1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
# 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 10th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Gymnastics $Federation,^{:46}^{:84}$ on June 1–2, $1934.^{:84}$

It was the first World Championships with a women's segment to the $competition.^{:45}$

## Medals

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 11 | 10 | 31 |

## Men

### Team final

| Medal | Country | Points |
| - | - | - |
| | Switzerland | 787.30 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 772.90 |
| | Germany | 769.50 |
| 4 | Italy | 761.35 |
| 5 | Hungary | 757.40 |
| 6 | Finland | 754.10 |
| 7 | France | 730.40 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 623.10 |
| 9 | Belgium | 595.35 |
| 10 | Poland | 589.80 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 585.80 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 555.30 |
| 13 | Mexico | 427.15 |

### All-around

| Medal | Country | Gymnast | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Switzerland | Eugen Mack | 138.50 |
| | Italy | Romeo Neri | 137.75 |
| | Czechoslovakia | Emanuel Löffler | 136.15 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | Jan Sládek | 134.90 |
| 5 | Finland | Heikki Savolainen | 134.25 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | Jan Gajdoš | 13?.?? |
| 7 (tie) | Switzerland | Georges Miez | 132.45 |
| 7 (tie) | Finland | Martti Uosikkinen | 132.45 |
| 9 | East Germany | Franz Beckert | 132.20 |
| 10 | Hungary | József Sarlós | 131.60 |

### Apparatus

**Floor exercise**

| Medal | Country | Gymnast | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Switzerland | Georges Miez | 18.95 |
| | Switzerland | Eugen Mack | 18.35 |
| | Germany* OR Czechoslovakia* OR Hungary* | Kurt Krötzsch* OR Emanuel Löffler* OR Lajos Tóth* | 18.30 |
| 4 | Germany | ?? Von Krec | 18.25 |
| 5 | Switzerland | Josef Walter | 18.10 |
| 6 | Switzerland | Walter Bach | 17.65 |
| 7 | Hungary | József Sarlós | 17.55 |
| 8 | Germany | Konrad Frey | 17.55 |
| 9 (tie) | Switzerland | Hans Grieder | 17.30 |
| 9 (tie) | Germany | Walter Steffens | 17.30 |

**Pommel horse**

| Medal | Country | Gymnast | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Switzerland | Eugen Mack | 19.15 |
| | Switzerland | Eduard Steinemann | 18.90 |
| | Czechoslovakia* OR Switzerland* | Jan Sládek* OR Melchior Wezel* | 18.35 |
| 4 | Switzerland | Josef Walter | 18.25 |
| 5 | Switzerland | Walter Bach | 18.20 |
| 6 | Germany | Konrad Frey | 18.10 |
| 7 | Germany | Walter Steffens | 18.05 |
| 8 | Germany | Franz Beckert | 17.80 |
| 9 | Switzerland | Hermann Hänggi | 17.70 |
| 10 | Germany | ?? Sandrok | 17.55 |

**Rings**

| Medal | Country | Gymnast | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Czechoslovakia | Alois Hudec | 19.45 |
| | Switzerland* OR Luxembourg* | Eugen Mack* OR Mathias Logelin* | 18.90 |
| * OR * | Czechoslovakia | Jaroslav Kolinger | 18.90 |
| 4 | Hungary | József Sarlós | 18.75 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | Jey Kugeler | 18.70 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | Emanuel Löffler | 18.65 |
| 7 (tie)* | Switzerland* | Eugen Mack* | 18.55 |
| 7 (tie) | Hungary | Miklós Péter | 18.55 |
| 9 | Hungary | István Sárkány | 18.45 |
| 10 | Finland | Heikki Savolainen | 18.30 |

**Vault**

| Medal | Country | Gymnast | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Switzerland | Eugen Mack | 20.00 |
| | Switzerland | Eduard Steinemann | 19.40 |
| | Italy | Romeo Neri | 19.20 |
| 4 | Switzerland | Josef Walter | 19.05 |
| 5 | Italy | Savino Guglielmetti | 19.00 |
| 6 | Hungary | Lajos Tóth | 18.95 |
| 7 | Germany | Ernst Winter | 18.75 |
| 8 (tie) | Italy | ?? Bonoli | 18.70 |
| 8 (tie) | France | Alfred Krauss | 18.70 |
| 10 | Italy | ?? Kapuco | 18.65 |

**Parallel bars**

| Medal | Country | Gymnast | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Switzerland | Eugen Mack | 19.75 |
| | Switzerland | Josef Walter | 19.25 |
| | Switzerland | Walter Bach | 19.20 |
| 4 | Finland | Heikki Savolainen | 18.90 |
| 5 (tie) | Italy | Romeo Neri | 18.80 |
| 5 (tie) | Finland | Eino Tukiainen | 18.80 |
| 7 (tie) (tie) | Germany | Konrad Frey | 18.70 |
| 7 | Finland | Martti Uosikkinen | 18.70 |
| 9 | Switzerland | Melchior Wezel | 18.60 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | Jan Gajdoš | 18.55 |

**Horizontal bar**

| Medal | Country | Gymnast | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Germany | Ernst Winter | 19.65 |
| | Switzerland | Georges Miez | 19.45 |
| | Germany | Heinz Sandrock | 19.45 |
| 4 | Switzerland | Eugen Mack | 19.40 |
| 5 | Finland | Heikki Savolainen | 19.15 |
| 6 (tie) | Switzerland | Eduard Steinemann | 19.10 |
| 6 (tie) | Germany | Walter Steffens | 19.10 |
| 8 | Switzerland | Walter Bach | 19.00 |
| 9 | Germany | Konrad Frey | 18.85 |
| 10 | Finland | Martti Uosikkinen | 18.80 |

* A few discrepancies exist in data for the results from these World Championships.

## Women

This first ever women's competition at a World Artistic Gymnastics Championships consisted of a competitive field including five countries and 40 individual competitors.

### Team final

| Medal | Country | Points |
| - | - | - |
| | Czechoslovakia | 738.06 |
| | Hungary | 734.40 |
| | Poland | 629.48 |
| 4 | France | 521.31 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 481.16 |

### All-around

| Medal | Country | Gymnast | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Czechoslovakia | Vlasta Děkanová | 60.28 |
| | Hungary | Margit Kalocsai | 59.58 |
| | Poland | Janina Skyrlinska | 58.65 |
| 4 | Hungary | Anna Kael | 58.09 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | Zdeňka Veřmiřovská | 57.65 |
| 6 | Hungary | Lenke Balkanji | 56.68 |
| 7 | Hungary | Jenőné Varga | 55.09 |
| 8 | Hungary | Judit Tóth | 54.28 |
| 9 | Hungary | Mária Munkácsi | 53.77 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | Vlasta Foltová | 53.43 |
