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Pommelled Horse, Men

Date	27 August – 1 September 1972 — 19:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Sporthalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	111 from 26 countries

The format was similar to 1964 and 1968, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, with the final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. The last two gold medals had been won by Yugoslav Miroslav Cerar, considered at the time the greatest ever in this event, but he retired after the 1970 World Championships, which he also won, leaving this event fairly open. The leader after team qualifying was Japan’s Eizo Kenmotsu, who had been second to Cerar at the 1970 Worlds. But a weak final round dropped him to a bronze medal, as Soviet Viktor Klimenko moved up to the gold medal with the best final round performance. The silver went to Kenmotsu’s teammate Sawao Kato, the individual all-around champion. Kenmotsu would win a silver in the event at Montréal in 1976, trailing Hungarian Zoltán Magyar, who would win the gold medal in 1976-80 and challenge Cerar as the GOAT on pommelled horse.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	252	Viktor Klimenko	URS	19.125	Gold
2	143	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.000	Silver
3	144	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	18.950	Bronze
4	142	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	18.925
5	257	Mikhail Voronin	URS	18.875
6	195	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	18.750
6 r1/1	145	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	–
=8 r1/1	254	Edvard Mikaelyan	URS	–
=8 r1/1	91	Matthias Brehme	GDR	–
=8 r1/1	127	Imre Molnár	HUN	–
=11 r1/1	193	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	–
=11 r1/1	265	Steve Hug	USA	–
13 r1/1	93	Klaus Köste	GDR	–
=14 r1/1	97	Wolfgang Thüne	GDR	–
=14 r1/1	94	Jürgen Paeke	GDR	–
16 r1/1	241	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	–
=17 r1/1	251	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	–
=17 r1/1	194	Sylwester Kubica	POL	–
=19 r1/1	253	Aleksandr Maleyev	URS	–
=19 r1/1	105	Reinhard Ritter	FRG	–
=19 r1/1	261	Marshall Avener	USA	–
22 r1/1	61	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	–
23 r1/1	92	Wolfgang Klotz	GDR	–
=24 r1/1	256	Vladimir Shchukin	URS	–
=24 r1/1	126	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	–
=24 r1/1	274	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	–
=24 r1/1	35	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	–
28 r1/1	196	Mieczysław Strzałka	POL	–
=29 r1/1	146	Teruichi Okamura	JPN	–
=29 r1/1	222	Max Brühwiler	SUI	–
=29 r1/1	123	Béla Herczeg	HUN	–
=32 r1/1	96	Reinhard Rychly	GDR	–
=32 r1/1	242	Ladislav Morava	TCH	–
=34 r1/1	147	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	–
=34 r1/1	197	Andrzej Szajna	POL	–
