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Pommelled Horse, Men

Date	5 – 10 September 1960 — 15:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Terme di Caracalla, Roma
Participants	128 from 28 countries
Judge	Miroslav Klinger	TCH
Judge	R. Koguchi	JPN
Judge	A. Tanner	FIN
Judge	Viktor Chukarin	URS
Judge	Bill Clayton-Bolt	GBR

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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
=1	158	Boris Shakhlin	URS	19.375	Gold
=1	48	Eugen Ekman	FIN	19.375	Gold
3	86	Shuji Tsurumi	JPN	19.150	Bronze
4	87	Takashi Mitsukuri	JPN	19.125
5	159	Yury Titov	URS	18.950
6	83	Takashi Ono	JPN	18.525
7 r1/2	89	Miroslav Cerar	YUG	–
=8 r1/2	37	Larry Banner	USA	–
=8 r1/2	47	Kauko Heikkinen	FIN	–
=10 r1/2	163	Nikolay Miligulo	URS	–
=10 r1/2	85	Yukio Endo	JPN	–
=12 r1/2	162	Valery Kerdemelidi	URS	–
=12 r1/2	154	Jaroslav Šťastný	TCH	–
=12 r1/2	79	Orlando Polmonari	ITA	–
=15 r1/2	112	Åge Storhaug	NOR	–
=15 r1/2	77	Gianfranco Marzolla	ITA	–
=15 r1/2	40	Gar O'Quinn	USA	–
=18 r1/2	38	Jack Beckner	USA	–
=18 r1/2	94	Dragan Gagić	YUG	–
=18 r1/2	161	Vladimir Portnoy	URS	–
=18 r1/2	96	Josy Stoffel	LUX	–
=18 r1/2	152	Pavel Gajdoš	TCH	–
=23 r1/2	78	Franco Menichelli	ITA	–
=23 r1/2	90	Ivan Čaklec	YUG	–
=23 r1/2	80	Angelo Vicardi	ITA	–
=26 r1/2	84	Nobuyuki Aihara	JPN	–
=26 r1/2	82	Masao Takemoto	JPN	–
=26 r1/2	42	Don Tonry	USA	–
=26 r1/2	146	Fritz Feuz	SUI	–
=30 r1/2	160	Albert Azaryan	URS	–
=30 r1/2	75	Giovanni Carminucci	ITA	–
=30 r1/2	149	Edy Thomi	SUI	–
=33 r1/2	114	Józef Rajnisz	POL	–
=33 r1/2	156	Jaroslav Bím	TCH	–
=33 r1/2	41	Fred Orlofsky	USA	–
=36 r1/2	49	Sakari Olkkonen	FIN	–
=36 r1/2	140	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	–
=38 r1/2	70	János Mester	HUN	–
=38 r1/2	53	Jean Jaillard	FRA	–
=40 r1/2	76	Pasquale Carminucci	ITA	–
=40 r1/2	6	Günter Nachtigall	GER	–
=42 r1/2	151	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	–
=42 r1/2	91	Alojz Petrovič	YUG	–
=42 r1/2	22	Velik Kapsazov	BUL	–
=42 r1/2	155	Josef Trmal	TCH	–
=46 r1/2	46	Raimo Heinonen	FIN	–
=46 r1/2	5	Siegfried Fülle	GER	–
=48 r1/2	45	Olavi Leimuvirta	FIN	–
=48 r1/2	144	Max Benker	SUI	–
=48 r1/2	153	Ladislav Pazdera	TCH	–
=51 r1/2	63	Nik Stuart	GBR	–
=51 r1/2	44	Otto Kestola	FIN	–
=51 r1/2	147	Ernst Fivian	SUI	–
=54 r1/2	141	Bo Wirhed	SWE	–
=54 r1/2	145	André Brüllmann	SUI	–
=54 r1/2	54	Mohamed Lazhari	FRA	–
=57 r1/2	66	Lajos Varga	HUN	–
=57 r1/2	137	Leif Koorn	SWE	–
=59 r1/2	148	Hans Schwarzentruber	SUI	–
=59 r1/2	65	Rajmund Csányi	HUN	–
=59 r1/2	23	Todor Bachvarov	BUL	–
=62 r1/2	116	Ernest Hawełek	POL	–
=62 r1/2	117	Alfred Kucharczyk	POL	–
=62 r1/2	115	Andrzej Konopka	POL	–
=65 r1/2	17	Hans Sauter	AUT	–
=65 r1/2	52	Bernard Fauqueux	FRA	–
