| | Event type

Rings, Men

Date	12 – 13 August 1948 — 9:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Participants	121 from 16 countries
Format	Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Switzerland’s Karl Frei was a rings specialist, winning the gold medal in this event, but placing no better than 26th on any other apparatus in London. The silver medal went to Michael Reusch, who had finished sixth on rings at Berlin in 1936 and won a silver medal in the event at the 1938 World Championships. Zdeněk Růžička of Czechoslovakia won a bronze medal, as he did in floor exercise. Růžička was only eighth in the compulsories on rings but a brilliant optional exercise put him on the podium.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	111	Karl Frei	SUI	39.60	19.80	19.80	Gold
2	117	Michael Reusch	SUI	39.10	19.50	19.60	Silver
3	32	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	38.50	18.80	19.70	Bronze
4	114	Walter Lehmann	SUI	38.40	19.20	19.20
=5	119	Emil Studer	SUI	38.30	18.90	19.40
=5	118	Sepp Stalder	SUI	38.30	18.80	19.50
7	28	Vladimír Karas	TCH	38.20	18.90	19.30
8	72	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	38.10	19.00	19.10
=9	69	Olavi Rove	FIN	37.90	18.80	19.10
=9	85	László Baranyai	HUN	37.90	18.70	19.20
=11	90	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	37.80	18.90	18.90
=11	112	Christian Kipfer	SUI	37.80	18.80	19.00
=11	66	Veikko Huhtanen	FIN	37.80	18.70	19.10
14	64	André Weingand	FRA	37.60	18.70	18.90
15	35	Elkana Grønne	DEN	37.50	18.60	18.90
16	68	Kalevi Laitinen	FIN	37.40	18.60	18.80
=17	33	Leo Sotorník	TCH	37.30	18.80	18.50
=17	65	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	37.30	18.70	18.60
=17	71	Sulo Salmi	FIN	37.30	18.70	18.60
=17	97	Jey Kugeler	LUX	37.30	18.70	18.60
=17	70	Aleksanteri Saarvala	FIN	37.30	18.50	18.80
=17	93	Lajos Tóth	HUN	37.30	18.40	18.90
23	61	Antoine Schlindwein	FRA	37.20	18.50	18.70
24	113	Robert Lucy	SUI	37.00	18.30	18.70
=25	31	Vratislav Petráček	TCH	36.90	18.40	18.50
=25	26	Pavel Benetka	TCH	36.90	18.00	18.90
=27	91	Lajos Sántha	HUN	36.80	18.60	18.20
=27	74	Einari Teräsvirta	FIN	36.80	18.40	18.40
=29	94	Ferenc Várkői	HUN	36.70	18.90	17.80
=29	55	Alphonse Anger	FRA	36.70	18.40	18.30
31	120	Melchior Thalmann	SUI	36.50	17.80	18.70
=32	56	Raymond Dot	FRA	36.40	18.40	18.00
=32	86	József Fekete	HUN	36.40	17.80	18.60
=32	–	Ali Zaky	EGY	36.40	17.70	18.70
=32	57	Marcel de Wolf	FRA	36.40	17.60	18.80
=32	29	Miroslav Málek	TCH	36.40	17.40	19.00
37	88	Győző Mogyoróssy	HUN	36.30	17.60	18.70
38	58	Lucien Masset	FRA	36.20	17.60	18.60
39	238	Guido Figone	ITA	36.10	18.30	17.80
=40	38	Poul Jessen	DEN	36.00	17.80	18.20
=40	102	Josy Stoffel	LUX	36.00	17.80	18.20
=40	241	Savino Guglielmetti	ITA	36.00	17.70	18.30
43	89	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	35.85	17.65	18.20
=44	17	Ernst Wister	AUT	35.70	17.80	17.90
=44	101	René Schroeder	LUX	35.70	17.20	18.50
46	27	Gustav Hrubý	TCH	35.50	17.00	18.50
47	59	Michel Mathiot	FRA	35.40	17.50	17.90
48	36	Freddy Jensen	DEN	35.30	17.50	17.80
49	43	Arnold Thomsen	DEN	35.10	17.70	17.40
50	54	Adli Roushdi	EGY	35.00	16.90	18.10
