Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around

Men's artistic team all-around at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Competitors	95 from 16 nations
Medalists
Yukio Endo Sawao Kato Takeshi Katō Eizo Kenmotsu Akinori Nakayama Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan Sergei Diomidov Valery Iljinykh Valery Karasev Viktor Klimenko Victor Lisitsky Mikhail Voronin  Soviet Union Günter Beier Matthias Brehme Gerhard Dietrich Siegfried Fülle Klaus Köste Peter Weber  East Germany

These are the results of the men's team all-around competition, one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Competition format

The scoring in all the events was similar to that of the gymnastics events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges, like men's ones. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.

Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The top five individual scores in each exercise (that is, compulsory floor, voluntary floor, compulsory vault, etc.) were added to give a team score for that exercise. The 12 team exercise scores were summed to give a team total.

No separate finals were contested for the team all-around.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10, apparatus scores from 0 to 20, individual totals from 0 to 120, and team scores from 0 to 600.

Results

After Japan won the team gold, Eizo Kenmotsu became the youngest ever Japanese male gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal. He was 20 years, 8 months and 11 days old, and would hold on to this record for almost 50 years until Kenzo Shirai broke it in 2016, becoming also Japan‘s only teenage male gymnast to do so at this level.

The men's artistic gymnastics all-around team event Olympic final took place on 24 October 1968.

