# Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held at the Waldbühne on 10 and 11 August. It was the ninth appearance of the event. There were 111 competitors from 14 nations, with each nation sending up to 8 competitors. The event was won by Alfred Schwarzmann of Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's individual all-around. Germany also received bronze, with Konrad Frey taking third. Silver went to Switzerland's Eugen Mack.

## Background

This was the ninth appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900.
Nine of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1932 Games returned: gold medalist Romeo Neri of Italy, silver medalist István Pelle of Hungary, bronze medalist Heikki Savolainen of Finland, fifth-place finisher Savino Guglielmetti of Italy, sixth-place finisher Frank Haubold of the United States, seventh-place finisher Oreste Capuzzo of Italy, eighth-place finisher Fred Meyer of the United States, ninth-place finisher Mauri Nyberg-Noroma of Finland, and tenth-place finisher Al Jochim of the United States. Neri, Nyberg-Noroma, and Savolainen had all been in the top 10 in 1928 as well. The reigning (1934) World Champion was Eugen Mack of Switzerland, with Nero second and Emanuel Löffler of Czechoslovakia third.
Austria, Bulgaria, and Romania each made their debut in the event. Italy made its eighth appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1904 Games in St. Louis.

## Competition format

The gymnastics format returned to the aggregation format used in 1928 but not in 1932. Each nation entered a team of eight gymnasts (Bulgaria had only 7). Scores for each exercise were on a scale of 0 to 10. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise, with the scores summed to give a final total for each apparatus of up to 20. The scores in each of the six apparatus competitions were added together to give individual all-around scores (up to 120); the top six individual scores on each team were summed to give a team all-around score (up to 720). No separate finals were contested.

## Schedule

There were two sessions each day. Nations assigned to one session on Day 1 as follows:
* Day 1 morning: Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Japan, United States, Yugoslavia
* Day 1 afternoon: Czechoslovakia, France, Germany Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Switzerland
On day 2, the assignments were based on the standings for the team event with the leading nations going in the later session:
* Day 2 morning: Austria, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Romania, United States, Yugoslavia
* Day 2 afternoon: Czechoslovakia, Finland, Germany, Switzerland
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 10 August 1936 | 7:00 14:00 | Compulsory exercises and vault voluntary exercise morning session Compulsory exercises and vault voluntary exercise afternoon session |
