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Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Umm al-Quwain stamp depicting gold medalist Sawao Kato on the pommel horse
VenueOlympiahalle
Dates27–30 August
Competitors113 from 26 nations
Winning score114.650
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sawao Kato
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eizo Kenmotsu
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
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Gymnastics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen

The men's individual all-around competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The qualification and final rounds took place on 27, 29 and 30 August at the Sports Hall.[1] There were 113 competitors from 26 nations.[2] Each nation could send a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 3 individual gymnasts. The event was won by Sawao Kato of Japan, the third man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the event; it was Japan's third consecutive victory in the event (matching the Soviet Union for second-most at that point after Italy's four). The Japanese gymnasts swept the medals, with Eizo Kenmotsu earning silver and Akinori Nakayama. Kato and Nakayama, who had also taken bronze in 1968, were the eighth and ninth men to win multiple medals overall in the event. It was the first medal sweep in the event since France did it in the first edition in 1900. This broke the Soviet Union's five-Games medal streak, with their best gymnast (Nikolai Andrianov) finishing fourth.

Background

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This was the 16th 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]

Five of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1968 Games returned: gold medalist Sawao Kato of Japan, silver medalist Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist Akinori Nakayama of Japan, fourth-place finisher Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan, and seventh-place finisher Viktor Klimenko of the Soviet Union. Kenmotsu was the reigning (1970) World Champion, with teammates Mitsuo Tsukahara and Nakayama finishing second and third.[2]

Liechtenstein, New Zealand, and North Korea each made their debut in the event. France and Italy both made their 14th appearance, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

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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 preliminary score. (One gymnast who entered the all-around competition did not perform on the vault.) Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final, with the top 36 gymnasts advancing to the individual all-around final. There, each of the finalists performed another exercise on each apparatus. The sum of these scores plus half of the preliminary score resulted in a final total.

Each exercise was scored from 0 to 10; thus, the preliminary apparatus scores ranged from 0 to 20 each and the total preliminary score from 0 to 120. With half of the preliminary score and six more exercises scored 0 to 10, the final total was also from 0 to 120.

The preliminary exercise scores were also used for qualification for the 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 111th.[2][3]

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 August 1972 11:15
19:00		 Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 29 August 1972 10:00
18:00		 Preliminary: Voluntary
Wednesday, 30 August 1972 20:00 Final

Results

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One-hundred thirteen gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on 27 and 29 August. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on 30 August. There was no limit as to how many competitors each country could have in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes each gymnast's "prelim" score.