51	18	Ángel Aguiar	CUB	34.90	16.80	18.10
52	132	Konrad Grilec	YUG	34.80	17.70	17.10
53	40	Vilhelm Møller	DEN	34.70	17.30	17.40
=54	128	Ed Scrobe	USA	34.60	17.80	16.80
=54	41	Gunner Olesen	DEN	34.60	16.70	17.90
56	46	Moustafa Abdel-Aal	EGY	34.50	17.00	17.50
=57	244	Quinto Vadi	ITA	34.40	17.60	16.80
=57	80	Frank Turner	GBR	34.40	17.60	16.80
59	135	Ivica Jelić	YUG	34.30	16.00	18.30
=60	240	Domenico Grosso	ITA	34.20	17.00	17.20
=60	44	Volmer Thomsen	DEN	34.20	16.40	17.80
62	245	Luigi Zanetti	ITA	34.10	16.20	17.90
=63	76	Jack Flaherty	GBR	33.90	17.40	16.50
=63	21	Fernando Lecuona	CUB	33.90	17.10	16.80
=63	9	Karl Bohusch	AUT	33.90	16.40	17.50
66	62	Auguste Sirot	FRA	33.70	17.80	15.90
=67	239	Danilo Fioravanti	ITA	33.50	17.30	16.20
=67	131	Stjepan Boltižar	YUG	33.50	16.90	16.60
=69	24	Roberto Villacián	CUB	33.20	17.20	16.00
=69	45	Mahmoud Abdel-Aal	EGY	33.20	16.00	17.20
71	82	Alec Wales	GBR	33.15	16.95	16.20
72	236	Egidio Armelloni	ITA	33.05	15.75	17.30
73	34	František Wirth	TCH	33.00	16.60	16.40
74	23	Baldomero Rubiera	CUB	32.95	16.05	16.90
75	121	Vincent D'Autorio	USA	32.90	16.30	16.60
76	100	Pierre Schmitz	LUX	32.70	17.00	15.70
77	137	Miro Longyka	YUG	32.60	16.00	16.60
=78	95	Jos Bernard	LUX	32.50	16.60	15.90
=78	136	Josip Kujundžić	YUG	32.50	14.50	18.00
80	134	Drago Jelić	YUG	32.40	15.00	17.40
=81	103	Polo Welfring	LUX	32.30	17.10	15.20
=81	104	Butz Wengler	LUX	32.30	16.90	15.40
=83	15	Willi Schreyer	AUT	32.20	16.50	15.70
=83	3	Pedro Lonchibuco	ARG	32.20	16.20	16.00
85	20	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	32.00	16.80	15.20
86	14	Hans Sauter	AUT	31.80	16.20	15.60
87	123	Bill Bonsall	USA	31.75	16.05	15.70
88	96	Menn Krecké	LUX	31.40	16.80	14.60
89	10	Hans Friedrich	AUT	31.30	14.00	17.30
90	83	George Weedon	GBR	31.20	16.80	14.40
=91	47	Mohamed Aly	EGY	31.00	17.30	13.70
=91	129	Ray Sorensen	USA	31.00	16.80	14.20
93	79	Percy May	GBR	30.80	14.50	16.30
94	51	Ahmed Khalaf Ali	EGY	30.70	15.00	15.70
95	49	Ali El-Hefnawi	EGY	30.50	15.00	15.50
96	125	Frank Cumiskey	USA	30.30	15.50	14.80
97	5	Enrique Rapesta	ARG	30.25	15.75	14.50
98	12	Robert Pranz	AUT	29.80	15.50	14.30
99	126	Joe Kotys	USA	29.40	15.20	14.20
100	75	Ken Buffin	GBR	29.30	14.50	14.80
101	242	Ettore Perego	ITA	28.50	13.80	14.70
102	127	Bill Roetzheim	USA	27.90	14.50	13.40
103	139	Jakob Šubelj	YUG	27.80	12.00	15.80
104	50	Ahmed El-Giddawi	EGY	26.40	12.00	14.40
105	19	Alejandro Díaz	CUB	26.20	13.00	13.20
106	1	Arturo Amos	ARG	26.10	14.00	12.10
107	81	Ivor Vice	GBR	23.60	11.50	12.10
108	77	Glyn Hopkins	GBR	23.00	12.00	11.00
109	6	Jorge Soler	ARG	22.80	10.00	12.80
110	2	César Bonoris	ARG	22.50	10.50	12.00
111	133	Karel Janež	YUG	21.80	9.50	12.30
112	22	Raimundo Rey	CUB	20.25	9.75	10.50
113	4	Roberto Núñez	ARG	19.00	7.50	11.50
114	39	Børge Minerth	DEN	17.80	17.80	0.00
115	124	Louis Bordo	USA	16.75	16.75	0.00
116	106	Jorge Castro	MEX	14.50	6.50	8.00
117	11	Gottfried Hermann	AUT	14.25	14.25	0.00
118	107	Rubén Lira	MEX	13.20	7.00	6.20
119	105	Dionisio Aguilar	MEX	11.40	6.00	5.40
120	109	Everardo Ríos	MEX	11.00	11.00	0.00
121	7	Jorge Vidal	ARG	8.00	8.00	0.00