Olympedia – Pommelled Horse, Men

Date	3 – 7 December 1956 — 08:00-16:00
Status	Olympic
Location	West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	63 from 18 countries
Format	Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Date

3 – 7 December 1956 — 08:00-16:00

Status

Olympic

Location

West Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria

Participants

63 from 18 countries

Format

Placement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Borys Shakhlin was somewhat of a Soviet understudy to Viktor Chukarin in 1956, but in 1960 he would win gold in the individual all-around. He won the gold medal on pommelled horse at both the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, sharing the 1960 title with Finn Eugen Ekman. Shakhlin was trailed in Melbourne by Japan’s Takashi Ono and Chukarin. The most recent World Champion on pommelled horse was Hrant Shahinyan, who did not compete at the 1956 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Boris Shakhlin	URS	19.25	9.50	9.75	Gold
2	Takashi Ono	JPN	19.20	9.50	9.70	Silver
3	Viktor Chukarin	URS	19.10	9.50	9.60	Bronze
4	Josef Škvor	TCH	19.05	9.45	9.60
5	Yury Titov	URS	19.00	9.45	9.55
6	Jaroslav Bím	TCH	18.95	9.35	9.60
=7	Masao Takemoto	JPN	18.90	9.45	9.45
=7	Pavel Stolbov	URS	18.90	9.40	9.50
=9	Valentin Muratov	URS	18.80	9.45	9.35
=9	Berndt Lindfors	FIN	18.80	9.45	9.35
=9	Kalevi Suoniemi	FIN	18.80	9.35	9.45
=12	Nobuyuki Aihara	JPN	18.75	9.35	9.40
=12	Helmut Bantz	GER	18.75	9.35	9.40
=12	Josy Stoffel	LUX	18.75	9.30	9.45
=12	Albert Azaryan	URS	18.75	9.25	9.50
=16	Masami Kubota	JPN	18.65	9.35	9.30
=16	Olavi Leimuvirta	FIN	18.65	9.35	9.30
=16	Martti Mansikka	FIN	18.65	9.30	9.35
=16	Velik Kapsazov	BUL	18.65	9.30	9.35
20	Akira Kono	JPN	18.60	9.00	9.60
21	Nik Stuart	GBR	18.55	9.30	9.25
=22	Shinsaku Tsukawaki	JPN	18.45	9.20	9.25
=22	Onni Lappalainen	FIN	18.45	9.05	9.40
=22	Attila Takács	HUN	18.45	8.80	9.65
25	Jack Beckner	USA	18.40	9.30	9.10
=26	Ferdinand Daniš	TCH	18.25	9.40	8.85
=26	Vladimír Kejř	TCH	18.25	9.15	9.10
=28	Hans Pfann	GER	18.20	9.25	8.95
=28	Michel Mathiot	FRA	18.20	8.70	9.50
=30	Charles Simms	USA	18.15	9.35	8.80
=30	Raimo Heinonen	FIN	18.15	8.90	9.25
32	Jaroslav Mikoška	TCH	18.10	9.35	8.75
=33	Jakob Kiefer	GER	18.05	9.20	8.85
=33	Ronnie Lombard	RSA	18.05	9.05	9.00
=33	Rafael Lecuona	CUB	18.05	8.90	9.15
36	Robert Klein	GER	18.00	8.95	9.05
37	Theo Wied	GER	17.95	8.90	9.05
=38	Jean Guillou	FRA	17.85	9.20	8.65
=38	Zdeněk Růžička	TCH	17.85	9.15	8.70
=38	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	17.85	9.10	8.75
=38	János Héder	HUN	17.85	9.10	8.75
=38	Kurt Wigartz	SWE	17.85	8.85	9.00
43	Raymond Dot	FRA	17.80	9.40	8.40
44	Bill Tom	USA	17.75	8.60	9.15
=45	William Thoresson	SWE	17.70	8.90	8.80
=45	Ed Gagnier	CAN	17.70	8.50	9.20
47	Dick Beckner	USA	17.50	8.70	8.80
48	Jack Wells	RSA	17.45	8.70	8.75
49	Mincho Todorov	BUL	17.40	8.50	8.90
50	Armando Vega	USA	17.35	8.60	8.75
=51	Abie Grossfeld	USA	17.30	8.65	8.65
=51	Erich Wied	GER	17.30	8.60	8.70
53	Frank Turner	GBR	16.35	8.55	7.80
54	John Lees	AUS	15.55	7.70	7.85
55	David Gourlay	AUS	14.70	7.50	7.20
56	Graham Bond	AUS	13.95	6.95	7.00
57	Noel Punton	AUS	12.60	5.50	7.10
58	Brian Blackburn	AUS	12.10	5.00	7.10
59	Bruce Sharp	AUS	10.60	5.65	4.95
60	Pritam Singh	IND	10.25	4.50	5.75
61	Sham Lal	IND	10.00	3.40	6.60
62	Hans Sauter	AUT	9.10	9.10	0.00
63	Anant Ram	IND	8.25	2.00	6.25

Pos

Competitor(s)

NOC

Points

CEP

OEP

Boris Shakhlin

URS