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Olympic Medalists In Gymnastics (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics Current program All-around, individual All-around, team Floor exercise Horizontal bar Parallel bars Pommel horse Rings Vault Discontinued events Club swinging Combined 4 events Free system, team Horizontal bar, team Indian clubs Parallel bars, team Rope climbing Sidehorse vault Swedish system, team Triathlon Tumbling Trampoline Individual See also *Gymnastics at the 1906 Intercalated Games — these Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the International Olympic Committee * List of Asian Games medalists in gymnastics *List of top Olympic gymnastics medalists References International Olympic Committee results database {{Olympic_medalists Gymnastics (men) Gymnastics (men) Olympic medalists This article includes lists of all Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG), which consists of, for women (WAG), the events floor, vault, uneven bars, and beam; and for men (MAG), the events floor, vault, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, which include gymnastics for all, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining (including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Zampori
Giorgio Zampori (4 June 1887 – 7 December 1965) was an Italian gymnast who competed in the Summer Olympic Games in 1912, 1920 and 1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold .... Biography He was part of the Italian team that won three consecutive gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event. He also won the gold medal in the Individual all-round in 1920. Achievements See also * Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame * Italian men gold medalist at the Olympics and World Championships References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zampori, Giorgio 1887 births 1965 deaths Italian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1920 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Italy Olympic gold medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heikki Savolainen (gymnast)
Heikki Ilmari Savolainen (28 September 1907 – 29 November 1997) was a Finnish artistic gymnast. He competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1928 to 1952 and won at least one medal in each of them. In 1928, he won a bronze on pommel horse, which was the first-ever medal in gymnastics for Finland. Winning his last medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he became the oldest gymnastics medalist, at 44 years old; he delivered the Olympic Oath in the opening ceremony of those games. olympic.org In 1932, Savolainen and his teammate had the same score on [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Pelle
István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986) – ''olympic-medallists.com'' (Retrieved on March 31, 2008) was a Hungarian and Olympic champion. He competed at the in Los Angeles
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Romeo Neri
Romeo Neri (26 March 1903 – 23 September 1961) was an Italian gymnast. He won three gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming, along with Helene Madison of United States, the most successful athlete there. He previously won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1934 he won a silver medal and a bronze medal at the world championships in Budapest. Career Neri took swimming, running, weightlifting and boxing before changing to gymnastics. In 1926 he won the national championships in the parallel bars, followed by four all-round titles in 1928–1930 and 1933. At the 1928 Olympics, besides winning a silver on the horizontal bar, he finished fourth on the rings and all-around. At the next games he won the all-around competition with a 5.7-point gap from second place and greatly helped Italy to win the team gold. He also won gold on the parallel bars and finished fourth on the floor. At the 1936 Olympics Neri competed with a torn arm muscle and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1932 Summer Olympics
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eleven events in gymnastics were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, August 8, 1932 to Friday, August 12, 1932. Medal summary Participating nations A total of 46 gymnasts from seven nations competed at the Los Angeles Games: * * * * * * * Medal table References Sources * * {{Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics 1932 Summer Olympics events 1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ... 1932 in gymnastics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Hänggi
Hermann Hänggi (15 October 1894 – 21 November 1978) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ..., where he won two gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. References External links * 1894 births 1978 deaths Swiss male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Switzerland Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Miez
Georges Miez (2 October 1904 – 21 April 1999) was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a total of four gold, three silver and one bronze medals. Miez was the most successful athlete of the 1928 Games, whereas in 1932 he was the only medalist for Switzerland. Miez also won three medals at the 1934 World Championships. Between the 1924 and 1928 Olympics Miez served in the Swiss army, coached gymnastics in the Netherlands, and worked for a Swiss sportswear company, where he designed a new type of gymnastics trousers. After that he coached gymnastics in Chiasso. Switzerland did not send an Olympic team in 1932 due to the economic depression, but Miez volunteered to compete on his own, and also return the body of his brother who died in the United States. After winning a silver on the floor, Miez withdrew from the Games and toured the United States giving presentations at universities. Miez retired after the 1936 Games and worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1928 Summer Olympics
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, eight events in gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoul ... were contested. For the first time at the Olympic Games, women competed in gymnastics. The rope climbing and sidehorse vault events were dropped from the program. Men's events Women's events Although extensive results detailing the performance of the men gymnasts, both teams and individuals, were published in the Official Olympic Report for these 1928 Summer Olympic Games, only the team results (both combined and with respect to exercise) were published for the women, providing no information whatsoever about the capacities of the various individual women who competed here. Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References Sourc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 individual. He received a silver medal in ''team combined exercises'' at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar .... References External links * 1898 births 1957 deaths 20th-century Czech people Czech male artistic gymnasts Czechoslovak male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1924 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Czechoslovakia Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic bronze medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pražák
Robert Pražák (2 December 1892 – 16 May 1966) was a Czechoslovak gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Plzeň. In 1920 he was a member of the Czechoslovak gymnastic team which finished fourth in the team event. Four years later he won three silver medals in the individual all-around event, in the parallel bars competition, and in the rings event. At the 1924 Summer Olympics he also participated in the following events: * Sidehorse vault - eighth place * Vault - ninth place * Horizontal bar - ninth place * Pommel horse - 13th place * 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 ... - 13th place * Team all-around - did not finish References 1892 births 1966 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Štukelj
Leon Štukelj (; 12 November 1898 – 8 November 1999) was a Slovene professional gymnast. He was an Olympic gold medalist and athlete who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics. He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history. Štukelj is one of the first Slovene athletes to have risen to the very top of his sport, where he remained right from the World Championships in Ljubljana in 1922 all the way to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, at which point he finished his competitive gymnastics career. Štukelj competed at seven major international competitions and won a total of twenty medals: eight gold, six silver, and six bronze. At the Olympic Games alone he won six medals: two gold medals (counted for Yugoslavia) in Paris in 1924, one gold medal and two bronze in Amsterdam in 1928, and a silver medal in Berlin in 1936. Biography Štukelj was born in Novo Mesto, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia). In 1927, Štukelj graduated with a degree in law. Since his youth, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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