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Floor Exercise, Men

Date	19 – 21 July 1952 — 07:30 (19/7), 08:00-16:00 (20/7), 08:00-16:00 (21/7)
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants	185 from 29 countries
Format	Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.
Chief Judge - Floor Exercise (Compulsory Exercise)	Eugene Wettstone	USA
Judge #1 - Floor Exercise (Compulsory Exercise)	Marcel Bitsch	FRA
Judge #2 - Floor Exercise (Compulsory Exercise)	Fr. Rethi	ROU
Judge #3 - Floor Exercise (Compulsory Exercise)	S. Rasmussen	DEN
Judge #4 - Floor Exercise (Compulsory Exercise)	C. E. Matthews	GBR
Chief Judge - Floor Exercise (Optional Exercise)	K. Thoresson	SWE
Judge #1 - Floor Exercise (Optional Exercise)	L. Serbus	TCH
Judge #2 - Floor Exercise (Optional Exercise)	George Gulack	USA
Judge #3 - Floor Exercise (Optional Exercise)	Erkki Palolampi	FIN
Judge #4 - Floor Exercise (Optional Exercise)	Harry Holm	DEN
Judge #5 - Floor Exercise (Optional Exercise)	Endre Kerezsi	HUN

This was one of the only two gymnastics events at which the Soviets failed to win a medal in Helsinki, the other being the horizontal bar. In fact, the leading Soviet, Hrant Shahinyan, only tied for eighth on floor. William Thoresson won the gold medal, the only medal won by Sweden in men’s gymnastics. The silver medals were shared by Poland’s Jerzy Jokiel and Japan’s Tadao Uesako. Thoresson would return in 1956 and add a silver medal in this event at Melbourne. A floor ex specialist, his next best finish on any other apparatus in Helsinki was 57th on the parallel bars. That was better than Jokiel, whose next best apparatus finish was 87th on the horizontal bar. In contrast, Uesako also won a bronze medal in the vault.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	William Thoresson	SWE	19.25	9.45	9.80	Gold
=2	Jerzy Jokiel	POL	19.15	9.55	9.60	Silver
=2	Tadao Uesako	JPN	19.15	9.20	9.95	Silver
4	Takashi Ono	JPN	19.05	9.40	9.65
5	Onni Lappalainen	FIN	19.00	9.30	9.70
=6	Kalevi Laitinen	FIN	18.95	9.45	9.50
=6	Anders Lindh	SWE	18.95	9.35	9.60
=8	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	18.90	9.40	9.50
=8	Hrant Shahinyan	URS	18.90	9.30	9.60
=8	Bob Stout	USA	18.90	9.10	9.80
=11	Masao Takemoto	JPN	18.85	9.55	9.30
=11	Valentin Muratov	URS	18.85	9.35	9.50
=11	René Changeat	FRA	18.85	9.20	9.65
=14	Tetsumi Nabeya	JPN	18.75	9.30	9.45
=14	Vladimir Belyakov	URS	18.75	9.25	9.50
=14	Kaino Lempinen	FIN	18.75	9.25	9.50
=14	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	18.75	9.15	9.60
18	Lajos Sántha	HUN	18.70	9.30	9.40
=19	Iosif Berdiyev	URS	18.65	9.25	9.40
=19	Guido Figone	ITA	18.65	9.25	9.40
=19	Sepp Stalder	SUI	18.65	9.15	9.50
=22	Mincho Todorov	BUL	18.60	9.30	9.30
=22	Berndt Lindfors	FIN	18.60	9.10	9.50
=24	Akitomo Kaneko	JPN	18.55	9.30	9.25
=24	Jindřich Mikulec	TCH	18.55	9.20	9.35
=24	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	18.55	9.10	9.45
=27	József Fekete	HUN	18.50	9.20	9.30
=27	Dmitry Leonkin	URS	18.50	8.95	9.55
=29	Sándor Réthy	HUN	18.45	9.20	9.25
=29	Joaquín Blume	ESP	18.45	9.20	9.25
=29	Viktor Chukarin	URS	18.45	8.65	9.80
