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Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

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Men's vault
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
German team
VenueWaldbühne
Date10 August
Competitors110 from 14 nations
Winning score19.200
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alfred Schwarzmann  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eugen Mack  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthias Volz  Germany
← 1932
1948 →

The men's vault (or "horse vault" or "long horse") competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held at the Waldbühne on 10 August. It was the sixth appearance of the event.[1][2] There were 110 competitors from 14 nations, with each nation sending a team of up to 8 men.[3] The event was won by Alfred Schwarzmann of Germany, the nation's first victory in the event since 1896 and second overall. Eugen Mack of Switzerland earned silver, the first man to win multiple medals in the event (he had won gold in 1928). Another member of the host German team, Matthias Volz, took bronze.

Background

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This was the sixth 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). Four of the 10 gymnasts from 1932 returned: gold medalist Savino Guglielmetti of Italy, silver medalist Al Jochim of the United States, fourth-place finisher Einari Teräsvirta of Finland, sixth-place finisher István Pelle of Hungary, seventh-place finisher Miklós Péter of Hungary, and tenth-place finisher Heikki Savolainen of Finland. Also returning was 1928 gold medalist Eugen Mack of Switzerland, who had also won the first world championship in the apparatus in 1934. Alfred Schwarzmann of host Germany was among the favorites as well.[3]

Austria, Japan, and Romania each made their debut in the men's vault. The United States made its fifth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

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The gymnastics format returned to the aggregation format used in 1928 but not in 1932. The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004). Each nation entered a team of eight gymnasts (Bulgaria had only 7). All entrants in the gymnastics competitions (Neri of Italy did not compete in the vault) performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise, with the scores summed to give a final total. Two vaults were done for each, with the better score counted. The scores in the vault were added to the other apparatus scores to give individual all-around scores; the top six individual scores on each team were summed to give a team all-around score. No separate finals were contested.[4]

The compulsory vault was described in the Official Report:

With a running start and support upon croup; stoop vault. The body was pushed off vigorously; at first the legs were squatted, but soon straightened. During the flight the body was straightened out vigorously. Landing with knees bent half deep and arms raised sideward, knees straightened and arms lowered to fundamental position.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Monday, 10 August 1936 7:00 Final

