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Parallel Bars, Men

Date	12 – 13 August 1948 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Participants	122 from 16 countries
Format	Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Switzerland’s Michael Reusch had competed at the 1936 Olympics, winning two silver medals, and had won three apparatus gold medals at the 1938 World Gymnastics Championships, including parallel bars. In London he was 34-years-old but still won the gold medal on parallel bars. Finland’s Veikko Huhtanen won silver, while Reusch’s teammates, Christian Kipfer and Sepp Stalder, shared the bronze medal, with Switzerland taking four of the top five places, as Walter Lehmann placed fifth.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Michael Reusch	SUI	39.50	19.80	19.70	Gold
2	Veikko Huhtanen	FIN	39.30	19.70	19.60	Silver
=3	Christian Kipfer	SUI	39.10	19.70	19.40	Bronze
=3	Sepp Stalder	SUI	39.10	19.30	19.80	Bronze
5	Walter Lehmann	SUI	39.00	19.50	19.50
6	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	38.90	19.20	19.70
=7	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	38.80	19.60	19.20
=7	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	38.80	19.00	19.80
9	Lajos Sántha	HUN	38.70	19.40	19.30
10	Olavi Rove	FIN	38.60	19.50	19.10
11	Savino Guglielmetti	ITA	38.50	19.10	19.40
12	Einari Teräsvirta	FIN	38.40	19.50	18.90
13	Guido Figone	ITA	38.30	19.30	19.00
=14	Lajos Tóth	HUN	38.20	19.10	19.10
=14	Michel Mathiot	FRA	38.20	18.90	19.30
=16	Kalevi Laitinen	FIN	38.10	19.50	18.60
=16	László Baranyai	HUN	38.10	19.30	18.80
=18	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	38.00	19.10	18.90
=18	Raymond Dot	FRA	38.00	19.10	18.90
20	Melchior Thalmann	SUI	37.90	19.10	18.80
=21	Robert Lucy	SUI	37.80	18.90	18.90
=21	Ed Scrobe	USA	37.80	18.80	19.00
=21	Emil Studer	SUI	37.80	18.50	19.30
24	Aleksanteri Saarvala	FIN	37.60	18.20	19.40
25	Joe Kotys	USA	37.40	18.90	18.50
=26	Luigi Zanetti	ITA	37.30	18.90	18.40
=26	Pavel Benetka	TCH	37.30	18.80	18.50
28	József Fekete	HUN	37.10	18.50	18.60
29	André Weingand	FRA	37.00	18.20	18.80
30	Karl Frei	SUI	36.90	18.30	18.60
=31	Alphonse Anger	FRA	36.80	18.60	18.20
=31	Sulo Salmi	FIN	36.80	18.10	18.70
33	Vladimír Karas	TCH	36.70	18.80	17.90
34	Ferenc Várkői	HUN	36.60	17.80	18.80
=35	Hans Friedrich	AUT	36.40	18.30	18.10
=35	Győző Mogyoróssy	HUN	36.40	18.10	18.30
37	Ernst Wister	AUT	36.10	18.10	18.00
38	Bill Roetzheim	USA	36.00	18.30	17.70
=39	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	35.90	17.40	18.50
=39	Danilo Fioravanti	ITA	35.90	17.40	18.50
=41	Poul Jessen	DEN	35.80	18.00	17.80
=41	George Weedon	GBR	35.80	18.00	17.80
=41	Elkana Grønne	DEN	35.80	17.90	17.90
=44	Konrad Grilec	YUG	35.70	18.90	16.80
=44	Marcel de Wolf	FRA	35.70	18.20	17.50
=44	Frank Turner	GBR	35.70	17.70	18.00
=44	Quinto Vadi	ITA	35.70	17.50	18.20
48	Auguste Sirot	FRA	35.60	17.60	18.00
=49	Antoine Schlindwein	FRA	35.40	18.00	17.40
