Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

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Men's vault
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L0902-202, Gerätefinale XX. Olympiade, München.jpg
Köste landing his winning vault
VenueOlympiahalle
Date27 August–1 September
Competitors111 from 26 nations
Winning score18.850
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Klaus Köste  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktor Klimenko  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union
← 1968
1976 →

These are the results of the men's vault competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 27, 29 and September 1 at the Olympiahalle. There were 111 competitors from 26 nations (with 2 of the 113 gymnasts not starting in this apparatus); nations entering the team event had 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Klaus Köste of East Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's vault (or any men's individual gymnastics event). The Soviets took silver and bronze, by Viktor Klimenko and Nikolai Andrianov respectively.

Background[]

This was the 13th 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). Three of the six finalists from 1968 returned: gold medalist Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union and fifth-place finisher Akinori Nakayama and sixth-place finisher Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan. The reigning world champion was Mitsuo Tsukahara of Japan, with Viktor Klimenko of the Soviet Union the runner-up.[1]

Liechtenstein, New Zealand, and North Korea each made their debut in the men's vault. The United States made its 12th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format[]

The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004). Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score. (One gymnast who entered the all-around competition did not perform on the vault.) These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 113th. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final.[1][2]

Schedule[]

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 27 August 1972 11:15
19:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Wednesday, 29 August 1972 10:00
18:00
Preliminary: Voluntary
Saturday, 1 September 1972 19:30 Final

Results[]

