The men's
rope climbing
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event was part of the
gymnastics programme at the
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
. It was one of nine gymnastics events and it was contested for the third time after 1896 and 1904. The competition was held on Sunday, July 20, 1924. Seventy gymnasts from nine nations competed. The event was won by
Bedřich Šupčík
Bedřich Šupčík (22 October 1898 – 11 July 1957) was a Czechoslovak gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a gold medal in rope climbing, and a bronze medal and in all-round individ ...
of Czechoslovakia.
Albert Séguin
Albert Séguin (8 March 1891 – 29 May 1948) was a French gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad ...
of France took silver, while
August Güttinger
August Güttinger (10 July 1892 – November 1970) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics, where he received a gold medal in ''parallel bars'', and bronze medals in ''rope climbing'' and ''team combine ...
of Switzerland and
Ladislav Vácha
Ladislav Vácha (21 March 1899 in Brno – 28 June 1943) was a Czech gymnast and Olympic champion competing for Czechoslovakia.
He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a bronze medal in ''rope climbing'' and ''ri ...
tied for bronze. All three medaling nations were making their debut in rope climbing, so they were the first medals for each in the event.
Background
This was the third appearance of the event, which was held four times. The event had been held in 1896 and 1904 and would appear again in 1932. The event was an unusual one, not one of the standard apparatus competitions held at the world championships. The Official Report commented that it appeared some nations had considered the event less important than the other apparatus events on the 1924 programme.
[Official Report, p. 356.]
The United States and Great Britain were the only two nations to have competed in one of the prior rope climbing competitions (in 1904 and 1896, respectively); the other seven nations all made their debut in the event.
Competition format
The rope climbing event was judged on time, with the fastest to reach the top winning. The times were also converted into points for use in the individual and team all-around scores, as the rope climbing was one of the 11 components of the 1924 all-around. Times of 9.0 seconds and lower were worth 10 points. Each second slower reduced the score by 1 point, so any gymnast taking 12.0 seconds or longer would receive 0 points in the exercise.
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Schedule
Results
References
Official Olympic Report
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Rope climbing
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly c ...