Date | 18 – 23 October 1964 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Tōkyō Taiikukan, Shibuya, Tokyo |
Participants | 128 from 29 countries |
As in 1960, the best six gymnasts in the individual all-around advanced to the apparatus final. The final apparatus score was made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. Japan’s Yukio Endo, the 1962 World Championship bronze medalist, led after the qualifying and then posted an almost unheard of score (for the era) of 9.900 in the final round to win the gold medal easily. He was trailed by his teammate Shuji Tsurumi. Italian Franco Menichelli was the last qualifier, in sixth, but his final round score of 9.700 moved him up to the bronze medal. The 1962 World Champion was Yugoslav Miroslav Cerar, who had a poor final routine and dropped to sixth and last place among the finalists.
Top six on parallel bars in team all-around advance to apparatus final. 50% of qualifying score added to optional exercise done in finals.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Points | QP(50%) | FP | |||
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1 | Yukio Endo | JPN | 19.675 | 9.775 | 9.900 | |||
2 | Shuji Tsurumi | JPN | 19.450 | 9.750 | 9.700 | |||
3 | Franco Menichelli | ITA | 19.350 | 9.650 | 9.700 | |||
4 | Sergey Diomidov | URS | 19.225 | 9.675 | 9.550 | |||
5 | Viktor Lisitsky | URS | 19.200 | 9.750 | 9.450 | |||
6 | Miroslav Cerar | YUG | 18.450 | 9.750 | 8.700 |