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Pommelled Horse, Men

Date5 – 10 September 1960 — 15:00
StatusOlympic
LocationTerme di Caracalla, Roma
Participants128 from 28 countries

As with all apparatus formats in 1960, this was a new format, with the all-around competition serving as a qualifying round for the final, with the top six performers advancing to the final round, where they again performed a compulsory and optional exercise to determine final placements. Borys Shakhlin won the gold medal but he tied for first and shared the gold with Finland’s Eugen Ekman. Ekman’s gold medal was the only one not won by a Soviet or Japanese male gymnast in Rome. The bronze medal went to Shuji Tsurumi, his only individual medal in Rome, but he would win two individual medals at Tokyo in 1964, one in this event and one on parallel bars. One surprise was that Yugoslav Slovenian Miroslav Cerar did not make the final, as he placed seventh in the all-around qualifying. He had been a bronze medalist in the event at the 1958 World Championships and would win Olympic gold on the pommelled horse in 1964 and 1968, and is often considered the greatest ever practitioner on this apparatus.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
=1Boris ShakhlinURS19.375Gold
=1Eugen EkmanFIN19.375Gold
3Shuji TsurumiJPN19.150Bronze
4Takashi MitsukuriJPN19.125
5Yury TitovURS18.950
6Takashi OnoJPN18.525
7 r1/2Miroslav CerarYUG
=8 r1/2Larry BannerUSA
=8 r1/2Kauko HeikkinenFIN
=10 r1/2Nikolay MiliguloURS
=10 r1/2Yukio EndoJPN
=12 r1/2Valery KerdemelidiURS
=12 r1/2Jaroslav ŠťastnýTCH
=12 r1/2Orlando PolmonariITA
=15 r1/2Åge StorhaugNOR
=15 r1/2Gianfranco MarzollaITA
=15 r1/2Gar O'QuinnUSA
=18 r1/2Jack BecknerUSA
=18 r1/2Dragan GagićYUG
=18 r1/2Vladimir PortnoyURS
=18 r1/2Josy StoffelLUX
=18 r1/2Pavel GajdošTCH
=23 r1/2Franco MenichelliITA
=23 r1/2Ivan ČaklecYUG
=23 r1/2Angelo VicardiITA
=26 r1/2Nobuyuki AiharaJPN
=26 r1/2Masao TakemotoJPN
=26 r1/2Don TonryUSA
=26 r1/2Fritz FeuzSUI
=30 r1/2Albert AzaryanURS
=30 r1/2Giovanni CarminucciITA
=30 r1/2Edy ThomiSUI
=33 r1/2Józef RajniszPOL
=33 r1/2Jaroslav BímTCH
=33 r1/2Fred OrlofskyUSA
=36 r1/2Sakari OlkkonenFIN
=36 r1/2Kurt WigartzSWE
=38 r1/2János MesterHUN
=38 r1/2Jean JaillardFRA
=40 r1/2Pasquale CarminucciITA
=40 r1/2Günter NachtigallGER
=42 r1/2Ferdinand DanišTCH
=42 r1/2Alojz PetrovičYUG
=42 r1/2Velik KapsazovBUL
=42 r1/2Josef TrmalTCH
=46 r1/2Raimo HeinonenFIN
=46 r1/2Siegfried FülleGER
=48 r1/2Olavi LeimuvirtaFIN
=48 r1/2Max BenkerSUI
=48 r1/2Ladislav PazderaTCH
=51 r1/2Nik StuartGBR
=51 r1/2Otto KestolaFIN
=51 r1/2Ernst FivianSUI
=54 r1/2Bo WirhedSWE
=54 r1/2André BrüllmannSUI
=54 r1/2Mohamed LazhariFRA
=57 r1/2Lajos VargaHUN
=57 r1/2Leif KoornSWE
=59 r1/2Hans SchwarzentruberSUI
=59 r1/2Rajmund CsányiHUN
=59 r1/2Todor BachvarovBUL
=62 r1/2Ernest HawełekPOL
=62 r1/2Alfred KucharczykPOL
=62 r1/2Andrzej KonopkaPOL
=65 r1/2Hans SauterAUT
=65 r1/2Bernard FauqueuxFRA
=65 r1/2Günter LyhsGER
=65 r1/2Philipp FürstGER
=69 r1/2Lyuben HristovBUL
=69 r1/2Milenko LekićYUG
=69 r1/2Géza BejekHUN
=69 r1/2Rudolf KeszthelyiHUN
=73 r1/2Jerzy JokielPOL
=73 r1/2Stig LindewallSWE
=73 r1/2Jaime BelenguerESP
76 r1/2Abie GrossfeldUSA
77 r1/2Michel MathiotFRA
=78 r1/2Sándor BékésiHUN
=78 r1/2Hermann KlienAUT
=80 r1/2Aleksander RokosaPOL
=80 r1/2Nikola ProdanovBUL
82 r1/2Robert CaymarisFRA
=83 r1/2Armand HubertyLUX
=83 r1/2Johann KönigAUT
85 r1/2Marsel MarkulinYUG
=86 r1/2Erwin KoppeGER
=86 r1/2Richard MontpetitCAN
=86 r1/2Luis ValbuenaESP
=89 r1/2Ahmed GhonaimUAR
=89 r1/2William ThoressonSWE
91 r1/2Karlheinz FriedrichGER
=92 r1/2Willi KafelAUT
=92 r1/2Daniel ToucheFRA
=92 r1/2Armando VallesMEX
95 r1/2Abdel Vares SharrafUAR
96 r1/2Emilio LecuonaESP
=97 r1/2Michel KiesgenLUX
=97 r1/2Jean CronstedtSWE
99 r1/2Jack PancottGBR
=100 r1/2Gerhard HuberAUT
=100 r1/2Dick GradleyGBR
102 r1/2Ramón GarcíaESP
103 r1/2Georgi HristovBUL
104 r1/2Stoyan StoyanovBUL
105 r1/2Enrique MontserratESP
106 r1/2Hermenegildo CandeiasPOR
107 r1/2Marcel CoppinLUX
108 r1/2Ismail AbdallahUAR
109 r1/2Kim Sang-GukKOR
=110 r1/2Amin DakheliUAR
=110 r1/2René MarteauxBEL
112 r1/2Hubert ErangLUX
113 r1/2John MulhallGBR
114 r1/2Juan CavigliaARG
115 r1/2Ken BuffinGBR
116 r1/2Faruq SelimUAR
117 r1/2Benjamin de RooAUS
118 r1/2Graham BondAUS
119 r1/2François EisenbarthLUX
120 r1/2Ahmed AllamUAR
121 r1/2Léopold DesmetBEL
122 r1/2Mohamed SekkatMAR
123 r1/2Ahmed FellatMAR
124 r1/2Ahmed DarifMAR
125 r1/2Abdesselem RegraguiMAR
126 r1/2Peter StarlingGBR
127 r1/2Miloud AmselekMAR
128 r1/2Anton HertlAUT