=65 r1/2	3	Günter Lyhs	GER	–
=65 r1/2	1	Philipp Fürst	GER	–
=69 r1/2	25	Lyuben Hristov	BUL	–
=69 r1/2	93	Milenko Lekić	YUG	–
=69 r1/2	69	Géza Bejek	HUN	–
=69 r1/2	67	Rudolf Keszthelyi	HUN	–
=73 r1/2	114	Jerzy Jokiel	POL	–
=73 r1/2	138	Stig Lindewall	SWE	–
=73 r1/2	33	Jaime Belenguer	ESP	–
76 r1/2	39	Abie Grossfeld	USA	–
77 r1/2	56	Michel Mathiot	FRA	–
=78 r1/2	68	Sándor Békési	HUN	–
=78 r1/2	15	Hermann Klien	AUT	–
=80 r1/2	113	Aleksander Rokosa	POL	–
=80 r1/2	24	Nikola Prodanov	BUL	–
82 r1/2	51	Robert Caymaris	FRA	–
=83 r1/2	97	Armand Huberty	LUX	–
=83 r1/2	16	Johann König	AUT	–
85 r1/2	92	Marsel Markulin	YUG	–
=86 r1/2	4	Erwin Koppe	GER	–
=86 r1/2	28	Richard Montpetit	CAN	–
=86 r1/2	31	Luis Valbuena	ESP	–
=89 r1/2	123	Ahmed Ghonaim	UAR	–
=89 r1/2	139	William Thoresson	SWE	–
91 r1/2	2	Karlheinz Friedrich	GER	–
=92 r1/2	14	Willi Kafel	AUT	–
=92 r1/2	55	Daniel Touche	FRA	–
=92 r1/2	111	Armando Valles	MEX	–
95 r1/2	124	Abdel Vares Sharraf	UAR	–
96 r1/2	32	Emilio Lecuona	ESP	–
=97 r1/2	99	Michel Kiesgen	LUX	–
=97 r1/2	136	Jean Cronstedt	SWE	–
99 r1/2	61	Jack Pancott	GBR	–
=100 r1/2	13	Gerhard Huber	AUT	–
=100 r1/2	59	Dick Gradley	GBR	–
102 r1/2	34	Ramón García	ESP	–
103 r1/2	26	Georgi Hristov	BUL	–
104 r1/2	21	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	–
105 r1/2	35	Enrique Montserrat	ESP	–
106 r1/2	120	Hermenegildo Candeias	POR	–
107 r1/2	98	Marcel Coppin	LUX	–
108 r1/2	122	Ismail Abdallah	UAR	–
109 r1/2	29	Kim Sang-Guk	KOR	–
=110 r1/2	126	Dakheli Amin	UAR	–
=110 r1/2	19	René Marteaux	BEL	–
112 r1/2	100	Hubert Erang	LUX	–
113 r1/2	60	John Mulhall	GBR	–
114 r1/2	9	Juan Caviglia	ARG	–
115 r1/2	58	Ken Buffin	GBR	–
116 r1/2	125	Faruq Selim	UAR	–
117 r1/2	11	Benjamin de Roo	AUS	–
118 r1/2	10	Graham Bond	AUS	–
119 r1/2	101	François Eisenbarth	LUX	–
120 r1/2	127	Ahmed Allam	UAR	–
121 r1/2	20	Léopold Desmet	BEL	–
122 r1/2	104	Mohamed Sekkat	MAR	–
123 r1/2	103	Ahmed Fellat	MAR	–
124 r1/2	107	Ahmed Darif	MAR	–
125 r1/2	108	Abdesselem Regragui	MAR	–
126 r1/2	62	Peter Starling	GBR	–
127 r1/2	106	Miloud Amselek	MAR	–
128 r1/2	12	Anton Hertl	AUT	–

Qualifying Round

Date	5 – 7 September 1960 — 08:00-17:00
Format	Top six on pommelled horse in team all-around advance to apparatus final. 50% of qualifying score added to optional exercise done in finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	158	Boris Shakhlin	URS	19.35	9.60	9.75	Q
2	48	Eugen Ekman	FIN	19.25	9.55	9.70	Q
3	159	Yury Titov	URS	19.20	9.55	9.65	Q
=4	83	Takashi Ono	JPN	19.15	9.60	9.55	Q
=4	87	Takashi Mitsukuri	JPN	19.15	9.60	9.55	Q
6	86	Shuji Tsurumi	JPN	19.10	9.50	9.60	Q
7	89	Miroslav Cerar	YUG	19.05	9.60	9.45
=8	37	Larry Banner	USA	19.00	9.50	9.50
=8	47	Kauko Heikkinen	FIN	19.00	9.40	9.60
