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Horse Vault, Men

Date10 August 1928
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants85 from 11 countries
FormatPlacement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Swiss Eugen Mack was the first great exponent of the horse vault, winning gold in 1928 and a silver in 1936 at Berlin, as well as winning the unofficial World Championships in 1934 and 1938. He did not compete in 1932. His Olympic career would bring him eight medals, with two golds, in this event and the 1928 team event.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Eugen MackSUI28.750Gold
2Emanuel LöfflerTCH28.500Silver
3Stane DergancYUG28.375Bronze
=4Georges MiezSUI28.250
=4Jože PrimožičYUG28.250
6Georges LerouxFRA28.000
=7August GüttingerSUI27.750
=7Herman WitzigUSA27.750
=7Janez PorentaYUG27.750
=10Eugène SchmittFRA27.625
=10Harold NewhartUSA27.625
=12Hans GriederSUI27.375
=12Melchior WezelSUI27.375
=12Jan GajdošTCH27.375
=12Frank KrizUSA27.375
=16Heikki SavolainenFIN27.250
=16Romeo NeriITA27.250
=18Hermann HänggiSUI27.125
=18Otto PfisterSUI27.125
=18Ladislav VáchaTCH27.125
=21Jean LarrouyFRA27.000
=21István PelleHUN27.000
=21Edvard AntonijevičYUG27.000
=24Kalervo KinosFIN26.875
=24Martti UosikkinenFIN26.875
=26Mauri NoromaFIN26.750
=26Jan KoutnýTCH26.750
28Leon ŠtukeljYUG26.625
29Glenn BerryUSA26.500
=30Václav VeselýTCH26.375
=30Anton MalejYUG26.375
=32Nic RoeserLUX26.250
=32Ladislav TikalTCH26.250
=34Pieter van DamNED26.125
=34Edi SteinemannSUI26.125
36Armand SolbachFRA25.875
=37André LemoineFRA25.750
=37Boris GregorkaYUG25.750
=39Miklós PéterHUN25.625
=39Albert NeumannLUX25.625
=41Al JochimUSA25.500
=41Drago CiottiYUG25.500
=43Urho KorhonenFIN25.375
=43Ted WarrenGBR25.375
45Rafael YlönenFIN25.250
=46Birger StenmanFIN25.125
=46Mario LertoraITA25.125
=46Josef EffenbergerTCH25.125
=49Rezső KendeHUN25.000
=49Ferdinando MandriniITA25.000
=49Mozes JacobsNED25.000
=49John PearsonUSA25.000
53Metty LogelinLUX24.625
54Jaakko KunnasFIN24.500
=55Elias MelkmanNED24.250
=55Hugo LicherNED24.250
57Fränz ZuangLUX24.125
=58Gilbert RaynesGBR24.000
=58Josy StaudtLUX24.000
60Gyula KunsztHUN23.875
=61Arthur WhitfordGBR23.500
=61Giuseppe ParisITA23.500
63André ChatelainFRA23.375
64Mario TambiniITA23.250
=65Edouard GrethenLUX23.125
=65Frank HauboldUSA23.125
67Willibrordus PouwNED22.875
68Paul KrempelUSA22.625
=69Edgar WaltonGBR22.500
=69Klaas BootNED22.500
=71József SzalaiHUN22.375
=71Mathias ErangLUX22.375
73Géza TóthHUN21.875
74Israel WijnschenkNED21.375
75Jean GounotFRA21.250
76Giuseppe LupiITA20.500
77Jean-Pierre UrbingLUX19.625
=78Jacobus van der VindenNED19.000
=78Bedřich ŠupčíkTCH19.000
80Ezio RoselliITA18.875
81Vittorio LucchettiITA18.000
82Tom ParkinsonGBR17.375
83Elemér PásztiHUN17.000
84Harry FinchettGBR16.250
85Bert CroninGBR14.750