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Horizontal Bar, 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.
Chief Judge - Horizontal Bar (Compulsory Exercise)	Endre Kerezsi	HUN
Judge #1 - Horizontal Bar (Compulsory Exercise)	Bill Clayton-Bolt	GBR
Judge #2 - Horizontal Bar (Compulsory Exercise)	George Gulack	USA
Judge #3 - Horizontal Bar (Compulsory Exercise)	Alfred Bertram	GER
Judge #4 - Horizontal Bar (Compulsory Exercise)	Einari Teräsvirta	FIN
Chief Judge - Horizontal Bar (Optional Exercise)	Nikolay Mironov	URS
Judge #1 - Horizontal Bar (Optional Exercise)	Carlo Costigliolo	ITA
Judge #2 - Horizontal Bar (Optional Exercise)	Frank Cumiskey	USA
Judge #3 - Horizontal Bar (Optional Exercise)	Boris Gregorka	YUG
Judge #4 - Horizontal Bar (Optional Exercise)	István Sárkány	HUN
Judge #5 - Horizontal Bar (Optional Exercise)	Einari Teräsvirta	FIN

This was one of the only two gymnastics events at which the Soviets failed to win a medal in Helsinki, the other being the floor exercise. The gold medal went to Swiss Jack Günthard, who won his only individual Olympic medal, his best finish on the other apparatuses being 13th on parallel bars and pommelled horse. Behind him, Germany’s Alfred Schwarzmann and Switzerland’s Sepp Stalder tied for second and both won silver medals. Stalder was the defending champion from London and had won a bronze in the event at the 1950 World Championships. Schwarzmann had not competed in London, as Germany was not permitted to compete after the War, but he had been in Berlin where he won five medals and three gold medals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	Jack Günthard	SUI	19.55	9.75	9.80	Gold
=2	Alfred Schwarzmann	GER	19.50	9.70	9.80	Silver
=2	Sepp Stalder	SUI	19.50	9.65	9.85	Silver
4	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	19.45	9.75	9.70
5	Viktor Chukarin	URS	19.40	9.60	9.80
6	Jean Tschabold	SUI	19.35	9.65	9.70
=7	Melchior Thalmann	SUI	19.25	9.65	9.60
=7	Helmut Bantz	GER	19.25	9.65	9.60
=9	Valentin Muratov	URS	19.20	9.65	9.55
=9	Berndt Lindfors	FIN	19.20	9.60	9.60
=11	Hans Eugster	SUI	19.15	9.65	9.50
=11	Kalevi Viskari	FIN	19.15	9.60	9.55
=11	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	19.15	9.55	9.60
=14	Erich Wied	GER	19.05	9.60	9.45
=14	Hrant Shahinyan	URS	19.05	9.45	9.60
16	Charles Simms	USA	19.00	9.45	9.55
=17	Bill Roetzheim	USA	18.95	9.60	9.35
=17	Masao Takemoto	JPN	18.95	9.05	9.90
=19	Akitomo Kaneko	JPN	18.90	9.50	9.40
=19	Ed Scrobe	USA	18.90	9.50	9.40
=19	Takashi Ono	JPN	18.90	9.45	9.45
=19	Tetsumi Nabeya	JPN	18.90	9.30	9.60
=23	Kaino Lempinen	FIN	18.80	9.40	9.40
=23	Olavi Rove	FIN	18.80	9.40	9.40
=23	Lajos Sántha	HUN	18.80	9.40	9.40
=23	Yevgeny Korolkov	URS	18.80	9.35	9.45
=23	Vladimir Belyakov	URS	18.80	9.25	9.55
28	Onni Lappalainen	FIN	18.75	9.40	9.35
=29	Mikhail Perlman	URS	18.70	9.30	9.40
=29	Hans Sauter	AUT	18.70	9.30	9.40
31	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	18.65	9.40	9.25
=32	Ernst Gebendinger	SUI	18.60	9.65	8.95
=32	Theo Wied	GER	18.60	9.45	9.15
