Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

The men's vault (or "jumps") event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam. It was one of seven gymnastics events for men and it was contested for the fourth time after 1896, 1904, and 1924. Scores from the vault event were added to the results from other individual apparatus events to give aggregate scores for the individual and team all-around events. There were 85 competitors from 11 nations.[1] Each nation had a team of 8 gymnasts; three of the 88 men did not start. The event was won by Eugen Mack of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in the event and first medal since 1896. Emanuel Löffler gave Czechoslovakia its second consecutive silver medal. Stane Derganc's bronze was Yugoslavia's first medal in the event.

Men's vault
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date10 August
Competitors85 from 11 nations
Winning score28.750
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Emanuel Löffler
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stane Derganc
 Yugoslavia
← 1924
1932 →

Background

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This was the fourth appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Six of the top 10 gymnasts from 1924 returned: gold medalist Frank Kriz of the United States, silver medalist Jan Koutný of Czechoslovakia, fourth-place finisher Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, sixth-place finisher Janez Porenta of Yugoslavia, seventh-place finisher Ferdinando Mandrini of Italy, and tenth-place finisher Ladislav Vácha of Czechoslovakia. The event was not held at the 1926 world championships and there was no clear favorite.[1]

The Netherlands made its debut in the men's vault. Hungary competed for the first time since 1896. The other nine nations had all competed in 1924. Switzerland and the United States were each making their third appearance, tied for most of any nation.

Competition format

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In the early Olympics, the vault format changed considerably. For 1928, the vault competition consisted of two different jumps: one over a sideways (perpendicular to the approach) pommel horse and one of a lengthwise (parallel to the approach) over a vaulting horse (with no pommels). The pommel horse jump was of a set form while the gymnast could choose the skills to use for the vaulting horse jump. The combined score for the two jumps, of a maximum 30 points, was the result of the event.[2]

The vault was one of the apparatus used in the individual and team all-around scores. It accounted for 19 of the score, half of what the other apparatus counted (with the optional and compulsory components of the others counting for 30 points maximum each, rather than 30 points combined).

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Friday, 10 August 1928 Final

Results

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Source: Official results;[3] De Wael[4]

Rank Gymnast Nation Score
  Eugen Mack   Switzerland 28.750
  Emanuel Löffler   Czechoslovakia 28.500
  Stane Derganc   Yugoslavia 28.375
4 Georges Miez   Switzerland 28.250
Josip Primožič   Yugoslavia 28.250
6 Georges Leroux   France 28.000
7 August Güttinger   Switzerland 27.750
Janez Porenta   Yugoslavia 27.750
Herman Witzig   United States 27.750
10 Harold Newhart   United States 27.625
Étienne Schmitt   France 27.625
12 Jan Gajdoš   Czechoslovakia 27.375
Hans Grieder   Switzerland 27.375
Frank Kriz   United States 27.375
Melchior Wezel   Switzerland 27.375
16 Romeo Neri   Italy 27.250
Heikki Savolainen   Finland 27.250
18 Hermann Hänggi   Switzerland 27.125
Otto Pfister   Switzerland 27.125
Ladislav Vácha   Czechoslovakia 27.125
21 Edvard Antonijevič   Yugoslavia 27.000
Jean Larrouy   France 27.000
István Pelle   Hungary 27.000
24 Kalervo Kinos   Finland 26.875
Martti Uosikkinen   Finland 26.875
26 Jan Koutný   Czechoslovakia 26.750
Mauri Nyberg-Noroma   Finland 26.750
28 Leon Štukelj   Yugoslavia 26.625
29 Glenn Berry   United States 26.500
30 Anton Malej   Yugoslavia 26.375
Václav Veselý   Czechoslovakia 26.375
32 Ladislav Tikal   Czechoslovakia 26.250
Nic Roeser   Luxembourg 26.250
34 Pieter van Dam   Netherlands 26.125
Edi Steinemann   Switzerland 26.125
36 Armand Solbach   France 25.875
37 Boris Gregorka   Yugoslavia 25.750
André Lemoine   France 25.750
39 Albert Neumann   Luxembourg 25.625
Miklós Péter   Hungary 25.625
41 Dragutin Cioti   Yugoslavia 25.500
Al Jochim   United States 25.500
43 Urho Korhonen   Finland 25.375
Ted Warren   Great Britain 25.375
45 Rafael Ylönen   Finland 25.250
46 Josef Effenberger   Czechoslovakia 25.125
Mario Lertora   Italy 25.125
Birger Stenman   Finland 25.125
49 Mozes Jacobs   Netherlands 25.000
Rezső Kende   Hungary 25.000
Ferdinando Mandrini   Italy 25.000
John Pearson   United States 25.000
53 Mathias Logelin   Luxembourg 24.625
54 Jaakko Kunnas   Finland 24.500
55 Hugo Licher   Netherlands 24.250
Elias Melkman   Netherlands 24.250
57 Fränz Zouang   Luxembourg 24.125
58 G. C. Raynes   Great Britain 24.000
Josy Staudt   Luxembourg 24.000
60 Gyula Kunszt   Hungary 23.875
61 Giuseppe Paris   Italy 23.500
Arthur Whitford   Great Britain 23.500
63 Antoine Chatelaine   France 23.375
64 Mario Tambini   Italy 23.250
65 Edouard Grethen   Luxembourg 23.125
Frank Haubold   United States 23.125
67 Willibrordus Pouw   Netherlands 22.875
68 Paul Krempel   United States 22.625
69 Klaas Boot   Netherlands 22.500
E. A. Walton   Great Britain 22.500
71 Mathias Erang   Luxembourg 22.375
József Szalai   Hungary 22.375
73 Géza Tóth   Hungary 21.875
74 Israel Wijnschenk   Netherlands 21.375
75 Jean Gounot   France 21.250
76 Giuseppe Lupi   Italy 20.500
77 Jean-Pierre Urbing   Luxembourg 19.625
78 Bedřich Šupčík   Czechoslovakia 19.000
Jacobus van der Vinden   Netherlands 19.000
80 Ezio Roselli   Italy 18.875
81 Vittorio Lucchetti   Italy 18.000
82 T. B. Parkinson   Great Britain 17.875
83 Elemér Pászti   Hungary 17.000
84 Henry Finchett   Great Britain 16.250
85 Bart Cronin   Great Britain 14.750
Imre Erdődy   Hungary DNS
Samuel Humphreys   Great Britain DNS
Alfred Krauss   France DNS

References

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  1. ^ a b "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 646.
  3. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Gymnastics 1928". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.