# Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

The men's vault (or "horse vault" or "long horse") competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held at the Waldbühne on 10 August. It was the sixth appearance of the event. There were 110 competitors from 14 nations, with each nation sending a team of up to 8 men. The event was won by Alfred Schwarzmann of Germany, the nation's first victory in the event since 1896 and second overall. Eugen Mack of Switzerland earned silver, the first man to win multiple medals in the event (he had won gold in 1928). Another member of the host German team, Matthias Volz, took bronze.

## Background

This was the sixth 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 10 gymnasts from 1932 returned: gold medalist Savino Guglielmetti of Italy, silver medalist Al Jochim of the United States, fourth-place finisher Einari Teräsvirta of Finland, sixth-place finisher István Pelle of Hungary, seventh-place finisher Miklós Péter of Hungary, and tenth-place finisher Heikki Savolainen of Finland. Also returning was 1928 gold medalist Eugen Mack of Switzerland, who had also won the first world championship in the apparatus in 1934. Alfred Schwarzmann of host Germany was among the favorites as well.
Austria, Japan, and Romania each made their debut in the men's vault. The United States made its fifth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

## Competition format

The gymnastics format returned to the aggregation format used in 1928 but not in 1932. The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004). Each nation entered a team of eight gymnasts (Bulgaria had only 7). All entrants in the gymnastics competitions (Neri of Italy did not compete in the vault) performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise, with the scores summed to give a final total. Two vaults were done for each, with the better score counted. The scores in the vault were added to the other apparatus scores 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.
The compulsory vault was described in the Official Report:
   With a running start and support upon croup; stoop vault. The body was pushed off vigorously; at first the legs were squatted, but soon straightened. During the flight the body was straightened out vigorously. Landing with knees bent half deep and arms raised sideward, knees straightened and arms lowered to fundamental position.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 10 August 1936 | 7:00 | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Compulsory | Voluntary | Total |
| | Alfred Schwarzmann | Germany | 9.433 | 9.767 | 19.200 |
| | Eugen Mack | Switzerland | 9.267 | 9.700 | 18.967 |
| | Matthias Volz | Germany | 8.967 | 9.500 | 18.467 |
| 4 | Walter Bach | Switzerland | 9.233 | 9.167 | 18.400 |
| 5 | Walter Beck | Switzerland | 8.700 | 9.667 | 18.367 |
| 6 | Martti Uosikkinen | Finland | 9.167 | 9.133 | 18.300 |
| 7 | Michael Reusch | Switzerland | 8.833 | 9.433 | 18.266 |
| 8 | Georges Miez | Switzerland | 9.067 | 9.167 | 18.234 |
