# Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's floor

The men's floor exercise competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the fourth appearance of the event.

## Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of between five and eight gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The 2 exercise scores were summed to give a total for the apparatus.
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 averaged to give the exercise total. Thus, exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.
Only one attempt could be made in each of the two floor exercises.

## Results

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Compulsory | Voluntary | Total |
| | William Thoresson | Sweden | 9.45 | 9.80 | 19.25 |
| | Tadao Uesako | Japan | 9.55 | 9.60 | 19.15 |
| | Jerzy Jokiel | Poland | 9.55 | 9.60 | 19.15 |
| 4 | Takashi Ono | Japan | 9.40 | 9.65 | 19.05 |
| 5 | Onni Lappalainen | Finland | 9.30 | 9.70 | 19.00 |
| 6 | Kalevi Laitinen | Finland | 9.45 | 9.50 | 18.95 |
| 6 | Anders Lindh | Sweden | 9.35 | 9.60 | 18.95 |
| 8 | Ferdinand Daniš | Czechoslovakia | 9.40 | 9.50 | 18.90 |
| 8 | Hrant Shahinyan | Soviet Union | 9.30 | 9.60 | 18.90 |
| 8 | Bob Stout | United States | 9.10 | 9.80 | 18.90 |
| 11 | René Changeat | France | 9.20 | 9.65 | 18.85 |
| 11 | Valentin Muratov | Soviet Union | 9.35 | 9.50 | 18.85 |
| 11 | Masao Takemoto | Japan | 9.20 | 9.65 | 18.85 |
| 14 | Vladimir Belyakov | Soviet Union | 9.25 | 9.50 | 18.75 |
| 14 | Kaino Lempinen | Finland | 9.25 | 9.50 | 18.75 |
| 14 | Tetsumi Nabeya | Japan | 9.30 | 9.45 | 18.75 |
| 14 | Ferenc Pataki | Hungary | 9.15 | 9.60 | 18.75 |
| 18 | Lajos Sántha | Hungary | 9.30 | 9.40 | 18.70 |
| 19 | Iosif Berdiev | Soviet Union | 9.25 | 9.40 | 18.65 |
| 19 | Guido Figone | Italy | 9.25 | 9.40 | 18.65 |
| 19 | Josef Stalder | Switzerland | 9.15 | 9.50 | 18.65 |
| 22 | Berndt Lindfors | Finland | 9.10 | 9.50 | 18.60 |
| 22 | Mincho Todorov | Bulgaria | 9.30 | 9.30 | 18.60 |
| 24 | Paavo Aaltonen | Finland | 9.10 | 9.45 | 18.55 |
| 24 | Akitomo Kaneko | Japan | 9.30 | 9.25 | 18.55 |
| 24 | Jindřich Mikulec | Czechoslovakia | 9.20 | 9.35 | 18.55 |
| 27 | József Fekete | Hungary | 9.20 | 9.30 | 18.50 |
| 27 | Dmytro Leonkin | Soviet Union | 8.95 | 9.55 | 18.50 |
| 29 | Joaquín Blume | Spain | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 |
| 29 | Viktor Chukarin | Soviet Union | 8.65 | 9.80 | 18.45 |
| 29 | Sándor Réthy | Hungary | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 |
| 32 | Adalbert Dickhut | Germany | 8.90 | 9.50 | 18.40 |
| 32 | Josef Svoboda | Czechoslovakia | 9.10 | 9.30 | 18.40 |
| 34 | Zdeněk Růžička | Czechoslovakia | 9.00 | 9.35 | 18.35 |
| 35 | Yevgeny Korolkov | Soviet Union | 9.00 | 9.30 | 18.30 |
| 35 | Jerzy Solarz | Poland | 9.45 | 8.85 | 18.30 |
