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Rings, 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 - Rings (Compulsory Exercise)	V. Lyudskanov	BUL
Judge #1 - Rings (Compulsory Exercise)	Hermann Hänggi	SUI
Judge #2 - Rings (Compulsory Exercise)	H. Stenman	SWE
Judge #3 - Rings (Compulsory Exercise)	T. Rost	POL
Judge #4 - Rings (Compulsory Exercise)	Vittorio Lucchetti	ITA
Chief Judge - Rings (Optional Exercise)	J. Kulik	POL
Judge #1 - Rings (Optional Exercise)	V. Lyudskanov	BUL
Judge #2 - Rings (Optional Exercise)	Hermann Hänggi	SUI
Judge #3 - Rings (Optional Exercise)	Fr. Lörinczi	ROU
Judge #4 - Rings (Optional Exercise)	Marcel Bitsch	FRA
Judge #5 - Rings (Optional Exercise)	Vittorio Lucchetti	ITA

The Soviets effectively had a sweep in this event, led by Hrant Shahinyan’s gold medal. Viktor Chukarin won silver and Dmytro Leonkin tied for the bronze medal with Switzerland’s Hans Eugster, who had won gold on the parallel bars. The 1950 World Champion was Walter Lehmann (SUI), but he did not compete in Helsinki, although he did carry the Swiss flag at the Opening Ceremony in 1952. Shahinyan, an Armenian, won his only individual gold medal in his only Olympic appearance.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	Hrant Shahinyan	URS	19.75	9.80	9.95	Gold
2	Viktor Chukarin	URS	19.55	9.65	9.90	Silver
=3	Hans Eugster	SUI	19.40	9.60	9.80	Bronze
=3	Dmitry Leonkin	URS	19.40	9.55	9.85	Bronze
5	Valentin Muratov	URS	19.35	9.45	9.90
6	Masao Takemoto	JPN	19.20	9.40	9.80
=7	Yevgeny Korolkov	URS	19.15	9.45	9.70
=7	Ferenc Kemény	HUN	19.15	9.45	9.70
=7	Ali Zaky	EGY	19.15	9.45	9.70
=7	Berndt Lindfors	FIN	19.15	9.40	9.75
=11	Iosif Berdiyev	URS	19.10	9.50	9.60
=11	Sepp Stalder	SUI	19.10	9.45	9.65
13	Mikhail Perlman	URS	19.05	9.35	9.70
=14	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	18.95	9.45	9.50
=14	Helmut Bantz	GER	18.95	9.35	9.60
=14	Onni Lappalainen	FIN	18.95	9.30	9.65
=14	Vladimir Belyakov	URS	18.95	9.25	9.70
18	Hans Pfann	GER	18.90	9.40	9.50
=19	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	18.85	9.45	9.40
=19	Heikki Savolainen	FIN	18.85	9.40	9.45
=19	Akitomo Kaneko	JPN	18.85	9.40	9.45
22	Vladimír Kejř	TCH	18.80	9.40	9.40
=23	Josef Škvor	TCH	18.75	9.40	9.35
=23	Josef Svoboda	TCH	18.75	9.30	9.45
=23	Jean Tschabold	SUI	18.75	9.15	9.60
=26	Josy Stoffel	LUX	18.70	9.35	9.35
=26	Raymond Dot	FRA	18.70	9.30	9.40
=26	Jack Günthard	SUI	18.70	9.15	9.55
=29	Olavi Rove	FIN	18.65	9.30	9.35
=29	Lajos Sántha	HUN	18.65	9.20	9.45
=29	Vasil Konstantinov	BUL	18.65	9.15	9.50
=32	Hans Sauter	AUT	18.60	9.30	9.30
=32	Ferenc Pataki	HUN	18.60	9.10	9.50
34	Guido Figone	ITA	18.55	9.45	9.10
=35	Iliya Topalov	BUL	18.50	9.30	9.20
=35	Károly Kocsis	HUN	18.50	9.15	9.35
=35	Mihai Botez	ROU	18.50	9.15	9.35
=38	Mincho Todorov	BUL	18.45	9.35	9.10
=38	Littorio Sampieri	ITA	18.45	9.25	9.20
=38	Leo Sotorník	TCH	18.45	9.20	9.25
