| Date | 12 – 13 August 1948 — 9:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London | |
| Participants | 123 from 16 countries | |
| Format | Eight-person teams. Best six individual total scores to count towards team score. | |
| Jury | Félix, Comte Goblet d'Alviella | BEL |
| Jury | Miroslav Klinger | TCH |
| Jury | M. C. Lapalu | FRA |
| Jury | Pierre Hentges | LUX |
Sixteen nations were entered with eight-man teams, although Argentina and Cuba had only seven team members, and Mexico only five. The team score was made up of the six best all-around scores among the eight team members. With no international competition since the 1938 World Championships, it was difficult to choose a favorite. Germany had won the gold medal at Berlin in 1936, but was not present at London in 1948, barred because of its war record.
The competition was remarkably close, with Finland winning the gold medal over Switzerland by only 1.60 points – 1,358.30 to 1,356.70. Hungary was a distant third to win the bronze medal, while France was well back in fourth. Finland was led by the individual gold medalist, Veikko Huhtanen, with another team member, Heikki Savolainen, competing in his fourth Olympics, and he would return again in 1952, eventually winning nine Olympic medals. Another Finn, Einari Teräsvirta, had also competed in 1932 and 1936. The Swiss had four of the top six individual performers, but the consistency of the Finnish team brought them the gold medal. They were led by Walter Lehmann, silver medalist in the individual all-around. The final scoring member for Switzerland was Michael Reusch, who won two silver medals at Berlin in 1936, and three apparatus gold medals at the 1938 World Championships.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Finland | FIN | 1.358.30 | 678.80 | 679.50 | Gold | ||
| 66 | Veikko Huhtanen | 229.70 | – | – | |||||
| 65 | Paavo Aaltonen | 228.80 | – | – | |||||
| 68 | Kalevi Laitinen | 225.65 | – | – | |||||
| 69 | Olavi Rove | 225.20 | – | – | |||||
| 74 | Einari Teräsvirta | 225.00 | – | – | |||||
| 72 | Heikki Savolainen | 223.95 | – | – | |||||
| 70 | Aleksanteri Saarvala | 222.10 | – | – | |||||
| 71 | Sulo Salmi | 217.45 | – | – | |||||
| 67 | Gunnar Karma DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 73 | Esa Seeste DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 2 | – | Switzerland | SUI | 1.356.70 | 677.30 | 679.40 | Silver | ||
| 114 | Walter Lehmann | 229.00 | – | – | |||||
| 118 | Sepp Stalder | 228.70 | – | – | |||||
| 112 | Christian Kipfer | 227.10 | – | – | |||||
| 119 | Emil Studer | 226.60 | – | – | |||||
| 113 | Robert Lucy | 223.30 | – | – | |||||
| 117 | Michael Reusch | 222.00 | – | – | |||||
| 120 | Melchior Thalmann | 220.60 | – | – | |||||
| 111 | Karl Frei | 217.20 | – | – | |||||
| 115 | Fritz Lehmann DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 3 | – | Hungary | HUN | 1.330.85 | 661.35 | 669.50 | Bronze | ||
| 93 | Lajos Tóth | 225.20 | – | – | |||||
| 91 | Lajos Sántha | 224.30 | – | – | |||||
| 85 | László Baranyai | 222.40 | – | – | |||||
| 90 | Ferenc Pataki | 221.30 | – | – | |||||
| 89 | János Mogyorósi-Klencs | 218.95 | – | – | |||||
| 94 | Ferenc Várkői | 218.70 | – | – | |||||