One-hundred eleven gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on August 27 and 29. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on September 1.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 12 Prelim. Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Klaus Köste  East Germany 9.40 9.55 18.95 9.475 9.375 18.850
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Viktor Klimenko  Soviet Union 9.50 9.30 18.80 9.400 9.425 18.825
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.60 9.60 19.20 9.600 9.200 18.800
4 Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan 9.40 9.40 18.80 9.400 9.150 18.550
Sawao Kato  Japan 9.50 9.50 19.00 9.500 9.050 18.550
6 Peter Rohner  Switzerland 9.25 9.50 18.80 9.375 9.150 18.525
7 Matthias Brehme  East Germany 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
Shigeru Kasamatsu  Japan 9.40 9.35 18.75 Did not advance
Mikolaj Kubica  Poland 9.40 9.35 18.75 Did not advance
10 Vladislav Nehasil  Czechoslovakia 9.20 9.50 18.70 Did not advance
11 Imre Molnár  Hungary 9.40 9.25 18.65 Did not advance
12 Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.25 9.35 18.60 Did not advance
Akinori Nakayama  Japan 9.35 9.25 18.60 Did not advance
Wolfgang Thüne  East Germany 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
15 Petre Mihaiuc  Romania 9.20 9.35 18.55 Did not advance
16 Robert Bretscher  Switzerland 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
Wolfgang Klotz  East Germany 9.30 9.20 18.50 Did not advance
Wilhelm Kubica  Poland 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
Mikhail Voronin  Soviet Union 9.30 9.20 18.50 Did not advance
20 Bohumil Mudrik  Czechoslovakia 9.15 9.30 18.45 Did not advance
Jürgen Paeke  East Germany 9.20 9.25 18.45 Did not advance
Gheorghe Paunescu  Romania 9.15 9.30 18.45 Did not advance
23 Dan Grecu  Romania 9.35 9.05 18.40 Did not advance
Sylwester Kubica  Poland 9.10 9.30 18.40 Did not advance
Li Song-sob  North Korea 9.15 9.25 18.40 Did not advance
Edvard Mikaelian  Soviet Union 9.25 9.15 18.40 Did not advance
Reinhard Rychly  East Germany 9.10 9.30 18.40 Did not advance
28 Jorge Cuervo  Cuba 8.95 9.40 18.35 Did not advance
Makoto Sakamoto  United States 9.30 9.05 18.35 Did not advance
30 Janez Brodnik  Yugoslavia 9.30 9.00 18.30 Did not advance
Jifi Fejtek  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.00 18.30 Did not advance
Eberhard Gienger  West Germany 9.10 9.20 18.30 Did not advance
Steven Hug  United States 9.15 9.15 18.30 Did not advance
Alexander Maleev  Soviet Union 9.10 9.20 18.30 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 9.15 9.15 18.30 Did not advance
Pavel Stanovsky  Czechoslovakia 9.05 9.25 18.30 Did not advance
Mieczyslaw Strzalka  Poland 9.10 9.20 18.30 Did not advance
38 Philippe Gaille  Switzerland 9.05 9.20 18.25 Did not advance
Georges Guelzec  France 9.15 9.10 18.25 Did not advance
Reinhard Ritter  West Germany 9.05 9.20 18.25 Did not advance
41 Christian Guiffroy  France 9.05 9.15 18.20 Did not advance
Vladimir Schukin  Soviet Union 9.00 9.20 18.20 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna  Poland 9.30 8.90 18.20 Did not advance
Miloš Vratič  Yugoslavia 9.25 8.95 18.20 Did not advance
45 John Crosby Jr.  United States 8.90 9.25 18.15 Did not advance
Stefan Zoev  Bulgaria 8.90 9.25 18.15 Did not advance
47 Marshall Avener  United States 8.95 9.15 18.10 Did not advance
Bernd Effing  West Germany 8.80 9.30 18.10 Did not advance
Ivica Hmjelovac  Yugoslavia 9.00 9.10 18.10 Did not advance
Milenko Kersnic  Yugoslavia 9.15 8.95 18.10 Did not advance
Antal Kisteleki  Hungary 9.00 9.10 18.10 Did not advance
52 István Bérczi  Hungary 8.85 9.20 18.05 Did not advance
Kim Song-yu  North Korea 8.85 9.20 18.05 Did not advance
54 Jim Culhane Jr.  United States 9.10 8.90 18.00 Did not advance
Mircea Gheorghiu  Romania 9.00 9.00 18.00 Did not advance
Zoran Ivanovic  Yugoslavia 9.05 8.95 18.00 Did not advance
István Kiss  Hungary 8.95 9.05 18.00 Did not advance
Jerzy Kruza  Poland 8.95 9.05 18.00 Did not advance
Peter Lloyd  Australia 9.05 8.95 18.00 Did not advance
Rogelio Mendoza  Mexico 8.70 9.30 18.00 Did not advance
Teruichi Okamura  Japan 9.20 8.80 18.00 Did not advance
Günter Spies  West Germany 9.15 8.85 18.00 Did not advance
Cecilio Ugarte  Spain 8.80 9.20 18.00 Did not advance
64 Bernard Farjat  France 8.90 9.05 17.95 Did not advance
Jean-Pierre Miens  France 9.10 8.85 17.95 Did not advance
Ladislav Morava  Czechoslovakia 8.80 9.15 17.95 Did not advance
Walter Mossinger  West Germany 9.10 8.85 17.95 Did not advance
Shin Heung-do  North Korea 9.00 8.95 17.95 Did not advance
Drago Sostaric  Yugoslavia 9.05 8.90 17.95 Did not advance
Stan Wild  Great Britain 8.75 9.20 17.95 Did not advance
71 Béla Herczeg  Hungary 9.20 8.70 17.90 Did not advance
Ho Yun-hang  North Korea 8.65 9.25 17.90 Did not advance
Mauno Nissinen  Finland 9.00 8.90 17.90 Did not advance
Terry Sale  New Zealand 9.00 8.90 17.90 Did not advance
Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan 9.10 8.80 17.90 Did not advance
76 Eddie Arnold  Great Britain 8.65 9.20 17.85 Did not advance
Edwin Greutmann  Switzerland 9.10 8.75 17.85 Did not advance
Jorge Rodriguez  Cuba 8.75 9.10 17.85 Did not advance
79 Jo Jong-ryol  North Korea 8.40 9.40 17.80 Did not advance
Kim Song-il  North Korea 8.70 9.10 17.80 Did not advance
Constantin Petrescu  Romania 8.80 9.00 17.80 Did not advance
82 Steve Mitruk  Canada 8.70 9.05 17.75 Did not advance
83 José Ginés  Spain 8.70 9.00 17.70 Did not advance
Geno Radev  Bulgaria 8.65 9.05 17.70 Did not advance
85 Dimitar Dimitrov  Bulgaria 8.70 8.95 17.65 Did not advance
Emilio Sagre  Cuba 8.75 8.90 17.65 Did not advance
87 Christian Deuza  France 8.90 8.70 17.60 Did not advance
88 Bruno Banzer  Liechtenstein 8.85 8.70 17.55 Did not advance
Tore Lie  Norway 8.80 8.75 17.55 Did not advance
Luis Ramirez  Cuba 8.50 9.05 17.55 Did not advance
91 René Badell  Cuba 8.80 8.70 17.50 Did not advance
Bill Norgrave  Great Britain 8.60 8.90 17.50 Did not advance
93 Max Brühwiler  Switzerland 8.95 8.50 17.45 Did not advance
André Simard  Canada 8.50 8.95 17.45 Did not advance
95 Henri Boërio  France 9.00 8.40 17.40 Did not advance
Luigi Coppa  Italy 8.65 8.75 17.40 Did not advance
Franco Donega  Italy 8.75 8.65 17.40 Did not advance
George Greenfield  United States 8.80 8.60 17.40 Did not advance
Maurizio Milanetto  Italy 8.80 8.60 17.40 Did not advance
100 Heinz Häussler  West Germany 8.70 8.60 17.30 Did not advance
Agustin Sandoval  Spain 8.60 8.70 17.30 Did not advance
102 Carmine Luppino  Italy 8.75 8.50 17.25 Did not advance
103 Ian Clarke  Australia 8.50 8.70 17.20 Did not advance
Ivan Kondev  Bulgaria 8.35 8.85 17.20 Did not advance
105 Adolfo Lampronti  Italy 8.70 8.35 17.05 Did not advance
106 Bozhidar Iliev  Bulgaria 8.35 8.60 16.95 Did not advance
107 Ole Benediktson  Denmark 8.05 8.85 16.90 Did not advance
108 Roberto Léon Richards  Cuba 8.10 8.75 16.85 Did not advance
109 Dimitar Koychev  Bulgaria 8.50 8.25 16.75 Did not advance
110 Fedele Spatazza  Italy 7.00 8.00 15.00 Did not advance
111 Miloslav Netusil  Czechoslovakia 9.20 0.00 9.20 Did not advance
Hans Ettlin  Switzerland DNS Did not advance
Bruce Medd  Canada DNS Did not advance

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 192.
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