Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in gymnastics were contested.[1] Finland led all nations with six gold medals and ten medals overall.[2]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual all-round
Veikko Huhtanen
 Finland
Walter Lehmann
 Switzerland
Paavo Aaltonen
 Finland
Men's floor exercises
Ferenc Pataki
 Hungary
János Mogyorósi-Klencs
 Hungary
Zdeněk Růžička
 Czechoslovakia
Men's horizontal bar
Josef Stalder
 Switzerland
Walter Lehmann
 Switzerland
Veikko Huhtanen
 Finland
Men's parallel bars
Michael Reusch
 Switzerland
Veikko Huhtanen
 Finland
Josef Stalder
 Switzerland
Christian Kipfer
 Switzerland
Men's pommel horse
Paavo Aaltonen
 Finland
none awarded [A] none awarded [A]
Veikko Huhtanen
 Finland
Heikki Savolainen
 Finland
Men's rings
Karl Frei
 Switzerland
Michael Reusch
 Switzerland
Zdeněk Růžička
 Czechoslovakia
Men's vault
Paavo Aaltonen
 Finland
Olavi Rove
 Finland
János Mogyorósi-Klencs
 Hungary
Ferenc Pataki
 Hungary
Leo Sotorník
 Czechoslovakia
Men's team
 Finland (FIN)
Paavo Aaltonen
Veikko Huhtanen
Kalevi Laitinen
Olavi Rove
Aleksanteri Saarvala
Sulo Salmi
Heikki Savolainen
Einari Teräsvirta
 Switzerland (SUI)
Karl Frei
Christian Kipfer
Walter Lehmann
Robert Lucy
Michael Reusch
Josef Stalder
Emil Studer
Melchior Thalmann
 Hungary (HUN)
László Baranyai
Jozsef Fekete
Gyözö Mogyorosi
János Mogyorósi-Klencs
Ferenc Pataki
Lajos Sántha
Lajos Tóth
Ferenc Várkõi
Women's team
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Zdeňka Honsová
Marie Kovářová
Miloslava Misáková
Milena Müllerová
Věra Růžičkova
Olga Šilhánová
Božena Srncová
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská
 Hungary (HUN)
Edit Weckinger
Mária Zalai-Kövi
Irén Karcsics
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Erzsébet Balázs
Olga Tass
Anna Fehér
Margit Nagy-Sándor
 United States (USA)
Ladislava Bakanic
Marian Barone
Consetta Lenz
Dorothy Dalton
Meta Elste
Helen Schifano
Clara Schroth
Anita Simonis

Notes

^[A] Other sources[3][4] claim that Luigi Zanetti (Italy) also won a silver medal and Guido Figone (Italy) also won a bronze medal in the pommel horse event, despite the three gold medals awarded for the three-way first place tie.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland (FIN) 6 2 2 10
2  Switzerland (SUI) 3 4 2 9
3  Hungary (HUN) 1 2 3 6
4  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 3 4
5  United States (USA) 0 0 1 1

References

  1. (ed.) Lord Burghley (1951). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad (PDF). London: Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. pp. 389–405. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  2. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
  3. Lord Killanin; Rodda, John (1983). The Olympic Games 1984. Willow. ISBN 0-00-218062-6.
  4. Greenberg, Stan (1996). The Guinness Book of Olympic Facts and Feats. Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-639-1.

Coordinates: 51°33′20″N 0°16′47″W / 51.5556°N 0.2797°W / 51.5556; -0.2797

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