Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars
# Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

The men's parallel bars event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was one of nine gymnastics events and it was contested for the third time after 1896 and 1904. The competition was held on Sunday, July 20, 1924. Seventy-two gymnasts from nine nations competed. The event was won by August Güttinger of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in the event. Robert Pražák of Czechoslovakia and Giorgio Zampori of Italy earned silver and bronze, respectively.

## Background

This was the third 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). The 1922 world championship was won by Leon Štukelj of Yugoslavia, with a five-way tie for second between multiple gymnasts from each of Yugoslavia and Czechoslavkia (three of whom—Stane Derganc, Miroslav Klinger, and Stanislav Indruch—competed at the 1924 Games along with Štukelj.

Three nations had previously competed, France and Switzerland in 1896 and the United States in 1904. The other six nations (Czechoslovakia, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia) were competing for the first time.

## Competition format

Each gymnast performed a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise. These two exercises were 2 of the 11 components of the individual all-around score, and thus were also included in the team all-around score. Each exercise had a maximum possible score of 11, with half a point each for the approach and dismount and up to 10 points for the routine.

## Schedule

The competition was held in a single day.

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 20 July 1924 | | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| | August Güttinger | Switzerland | 21.63 |
| | Robert Pražák | Czechoslovakia | 21.61 |
| | Giorgio Zampori | Italy | 21.45 |
| 4 | Josef Wilhelm | Switzerland | 21.40 |
| 5 | Mario Lertora | Italy | 21.33 |
| 6 | Ladislav Vácha | Czechoslovakia | 21.31 |
| 7 | Josef Kos | Czechoslovakia | 21.28 |
| 8 | Jean Gutweninger | Switzerland | 21.26 |
| 8 | Bedřich Šupčík | Czechoslovakia | 21.26 |
| 10 | Miroslav Klinger | Czechoslovakia | 21.13 |
| 11 | Jan Koutný | Czechoslovakia | 21.00 |
| 12 | Hans Grieder | Switzerland | 20.94 |
| 13 | Bohumil Mořkovský | Czechoslovakia | 20.93 |
| 14 | Luigi Cambiaso | Italy | 20.90 |
| 15 | Francesco Martino | Italy | 20.89 |
| 16 | Giuseppe Paris | Italy | 20.86 |
| 17 | Léon Delsarte | France | 20.70 |
| 18 | Stanislav Indruch | Czechoslovakia | 20.50 |
| 18 | Eugène Cordonnier | France | 20.50 |
| 20 | Leon Štukelj | Yugoslavia | 20.40 |
| 21 | Georges Miez | Switzerland | 20.36 |
| 22 | Vittorio Lucchetti | Italy | 20.33 |
| 23 | Stanley Leigh | Great Britain | 20.28 |
| 24 | Ferdinando Mandrini | Italy | 20.21 |
| 25 | Jean Gounot | France | 20.15 |
| 26 | Albert Séguin | France | 20.13 |
| 26 | François Gangloff | France | 20.13 |
| 26 | Arthur Hermann | France | 20.13 |
| 29 | Joseph Huber | France | 19.98 |
| 30 | Al Jochim | United States | 19.86 |
| 31 | Carl Widmer | Switzerland | 19.76 |
| 32 | Frank Kriz | United States | 19.67 |
| 33 | André Higelin | France | 19.48 |
| 34 | Josip Primožič | Yugoslavia | 19.42 |
| 35 | Antoine Rebetez | Switzerland | 19.08 |
| 36 | Stane Hlastan | Yugoslavia | 19.05 |
| 37 | Stane Žilič | Yugoslavia | 19.00 |
| 38 | Jaakko Kunnas | Finland | 18.98 |
| 39 | Otto Pfister | Switzerland | 18.96 |
| 40 | Stane Derganc | Yugoslavia | 18.92 |
| 41 | Janez Porenta | Yugoslavia | 18.90 |
| 42 | John Pearson | United States | 18.81 |
| 43 | Eevert Kerttula | Finland | 18.63 |
| 44 | Curtis Rottman | United States | 18.54 |
| 45 | Charles Quaino | Luxembourg | 18.50 |
| 46 | Frank Safandra | United States | 18.35 |
| 47 | Luigi Maiocco | Italy | 18.28 |
| 47 | Albert Neumann | Luxembourg | 18.28 |
| 49 | Frank Hawkins | Great Britain | 18.20 |
| 49 | Harold Brown | Great Britain | 18.20 |
| 51 | Rastko Poljšak | Yugoslavia | 18.00 |
| 52 | Théo Jeitz | Luxembourg | 17.30 |
| 53 | Edward Leigh | Great Britain | 17.21 |
| 54 | Akseli Roine | Finland | 17.03 |
| 54 | Émile Munhofen | Luxembourg | 17.03 |
| 56 | Mikko Hämäläinen | Finland | 17.01 |
| 57 | Mihael Oswald | Yugoslavia | 16.85 |
| 58 | Henry Finchett | Great Britain | 16.83 |
| 59 | Mathias Weishaupt | Luxembourg | 16.70 |
| 60 | Otto Suhonen | Finland | 16.63 |
| 61 | Thomas Hopkins | Great Britain | 16.20 |
| 62 | Mathias Erang | Luxembourg | 15.90 |
| 63 | Aarne Roine | Finland | 15.62 |
| 64 | John Mais | United States | 15.07 |
| 65 | Rudolph Novak | United States | 14.90 |
| 66 | Max Wandrer | United States | 14.89 |
| 67 | Pierre Tolar | Luxembourg | 14.75 |
| 68 | Jacques Palzer | Luxembourg | 13.80 |
| 69 | Väinö Karonen | Finland | 13.57 |
| 70 | Samuel Humphreys | Great Britain | 12.36 |
| 71 | Albert Spencer | Great Britain | 11.90 |
| 72 | Eetu Kostamo | Finland | 10.13 |