| 37 | Vladimír Kejř | Czechoslovakia | 8.95 | 9.30 | 18.25 |
| 38 | Helmut Bantz | Germany | 8.95 | 9.25 | 18.20 |
| 38 | Arrigo Carnoli | Italy | 8.90 | 9.30 | 18.20 |
| 38 | Károly Kocsis | Hungary | 9.00 | 9.20 | 18.20 |
| 41 | Ernst Fivian | Switzerland | 8.60 | 9.55 | 18.15 |
| 41 | Georg Johansen | Norway | 8.90 | 9.25 | 18.15 |
| 41 | Mikhail Perelman | Soviet Union | 8.70 | 9.45 | 18.15 |
| 41 | Jean Tschabold | Switzerland | 8.95 | 9.20 | 18.15 |
| 45 | Arne Carlsson | Sweden | 8.75 | 9.35 | 18.10 |
| 45 | Juan Caviglia | Argentina | 8.80 | 9.30 | 18.10 |
| 47 | Ernst Gebendinger | Switzerland | 8.75 | 9.30 | 18.05 |
| 47 | Leo Sotorník | Czechoslovakia | 8.80 | 9.25 | 18.05 |
| 47 | Todor Todorov | Bulgaria | 9.30 | 8.75 | 18.05 |
| 47 | Ernst Wister | Austria | 8.70 | 9.35 | 18.05 |
| 51 | Arne Knudsen | Norway | 8.90 | 9.10 | 18.00 |
| 51 | Kurt Wigartz | Sweden | 8.80 | 9.20 | 18.00 |
| 53 | János Mogyorósi-Klencs | Hungary | 8.55 | 9.40 | 17.95 |
| 53 | Bill Roetzheim | United States | 8.85 | 9.10 | 17.95 |
| 55 | Carol Bedö | Romania | 8.85 | 9.05 | 17.90 |
| 55 | Poul Jessen | Denmark | 8.85 | 9.05 | 17.90 |
| 55 | Szymon Sobala | Poland | 9.10 | 8.80 | 17.90 |
| 55 | Iliya Topalov | Bulgaria | 9.10 | 8.80 | 17.90 |
| 59 | Ed Scrobe | United States | 8.80 | 9.05 | 17.85 |
| 59 | Josef Škvor | Czechoslovakia | 8.90 | 8.95 | 17.85 |
| 59 | Josy Stoffel | Luxembourg | 8.95 | 8.90 | 17.85 |
| 62 | Mathias Jamtvedt | Norway | 8.75 | 9.05 | 17.80 |
| 63 | Olavi Rove | Finland | 8.30 | 9.45 | 17.75 |
| 63 | Littorio Sampieri | Italy | 8.80 | 8.95 | 17.75 |
| 63 | Lajos Tóth | Hungary | 8.60 | 9.15 | 17.75 |
| 66 | Hans Eugster | Switzerland | 8.40 | 9.30 | 17.70 |
| 66 | Andrei Kerekes | Romania | 8.75 | 8.95 | 17.70 |
| 66 | Paweł Świętek | Poland | 8.85 | 8.85 | 17.70 |
| 69 | Alf Olsen | Norway | 8.50 | 9.15 | 17.65 |
| 69 | Börje Stattin | Sweden | 8.30 | 9.35 | 17.65 |
| 71 | Hans Pfann | Germany | 8.50 | 9.10 | 17.60 |
| 71 | Hans Sauter | Austria | 8.60 | 9.00 | 17.60 |
| 73 | Raymond Dot | France | 8.10 | 9.45 | 17.55 |
| 73 | Freddy Jensen | Denmark | 8.40 | 9.15 | 17.55 |
| 73 | Michel Mathiot | France | 8.40 | 9.15 | 17.55 |
| 73 | Theo Wied | Germany | 8.50 | 9.05 | 17.55 |
| 73 | Luigi Zanetti | Italy | 8.40 | 9.15 | 17.55 |
| 78 | Frederik De Waele | Belgium | 8.75 | 8.75 | 17.50 |
| 78 | Alfred Schwarzmann | Germany | 8.60 | 8.90 | 17.50 |
| 78 | Kalevi Viskari | Finland | 8.05 | 9.45 | 17.50 |
| 78 | Ali Zaky | Egypt | 8.25 | 9.25 | 17.50 |
| 82 | Ede Mađar | Yugoslavia | 8.85 | 8.60 | 17.45 |
| 82 | Volmer Thomsen | Denmark | 8.60 | 8.85 | 17.45 |
| 84 | Jack Beckner | United States | 8.15 | 9.25 | 17.40 |
| 84 | Miloš Kolejka | Czechoslovakia | 8.15 | 9.25 | 17.40 |
| 84 | Odd Lie | Norway | 8.45 | 8.95 | 17.40 |
| 84 | Hans Schwarzentruber | Switzerland | 8.30 | 9.10 | 17.40 |