| 86 | József Fekete | 218.60 | – | – | |||||
| 88 | Győző Mogyoróssy | 214.30 | – | – | |||||
| 87 | Ferenc Kemény DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 92 | Károly Tóth DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 4 | – | France | FRA | 1.313.85 | 658.20 | 655.65 | |||
| 56 | Raymond Dot | 220.80 | – | – | |||||
| 59 | Michel Mathiot | 220.40 | – | – | |||||
| 58 | Lucien Masset | 219.95 | – | – | |||||
| 64 | André Weingand | 219.80 | – | – | |||||
| 61 | Antoine Schlindwein | 216.50 | – | – | |||||
| 55 | Alphonse Anger | 216.40 | – | – | |||||
| 57 | Marcel de Wolf | 214.40 | – | – | |||||
| 62 | Auguste Sirot | 214.10 | – | – | |||||
| 60 | Robert Reignier DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 63 | Marcel Touchard DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 5 | – | Italy | ITA | 1.300.30 | 648.80 | 651.50 | |||
| 238 | Guido Figone | 225.30 | – | – | |||||
| 245 | Luigi Zanetti | 219.00 | – | – | |||||
| 241 | Savino Guglielmetti | 217.20 | – | – | |||||
| 240 | Domenico Grosso | 214.10 | – | – | |||||
| 244 | Quinto Vadi | 214.00 | – | – | |||||
| 239 | Danilo Fioravanti | 210.70 | – | – | |||||
| 242 | Ettore Perego | 206.30 | – | – | |||||
| 236 | Egidio Armelloni | 195.05 | – | – | |||||
| 237 | Fabio Bonacina DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 243 | Livio Urbani DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 6 | – | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 1.292.10 | 650.70 | 641.40 | |||
| 32 | Zdeněk Růžička | 226.20 | – | – | |||||
| 26 | Pavel Benetka | 220.30 | – | – | |||||
| 29 | Miroslav Málek | 212.90 | – | – | |||||
| 28 | Vladimír Karas | 212.20 | – | – | |||||
| 33 | Leo Sotorník | 210.80 | – | – | |||||
| 34 | František Wirth | 209.70 | – | – | |||||
| 31 | Vratislav Petráček | 203.30 | – | – | |||||
| 27 | Gustav Hrubý | 193.10 | – | – | |||||
| 25 | Bohumil Baroš DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 30 | Vít Matlocha DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 7 | – | United States | USA | 1.252.50 | 631.60 | 620.90 | |||
| 128 | Ed Scrobe | 213.90 | – | – | |||||
| 121 | Vincent D'Autorio | 211.30 | – | – | |||||
| 127 | Bill Roetzheim | 209.10 | – | – | |||||
| 126 | Joe Kotys | 208.50 | – | – | |||||
| 125 | Frank Cumiskey | 205.15 | – | – | |||||
| 129 | Ray Sorensen | 204.55 | – | – | |||||
| 123 | Bill Bonsall | 201.70 | – | – | |||||
| 124 | Louis Bordo | 77.00 | – | – | |||||
| 122 | Walter Blattmann DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 130 | Eugene Wettstone DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 8 | – | Denmark | DEN | 1.245.40 | 624.35 | 621.05 | |||
| 38 | Poul Jessen | 214.30 | – | – | |||||
| 35 | Elkana Grønne | 213.50 | – | – | |||||
| 36 | Freddy Jensen | 208.35 | – | – | |||||
| 43 | Arnold Thomsen | 206.25 | – | – | |||||
| 40 | Vilhelm Møller | 201.75 | – | – | |||||
| 44 | Volmer Thomsen | 201.25 | – | – | |||||
| 41 | Gunner Olesen | 193.30 | – | – | |||||
| 39 | Børge Minerth | 156.30 | – | – | |||||
| 37 | Parly Jensen DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 42 | Harry Nielsen DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 9 | – | Austria | AUT | 1.212.15 | 594.40 | 617.75 | |||
