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Pommelled Horse, 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 - Pommelled Horse (Compulsory Exercise)	Aqil Sami	EGY
Judge #1 - Pommelled Horse (Compulsory Exercise)	Heinrich Eichinger	GER
Judge #2 - Pommelled Horse (Compulsory Exercise)	Jean-Pierre Thommes	LUX
Judge #3 - Pommelled Horse (Compulsory Exercise)	V. Jezek	TCH
Judge #4 - Pommelled Horse (Compulsory Exercise)	István Sárkány	HUN
Chief Judge - Pommelled Horse (Optional Exercise)	Bill Clayton-Bolt	GBR
Judge #1 - Pommelled Horse (Optional Exercise)	M. Dimitriyev	URS
Judge #2 - Pommelled Horse (Optional Exercise)	Heinrich Eichinger	GER
Judge #3 - Pommelled Horse (Optional Exercise)	Muhammad Fahmy Hussein	EGY
Judge #4 - Pommelled Horse (Optional Exercise)	H. Diem	AUT
Judge #5 - Pommelled Horse (Optional Exercise)	R. R. Nevjas	NOR

Viktor Chukarin led a Soviet sweep in this event as, in fact, the Soviets placed 1-4. Yevgeny Korolkov and Hrant Shahinyan tied for second and the silver medals with fourth going to Mikhail Perlman. The leading non-Soviet was Swiss Sepp Stalder, who had won the 1950 World Championship on pommelled horse. At Melbourne in 1956 Chukarin would add a bronze medal in this event.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	Viktor Chukarin	URS	19.50	9.70	9.80	Gold
=2	Hrant Shahinyan	URS	19.40	9.90	9.50	Silver
=2	Yevgeny Korolkov	URS	19.40	9.75	9.65	Silver
4	Mikhail Perlman	URS	19.30	9.70	9.60
5	Sepp Stalder	SUI	19.20	9.65	9.55
6	Hans Sauter	AUT	19.15	9.60	9.55
7	Vladimir Belyakov	URS	19.10	9.60	9.50
=8	Jean Tschabold	SUI	19.05	9.55	9.50
=8	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	19.05	9.55	9.50
10	József Fekete	HUN	19.00	9.55	9.45
11	Helmut Bantz	GER	18.95	9.40	9.55
12	Jakob Kiefer	GER	18.90	9.45	9.45
=13	Jack Günthard	SUI	18.85	9.50	9.35
=13	Melchior Thalmann	SUI	18.85	9.45	9.40
=15	Iosif Berdiyev	URS	18.80	9.55	9.25
=15	Friedel Overwien	GER	18.80	9.55	9.25
=15	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	18.80	9.45	9.35
=18	Adalbert Dickhut	GER	18.75	9.60	9.15
=18	Berndt Lindfors	FIN	18.75	9.45	9.30
20	Sándor Réthy	HUN	18.70	9.55	9.15
21	Hans Pfann	GER	18.65	9.40	9.25
=22	Josef Škvor	TCH	18.60	9.30	9.30
=22	Lajos Sántha	HUN	18.60	9.25	9.35
=22	Bill Roetzheim	USA	18.60	9.25	9.35
=25	Károly Kocsis	HUN	18.55	9.45	9.10
=25	Ernst Gebendinger	SUI	18.55	9.35	9.20
=25	Hans Eugster	SUI	18.55	9.25	9.30
28	Kalevi Viskari	FIN	18.50	9.10	9.40
=29	Leo Sotorník	TCH	18.45	9.30	9.15
=29	Kaino Lempinen	FIN	18.45	9.15	9.30
31	Takashi Ono	JPN	18.40	9.40	9.00
=32	Valentin Muratov	URS	18.30	9.70	8.60
=32	Ferenc Kemény	HUN	18.30	9.35	8.95
=32	Michel Mathiot	FRA	18.30	9.15	9.15
=32	Don Holder	USA	18.30	9.10	9.20
36	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	18.25	9.55	8.70
=37	Theo Wied	GER	18.20	9.50	8.70
=37	Nikolay Milev	BUL	18.20	9.40	8.80
=37	Guido Figone	ITA	18.20	9.40	8.80
=40	Ed Scrobe	USA	18.10	9.30	8.80