| 88 | Vasil Konstantinov | Bulgaria | 8.30 | 9.05 | 17.35 |
| 89 | Paweł Gaca | Poland | 8.75 | 8.55 | 17.30 |
| 89 | Ryszard Kucjas | Poland | 8.75 | 8.55 | 17.30 |
| 89 | Nils Sjöberg | Sweden | 8.25 | 9.05 | 17.30 |
| 92 | Erich Wied | Germany | 8.35 | 8.90 | 17.25 |
| 92 | Dimitar Yordanov | Bulgaria | 8.60 | 8.65 | 17.25 |
| 94 | Vincent D'Autorio | United States | 8.00 | 9.20 | 17.20 |
| 94 | Frederic Orendi | Romania | 8.75 | 8.45 | 17.20 |
| 96 | Francisco Cascante | Cuba | 8.65 | 8.50 | 17.15 |
| 96 | Jack Günthard | Switzerland | 7.95 | 9.20 | 17.15 |
| 98 | Jean Guillou | France | 8.40 | 8.70 | 17.10 |
| 98 | Mahmoud Safwat | Egypt | 8.35 | 8.75 | 17.10 |
| 98 | André Weingand | France | 8.20 | 8.90 | 17.10 |
| 101 | Magdy Gheriani | Egypt | 8.45 | 8.60 | 17.05 |
| 101 | Heikki Savolainen | Finland | 7.60 | 9.45 | 17.05 |
| 103 | Ferenc Kemény | Hungary | 8.10 | 8.90 | 17.00 |
| 103 | Melchior Thalmann | Switzerland | 8.00 | 9.00 | 17.00 |
| 105 | Zdzisław Lesiński | Poland | 8.20 | 8.70 | 16.90 |
| 105 | Mahmoud Mohamed Reda | Egypt | 8.40 | 8.50 | 16.90 |
| 107 | Børge Nielsen | Denmark | 8.05 | 8.80 | 16.85 |
| 108 | Ángel Aguiar | Cuba | 8.70 | 8.10 | 16.80 |
| 108 | Ivan Čaklec | Yugoslavia | 8.20 | 8.60 | 16.80 |
| 108 | Francisc Cocis | Romania | 8.20 | 8.60 | 16.80 |
| 108 | Ernst Madland | Norway | 8.05 | 8.75 | 16.80 |
| 112 | Wolfgang Girardi | Austria | 8.15 | 8.60 | 16.75 |
| 112 | Nikolay Milev | Bulgaria | 8.60 | 8.15 | 16.75 |
| 112 | Børge Minerth | Denmark | 8.15 | 8.60 | 16.75 |
| 112 | Orlando Polmonari | Italy | 8.40 | 8.35 | 16.75 |
| 116 | Hubert Erang | Luxembourg | 8.15 | 8.55 | 16.70 |
| 117 | Jeroom Riske | Belgium | 8.30 | 8.35 | 16.65 |
| 117 | Charles Simms | United States | 7.80 | 8.85 | 16.65 |
| 119 | Dušan Furlan | Yugoslavia | 8.55 | 8.05 | 16.60 |
| 119 | Paweł Gawron | Poland | 8.50 | 8.10 | 16.60 |
| 121 | Friedel Overwien | Germany | 7.70 | 8.80 | 16.50 |
| 122 | Ahmed Issam Allam | Egypt | 7.80 | 8.65 | 16.45 |
| 122 | Eugen Balint | Romania | 8.15 | 8.30 | 16.45 |
| 122 | Mihai Botez | Romania | 7.80 | 8.65 | 16.45 |
| 125 | Willi Welt | Austria | 8.35 | 8.05 | 16.40 |
| 126 | Manuel Gouveia | Portugal | 7.40 | 8.95 | 16.35 |
| 126 | Paul Grubenthal | Austria | 7.25 | 9.10 | 16.35 |
| 126 | Heinz Ostheimer | Saar | 7.85 | 8.50 | 16.35 |
| 129 | Walter Blattmann | United States | 7.80 | 8.50 | 16.30 |
| 129 | Raúl Caldeira | Portugal | 7.65 | 8.65 | 16.30 |
| 129 | Maurice De Groote | Belgium | 8.40 | 7.90 | 16.30 |
| 132 | Marcel de Wolf | France | 8.30 | 7.95 | 16.25 |
| 132 | Alf Nørgaard | Norway | 7.90 | 8.35 | 16.25 |
| 134 | Fabio Bonacina | Italy | 7.90 | 8.30 | 16.20 |
| 134 | Friedrich Fetz | Austria | 8.20 | 8.00 | 16.20 |
| 134 | Don Holder | United States | 8.00 | 8.20 | 16.20 |