=49	Domenico Grosso	ITA	35.40	17.70	17.70
51	Vratislav Petráček	TCH	35.30	17.60	17.70
52	Egidio Armelloni	ITA	35.00	17.60	17.40
=53	Leo Sotorník	TCH	34.80	18.60	16.20
=53	Jey Kugeler	LUX	34.80	17.60	17.20
55	Adli Roushdi	EGY	34.60	16.70	17.90
=56	Børge Minerth	DEN	34.50	19.00	15.50
=56	Mahmoud Abdel-Aal	EGY	34.50	17.50	17.00
=56	Miroslav Málek	TCH	34.50	17.40	17.10
=56	Josip Kujundžić	YUG	34.50	17.40	17.10
=56	Vincent D'Autorio	USA	34.50	16.60	17.90
61	Lucien Masset	FRA	34.35	18.60	15.75
62	Gunner Olesen	DEN	34.30	17.80	16.50
63	Hans Sauter	AUT	34.25	18.30	15.95
64	František Wirth	TCH	34.15	18.70	15.45
65	Freddy Jensen	DEN	34.10	17.60	16.50
66	Frank Cumiskey	USA	34.00	16.20	17.80
67	Alec Wales	GBR	33.90	16.50	17.40
68	Karl Bohusch	AUT	33.80	17.20	16.60
69	Ali Zaky	EGY	33.70	15.70	18.00
70	Volmer Thomsen	DEN	33.55	17.80	15.75
71	Ettore Perego	ITA	33.40	15.60	17.80
=72	William Bonsall	USA	33.10	15.80	17.30
=72	Ray Sorensen	USA	33.10	15.60	17.50
74	Willi Schreyer	AUT	33.00	16.10	16.90
75	Fernando Lecuona	CUB	32.95	17.70	15.25
76	Gottfried Hermann	AUT	32.30	17.80	14.50
77	Arnold Thomsen	DEN	32.10	17.60	14.50
78	Vilhelm Møller	DEN	31.90	15.00	16.90
=79	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	31.80	17.30	14.50
=79	Ahmed Khalaf Ali	EGY	31.80	14.90	16.90
81	Mohamed Aly	EGY	31.75	17.00	14.75
82	Ken Buffin	GBR	31.30	16.30	15.00
83	Arturo Amos	ARG	31.25	17.00	14.25
=84	Josy Stoffel	LUX	31.20	17.70	13.50
=84	Percy May	GBR	31.20	15.00	16.20
86	Miro Longyka	YUG	31.10	18.10	13.00
=87	Ali El-Hefnawi	EGY	30.70	16.70	14.00
=87	Stjepan Boltižar	YUG	30.70	14.90	15.80
89	Moustafa Abdel-Aal	EGY	30.00	14.00	16.00
90	Ahmed El-Giddawi	EGY	29.70	16.20	13.50
91	René Schroeder	LUX	29.25	14.00	15.25
=92	Ivica Jelić	YUG	29.00	14.50	14.50
=92	Karel Janež	YUG	29.00	14.50	14.50
94	Menn Krecke	LUX	28.95	14.70	14.25
95	Jack Flaherty	GBR	28.75	16.00	12.75
=96	Drago Jelić	YUG	28.45	14.40	14.05
=96	César Bonoris	ARG	28.45	14.20	14.25
98	Pedro Lonchibuco	ARG	28.30	13.30	15.00
=99	Polo Welfring	LUX	27.45	16.20	11.25
=99	Ángel Aguiar	CUB	27.45	15.70	11.75
101	Pierre Schmitz	LUX	27.25	14.00	13.25
102	Gustav Hrubý	TCH	26.80	16.80	10.00
103	Jos Bernard	LUX	26.70	13.20	13.50
104	Enrique Rapesta	ARG	25.00	11.00	14.00
105	Jakob Šubelj	YUG	24.80	13.80	11.00
106	Raimundo Rey	CUB	24.30	12.80	11.50
107	Robert Pranz	AUT	24.00	10.50	13.50
108	Butz Wengler	LUX	23.75	10.50	13.25
109	Roberto Villacián	CUB	22.65	14.40	8.25
110	Baldomero Rubiera	CUB	22.50	13.50	9.00
111	Glyn Hopkins	GBR	21.25	7.50	13.75
112	Jorge Soler	ARG	20.50	7.00	13.50
113	Roberto Núñez	ARG	18.50	6.50	12.00
114	Alejandro Díaz	CUB	17.25	6.00	11.25
115	Dionisio Aguilar	MEX	17.00	6.00	11.00
116	Ivor Vice	GBR	16.25	1.00	15.25
117	Louis Bordo	USA	14.90	14.90	0.00
118	Jorge Castro	MEX	14.50	7.00	7.50
119	Rubén Lira	MEX	12.25	4.00	8.25
120	Everardo Ríos	MEX	9.50	9.50	0.00
121	Jorge Vidal	ARG	6.50	6.50	0.00
122	Willi Welt	AUT	2.00	2.00	0.00