| 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 | Reinier Blom |  NED |
| Compulsory Judge #2 | Kustaa Levälahti |  FIN |
| Compulsory Judge #3 | Pierre Hentges |  LUX |
| Optional Judge #1 | Jules Klein |  FRA |
| Optional Judge #2 | John Thorin |  SUI |
| Optional Judge #3 | Aldo Boiti |  ITA |
The 1926 unofficial World Champion on pommelled horse was Czechoslovak Jan Karafiat, but he did not compete in Amsterdam. The gold medal in 1928 was won by Swiss Hermann Hänggi, with a comfortable win over his teammate Georges Miez. They had also been 1-2 in the individual all-around, but with Miez winning that gold. Hänggi also added a team gold medal and a bronze on the parallel bars in Amsterdam, in his only Olympic appearance.
The bronze medalist was Finland’s Heikki Savolainen, who was competing in his first Olympics and winning his first medal. He would compete at every Olympics through 1952, and win nine Olympic medals, with two golds in 1948. His six career Olympic bronze medals is an all-time record for any sport, shared with four other Olympians, through 2024.
| 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 | Hermann Hänggi | SUI | 59.25 | 29.50 | 10.00 | 9.75 | 9.75 | 29.75 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 9.75 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Georges Miez | SUI | 57.75 | 28.50 | 9.75 | 9.25 | 9.50 | 29.25 | 9.75 | 10.00 | 9.50 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Heikki Savolainen | FIN | 56.50 | 28.75 | 9.50 | 9.75 | 9.50 | 27.75 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.25 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Edi Steinemann | SUI | 56.00 | 27.75 | 9.50 | 8.50 | 9.75 | 28.25 | 9.75 | 9.50 | 9.00 | |||
| 5 | August Güttinger | SUI | 55.75 | 28.25 | 9.75 | 9.00 | 9.50 | 27.50 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 8.50 | |||
| 6 | Georges Leroux | FRA | 54.75 | 27.25 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.25 | 27.50 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.00 | |||
| =7 | Mauri Noroma | FIN | 54.50 | 26.75 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 8.75 | 27.75 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.25 | |||
| =7 | Melchior Wezel | SUI | 54.50 | 27.50 | 9.00 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 27.00 | 9.25 | 9.50 | 8.25 | |||
| 9 | Eugen Mack | SUI | 54.25 | 27.25 | 9.50 | 8.75 | 9.00 | 27.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |||
| =10 | Jan Gajdoš |  TCH | 54.00 | 26.25 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 9.25 | 27.75 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.25 | |||
| =10 | Josef Effenberger | TCH | 54.00 | 28.50 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | |||
| =12 | Leon Štukelj |  YUG | 53.25 | 28.00 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.50 | 25.25 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 8.50 | |||
| =12 | Otto Pfister | SUI | 53.25 | 25.75 | 9.00 | 7.75 | 9.00 | 27.50 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 8.50 | |||
| 14 | Armand Solbach | FRA | 53.00 | 25.25 | 8.75 | 7.50 | 9.00 | 27.75 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.25 | |||
| =15 | Anton Malej | YUG | 52.50 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 8.75 | 27.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |||
| =15 | Jean Larrouy | FRA | 52.50 | 28.00 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.50 | 24.50 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.00 | |||
| 17 | Emanuel Löffler | TCH | 52.00 | 25.75 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.75 | 26.25 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | |||
| 18 | Jože Primožič | YUG | 51.75 | 24.25 | 8.00 | 7.75 | 8.50 | 27.50 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.00 | |||
| =19 | Bedřich Šupčík | TCH | 51.50 | 27.50 | 9.25 | 9.00 | 9.25 | 24.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | |||
| =19 | Romeo Neri | ITA | 51.50 | 24.50 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 7.75 | 27.00 | 9.00 | 8.75 | 9.25 | |||
| =21 | Janez Porenta | YUG | 51.25 | 25.75 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.75 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | |||
| =21 | Mozes Jacobs | NED | 51.25 | 26.25 | 9.00 | 8.50 | 8.75 | 25.00 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.50 | |||
| 23 | István Pelle |  HUN | 51.00 | 24.75 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 26.25 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | |||