| 8 | Josef Walter | Switzerland | 8.667 | 9.567 | 18.234 |
| 10 | Eduard Steinemann | Switzerland | 9.000 | 9.200 | 18.200 |
| 11 | Konrad Grilc | Yugoslavia | 9.200 | 8.900 | 18.100 |
| 12 | Danilo Fioravanti | Italy | 8.967 | 9.100 | 18.067 |
| 13 | Savino Guglielmetti | Italy | 8.867 | 9.167 | 18.034 |
| 14 | Willi Stadel | Germany | 9.100 | 8.933 | 18.033 |
| 15 | Albert Bachmann | Switzerland | 8.267 | 9.700 | 17.967 |
| 16 | Miroslav Forte | Yugoslavia | 9.067 | 8.867 | 17.934 |
| 17 | Ernst Winter | Germany | 8.433 | 9.467 | 17.900 |
| 18 | Alois Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 8.667 | 9.200 | 17.867 |
| 19 | Innozenz Stangl | Germany | 8.367 | 9.300 | 17.667 |
| 20 | Konrad Frey | Germany | 8.333 | 9.333 | 17.666 |
| 21 | Joze Vadnov | Yugoslavia | 9.067 | 8.567 | 17.634 |
| 22 | Jindrich Tintěra | Czechoslovakia | 8.867 | 8.733 | 17.600 |
| 23 | Jan Gajdoš | Czechoslovakia | 8.733 | 8.833 | 17.566 |
| 24 | George Wheeler | United States | 8.333 | 9.100 | 17.433 |
| 25 | Franz Beckert | Germany | 8.333 | 9.067 | 17.400 |
| 26 | Franco Tognini | Italy | 8.500 | 8.867 | 17.367 |
| 27 | Jaroslav Kollinger | Czechoslovakia | 8.633 | 8.667 | 17.300 |
| 27 | Neno Mirchev | Bulgaria | 8.233 | 9.067 | 17.300 |
| 29 | Walter Steffens | Germany | 8.867 | 8.367 | 17.234 |
| 30 | Jan Sládek | Czechoslovakia | 8.700 | 8.533 | 17.233 |
| 31 | Jey Kugeler | Luxembourg | 8.433 | 8.767 | 17.200 |
| 31 | Mauri Nyberg-Noroma | Finland | 8.600 | 8.600 | 17.200 |
| 31 | István Sárkány | Hungary | 8.700 | 8.500 | 17.200 |
| 31 | Yoshitaka Takeda | Japan | 8.667 | 8.533 | 17.200 |
| 35 | Miklos Péter | Hungary | 7.900 | 9.233 | 17.133 |
| 35 | Josip Primožič | Yugoslavia | 8.833 | 8.300 | 17.133 |
| 37 | Esa Seeste | Finland | 8.133 | 8.967 | 17.100 |
| 38 | Heikki Savolainen | Finland | 8.133 | 8.867 | 17.000 |
| 39 | Karl Pannos | Austria | 8.667 | 8.300 | 16.967 |
| 40 | Janez Pristov | Yugoslavia | 8.500 | 8.433 | 16.933 |
| 41 | Egidio Armelloni | Italy | 8.367 | 8.533 | 16.900 |
| 42 | Vratislav Petráček | Czechoslovakia | 8.100 | 8.700 | 16.800 |
| 43 | Bohumil Povejšil | Czechoslovakia | 8.833 | 7.933 | 16.766 |
| 44 | Fred Meyer | United States | 7.933 | 8.767 | 16.700 |
| 45 | Frank Cumiskey | United States | 7.400 | 9.267 | 16.667 |
| 45 | Armand Walter | France | 8.000 | 8.667 | 16.667 |
| 47 | Hikoroku Arimoto | Japan | 8.500 | 8.133 | 16.633 |
| 48 | Einari Teräsvirta | Finland | 8.167 | 8.367 | 16.534 |
| 49 | Georgi Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 8.300 | 8.200 | 16.500 |
| 50 | Boris Gregorka | Yugoslavia | 8.233 | 8.200 | 16.433 |
| 50 | Otello Ternelli | Italy | 7.800 | 8.633 | 16.433 |
| 52 | Franz Swoboda | Austria | 8.200 | 8.200 | 16.400 |
| 53 | Yoshio Miyake | Japan | 8.000 | 8.333 | 16.333 |
| 54 | August Sturm | Austria | 7.433 | 8.867 | 16.300 |
| 55 | Antoine Schildwein | France | 7.900 | 8.367 | 16.267 |
| 56 | Leopold Redl | Austria | 7.333 | 8.800 | 16.133 |
| 57 | Ilmari Pakarinen | Finland | 7.567 | 8.533 | 16.100 |
| 58 | Jos Romersa | Luxembourg | 7.767 | 8.300 | 16.067 |