| Tuesday, 11 August 1936 | 7:00 14:00 | Voluntary exercises except vault morning session Voluntary exercises except vault afternoon session |

## Results

Romeo Neri, the individual all-around champion from the previous 1932 Summer Olympics, injured himself during the competition and finished last.
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | | | | | | | Total |
| | Alfred Schwarzmann | Germany | 18.166 | 19.000 | 18.534 | 19.200 | 18.968 | 19.233 | 113.100 |
| | Eugen Mack | Switzerland | 18.466 | 19.167 | 18.000 | 18.967 | 18.834 | 18.900 | 112.334 |
| | Konrad Frey | Germany | 18.466 | 19.333 | 17.733 | 17.666 | 19.067 | 19.267 | 111.532 |
| 4 | Alois Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 18.133 | 17.966 | 19.433 | 17.867 | 18.966 | 18.834 | 111.199 |
| 5 | Michael Reusch | Switzerland | 17.400 | 19.000 | 18.434 | 18.266 | 19.034 | 18.566 | 110.700 |
| 5 | Martti Uosikkinen | Finland | 18.267 | 19.066 | 17.634 | 18.300 | 18.433 | 19.000 | 110.700 |
| 7 | Matthias Volz | Germany | 18.366 | 18.766 | 18.667 | 18.467 | 17.033 | 18.800 | 110.099 |
| 8 | Willi Stadel | Germany | 18.300 | 18.867 | 16.966 | 18.033 | 18.133 | 18.700 | 108.999 |
| 9 | Heikki Savolainen | Finland | 18.200 | 17.400 | 18.400 | 17.000 | 18.633 | 19.133 | 108.766 |
| 10 | Eduard Steinemann | Switzerland | 17.800 | 18.166 | 17.167 | 18.200 | 18.500 | 18.800 | 108.633 |
| 11 | Walter Bach | Switzerland | 17.600 | 19.033 | 16.200 | 18.400 | 18.733 | 18.333 | 108.299 |
| 12 | Savino Guglielmetti | Italy | 17.167 | 18.133 | 17.966 | 18.034 | 16.466 | 17.933 | 107.699 |
| 13 | Albert Bachmann | Switzerland | 17.667 | 19.067 | 17.200 | 17.967 | 18.267 | 17.334 | 107.502 |
| 14 | Georges Miez | Switzerland | 18.666 | 18.567 | 15.900 | 18.234 | 17.500 | 18.467 | 107.334 |
| 15 | Franz Beckert | Germany | 17.767 | 18.534 | 18.533 | 17.400 | 17.933 | 17.033 | 107.250 |
| 16 | Mauri Nyberg-Noroma | Finland | 16.967 | 18.100 | 17.800 | 17.200 | 18.134 | 18.600 | 106.801 |
| 17 | Walter Steffens | Germany | 18.300 | 19.033 | 16.133 | 17.234 | 16.834 | 18.966 | 106.500 |
| 18 | István Pelle | Hungary | 17.367 | 18.200 | 17.466 | 15.733 | 18.334 | 18.466 | 105.566 |
| 19 | Aleksanteri Saarvala | Finland | 17.167 | 17.967 | 17.533 | 15.167 | 18.034 | 19.367 | 105.235 |
| 20 | Innozenz Stangl | Germany | 17.133 | 17.900 | 17.367 | 17.667 | 15.733 | 19.167 | 104.967 |
| 21 | Josef Walter | Switzerland | 18.500 | 17.700 | 15.167 | 18.234 | 18.266 | 16.900 | 104.767 |
| 22 | Walter Beck | Switzerland | 18.000 | 16.534 | 15.966 | 18.367 | 17.700 | 18.167 | 104.734 |
| 23 | Jaroslav Kollinger | Czechoslovakia | 17.134 | 17.133 | 18.433 | 17.300 | 17.966 | 16.767 | 104.733 |
| 24 | Esa Seeste | Finland | 17.800 | 17.367 | 16.733 | 17.100 | 16.434 | 18.500 | 103.934 |
