| Date | 8 August 1928 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam | |
| Participants | 88 from 11 countries | |
| Format | Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event. | |
| Compulsory Judge #1 | Cecil Matthews |  GBR |
| Compulsory Judge #2 | Josip Smertnik |  YUG |
| Compulsory Judge #3 | François Fuszfas |  HUN |
| Optional Judge #1 | Vladimír Müller |  TCH |
| Optional Judge #2 | Henry Panzer |  USA |
| Optional Judge #3 | E. de Wilde |  NED |
Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia (actually Slovenia) won this event at the unofficial World Championships in 1922 and 1926. The individual all-around champion at Paris in 1924, Štukelj added this gold medal to his trophy case, his only individual apparatus gold besides the 1924 horizontal bar.
Two Czechoslovaks finished 2-3, Ladislav Vácha and Emanuel Löffler, respectively. Vácha had been third in this event in 1924. On 28 June 1943, he was killed in action during World War II. Löffler also won silvers in the team event and the horse vault in Amsterdam. He would compete again in Berlin but with less success.
However, when one examines the details of the scoring, it is likely that Löffler was awarded the bronze medal on a scoring error, and it should have gone to Italy’s Romeo Neri. Löffler is listed in the 1928 Official Report with 56.50 points for the event in the page devoted to the rings event, but the judges’ scores would give him only 55.50, and those scores are listed as such in the team all-around in the report. Further, using 55.50 for Löffler’s score, instead of 56.50, gives the correct total for him in the individual all-around and in the team all-around only 55.50 gives the correct numbers for Czechoslovakia. Neri scored 56.00 points and thus, it appears he should have been the bronze medalist.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Compulsory Exercises Points | Compulsory Judge #1 Score | Compulsory Judge #2 Score | Compulsory Judge #3 Score | Optional Exercises Points | Optional Judge #1 Score | Optional Judge #2 Score | Optional Judge #3 Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon Štukelj | YUG | 57.75 | 29.00 | 9.50 | 10.00 | 9.50 | 28.75 | 9.00 | 10.00 | 9.75 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Ladislav Vácha | TCH | 57.50 | 28.00 | 9.25 | 9.75 | 9.00 | 29.50 | 10.00 | 9.50 | 10.00 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Emanuel Löffler | TCH | 56.50 | 27.25 | 8.75 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 28.25 | 10.00 | 9.00 | 9.25 | Bronze | 1 | |
| 4 | Romeo Neri |  ITA | 56.00 | 28.25 | 9.25 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 27.75 | 8.75 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Mauri Noroma |  FIN | 55.00 | 26.75 | 9.25 | 8.25 | 9.25 | 28.25 | 9.25 | 9.50 | 9.50 | |||
| 6 | Bedřich Šupčík | TCH | 54.75 | 26.00 | 8.50 | 9.25 | 8.25 | 28.75 | 10.00 | 9.00 | 9.75 | |||
| 7 | Paul Krempel | USA | 54.50 | 26.50 | 8.50 | 9.25 | 8.75 | 28.00 | 8.75 | 9.25 | 10.00 | |||
| =8 | Jan Gajdoš | TCH | 54.25 | 25.50 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 8.50 | 28.75 | 10.00 | 9.25 | 9.50 | |||
| =8 | Georges Miez |  SUI | 54.25 | 27.00 | 8.75 | 9.00 | 9.25 | 27.25 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.25 | |||
| =8 | Armand Solbach |  FRA | 54.25 | 27.25 | 8.75 | 9.50 | 9.00 | 27.00 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 8.50 | |||
| 11 | Edvard Antonijevič | YUG | 54.00 | 28.50 | 9.25 | 10.00 | 9.25 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 9.00 | 8.00 | |||
| 12 | Heikki Savolainen | FIN | 53.75 | 27.50 | 8.75 | 9.25 | 9.50 | 26.25 | 8.25 | 9.25 | 8.75 | |||
| 13 | Janez Porenta | YUG | 53.25 | 28.00 | 9.00 | 9.75 | 9.25 | 25.25 | 8.25 | 8.50 | 8.50 | |||
| 14 | Vittorio Lucchetti | ITA | 53.00 | 26.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 27.00 | 8.50 | 9.50 | 9.00 | |||
| =15 | Al Jochim | USA | 52.75 | 25.00 | 7.50 | 9.00 | 8.50 | 27.75 | 8.75 | 9.25 | 9.75 | |||
| =15 | Anton Malej | YUG | 52.75 | 26.50 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 8.00 | 26.25 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.25 | |||
| =17 | Jan Koutný | TCH | 52.50 | 25.50 | 8.00 | 9.25 | 8.25 | 27.00 | 9.50 | 8.50 | 9.00 | |||
| =17 | Eugen Mack | SUI | 52.50 | 26.25 | 9.00 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 26.25 | 8.50 | 9.00 | 8.75 | |||
| =17 | Jože Primožič | YUG | 52.50 | 26.75 | 8.75 | 9.75 | 8.25 | 25.75 | 9.25 | 8.75 | 7.75 | |||
| =17 | Martti Uosikkinen | FIN | 52.50 | 27.75 | 8.75 | 9.75 | 9.25 | 24.75 | 7.75 | 8.25 | 8.75 | |||