Qualifying (5 – 7 September 1960 — 08:00-17:00)

Top six on pommelled horse in team all-around advance to apparatus final. 50% of qualifying score added to optional exercise done in finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsCEPOEP
1Boris ShakhlinURS19.359.609.75Q
2Eugen EkmanFIN19.259.559.70Q
3Yury TitovURS19.209.559.65Q
=4Takashi OnoJPN19.159.609.55Q
=4Takashi MitsukuriJPN19.159.609.55Q
6Shuji TsurumiJPN19.109.509.60Q
7Miroslav CerarYUG19.059.609.45
=8Larry BannerUSA19.009.509.50
=8Kauko HeikkinenFIN19.009.409.60
=10Nikolay MiliguloURS18.859.509.35
=10Yukio EndoJPN18.859.459.40
=12Valery KerdemelidiURS18.809.409.40
=12Jaroslav ŠťastnýTCH18.809.309.50
=12Orlando PolmonariITA18.809.309.50
=15Åge StorhaugNOR18.759.359.40
=15Gianfranco MarzollaITA18.759.359.40
=15Gar O'QuinnUSA18.759.309.45
=18Jack BecknerUSA18.709.409.30
=18Dragan GagićYUG18.709.359.35
=18Vladimir PortnoyURS18.709.309.40
=18Josy StoffelLUX18.709.259.45
=18Pavel GajdošTCH18.709.209.50
=23Franco MenichelliITA18.659.359.30
=23Ivan ČaklecYUG18.659.259.40
=23Angelo VicardiITA18.659.209.45
=26Nobuyuki AiharaJPN18.609.409.20
=26Masao TakemotoJPN18.609.309.30
=26Don TonryUSA18.609.259.35
=26Fritz FeuzSUI18.609.259.35
=30Albert AzaryanURS18.559.459.10
=30Giovanni CarminucciITA18.559.259.30
=30Edy ThomiSUI18.559.259.30
=33Józef RajniszPOL18.509.209.30
=33Jaroslav BímTCH18.509.109.40
=33Fred OrlofskyUSA18.509.109.40
=36Sakari OlkkonenFIN18.459.209.25
=36Kurt WigartzSWE18.459.209.25
=38János MesterHUN18.409.109.30
=38Jean JaillardFRA18.409.109.30
=40Pasquale CarminucciITA18.359.109.25
=40Günter NachtigallGER18.359.109.25
=42Ferdinand DanišTCH18.309.259.05
=42Alojz PetrovičYUG18.309.109.20
=42Velik KapsazovBUL18.309.059.25
=42Josef TrmalTCH18.309.009.30
=46Raimo HeinonenFIN18.259.159.10
=46Siegfried FülleGER18.258.959.30
=48Olavi LeimuvirtaFIN18.209.159.05
=48Max BenkerSUI18.208.859.35
=48Ladislav PazderaTCH18.208.809.40
=51Nik StuartGBR18.159.358.80
=51Otto KestolaFIN18.159.208.95
=51Ernst FivianSUI18.158.959.20
=54Bo WirhedSWE18.109.109.00
=54André BrüllmannSUI18.109.009.10
=54Mohamed LazhariFRA18.108.709.40
=57Lajos VargaHUN18.058.859.20
=57Leif KoornSWE18.058.709.35
=59Hans SchwarzentruberSUI18.009.158.85
=59Rajmund CsányiHUN18.009.009.00
=59Todor BachvarovBUL18.008.809.20
=62Ernest HawełekPOL17.959.008.95
=62Alfred KucharczykPOL17.958.959.00
=62Andrzej KonopkaPOL17.958.759.20
=65Hans SauterAUT17.909.058.85
