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Floor Exercise, Men

Date	22 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Auditorio Nacional, Ciudad de México
Participants	117 from 28 countries

The format was the same as in 1964, with the best six gymnasts in the individual all-around advancing to the apparatus final, with the final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. Five of the six finalists were Japanese, joined by Soviet Valery Karasyov, who would place fifth. Japan finished 1-4, with the medals swept, in order, by Sawao Kato, Akinori Nakayama, and Kato’s brother, Takeshi. Nakayama would again win the silver medal in 1972 at München, after winning gold at the 1970 World Championships.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.475	Gold
2	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.400	Silver
3	Takeshi Kato	JPN	19.275	Bronze
4	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.050
5	Valery Karasyov	URS	18.950
6	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	18.925
=4 r1/2	Mikhail Voronin	URS	–
8 r1/2	Viktor Lisitsky	URS	–
=9 r1/2	Sergey Diomidov	URS	–
=9 r1/2	Raycho Hristov	BUL	–
=11 r1/2	Václav Kubíčka	TCH	–
=11 r1/2	Yukio Endo	JPN	–
13 r1/2	Viktor Klimenko	URS	–
=14 r1/2	Miroslav Cerar	YUG	–
=14 r1/2	Heiko Reinemer	FRG	–
=14 r1/2	František Bočko	TCH	–
=14 r1/2	Sid Freudenstein	USA	–
=18 r1/2	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	–
=18 r1/2	Siegfried Fülle	GDR	–
=18 r1/2	Ivan Kondev	BUL	–
=21 r1/2	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	–
=21 r1/2	Václav Skoumal	TCH	–
=21 r1/2	Klaus Köste	GDR	–
=24 r1/2	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	–
=24 r1/2	Matthias Brehme	GDR	–
=26 r1/2	Sylwester Kubica	POL	–
=26 r1/2	Dave Thor	USA	–
=28 r1/2	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	–
=28 r1/2	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	–
=28 r1/2	Luigi Cimnaghi	ITA	–
=28 r1/2	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	–
=32 r1/2	Heikki Sappinen	FIN	–
=32 r1/2	Fred Roethlisberger	USA	–
=34 r1/2	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	–
=34 r1/2	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	–
=34 r1/2	Kanati Allen	USA	–
=37 r1/2	Michel Bouchonnet	FRA	–
=37 r1/2	Arne Thomsen	DEN	–
=37 r1/2	Peter Rohner	SUI	–
=37 r1/2	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	–
=37 r1/2	Günter Beier	GDR	–
=42 r1/2	Steve Hug	USA	–
=42 r1/2	Heinz Häussler	FRG	–
=44 r1/2	Endre Tihanyi	HUN	–
=44 r1/2	Gerhard Dietrich	GDR	–
=46 r1/2	Janez Brodnik	YUG	–
=46 r1/2	Hermann Höpfner	FRG	–
=46 r1/2	Erich Hess	FRG	–
=46 r1/2	Christer Jönsson	SWE	–
=46 r1/2	Michael Booth	GBR	–
=51 r1/2	Helmut Tepasse	FRG	–
=51 r1/2	Rumen Gabrovski	BUL	–
=51 r1/2	Aleksander Rokosa	POL	–
=51 r1/2	José Filipe Abreu	POR	–
=55 r1/2	Valery Ilyinykh	URS	–
=55 r1/2	Roberto Pumpido	CUB	–
=57 r1/2	Meinrad Berchtold	SUI	–
=57 r1/2	Peter Weber	GDR	–
=57 r1/2	Gilbert Larose	CAN	–
60 r1/2	Jerzy Kruża	POL	–
=61 r1/2	Juhani Rahikainen	FIN	–
=61 r1/2	Andrzej Gonera	POL	–
=61 r1/2	Stefan Zoev	BUL	–
=61 r1/2	Sándor Kiss	HUN	–
=65 r1/2	Kim Chung-Tae	KOR	–
=65 r1/2	Giovanni Carminucci	ITA	–
=65 r1/2	Stan Wild	GBR	–
=65 r1/2	Hans Peter Nielsen	DEN	–
=69 r1/2	Roland Hürzeler	SUI	–
=69 r1/2	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	–
=71 r1/2	Reino Heino	FIN	–
=71 r1/2	José González	MEX	–
=71 r1/2	Miloš Vratič	YUG	–
=71 r1/2	Hans Ettlin	SUI	–
=75 r1/2	Steve Cohen	USA	–
=75 r1/2	Damir Anić	YUG	–
77 r1/2	Finn Johannesson	SWE	–
78 r1/2	Luis Ramírez	CUB	–
79 r1/2	Paul Müller	SUI	–
=80 r1/2	Hannu Rantakari	FIN	–
=80 r1/2	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	–
82 r1/2	Olli Laiho	FIN	–
=83 r1/2	Larbi Lazhari	ALG	–
=83 r1/2	Bozhidar Ivanov	BUL	–
85 r1/2	Christian Deuza	FRA	–
86 r1/2	Béla Herczeg	HUN	–
87 r1/2	Georgi Adamov	BUL	–
=88 r1/2	István Aranyos	HUN	–
=88 r1/2	Sid Jensen	CAN	–
90 r1/2	Vincenzo Mori	ITA	–
91 r1/2	Octavio Suárez	CUB	–
=92 r1/2	Konrád Mentsik	HUN	–
=92 r1/2	Armando Valles	MEX	–
94 r1/2	Enrique García	MEX	–
95 r1/2	Dezső Bordán	HUN	–
96 r1/2	Murray Chessell	AUS	–
97 r1/2	Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam	MGL	–
=98 r1/2	José Vilchis	MEX	–
=98 r1/2	Bruno Franceschetti	ITA	–
=100 r1/2	Pasquale Carminucci	ITA	–
=100 r1/2	Evert Lindgren	SWE	–
102 r1/2	Lai Chu-Long	TPE	–
103 r1/2	Tine Šrot	YUG	–
104 r1/2	Barry Brooker	CAN	–
105 r1/2	Roger Dion	CAN	–
=106 r1/2	Fernando Valles	MEX	–
=106 r1/2	Luis Navarrete	CUB	–
108 r1/2	Cheng Fu	TPE	–
109 r1/2	Steve Mitruk	CAN	–
110 r1/2	Eduardo Nájera	ECU	–
111 r1/2	Sergio Luna	ECU	–
112 r1/2	Pedro Rendón	ECU	–
113 r1/2	Willi Jaschek	FRG	–
114 r1/2	Franco Menichelli	ITA	–
115 r1/2	Héctor Ramírez	CUB	–
116 r1/2	Norman Henson	PHI	–
117 r1/2	Ernesto Beren	PHI	–

