# Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

The men's horizontal bar event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. 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 horizontal bar 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 86 gymnasts from 11 nations, with each nation having a team of up to 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Georges Miez of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in the men's horizontal bar. The silver medal went to Romeo Neri of Italy (the nation's first medal in the event), with Eugen Mack of Switzerland earning bronze.

## Background

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). Four of the top 10 gymnasts from 1924 returned: gold medalist Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, fifth-place finisher Georges Miez of Switzerland, sixth-place finisher Jean Gounot of France, and eighth-place finisher August Güttinger of Switzerland. Štukelj was also the two-time reigning (1922 and 1926) world champion.
The Netherlands made its debut in the men's parallel bars. Hungary competed for the first time since 1896. The other nine nations had all competed in 1924. Switzerland and the United States each made their third appearance, tied for most of any nation.

## Competition format

Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. The maximum score for each exercise was 30 points. The horizontal bar was one of the apparatus used in the individual and team all-around scores. It accounted for 2⁄9 of the score.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 9 August 1928 | | Final |

## Results

Source: Official results; De Wael
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Score |
| | Georges Miez | Switzerland | 57.50 |
| | Romeo Neri | Italy | 57.00 |
| | Eugen Mack | Switzerland | 56.75 |
| 4 | Hermann Hänggi | Switzerland | 56.50 |
| 4 | Vittorio Lucchetti | Italy | 56.50 |
| 6 | Josip Primožič | Yugoslavia | 56.00 |
| 7 | Hans Grieder | Switzerland | 55.75 |
| 7 | August Güttinger | Switzerland | 55.75 |
| 9 | Josef Effenberger | Czechoslovakia | 55.50 |
| 9 | Armand Solbach | France | 55.50 |
| 11 | Ferdinando Mandrini | Italy | 55.25 |
| 12 | Ladislav Vácha | Czechoslovakia | 54.75 |
| 13 | Heikki Savolainen | Finland | 54.50 |
| 14 | Jean Gounot | France | 54.25 |
| 14 | Bedřich Šupčík | Czechoslovakia | 54.25 |
| 16 | André Lemoine | France | 54.00 |
| 16 | Emanuel Löffler | Czechoslovakia | 54.00 |
| 16 | Giuseppe Lupi | Italy | 54.00 |
| 16 | Mauri Nyberg-Noroma | Finland | 54.00 |
| 16 | Martti Uosikkinen | Finland | 54.00 |
| 21 | Mario Lertora | Italy | 53.75 |
| 21 | Edi Steinemann | Switzerland | 53.75 |
| 21 | Leon Štukelj | Yugoslavia | 53.75 |
| 21 | Melchior Wezel | Switzerland | 53.75 |
| 25 | Georges Leroux | France | 53.25 |
| 25 | Otto Pfister | Switzerland | 53.25 |
| 27 | Frank Kriz | United States | 53.00 |
| 28 | Mathias Logelin | Luxembourg | 52.50 |
| 28 | István Pelle | Hungary | 52.50 |
| 28 | Mario Tambini | Italy | 52.50 |
| 31 | Jan Koutný | Czechoslovakia | 52.25 |
| 32 | Václav Veselý | Czechoslovakia | 52.00 |
| 33 | Jan Gajdoš | Czechoslovakia | 51.25 |
| 33 | Urho Korhonen | Finland | 51.25 |
| 33 | Jaakko Kunnas | Finland | 51.25 |
| 36 | Edvard Antonijevič | Yugoslavia | 51.00 |
| 37 | Jean Larrouy | France | 50.75 |
| 38 | Boris Gregorka | Yugoslavia | 49.75 |
| 39 | Elias Melkman | Netherlands | 49.50 |
| 39 | Rafael Ylönen | Finland | 49.50 |
| 41 | Antoine Chatelaine | France | 49.25 |
| 41 | Harold Newhart | United States | 49.25 |
| 43 | Jacobus van der Vinden | Netherlands | 48.75 |
| 44 | Giuseppe Paris | Italy | 48.50 |
| 45 | Glenn Berry | United States | 47.50 |
| 45 | Nic Roeser | Luxembourg | 47.50 |
| 45 | Étienne Schmitt | France | 47.50 |
| 48 | Birger Stenman | Finland | 47.25 |
| 49 | Herman Witzig | United States | 47.00 |
| 50 | Ladislav Tikal | Czechoslovakia | 46.75 |
| 51 | Anton Malej | Yugoslavia | 46.00 |
| 52 | Dragutin Cioti | Yugoslavia | 45.75 |
| 52 | Rezső Kende | Hungary | 45.75 |
| 54 | Samuel Humphreys | Great Britain | 45.50 |
| 55 | Kalervo Kinos | Finland | 45.25 |
| 55 | Frank Haubold | United States | 45.25 |
| 57 | John Pearson | United States | 45.00 |
| 57 | József Szalai | Hungary | 45.00 |
| 57 | E. A. Walton | Great Britain | 45.00 |
| 57 | Fränz Zouang | Luxembourg | 45.00 |
| 61 | Miklós Péter | Hungary | 44.25 |
| 61 | Ezio Roselli | Italy | 44.25 |
| 63 | Al Jochim | United States | 44.00 |
| 64 | Arthur Whitford | Great Britain | 43.75 |
| 65 | T. B. Parkinson | Great Britain | 42.75 |
| 65 | G. C. Raynes | Great Britain | 42.75 |
| 65 | Israel Wijnschenk | Netherlands | 42.75 |
| 68 | Willibrordus Pouw | Netherlands | 42.50 |
| 69 | Pieter van Dam | Netherlands | 42.00 |
| 70 | E. W. Warren | Great Britain | 40.50 |
| 71 | Klaas Boot | Netherlands | 40.25 |
| 71 | Paul Krempel | United States | 40.25 |
| 73 | Jean-Pierre Urbing | Luxembourg | 39.75 |
| 74 | Stane Derganc | Yugoslavia | 39.50 |
| 75 | Albert Neumann | Luxembourg | 39.25 |
| 76 | Janez Porenta | Yugoslavia | 37.75 |
| 77 | Henry Finchett | Great Britain | 37.50 |
| 78 | Bart Cronin | Great Britain | 36.75 |
| 79 | Elemér Pászti | Hungary | 34.75 |
| 80 | Josy Staudt | Luxembourg | 34.00 |
| 81 | Edouard Grethen | Luxembourg | 32.50 |
| 82 | Mathias Erang | Luxembourg | 30.00 |
| 83 | Gyula Kunszt | Hungary | 27.50 |
| 84 | Géza Tóth | Hungary | 26.25 |
| 85 | Mozes Jacobs | Netherlands | 25.75 |
| 86 | Hugo Licher | Netherlands | 24.50 |
| — | Imre Erdődy | Hungary | DNS |
| — | Alfred Krauss | France | DNS |