Günter Nachtigall  United Team of Germany18.303918.553918.354018.303317.409617.7581108.65
60Ernest Hawełek  Poland18.056618.255517.956218.005217.807818.5038108.55
61Jerzy Jokiel  Poland18.901018.007317.807318.005218.106017.6584108.45
Stig Lindewall  Sweden18.254618.653417.807317.658118.305017.8080108.45
63Edy Thomi  Switzerland18.205216.9010518.553017.658118.603118.4542108.35
64Stoyan Stoyanov  Bulgaria17.757918.752515.8510418.352818.801918.7026108.20
65Lyuben Khristov  Bulgaria17.359218.205917.856918.154318.106018.5038108.15
66Milenko Lekić  Yugoslavia18.205218.057117.856917.906117.957018.1064108.05
67Karlheinz Friedrich  United Team of Germany18.006918.354917.009118.203917.857418.6031108.00
68Mohamed Lazhari  France18.254617.459218.105417.1510118.106018.6528107.70
69Todor Bachvarov  Bulgaria17.757918.354918.005916.9010618.404218.2059107.60
70Armand Huberty  Luxembourg17.558618.106917.308317.856317.907218.8517107.55
71Marsel Markulin  Yugoslavia18.403418.205917.258517.856317.807817.9572107.45
72Józef Rajnisz  Poland17.359218.703018.503317.707317.059918.0565107.35
73Kurt Wigartz  Sweden18.205217.459218.453617.707317.508717.7581107.05
74Aleksander Rokosa  Poland18.205218.603617.508016.5511218.553517.4093106.80
75János Mester  Hungary18.056617.1010218.403817.658117.508718.0565106.75
76Philipp Fürst  United Team of Germany18.602218.951617.906518.203919.15813.85119106.65
77Georgi Khristov  Bulgaria17.807718.752516.0010318.005217.857417.8578106.25
Robert Caymaris  France18.156017.309517.358217.856317.708217.9076106.25
79Hans Sauter  Austria17.009917.907917.906517.707317.658317.9572106.10
80Géza Bejek  Hungary17.658117.608817.856917.756917.857417.0099105.70
81Jean Jaillard  France17.259616.6511318.403817.707317.508718.1561105.65
82Bo Wirhed  Sweden17.458917.957718.105418.452016.4510617.2098105.60
83Michel Mathiot  France17.508816.5511517.707716.7511018.155618.6528105.30
84Sándor Békési  Hungary18.303917.509117.607818.352818.056615.45112105.25
85Richard Montpetit  Canada17.658117.259817.158617.707318.106017.3596105.20
86Ismail Abdallah  United Arab Republic16.7510418.205915.4010817.955818.603118.0070104.90
87Dragan Gagić  Yugoslavia18.205217.907918.701817.2010016.0511016.65103104.70
88Kim Sang-guk  South Korea17.807718.404615.2010917.658117.957017.5587104.55
89Ahmed Goneim  United Arab Republic16.7010817.808517.108917.856317.508717.5587104.50
90Johann König  Austria17.109817.2010017.308317.459317.059918.2556104.35
91Leif Koorn  Sweden17.658118.852018.055717.756915.5011316.50104104.30
92William Thoresson  Sweden18.652116.8010717.108918.501916.7010415.90109103.65
93Daniel Touche  France17.957117.858316.759215.1012217.907218.0565103.60
94Hermann Klien  Austria16.8510216.8010717.607816.9010617.857417.5090103.50
95Jaime Belenguer  Spain16.7010817.309517.807316.4511418.155616.90100103.30
96Ahmed Dakkeli  United Arab Republic17.259618.255515.0511016.8510817.608518.1561103.15
97Michel Kiesgen  Luxembourg15.8012218.156616.509716.6511117.0010117.8578101.95
98Emilio Lecuona  Spain16.3511418.255516.559617.409516.1010717.2597101.90
99Dick Gradley  Great Britain17.608517.858316.3510015.0512317.459217.4591101.75
100Marcel Coppin  Luxembourg16.9010116.7011115.5010717.608717.259817.6086101.55
101Abdel Vares Sharraf  United Arab Republic16.5011318.703016.659517.409515.9511116.30106101.50
102Jack Pancott  Great Britain17.658117.309516.409917.359817.459215.00116101.15
103Ramón García  Spain16.7510417.808516.1010216.4011516.9510216.70102100.70
104Willi Kafel  Austria17.558616.7011116.759217.756914.4512017.4093100.60
105Jean Cronstedt  Sweden17.309517.658716.509715.0512316.1010717.6584100.25
106Enrique Montserrat  Spain15.4512417.907915.8010517.707317.459215.2511399.55
107Luis Valbuena  Spain17.458918.007317.158617.707317.558611.0512298.90
108René Marteaux  Belgium16.2511717.259815.0511017.608717.658315.0511598.85
109Selim El-Sayed  United Arab Republic16.7010816.1511714.3511617.558917.758116.2510798.75
110Ahmed Issam Allam  United Arab Republic16.8010316.7511012.7012016.3011718.752317.409398.70
111Gerhard Huber  Austria16.3011617.1510116.3510017.1010216.1010715.6511098.65
112John Mulhall  Great Britain16.3511416.6511314.7011317.0510416.9510215.9510897.65
113Benjamin de Roo  Australia16.7510416.8510614.1511716.3511616.5010515.6511096.25
114Ken Buffin  Great Britain15.0512515.7511814.4011517.359815.1511817.957295.65
115Graham Bond  Australia16.2011817.1010214.0011814.6512515.4511518.056595.45
116Juan Caviglia  Argentina17.359215.4011914.5011416.3011714.1012216.5010494.15
117Léopold Desmet  Belgium16.5511116.9510412.4012117.409515.8511214.1511893.30
118Armando Valles  Mexico16.1012016.8010716.759215.5512115.0511911.8012192.05
119Hubert Erang  Luxembourg16.7510414.7512114.8511217.1010215.3011613.1012091.85
120Hermenegildo Candeias  Portugal16.5511116.2011615.651068.7512915.3011615.2011487.65
121François Eisenbarth  Luxembourg13.9512715.2512012.7511916.2011914.2012114.7511787.10
122Anton Hertl  Austria17.00997.501286.7012816.5011315.5011316.7510179.95
123Mohamed Sekkat  Morocco16.1511913.3512210.3512214.4512614.1012210.4512478.85
124Ahmed Fellat  Morocco15.601238.751259.5012315.6512010.4012410.8012370.70
125Miloud M'Sellek  Morocco12.1512812.201237.0012716.801099.501267.3512765.00
126Abdesselem Regragui  Morocco14.101267.501288.7512512.7512710.251259.1512562.50
127Darif Tanjaoui  Morocco15.951218.201279.0512411.501289.251276.0012959.95
128Peter Starling  Great Britain7.951298.501268.6512617.001057.951287.6512657.70
129Hermenegildo Martínez  Spain17.40919.3512418.10466.4012851.25
130Kacem Klifa  Morocco2.501294.001306.50

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