=32	Josef Svoboda	TCH	18.40	9.10	9.30
=32	Adalbert Dickhut	GER	18.40	8.90	9.50
34	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	18.35	9.00	9.35
=35	Jerzy Solarz	POL	18.30	9.45	8.85
=35	Yevgeny Korolkov	URS	18.30	9.00	9.30
37	Vladimír Kejř	TCH	18.25	8.95	9.30
=38	Károly Kocsis	HUN	18.20	9.00	9.20
=38	Helmut Bantz	GER	18.20	8.95	9.25
=38	Arrigo Carnoli	ITA	18.20	8.90	9.30
=41	Jean Tschabold	SUI	18.15	8.95	9.20
=41	Georg Johansen	NOR	18.15	8.90	9.25
=41	Mikhail Perlman	URS	18.15	8.70	9.45
=41	Ernst Fivian	SUI	18.15	8.60	9.55
=45	Juan Caviglia	ARG	18.10	8.80	9.30
=45	Arne Carlsson	SWE	18.10	8.75	9.35
=47	Todor Todorov	BUL	18.05	9.30	8.75
=47	Leo Sotorník	TCH	18.05	8.80	9.25
=47	Ernst Gebendinger	SUI	18.05	8.75	9.30
=47	Ernst Wister	AUT	18.05	8.70	9.35
=51	Arne Knudsen	NOR	18.00	8.90	9.10
=51	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	18.00	8.80	9.20
=53	Bill Roetzheim	USA	17.95	8.85	9.10
=53	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	17.95	8.55	9.40
=55	Iliya Topalov	BUL	17.90	9.10	8.80
=55	Szymon Sobala	POL	17.90	9.10	8.80
=55	Poul Jessen	DEN	17.90	8.85	9.05
=55	Carol Bedö	ROU	17.90	8.85	9.05
=59	Josy Stoffel	LUX	17.85	8.95	8.90
=59	Josef Škvor	TCH	17.85	8.90	8.95
=59	Ed Scrobe	USA	17.85	8.80	9.05
62	Mathias Jamtvedt	NOR	17.80	8.75	9.05
=63	Littorio Sampieri	ITA	17.75	8.80	8.95
=63	Lajos Tóth	HUN	17.75	8.60	9.15
=63	Olavi Rove	FIN	17.75	8.30	9.45
=66	Paweł Świętek	POL	17.70	8.85	8.85
=66	Andrei Kerekeș	ROU	17.70	8.75	8.95
=66	Hans Eugster	SUI	17.70	8.40	9.30
=69	Alf Olsen	NOR	17.65	8.50	9.15
=69	Börje Stattin	SWE	17.65	8.30	9.35
=71	Hans Sauter	AUT	17.60	8.60	9.00
=71	Hans Pfann	GER	17.60	8.50	9.10
=73	Theo Wied	GER	17.55	8.50	9.05
=73	Luigi Zanetti	ITA	17.55	8.40	9.15
=73	Michel Mathiot	FRA	17.55	8.40	9.15
=73	Freddy Jensen	DEN	17.55	8.40	9.15
=73	Raymond Dot	FRA	17.55	8.10	9.45
=78	Frederik De Waele	BEL	17.50	8.75	8.75
=78	Alfred Schwarzmann	GER	17.50	8.60	8.90
=78	Ali Zaky	EGY	17.50	8.25	9.25
=78	Kalevi Viskari	FIN	17.50	8.05	9.45
=82	Ede Mađar	YUG	17.45	8.85	8.60
=82	Volmer Thomsen	DEN	17.45	8.60	8.85
=84	Odd Lie	NOR	17.40	8.45	8.95
=84	Hans Schwarzentruber	SUI	17.40	8.30	9.10
=84	Miloš Kolejka	TCH	17.40	8.15	9.25
=84	Jack Beckner	USA	17.40	8.15	9.25
88	Vasil Konstantinov	BUL	17.35	8.30	9.05
=89	Paweł Gaca	POL	17.30	8.75	8.55
=89	Ryszard Kucjas	POL	17.30	8.75	8.55
=89	Nils Sjöberg	SWE	17.30	8.25	9.05
=92	Dimitar Yordanov	BUL	17.25	8.60	8.65
=92	Erich Wied	GER	17.25	8.35	8.90
=94	Friedrich Orendi	ROU	17.20	8.75	8.45
=94	Vincent D'Autorio	USA	17.20	8.00	9.20
=96	Francisco Cascante	CUB	17.15	8.65	8.50
=96	Jack Günthard	SUI	17.15	7.95	9.20
=98	Jean Guillou	FRA	17.10	8.40	8.70
=98	Mahmoud Safwat	EGY	17.10	8.35	8.75
=98	André Weingand	FRA	17.10	8.20	8.90
=101	Magdy Gheriani	EGY	17.05	8.45	8.60
=101	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	17.05	7.60	9.45
=103	Ferenc Kemény	HUN	17.00	8.10	8.90
=103	Melchior Thalmann	SUI	17.00	8.00	9.00
=105	Mahmoud Reda	EGY	16.90	8.40	8.50
=105	Zdzisław Lesiński	POL	16.90	8.20	8.70
107	Børge Nielsen	DEN	16.85	8.05	8.80
=108	Ángel Aguiar	CUB	16.80	8.70	8.10