| 25 | Konrad Grilc | Yugoslavia | 16.266 | 17.133 | 16.800 | 18.100 | 16.966 | 18.367 | 103.632 |
| 26 | Jan Sládek | Czechoslovakia | 16.800 | 17.900 | 17.033 | 17.233 | 17.066 | 17.367 | 103.399 |
| 27 | Jan Gajdoš | Czechoslovakia | 18.000 | 16.167 | 17.666 | 17.566 | 17.466 | 16.200 | 103.065 |
| 28 | Ilmari Pakarinen | Finland | 17.366 | 18.233 | 16.600 | 16.100 | 15.666 | 19.067 | 103.032 |
| 29 | Einari Teräsvirta | Finland | 17.133 | 16.333 | 16.633 | 16.534 | 17.500 | 18.733 | 102.866 |
| 30 | Oreste Capuzzo | Italy | 17.233 | 18.434 | 18.367 | 14.966 | 18.100 | 17.400 | 102.500 |
| 31 | Josip Primožič | Yugoslavia | 17.334 | 16.700 | 16.300 | 17.133 | 17.533 | 17.367 | 102.367 |
| 32 | Leon Štukelj | Yugoslavia | 16.800 | 17.233 | 18.867 | 13.900 | 17.867 | 17.633 | 102.300 |
| 33 | Eino Tukiainen | Finland | 16.600 | 17.667 | 17.234 | 15.566 | 16.767 | 18.200 | 102.034 |
| 34 | Vratislav Petráček | Czechoslovakia | 16.767 | 15.866 | 18.034 | 16.800 | 18.166 | 16.333 | 101.966 |
| 35 | Lajos Tóth | Hungary | 15.667 | 18.367 | 16.433 | 14.633 | 18.434 | 18.333 | 101.867 |
| 36 | Egidio Armelloni | Italy | 16.634 | 18.567 | 16.200 | 16.900 | 16.200 | 17.100 | 101.601 |
| 37 | Danilo Fioravanti | Italy | 17.233 | 17.800 | 16.600 | 18.067 | 15.600 | 16.167 | 101.467 |
| 38 | Jindrich Tintěra | Czechoslovakia | 16.434 | 16.467 | 17.234 | 17.600 | 17.266 | 16.400 | 101.401 |
| 39 | Franco Tognini | Italy | 17.367 | 17.066 | 16.866 | 17.367 | 16.933 | 15.667 | 101.266 |
| 40 | Emanuel Löffler | Czechoslovakia | 18.100 | 17.300 | 18.233 | 15.567 | 17.067 | 14.967 | 101.234 |
| 41 | Nicolo Tronci | Italy | 17.033 | 17.934 | 17.700 | 14.667 | 17.333 | 15.933 | 100.600 |
| 42 | Otello Ternelli | Italy | 16.866 | 18.100 | 16.066 | 16.433 | 15.500 | 17.533 | 100.498 |
| 43 | Yoshitaka Takeda | Japan | 16.966 | 15.200 | 15.700 | 17.200 | 17.667 | 17.733 | 100.466 |
| 44 | Metty Logelin | Luxembourg | 16.167 | 17.467 | 17.166 | 14.333 | 17.100 | 18.200 | 100.433 |
| 45 | Jey Kugeler | Luxembourg | 15.900 | 15.700 | 17.867 | 17.200 | 16.834 | 16.567 | 100.068 |
| 46 | Miroslav Forte | Yugoslavia | 15.900 | 16.767 | 16.700 | 17.934 | 16.466 | 15.433 | 99.200 |
| 47 | Miklos Péter | Hungary | 17.033 | 14.534 | 16.100 | 17.133 | 18.167 | 16.067 | 99.034 |
| 48 | Frank Cumiskey | United States | 14.500 | 18.100 | 14.234 | 16.667 | 16.900 | 18.600 | 99.001 |
| 49 | Armand Walter | France | 16.100 | 16.300 | 16.233 | 16.667 | 15.733 | 17.900 | 98.933 |
| 50 | Gottfried Hermann | Austria | 17.367 | 17.866 | 11.667 | 15.233 | 17.200 | 18.600 | 97.933 |
| 51 | Gábor Kecskeméti | Hungary | 16.733 | 13.866 | 18.100 | 15.367 | 16.800 | 16.900 | 97.766 |
| 52 | Armand Solbach | France | 16.133 | 17.000 | 16.533 | 14.800 | 16.133 | 17.034 | 97.633 |