| =17 | Václav Veselý | TCH | 52.50 | 25.25 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 27.25 | 9.75 | 8.50 | 9.00 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Josef Effenberger | TCH | 52.00 | 25.00 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 8.25 | 27.00 | 9.75 | 8.00 | 9.25 | |||
| 23 | Melchior Wezel | SUI | 51.75 | 26.75 | 8.25 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 25.00 | 8.75 | 8.25 | 8.00 | |||
| 24 | Mario Lertora | ITA | 51.50 | 25.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 26.50 | 8.25 | 9.00 | 9.25 | |||
| 25 | Fredy Krauss | FRA | 51.25 | 24.50 | 7.75 | 9.25 | 7.50 | 26.75 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 8.75 | |||
| =26 | André Lemoine | FRA | 50.75 | 25.75 | 8.50 | 9.00 | 8.25 | 25.00 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 7.50 | |||
| =26 | Edi Steinemann | SUI | 50.75 | 26.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 24.75 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 7.75 | |||
| =28 | Giuseppe Lupi | ITA | 50.50 | 24.25 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 7.75 | 26.25 | 8.00 | 9.50 | 8.75 | |||
| =28 | Ezio Roselli | ITA | 50.50 | 25.00 | 8.00 | 8.25 | 8.75 | 25.50 | 8.00 | 9.25 | 8.25 | |||
| =30 | Giuseppe Paris | ITA | 50.25 | 23.50 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 8.00 | 26.75 | 8.50 | 9.25 | 9.00 | |||
| =30 | István Pelle | HUN | 50.25 | 25.25 | 7.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 25.00 | 7.00 | 8.75 | 9.25 | |||
| 32 | Jaakko Kunnas | FIN | 50.00 | 24.75 | 7.50 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 25.25 | 8.00 | 8.25 | 9.00 | |||
| =33 | André Chatelain | FRA | 49.75 | 23.75 | 7.50 | 9.00 | 7.25 | 26.00 | 9.00 | 8.50 | 8.50 | |||
| =33 | Urho Korhonen | FIN | 49.75 | 24.50 | 7.75 | 9.00 | 7.75 | 25.25 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 8.75 | |||
| =33 | Ferdinando Mandrini | ITA | 49.75 | 22.75 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.75 | 27.00 | 8.75 | 9.50 | 8.75 | |||
| 36 | Hermann Hänggi | SUI | 49.50 | 24.75 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 24.75 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 7.50 | |||
| =37 | Drago Ciotti | YUG | 49.25 | 24.75 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 8.00 | 24.50 | 8.25 | 8.50 | 7.75 | |||
| =37 | Boris Gregorka | YUG | 49.25 | 25.25 | 8.25 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 24.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 7.00 | |||
| =39 | Stane Derganc | YUG | 49.00 | 25.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 24.00 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 7.25 | |||
| =39 | Rezső Kende | HUN | 49.00 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 23.50 | 7.25 | 8.25 | 8.00 | |||
| =41 | Elias Melkman | NED | 48.75 | 23.00 | 7.50 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 25.75 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 9.00 | |||
| =41 | Eugène Schmitt | FRA | 48.75 | 24.00 | 7.50 | 8.75 | 7.75 | 24.75 | 8.25 | 8.50 | 8.00 | |||
| =41 | Ladislav Tikal | TCH | 48.75 | 23.00 | 6.75 | 8.50 | 7.75 | 25.75 | 9.25 | 8.00 | 8.50 | |||
| =44 | August Güttinger | SUI | 48.50 | 24.50 | 7.75 | 8.75 | 8.00 | 24.00 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 7.50 | |||
| =44 | Mario Tambini | ITA | 48.50 | 22.50 | 7.50 | 7.75 | 7.25 | 26.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |||
| 46 | Jean Larrouy | FRA | 48.00 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 22.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | |||
| =47 | Glenn Berry | USA | 47.75 | 23.50 | 7.50 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 24.25 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.25 | |||
| =47 | Jean Gounot | FRA | 47.75 | 23.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 24.75 | 8.75 | 8.25 | 7.75 | |||
| =49 | Hans Grieder | SUI | 47.50 | 25.00 | 8.25 | 8.75 | 8.00 | 22.50 | 7.50 | 8.00 | 7.00 | |||
| =49 | Georges Leroux | FRA | 47.50 | 24.50 | 7.50 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 23.00 | 7.75 | 8.25 | 7.00 | |||
| =49 | Nic Roeser |  LUX | 47.50 | 24.75 | 7.50 | 8.50 | 8.75 | 22.75 | 7.50 | 8.25 | 7.00 | |||
| 52 | Otto Pfister | SUI | 47.25 | 25.25 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 22.00 | 7.25 | 8.25 | 6.50 | |||
| 53 | Metty Logelin | LUX | 47.00 | 24.50 | 7.75 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 22.50 | 7.50 | 8.00 | 7.00 | |||
| 54 | Fränz Zuang | LUX | 46.75 | 24.00 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 22.75 | 7.75 | 8.00 | 7.00 | |||