=40	Josy Stoffel	LUX	18.10	9.30	8.80
=40	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	18.10	8.40	9.70
=43	Luigi Zanetti	ITA	18.05	9.35	8.70
=43	Kalevi Laitinen	FIN	18.05	9.05	9.00
=43	Frank Turner	GBR	18.05	9.05	9.00
=43	Erich Wied	GER	18.05	8.80	9.25
=47	Tadao Uesako	JPN	18.00	8.90	9.10
=47	Poul Jessen	DEN	18.00	8.90	9.10
=49	Franz Kempter	AUT	17.95	9.05	8.90
=49	Georges Floquet	FRA	17.95	9.00	8.95
=51	Szymon Sobala	POL	17.90	9.40	8.50
=51	Vincent D'Autorio	USA	17.90	8.85	9.05
=53	Josef Svoboda	TCH	17.85	9.30	8.55
=53	Raymond Badin	FRA	17.85	8.50	9.35
=55	Andrei Kerekeș	ROU	17.80	9.00	8.80
=55	Paweł Gaca	POL	17.80	8.80	9.00
=57	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	17.75	9.35	8.40
=57	Miloš Kolejka	TCH	17.75	9.25	8.50
=57	Silvio Brivio	ITA	17.75	9.05	8.70
=57	Quinto Vadi	ITA	17.75	8.90	8.85
=57	Ali Zaky	EGY	17.75	8.85	8.90
=57	Olavi Rove	FIN	17.75	8.60	9.15
=63	Fabio Bonacina	ITA	17.70	9.20	8.50
=63	Paweł Gawron	POL	17.70	8.95	8.75
=65	Alfred Schwarzmann	GER	17.60	9.20	8.40
=65	André Weingand	FRA	17.60	8.85	8.75
=65	Vasil Konstantinov	BUL	17.60	8.50	9.10
=65	Freddy Jensen	DEN	17.60	8.50	9.10
=69	Hans Friedrich	AUT	17.55	9.35	8.20
=69	Masao Takemoto	JPN	17.55	9.15	8.40
=69	Jack Whitford	GBR	17.55	9.05	8.50
=69	Bob Stout	USA	17.55	8.75	8.80
=73	Onni Lappalainen	FIN	17.50	9.00	8.50
=73	Orlando Polmonari	ITA	17.50	9.00	8.50
=73	Walter Blattmann	USA	17.50	8.90	8.60
=73	Volmer Thomsen	DEN	17.50	8.80	8.70
=77	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	17.45	9.15	8.30
=77	Mincho Todorov	BUL	17.45	8.95	8.50
=77	Jindřich Mikulec	TCH	17.45	8.80	8.65
=77	Vladimír Kejř	TCH	17.45	8.60	8.85
=77	Littorio Sampieri	ITA	17.45	8.60	8.85
=82	Akitomo Kaneko	JPN	17.25	9.35	7.90
=82	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	17.25	8.95	8.30
=84	Ernst Wister	AUT	17.20	8.70	8.50
=84	Tetsumi Nabeya	JPN	17.20	8.20	9.00
=84	Lajos Tóth	HUN	17.20	8.20	9.00
87	Willi Welt	AUT	17.10	8.25	8.85
=88	Hans Schwarzentruber	SUI	17.00	9.00	8.00
=88	Jack Beckner	USA	17.00	8.40	8.60
90	Ernst Fivian	SUI	16.85	9.35	7.50
91	Friedrich Orendi	ROU	16.80	8.80	8.00
=92	Ragai Farhat	EGY	16.75	8.35	8.40
=92	Erich Peters	SWE	16.75	8.25	8.50
94	Artur Schmitt	SAA	16.55	8.20	8.35
95	Paweł Świętek	POL	16.50	8.05	8.45
96	Marcel de Wolf	FRA	16.45	7.90	8.55
=97	Arrigo Carnoli	ITA	16.40	8.40	8.00
=97	Magne Kleiven	NOR	16.40	8.35	8.05
=97	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	16.40	7.40	9.00
100	Armand Huberty	LUX	16.30	8.65	7.65
=101	Ken Buffin	GBR	16.25	8.50	7.75
=101	Joaquín Blume	ESP	16.25	8.00	8.25
=101	Mihai Botez	ROU	16.25	7.75	8.50
=104	Alf Nørgaard	NOR	16.20	8.70	7.50
=104	Dušan Furlan	YUG	16.20	8.35	7.85
=106	Mahmoud Reda	EGY	16.10	8.10	8.00
=106	Charles Simms	USA	16.10	8.05	8.05
108	Zdzisław Lesiński	POL	16.05	8.50	7.55
=109	Heinz Ostheimer	SAA	15.95	8.85	7.10
=109	Ángel Aguiar	CUB	15.95	8.35	7.60
=111	René Changeat	FRA	15.90	7.90	8.00