| 53 | Lucien Masset | France | 17.500 | 15.600 | 16.566 | 15.800 | 16.167 | 15.600 | 97.233 |
| 54 | Hikoroku Arimoto | Japan | 17.166 | 16.434 | 16.400 | 16.633 | 14.133 | 15.666 | 96.432 |
| 55 | Robert Herold | France | 15.867 | 16.400 | 15.400 | 15.534 | 16.600 | 16.367 | 96.168 |
| 56 | Karl Pannos | Austria | 15.400 | 16.500 | 12.000 | 16.967 | 16.767 | 18.300 | 95.934 |
| 56 | Joze Vadnov | Yugoslavia | 16.300 | 15.367 | 16.067 | 17.634 | 15.333 | 15.233 | 95.934 |
| 58 | Ernst Winter | Germany | 17.633 | 17.433 | 16.167 | 17.900 | 16.500 | 10.133 | 95.766 |
| 59 | Antoine Schildwein | France | 14.900 | 14.567 | 17.700 | 16.267 | 15.933 | 16.266 | 95.633 |
| 60 | Yoshio Miyake | Japan | 14.733 | 14.600 | 15.400 | 16.333 | 16.467 | 17.600 | 95.133 |
| 61 | Janez Pristov | Yugoslavia | 15.333 | 16.233 | 15.966 | 16.933 | 14.667 | 15.800 | 94.933 |
| 62 | Maurice Rousseau | France | 14.233 | 16.967 | 17.166 | 15.200 | 16.167 | 14.933 | 94.666 |
| 63 | Dimitrije Merzlikin | Yugoslavia | 16.500 | 13.034 | 16.667 | 14.800 | 15.607 | 17.900 | 94.568 |
| 64 | István Sárkány | Hungary | 15.600 | 13.866 | 17.200 | 17.200 | 14.466 | 16.233 | 94.565 |
| 65 | Fred Meyer | United States | 15.700 | 18.166 | 11.567 | 16.700 | 15.767 | 16.600 | 94.500 |
| 66 | Neno Mirchev | Bulgaria | 16.300 | 12.800 | 16.467 | 17.300 | 14.133 | 16.933 | 93.933 |
| 67 | George Wheeler | United States | 17.367 | 12.566 | 13.434 | 17.433 | 17.100 | 15.967 | 93.867 |
| 68 | Hiroshi Nosaka | Japan | 15.233 | 17.100 | 15.133 | 13.533 | 17.533 | 15.266 | 93.798 |
| 69 | Bohumil Povejšil | Czechoslovakia | 17.333 | 9.466 | 15.767 | 16.766 | 16.834 | 17.600 | 93.766 |
| 70 | Paul Masino | France | 16.033 | 12.434 | 17.933 | 15.933 | 15.134 | 16.100 | 93.567 |
| 71 | József Sarlós | Hungary | 15.533 | 13.466 | 17.533 | 15.400 | 14.600 | 16.600 | 93.132 |
| 72 | Kiichiro Toyama | Japan | 14.766 | 14.833 | 17.000 | 15.833 | 15.767 | 14.500 | 92.699 |
| 73 | Dokan Sone | Japan | 17.233 | 15.967 | 16.700 | 15.966 | 13.133 | 13.300 | 92.299 |
| 74 | August Sturm | Austria | 15.166 | 14.767 | 11.800 | 16.300 | 15.833 | 18.167 | 92.033 |
| 75 | József Hegedüs | Hungary | 15.500 | 18.033 | 16.866 | 13.500 | 15.233 | 12.866 | 91.998 |
| 76 | Fujio Kakuta | Japan | 15.066 | 15.400 | 14.300 | 15.600 | 14.433 | 16.500 | 91.299 |
| 77 | Chet Phillips | United States | 16.933 | 13.333 | 13.134 | 15.933 | 17.400 | 14.000 | 90.733 |
| 78 | Boris Gregorka | Yugoslavia | 14.400 | 15.600 | 14.300 | 16.433 | 13.733 | 15.767 | 90.233 |
| 79 | Hiroshi Matsunobu | Japan | 16.266 | 15.067 | 14.100 | 14.267 | 14.833 | 15.534 | 90.067 |
| 80 | Gyözö Mogyorossy | Hungary | 15.267 | 15.500 | 14.666 | 13.400 | 15.733 | 15.400 | 89.965 |
| 81 | Pius Hollenstein | Austria | 16.200 | 16.200 | 11.934 | 15.033 | 14.100 | 16.066 | 89.533 |
