Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around
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The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall I from 19 to 21 July. It was the eleventh appearance of the event.[1] There were 185 competitors from 29 nations.[2] Each nation entered a team of between five and eight gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. The event was won by Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, with his countryman Hrant Shahinyan taking silver. It was the Soviet debut in the event, beginning four decades of dominance rivalled only by Japan and ending only after the dissolution of the Soviet Union; the Soviets would win 6 of the 10 editions from 1952 to 1988 (and the Unified Team would sweep the medals in 1992), with Japan taking the other 4. Bronze in 1952 went to Josef Stalder of Switzerland (the nation's third consecutive Games on the podium); it was the last medal in the men's all-around for any gymnast not from the Soviet Union or Japan until 1980.
Men's artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall I | |||||||||
Dates | 19–21 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 185 from 29 nations | |||||||||
Winning score | 115.70 | |||||||||
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