=32	Börje Stattin	SWE	18.60	9.20	9.40
=35	Kalevi Laitinen	FIN	18.55	9.75	8.80
=35	Tadao Uesako	JPN	18.55	9.35	9.20
=35	Bob Stout	USA	18.55	9.25	9.30
=38	Jakob Kiefer	GER	18.50	9.45	9.05
=38	Iosif Berdiyev	URS	18.50	9.20	9.30
=40	Josy Stoffel	LUX	18.45	9.35	9.10
=40	Lajos Tóth	HUN	18.45	9.15	9.30
=40	Joaquín Blume	ESP	18.45	9.15	9.30
=43	Mincho Todorov	BUL	18.35	9.30	9.05
=43	Mahmoud Safwat	EGY	18.35	9.25	9.10
=43	Dmitry Leonkin	URS	18.35	9.05	9.30
=43	Raymond Dot	FRA	18.35	9.05	9.30
47	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	18.30	8.95	9.35
=48	Antun Kropivšek	YUG	18.25	9.20	9.05
=48	Dimitar Yordanov	BUL	18.25	9.10	9.15
=48	Michel Mathiot	FRA	18.25	8.95	9.30
=51	Hans Pfann	GER	18.20	9.60	8.60
=51	Hans Schwarzentruber	SUI	18.20	9.35	8.85
=51	Friedrich Orendi	ROU	18.20	9.25	8.95
=51	Wolfgang Girardi	AUT	18.20	9.10	9.10
55	Josef Svoboda	TCH	18.15	9.35	8.80
=56	Friedel Overwien	GER	18.10	9.35	8.75
=56	Ferenc Kemény	HUN	18.10	9.05	9.05
58	Jindřich Mikulec	TCH	18.05	9.20	8.85
59	Jack Beckner	USA	18.00	9.10	8.90
60	Guido Figone	ITA	17.95	9.05	8.90
=61	Bjarne Jørgensen	DEN	17.90	9.25	8.65
=61	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	17.90	9.10	8.80
=63	Alf Olsen	NOR	17.85	8.85	9.00
=63	Szymon Sobala	POL	17.85	8.80	9.05
=63	Ernst Wister	AUT	17.85	8.60	9.25
66	Ken Buffin	GBR	17.80	9.45	8.35
=67	Miloš Kolejka	TCH	17.75	9.15	8.60
=67	Paweł Gaca	POL	17.75	9.05	8.70
=67	Freddy Jensen	DEN	17.75	8.70	9.05
=70	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	17.70	9.00	8.70
=70	Vladimír Kejř	TCH	17.70	8.80	8.90
=70	Ahmed Allam	EGY	17.70	8.75	8.95
=73	Paul Grubenthal	AUT	17.65	9.00	8.65
=73	Armand Huberty	LUX	17.65	8.65	9.00
=75	Leo Sotorník	TCH	17.60	9.05	8.55
=75	Poul Jessen	DEN	17.60	8.80	8.80
=75	Adalbert Dickhut	GER	17.60	7.95	9.65
78	Károly Kocsis	HUN	17.55	9.25	8.30
=79	Paweł Gawron	POL	17.45	9.05	8.40
=79	Nils Sjöberg	SWE	17.45	8.90	8.55
=79	René Changeat	FRA	17.45	8.60	8.85
=79	Ernst Fivian	SUI	17.45	8.10	9.35
=83	Mathias Jamtvedt	NOR	17.40	8.90	8.50
=83	Volmer Thomsen	DEN	17.40	8.80	8.60
=83	Anders Lindh	SWE	17.40	8.80	8.60
86	Dušan Furlan	YUG	17.35	8.45	8.90
=87	Artur Schmitt	SAA	17.30	9.05	8.25
=87	Jerzy Jokiel	POL	17.30	9.00	8.30
=89	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	17.25	9.60	7.65
=89	Børge Minerth	DEN	17.25	8.85	8.40
=89	Alf Nørgaard	NOR	17.25	8.55	8.70
=92	Silvio Brivio	ITA	17.20	8.95	8.25
=92	Franz Kempter	AUT	17.20	8.95	8.25
=92	Sándor Réthy	HUN	17.20	8.65	8.55
95	Børge Nielsen	DEN	17.15	8.75	8.40
96	Arne Carlsson	SWE	17.10	8.45	8.65
97	Don Holder	USA	17.05	9.05	8.00
=98	Arne Knudsen	NOR	17.00	8.40	8.60
=98	Ronnie Lombard	RSA	17.00	8.40	8.60
=100	Josef Škvor	TCH	16.95	9.15	7.80
=100	Andrei Kerekeș	ROU	16.95	8.30	8.65
=100	Luigi Zanetti	ITA	16.95	7.80	9.15
=100	Ali Zaky	EGY	16.95	7.65	9.30
104	Vasil Konstantinov	BUL	16.90	8.55	8.35
105	Arrigo Carnoli	ITA	16.85	8.10	8.75
=106	Walter Müller	SAA	16.80	9.05	7.75
=106	Frank Turner	GBR	16.80	8.25	8.55
=106	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	16.80	8.10	8.70
