# Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

The men's pommel horse 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. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 8, 1928. Eighty-eight gymnasts from eleven nations competed, with each nation having a team of 8 gymnasts. The event was won by Hermann Hänggi of Switzerland, the nation's second consecutive (and third overall) victory in the pommel horse. The Swiss nearly repeated their 1924 medal sweep, with 4 of the top 5, but Finland's Heikki Savolainen took bronze between silver medalist Georges Miez and fourth-place finisher Edi Steinemann. It was Finland's first medal in the event.

## 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: fifth-place finisher Giuseppe Paris of Italy, sixth-place finisher Stane Derganc of Yugoslavia, eighth-place finisher August Güttinger of Switzerland, and tenth-place finisher Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia. The reigning (1926) world champion, Jan Karafiat of Czechoslovakia, did not compete, but the second- and third-place finishers at the world championships, Jan Gajdos and Ladislav Vácha (both also of Czechoslovakia), did.
The Netherlands made its debut in the men's pommel horse. Hungary competed for the first time since 1896. The other nine nations had all competed in 1924. Switzerland and the United States were each making 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 pommel horse 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 |
| Wednesday, 8 August 1928 | | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Total |
| | Hermann Hänggi | Switzerland | 59.25 |
| | Georges Miez | Switzerland | 57.75 |
| | Heikki Savolainen | Finland | 56.50 |
| 4 | Edi Steinemann | Switzerland | 56.00 |
| 5 | August Güttinger | Switzerland | 55.75 |
| 6 | Georges Leroux | France | 54.75 |
| 7 | Mauri Nyberg-Noroma | Finland | 54.50 |
| 7 | Melchior Wezel | Switzerland | 54.50 |
| 9 | Eugen Mack | Switzerland | 54.25 |
| 10 | Jan Gajdoš | Czechoslovakia | 54.00 |
| 10 | Josef Effenberger | Czechoslovakia | 54.00 |
| 12 | Leon Štukelj | Yugoslavia | 53.25 |
| 12 | Otto Pfister | Switzerland | 53.25 |
| 14 | Armand Solbach | France | 53.00 |
| 15 | Anton Malej | Yugoslavia | 52.50 |
| 15 | Jean Larrouy | France | 52.50 |
| 17 | Emanuel Löffler | Czechoslovakia | 52.00 |
| 18 | Josip Primožič | Yugoslavia | 51.75 |
| 19 | Bedřich Šupčík | Czechoslovakia | 51.50 |
| 19 | Romeo Neri | Italy | 51.50 |
| 21 | Janez Porenta | Yugoslavia | 51.25 |
| 21 | Mozes Jacobs | Netherlands | 51.25 |
| 23 | István Pelle | Hungary | 51.00 |
| 24 | Jean Gounot | France | 50.75 |
| 24 | Vittorio Lucchetti | Italy | 50.75 |
| 26 | Giuseppe Lupi | Italy | 50.50 |
| 26 | John Pearson | United States | 50.50 |
| 28 | Ferdinando Mandrini | Italy | 50.25 |
| 28 | Hans Grieder | Switzerland | 50.25 |
| 30 | Frank Haubold | United States | 50.00 |
| 31 | Mario Lertora | Italy | 49.50 |
| 31 | Martti Uosikkinen | Finland | 49.50 |
| 33 | Alfred Krauss | France | 49.00 |
| 34 | Étienne Schmitt | France | 48.75 |
| 34 | Stane Derganc | Yugoslavia | 48.75 |
| 36 | Edvard Antonijevič | Yugoslavia | 48.50 |
| 37 | Giuseppe Paris | Italy | 48.25 |
| 37 | Harold Newhart | United States | 48.25 |
| 39 | Miklós Péter | Hungary | 48.00 |
| 39 | Nic Roeser | Luxembourg | 48.00 |
| 41 | André Lemoine | France | 47.75 |
| 41 | Boris Gregorka | Yugoslavia | 47.75 |
| 43 | Frank Kriz | United States | 47.50 |
| 44 | Paul Krempel | United States | 47.25 |
| 45 | Ladislav Vácha | Czechoslovakia | 47.00 |
| 46 | Mario Tambini | Italy | 46.75 |
| 47 | Václav Veselý | Czechoslovakia | 46.50 |
| 48 | Al Jochim | United States | 45.75 |
| 49 | Ladislav Tikal | Czechoslovakia | 45.50 |
| 50 | Ezio Roselli | Italy | 45.25 |
| 51 | Dragutin Cioti | Yugoslavia | 44.75 |
| 51 | Fränz Zouang | Luxembourg | 44.75 |
| 53 | Glenn Berry | United States | 44.50 |
| 54 | Israel Wijnschenk | Netherlands | 44.50 |
| 55 | Herman Witzig | United States | 43.50 |
| 56 | Jan Koutný | Czechoslovakia | 42.75 |
| 57 | Jaakko Kunnas | Finland | 42.25 |
| 57 | Bart Cronin | Great Britain | 42.25 |
| 59 | Pieter van Dam | Netherlands | 41.25 |
| 60 | Henry Finchett | Great Britain | 40.75 |
| 61 | Hugo Licher | Netherlands | 40.50 |
| 62 | Géza Tóth | Hungary | 40.25 |
| 62 | Mathias Logelin | Luxembourg | 40.25 |
| 64 | Jean-Pierre Urbing | Luxembourg | 40.00 |
| 65 | Edouard Grethen | Luxembourg | 38.75 |
| 65 | Ted Warren | Great Britain | 38.75 |
| 65 | Elias Melkman | Netherlands | 38.75 |
| 68 | Antoine Chatelaine | France | 38.00 |
| 68 | Arthur Whitford | Great Britain | 38.00 |
| 70 | Willibrordus Pouw | Netherlands | 37.50 |
| 71 | Urho Korhonen | Finland | 36.75 |
| 72 | Rafael Ylönen | Finland | 35.00 |
| 73 | Gyula Kunszt | Hungary | 34.00 |
| 73 | Samuel Humphreys | Great Britain | 34.00 |
| 75 | G. C. Raynes | Great Britain | 33.75 |
| 76 | T. B. Parkinson | Great Britain | 33.50 |
| 77 | Klaas Boot | Netherlands | 33.00 |
| 78 | Jacobus van der Vinden | Netherlands | 32.00 |
| 79 | Mathias Erang | Luxembourg | 31.75 |
| 80 | E. A. Walton | Great Britain | 30.50 |
| 81 | József Szalai | Hungary | 30.00 |
| 82 | Elemér Pászti | Hungary | 29.75 |
| 83 | Josy Staudt | Luxembourg | 29.25 |
| 84 | Rezső Kende | Hungary | 28.50 |
| 85 | Kalervo Kinos | Finland | 27.00 |
| 86 | Albert Neumann | Luxembourg | 21.00 |
| 87 | Birger Stenman | Finland | 20.25 |
| — | Imre Erdődy | Hungary | DNF |