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Parallel Bars, 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.

Hans Eugster of Switzerland had won the 1950 World Championship on this apparatus, and he came through in Helsinki to again win gold. He was followed by Viktor Chukarin, the individual all-around champion, and his Swiss teammate, Sepp Stalder, who had won a bronze medal on parallel bars at London in 1948. Chukarin would return in 1956 at Melbourne and win the gold medal in the event. Eugster won a full set of medals in Helsinki, with a silver in the team event and a bronze on the rings.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Hans Eugster	SUI	19.65	9.85	9.80	Gold
2	Viktor Chukarin	URS	19.60	9.80	9.80	Silver
3	Sepp Stalder	SUI	19.50	9.80	9.70	Bronze
4	Hrant Shahinyan	URS	19.35	9.50	9.85
=5	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	19.30	9.70	9.60
=5	Jean Tschabold	SUI	19.30	9.65	9.65
=5	Yevgeny Korolkov	URS	19.30	9.50	9.80
=8	Valentin Muratov	URS	19.25	9.55	9.70
=8	Vladimir Belyakov	URS	19.25	9.45	9.80
10	Akitomo Kaneko	JPN	19.20	9.50	9.70
11	Iosif Berdiyev	URS	19.15	9.45	9.70
12	Helmut Bantz	GER	19.10	9.60	9.50
=13	Jack Günthard	SUI	19.05	9.55	9.50
=13	Onni Lappalainen	FIN	19.05	9.45	9.60
=15	Alfred Schwarzmann	GER	19.00	9.55	9.45
=15	Theo Wied	GER	19.00	9.45	9.55
=15	Mikhail Perlman	URS	19.00	9.25	9.75
18	Hans Schwarzentruber	SUI	18.95	9.55	9.40
=19	Olavi Rove	FIN	18.85	9.40	9.45
=19	Adalbert Dickhut	GER	18.85	9.40	9.45
=21	Ali Zaky	EGY	18.80	9.40	9.40
=21	Ed Scrobe	USA	18.80	9.35	9.45
=23	Hans Pfann	GER	18.75	9.45	9.30
=23	Melchior Thalmann	SUI	18.75	9.40	9.35
=23	Hans Sauter	AUT	18.75	9.40	9.35
26	Josy Stoffel	LUX	18.70	9.40	9.30
=27	Jakob Kiefer	GER	18.65	9.45	9.20
=27	Jindřich Mikulec	TCH	18.65	9.35	9.30
=27	Erich Wied	GER	18.65	9.30	9.35
=27	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	18.65	9.00	9.65
=31	Takashi Ono	JPN	18.60	9.45	9.15
=31	Lajos Sántha	HUN	18.60	9.45	9.15
=31	Tetsumi Nabeya	JPN	18.60	9.40	9.20
=31	Josef Škvor	TCH	18.60	9.20	9.40
=35	Michel Mathiot	FRA	18.55	9.35	9.20
=35	Bob Stout	USA	18.55	9.30	9.25
=35	Guido Figone	ITA	18.55	9.20	9.35
=38	Ernst Gebendinger	SUI	18.50	9.65	8.85
=38	Tadao Uesako	JPN	18.50	9.10	9.40
=40	Kalevi Viskari	FIN	18.45	9.45	9.00
=40	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	18.45	9.40	9.05
=40	Friedel Overwien	GER	18.45	9.35	9.10
=40	Willi Welt	AUT	18.45	9.35	9.10
=44	Lajos Tóth	HUN	18.40	9.30	9.10
=44	Raymond Dot	FRA	18.40	9.30	9.10
=44	Josef Svoboda	TCH	18.40	9.25	9.15
=47	Börje Stattin	SWE	18.35	9.30	9.05
=47	Littorio Sampieri	ITA	18.35	9.00	9.35
=49	Jean Guillou	FRA	18.30	9.35	8.95
=49	Wolfgang Girardi	AUT	18.30	9.15	9.15
=49	Ernst Fivian	SUI	18.30	8.70	9.60