Qualifying (22 – 24 October 1968 — 08:30-17:00)

Top six on floor exercise in team all-around advance to apparatus final. 50% of qualifying score added to optional exercise done in finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.65	9.75	9.90	Q
2	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.40	9.60	9.80	Q
3	Takeshi Kato	JPN	19.35	9.60	9.75	Q
=4	Mikhail Voronin	URS	19.25	9.55	9.70	QDNC
=4	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	19.25	9.55	9.70	Q
=6	Valery Karasyov	URS	19.10	9.55	9.55	q
=6	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.10	9.50	9.60	q
8	Viktor Lisitsky	URS	19.00	9.50	9.50
=9	Sergey Diomidov	URS	18.95	9.50	9.45
=9	Raycho Hristov	BUL	18.95	9.35	9.60
=11	Václav Kubíčka	TCH	18.80	9.40	9.40
=11	Yukio Endo	JPN	18.80	9.15	9.65
13	Viktor Klimenko	URS	18.75	9.25	9.50
=14	Miroslav Cerar	YUG	18.65	9.25	9.40
=14	Heiko Reinemer	FRG	18.65	9.25	9.40
=14	František Bočko	TCH	18.65	9.20	9.45
=14	Sid Freudenstein	USA	18.65	9.15	9.50
=18	Miloslav Netušil	TCH	18.60	9.40	9.20
=18	Siegfried Fülle	GDR	18.60	9.15	9.45
=18	Ivan Kondev	BUL	18.60	9.10	9.50
=21	Wilhelm Kubica	POL	18.55	9.25	9.30
=21	Václav Skoumal	TCH	18.55	9.25	9.30
=21	Klaus Köste	GDR	18.55	9.20	9.35
=24	Mikołaj Kubica	POL	18.50	9.20	9.30
=24	Matthias Brehme	GDR	18.50	9.10	9.40
=26	Sylwester Kubica	POL	18.45	9.30	9.15
=26	Dave Thor	USA	18.45	9.15	9.30
=28	Jiří Fejtek	TCH	18.40	9.15	9.25
=28	Bohumil Mudřík	TCH	18.40	9.10	9.30
=28	Luigi Cimnaghi	ITA	18.40	9.10	9.30
=28	Jorge Rodríguez	CUB	18.40	9.05	9.35
=32	Heikki Sappinen	FIN	18.35	9.15	9.20
=32	Fred Roethlisberger	USA	18.35	8.95	9.40
=34	Mauno Nissinen	FIN	18.30	9.20	9.10
=34	Milenko Kersnić	YUG	18.30	9.20	9.10
=34	Kanati Allen	USA	18.30	9.10	9.20
=37	Michel Bouchonnet	FRA	18.20	9.15	9.05
=37	Arne Thomsen	DEN	18.20	9.10	9.10
=37	Peter Rohner	SUI	18.20	9.05	9.15
=37	Christian Guiffroy	FRA	18.20	9.00	9.20
=37	Günter Beier	GDR	18.20	9.00	9.20
=42	Steve Hug	USA	18.15	9.00	9.15
=42	Heinz Häussler	FRG	18.15	9.00	9.15
=44	Endre Tihanyi	HUN	18.10	9.10	9.00
=44	Gerhard Dietrich	GDR	18.10	8.80	9.30
=46	Janez Brodnik	YUG	18.05	9.05	9.00
=46	Hermann Höpfner	FRG	18.05	9.00	9.05
=46	Erich Hess	FRG	18.05	9.00	9.05
=46	Christer Jönsson	SWE	18.05	8.90	9.15
=46	Michael Booth	GBR	18.05	8.90	9.15
=51	Helmut Tepasse	FRG	18.00	9.00	9.00
=51	Rumen Gabrovski	BUL	18.00	8.90	9.10
=51	Aleksander Rokosa	POL	18.00	8.80	9.20
=51	José Filipe Abreu	POR	18.00	8.80	9.20
=55	Valery Ilyinykh	URS	17.95	9.10	8.85
=55	Roberto Pumpido	CUB	17.95	8.85	9.10
=57	Meinrad Berchtold	SUI	17.90	8.95	8.95
=57	Peter Weber	GDR	17.90	8.85	9.05