| 17 | Ernst Wister | 218.90 | – | – | |||||
| 9 | Karl Bohusch | 214.40 | – | – | |||||
| 10 | Hans Friedrich | 205.80 | – | – | |||||
| 15 | Willi Schreyer | 205.40 | – | – | |||||
| 14 | Hans Sauter | 203.10 | – | – | |||||
| 12 | Robert Pranz | 164.55 | – | – | |||||
| 11 | Gottfried Hermann | 132.30 | – | – | |||||
| 16 | Willi Welt | 2.00 | – | – | |||||
| 8 | Karl Bilas DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 13 | Leopold Redl DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 10 | – | Yugoslavia | YUG | 1.194.80 | 588.35 | 606.45 | |||
| 132 | Konrad Grilec | 213.05 | – | – | |||||
| 136 | Josip Kujundžić | 208.90 | – | – | |||||
| 137 | Miro Longyka | 200.40 | – | – | |||||
| 134 | Drago Jelić | 191.80 | – | – | |||||
| 135 | Ivica Jelić | 191.75 | – | – | |||||
| 131 | Stjepan Boltižar | 188.90 | – | – | |||||
| 139 | Jakob Šubelj | 178.50 | – | – | |||||
| 133 | Karel Janež | 152.45 | – | – | |||||
| 138 | Sreten Stefanović DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 11 | – | Luxembourg | LUX | 1.150.45 | 561.10 | 589.35 | |||
| 97 | Jey Kugeler | 214.00 | – | – | |||||
| 102 | Josy Stoffel | 203.35 | – | – | |||||
| 103 | Polo Welfring | 189.25 | – | – | |||||
| 101 | René Schroeder | 188.00 | – | – | |||||
| 96 | Menn Krecké | 180.55 | – | – | |||||
| 100 | Pierre Schmitz | 175.30 | – | – | |||||
| 95 | Jos Bernard | 172.40 | – | – | |||||
| 104 | Butz Wengler | 166.70 | – | – | |||||
| 98 | Metty Logelin DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 99 | Jean Moris DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 12 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 1.114.40 | 543.65 | 570.75 | |||
| 83 | George Weedon | 205.60 | – | – | |||||
| 80 | Frank Turner | 202.60 | – | – | |||||
| 75 | Ken Buffin | 188.65 | – | – | |||||
| 82 | Alec Wales | 180.80 | – | – | |||||
| 79 | Percy May | 171.45 | – | – | |||||
| 76 | Jack Flaherty | 165.30 | – | – | |||||
| 77 | Glyn Hopkins | 134.80 | – | – | |||||
| 81 | Ivor Vice | 134.50 | – | – | |||||
| 78 | Bill McCreavie DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 84 | Jack Whitford DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 13 | – | Egypt | EGY | 1.057.95 | 507.15 | 550.80 | |||
| – | Ali Zaky | 187.55 | – | – | |||||
| 46 | Moustafa Abdel-Aal | 177.70 | – | – | |||||
| 54 | Adli Roushdi | 177.35 | – | – | |||||
| 51 | Ahmed Khalaf Ali | 177.15 | – | – | |||||
| 49 | Ali El-Hefnawi | 169.55 | – | – | |||||
| 47 | Mohamed Aly | 168.65 | – | – | |||||
| 45 | Mahmoud Abdel-Aal | 167.50 | – | – | |||||
| 50 | Ahmed El-Giddawi | 148.85 | – | – | |||||
| 52 | Raafat Masoud DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 53 | Ezz El-Din Naguib DNS | – | – | – | |||||
| 14 | – | Cuba | CUB | 950.70 | 480.05 | 470.65 | |||
| 20 | Rafael Lecuona | 187.70 | – | – | |||||
| 21 | Fernando Lecuona | 166.35 | – | – | |||||
| 18 | Ángel Aguiar | 156.15 | – | – | |||||
| 22 | Raimundo Rey | 152.05 | – | – | |||||
| 23 | Baldomero Rubiera | 151.15 | – | – | |||||
| 24 | Roberto Villacián | 137.30 | – | – | |||||
| 19 | Alejandro Díaz | 136.75 | – | – | |||||
| 15 | – | Argentina | ARG | 863.85 | 389.65 | 474.20 | |||
| 1 | Arturo Amos | 176.85 | – | – | |||||