=52	Kalevi Laitinen	FIN	18.25	9.10	9.15
=52	Ernst Wister	AUT	18.25	9.05	9.20
=54	Hans Friedrich	AUT	18.20	9.25	8.95
=54	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	18.20	9.00	9.20
=54	Todor Todorov	BUL	18.20	9.00	9.20
=57	Szymon Sobala	POL	18.15	9.20	8.95
=57	William Thoresson	SWE	18.15	9.15	9.00
=57	Alf Olsen	NOR	18.15	9.10	9.05
=60	Leo Sotorník	TCH	18.10	9.35	8.75
=60	André Weingand	FRA	18.10	9.20	8.90
=60	Raymond Badin	FRA	18.10	9.20	8.90
=60	Bill Roetzheim	USA	18.10	9.15	8.95
=60	Joaquín Blume	ESP	18.10	9.00	9.10
=65	Kaino Lempinen	FIN	18.05	9.35	8.70
=65	Dimitar Yordanov	BUL	18.05	8.90	9.15
=67	Ahmed Allam	EGY	18.00	9.10	8.90
=67	Friedrich Orendi	ROU	18.00	9.05	8.95
=67	Anders Lindh	SWE	18.00	9.00	9.00
=67	Arne Carlsson	SWE	18.00	9.00	9.00
=71	Masao Takemoto	JPN	17.95	9.20	8.75
=71	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	17.95	9.05	8.90
=71	Mincho Todorov	BUL	17.95	9.00	8.95
=74	Miloš Kolejka	TCH	17.90	9.20	8.70
=74	Franz Kempter	AUT	17.90	9.20	8.70
=74	Nikolay Milev	BUL	17.90	9.15	8.75
=74	Vincent D'Autorio	USA	17.90	9.00	8.90
=74	Vasil Konstantinov	BUL	17.90	8.95	8.95
=74	Paweł Gaca	POL	17.90	8.90	9.00
=74	Erich Peters	SWE	17.90	8.90	9.00
=81	József Fekete	HUN	17.85	9.15	8.70
=81	René Changeat	FRA	17.85	8.90	8.95
=81	Mihai Botez	ROU	17.85	8.90	8.95
=81	Jack Beckner	USA	17.85	8.85	9.00
=81	Paweł Gawron	POL	17.85	8.85	9.00
86	Károly Kocsis	HUN	17.80	9.30	8.50
=87	Vladimír Kejř	TCH	17.75	9.20	8.55
=87	Frank Turner	GBR	17.75	9.10	8.65
=87	Berndt Lindfors	FIN	17.75	9.05	8.70
=87	Luigi Zanetti	ITA	17.75	9.00	8.75
=87	Magdy Gheriani	EGY	17.75	8.90	8.85
=87	Paweł Świętek	POL	17.75	8.80	8.95
=87	Ferenc Kemény	HUN	17.75	8.75	9.00
=94	Fabio Bonacina	ITA	17.70	9.00	8.70
=94	Armand Huberty	LUX	17.70	8.90	8.80
=96	Jack Whitford	GBR	17.65	9.10	8.55
=96	Mathias Jamtvedt	NOR	17.65	8.85	8.80
=96	Jey Kugeler	LUX	17.65	8.85	8.80
=96	Silvio Brivio	ITA	17.65	8.75	8.90
=100	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	17.60	9.10	8.50
=100	Walter Blattmann	USA	17.60	9.10	8.50
=100	Paul Grubenthal	AUT	17.60	9.10	8.50
=100	Dušan Furlan	YUG	17.60	9.00	8.60
=100	Orlando Polmonari	ITA	17.60	8.90	8.70
=100	Nils Sjöberg	SWE	17.60	8.85	8.75
106	Artur Schmitt	SAA	17.55	8.95	8.60
=107	Georges Floquet	FRA	17.45	9.15	8.30
=107	Jerzy Solarz	POL	17.45	8.80	8.65
=107	Quinto Vadi	ITA	17.45	8.50	8.95
110	Sándor Réthy	HUN	17.40	8.60	8.80
=111	Volmer Thomsen	DEN	17.25	9.00	8.25
=111	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	17.25	8.95	8.30
=111	Alf Nørgaard	NOR	17.25	8.80	8.45
=111	Georg Johansen	NOR	17.25	8.65	8.60
115	Ryszard Kucjas	POL	17.20	8.40	8.80
=116	Børge Nielsen	DEN	17.10	8.70	8.40
=116	Jerzy Jokiel	POL	17.10	8.50	8.60