=109	Georg Johansen	NOR	16.75	8.90	7.85
=109	Vincent D'Autorio	USA	16.75	8.75	8.00
=109	Manuel Robalo Gouveia	POR	16.75	8.25	8.50
=112	József Fekete	HUN	16.70	8.65	8.05
=112	Walter Blattmann	USA	16.70	8.25	8.45
=114	Gunnar Pedersen	DEN	16.65	8.40	8.25
=114	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	16.65	8.20	8.45
116	Raymond Badin	FRA	16.55	7.55	9.00
117	William Thoresson	SWE	16.50	9.30	7.20
118	Jean Guillou	FRA	16.45	8.45	8.00
=119	Ryszard Kucjas	POL	16.35	8.25	8.10
=119	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	16.35	8.00	8.35
121	Jey Kugeler	LUX	16.30	7.80	8.50
=122	Sayed Hamdi	EGY	16.25	8.10	8.15
=122	Friedrich Fetz	AUT	16.25	7.80	8.45
=124	René Schroeder	LUX	16.20	7.85	8.35
=124	Ahmed El-Giddawi	EGY	16.20	7.70	8.50
126	Raúl Caldeira	POR	16.15	7.80	8.35
=127	Zdzisław Lesiński	POL	16.10	8.80	7.30
=127	Marcel Coppin	LUX	16.10	8.30	7.80
=129	Nikolay Milev	BUL	16.05	9.05	7.00
=129	Littorio Sampieri	ITA	16.05	8.30	7.75
=131	Hubert Erang	LUX	16.00	8.20	7.80
=131	César Bonoris	ARG	16.00	8.00	8.00
133	Norbert Dietrich	SAA	15.95	8.85	7.10
134	Georges Floquet	FRA	15.90	7.35	8.55
135	Fabio Bonacina	ITA	15.85	8.95	6.90
136	Orlando Polmonari	ITA	15.75	8.20	7.55
137	Willi Welt	AUT	15.70	8.75	6.95
138	Jack Whitford	GBR	15.65	7.25	8.40
139	Todor Todorov	BUL	15.55	8.40	7.15
140	André Weingand	FRA	15.50	6.50	9.00
141	Rolf Yelseth	RSA	15.40	6.45	8.95
142	Ivica Jelić	YUG	15.30	7.20	8.10
=143	Rolf Lauer	SAA	15.25	8.35	6.90
=143	Fred Wiedersporn	SAA	15.25	8.00	7.25
=145	Joaquim Granger	POR	15.20	7.65	7.55
=145	Erich Peters	SWE	15.20	6.60	8.60
=145	Magne Kleiven	NOR	15.20	6.50	8.70
=148	Paweł Świętek	POL	15.10	8.20	6.90
=148	Odd Lie	NOR	15.10	7.00	8.10
150	Ede Mađar	YUG	14.95	7.45	7.50
=151	Juan Caviglia	ARG	14.75	6.90	7.85
=151	Franjo Jurjević	YUG	14.75	6.15	8.60
153	Quinto Vadi	ITA	14.70	6.00	8.70
154	Magdy Gheriani	EGY	14.65	6.40	8.25
155	Frederik De Waele	BEL	14.35	6.60	7.75
156	Graham Harcourt	GBR	14.25	7.80	6.45
=157	George Weedon	GBR	14.10	8.20	5.90
=157	Maurice De Groote	BEL	14.10	7.10	7.00
159	Peter Starling	GBR	14.00	7.00	7.00
160	Ivan Čaklec	YUG	13.90	7.25	6.65
161	Ragai Farhat	EGY	13.85	7.10	6.75
162	Sreten Stefanović	YUG	13.80	6.90	6.90
163	Mihai Botez	ROU	13.65	5.50	8.15
164	Karel Janež	YUG	13.10	6.50	6.60
165	Marcel de Wolf	FRA	12.90	6.50	6.40
166	Jack Wells	RSA	12.55	7.60	4.95
167	Ernst Madland	NOR	11.75	2.90	8.85
168	Francisc Cociș	ROU	11.50	4.50	7.00
=169	Iliya Topalov	BUL	11.40	6.90	4.50
=169	Aurel Loșniță	ROU	11.40	5.30	6.10
171	Manuel Prazeres	POR	11.30	4.65	6.65
172	Eugen Balint	ROU	11.25	4.50	6.75
173	Jeroom Riske	BEL	11.15	7.65	3.50
174	António Leite	POR	10.25	3.00	7.25
175	Ángel Aguiar	CUB	10.20	4.50	5.70
176	Manuel Cardoso	POR	10.10	3.50	6.60
177	Heinz Ostheimer	SAA	9.80	2.00	7.80
178	Jerzy Solarz	POL	9.50	3.25	6.25
179	Vir Singh	IND	7.75	2.00	5.75
180	Carol Bedö	ROU	7.25	1.75	5.50
181	Francisco Cascante	CUB	7.00	3.00	4.00
182	Zoltan Balogh	ROU	6.75	1.25	5.50
183	Khushi Ram	IND	5.75	1.25	4.50
184	Hans Friedrich	AUT	4.00	4.00	–
185	Mahmoud Reda	EGY	0.50	0.50	–