=34 r1/1	205	Li Song-Sob	PRK	–
=34 r1/1	101	Bernd Effing	FRG	–
38 r1/1	214	Petre Mihăiuc	ROU	–
=39 r1/1	103	Heinz Häussler	FRG	–
=39 r1/1	212	Mircea Gheorghiu	ROU	–
=41 r1/1	17	Stefan Zoev	BUL	–
=41 r1/1	104	Walter Mössinger	FRG	–
=41 r1/1	221	Robert Bretscher	SUI	–
=41 r1/1	213	Dan Grecu	ROU	–
=45 r1/1	227	Peter Rohner	SUI	–
=45 r1/1	121	István Kiss	HUN	–
=45 r1/1	122	István Bérczi	HUN	–
=45 r1/1	273	Zoran Ivanović	YUG	–
=45 r1/1	171	Tore Lie	NOR	–
=45 r1/1	204	Kim Song-Yu	PRK	–
=45 r1/1	276	Miloš Vratič	YUG	–
=52 r1/1	192	Jerzy Kruża	POL	–
=52 r1/1	216	Gheorghe Păunescu	ROU	–
54 r1/1	201	Ho Yun-Hang	PRK	–
=55 r1/1	132	Franco Donegà	ITA	–
=55 r1/1	77	Jean-Pierre Miens	FRA	–
=55 r1/1	203	Kim Song-Il	PRK	–
58 r1/1	243	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	–
59 r1/1	206	Shin Heung-Do	PRK	–
=60 r1/1	247	Pavel Stanovský	TCH	–
=60 r1/1	151	Bruno Banzer	LIE	–
62 r1/1	22	Steve Mitruk	CAN	–
63 r1/1	263	Jim Culhane, Jr.	USA	–
=64 r1/1	224	Philippe Gaille	SUI	–
=64 r1/1	124	Antal Kisteleki	HUN	–
66 r1/1	202	Jo Jong-Ryol	PRK	–
67 r1/1	271	Janez Brodnik	YUG	–
68 r1/1	73	Christian Deuza	FRA	–
=69 r1/1	102	Eberhard Gienger	FRG	–
=69 r1/1	244	Vladislav Nehasil	TCH	–
=71 r1/1	225	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	–
=71 r1/1	36	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	–
73 r1/1	83	Stan Wild	GBR	–
74 r1/1	41	Ole Benediktson	DEN	–
75 r1/1	74	Bernard Farjat	FRA	–
76 r1/1	106	Günter Spies	FRG	–
77 r1/1	262	John Crosby, Jr.	USA	–
78 r1/1	275	Drago Šoštarić	YUG	–
79 r1/1	131	Luigi Coppa	ITA	–
=80 r1/1	14	Dimitar Koychev	BUL	–
=80 r1/1	16	Geno Radev	BUL	–
82 r1/1	76	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	–
=83 r1/1	31	René Badell	CUB	–
=83 r1/1	215	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	–
85 r1/1	135	Maurizio Milanetto	ITA	–
=86 r1/1	217	Constantin Petrescu	ROU	–
=86 r1/1	52	Agustín Sandoval	ESP	–
88 r1/1	32	Jorge Cuervo	CUB	–
89 r1/1	15	Ivan Kondev	BUL	–
90 r1/1	2	Peter Lloyd	AUS	–
91 r1/1	82	Bill Norgrave	GBR	–
92 r1/1	134	Carmine Luppino	ITA	–
93 r1/1	272	Ivica Hmjelovac	YUG	–
94 r1/1	53	Cecilio Ugarte	ESP	–
=95 r1/1	12	Bozhidar Iliev	BUL	–
=95 r1/1	71	Henri Boërio	FRA	–
=97 r1/1	75	Georges Guelzec	FRA	–
=97 r1/1	264	George Greenfield	USA	–
99 r1/1	23	André Simard	CAN	–
100 r1/1	161	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	–
=101 r1/1	133	Adolfo Lampronti	ITA	–
=101 r1/1	181	Terry Sale	NZL	–
103 r1/1	51	José Ginés	ESP	–
104 r1/1	37	Emilio Sagré	CUB	–
=105 r1/1	136	Fedele Spatazza	ITA	–
=105 r1/1	267	Makoto Sakamoto	USA	–
107 r1/1	81	Eddie Arnold	GBR	–
108 r1/1	11	Dimitar Dimitrov	BUL	–
109 r1/1	1	Ian Clarke	AUS	–
110 r1/1	34	Luis Ramírez	CUB	–
111 r1/1	245	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	–

Final

Date	1 September 1972 — 19:30
Format	Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	252	Viktor Klimenko	URS	19.125	9.525	9.60