| 3 | Pedro Lonchibuco | 154.20 | – | – | |||||
| 5 | Enrique Rapesta | 148.90 | – | – | |||||
| 2 | César Bonoris | 139.65 | – | – | |||||
| 6 | Jorge Soler | 134.30 | – | – | |||||
| 4 | Roberto Núñez | 109.95 | – | – | |||||
| 7 | Jorge Vidal | 37.30 | – | – | |||||
| 16 | – | Mexico | MEX | 343.85 | 178.10 | 165.75 | |||
| 106 | Jorge Castro | 103.90 | – | – | |||||
| 107 | Rubén Lira | 98.95 | – | – | |||||
| 105 | Dionisio Aguilar | 81.80 | – | – | |||||
| 109 | Everardo Ríos | 55.20 | – | – | |||||
| 110 | Nicanor Villarreal | 4.00 | – | – | |||||
| 108 | Ismael Mosqueira DNS | – | – | – |
| Date | 12 – 13 August 1948 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | HUN | 223.50 | 113.50 | 110.00 | ||
| 2 | France | FRA | 221.10 | 109.70 | 111.40 | ||
| 3 | Denmark | DEN | 220.55 | 110.05 | 110.50 | ||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 220.35 | 110.90 | 109.45 | ||
| 5 | Finland | FIN | 216.20 | 108.10 | 108.10 | ||
| 6 | Switzerland | SUI | 215.90 | 108.60 | 107.30 | ||
| 7 | Italy | ITA | 211.50 | 105.20 | 106.30 | ||
| 8 | Austria | AUT | 209.40 | 102.20 | 107.20 | ||
| 9 | United States | USA | 206.80 | 105.00 | 101.80 | ||
| 10 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 202.60 | 98.25 | 104.35 | ||
| 11 | Luxembourg | LUX | 199.30 | 92.00 | 107.30 | ||
| 12 | Great Britain | GBR | 183.75 | 89.60 | 94.15 | ||
| 13 | Egypt | EGY | 170.10 | 86.10 | 84.00 | ||
| 14 | Cuba | CUB | 167.90 | 82.55 | 85.35 | ||
| 15 | Argentina | ARG | 150.60 | 72.25 | 78.35 | ||
| 16 | Mexico | MEX | 64.00 | 40.50 | 23.50 |
| Date | 12 – 13 August 1948 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | FIN | 229.30 | 115.80 | 113.50 | ||
| 2 | Hungary | HUN | 226.20 | 112.40 | 113.80 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland | SUI | 222.10 | 111.00 | 111.10 | ||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 218.90 | 106.60 | 112.30 | ||
| 5 | Denmark | DEN | 218.80 | 109.20 | 109.60 | ||
| 6 | Luxembourg | LUX | 217.10 | 106.90 | 110.20 | ||
| 7 | France | FRA | 216.20 | 108.10 | 108.10 | ||
| 8 | Italy | ITA | 215.30 | 106.40 | 108.90 | ||
| 9 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 214.70 | 104.40 | 110.30 | ||
| 10 | United States | USA | 214.40 | 109.40 | 105.00 | ||
| 11 | Egypt | EGY | 201.15 | 97.65 | 103.50 | ||
| 12 | Austria | AUT | 198.10 | 89.30 | 108.80 | ||
| 13 | Great Britain | GBR | 174.70 | 81.00 | 93.70 | ||
| 14 | Argentina | ARG | 168.95 | 81.85 | 87.10 | ||
| 15 | Cuba | CUB | 164.30 | 89.70 | 74.60 | ||
| 16 | Mexico | MEX | 84.80 | 44.40 | 40.40 |
| Date | 12 – 13 August 1948 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | SUI | 232.30 | 115.70 | 116.60 | ||
| 2 | Finland | FIN | 232.10 | 116.40 | 115.70 | ||
| 3 | Hungary | HUN | 225.50 | 112.10 | 113.40 | ||
| 4 | Italy | ITA | 221.10 | 109.90 | 111.20 | ||
| 5 | France | FRA | 219.75 | 111.40 | 108.35 | ||
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 216.25 | 111.90 | 104.35 | ||
| 7 | United States | USA | 212.80 | 104.40 | 108.40 | ||
| 8 | Denmark | DEN | 203.25 | 103.90 | 99.35 | ||
| 9 | Austria | AUT | 197.55 | 98.50 | 99.05 | ||
| 10 | Great Britain | GBR | 196.65 | 99.50 | 97.15 | ||
| 11 | Egypt | EGY | 192.55 | 95.00 | 97.55 | ||
