Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held between July 19 and July 24 in the Messuhalli building in Helsinki. Men's events were held in "Exhibition Hall I" while women's events were contested in the smaller "Exhibition Hall II".

Format of competition

Each nation was allowed to enter a team. Nations, which did not enter full teams, could enter individual competitors.

WAG

Each of the events, except the "team exercise with portable apparatus", was judged by five judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of three remaining ones constituted the score. The "team exercise with portable apparatus" event was judged by eight judges. Two highest and two lowest marks were dropped and the sum of four remaining marks, multiplied by two formed the team's score.

The team consisted of eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of four apparatus. She could also repeat the compulsory routine, then only the repetition was counted. This rule was applied for all apparatus, except the vault. On both compulsory and optional vaults a gymnast performed two attempts, the better to count. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events, except the separate "team exercise with portable apparatus" event (also known as "group exercise with hand apparatus" event), which was some sort of group rhythmic exercises similar to the "group competition" event in rhythmic gymnastics. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

In the team competition gymnast's scores in each routine constituted her total score for all routines. From eight total scores of team's gymnasts were selected six best ones, which, along with the team's score in the "team exercise with portable apparatus" event, constituted the overall team's totals.

MAG

Each of the events was judged by four judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining ones constituted the score.

The team included from five to eight gymnasts. Each team member performed compulsory and optional routines on each of six apparatus. He could also repeat the compulsory routine, then only the repetition was counted. This rule was applied for all apparatus, except the vault and the floor exercise. On both compulsory and optional vaults a gymnast performed two attempts, the better to count. Gymnast's scores in these performances counted for all of the events. Scores of gymnasts from incomplete teams counted only for individual events.

The scoring in the team competition event was much different from WAG one. Five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine. These scores constituted the overall team's totals.

Medal table

Team, portable apparatus

This event is also known as group exercise with hand apparatus.

Balance beam

Team competition

Rings

Horizontal bar

Note: country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1952.

ee also

*Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
*Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)

References

*cite book
title = The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad
location= Porvoo | publisher=Werner Södreström Osakeyhtiö
year = 1955
url = http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm
*cite web
title = 1952 Olympic Games
work = Gymn-Forum.com
url = http://www.gymn-forum.com/results/Olympics/1952_Helsinki/1952_Games_main.html
accessdate = April 15
accessyear = 2006