=38	Dimitar Yordanov	BUL	18.45	9.20	9.25
=38	Joaquín Blume	ESP	18.45	9.20	9.25
=38	Hans Schwarzentruber	SUI	18.45	9.15	9.30
=38	Paavo Aaltonen	FIN	18.45	9.05	9.40
=45	Ed Scrobe	USA	18.40	9.35	9.05
=45	Bob Stout	USA	18.40	9.20	9.20
=45	Friedel Overwien	GER	18.40	9.10	9.30
=45	Adalbert Dickhut	GER	18.40	9.05	9.35
=45	Theo Wied	GER	18.40	9.00	9.40
=50	Tadao Uesako	JPN	18.35	9.40	8.95
=50	Erich Wied	GER	18.35	9.00	9.35
=50	József Fekete	HUN	18.35	8.95	9.40
=53	Zdzisław Lesiński	POL	18.30	9.35	8.95
=53	Andrei Kerekeș	ROU	18.30	9.00	9.30
=53	Ernst Fivian	SUI	18.30	8.95	9.35
=53	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	HUN	18.30	8.95	9.35
=53	Melchior Thalmann	SUI	18.30	8.80	9.50
=58	Nikolay Milev	BUL	18.25	9.10	9.15
=58	Børge Minerth	DEN	18.25	9.05	9.20
=58	Alfred Schwarzmann	GER	18.25	9.00	9.25
=61	Jindřich Mikulec	TCH	18.20	9.25	8.95
=61	Frank Turner	GBR	18.20	9.15	9.05
=63	Fabio Bonacina	ITA	18.15	9.15	9.00
=63	Takashi Ono	JPN	18.15	8.95	9.20
=63	Freddy Jensen	DEN	18.15	8.90	9.25
=63	Kaino Lempinen	FIN	18.15	8.85	9.30
=67	Ahmed Allam	EGY	18.05	8.90	9.15
=67	Sreten Stefanović	YUG	18.05	8.85	9.20
=69	Szymon Sobala	POL	18.00	9.15	8.85
=69	Børge Nielsen	DEN	18.00	8.95	9.05
=69	Tetsumi Nabeya	JPN	18.00	8.70	9.30
72	Nikolay Atanasov	BUL	17.95	9.15	8.80
=73	Paweł Świętek	POL	17.90	9.20	8.70
=73	Alf Nørgaard	NOR	17.90	9.00	8.90
=73	Jakob Kiefer	GER	17.90	8.70	9.20
=73	Kalevi Laitinen	FIN	17.90	8.60	9.30
=77	Ernst Wister	AUT	17.85	8.80	9.05
=77	Miloš Kolejka	TCH	17.85	8.45	9.40
=79	Odd Lie	NOR	17.80	8.95	8.85
=79	Volmer Thomsen	DEN	17.80	8.90	8.90
=79	Magne Kleiven	NOR	17.80	8.80	9.00
=79	Raymond Badin	FRA	17.80	8.75	9.05
=79	Sándor Réthy	HUN	17.80	8.60	9.20
=84	Orlando Polmonari	ITA	17.75	8.85	8.90
=84	Georg Johansen	NOR	17.75	8.80	8.95
86	Ernst Gebendinger	SUI	17.70	8.50	9.20
=87	Silvio Brivio	ITA	17.65	8.70	8.95
=87	Artur Schmitt	SAA	17.65	8.65	9.00
89	Jack Whitford	GBR	17.60	8.95	8.65
=90	Michel Mathiot	FRA	17.50	8.90	8.60
=90	Magdy Gheriani	EGY	17.50	8.60	8.90
=90	Poul Jessen	DEN	17.50	8.35	9.15
=90	Kalevi Viskari	FIN	17.50	8.30	9.20
=94	Norbert Dietrich	SAA	17.45	8.90	8.55
=94	Todor Todorov	BUL	17.45	8.80	8.65
=94	Mathias Jamtvedt	NOR	17.45	8.75	8.70
=94	Ken Buffin	GBR	17.45	8.70	8.75
=94	Bjarne Jørgensen	DEN	17.45	8.50	8.95
=94	Friedrich Orendi	ROU	17.45	8.50	8.95
=100	Alf Olsen	NOR	17.40	8.80	8.60
=100	Anders Lindh	SWE	17.40	8.45	8.95
=102	Ryszard Kucjas	POL	17.35	9.00	8.35
=102	Lajos Tóth	HUN	17.35	8.25	9.10
=104	Jey Kugeler	LUX	17.15	8.40	8.75
=104	Wolfgang Girardi	AUT	17.15	8.10	9.05
106	Arne Knudsen	NOR	17.10	8.75	8.35
107	Joaquim Granger	POR	17.05	8.00	9.05
108	Luigi Zanetti	ITA	16.95	7.95	9.00
=109	Don Holder	USA	16.90	8.70	8.20
=109	Ángel Aguiar	CUB	16.90	7.85	9.05
=111	Ernst Madland	NOR	16.85	8.20	8.65
=111	André Weingand	FRA	16.85	8.00	8.85
=111	Quinto Vadi	ITA	16.85	7.85	9.00
