# Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's floor

The men's floor exercise competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre on 12 and 13 August. It was the third appearance of the event.

## Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of up to eight gymnasts (Cuba and Argentina had only 7; Mexico only 5). All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus, with the scores summed to give a final total. The scores in each of the six apparatus competitions were added together to give individual all-around scores; the top six individual scores on each team were summed to give a team all-around score. No separate finals were contested.
For each exercise, four judges gave scores from 0 to 10 in one-tenth point increments. The top and bottom scores were discarded and the remaining two scores summed to give the exercise total. If the two scores were sufficiently far apart, the judges would "confer" and decide on a score. Thus, exercise scores ranged from 0 to 20, apparatus scores from 0 to 40, individual totals from 0 to 240, and team scores from 0 to 1,440.

## Results

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Compulsory | Voluntary | Total |
| | Ferenc Pataki | Hungary | 19.3 | 19.4 | 38.7 |
| | János Mogyorósi-Klencs | Hungary | 19.5 | 18.9 | 38.4 |
| | Zdeněk Růžička | Czechoslovakia | 19.1 | 19.0 | 38.1 |
| 4 | Raymond Dot | France | 18.8 | 19.0 | 37.8 |
| 5 | Elkana Grønne | Denmark | 18.45 | 19.2 | 37.65 |
| 6 | Pavel Benetka | Czechoslovakia | 18.9 | 18.7 | 37.6 |
| 6 | Leo Sotorník | Czechoslovakia | 18.8 | 18.8 | 37.6 |
| 8 | Vladimír Karas | Czechoslovakia | 18.8 | 18.6 | 37.4 |
| 9 | Lajos Sántha | Hungary | 18.9 | 18.4 | 37.3 |
| 10 | Michel Mathiot | France | 18.5 | 18.7 | 37.2 |
| 10 | Ernst Wister | Austria | 17.9 | 19.3 | 37.2 |
| 10 | Luigi Zanetti | Italy | 18.6 | 18.6 | 37.2 |
| 13 | Kalevi Laitinen | Finland | 18.75 | 18.4 | 37.15 |
| 14 | Karl Bohusch | Austria | 18.6 | 18.5 | 37.1 |
| 14 | Josip Kujundžić | Yugoslavia | 18.5 | 18.6 | 37.1 |
| 16 | Guido Figone | Italy | 18.9 | 18.1 | 37.0 |
| 16 | Freddy Jensen | Denmark | 18.7 | 18.3 | 37.0 |
| 16 | Vilhelm Møller | Denmark | 18.7 | 18.3 | 37.0 |
| 16 | Josef Stalder | Switzerland | 18.6 | 18.4 | 37.0 |
| 20 | Lucien Masset | France | 18.1 | 18.8 | 36.9 |
| 21 | Vincent D'Autorio | United States | 18.1 | 18.7 | 36.8 |
| 21 | Gunner Olesen | Denmark | 18.4 | 18.4 | 36.8 |
| 21 | Lajos Tóth | Hungary | 18.7 | 18.1 | 36.8 |
| 24 | Antoine Schildwein | France | 18.2 | 18.5 | 36.7 |
| 25 | Jozsef Fekete | Hungary | 18.2 | 18.4 | 36.6 |
| 25 | Poul Jessen | Denmark | 17.9 | 18.7 | 36.6 |
| 25 | Melchior Thalmann | Switzerland | 18.5 | 18.1 | 36.6 |