2	143	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.000	9.500	9.50
3	144	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	18.950	9.550	9.40
4	142	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	18.925	9.525	9.40
5	257	Mikhail Voronin	URS	18.875	9.425	9.45
6	195	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	18.750	9.350	9.40

Qualifying Round

Date	27 August 1972
Format	Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	144	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.10	9.50	9.60	Q
=2	252	Viktor Klimenko	URS	19.05	9.50	9.55	Q
=2	142	Shigeru Kasamatsu	JPN	19.05	9.50	9.55	Q
4	143	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.00	9.40	9.60	Q
5	257	Mikhail Voronin	URS	18.85	9.40	9.45	Q
=6	195	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	18.70	9.15	9.55	Q
=6	145	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	18.70	9.30	9.40
=8	254	Edvard Mikaelyan	URS	18.60	9.35	9.25
=8	91	Matthias Brehme	GDR	18.60	9.25	9.35
=8	127	Imre Molnár	HUN	18.60	9.20	9.40
=11	193	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	18.55	9.15	9.40
=11	265	Steve Hug	USA	18.55	9.15	9.40
13	93	Klaus Köste	GDR	18.50	9.20	9.30
=14	97	Wolfgang Thüne	GDR	18.45	9.45	9.00
=14	94	Jürgen Paeke	GDR	18.45	9.20	9.25
16	241	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	18.35	9.10	9.25
=17	251	Nikolay Andrianov	URS	18.30	9.50	8.80
=17	194	Sylwester Kubica	POL	18.30	9.10	9.20
=19	253	Aleksandr Maleyev	URS	18.25	9.15	9.10
=19	105	Reinhard Ritter	FRG	18.25	9.05	9.20
=19	261	Marshall Avener	USA	18.25	8.95	9.30
22	61	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	18.20	9.10	9.10
23	92	Wolfgang Klotz	GDR	18.15	9.10	9.05
=24	256	Vladimir Shchukin	URS	18.10	9.05	9.05
=24	126	Zoltán Magyar	HUN	18.10	9.05	9.05
=24	274	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	18.10	8.90	9.20
=24	35	Roberto Antonio León Richards	CUB	18.10	8.75	9.35
28	196	Mieczysław Strzałka	POL	18.05	8.95	9.10
=29	146	Teruichi Okamura	JPN	18.00	9.05	8.95
=29	222	Max Brühwiler	SUI	18.00	8.90	9.10
=29	123	Béla Herczeg	HUN	18.00	8.85	9.15
=32	96	Reinhard Rychly	GDR	17.95	8.90	9.05
=32	242	Ladislav Morava	TCH	17.95	8.85	9.10
=34	147	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	17.90	9.20	8.70
=34	197	Andrzej Szajna	POL	17.90	8.90	9.00
=34	205	Li Song-Sob	PRK	17.90	8.85	9.05
=34	101	Bernd Effing	FRG	17.90	8.80	9.10
38	214	Petre Mihăiuc	ROU	17.85	8.80	9.05
=39	103	Heinz Häussler	FRG	17.80	8.95	8.85
=39	212	Mircea Gheorghiu	ROU	17.80	8.75	9.05
=41	17	Stefan Zoev	BUL	17.75	9.00	8.75
=41	104	Walter Mössinger	FRG	17.75	8.90	8.85
=41	221	Robert Bretscher	SUI	17.75	8.80	8.95
=41	213	Dan Grecu	ROU	17.75	8.65	9.10
=45	227	Peter Rohner	SUI	17.70	8.95	8.75
=45	121	István Kiss	HUN	17.70	8.70	9.00
=45	122	István Bérczi	HUN	17.70	8.70	9.00
=45	273	Zoran Ivanović	YUG	17.70	8.70	9.00
