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Parallel Bars, Men

Date	9 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants	85 from 11 countries
Format	Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

In 1926 Ladislav Vácha (TCH) won the unofficial World Championship on parallel bars. He returned in Amsterdam as the favorite and came through for the gold medal. Vácha competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics, winning five Olympic medals, but this was his only gold. Yugoslav Jože Primožič, an ethnic Slovenian, competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics, winning silver in this event and a team bronze medal in Amsterdam.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Ladislav Vácha	TCH	56.50	28.25	28.25	Gold
2	Jože Primožič	YUG	55.50	28.75	26.75	Silver
3	Hermann Hänggi	SUI	54.25	26.25	28.00	Bronze
=4	Jan Gajdoš	TCH	53.75	27.25	26.50
=4	André Lemoine	FRA	53.75	27.25	26.50
=4	Bedřich Šupčík	TCH	53.75	27.00	26.75
=7	Mario Lertora	ITA	53.50	25.75	27.75
=7	Mauri Noroma	FIN	53.50	26.50	27.00
=7	Leon Štukelj	YUG	53.50	26.00	27.50
=7	Melchior Wezel	SUI	53.50	26.50	27.00
11	Hans Grieder	SUI	53.25	27.00	26.25
=12	Romeo Neri	ITA	53.00	27.00	26.00
=12	Armand Solbach	FRA	53.00	27.25	25.75
14	Emanuel Löffler	TCH	52.50	26.50	26.00
=15	Josef Effenberger	TCH	52.25	26.00	26.25
=15	Georges Leroux	FRA	52.25	25.75	26.50
=17	István Pelle	HUN	51.75	25.00	26.75
=17	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	51.75	25.00	26.75
=19	Anton Malej	YUG	51.25	25.25	26.00
=19	Edi Steinemann	SUI	51.25	25.50	25.75
=21	Jan Koutný	TCH	51.00	27.75	23.25
=21	Eugen Mack	SUI	51.00	23.00	28.00
=21	Martti Uosikkinen	FIN	51.00	25.25	25.75
24	Ladislav Tikal	TCH	50.50	25.00	25.50
=25	Al Jochim	USA	50.25	24.50	25.75
=25	Janez Porenta	YUG	50.25	24.75	25.50
=25	Václav Veselý	TCH	50.25	25.50	24.75
=28	August Güttinger	SUI	50.00	25.25	24.75
=28	Otto Pfister	SUI	50.00	23.50	26.50
=30	Vittorio Lucchetti	ITA	49.75	21.75	28.00
=30	Georges Miez	SUI	49.75	25.75	24.00
32	Jaakko Kunnas	FIN	49.50	24.75	24.75
33	Rezső Kende	HUN	49.00	25.75	23.25
=34	Boris Gregorka	YUG	48.50	24.75	23.75
=34	Giuseppe Lupi	ITA	48.50	22.00	26.50
36	Jean Larrouy	FRA	48.25	21.25	27.00
37	Metty Logelin	LUX	48.00	23.75	24.25
38	Edvard Antonijevič	YUG	47.50	22.50	25.00
39	John Pearson	USA	47.00	22.00	25.00
40	Urho Korhonen	FIN	46.75	22.25	24.50
=41	Glenn Berry	USA	46.50	24.00	22.50
=41	Frank Haubold	USA	46.50	22.00	24.50
=41	Eugène Schmitt	FRA	46.50	22.75	23.75
44	Stane Derganc	YUG	46.25	22.75	23.50
45	Ferdinando Mandrini	ITA	46.00	19.50	26.50
46	Herman Witzig	USA	45.25	21.75	23.50
47	Drago Ciotti	YUG	44.75	21.50	23.25
48	Frank Kriz	USA	44.50	20.25	24.25
=49	Kalervo Kinos	FIN	43.75	21.25	22.50
=49	Birger Stenman	FIN	43.75	19.50	24.25
=51	Jean Gounot	FRA	42.75	17.75	25.00
=51	Pieter van Dam	NED	42.75	22.00	20.75
=53	József Szalai	HUN	42.50	18.75	23.75
=53	Géza Tóth	HUN	42.50	20.75	21.75
=55	André Chatelain	FRA	42.00	17.25	24.75
=55	Mozes Jacobs	NED	42.00	19.00	23.00
57	Harold Newhart	USA	41.75	18.25	23.50
58	Mario Tambini	ITA	41.50	15.75	25.75
59	Fränz Zuang	LUX	40.25	18.50	21.75
60	Nic Roeser	LUX	40.00	16.75	23.25
61	Willibrordus Pouw	NED	39.25	17.50	21.75
62	Paul Krempel	USA	39.00	23.25	15.75
63	Arthur Whitford	GBR	38.50	15.25	23.25
=64	Mathias Erang	LUX	38.25	15.00	23.25
=64	Elias Melkman	NED	38.25	15.50	22.75
66	Klaas Boot	NED	37.25	15.50	21.75
67	Albert Neumann	LUX	36.25	15.25	21.00
=68	Edouard Grethen	LUX	36.00	14.50	21.50
=68	Jean-Pierre Urbing	LUX	36.00	14.00	22.00
70	Elemér Pászti	HUN	35.75	12.00	23.75
71	Israel Wijnschenk	NED	34.75	14.25	20.50
=72	Gyula Kunszt	HUN	34.25	11.50	22.75
=72	Josy Staudt	LUX	34.25	13.00	21.25
74	Rafael Ylönen	FIN	34.00	12.00	22.00
75	Ezio Roselli	ITA	33.75	12.00	21.75
76	Giuseppe Paris	ITA	32.75	14.75	18.00
77	Tom Parkinson	GBR	32.50	13.50	19.00
78	Jacobus van der Vinden	NED	31.50	11.00	20.50
79	Bert Cronin	GBR	30.50	9.00	21.50
80	Harry Finchett	GBR	29.75	9.25	20.50
81	Edgar Walton	GBR	28.50	9.50	19.00
82	Gilbert Raynes	GBR	27.25	9.00	18.25
83	Ted Warren	GBR	22.75	9.00	13.75
84	Hugo Licher	NED	21.50	2.50	19.00
85	Miklós Péter	HUN	11.00	0.00	11.00