| 25 | Arnold Thomsen | Denmark | 18.3 | 18.3 | 36.6 |
| 29 | Paavo Aaltonen | Finland | 18.5 | 18.0 | 36.5 |
| 29 | Hans Friedrich | Austria | 17.9 | 18.6 | 36.5 |
| 29 | Christian Kipfer | Switzerland | 18.4 | 18.1 | 36.5 |
| 29 | Walter Lehmann | Switzerland | 18.3 | 18.2 | 36.5 |
| 29 | André Weingand | France | 18.3 | 18.2 | 36.5 |
| 34 | Danilo Fioravanti | Italy | 17.9 | 18.4 | 36.3 |
| 34 | Veikko Huhtanen | Finland | 17.8 | 18.5 | 36.3 |
| 34 | Bill Roetzheim | United States | 18.55 | 17.75 | 36.3 |
| 34 | Ferenc Várkõi | Hungary | 18.8 | 17.5 | 36.3 |
| 38 | Gustav Hrubý | Czechoslovakia | 18.1 | 18.0 | 36.1 |
| 38 | Jey Kugeler | Luxembourg | 17.7 | 18.4 | 36.1 |
| 38 | Willi Schreyer | Austria | 17.8 | 18.3 | 36.1 |
| 41 | Alphonse Anger | France | 17.8 | 18.2 | 36.0 |
| 41 | László Baranyai | Hungary | 18.3 | 17.7 | 36.0 |
| 41 | Marcel de Wolf | France | 17.9 | 18.1 | 36.0 |
| 41 | Robert Lucy | Switzerland | 18.3 | 17.7 | 36.0 |
| 41 | Emil Studer | Switzerland | 18.8 | 17.2 | 36.0 |
| 46 | René Schroeder | Luxembourg | 17.75 | 18.2 | 35.95 |
| 47 | Olavi Rove | Finland | 17.9 | 17.9 | 35.8 |
| 47 | Josy Stoffel | Luxembourg | 17.4 | 18.4 | 35.8 |
| 47 | Einari Teräsvirta | Finland | 17.6 | 18.2 | 35.8 |
| 50 | Miro Longyka | Yugoslavia | 17.5 | 18.2 | 35.7 |
| 50 | Gyözö Mogyorosi | Hungary | 17.9 | 17.8 | 35.7 |
| 50 | Volmer Thomsen | Denmark | 18.0 | 17.7 | 35.7 |
| 53 | Auguste Sirot | France | 17.5 | 17.9 | 35.4 |
| 54 | Ettore Perego | Italy | 18.3 | 17.0 | 35.3 |
| 55 | Miroslav Málek | Czechoslovakia | 17.5 | 17.6 | 35.1 |
| 56 | Karl Frei | Switzerland | 17.0 | 18.0 | 35.0 |
| 57 | Joe Kotys | United States | 16.3 | 18.5 | 34.8 |
| 58 | Heikki Savolainen | Finland | 17.55 | 17.1 | 34.65 |
| 59 | Domenico Grosso | Italy | 17.7 | 16.9 | 34.6 |
| 60 | František Wirth | Czechoslovakia | 17.8 | 17.35 | 34.55 |
| 61 | Konrad Grilc | Yugoslavia | 16.25 | 18.1 | 34.35 |
| 61 | Frank Turner | Great Britain | 17.55 | 16.8 | 34.35 |
| 63 | Ed Scrobe | United States | 17.9 | 16.4 | 34.3 |
| 64 | Vratislav Petráček | Czechoslovakia | 16.0 | 18.2 | 34.2 |
| 65 | Quinto Vadi | Italy | 17.1 | 17.0 | 34.1 |
| 65 | George Weedon | Great Britain | 16.0 | 18.1 | 34.1 |
| 67 | Michael Reusch | Switzerland | 16.2 | 17.7 | 33.9 |
| 67 | Aleksanteri Saarvala | Finland | 17.9 | 16.0 | 33.9 |
| 69 | Stjepan Boltižar | Yugoslavia | 17.0 | 16.8 | 33.8 |
| 70 | Hans Sauter | Austria | 17.0 | 16.75 | 33.75 |
| 71 | Polo Welfring | Luxembourg | 15.4 | 18.2 | 33.5 |
| 72 | Ray Sorensen | United States | 16.75 | 16.7 | 33.45 |
| 73 | William Bonsall | United States | 17.95 | 15.25 | 33.2 |
| 74 | Jakob Šubelj | Yugoslavia | 15.95 | 17.2 | 33.15 |