=10	163	Nikolay Miligulo	URS	18.85	9.50	9.35
=10	85	Yukio Endo	JPN	18.85	9.45	9.40
=12	162	Valery Kerdemelidi	URS	18.80	9.40	9.40
=12	154	Jaroslav Šťastný	TCH	18.80	9.30	9.50
=12	79	Orlando Polmonari	ITA	18.80	9.30	9.50
=15	112	Åge Storhaug	NOR	18.75	9.35	9.40
=15	77	Gianfranco Marzolla	ITA	18.75	9.35	9.40
=15	40	Gar O'Quinn	USA	18.75	9.30	9.45
=18	38	Jack Beckner	USA	18.70	9.40	9.30
=18	94	Dragan Gagić	YUG	18.70	9.35	9.35
=18	161	Vladimir Portnoy	URS	18.70	9.30	9.40
=18	96	Josy Stoffel	LUX	18.70	9.25	9.45
=18	152	Pavel Gajdoš	TCH	18.70	9.20	9.50
=23	78	Franco Menichelli	ITA	18.65	9.35	9.30
=23	90	Ivan Čaklec	YUG	18.65	9.25	9.40
=23	80	Angelo Vicardi	ITA	18.65	9.20	9.45
=26	84	Nobuyuki Aihara	JPN	18.60	9.40	9.20
=26	82	Masao Takemoto	JPN	18.60	9.30	9.30
=26	42	Don Tonry	USA	18.60	9.25	9.35
=26	146	Fritz Feuz	SUI	18.60	9.25	9.35
=30	160	Albert Azaryan	URS	18.55	9.45	9.10
=30	75	Giovanni Carminucci	ITA	18.55	9.25	9.30
=30	149	Edy Thomi	SUI	18.55	9.25	9.30
=33	114	Józef Rajnisz	POL	18.50	9.20	9.30
=33	156	Jaroslav Bím	TCH	18.50	9.10	9.40
=33	41	Fred Orlofsky	USA	18.50	9.10	9.40
=36	49	Sakari Olkkonen	FIN	18.45	9.20	9.25
=36	140	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	18.45	9.20	9.25
=38	70	János Mester	HUN	18.40	9.10	9.30
=38	53	Jean Jaillard	FRA	18.40	9.10	9.30
=40	76	Pasquale Carminucci	ITA	18.35	9.10	9.25
=40	6	Günter Nachtigall	GER	18.35	9.10	9.25
=42	151	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	18.30	9.25	9.05
=42	91	Alojz Petrovič	YUG	18.30	9.10	9.20
=42	22	Velik Kapsazov	BUL	18.30	9.05	9.25
=42	155	Josef Trmal	TCH	18.30	9.00	9.30
=46	46	Raimo Heinonen	FIN	18.25	9.15	9.10
=46	5	Siegfried Fülle	GER	18.25	8.95	9.30
=48	45	Olavi Leimuvirta	FIN	18.20	9.15	9.05
=48	144	Max Benker	SUI	18.20	8.85	9.35
=48	153	Ladislav Pazdera	TCH	18.20	8.80	9.40
=51	63	Nik Stuart	GBR	18.15	9.35	8.80
=51	44	Otto Kestola	FIN	18.15	9.20	8.95
=51	147	Ernst Fivian	SUI	18.15	8.95	9.20
=54	141	Bo Wirhed	SWE	18.10	9.10	9.00
=54	145	André Brüllmann	SUI	18.10	9.00	9.10
=54	54	Mohamed Lazhari	FRA	18.10	8.70	9.40
=57	66	Lajos Varga	HUN	18.05	8.85	9.20
=57	137	Leif Koorn	SWE	18.05	8.70	9.35
=59	148	Hans Schwarzentruber	SUI	18.00	9.15	8.85
=59	65	Rajmund Csányi	HUN	18.00	9.00	9.00
=59	23	Todor Bachvarov	BUL	18.00	8.80	9.20
=62	116	Ernest Hawełek	POL	17.95	9.00	8.95
=62	117	Alfred Kucharczyk	POL	17.95	8.95	9.00
=62	115	Andrzej Konopka	POL	17.95	8.75	9.20
=65	17	Hans Sauter	AUT	17.90	9.05	8.85
=65	52	Bernard Fauqueux	FRA	17.90	9.00	8.90
=65	3	Günter Lyhs	GER	17.90	8.90	9.00
=65	1	Philipp Fürst	GER	17.90	8.40	9.50
=69	25	Lyuben Hristov	BUL	17.85	9.15	8.70
=69	93	Milenko Lekić	YUG	17.85	9.00	8.85
=69	69	Géza Bejek	HUN	17.85	8.95	8.90
=69	67	Rudolf Keszthelyi	HUN	17.85	8.75	9.10
