Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

Men's rings
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Olympic Games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date12 August
Competitors14 from 6 nations
Winning score56.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Gulack
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bill Denton
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni Lattuada
 Italy
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Gymnastics at the
1932 Summer Olympics
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The men's rings or flying rings event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. It was contested for the fifth time after 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1928.[1] The competition was held on Friday, August 12, 1932. Fourteen gymnasts from six nations competed.[2] There were 14 gymnasts from six nations.[3] Each nation was limited to three gymnasts.[4] The event was won by George Gulack of the United States, the nation's first medal in the rings since 1904 and second overall (both on home soil). Another American, Bill Denton, took silver. The United States was not able to complete a repeat of its 1904 sweep, however, as Italy's Giovanni Lattuada beat the third American, Richard Bishop, by one-tenth of a point for the bronze.

Background

This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Five of the gymnasts from 1928 returned: fifth-place finisher Mauri Nyberg-Noroma of Finland, twelfth-place finisher Heikki Savolainen of Finland, and thirtieth-place finisher István Pelle of Hungary.[3]

Japan and Mexico each made their debut in the men's rings. The United States made its fourth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

For the second (after 1896) and last time, the rings competition was entirely separate from the individual all-around rather than being entirely aggregated into the all-around or sharing qualification results. Each gymnast performed one compulsory exercise and one voluntary exercise. The score for each exercise was up to 30 points, with a combined score of 60 points maximum.[3][4]

Schedule

Date Time Round
Friday, 12 August 1932 8:00 Final

Results

A separate competition was held, unrelated to the all-around event. Two exercises were contested with the results based on total points.

Rank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Gulack  United States 28.8 28.1 56.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bill Denton  United States 28.2 27.6 55.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni Lattuada  Italy 27.6 27.9 55.5
4 Richard Bishop  United States 27.8 27.6 55.4
5 Oreste Capuzzo  Italy 26.7 28.1 54.8
6 Franco Tognini  Italy 26.8 27.3 54.1
7 Heikki Savolainen  Finland 26.9 26.2 53.1
8 Toshihiko Sasano  Japan 26.4 26.0 52.4
9 Vicente Mayagoitia  Mexico 24.8 26.1 50.9
10 Takashi Kondo  Japan 23.8 25.3 49.1
11 Francisco José Álvarez  Mexico 24.7 23.7 48.4
12 István Pelle  Hungary 26.7 — 26.7
13 József Hegedűs  Hungary 24.4 — 24.4
14 Mauri Nyberg-Noroma  Finland 23.6 — 23.6

References

  1. ^ "Los Angeles 1932 Gymnastics Artistic - Olympic Results by Discipline".
  2. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Rings". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b Official Report, p. 656.