| 75 | Egidio Armelloni | Italy | 15.9 | 16.7 | 32.6 |
| 76 | Arturo Amos | Argentina | 16.0 | 16.3 | 32.3 |
| 76 | Savino Guglielmetti | Italy | 15.0 | 17.3 | 32.3 |
| 78 | Menn Krecke | Luxembourg | 14.75 | 17.4 | 32.15 |
| 79 | Sulo Salmi | Finland | 17.05 | 15.0 | 32.05 |
| 80 | Ali El-Hefnawi | Egypt | 17.0 | 15.0 | 32.0 |
| 81 | Ivica Jelić | Yugoslavia | 16.0 | 15.75 | 31.75 |
| 82 | Ken Buffin | Great Britain | 16.05 | 15.5 | 31.55 |
| 83 | Raimundo Rey | Cuba | 16.3 | 15.0 | 31.3 |
| 84 | Frank Cumiskey | United States | 17.4 | 13.75 | 31.15 |
| 85 | Mohamed Aly | Egypt | 16.1 | 15.0 | 31.1 |
| 86 | Ángel Aguiar | Cuba | 16.25 | 14.75 | 31.0 |
| 87 | Alec Wales | Great Britain | 15.0 | 15.5 | 30.5 |
| 88 | Jos Bernard | Luxembourg | 13.75 | 16.5 | 30.25 |
| 89 | Percy May | Great Britain | 15.5 | 14.5 | 30.0 |
| 89 | Ali Zaky | Egypt | 15.5 | 14.5 | 30.0 |
| 91 | Drago Jelić | Yugoslavia | 13.0 | 16.9 | 29.9 |
| 92 | Karel Janež | Yugoslavia | 14.0 | 15.85 | 29.85 |
| 93 | Rafael Lecuona | Cuba | 14.75 | 14.5 | 29.25 |
| 94 | Alejandro Díaz | Cuba | 14.25 | 14.8 | 29.05 |
| 95 | Robert Pranz | Austria | 13.0 | 15.75 | 28.75 |
| 96 | Ivor Vice | Great Britain | 13.5 | 15.0 | 28.5 |
| 97 | Mahmoud Abdel-Aal | Egypt | 14.75 | 13.25 | 28.0 |
| 98 | Georges Wengler | Luxembourg | 12.75 | 14.9 | 27.65 |
| 99 | Roberto Villacián | Cuba | 12.75 | 14.5 | 27.25 |
| 100 | Moustafa Abdelal | Egypt | 14.25 | 12.75 | 27.0 |
| 101 | Ahmed Khalaf Ali | Egypt | 13.25 | 13.0 | 26.25 |
| 102 | Pierre Schmitz | Luxembourg | 9.0 | 16.8 | 25.8 |
| 103 | Glyn Hopkins | Great Britain | 13.5 | 12.25 | 25.75 |
| 103 | Pedro Lonchibuco | Argentina | 12.25 | 13.5 | 25.75 |
| 105 | Fernando Lecuona | Cuba | 11.0 | 14.3 | 25.3 |
| 106 | Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi | Egypt | 13.0 | 11.75 | 24.75 |
| 107 | Enrique Rapesta | Argentina | 11.5 | 13.0 | 24.5 |
| 108 | Baldomero Rubiera | Cuba | 11.5 | 12.3 | 23.8 |
| 109 | Mohamed Roushdi | Egypt | 10.0 | 13.75 | 23.75 |
| 110 | Jorge Soler | Argentina | 12.0 | 11.3 | 23.3 |
| 111 | Jack Flaherty | Great Britain | 9.5 | 13.75 | 23.25 |
| 112 | César Bonoris | Argentina | 10.0 | 13.0 | 23.0 |
| 113 | Roberto Núñez | Argentina | 10.5 | 11.25 | 21.75 |
| 114 | Jorge Castro | Mexico | 11.0 | 9.0 | 20.0 |
| 115 | Børge Minerth | Denmark | 19.0 | – | 19.0 |
| 116 | Louis Bordo | United States | 17.6 | – | 17.6 |
| 117 | Rubén Lira | Mexico | 9.5 | 7.5 | 17.0 |
| 118 | Gottfried Hermann | Austria | 15.5 | – | 15.5 |
| 119 | Everardo Rios | Mexico | 12.0 | – | 12.0 |
| 120 | Dario Aguilar | Mexico | 4.0 | 7.0 | 11.0 |
| 121 | Nicolas Villareal | Mexico | 4.0 | – | 4.0 |