| 137 | Marcel Coppin | Luxembourg | 8.20 | 7.95 | 16.15 |
| 137 | Armand Huberty | Luxembourg | 8.30 | 7.85 | 16.15 |
| 137 | Fred Wiedersporn | Saar | 8.35 | 7.80 | 16.15 |
| 140 | Magne Kleiven | Norway | 7.80 | 8.30 | 16.10 |
| 141 | Zoltan Balogh | Romania | 7.80 | 8.20 | 16.00 |
| 141 | Bjarne Jørgensen | Denmark | 7.60 | 8.40 | 16.00 |
| 143 | Ahmed Khalil El-Giddawi | Egypt | 8.25 | 7.70 | 15.95 |
| 144 | Georges Floquet | France | 7.70 | 8.20 | 15.90 |
| 144 | Rolf Lauer | Saar | 7.55 | 8.35 | 15.90 |
| 146 | Sreten Stefanović | Yugoslavia | 8.30 | 7.50 | 15.80 |
| 147 | Rafael Lecuona | Cuba | 7.55 | 8.15 | 15.70 |
| 148 | Raymond Badin | France | 6.90 | 8.75 | 15.65 |
| 148 | Franjo Jurjević | Yugoslavia | 7.40 | 8.25 | 15.65 |
| 148 | Frank Turner | Great Britain | 7.75 | 7.90 | 15.65 |
| 151 | António Leite | Portugal | 7.80 | 7.70 | 15.50 |
| 151 | Jack Whitford | Great Britain | 8.25 | 7.25 | 15.50 |
| 153 | Joaquim Granger | Portugal | 7.35 | 8.10 | 15.45 |
| 154 | Nikolay Atanasov | Bulgaria | 7.00 | 8.25 | 15.25 |
| 154 | Arthur Schmitt | Saar | 7.15 | 8.10 | 15.25 |
| 154 | Quinto Vadi | Italy | 7.40 | 7.85 | 15.25 |
| 157 | Aurel Losnita | Romania | 7.00 | 8.20 | 15.20 |
| 157 | René Schroeder | Luxembourg | 7.90 | 7.30 | 15.20 |
| 159 | Manuel Cardoso | Portugal | 7.10 | 8.00 | 15.10 |
| 159 | Gunnar Pedersen | Denmark | 7.00 | 8.10 | 15.10 |
| 161 | César Bonoris | Argentina | 7.00 | 7.90 | 14.90 |
| 161 | Graham Harcourt | Great Britain | 7.90 | 7.00 | 14.90 |
| 161 | Franz Kemter | Austria | 7.00 | 7.90 | 14.90 |
| 164 | Ronnie Lombard | South Africa | 7.80 | 7.00 | 14.80 |
| 164 | Walter Müller | Saar | 7.05 | 7.75 | 14.80 |
| 166 | Manuel Prazeres | Portugal | 6.90 | 7.85 | 14.75 |
| 166 | Jack Wells | South Africa | 7.70 | 7.05 | 14.75 |
| 168 | Mohamed Sayed Hamdi | Egypt | 7.20 | 7.25 | 14.45 |
| 169 | Ken Buffin | Great Britain | 7.20 | 7.20 | 14.40 |
| 170 | Jey Kugeler | Luxembourg | 7.30 | 6.90 | 14.20 |
| 170 | George Weedon | Great Britain | 6.70 | 7.50 | 14.20 |
| 172 | Ivica Jelić | Yugoslavia | 6.30 | 7.70 | 14.00 |
| 173 | Norbert Dietrich | Saar | 6.00 | 7.85 | 13.85 |
| 174 | Silvio Brivio | Italy | 6.20 | 7.30 | 13.50 |
| 174 | Peter Starling | Great Britain | 6.50 | 7.00 | 13.50 |
| 176 | Ragai Youssef | Egypt | 5.50 | 7.75 | 13.25 |
| 177 | Rolf Yelseth | South Africa | 5.50 | 6.75 | 12.25 |
| 178 | Vir Singh | India | 4.50 | 4.50 | 9.00 |
| 179 | Stoyan Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 8.95 | – | 8.95 |
| 180 | Jakob Kiefer | Germany | 8.75 | – | 8.75 |
| 181 | Karel Janež | Yugoslavia | – | 7.75 | 7.75 |
| 182 | Antun Kropivšek | Yugoslavia | 7.30 | – | 7.30 |
| 183 | Erich Peters | Sweden | 6.80 | 0.00 | 6.80 |
| 184 | Khushi Ram | India | 3.00 | 3.50 | 6.50 |
| 185 | Hans Friedrich | Austria | 6.10 | – | 6.10 |