=65Bernard FauqueuxFRA17.909.008.90
=65Günter LyhsGER17.908.909.00
=65Philipp FürstGER17.908.409.50
=69Lyuben HristovBUL17.859.158.70
=69Milenko LekićYUG17.859.008.85
=69Géza BejekHUN17.858.958.90
=69Rudolf KeszthelyiHUN17.858.759.10
=73Jerzy JokielPOL17.809.008.80
=73Stig LindewallSWE17.809.008.80
=73Jaime BelenguerESP17.808.509.30
76Abie GrossfeldUSA17.758.958.80
77Michel MathiotFRA17.708.559.15
=78Sándor BékésiHUN17.608.708.90
=78Hermann KlienAUT17.608.708.90
=80Aleksander RokosaPOL17.508.509.00
=80Nikola ProdanovBUL17.508.209.30
82Robert CaymarisFRA17.358.159.20
=83Armand HubertyLUX17.308.608.70
=83Johann KönigAUT17.308.608.70
85Marsel MarkulinYUG17.258.358.90
=86Erwin KoppeGER17.158.858.30
=86Richard MontpetitCAN17.158.308.85
=86Luis ValbuenaESP17.158.258.90
=89Ahmed GhonaimUAR17.108.258.85
=89William ThoressonSWE17.108.208.90
91Karlheinz FriedrichGER17.007.809.20
=92Willi KafelAUT16.758.308.45
=92Daniel ToucheFRA16.758.108.65
=92Armando VallesMEX16.757.908.85
95Abdel Vares SharrafUAR16.657.808.85
96Emilio LecuonaESP16.558.258.30
=97Michel KiesgenLUX16.507.708.80
=97Jean CronstedtSWE16.507.359.15
99Jack PancottGBR16.407.808.60
=100Gerhard HuberAUT16.358.707.65
=100Dick GradleyGBR16.357.658.70
102Ramón GarcíaESP16.107.558.55
103Georgi HristovBUL16.007.208.80
104Stoyan StoyanovBUL15.857.008.85
105Enrique MontserratESP15.807.208.60
106Hermenegildo CandeiasPOR15.657.658.00
107Marcel CoppinLUX15.507.258.25
108Ismail AbdallahUAR15.407.707.70
109Kim Sang-GukKOR15.206.958.25
=110Amin DakheliUAR15.057.257.80
=110René MarteauxBEL15.056.608.45
112Hubert ErangLUX14.856.858.00
113John MulhallGBR14.706.508.20
114Juan CavigliaARG14.507.606.90
115Ken BuffinGBR14.407.806.60
116Faruq SelimUAR14.356.757.60
117Benjamin de RooAUS14.156.507.65
118Graham BondAUS14.006.507.50
119François EisenbarthLUX12.755.007.75
120Ahmed AllamUAR12.705.507.20
121Léopold DesmetBEL12.405.357.05
122Mohamed SekkatMAR10.354.356.00
123Ahmed FellatMAR9.504.005.50
124Ahmed DarifMAR9.053.805.25
125Abdesselem RegraguiMAR8.754.004.75
126Peter StarlingGBR8.658.65
127Miloud AmselekMAR7.003.004.00
128Anton HertlAUT6.706.700.00

Final (10 September 1960 — 15:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsQP(50%)FP
=1Boris ShakhlinURS19.3759.6759.70
=1Eugen EkmanFIN19.3759.6259.75
3Shuji TsurumiJPN19.1509.5509.60
4Takashi MitsukuriJPN19.1259.5759.55
5Yury TitovURS18.9509.6009.35
6Takashi OnoJPN18.5259.5758.95