=108	Ivan Čaklec	YUG	16.80	8.20	8.60
=108	Francisc Cociș	ROU	16.80	8.20	8.60
=108	Ernst Madland	NOR	16.80	8.05	8.75
=112	Nikolay Milev	BUL	16.75	8.60	8.15
=112	Orlando Polmonari	ITA	16.75	8.40	8.35
=112	Wolfgang Girardi	AUT	16.75	8.15	8.60
=112	Børge Minerth	DEN	16.75	8.15	8.60
116	Hubert Erang	LUX	16.70	8.15	8.55
=117	Jeroom Riske	BEL	16.65	8.30	8.35
=117	Charles Simms	USA	16.65	7.80	8.85
=119	Dušan Furlan	YUG	16.60	8.55	8.05
=119	Paweł Gawron	POL	16.60	8.50	8.10
121	Friedel Overwien	GER	16.50	7.70	8.80
=122	Eugen Balint	ROU	16.45	8.15	8.30
=122	Ahmed Allam	EGY	16.45	7.80	8.65
=122	Mihai Botez	ROU	16.45	7.80	8.65
125	Willi Welt	AUT	16.40	8.35	8.05
=126	Heinz Ostheimer	SAA	16.35	7.85	8.50
=126	Manuel Robalo Gouveia	POR	16.35	7.40	8.95
=126	Paul Grubenthal	AUT	16.35	7.25	9.10
=129	Maurice De Groote	BEL	16.30	8.40	7.90
=129	Walter Blattmann	USA	16.30	7.80	8.50
=129	Raúl Caldeira	POR	16.30	7.65	8.65
=132	Marcel de Wolf	FRA	16.25	8.30	7.95
=132	Alf Nørgaard	NOR	16.25	7.90	8.35
=134	Friedrich Fetz	AUT	16.20	8.20	8.00
=134	Don Holder	USA	16.20	8.00	8.20
=134	Fabio Bonacina	ITA	16.20	7.90	8.30
=137	Fred Wiedersporn	SAA	16.15	8.35	7.80
=137	Armand Huberty	LUX	16.15	8.30	7.85
=137	Marcel Coppin	LUX	16.15	8.20	7.95
140	Magne Kleiven	NOR	16.10	7.80	8.30
=141	Zoltan Balogh	ROU	16.00	7.80	8.20
=141	Bjarne Jørgensen	DEN	16.00	7.60	8.40
143	Ahmed El-Giddawi	EGY	15.95	8.25	7.70
=144	Georges Floquet	FRA	15.90	7.70	8.20
=144	Rolf Lauer	SAA	15.90	7.55	8.35
146	Sreten Stefanović	YUG	15.80	8.30	7.50
147	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	15.70	7.55	8.15
=148	Frank Turner	GBR	15.65	7.75	7.90
=148	Franjo Jurjević	YUG	15.65	7.40	8.25
=148	Raymond Badin	FRA	15.65	6.90	8.75
=151	Jack Whitford	GBR	15.50	8.25	7.25
=151	António Leite	POR	15.50	7.80	7.70
153	Joaquim Granger	POR	15.45	7.35	8.10
=154	Quinto Vadi	ITA	15.25	7.40	7.85
=154	Artur Schmitt	SAA	15.25	7.15	8.10
=154	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	15.25	7.00	8.25
=157	René Schroeder	LUX	15.20	7.90	7.30
=157	Aurel Loșniță	ROU	15.20	7.00	8.20
=159	Manuel Cardoso	POR	15.10	7.10	8.00
=159	Gunnar Pedersen	DEN	15.10	7.00	8.10
=161	Graham Harcourt	GBR	14.90	7.90	7.00
=161	Franz Kempter	AUT	14.90	7.00	7.90
=161	César Bonoris	ARG	14.90	7.00	7.90
=164	Ronnie Lombard	RSA	14.80	7.80	7.00
=164	Walter Müller	SAA	14.80	7.05	7.75
=166	Manuel Prazeres	POR	14.75	6.90	7.85
=166	Jack Wells	RSA	14.75	5.50	9.25
168	Sayed Hamdi	EGY	14.45	7.20	7.25
169	Ken Buffin	GBR	14.40	7.20	7.20
=170	Jey Kugeler	LUX	14.20	7.30	6.90
=170	George Weedon	GBR	14.20	6.70	7.50
172	Ivica Jelić	YUG	14.00	6.30	7.70
173	Norbert Dietrich	SAA	13.85	6.00	7.85
=174	Peter Starling	GBR	13.50	6.50	7.00
=174	Silvio Brivio	ITA	13.50	6.20	7.30
176	Ragai Farhat	EGY	13.25	5.50	7.75
177	Rolf Yelseth	RSA	12.25	7.70	4.55
178	Vir Singh	IND	9.00	4.50	4.50
179	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	8.95	8.95	–
180	Jakob Kiefer	GER	8.75	8.75	–
181	Karel Janež	YUG	7.75	–	7.75
182	Antun Kropivšek	YUG	7.30	7.30	–
183	Erich Peters	SWE	6.80	6.80	–
184	Khushi Ram	IND	6.50	3.00	3.50
185	Hans Friedrich	AUT	6.10	6.10	–