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Horse Vault, Men

Date	19 – 21 July 1952 — 07:30 (19/7), 08:00-16:00 (20/7), 08:00-16:00 (21/7)
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants	185 from 29 countries
Format	Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Viktor Chukarin, the individual all-around champion, won gold in this event, followed by three Japanese gymnasts. Masao Takemoto won silver while the bronze was shared by Takashi Ono and Tadao Uesako. Takemoto and Uesako had the highest compulsory scores of 9.55 but Chukarin’s leading optional score of 9.75 brought him the gold medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Viktor Chukarin	URS	19.20	9.45	9.75	Gold
2	Masao Takemoto	JPN	19.15	9.55	9.60	Silver
=3	Tadao Uesako	JPN	19.10	9.55	9.55	Bronze
=3	Takashi Ono	JPN	19.10	9.50	9.60	Bronze
=5	Theo Wied	GER	18.95	9.45	9.50
=5	Hans Eugster	SUI	18.95	9.40	9.55
=7	Ernst Fivian	SUI	18.90	9.40	9.50
=7	Iosif Berdiyev	URS	18.90	9.30	9.60
=9	Wolfgang Girardi	AUT	18.85	9.45	9.40
=9	Adalbert Dickhut	GER	18.85	9.40	9.45
=9	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	18.85	9.40	9.45
=9	Leo Sotorník	TCH	18.85	9.35	9.50
=13	Sepp Stalder	SUI	18.80	9.45	9.35
=13	Helmut Bantz	GER	18.80	9.40	9.40
=13	Anders Lindh	SWE	18.80	9.40	9.40
=13	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	18.80	9.35	9.45
=13	Alfred Schwarzmann	GER	18.80	9.30	9.50
18	Ahmed Allam	EGY	18.75	9.35	9.40
=19	Ivan Čaklec	YUG	18.70	9.55	9.15
=19	Jean Tschabold	SUI	18.70	9.45	9.25
=19	Kalevi Viskari	FIN	18.70	9.45	9.25
=19	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	18.70	9.30	9.40
=19	Valentin Muratov	URS	18.70	9.25	9.45
=19	Dmitry Leonkin	URS	18.70	9.20	9.50
=25	Franjo Jurjević	YUG	18.65	9.40	9.25
=25	Tetsumi Nabeya	JPN	18.65	9.35	9.30
=25	Raymond Dot	FRA	18.65	9.30	9.35
=28	Onni Lappalainen	FIN	18.60	9.35	9.25
=28	Melchior Thalmann	SUI	18.60	9.30	9.30
=28	Mahmoud Safwat	EGY	18.60	9.10	9.50
=31	Dušan Furlan	YUG	18.55	9.40	9.15
=31	Josy Stoffel	LUX	18.55	9.30	9.25
=31	Akitomo Kaneko	JPN	18.55	9.25	9.30
=31	Mathias Jamtvedt	NOR	18.55	9.25	9.30
=35	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	18.50	9.25	9.25
=35	József Fekete	HUN	18.50	9.20	9.30
=35	Josef Svoboda	TCH	18.50	9.15	9.35
=35	Vladimir Belyakov	URS	18.50	9.10	9.40
=35	Hrant Shahinyan	URS	18.50	9.05	9.45
=40	Ali Zaky	EGY	18.45	9.45	9.00
=40	Charles Simms	USA	18.45	9.30	9.15
=40	René Changeat	FRA	18.45	9.25	9.20
=40	Willi Welt	AUT	18.45	9.20	9.25
=44	Georg Johansen	NOR	18.40	9.30	9.10
=44	Volmer Thomsen	DEN	18.40	9.30	9.10
=44	Arne Carlsson	SWE	18.40	9.30	9.10
=44	Hans Schwarzentruber	SUI	18.40	9.25	9.15
=44	Paul Grubenthal	AUT	18.40	9.25	9.15
=44	Kaino Lempinen	FIN	18.40	9.20	9.20
