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Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir (2009)
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Date20 July
Competitors72 from 9 nations
Winning score21.63
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) August Güttinger
 Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Pražák
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giorgio Zampori
 Italy
← 1904
1928 →

The men's parallel bars event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was one of nine gymnastics events and it was contested for the third time after 1896 and 1904. The competition was held on Sunday, July 20, 1924. Seventy-two gymnasts from nine nations competed. The event was won by August Güttinger of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in the event. Robert Pražák of Czechoslovakia and Giorgio Zampori of Italy earned silver and bronze, respectively.

Background

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This was the third 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). The 1922 world championship was won by Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, with a five-way tie for second between multiple gymnasts from each of Yugoslavia and Czechoslavkia (three of whom—Stane Derganc, Miroslav Klinger, and Stanislav Indruch—competed at the 1924 Games along with Štukelj.[1]

Three nations had previously competed, France and Switzerland in 1896 and the United States in 1904. The other six nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia) were competing for the first time.

Competition format

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Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. These two exercises were 2 of the 11 components of the individual all-around score, and thus were also included in the team all-around score. Each exercise had a maximum possible score of 11, with half a point each for the approach and dismount and up to 10 points for the routine.[1][2]

Schedule

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The competition was held in a single day.[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday, 20 July 1924 Final

Results

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[1][2]

Rank Gymnast Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) August Güttinger  Switzerland 21.63
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Pražák  Czechoslovakia 21.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giorgio Zampori  Italy 21.45
4 Josef Wilhelm  Switzerland 21.40
5 Mario Lertora  Italy 21.33
6 Ladislav Vácha  Czechoslovakia 21.31
7 Josef Kos  Czechoslovakia 21.28
8 Jean Gutweninger  Switzerland 21.26
Bedřich Šupčík  Czechoslovakia 21.26
10 Miroslav Klinger  Czechoslovakia 21.13
11 Jan Koutný  Czechoslovakia 21.00
12 Hans Grieder  Switzerland 20.94
13 Bohumil Mořkovský  Czechoslovakia 20.93
14 Luigi Cambiaso  Italy 20.90
15 Francesco Martino  Italy 20.89
16 Giuseppe Paris  Italy 20.86
17 Léon Delsarte  France 20.70
18 Stanislav Indruch  Czechoslovakia 20.50
Eugène Cordonnier  France 20.50
20 Leon Štukelj  Yugoslavia 20.40
21 Georges Miez  Switzerland 20.36
22 Vittorio Lucchetti  Italy 20.33
23 Stanley Leigh  Great Britain 20.28
24 Ferdinando Mandrini  Italy 20.21
25 Jean Gounot  France 20.15
26 Albert Séguin  France 20.13
François Gangloff  France 20.13
Arthur Hermann  France 20.13
29 Joseph Huber  France 19.98
30 Al Jochim  United States 19.86
31 Carl Widmer  Switzerland 19.76
32 Frank Kriz  United States 19.67
33 André Higelin  France 19.48
34 Josip Primožič  Yugoslavia 19.42
35 Antoine Rebetez  Switzerland 19.08
36 Stane Hlastan  Yugoslavia 19.05
37 Stane Žilič  Yugoslavia 19.00
38 Jaakko Kunnas  Finland 18.98
39 Otto Pfister  Switzerland 18.96
40 Stane Derganc  Yugoslavia 18.92
41 Janez Porenta  Yugoslavia 18.90
42 John Pearson  United States 18.81
43 Eevert Kerttula  Finland 18.63
44 Curtis Rottman  United States 18.54
45 Charles Quaino  Luxembourg 18.50
46 Frank Safandra  United States 18.35
47 Luigi Maiocco  Italy 18.28
Albert Neumann  Luxembourg 18.28
49 Frank Hawkins  Great Britain 18.20
Harold Brown  Great Britain 18.20
51 Rastko Poljšak  Yugoslavia 18.00
52 Théo Jeitz  Luxembourg 17.30
53 Edward Leigh  Great Britain 17.21
54 Akseli Roine  Finland 17.03
Émile Munhofen  Luxembourg 17.03
56 Mikko Hämäläinen  Finland 17.01
57 Mihael Oswald  Yugoslavia 16.85
58 Henry Finchett  Great Britain 16.83
59 Mathias Weishaupt  Luxembourg 16.70
60 Otto Suhonen  Finland 16.63
61 Thomas Hopkins  Great Britain 16.20
62 Mathias Erang  Luxembourg 15.90
63 Aarne Roine  Finland 15.62
64 John Mais  United States 15.07
65 Rudolph Novak  United States 14.90
66 Max Wandrer  United States 14.89
67 Pierre Tolar  Luxembourg 14.75
68 Jacques Palzer  Luxembourg 13.80
69 Väinö Karonen  Finland 13.57
70 Samuel Humphreys  Great Britain 12.36
71 Albert Spencer  Great Britain 11.90
72 Eetu Kostamo  Finland 10.13

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Official Report, p. 350.