| =24 | Jean Gounot | FRA | 50.75 | 23.25 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 8.25 | 27.50 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.00 | |||
| =24 | Vittorio Lucchetti | ITA | 50.75 | 25.25 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 25.50 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 9.00 | |||
| =26 | Giuseppe Lupi | ITA | 50.50 | 24.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 26.50 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 9.25 | |||
| =26 | John Pearson |  USA | 50.50 | 23.75 | 8.00 | 7.75 | 8.00 | 26.75 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 8.75 | |||
| =28 | Ferdinando Mandrini | ITA | 50.25 | 23.50 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 8.00 | 26.75 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 9.50 | |||
| =28 | Hans Grieder | SUI | 50.25 | 24.50 | 8.50 | 7.50 | 8.50 | 25.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.25 | |||
| 30 | Frank Haubold | USA | 50.00 | 24.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 26.00 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.50 | |||
| =31 | Mario Lertora | ITA | 49.50 | 22.75 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.75 | 26.75 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 9.50 | |||
| =31 | Martti Uosikkinen | FIN | 49.50 | 25.75 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 8.75 | 23.75 | 8.00 | 7.75 | 8.00 | |||
| 33 | Fredy Krauss | FRA | 49.00 | 22.00 | 7.50 | 7.00 | 7.50 | 27.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |||
| =34 | Eugène Schmitt | FRA | 48.75 | 24.50 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.50 | 24.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 7.75 | |||
| =34 | Stane Derganc | YUG | 48.75 | 21.75 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.75 | 27.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |||
| 36 | Edvard Antonijevič | YUG | 48.50 | 25.75 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.75 | 22.75 | 7.75 | 7.50 | 7.50 | |||
| =37 | Giuseppe Paris | ITA | 48.25 | 20.75 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 6.75 | 27.50 | 9.00 | 8.75 | 9.75 | |||
| =37 | Harold Newhart | USA | 48.25 | 23.25 | 7.50 | 8.00 | 7.75 | 25.00 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 8.25 | |||
| =39 | Miklós Péter | HUN | 48.00 | 22.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | |||
| =39 | Nic Roeser | LUX | 48.00 | 25.25 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 8.75 | 22.75 | 7.75 | 7.50 | 7.50 | |||
| =41 | André Lemoine | FRA | 47.75 | 23.00 | 8.00 | 7.25 | 7.75 | 24.75 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | |||
| =41 | Boris Gregorka | YUG | 47.75 | 21.50 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.50 | 26.25 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | |||
| 43 | Frank Kriz | USA | 47.50 | 21.75 | 7.75 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 25.75 | 8.75 | 8.50 | 8.50 | |||
| 44 | Paul Krempel | USA | 47.25 | 21.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 26.25 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | |||
| 45 | Ladislav Vácha | TCH | 47.00 | 20.00 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 27.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | |||
| 46 | Mario Tambini | ITA | 46.75 | 21.00 | 6.00 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 25.75 | 8.75 | 8.25 | 8.75 | |||
| 47 | Václav Veselý | TCH | 46.50 | 22.75 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.75 | 23.75 | 8.00 | 7.75 | 8.00 | |||
| 48 | Al Jochim | USA | 45.75 | 19.75 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.75 | 26.00 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.50 | |||
| 49 | Ladislav Tikal | TCH | 45.50 | 23.25 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 7.75 | 22.25 | 7.50 | 7.25 | 7.50 | |||
| 50 | Ezio Roselli | ITA | 45.25 | 21.50 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.50 | 23.75 | 7.75 | 7.50 | 8.50 | |||
| =51 | Drago Ciotti | YUG | 44.75 | 19.75 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.75 | 25.00 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 8.25 | |||
| =51 | Fränz Zuang | LUX | 44.75 | 19.50 | 6.00 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 25.25 | 8.50 | 8.25 | 8.50 | |||
| 53 | Glenn Berry | USA | 44.50 | 21.25 | 7.00 | 7.25 | 7.00 | 23.25 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 7.75 | |||
| 54 | Israel Wijnschenk | NED | 44.00 | 19.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 25.00 | 8.50 | 8.00 | 8.50 | |||
| 55 | Herman Witzig | USA | 43.50 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | 8.50 | |||