=44	Kalevi Laitinen	FIN	18.40	9.20	9.20
=44	Littorio Sampieri	ITA	18.40	9.15	9.25
=44	Friedel Overwien	GER	18.40	9.10	9.30
=44	Yevgeny Korolkov	URS	18.40	8.90	9.50
=54	Ernst Gebendinger	SUI	18.35	9.40	8.95
=54	Ed Scrobe	USA	18.35	9.35	9.00
=54	Poul Jessen	DEN	18.35	9.30	9.05
=54	Walter Blattmann	USA	18.35	9.25	9.10
=54	Odd Lie	NOR	18.35	9.25	9.10
=54	Josef Škvor	TCH	18.35	9.20	9.15
=54	Hans Sauter	AUT	18.35	9.20	9.15
=54	Mincho Todorov	BUL	18.35	9.15	9.20
=54	Marcel Coppin	LUX	18.35	9.10	9.25
=54	Michel Mathiot	FRA	18.35	9.05	9.30
=54	Erich Wied	GER	18.35	8.95	9.40
=65	Alf Nørgaard	NOR	18.30	9.20	9.10
=65	Jack Günthard	SUI	18.30	9.15	9.15
=65	Luigi Zanetti	ITA	18.30	9.15	9.15
=65	Mikhail Perlman	URS	18.30	9.05	9.25
=65	Lajos Tóth	HUN	18.30	9.05	9.25
=70	Hans Friedrich	AUT	18.25	9.25	9.00
=70	Frank Turner	GBR	18.25	9.20	9.05
=70	Orlando Polmonari	ITA	18.25	9.05	9.20
=73	Joaquín Blume	ESP	18.20	9.30	8.90
=73	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	18.20	9.20	9.00
=73	Sándor Réthy	HUN	18.20	9.10	9.10
=73	Vladimír Kejř	TCH	18.20	9.00	9.20
=73	Paweł Gaca	POL	18.20	8.95	9.25
=73	Bob Stout	USA	18.20	8.80	9.40
=79	Alf Olsen	NOR	18.15	9.25	8.90
=79	Lajos Sántha	HUN	18.15	8.95	9.20
=79	Hubert Erang	LUX	18.15	8.90	9.25
=79	Jack Wells	RSA	18.15	7.05	11.10
=83	Ferenc Kemény	HUN	18.10	9.20	8.90
=83	Arne Knudsen	NOR	18.10	9.10	9.00
=83	Dimitar Yordanov	BUL	18.10	9.05	9.05
=83	Hans Pfann	GER	18.10	9.00	9.10
=87	Jack Beckner	USA	18.05	9.25	8.80
=87	Börje Stattin	SWE	18.05	9.25	8.80
=87	Károly Kocsis	HUN	18.05	9.10	8.95
=87	Jindřich Mikulec	TCH	18.05	9.10	8.95
=87	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	18.05	9.05	9.00
=87	Todor Todorov	BUL	18.05	9.05	9.00
=87	Magdy Gheriani	EGY	18.05	8.95	9.10
=87	Miloš Kolejka	TCH	18.05	8.85	9.20
=95	Don Holder	USA	18.00	9.20	8.80
=95	Bjarne Jørgensen	DEN	18.00	9.05	8.95
=95	Berndt Lindfors	FIN	18.00	9.00	9.00
=98	Gunnar Pedersen	DEN	17.95	9.10	8.85
=98	Ronnie Lombard	RSA	17.95	9.05	8.90
=100	Nils Sjöberg	SWE	17.90	9.10	8.80
=100	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	17.90	8.85	9.05
=102	Vasil Konstantinov	BUL	17.85	9.00	8.85
=102	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	17.85	8.75	9.10
=104	William Thoresson	SWE	17.80	9.10	8.70
=104	André Weingand	FRA	17.80	8.95	8.85
=104	Arrigo Carnoli	ITA	17.80	8.80	9.00
=107	Friedrich Fetz	AUT	17.70	9.10	8.60
=107	Jack Whitford	GBR	17.70	9.05	8.65
=107	Jey Kugeler	LUX	17.70	8.60	9.10
=110	Manuel Robalo Gouveia	POR	17.65	9.00	8.65
=110	Frederik De Waele	BEL	17.65	8.85	8.80
=110	Heinz Ostheimer	SAA	17.65	8.80	8.85
=110	Olavi Rove	FIN	17.65	8.15	9.50
=114	Ernst Wister	AUT	17.60	9.10	8.50
=114	Bill Roetzheim	USA	17.60	8.85	8.75
=114	Børge Nielsen	DEN	17.60	8.70	8.90