=57	Gilbert Larose	CAN	17.90	8.60	9.30
60	Jerzy Kruża	POL	17.85	8.90	8.95
=61	Juhani Rahikainen	FIN	17.80	8.80	9.00
=61	Andrzej Gonera	POL	17.80	8.75	9.05
=61	Stefan Zoev	BUL	17.80	8.65	9.15
=61	Sándor Kiss	HUN	17.80	8.65	9.15
=65	Kim Chung-Tae	KOR	17.75	8.85	8.90
=65	Giovanni Carminucci	ITA	17.75	8.75	9.00
=65	Stan Wild	GBR	17.75	8.60	9.15
=65	Hans Peter Nielsen	DEN	17.75	8.50	9.25
=69	Roland Hürzeler	SUI	17.70	8.80	8.90
=69	Edwin Greutmann	SUI	17.70	8.75	8.95
=71	Reino Heino	FIN	17.65	8.85	8.80
=71	José González	MEX	17.65	8.85	8.80
=71	Miloš Vratič	YUG	17.65	8.75	8.90
=71	Hans Ettlin	SUI	17.65	8.60	9.05
=75	Steve Cohen	USA	17.60	8.85	8.75
=75	Damir Anić	YUG	17.60	8.50	9.10
77	Finn Johannesson	SWE	17.55	8.75	8.80
78	Luis Ramírez	CUB	17.50	8.30	9.20
79	Paul Müller	SUI	17.45	8.65	8.80
=80	Hannu Rantakari	FIN	17.40	8.60	8.80
=80	Rogelio Mendoza	MEX	17.40	8.30	9.10
82	Olli Laiho	FIN	17.35	8.60	8.75
=83	Larbi Lazhari	ALG	17.30	8.45	8.85
=83	Bozhidar Ivanov	BUL	17.30	8.25	9.05
85	Christian Deuza	FRA	17.25	8.30	8.95
86	Béla Herczeg	HUN	17.20	8.45	8.75
87	Georgi Adamov	BUL	17.10	8.20	8.90
=88	István Aranyos	HUN	17.05	8.35	8.70
=88	Sid Jensen	CAN	17.05	8.10	8.95
90	Vincenzo Mori	ITA	16.90	8.20	8.70
91	Octavio Suárez	CUB	16.85	8.05	8.80
=92	Konrád Mentsik	HUN	16.80	8.05	8.75
=92	Armando Valles	MEX	16.80	8.00	8.80
94	Enrique García	MEX	16.75	8.10	8.65
95	Dezső Bordán	HUN	16.70	7.90	8.80
96	Murray Chessell	AUS	16.60	7.95	8.65
97	Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam	MGL	16.50	8.30	8.20
=98	José Vilchis	MEX	16.40	8.00	8.40
=98	Bruno Franceschetti	ITA	16.40	7.75	8.65
=100	Pasquale Carminucci	ITA	16.30	7.65	8.65
=100	Evert Lindgren	SWE	16.30	7.55	8.75
102	Lai Chu-Long	TPE	16.20	8.30	7.90
103	Tine Šrot	YUG	16.00	7.40	8.60
104	Barry Brooker	CAN	15.90	7.60	8.30
105	Roger Dion	CAN	15.85	7.60	8.25
=106	Fernando Valles	MEX	15.80	7.35	8.45
=106	Luis Navarrete	CUB	15.80	7.00	8.80
108	Cheng Fu	TPE	15.75	7.70	8.05
109	Steve Mitruk	CAN	15.35	7.00	8.35
110	Eduardo Nájera	ECU	15.20	7.35	7.85
111	Sergio Luna	ECU	15.05	6.60	8.45
112	Pedro Rendón	ECU	13.75	6.25	7.50
113	Willi Jaschek	FRG	11.15	9.15	2.00
114	Franco Menichelli	ITA	9.30	9.30	–
115	Héctor Ramírez	CUB	9.05	9.05	0.00
116	Norman Henson	PHI	7.70	7.70	–
117	Ernesto Beren	PHI	6.10	6.10	–

Final (26 October 1968 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	Sawao Kato	JPN	19.475	9.825	9.65
2	Akinori Nakayama	JPN	19.400	9.700	9.70
3	Takeshi Kato	JPN	19.275	9.675	9.60
4	Mitsuo Tsukahara	JPN	19.050	9.550	9.50
5	Valery Karasyov	URS	18.950	9.550	9.40
6	Eizo Kenmotsu	JPN	18.925	9.625	9.30