Rank Gymnast Nation Prelim 1⁄2
Prelim 		Floor Pommel
horse 		Rings Vault Parallel
bars 		Horizontal
bar 		Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sawao Kato  Japan 115.10 57.550 9.250 9.400 9.600 9.500 9.600 9.750 57.100 114.650
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan 114.75 57.375 9.450 9.600 9.500 9.600 9.450 9.600 57.200 114.575
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Akinori Nakayama  Japan 114.25 57.125 9.500 9.400 9.550 9.450 9.650 9.650 57.200 114.325
4 Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 113.80 56.900 9.450 9.550 9.550 9.750 9.400 9.650 57.300 114.200
5 Shigeru Kasamatsu  Japan 114.40 57.200 9.500 9.550 9.500 9.250 9.200 9.500 56.500 113.700
6 Viktor Klimenko  Soviet Union 112.65 56.325 9.450 9.350 9.350 9.400 9.650 9.550 56.750 113.075
Klaus Köste  East Germany 113.25 56.625 9.350 9.150 9.350 9.400 9.600 9.600 56.450 113.075
8 Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan 112.25 56.125 9.300 9.200 9.700 9.400 9.200 9.850 56.650 112.775
9 Wolfgang Thüne  East Germany 112.15 56.075 9.000 9.400 9.400 9.400 9.400 9.500 56.100 112.175
10 Matthias Brehme  East Germany 112.45 56.225 9.050 9.350 9.350 9.200 9.500 9.450 55.900 112.125
11 Teruichi Okamura  Japan 111.20 55.600 9.000 9.250 9.450 9.600 9.550 9.600 56.450 112.050
12 Mikhail Voronin  Soviet Union 112.95 56.475 8.800 9.400 9.550 9.000 8.900 9.400 55.050 111.525
13 Li Song-sob  North Korea 110.75 55.375 9.450 8.900 9.350 9.400 9.400 9.500 56.000 111.375
14 Eberhard Gienger  West Germany 109.75 54.875 9.200 9.350 9.450 9.350 9.350 9.600 56.300 111.175
15 Andrzej Szajna  Poland 111.15 55.575 9.250 8.750 9.000 9.500 9.350 9.550 55.400 110.975
16 Vladimir Schukin  Soviet Union 110.20 55.100 9.150 9.050 9.300 9.450 9.200 9.550 55.700 110.800
17 Wolfgang Klotz  East Germany 111.05 55.525 9.200 9.000 9.200 9.050 9.300 9.500 55.250 110.775
18 Alexander Maleev  Soviet Union 110.70 55.350 9.050 9.150 9.300 9.150 9.250 9.400 55.300 110.650
19 Imre Molnár  Hungary 110.55 55.275 9.050 9.350 8.850 9.350 9.400 9.350 55.350 110.625
20 Wilhelm Kubica  Poland 109.90 54.950 9.100 9.450 9.350 9.000 9.400 9.300 55.600 110.550
21 Edvard Mikaelian  Soviet Union 112.50 56.250 9.200 8.300 9.250 9.000 9.000 9.550 54.300 110.550
22 Sylwester Kubica  Poland 110.75 55.375 9.150 9.300 9.250 9.400 8.400 9.450 54.950 110.325
23 Peter Rohner  Switzerland 109.40 54.700 9.200 9.100 8.950 9.500 9.200 9.400 55.350 110.050
24 Walter Mossinger  West Germany 109.70 54.850 9.100 8.800 9.400 8.950 9.300 9.600 55.150 110.000
25 Günter Spies  West Germany 108.70 54.350 9.050 9.200 9.350 9.100 9.200 9.500 55.400 109.750
26 Reinhard Rychly  East Germany 109.95 54.975 9.100 9.000 8.850 9.250 9.150 9.350 54.700 109.675
27 Kim Song-il  North Korea 108.25 54.125 9.100 9.200 9.200 9.200 9.300 9.350 55.350 109.475
28 Jürgen Paeke  East Germany 109.35 54.675 9.150 9.200 8.400 9.250 9.350 9.400 54.750 109.425
29 Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 108.70 54.350 8.850 9.500 9.000 9.100 9.200 9.200 54.850 109.200
30 Kim Song-yu  North Korea 109.45 54.725 8.900 8.950 9.450 9.000 9.350 8.750 54.400 109.125
31 Steven Hug  United States 109.45 54.725 9.050 9.300 9.000 9.150 8.250 9.400 54.150 108.875
32 Danuţ Grecu  Romania 108.10 54.050 9.100 9.100 9.200 9.200 9.200 9.000 54.800 108.850