| 82 | Artie Pitt | United States | 14.466 | 14.900 | 14.700 | 15.233 | 13.567 | 16.200 | 89.066 |
| 83 | Frank Haubold | United States | 14.833 | 16.034 | 13.000 | 15.033 | 14.100 | 15.133 | 88.133 |
| 84 | Jos Romersa | Luxembourg | 14.667 | 12.733 | 15.033 | 16.067 | 14.034 | 14.967 | 87.501 |
| 85 | Al Jochim | United States | 16.033 | 14.267 | 16.334 | 13.766 | 11.334 | 15.133 | 86.867 |
| 86 | Jean Aubry | France | 15.567 | 13.300 | 15.900 | 14.067 | 13.900 | 13.700 | 86.434 |
| 87 | Adolf Scheffknecht | Austria | 15.167 | 13.200 | 10.366 | 14.634 | 14.033 | 17.667 | 85.067 |
| 88 | Leopold Redl | Austria | 16.900 | 12.633 | 14.667 | 16.133 | 9.467 | 15.233 | 85.033 |
| 89 | Franz Swoboda | Austria | 14.200 | 14.434 | 10.500 | 16.400 | 13.267 | 15.766 | 84.567 |
| 90 | Kenny Griffin | United States | 14.867 | 10.567 | 15.400 | 15.134 | 15.833 | 12.000 | 83.801 |
| 91 | Robert Pranz | Austria | 15.667 | 13.567 | 12.666 | 10.434 | 13.867 | 14.533 | 80.734 |
| 92 | Franz Haupert | Luxembourg | 13.167 | 13.666 | 14.466 | 14.900 | 10.866 | 11.300 | 78.365 |
| 93 | Georgi Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 14.300 | 5.334 | 13.733 | 16.500 | 13.300 | 14.100 | 77.267 |
| 94 | Marcel Leineweber | Luxembourg | 13.867 | 12.000 | 11.534 | 14.733 | 11.667 | 12.066 | 75.867 |
| 95 | Willy Klein | Luxembourg | 13.466 | 12.400 | 12.400 | 14.233 | 13.100 | 9.067 | 74.666 |
| 96 | Yovcho Khristov | Bulgaria | 13.300 | 10.700 | 13.934 | 13.800 | 13.100 | 9.600 | 74.434 |
| 97 | Francisc Draghici | Romania | 12.400 | 8.733 | 14.567 | 15.466 | 9.800 | 12.533 | 73.499 |
| 98 | Ivan Chureshki | Bulgaria | 13.300 | 7.334 | 14.867 | 14.733 | 10.566 | 10.800 | 71.600 |
| 99 | Pando Sidov | Bulgaria | 13.500 | 10.100 | 13.834 | 11.900 | 9.500 | 10.333 | 69.167 |
| 100 | Jos Cillien | Luxembourg | 14.700 | 11.833 | 12.267 | 9.067 | 12.767 | 7.833 | 68.467 |
| 101 | Lyuben Obretenov | Bulgaria | 13.600 | 9.000 | 10.866 | 13.600 | 11.033 | 7.833 | 65.932 |
| 102 | Iosif Matusec | Romania | 10.467 | 9.500 | 11.567 | 9.000 | 10.000 | 9.166 | 59.700 |
| 103 | Remus Ludu | Romania | 10.633 | 11.966 | 11.367 | 8.533 | 7.767 | 8.533 | 58.799 |
| 104 | Andrei Abraham | Romania | 12.500 | 10.033 | 10.700 | 6.400 | 11.667 | 7.400 | 58.700 |
| 105 | Alexandru Dan | Romania | 11.900 | 9.367 | 10.334 | 8.166 | 10.166 | 7.933 | 57.866 |
| 106 | Ivan Stoychev | Bulgaria | 11.833 | 9.800 | 12.900 | 7.200 | 7.567 | 7.567 | 56.867 |
| 107 | Iohan Schmidt | Romania | 12.634 | 8.500 | 6.734 | 5.633 | 8.200 | 10.500 | 52.201 |
| 108 | Ion Albert | Romania | 9.833 | 9.900 | 8.900 | 8.100 | 8.766 | 5.567 | 51.066 |
| 109 | Vasile Moldovan | Romania | 4.233 | 3.567 | 4.667 | 11.667 | 4.400 | 2.500 | 31.034 |
| 110 | Mathias Erang | Luxembourg | — | — | 7.167 | 8.333 | 6.167 | 5.333 | 27.000 |
| 111 | Romeo Neri | Italy | 8.967 | 8.567 | 8.733 | — | — | — | 26.267 |