=118	Don Holder	USA	17.05	9.05	8.00
=118	Ivan Čaklec	YUG	17.05	8.65	8.40
120	Franjo Jurjević	YUG	17.00	9.00	8.00
=121	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	16.95	8.65	8.30
=121	Sreten Stefanović	YUG	16.95	8.55	8.40
123	Antun Kropivšek	YUG	16.90	8.65	8.25
=124	Arne Knudsen	NOR	16.80	9.10	7.70
=124	Bjarne Jørgensen	DEN	16.80	8.85	7.95
126	Ernst Madland	NOR	16.75	8.75	8.00
127	Dmitry Leonkin	URS	16.70	7.10	9.60
=128	Poul Jessen	DEN	16.65	8.85	7.80
=128	Odd Lie	NOR	16.65	8.60	8.05
=130	Andrei Kerekeș	ROU	16.60	8.95	7.65
=130	César Bonoris	ARG	16.60	8.75	7.85
132	Ivica Jelić	YUG	16.55	8.40	8.15
=133	Ragai Farhat	EGY	16.45	8.55	7.90
=133	Karel Janež	YUG	16.45	7.85	8.60
=133	Freddy Jensen	DEN	16.45	7.55	8.90
=136	Ahmed El-Giddawi	EGY	16.40	8.20	8.20
=136	Ede Mađar	YUG	16.40	8.05	8.35
138	Ken Buffin	GBR	16.35	8.85	7.50
139	Joaquim Granger	POR	16.25	8.45	7.80
140	Walter Müller	SAA	16.20	8.40	7.80
141	Frederik De Waele	BEL	16.10	7.85	8.25
=142	Marcel Coppin	LUX	16.05	8.65	7.40
=142	Charles Simms	USA	16.05	7.25	8.80
144	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	16.00	8.90	7.10
=145	Graham Harcourt	GBR	15.95	8.70	7.25
=145	Eugen Balint	ROU	15.95	7.55	8.40
=147	Hubert Erang	LUX	15.85	8.40	7.45
=147	Norbert Dietrich	SAA	15.85	8.20	7.65
=149	Mahmoud Safwat	EGY	15.80	8.45	7.35
=149	Zoltan Balogh	ROU	15.80	7.90	7.90
=149	Arrigo Carnoli	ITA	15.80	7.50	8.30
152	Iliya Topalov	BUL	15.75	9.25	6.50
153	Magne Kleiven	NOR	15.60	7.90	7.70
154	Aurel Loșniță	ROU	15.50	7.00	8.50
=155	René Schroeder	LUX	15.45	7.90	7.55
=155	Ángel Aguiar	CUB	15.45	7.45	8.00
157	Rolf Lauer	SAA	15.40	7.70	7.70
=158	Gunnar Pedersen	DEN	15.25	8.75	6.50
=158	Jeroom Riske	BEL	15.25	8.10	7.15
=158	Carol Bedö	ROU	15.25	7.70	7.55
161	Rolf Yelseth	RSA	15.20	8.25	6.95
162	Marcel de Wolf	FRA	15.10	8.10	7.00
163	Ronnie Lombard	RSA	15.05	8.05	7.00
164	Manuel Robalo Gouveia	POR	14.95	6.70	8.25
165	Zdzisław Lesiński	POL	14.85	6.00	8.85
166	Juan Caviglia	ARG	14.65	7.90	6.75
167	Heinz Ostheimer	SAA	14.60	6.70	7.90
168	Francisc Cociș	ROU	14.45	6.25	8.20
169	Francisco Cascante	CUB	14.30	8.30	6.00
170	George Weedon	GBR	13.90	6.15	7.75
171	Sayed Hamdi	EGY	13.65	8.65	5.00
172	Peter Starling	GBR	13.55	7.05	6.50
=173	Jack Wells	RSA	13.25	7.70	5.55
=173	Raúl Caldeira	POR	13.25	6.95	6.30
175	Manuel Prazeres	POR	13.15	6.25	6.90
176	Fred Wiedersporn	SAA	12.90	6.60	6.30
177	António Leite	POR	12.85	7.10	5.75
178	Børge Minerth	DEN	12.55	7.10	5.45
179	Manuel Cardoso	POR	10.00	5.00	5.00
180	Mahmoud Reda	EGY	9.50	6.50	3.00
181	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	9.15	9.15	–
182	Friedrich Fetz	AUT	8.40	8.40	–
183	Maurice De Groote	BEL	8.10	–	8.10
184	Vir Singh	IND	6.25	2.25	4.00
185	Khushi Ram	IND	4.00	–	4.00