Olympedia – Horizontal Bar, Men

Date	3 – 7 December 1956 — 08:00-16:00
Status	Olympic
Location	West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	63 from 18 countries
Format	Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Date

3 – 7 December 1956 — 08:00-16:00

Status

Olympic

Location

West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria

Participants

63 from 18 countries

Format

Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Japan’s Takashi Ono won the gold medal relatively easily, with the highest score in both the compulsory and optional exercises. Ono would return in 1960 and defend his gold medal on the high bar. Silver went to Soviet Yury Titov, while the bronze was won by Ono’s teammate Masao Takemoto. Takemoto would also medal in the event in 1960, improving to a silver.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Takashi Ono	JPN	19.60	9.75	9.85	Gold
2	Yury Titov	URS	19.40	9.70	9.70	Silver
3	Masao Takemoto	JPN	19.30	9.70	9.60	Bronze
=4	Viktor Chukarin	URS	19.25	9.55	9.70
=4	Pavel Stolbov	URS	19.25	9.55	9.70
6	Helmut Bantz	GER	19.15	9.50	9.65
7	Jack Beckner	USA	19.00	9.40	9.60
8	Albert Azaryan	URS	18.95	9.40	9.55
9	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	18.85	9.45	9.40
=10	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	18.80	9.45	9.35
=10	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	18.80	9.35	9.45
=10	Raymond Dot	FRA	18.80	9.30	9.50
=13	Velik Kapsazov	BUL	18.75	9.40	9.35
=13	Abie Grossfeld	USA	18.75	9.35	9.40
=13	Boris Shakhlin	URS	18.75	9.30	9.45
=13	Akira Kono	JPN	18.75	9.30	9.45
=13	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	JPN	18.75	9.30	9.45
=18	Raimo Heinonen	FIN	18.70	9.25	9.45
=18	Kalevi Suoniemi	FIN	18.70	9.25	9.45
=18	Theo Wied	GER	18.70	9.25	9.45
=18	Josef Škvor	TCH	18.70	9.20	9.50
=22	Jakob Kiefer	GER	18.65	9.25	9.40
=22	Berndt Lindfors	FIN	18.65	9.20	9.45
=22	Charles Simms	USA	18.65	9.20	9.45
=25	Valentin Muratov	URS	18.60	9.55	9.05
=25	Masami Kubota	JPN	18.60	9.20	9.40
27	Nobuyuki Aihara	JPN	18.55	9.30	9.25
28	Jean Guillou	FRA	18.50	9.15	9.35
=29	Robert Klein	GER	18.45	9.25	9.20
=29	Josy Stoffel	LUX	18.45	9.25	9.20
=29	Dick Beckner	USA	18.45	9.10	9.35
32	Jaroslav Bím	TCH	18.35	9.05	9.30
=33	Jaroslav Mikoška	TCH	18.30	9.35	8.95
=33	Vladimír Kejř	TCH	18.30	9.20	9.10
35	Onni Lappalainen	FIN	18.25	9.00	9.25
36	Nik Stuart	GBR	18.20	9.15	9.05
=37	Olavi Leimuvirta	FIN	18.15	8.95	9.20
=37	Erich Wied	GER	18.15	8.65	9.50
39	Mincho Todorov	BUL	18.10	9.00	9.10
=40	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	18.05	9.20	8.85
=40	Armando Vega	USA	18.05	9.15	8.90
42	Martti Mansikka	FIN	18.00	8.90	9.10
43	Ronnie Lombard	RSA	17.95	9.05	8.90
=44	Michel Mathiot	FRA	17.90	9.40	8.50
=44	Attila Takács	HUN	17.90	9.20	8.70
46	Bill Tom	USA	17.85	8.80	9.05
47	William Thoresson	SWE	17.80	9.05	8.75
=48	Frank Turner	GBR	17.75	8.95	8.80
=48	Hans Pfann	GER	17.75	8.55	9.20
50	Graham Bond	AUS	17.65	8.90	8.75
51	János Héder	HUN	17.45	9.45	8.00
52	Jack Wells	RSA	17.20	8.50	8.70
53	Ed Gagnier	CAN	16.10	7.65	8.45
54	David Gourlay	AUS	16.00	8.10	7.90
55	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	14.55	6.75	7.80
56	Bruce Sharp	AUS	13.95	7.30	6.65
57	John Lees	AUS	13.80	7.70	6.10
58	Brian Blackburn	AUS	13.20	8.20	5.00
59	Pritam Singh	IND	11.55	5.80	5.75
60	Sham Lal	IND	10.50	4.00	6.50
61	Anant Ram	IND	9.70	8.20	1.50
62	Hans Sauter	AUT	9.20	9.20	0.00
63	Noel Punton	AUS	8.50	4.50	4.00

Pos

Competitor(s)

NOC

Points

CEP

OEP

Takashi Ono

JPN