=111	Todor Todorov	BUL	15.90	7.70	8.20
113	Manuel Prazeres	POR	15.80	8.80	7.00
=114	Antun Kropivšek	YUG	15.70	7.85	7.85
=114	Jerzy Solarz	POL	15.70	7.80	7.90
116	Dimitar Yordanov	BUL	15.55	7.00	8.55
117	Børge Nielsen	DEN	15.50	8.30	7.20
=118	Børge Minerth	DEN	15.45	7.90	7.55
=118	Jean Guillou	FRA	15.45	7.50	7.95
120	Paul Grubenthal	AUT	15.40	8.15	7.25
=121	Frederik De Waele	BEL	15.35	8.00	7.35
=121	Fred Wiedersporn	SAA	15.35	7.85	7.50
=123	Arne Knudsen	NOR	15.30	7.90	7.40
=123	Ernst Madland	NOR	15.30	7.05	8.25
=125	Mathias Jamtvedt	NOR	15.25	7.70	7.55
=125	Wolfgang Girardi	AUT	15.25	7.55	7.70
=127	Iliya Topalov	BUL	15.15	9.15	6.00
=127	Juan Caviglia	ARG	15.15	7.45	7.70
=129	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	15.05	8.25	6.80
=129	Ronnie Lombard	RSA	15.05	7.80	7.25
=129	Ivica Jelić	YUG	15.05	7.65	7.40
=129	George Weedon	GBR	15.05	7.45	7.60
133	Gunnar Pedersen	DEN	14.75	7.75	7.00
134	Odd Lie	NOR	14.70	8.80	5.90
135	Karel Janež	YUG	14.65	6.30	8.35
136	Carol Bedö	ROU	14.60	6.85	7.75
137	Rolf Lauer	SAA	14.30	8.05	6.25
138	Jey Kugeler	LUX	14.20	6.00	8.20
139	Alf Olsen	NOR	14.15	7.25	6.90
=140	Arne Carlsson	SWE	14.10	7.95	6.15
=140	Bjarne Jørgensen	DEN	14.10	7.20	6.90
142	Eugen Balint	ROU	14.00	6.50	7.50
143	Hubert Erang	LUX	13.80	7.80	6.00
=144	Ede Mađar	YUG	13.75	6.50	7.25
=144	Zoltan Balogh	ROU	13.75	6.50	7.25
=144	Georg Johansen	NOR	13.75	5.85	7.90
=147	Marcel Coppin	LUX	13.70	7.30	6.40
=147	Ahmed El-Giddawi	EGY	13.70	6.25	7.45
=147	Raymond Dot	FRA	13.70	4.75	8.95
=150	Walter Müller	SAA	13.60	7.60	6.00
=150	Ivan Čaklec	YUG	13.60	5.10	8.50
=152	Sreten Stefanović	YUG	13.35	7.85	5.50
=152	Nils Sjöberg	SWE	13.35	6.35	7.00
=152	Sayed Hamdi	EGY	13.35	5.50	7.85
155	Ryszard Kucjas	POL	13.30	6.50	6.80
156	Norbert Dietrich	SAA	13.15	7.50	5.65
157	António Leite	POR	12.85	6.10	6.75
=158	Jerzy Jokiel	POL	12.80	7.30	5.50
=158	Jeroom Riske	BEL	12.80	6.15	6.65
160	Anders Lindh	SWE	12.60	6.15	6.45
161	Peter Starling	GBR	12.40	6.10	6.30
=162	Rolf Yelseth	RSA	12.25	6.80	5.45
=162	Friedrich Fetz	AUT	12.25	5.25	7.00
164	Dmitry Leonkin	URS	12.10	3.75	8.35
165	Francisc Cociș	ROU	12.05	5.25	6.80
166	William Thoresson	SWE	11.75	5.75	6.00
167	Manuel Robalo Gouveia	POR	11.65	6.80	4.85
168	Jack Wells	RSA	11.55	7.00	4.55
169	Raúl Caldeira	POR	11.45	5.70	5.75
170	Graham Harcourt	GBR	11.35	6.85	4.50
171	Joaquim Granger	POR	11.30	6.05	5.25
172	Mahmoud Safwat	EGY	11.15	4.50	6.65
173	Manuel Cardoso	POR	10.85	5.55	5.30
174	Franjo Jurjević	YUG	10.80	5.00	5.80
175	Magdy Gheriani	EGY	10.55	3.00	7.55
176	Maurice De Groote	BEL	10.25	3.50	6.75
177	César Bonoris	ARG	10.05	3.00	7.05
178	Börje Stattin	SWE	10.00	9.00	1.00
179	Francisco Cascante	CUB	9.75	4.50	5.25
180	Aurel Loșniță	ROU	9.25	4.75	4.50
181	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	9.15	9.15	–
=182	René Schroeder	LUX	8.25	4.75	3.50
=182	Ahmed Allam	EGY	8.25	3.50	4.75
184	Vir Singh	IND	3.25	1.00	2.25
185	Khushi Ram	IND	3.00	1.00	2.00