Rank	Nation	Gymnasts	Exercise results												Team total
			C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V	C	V
	Japan	Yukio Endo	9.15	9.65	9.20	9.20	9.45	9.50	9.35	9.65	9.65	9.50	9.55	9.70	575.90
		Sawao Kato	9.75	9.90	9.45	9.55	9.70	9.85	9.35	9.55	9.65	9.70	9.60	9.85
		Takeshi Katō	9.60	9.75	9.20	9.45	9.70	9.70	9.45	9.60	9.60	9.70	9.55	9.55
		Eizo Kenmotsu	9.55	9.70	9.45	9.65	9.55	9.45	9.40	9.55	9.60	9.65	9.55	9.80
		Akinori Nakayama	9.60	9.80	9.40	9.45	9.75	9.75	9.45	9.40	9.70	9.85	9.70	9.80
		Mitsuo Tsukahara	9.50	9.60	9.40	8.25	9.65	9.60	9.05	9.40	8.35	9.60	9.50	9.60
		Total	48.00	48.80	46.90	47.30	48.35	48.40	47.00	47.75	48.20	48.50	47.95	48.75
	Soviet Union	Sergey Diomidov	9.50	9.45	9.50	9.50	9.60	9.45	9.45	9.45	9.45	9.45	9.60	9.70	571.10
		Valery Karasyov	9.55	9.55	9.35	9.50	9.45	9.15	9.40	9.45	9.55	9.60	9.40	9.30
		Viktor Klimenko	9.25	9.50	9.50	9.60	9.40	9.50	9.45	9.40	9.60	9.65	9.50	9.60
		Viktor Lisitsky	9.50	9.50	9.30	9.30	9.40	9.40	9.40	9.40	9.60	9.00	9.35	9.45
		Valery Ilyinykh	9.10	8.85	9.05	9.40	9.30	9.30	9.30	9.45	9.50	9.45	9.50	9.70
		Mikhail Voronin	9.55	9.70	9.70	9.50	9.75	9.70	9.45	9.55	9.75	9.70	9.70	9.80
		Total	47.35	47.70	47.35	47.50	47.60	47.35	47.15	47.30	48.00	47.85	47.70	48.25
	East Germany	Günter Beier	9.00	9.20	8.75	8.00	8.45	9.10	9.30	9.30	9.10	9.35	9.40	9.25	557.15
		Matthias Brehme	9.10	9.40	9.50	9.25	9.30	9.40	9.20	9.45	9.60	9.50	9.55	9.60
		Gerhard Dietrich	8.80	9.30	9.15	9.50	8.85	9.20	9.00	9.00	8.70	9.35	9.30	9.55
		Siegfried Fülle	9.15	9.45	9.05	8.25	9.05	9.40	9.35	9.45	9.40	9.45	9.55	9.55
		Klaus Köste	9.20	9.35	9.25	8.65	9.40	9.40	9.15	9.25	9.45	9.30	9.75	9.70
		Peter Weber	8.85	9.05	8.75	8.95	9.00	9.30	9.20	9.30	9.50	9.45	9.40	9.40
		Total	45.30	46.70	45.70	44.60	45.60	46.70	46.20	46.75	47.05	47.10	47.65	47.80
4	Czechoslovakia	František Bočko	9.20	9.45	8.90	9.40	8.95	9.20	9.25	9.30	9.30	9.40	9.25	9.40	557.10
		Jiří Fejtek	9.15	9.25	9.40	9.60	9.35	9.40	9.10	9.40	8.60	9.50	9.15	9.30
		Václav Kubíčka	9.40	9.40	8.90	9.00	9.00	9.30	9.30	9.25	9.60	9.60	9.15	9.40
		Bohumil Mudřík	9.10	9.30	9.10	9.25	8.25	9.10	9.25	9.30	9.35	9.50	9.05	9.40
		Miloslav Netušil	9.40	9.20	9.30	9.55	9.10	8.95	8.95	9.15	9.45	9.60	7.50	9.25
		Václav Skoumal	9.25	9.30	7.90	8.85	8.95	8.95	9.20	9.25	9.30	9.30	9.45	9.55
		Total	46.40	46.70	45.60	46.80	45.35	45.95	46.10	46.50	47.00	47.60	46.05	47.05
5	Poland	Andrzej Gonera	8.75	9.05	8.85	9.10	9.00	9.30	8.90	9.35	9.05	9.50	9.15	9.25	555.40
		Jerzy Kruża	8.90	8.95	9.00	9.10	8.90	8.80	9.00	9.15	8.95	9.15	8.90	9.35
		Mikołaj Kubica	9.20	9.30	9.45	9.55	9.30	9.45	9.30	9.40	9.45	9.60	9.20	9.60
		Sylwester Kubica	9.30	9.15	9.00	9.40	8.75	9.05	8.75	9.30	9.30	9.40	9.40	9.00
		Wilhelm Kubica	9.25	9.30	9.60	9.50	9.30	9.30	9.25	9.30	9.50	9.65	9.50	9.70
		Aleksander Rokosa	8.80	9.20	8.55	9.00	9.05	9.20	9.20	9.20	9.15	9.25	8.80	9.45
		Total	45.45	46.00	45.90	46.65	45.55	46.30	45.65	46.55	46.45	47.40	46.15	47.35
6	Yugoslavia	Damir Anić	8.50	9.10	8.35	9.15	8.25	8.90	8.85	9.05	8.85	9.00	8.80	9.00	550.75
		Janez Brodnik	9.05	9.00	8.85	9.15	9.20	9.30	9.25	9.35	9.30	9.35	9.45	9.50
		Miroslav Cerar	9.25	9.40	9.65	9.70	9.30	9.40	9.20	9.40	9.60	9.50	9.55	9.35
		Milenko Kersnić	9.20	9.10	8.85	8.80	9.05	9.10	9.10	9.30	9.50	9.50	9.05	9.30
		Tine Šrot	7.40	8.60	8.60	8.65	9.20	9.20	9.05	9.25	8.20	9.20	8.40	9.05
		Miloš Vratič	8.75	8.90	8.95	9.40	8.75	8.90	9.20	9.30	8.90	9.35	9.20	9.30