=45	171	Tore Lie	NOR	17.70	8.65	9.05
=45	204	Kim Song-Yu	PRK	17.70	8.60	9.10
=45	276	Miloš Vratič	YUG	17.70	8.40	9.30
=52	192	Jerzy Kruża	POL	17.60	8.75	8.85
=52	216	Gheorghe Păunescu	ROU	17.60	8.65	8.95
54	201	Ho Yun-Hang	PRK	17.55	8.55	9.00
=55	132	Franco Donegà	ITA	17.50	8.55	8.95
=55	77	Jean-Pierre Miens	FRA	17.50	8.50	9.00
=55	203	Kim Song-Il	PRK	17.50	8.45	9.05
58	243	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	17.45	8.70	8.75
59	206	Shin Heung-Do	PRK	17.40	8.35	9.05
=60	247	Pavel Stanovský	TCH	17.35	9.00	8.35
=60	151	Bruno Banzer	LIE	17.35	8.35	9.00
62	22	Steve Mitruk	CAN	17.30	8.70	8.60
63	263	Jim Culhane, Jr.	USA	17.25	8.35	8.90
=64	224	Philippe Gaille	SUI	17.20	8.70	8.50
=64	124	Antal Kisteleki	HUN	17.20	8.20	9.00
66	202	Jo Jong-Ryol	PRK	17.15	8.80	8.35
67	271	Janez Brodnik	YUG	17.10	8.05	9.05
68	73	Christian Deuza	FRA	17.00	8.75	8.25
=69	102	Eberhard Gienger	FRG	16.95	9.10	7.85
=69	244	Vladislav Nehasil	TCH	16.95	8.30	8.65
=71	225	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	16.90	8.30	8.60
=71	36	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	16.90	8.00	8.90
73	83	Stan Wild	GBR	16.85	7.95	8.90
74	41	Ole Benediktson	DEN	16.80	8.35	8.45
75	74	Bernard Farjat	FRA	16.75	7.90	8.85
76	106	Günter Spies	FRG	16.65	7.90	8.75
77	262	John Crosby, Jr.	USA	16.60	7.75	8.85
78	275	Drago Šoštarić	YUG	16.55	7.80	8.75
79	131	Luigi Coppa	ITA	16.50	7.50	9.00
=80	14	Dimitar Koychev	BUL	16.40	8.05	8.35
=80	16	Geno Radev	BUL	16.40	7.75	8.65
82	76	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	16.25	7.55	8.70
=83	31	René Badell	CUB	16.15	7.55	8.60
=83	215	Nicolae Oprescu	ROU	16.15	7.45	8.70
85	135	Maurizio Milanetto	ITA	16.10	7.80	8.30
=86	217	Constantin Petrescu	ROU	16.00	8.85	7.15
=86	52	Agustín Sandoval	ESP	16.00	7.80	8.20
88	32	Jorge Cuervo	CUB	15.95	7.20	8.75
89	15	Ivan Kondev	BUL	15.90	7.50	8.40
90	2	Peter Lloyd	AUS	15.70	7.30	8.40
91	82	Bill Norgrave	GBR	15.60	7.60	8.00
92	134	Carmine Luppino	ITA	15.50	6.90	8.60
93	272	Ivica Hmjelovac	YUG	15.35	7.55	7.80
94	53	Cecilio Ugarte	ESP	15.30	7.70	7.60
=95	12	Bozhidar Iliev	BUL	15.10	7.25	7.85
=95	71	Henri Boërio	FRA	15.10	6.75	8.35
=97	75	Georges Guelzec	FRA	15.05	7.25	7.80
=97	264	George Greenfield	USA	15.05	6.35	8.70
99	23	André Simard	CAN	14.85	6.35	8.50
100	161	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	14.70	6.00	8.70
=101	133	Adolfo Lampronti	ITA	14.55	7.35	7.20
=101	181	Terry Sale	NZL	14.55	6.50	8.05
103	51	José Ginés	ESP	14.40	7.00	7.40
104	37	Emilio Sagré	CUB	14.30	5.95	8.35
=105	136	Fedele Spatazza	ITA	14.10	5.75	8.35
=105	267	Makoto Sakamoto	USA	14.10	5.35	8.75
107	81	Eddie Arnold	GBR	13.90	6.65	7.25
108	11	Dimitar Dimitrov	BUL	13.50	5.50	8.00
109	1	Ian Clarke	AUS	12.95	5.00	7.95
110	34	Luis Ramírez	CUB	12.90	4.55	8.35
111	245	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	9.25	9.25	0.00