=114	Andrei Kerekeș	ROU	17.60	8.45	9.15
=118	Jeroom Riske	BEL	17.55	8.60	8.95
=118	Aurel Loșniță	ROU	17.55	8.45	9.10
=120	Ahmed El-Giddawi	EGY	17.50	8.55	8.95
=120	Carol Bedö	ROU	17.50	8.55	8.95
=120	Ivica Jelić	YUG	17.50	8.40	9.10
=123	Franz Kempter	AUT	17.40	8.90	8.50
=123	Ragai Farhat	EGY	17.40	8.75	8.65
=123	Magne Kleiven	NOR	17.40	8.70	8.70
=123	Fred Wiedersporn	SAA	17.40	8.65	8.75
=123	Friedrich Orendi	ROU	17.40	8.40	9.00
=128	Zdzisław Lesiński	POL	17.35	9.10	8.25
=128	Ángel Aguiar	CUB	17.35	8.75	8.60
=128	Walter Müller	SAA	17.35	8.60	8.75
=128	Francisc Cociș	ROU	17.35	8.50	8.85
=128	Fabio Bonacina	ITA	17.35	8.35	9.00
=128	Ryszard Kucjas	POL	17.35	8.35	9.00
=128	George Weedon	GBR	17.35	8.35	9.00
=135	Marcel de Wolf	FRA	17.25	8.40	8.85
=135	Juan Caviglia	ARG	17.25	8.40	8.85
=137	Quinto Vadi	ITA	17.20	8.30	8.90
=137	Georges Floquet	FRA	17.20	8.25	8.95
=137	Ede Mađar	YUG	17.20	8.20	9.00
140	Szymon Sobala	POL	17.15	9.15	8.00
141	Guido Figone	ITA	16.95	8.70	8.25
=142	Ken Buffin	GBR	16.90	9.00	7.90
=142	Jean Guillou	FRA	16.90	8.90	8.00
=142	Ernst Madland	NOR	16.90	8.65	8.25
=142	Manuel Prazeres	POR	16.90	8.40	8.50
=146	Børge Minerth	DEN	16.85	9.10	7.75
=146	Armand Huberty	LUX	16.85	8.35	8.50
=146	Peter Starling	GBR	16.85	8.35	8.50
149	Freddy Jensen	DEN	16.80	7.80	9.00
150	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	16.75	8.00	8.75
=151	Sreten Stefanović	YUG	16.70	9.20	7.50
=151	Nikolay Milev	BUL	16.70	7.65	9.05
=153	Jerzy Jokiel	POL	16.65	9.15	7.50
=153	Graham Harcourt	GBR	16.65	8.55	8.10
=153	Zoltan Balogh	ROU	16.65	7.55	9.10
=156	Sayed Hamdi	EGY	16.45	7.75	8.70
=156	René Schroeder	LUX	16.45	7.70	8.75
158	Raymond Badin	FRA	16.40	7.55	8.85
159	Mahmoud Reda	EGY	16.30	7.50	8.80
160	Vincent D'Autorio	USA	16.25	7.10	9.15
161	Rolf Lauer	SAA	16.20	8.15	8.05
=162	Jerzy Solarz	POL	16.05	8.80	7.25
=162	Karel Janež	YUG	16.05	7.10	8.95
164	Paweł Świętek	POL	15.95	8.45	7.50
165	Silvio Brivio	ITA	15.85	8.50	7.35
166	Iliya Topalov	BUL	15.65	6.60	9.05
167	Mihai Botez	ROU	15.50	6.50	9.00
168	César Bonoris	ARG	15.45	8.95	6.50
169	Erich Peters	SWE	15.40	6.65	8.75
170	Francisco Cascante	CUB	15.00	6.65	8.35
171	Eugen Balint	ROU	14.95	6.00	8.95
172	Raúl Caldeira	POR	14.55	6.50	8.05
173	Artur Schmitt	SAA	14.50	5.65	8.85
174	Rolf Yelseth	RSA	14.40	9.10	5.30
175	Vir Singh	IND	14.00	6.50	7.50
176	Norbert Dietrich	SAA	13.90	6.90	7.00
177	Paweł Gawron	POL	13.50	8.00	5.50
178	Joaquim Granger	POR	13.25	6.25	7.00
179	Maurice De Groote	BEL	12.00	4.75	7.25
180	António Leite	POR	11.25	5.25	6.00
181	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	9.20	9.20	–
182	Jakob Kiefer	GER	9.00	9.00	–
183	Antun Kropivšek	YUG	8.40	8.40	–
184	Manuel Cardoso	POR	5.65	–	5.65
185	Khushi Ram	IND	5.50	–	5.50