The men's rings event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was one of nine gymnastics events and it was contested for the third time after 1896 and 1904. The competition was held on Saturday, July 19, 1924. Seventy gymnasts from nine nations competed, with each nation having an 8-gymnast team (with 2 non-starters). The event was won by Francesco Martino of Italy, the nation's first medal in the event. Robert Pražák and Ladislav Vácha of Czechoslovakia earned silver and bronze, respectively.

Background

This was the third 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). The 1922 world championship had resulted in a four-way tie among gymnasts from Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia; Leon Štukelj was the only one of the four to compete at the 1924 Games.

The United States was the only nation that had previously competed, in 1904. The other eight nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia) were competing for the first time.

Competition format

Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. These two exercises were 2 of the 11 components of the individual all-around score, and thus were also included in the team all-around score. Each exercise had a maximum possible score of 11, with half a point each for the approach and dismount and up to 10 points for the routine.Official Report, p. 362.

Schedule

Date Time Round Wednesday, 23 July 1924 Final

Results

Rank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total Francesco Martino 10.72 10.833 21.553 Robert Pražák 10.60 10.883 21.483 Ladislav Vácha 10.43 11.00 21.43 4 Leon Štukelj 10.33 11.00 21.33 5 Bedřich Šupčík 10.27 10.85 21.12 6 Bohumil Mořkovský 10.33 10.75 21.08 7 Jan Koutný 10.47 10.583 21.053 8 Ferdinando Mandrini 10.36 10.583 20.943 9 Vittorio Lucchetti 10.83 10.083 20.913 10 Eugène Cordonnier 10.40 10.50 20.90 11 Miroslav Klinger 10.23 10.50 20.73 12 Albert Séguin 10.00 10.633 20.633 13 François Gangloff 10.22 10.383 20.603 14 Léon Delsarte 10.00 10.566 20.566 15 Mario Lertora 10.25 10.083 20.333 16 Giorgio Zampori 10.33 9.916 20.246 17 Luigi Cambiaso 9.98 10.00 19.98 18 Giuseppe Paris 10.16 9.583 19.743 19 Jean Gounot 9.00 10.73 19.73 20 Arthur Hermann 9.32 10.383 19.703 21 Janez Porenta 9.41 10.15 19.56 22 Luigi Maiocco 10.25 0.083 19.333 23 Mihael Oswald 9.16 10.00 19.16 24 Joseph Huber 9.00 10.033 19.033 25 Stanley Leigh 10.00 8.666 18.666 26 Edward Leigh 9.50 9.00 18.50 27 Stane Derganc 9.16 9.333 18.493 28 Stane Žilič 8.50 9.733 18.233 29 Al Jochim 10.08 8.00 18.08 30 Antoine Rebetez 9.42 8.50 17.92 31 André Higelin 8.42 9.45 17.87 32 Jean Gutweninger 9.68 8.166 17.846 33 Henry Finchett 9.76 8.00 17.760 34 Charles Quaino 8.33 9.333 17.663 35 Mathias Erang 8.50 8.083 17.583 Frank Safandra 9.00 8.583 17.583 37 August Güttinger 9.32 8.25 17.57 38 Stane Hlastan 8.91 8.633 17.543 39 Mathias Weishaupt 8.43 9.066 17.496 40 Josef Wilhelm 9.72 7.916 17.386 41 Otto Pfister 9.08 8.166 17.246 42 Pierre Tolar 8.60 8.583 17.183 43 Hans Grieder 9.82 7.25 17.07 44 Carl Widmer 9.08 7.916 16.996 45 Georges Miez 8.77 7.916 16.686 46 Théo Jeitz 7.50 8.25 15.750 47 Harold Brown 9.70 5.833 15.533 48 Samuel Humphreys 8.66 6.833 15.493 49 Frank Kriz 7.83 7.583 15.413 50 Rastko Poljšak 7.00 8.333 15.333 51 Rudolph Novak 7.66 7.50 15.16 52 Émile Munhofen 7.60 7.50 15.10 53 Jacques Palzer 6.66 8.25 14.91 54 Albert Neumann 6.83 7.833 14.663 55 Josip Primožič 6.00 8.583 14.583 56 Frank Hawkins 8.00 6.50 14.50 57 Thomas Hopkins 8.00 5.75 13.75 58 John Pearson 6.33 7.416 13.746 59 Aarne Roine 5.83 7.00 12.83 60 Jaakko Kunnas 6.00 6.75 12.75 61 Eevert Kerttula 5.00 7.50 12.50 62 John Mais 5.66 6.50 12.16 63 Curtis Rottman 5.66 6.25 11.91 64 Albert Spencer 6.50 5.25 11.75 65 Mikko Hämäläinen 5.16 6.00 11.16 66 Akseli Roine 3.83 6.25 10.08 67 Max Wandrer 3.50 6.50 10.00 68 Eetu Kostamo 4.16 5.50 9.66 69 Väinö Karonen 3.66 5.50 9.16 Otto Suhonen 3.16 6.00 9.16

References

Official Olympic Report