| 59 | Dokan Sone | Japan | 7.933 | 8.033 | 15.966 |
| 60 | Paul Masino | France | 8.033 | 7.900 | 15.933 |
| 60 | Chet Phillips | United States | 8.400 | 7.533 | 15.933 |
| 62 | Kiichiro Toyama | Japan | 8.000 | 7.833 | 15.833 |
| 63 | Lucien Masset | France | 7.567 | 8.233 | 15.800 |
| 64 | István Pelle | Hungary | 7.500 | 8.233 | 15.733 |
| 65 | Fujio Kakuta | Japan | 7.433 | 8.167 | 15.600 |
| 66 | Emanuel Löffler | Czechoslovakia | 7.067 | 8.500 | 15.567 |
| 67 | Eino Tukiainen | Finland | 8.633 | 6.933 | 15.566 |
| 68 | Robert Herold | France | 7.867 | 7.667 | 15.534 |
| 69 | Francisc Draghici | Romania | 7.233 | 8.233 | 15.466 |
| 70 | József Sarlós | Hungary | 6.933 | 8.467 | 15.400 |
| 71 | Gábor Kecskeméti | Hungary | 7.500 | 7.867 | 15.367 |
| 72 | Gottfried Hermann | Austria | 8.933 | 6.300 | 15.233 |
| 72 | Artie Pitt | United States | 7.100 | 8.133 | 15.233 |
| 74 | Maurice Rousseau | France | 7.200 | 8.000 | 15.200 |
| 75 | Aleksanteri Saarvala | Finland | 7.800 | 7.367 | 15.167 |
| 76 | Kenny Griffin | United States | 6.567 | 8.567 | 15.134 |
| 77 | Frank Haubold | United States | 6.933 | 8.100 | 15.033 |
| 77 | Pius Hollenstein | Austria | 7.900 | 7.133 | 15.033 |
| 79 | Oreste Capuzzo | Italy | 8.633 | 6.333 | 14.966 |
| 80 | Franz Haupert | Luxembourg | 7.667 | 7.233 | 14.900 |
| 81 | Dimitrije Merzlikin | Yugoslavia | 5.667 | 9.133 | 14.800 |
| 81 | Armand Solbach | France | 8.067 | 6.733 | 14.800 |
| 83 | Ivan Chureshki | Bulgaria | 7.933 | 6.800 | 14.733 |
| 83 | Marcel Leineweber | Luxembourg | 6.600 | 8.133 | 14.733 |
| 85 | Nicolo Tronci | Italy | 8.100 | 6.567 | 14.667 |
| 86 | Adolf Scheffknecht | Austria | 7.167 | 7.467 | 14.634 |
| 87 | Lajos Tóth | Hungary | 6.033 | 8.600 | 14.633 |
| 88 | Metty Logelin | Luxembourg | 7.000 | 7.333 | 14.333 |
| 89 | Hiroshi Matsunobu | Japan | 6.800 | 7.467 | 14.267 |
| 90 | Willy Klein | Luxembourg | 7.233 | 7.000 | 14.233 |
| 91 | Jean Aubry | France | 7.567 | 6.500 | 14.067 |
| 92 | Leon Štukelj | Yugoslavia | 8.233 | 5.667 | 13.900 |
| 93 | Yovcho Khristov | Bulgaria | 7.500 | 6.300 | 13.800 |
| 94 | Al Jochim | United States | 6.333 | 7.433 | 13.766 |
| 95 | Lyuben Obretenov | Bulgaria | 5.833 | 7.767 | 13.600 |
| 96 | Hiroshi Nosaka | Japan | 5.333 | 8.200 | 13.533 |
| 97 | József Hegedüs | Hungary | 6.833 | 6.667 | 13.500 |
| 98 | Gyözö Mogyorossy | Hungary | 8.400 | 5.000 | 13.400 |
| 99 | Pando Sidov | Bulgaria | 7.733 | 4.167 | 11.900 |
| 100 | Vasile Moldovan | Romania | 6.500 | 5.167 | 11.667 |
| 101 | Robert Pranz | Austria | 5.667 | 4.767 | 10.434 |
| 102 | Jos Cillien | Luxembourg | 4.667 | 4.400 | 9.067 |
| 103 | Iosif Matusec | Romania | 5.000 | 4.000 | 9.000 |
| 104 | Remus Ludu | Romania | 4.333 | 4.200 | 8.533 |
| 105 | Mathias Erang | Luxembourg | 4.333 | 4.000 | 8.333 |
| 106 | Alexandru Dan | Romania | 4.833 | 3.333 | 8.166 |
| 107 | Ion Albert | Romania | 2.900 | 5.200 | 8.100 |
| 108 | Ivan Stoychev | Bulgaria | 4.733 | 2.467 | 7.200 |
| 109 | Andrei Abraham | Romania | 1.867 | 4.533 | 6.400 |
| 110 | Iohan Schmidt | Romania | 1.500 | 4.133 | 5.633 |