33 Janez Brodnik  Yugoslavia 107.80 53.900 8.900 9.000 9.100 9.200 9.300 9.450 54.950 108.850
34 Petre Mihăiuc  Romania 109.30 54.650 9.150 8.550 9.150 8.850 9.050 9.250 54.000 108.650
35 Mauno Nissinen  Finland 107.85 53.925 8.950 8.800 9.200 8.950 9.400 9.300 54.600 108.525
36 Jifi Fejtek  Czechoslovakia 107.95 53.975 8.700 9.250 9.150 9.050 9.050 9.300 54.500 108.475
37 Mikołaj Kubica  Poland 111.25 Did not start
38 Bernd Effing  West Germany 107.75 Did not advance
Shin Heung-do  North Korea 107.75
40 Ladislav Morava  Czechoslovakia 107.55
41 Vladislav Nehasil  Czechoslovakia 107.45
42 Gheorghe Păunescu  Romania 107.25
43 Robert Bretscher  Switzerland 107.00
44 Reinhard Ritter  West Germany 106.80
44 Miloš Vratič  Yugoslavia 106.80
46 István Kiss  Hungary 106.65
47 Milenko Kersnić  Yugoslavia 106.60
48 Mieczysław Strzałka  Poland 106.45
Ho Yun-hang  North Korea 106.45
50 Jerzy Kruża  Poland 106.35
Marshall Avener  United States 106.35
52 Heinz Häussler  West Germany 106.25
Pavel Stanovský  Czechoslovakia 106.25
54 Jo Jong-ryol  North Korea 106.15
55 Edwin Greutmann  Switzerland 105.90
56 Makoto Sakamoto  United States 105.70
57 Béla Herczeg  Hungary 105.60
Stefan Zoev  Bulgaria 105.60
59 Max Brühwiler  Switzerland 105.40
Jean-Pierre Miens  France 105.40
61 Jorge Cuervo  Cuba 105.35
62 Antal Kisteleki  Hungary 105.30
63 Mircea Gheorghiu  Romania 105.00
64 István Bérczi  Hungary 104.95
65 Christian Guiffroy  France 104.90
66 Philippe Gaille  Switzerland 104.80
67 Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 104.60
68 Jorge Rodríguez  Cuba 104.25
69 Roberto Léon Richards  Cuba 104.20
70 Geno Radev  Bulgaria 104.05
71 Zoran Ivanović  Yugoslavia 103.85
72 Christian Deuza  France 103.75
Jim Culhane Jr.  United States 103.75
74 Constantin Petrescu  Romania 103.70
75 Franco Donegà  Italy 103.60
76 Henri Boërio  France 103.45
77 Bohumil Mudřík  Czechoslovakia 103.30
John Crosby Jr.  United States 103.30
79 Ivica Hmjelovac  Yugoslavia 103.10
80 René Badell  Cuba 103.05
81 Tore Lie  Norway 102.60
82 Bernard Farjat  France 102.50
83 Dimitar Koychev  Bulgaria 102.20
George Greenfield  United States 102.20
85 Luigi Coppa  Italy 102.05
86 Drago Šoštarić  Yugoslavia 101.90
87 Maurizio Milanetto  Italy 101.55
88 Bruno Banzer  Liechtenstein 101.35
89 Cecilio Ugarte  Spain 101.15
90 Ivan Kondev  Bulgaria 100.90
91 Agustín Sandoval  Spain 100.85
92 Peter Lloyd  Australia 100.70
93 Stan Wild  Great Britain 100.55
94 Emilio Sagre  Cuba 100.40
95 Georges Guelzec  France 100.20
96 José Ginés  Spain 99.35
97 Bozhidar Iliev  Bulgaria 99.30
Steve Mitruk  Canada 99.30
99 Carmine Luppino  Italy 99.15
100 Dimitar Dimitrov  Bulgaria 98.95
101 Adolfo Lampronti  Italy 98.65
102 Ole Benediktson  Denmark 98.50
103 Eddie Arnold  Great Britain 97.45
104 André Simard  Canada 97.30
105 Luis Ramírez  Cuba 97.25
106 Rogelio Mendoza  Mexico 97.05
107 Bill Norgrave  Great Britain 96.90
108 Fedele Spatazza  Italy 95.85
109 Ian Clarke  Australia 94.35
110 Terry Sale  New Zealand 92.05
111 Miloslav Netušil  Czechoslovakia 54.50
112 Bruce Medd  Canada 16.95
113 Hans Ettlin  Switzerland 11.05

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Individual All-Around, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 192.
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