| 56 | Jan Koutný | TCH | 42.75 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 23.25 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 7.75 | |||
| =57 | Jaakko Kunnas | FIN | 42.25 | 17.75 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 5.75 | 24.50 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 8.00 | |||
| =57 | Bert Cronin |  GBR | 42.25 | 18.50 | 6.50 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 23.75 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 7.75 | |||
| 59 | Pieter van Dam | NED | 41.25 | 20.25 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 6.75 | 21.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | |||
| 60 | Harry Finchett | GBR | 40.75 | 19.25 | 7.00 | 6.25 | 6.00 | 21.50 | 7.25 | 7.00 | 7.25 | |||
| 61 | Hugo Licher | NED | 40.50 | 19.50 | 7.00 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 21.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | |||
| =62 | Géza Tóth | HUN | 40.25 | 18.50 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.50 | 21.75 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.25 | |||
| =62 | Metty Logelin | LUX | 40.25 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 5.50 | 7.50 | 20.75 | 6.75 | 7.00 | 7.00 | |||
| 64 | Jean-Pierre Urbing | LUX | 40.00 | 20.50 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | |||
| =65 | Edouard Grethen | LUX | 38.75 | 19.75 | 7.00 | 5.25 | 7.50 | 19.00 | 6.25 | 6.50 | 6.25 | |||
| =65 | Ted Warren | GBR | 38.75 | 19.75 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.75 | 19.00 | 6.25 | 6.50 | 6.25 | |||
| =65 | Elias Melkman | NED | 38.75 | 16.25 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 5.75 | 22.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.50 | |||
| =68 | André Chatelain | FRA | 38.00 | 16.25 | 5.00 | 5.25 | 6.00 | 21.75 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.25 | |||
| =68 | Arthur Whitford | GBR | 38.00 | 14.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 24.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | |||
| 70 | Willibrordus Pouw | NED | 37.50 | 13.75 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 23.75 | 7.75 | 8.00 | 8.00 | |||
| 71 | Urho Korhonen | FIN | 36.75 | 15.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 21.75 | 7.25 | 7.00 | 7.50 | |||
| 72 | Rafael Ylönen | FIN | 35.00 | 15.50 | 5.00 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | |||
| =73 | Gyula Kunszt | HUN | 34.00 | 15.25 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.25 | 18.75 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | |||
| =73 | Stan Humphreys | GBR | 34.00 | 14.50 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | |||
| 75 | Gilbert Raynes | GBR | 33.75 | 16.50 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 17.25 | 5.75 | 5.75 | 5.75 | |||
| 76 | Tom Parkinson | GBR | 33.50 | 14.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | |||
| 77 | Klaas Boot | NED | 33.00 | 11.25 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.25 | 21.75 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.25 | |||
| 78 | Jacobus van der Vinden | NED | 32.00 | 22.00 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.00 | 10.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.00 | |||
| 79 | Mathias Erang | LUX | 31.75 | 13.75 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.75 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | |||
| 80 | Edgar Walton | GBR | 30.50 | 11.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | |||
| 81 | József Szalai | HUN | 30.00 | 10.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 19.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | |||
| 82 | Elemér Pászti | HUN | 29.75 | 13.25 | 4.00 | 4.75 | 4.50 | 16.50 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 5.50 | |||
| 83 | Josy Staudt | LUX | 29.25 | 11.25 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.75 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | |||
| 84 | Rezső Kende | HUN | 28.50 | 15.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 13.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.50 | |||
| 85 | Kalervo Kinos | FIN | 27.00 | 9.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | |||
| 86 | Albert Neumann | LUX | 21.00 | 13.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 7.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | |||
| 87 | Birger Stenman | FIN | 20.25 | 5.25 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 1.75 | 15.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | |||
| Imre Erdődy | HUN | 12.00 | 12.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | DNS | – | – | – |