| 55 | Mozes Jacobs | NED | 46.00 | 21.50 | 7.00 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 24.50 | 8.75 | 7.00 | 8.75 | |||
| 56 | Rafael Ylönen | FIN | 45.00 | 21.75 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.75 | 23.25 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 8.25 | |||
| 57 | Miklós Péter | HUN | 44.75 | 23.75 | 8.25 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 21.00 | 6.50 | 8.00 | 6.50 | |||
| =58 | Frank Haubold | USA | 44.50 | 18.50 | 6.25 | 6.00 | 6.25 | 26.00 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 9.25 | |||
| =58 | Josy Staudt | LUX | 44.50 | 23.50 | 7.75 | 8.25 | 7.50 | 21.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | |||
| 60 | Birger Stenman | FIN | 43.00 | 20.75 | 6.75 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 22.25 | 7.75 | 7.50 | 7.00 | |||
| 61 | Herman Witzig | USA | 42.75 | 19.75 | 6.00 | 7.50 | 6.25 | 23.00 | 7.50 | 8.50 | 7.00 | |||
| =62 | Kalervo Kinos | FIN | 42.50 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 6.25 | 6.75 | 23.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 | |||
| =62 | Gyula Kunszt | HUN | 42.50 | 20.00 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.50 | 22.50 | 6.75 | 8.00 | 7.75 | |||
| =62 | Harold Newhart | USA | 42.50 | 19.50 | 6.00 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 23.00 | 7.50 | 8.50 | 7.00 | |||
| 65 | Edouard Grethen | LUX | 42.25 | 21.75 | 7.75 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 20.50 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 6.50 | |||
| 66 | Jean-Pierre Urbing | LUX | 41.75 | 18.50 | 6.00 | 6.50 | 6.00 | 23.25 | 7.50 | 8.25 | 7.50 | |||
| 67 | Arthur Whitford | GBR | 41.50 | 20.25 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 6.25 | 21.25 | 6.25 | 8.00 | 7.00 | |||
| 68 | John Pearson | USA | 41.25 | 18.25 | 5.50 | 6.50 | 6.25 | 23.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 7.00 | |||
| 69 | Mathias Erang | LUX | 40.25 | 20.25 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 6.75 | 20.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | |||
| =70 | Elemér Pászti | HUN | 40.00 | 17.75 | 5.25 | 7.00 | 5.50 | 22.25 | 6.50 | 8.00 | 7.75 | |||
| =70 | Willibrordus Pouw | NED | 40.00 | 18.25 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.25 | 21.75 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 8.25 | |||
| =72 | Albert Neumann | LUX | 39.75 | 20.00 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 7.50 | 19.75 | 6.75 | 7.00 | 6.00 | |||
| =72 | Israel Wijnschenk | NED | 39.75 | 16.00 | 5.25 | 6.00 | 4.75 | 23.75 | 7.75 | 8.00 | 8.00 | |||
| =74 | Bert Cronin | GBR | 39.25 | 20.50 | 7.00 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 18.75 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 5.75 | |||
| =74 | Frank Kriz | USA | 39.25 | 16.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 23.25 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 7.25 | |||
| 76 | József Szalai | HUN | 39.00 | 19.25 | 6.75 | 6.50 | 6.00 | 19.75 | 6.25 | 6.75 | 6.75 | |||
| =77 | Pieter van Dam | NED | 38.25 | 15.50 | 5.00 | 5.75 | 4.75 | 22.75 | 8.00 | 7.25 | 7.50 | |||
| =77 | Ted Warren | GBR | 38.25 | 18.50 | 6.00 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 19.75 | 6.50 | 7.25 | 6.00 | |||
| 79 | Jacobus van der Vinden | NED | 37.75 | 19.25 | 6.50 | 6.00 | 6.75 | 18.50 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 5.00 | |||
| 80 | Géza Tóth | HUN | 36.25 | 19.25 | 7.00 | 5.75 | 6.50 | 17.00 | 5.50 | 6.00 | 5.50 | |||
| 81 | Klaas Boot | NED | 36.00 | 13.50 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 4.75 | 22.50 | 8.25 | 7.00 | 7.25 | |||
| 82 | Edgar Walton | GBR | 35.50 | 17.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 18.50 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 5.50 | |||
| 83 | Tom Parkinson | GBR | 34.50 | 15.50 | 5.00 | 5.25 | 5.25 | 19.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | |||
| 84 | Harry Finchett | GBR | 34.25 | 16.25 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 5.25 | 18.00 | 5.75 | 6.50 | 5.75 | |||
| 85 | Stan Humphreys | GBR | 33.75 | 16.00 | 5.00 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 17.75 | 5.50 | 6.25 | 6.00 | |||
| 86 | Hugo Licher | NED | 32.75 | 12.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 20.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 7.25 | |||
| 87 | Gilbert Raynes | GBR | 31.25 | 13.25 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 4.50 | 18.00 | 5.75 | 7.00 | 5.25 | |||
| Imre Erdődy | HUN | 19.50 | DNS | – | – | – | 19.50 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 6.50 |