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alfred Schwarzmann  Germany 9.433 9.767 19.200
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eugen Mack  Switzerland 9.267 9.700 18.967
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthias Volz  Germany 8.967 9.500 18.467
4 Walter Bach  Switzerland 9.233 9.167 18.400
5 Walter Beck  Switzerland 8.700 9.667 18.367
6 Martti Uosikkinen  Finland 9.167 9.133 18.300
7 Michael Reusch  Switzerland 8.833 9.433 18.266
8 Georges Miez  Switzerland 9.067 9.167 18.234
Josef Walter  Switzerland 8.667 9.567 18.234
10 Eduard Steinemann  Switzerland 9.000 9.200 18.200
11 Konrad Grilc  Yugoslavia 9.200 8.900 18.100
12 Danilo Fioravanti  Italy 8.967 9.100 18.067
13 Savino Guglielmetti  Italy 8.867 9.167 18.034
14 Willi Stadel  Germany 9.100 8.933 18.033
15 Albert Bachmann  Switzerland 8.267 9.700 17.967
16 Miroslav Forte  Yugoslavia 9.067 8.867 17.934
17 Ernst Winter  Germany 8.433 9.467 17.900
18 Alois Hudec  Czechoslovakia 8.667 9.200 17.867
19 Innozenz Stangl  Germany 8.367 9.300 17.667
20 Konrad Frey  Germany 8.333 9.333 17.666
21 Joze Vadnov  Yugoslavia 9.067 8.567 17.634
22 Jindrich Tintěra  Czechoslovakia 8.867 8.733 17.600
23 Jan Gajdoš  Czechoslovakia 8.733 8.833 17.566
24 George Wheeler  United States 8.333 9.100 17.433
25 Franz Beckert  Germany 8.333 9.067 17.400
26 Franco Tognini  Italy 8.500 8.867 17.367
27 Jaroslav Kollinger  Czechoslovakia 8.633 8.667 17.300
Neno Mirchev  Bulgaria 8.233 9.067 17.300
29 Walter Steffens  Germany 8.867 8.367 17.234
30 Jan Sládek  Czechoslovakia 8.700 8.533 17.233
31 Jey Kugeler  Luxembourg 8.433 8.767 17.200
Mauri Nyberg-Noroma  Finland 8.600 8.600 17.200
István Sárkány  Hungary 8.700 8.500 17.200
Yoshitaka Takeda  Japan 8.667 8.533 17.200
35 Miklos Péter  Hungary 7.900 9.233 17.133
Josip Primožič  Yugoslavia 8.833 8.300 17.133
37 Esa Seeste  Finland 8.133 8.967 17.100
38 Heikki Savolainen  Finland 8.133 8.867 17.000
39 Karl Pannos  Austria 8.667 8.300 16.967
40 Janez Pristov  Yugoslavia 8.500 8.433 16.933
41 Egidio Armelloni  Italy 8.367 8.533 16.900
42 Vratislav Petráček  Czechoslovakia 8.100 8.700 16.800
43 Bohumil Povejšil  Czechoslovakia 8.833 7.933 16.766
44 Fred Meyer  United States 7.933 8.767 16.700
45 Frank Cumiskey  United States 7.400 9.267 16.667
45 Armand Walter  France 8.000 8.667 16.667
47 Hikoroku Arimoto  Japan 8.500 8.133 16.633
48 Einari Teräsvirta  Finland 8.167 8.367 16.534
49 Georgi Dimitrov  Bulgaria 8.300 8.200 16.500
50 Boris Gregorka  Yugoslavia 8.233 8.200 16.433
Otello Ternelli  Italy 7.800 8.633 16.433
52 Franz Swoboda  Austria 8.200 8.200 16.400
53 Yoshio Miyake  Japan 8.000 8.333 16.333
54 August Sturm  Austria 7.433 8.867 16.300
55 Antoine Schildwein  France 7.900 8.367 16.267
56 Leopold Redl  Austria 7.333 8.800 16.133
57 Ilmari Pakarinen  Finland 7.567 8.533 16.100
58 Jos Romersa  Luxembourg 7.767 8.300 16.067
59 Dokan Sone  Japan 7.933 8.033 15.966
60 Paul Masino  France 8.033 7.900 15.933
Chet Phillips  United States 8.400 7.533 15.933
62 Kiichiro Toyama  Japan 8.000 7.833 15.833
63 Lucien Masset  France 7.567 8.233 15.800
64 István Pelle  Hungary 7.500 8.233 15.733
65 Fujio Kakuta  Japan 7.433 8.167 15.600
66 Emanuel Löffler  Czechoslovakia 7.067 8.500 15.567
67 Eino Tukiainen  Finland 8.633 6.933 15.566
68 Robert Herold  France 7.867 7.667 15.534
69 Francisc Draghici  Romania 7.233 8.233 15.466
70 József Sarlós  Hungary 6.933 8.467 15.400
71 Gábor Kecskeméti  Hungary 7.500 7.867 15.367
72 Gottfried Hermann  Austria 8.933 6.300 15.233
Artie Pitt  United States 7.100 8.133 15.233
74 Maurice Rousseau  France 7.200 8.000 15.200
75 Aleksanteri Saarvala  Finland 7.800 7.367 15.167
76 Kenny Griffin  United States 6.567 8.567 15.134
77 Frank Haubold  United States 6.933 8.100 15.033
Pius Hollenstein  Austria 7.900 7.133 15.033
79 Oreste Capuzzo  Italy 8.633 6.333 14.966
80 Franz Haupert  Luxembourg 7.667 7.233 14.900
81 Dimitrije Merzlikin  Yugoslavia 5.667 9.133 14.800
Armand Solbach  France 8.067 6.733 14.800
83 Ivan Chureshki  Bulgaria 7.933 6.800 14.733
Marcel Leineweber  Luxembourg 6.600 8.133 14.733
85 Nicolo Tronci  Italy 8.100 6.567 14.667
86 Adolf Scheffknecht  Austria 7.167 7.467 14.634
87 Lajos Tóth  Hungary 6.033 8.600 14.633
88 Metty Logelin  Luxembourg 7.000 7.333 14.333
89 Hiroshi Matsunobu  Japan 6.800 7.467 14.267
90 Willy Klein  Luxembourg 7.233 7.000 14.233
91 Jean Aubry  France 7.567 6.500 14.067
92 Leon Štukelj  Yugoslavia 8.233 5.667 13.900
93 Yovcho Khristov  Bulgaria 7.500 6.300 13.800
94 Al Jochim  United States 6.333 7.433 13.766
95 Lyuben Obretenov  Bulgaria 5.833 7.767 13.600
96 Hiroshi Nosaka  Japan 5.333 8.200 13.533
97 József Hegedüs  Hungary 6.833 6.667 13.500
98 Gyözö Mogyorossy  Hungary 8.400 5.000 13.400
99 Pando Sidov  Bulgaria 7.733 4.167 11.900
100 Vasile Moldovan  Romania 6.500 5.167 11.667
101 Robert Pranz  Austria 5.667 4.767 10.434
102 Jos Cillien  Luxembourg 4.667 4.400 9.067
103 Iosif Matusec  Romania 5.000 4.000 9.000
104 Remus Ludu  Romania 4.333 4.200 8.533
105 Mathias Erang  Luxembourg 4.333 4.000 8.333
106 Alexandru Dan  Romania 4.833 3.333 8.166
107 Ion Albert  Romania 2.900 5.200 8.100
108 Ivan Stoychev  Bulgaria 4.733 2.467 7.200
109 Andrei Abraham  Romania 1.867 4.533 6.400
110 Iohan Schmidt  Romania 1.500 4.133 5.633

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics: 1936 Olympic Results - Men's horse vault". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ^ Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 846.