=73	114	Jerzy Jokiel	POL	17.80	9.00	8.80
=73	138	Stig Lindewall	SWE	17.80	9.00	8.80
=73	33	Jaime Belenguer	ESP	17.80	8.50	9.30
76	39	Abie Grossfeld	USA	17.75	8.95	8.80
77	56	Michel Mathiot	FRA	17.70	8.55	9.15
=78	68	Sándor Békési	HUN	17.60	8.70	8.90
=78	15	Hermann Klien	AUT	17.60	8.70	8.90
=80	113	Aleksander Rokosa	POL	17.50	8.50	9.00
=80	24	Nikola Prodanov	BUL	17.50	8.20	9.30
82	51	Robert Caymaris	FRA	17.35	8.15	9.20
=83	97	Armand Huberty	LUX	17.30	8.60	8.70
=83	16	Johann König	AUT	17.30	8.60	8.70
85	92	Marsel Markulin	YUG	17.25	8.35	8.90
=86	4	Erwin Koppe	GER	17.15	8.85	8.30
=86	28	Richard Montpetit	CAN	17.15	8.30	8.85
=86	31	Luis Valbuena	ESP	17.15	8.25	8.90
=89	123	Ahmed Ghonaim	UAR	17.10	8.25	8.85
=89	139	William Thoresson	SWE	17.10	8.20	8.90
91	2	Karlheinz Friedrich	GER	17.00	7.80	9.20
=92	14	Willi Kafel	AUT	16.75	8.30	8.45
=92	55	Daniel Touche	FRA	16.75	8.10	8.65
=92	111	Armando Valles	MEX	16.75	7.90	8.85
95	124	Abdel Vares Sharraf	UAR	16.65	7.80	8.85
96	32	Emilio Lecuona	ESP	16.55	8.25	8.30
=97	99	Michel Kiesgen	LUX	16.50	7.70	8.80
=97	136	Jean Cronstedt	SWE	16.50	7.35	9.15
99	61	Jack Pancott	GBR	16.40	7.80	8.60
=100	13	Gerhard Huber	AUT	16.35	8.70	7.65
=100	59	Dick Gradley	GBR	16.35	7.65	8.70
102	34	Ramón García	ESP	16.10	7.55	8.55
103	26	Georgi Hristov	BUL	16.00	7.20	8.80
104	21	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	15.85	7.00	8.85
105	35	Enrique Montserrat	ESP	15.80	7.20	8.60
106	120	Hermenegildo Candeias	POR	15.65	7.65	8.00
107	98	Marcel Coppin	LUX	15.50	7.25	8.25
108	122	Ismail Abdallah	UAR	15.40	7.70	7.70
109	29	Kim Sang-Guk	KOR	15.20	6.95	8.25
=110	126	Dakheli Amin	UAR	15.05	7.25	7.80
=110	19	René Marteaux	BEL	15.05	6.60	8.45
112	100	Hubert Erang	LUX	14.85	6.85	8.00
113	60	John Mulhall	GBR	14.70	6.50	8.20
114	9	Juan Caviglia	ARG	14.50	7.60	6.90
115	58	Ken Buffin	GBR	14.40	7.80	6.60
116	125	Faruq Selim	UAR	14.35	6.75	7.60
117	11	Benjamin de Roo	AUS	14.15	6.50	7.65
118	10	Graham Bond	AUS	14.00	6.50	7.50
119	101	François Eisenbarth	LUX	12.75	5.00	7.75
120	127	Ahmed Allam	UAR	12.70	5.50	7.20
121	20	Léopold Desmet	BEL	12.40	5.35	7.05
122	104	Mohamed Sekkat	MAR	10.35	4.35	6.00
123	103	Ahmed Fellat	MAR	9.50	4.00	5.50
124	107	Ahmed Darif	MAR	9.05	3.80	5.25
125	108	Abdesselem Regragui	MAR	8.75	4.00	4.75
126	62	Peter Starling	GBR	8.65	8.65	–
127	106	Miloud Amselek	MAR	7.00	3.00	4.00
128	12	Anton Hertl	AUT	6.70	6.70	0.00

Final

Date	10 September 1960 — 15:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
=1	158	Boris Shakhlin	URS	19.375	9.675	9.70
=1	48	Eugen Ekman	FIN	19.375	9.625	9.75
3	86	Shuji Tsurumi	JPN	19.150	9.550	9.60
4	87	Takashi Mitsukuri	JPN	19.125	9.575	9.55
5	159	Yury Titov	URS	18.950	9.600	9.35
6	83	Takashi Ono	JPN	18.525	9.575	8.95