=114	Heinz Ostheimer	SAA	16.80	8.35	8.45
=114	Zoltan Balogh	ROU	16.80	7.85	8.95
116	George Weedon	GBR	16.75	8.30	8.45
=117	Paweł Gawron	POL	16.70	8.70	8.00
=117	Aurel Loșniță	ROU	16.70	7.80	8.90
=119	Francisc Cociș	ROU	16.65	8.10	8.55
=119	Mahmoud Safwat	EGY	16.65	7.80	8.85
=121	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	16.40	7.95	8.45
=121	René Schroeder	LUX	16.40	7.85	8.55
=121	Dušan Furlan	YUG	16.40	7.80	8.60
124	Maurice De Groote	BEL	16.35	8.10	8.25
=125	Frederik De Waele	BEL	16.25	8.35	7.90
=125	Arrigo Carnoli	ITA	16.25	7.65	8.60
=127	Charles Simms	USA	16.15	8.35	7.80
=127	Gunnar Pedersen	DEN	16.15	7.75	8.40
=127	Rolf Yelseth	RSA	16.15	7.40	8.75
130	Armand Huberty	LUX	16.10	7.75	8.35
=131	Peter Starling	GBR	16.00	8.35	7.65
=131	Eugen Balint	ROU	16.00	8.25	7.75
=131	Jerzy Jokiel	POL	16.00	8.00	8.00
=131	Georges Floquet	FRA	16.00	7.85	8.15
=131	Manuel Robalo Gouveia	POR	16.00	7.65	8.35
136	Juan Caviglia	ARG	15.95	7.85	8.10
=137	Walter Blattmann	USA	15.90	8.20	7.70
=137	Antun Kropivšek	YUG	15.90	8.05	7.85
=137	Ivica Jelić	YUG	15.90	7.95	7.95
=137	Willi Welt	AUT	15.90	7.70	8.20
=137	Marcel de Wolf	FRA	15.90	7.70	8.20
=142	Bill Roetzheim	USA	15.85	7.90	7.95
=142	Jean Guillou	FRA	15.85	7.25	8.60
144	César Bonoris	ARG	15.80	8.05	7.75
145	Börje Stattin	SWE	15.75	7.00	8.75
146	Marcel Coppin	LUX	15.70	7.50	8.20
147	Jack Wells	RSA	15.65	7.65	8.00
=148	Graham Harcourt	GBR	15.55	8.45	7.10
=148	Ede Mađar	YUG	15.55	8.05	7.50
=148	Franz Kempter	AUT	15.55	7.20	8.35
151	Walter Müller	SAA	15.45	7.55	7.90
152	Ahmed El-Giddawi	EGY	15.40	7.70	7.70
153	Francisco Cascante	CUB	15.35	7.00	8.35
=154	Friedrich Fetz	AUT	15.30	7.55	7.75
=154	Jerzy Solarz	POL	15.30	6.95	8.35
156	Franjo Jurjević	YUG	15.25	6.80	8.45
=157	Vincent D'Autorio	USA	15.20	7.85	7.35
=157	Hubert Erang	LUX	15.20	7.10	8.10
159	António Leite	POR	15.15	7.15	8.00
160	Jack Beckner	USA	15.10	7.10	8.00
161	Erich Peters	SWE	14.95	6.85	8.10
162	William Thoresson	SWE	14.90	7.25	7.65
=163	Carol Bedö	ROU	14.70	6.80	7.90
=163	Ronnie Lombard	RSA	14.70	6.70	8.00
165	Rolf Lauer	SAA	14.65	7.40	7.25
166	Sayed Hamdi	EGY	14.55	6.90	7.65
167	Arne Carlsson	SWE	14.30	6.70	7.60
168	Paul Grubenthal	AUT	14.10	5.50	8.60
169	Jeroom Riske	BEL	13.95	7.00	6.95
170	Ivan Čaklec	YUG	13.90	6.00	7.90
171	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	13.60	6.50	7.10
172	Nils Sjöberg	SWE	13.25	6.15	7.10
173	René Changeat	FRA	13.20	4.75	8.45
174	Karel Janež	YUG	13.05	5.85	7.20
175	Ragai Farhat	EGY	13.00	5.90	7.10
176	Fred Wiedersporn	SAA	12.75	5.40	7.35
177	Manuel Prazeres	POR	12.60	4.85	7.75
178	Raúl Caldeira	POR	11.10	3.50	7.60
179	Mahmoud Reda	EGY	11.00	4.00	7.00
180	Paweł Gaca	POL	10.35	2.00	8.35
181	Manuel Cardoso	POR	9.80	2.00	7.80
182	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	9.40	9.40	–
183	Hans Friedrich	AUT	7.75	7.75	–
184	Vir Singh	IND	5.25	1.25	4.00
185	Khushi Ram	IND	5.00	2.00	3.00