| 12 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 189.45 | 98.20 | 91.25 | ||
| 13 | Luxembourg | LUX | 178.90 | 94.20 | 84.70 | ||
| 14 | Cuba | CUB | 161.65 | 91.40 | 70.25 | ||
| 15 | Argentina | ARG | 152.00 | 69.00 | 83.00 | ||
| 16 | Mexico | MEX | 53.25 | 26.50 | 26.75 |
| Date | 12 – 13 August 1948 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | SUI | 232.40 | 116.40 | 116.00 | ||
| 2 | Finland | FIN | 228.90 | 115.00 | 113.90 | ||
| 3 | France | FRA | 226.30 | 111.80 | 114.50 | ||
| 4 | Italy | ITA | 222.30 | 112.10 | 110.20 | ||
| 5 | Hungary | HUN | 217.70 | 104.70 | 113.00 | ||
| 6 | United States | USA | 215.20 | 107.60 | 107.60 | ||
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 214.40 | 106.40 | 108.00 | ||
| 8 | Austria | AUT | 203.70 | 105.50 | 98.20 | ||
| 9 | Denmark | DEN | 200.00 | 95.80 | 104.20 | ||
| 10 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 192.30 | 95.20 | 97.10 | ||
| 11 | Luxembourg | LUX | 188.80 | 89.20 | 99.60 | ||
| 12 | Great Britain | GBR | 185.95 | 84.75 | 101.20 | ||
| 13 | Egypt | EGY | 176.50 | 80.20 | 96.30 | ||
| 14 | Argentina | ARG | 133.10 | 53.50 | 79.60 | ||
| 15 | Cuba | CUB | 109.90 | 38.00 | 71.90 | ||
| 16 | Mexico | MEX | 48.00 | 17.00 | 31.00 |
| Date | 12 – 13 August 1948 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | SUI | 228.90 | 113.50 | 115.40 | ||
| 2 | Finland | FIN | 225.30 | 112.20 | 113.10 | ||
| 3 | Hungary | HUN | 222.35 | 111.15 | 111.20 | ||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 220.30 | 108.50 | 111.80 | ||
| 5 | France | FRA | 219.50 | 109.10 | 110.40 | ||
| 6 | Denmark | DEN | 212.80 | 105.30 | 107.50 | ||
| 7 | Italy | ITA | 208.30 | 104.10 | 104.20 | ||
| 8 | Luxembourg | LUX | 205.40 | 104.60 | 100.80 | ||
| 9 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 200.10 | 96.10 | 104.00 | ||
| 10 | Egypt | EGY | 198.10 | 98.90 | 99.20 | ||
| 11 | Austria | AUT | 194.70 | 96.40 | 98.30 | ||
| 12 | Great Britain | GBR | 192.75 | 97.75 | 95.00 | ||
| 13 | Cuba | CUB | 187.20 | 93.70 | 93.50 | ||
| 14 | United States | USA | 186.10 | 96.10 | 90.00 | ||
| 15 | Argentina | ARG | 152.85 | 73.95 | 78.90 | ||
| 16 | Mexico | MEX | 50.10 | 30.50 | 19.60 |
| Date | 12 – 13 August 1948 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Compulsory Points | Optional Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | FIN | 226.50 | 111.30 | 115.20 | ||
| 2 | Switzerland | SUI | 225.10 | 112.10 | 113.00 | ||
| 3 | Italy | ITA | 221.80 | 111.10 | 110.70 | ||
| 4 | United States | USA | 217.20 | 109.10 | 108.10 | ||
| 5 | Hungary | HUN | 215.60 | 107.50 | 108.10 | ||
| 6 | France | FRA | 211.00 | 108.10 | 102.90 | ||
| 7 | Austria | AUT | 208.70 | 102.50 | 106.20 | ||
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 201.90 | 106.40 | 95.50 | ||
| 9 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 195.65 | 96.20 | 99.45 | ||
| 10 | Denmark | DEN | 190.00 | 100.10 | 89.90 | ||
| 11 | Great Britain | GBR | 180.60 | 91.05 | 89.55 | ||
| 12 | Luxembourg | LUX | 160.95 | 74.20 | 86.75 | ||
| 13 | Cuba | CUB | 159.75 | 84.70 | 75.05 | ||
| 14 | Egypt | EGY | 119.55 | 49.30 | 70.25 | ||
| 15 | Argentina | ARG | 106.35 | 39.10 | 67.25 | ||
| 16 | Mexico | MEX | 43.70 | 19.20 | 24.50 |