		Total	44.75	45.50	44.90	46.20	45.50	45.90	45.80	46.60	46.15	46.90	46.05	46.50
7	United States	Kanati Allen	9.10	9.20	9.00	8.55	7.80	8.50	9.00	9.15	7.70	9.05	8.80	9.50	548.90
		Steve Cohen	8.85	8.75	9.00	8.35	9.30	9.60	8.95	9.05	9.10	9.50	8.90	9.40
		Sid Freudenstein	9.15	9.50	8.75	7.85	8.90	9.15	9.10	8.95	8.85	9.40	8.95	9.45
		Steve Hug	9.00	9.15	9.30	9.40	8.80	9.10	8.75	9.05	9.05	9.40	9.25	9.35
		Fred Roethlisberger	8.95	9.40	8.85	8.70	9.15	9.20	9.25	9.15	9.10	9.50	9.10	9.35
		Dave Thor	9.15	9.30	9.50	9.60	9.00	9.00	9.10	9.40	8.70	9.30	9.05	9.50
		Total	45.35	46.55	45.65	44.60	45.15	46.05	45.40	45.80	44.80	47.10	45.25	47.20
8	West Germany	Heinz Häussler	9.00	9.15	9.30	9.50	8.65	8.90	8.85	8.95	9.20	9.10	9.05	9.15	548.35
		Erich Hess	9.00	9.05	8.85	8.25	8.90	9.25	9.00	9.25	8.85	8.45	9.55	9.35
		Hermann Höpfner	9.00	9.05	8.80	9.00	8.45	9.10	8.95	9.15	9.10	9.20	9.20	9.10
		Willi Jaschek	9.15	2.00	9.25	9.55	9.10	9.30	9.10	—	9.35	9.50	9.30	9.45
		Heiko Reinemer	9.25	9.40	7.00	8.80	8.85	9.40	9.00	9.35	9.20	9.30	9.20	9.45
		Helmut Tepasse	9.00	9.00	7.70	9.10	8.45	9.30	9.05	9.40	9.45	9.45	9.35	9.10
		Total	45.40	45.65	43.90	45.95	43.95	46.35	45.10	46.10	46.30	46.55	46.60	46.50
9	Switzerland	Meinrad Berchtold	8.95	8.95	8.90	9.35	8.95	9.20	9.20	9.35	9.45	9.45	9.40	9.35	548.20
		Hans Ettlin	8.60	9.05	8.95	8.50	9.20	9.35	9.10	9.25	9.55	9.50	9.40	9.45
		Edwin Greutmann	8.75	8.95	8.60	8.60	8.70	8.90	8.65	9.05	9.10	9.25	9.05	9.10
		Roland Hürzeler	8.80	8.90	9.30	9.05	8.50	9.05	8.80	9.10	9.50	9.60	8.40	9.45
		Paul Müller	8.65	8.80	9.25	9.35	8.85	9.00	8.45	9.10	9.30	9.25	9.00	8.80
		Peter Rohner	9.05	9.15	9.10	9.30	8.90	8.95	8.75	9.30	9.30	9.40	9.25	9.35
		Total	44.20	45.00	45.50	45.65	44.60	45.55	44.50	46.10	47.10	47.20	46.10	46.70
10	Finland	Reino Heino	8.85	8.80	8.80	8.80	9.00	9.15	8.90	8.80	9.00	9.10	8.40	9.30	547.05
		Olli Laiho	8.60	8.75	9.45	9.70	8.00	9.20	9.15	9.00	9.50	9.55	8.65	9.40
		Mauno Nissinen	9.20	9.10	9.40	9.45	9.30	9.25	8.95	9.00	9.40	9.60	9.45	9.50
		Juhani Rahikainen	8.80	9.00	9.00	8.90	8.95	9.05	9.00	9.20	9.30	9.25	8.95	9.20
		Hannu Rantakari	8.60	8.80	8.35	8.35	9.10	9.15	9.05	8.80	9.15	9.20	8.25	9.50
		Heikki Sappinen	9.15	9.20	8.60	9.20	9.20	9.25	8.90	9.15	9.05	9.10	8.90	9.35
		Total	44.60	44.90	45.25	46.05	45.55	46.00	45.05	45.15	46.40	46.70	44.35	47.05
11	Bulgaria	Georgi Adamov	8.20	8.90	9.05	8.20	8.80	8.85	9.20	9.20	9.35	9.45	9.50	9.15	538.15
		Rumen Gabrovski	8.90	9.10	8.40	8.00	8.60	8.95	9.10	9.05	8.95	9.00	9.10	7.75
		Bozhidar Ivanov	8.25	9.05	7.70	8.70	8.65	8.45	8.80	8.90	9.10	9.25	7.50	9.15
		Raycho Khristov	9.35	9.60	8.40	8.80	8.10	8.60	8.95	9.20	8.50	9.15	9.50	9.40
		Ivan Kondev	9.10	9.50	8.80	8.85	8.60	8.15	9.15	9.10	8.85	9.00	8.75	9.00
		Stefan Zoev	8.65	9.15	9.35	8.00	8.65	8.70	9.10	9.15	9.10	8.85	9.25	8.90
		Total	44.25	46.40	44.00	42.55	43.30	43.55	45.50	45.70	45.35	45.85	46.10	45.60
12	Italy	Giovanni Carminucci	8.75	9.00	8.95	9.35	8.75	8.90	9.05	8.70	9.45	9.40	9.30	8.45	537.05
		Pasquale Carminucci	7.65	8.65	8.70	9.05	8.70	8.55	8.75	8.60	9.20	9.20	8.80	8.95
		Luigi Cimnaghi	9.10	9.30	9.10	8.85	9.05	9.05	9.15	8.95	9.30	9.15	9.35	9.40
		Bruno Franceschetti	7.75	8.65	9.00	9.25	8.80	9.00	8.80	8.95	9.15	9.15	8.70	9.10
		Franco Menichelli	9.30	—	—	—	9.60	—	9.30	—	9.60	—	9.60	—
		Vincenzo Mori	8.20	8.70	8.70	8.85	8.50	8.00	9.15	9.05	8.95	8.40	8.45	8.10
		Total	43.10	44.30	44.45	45.35	44.90	43.50	45.45	44.25	46.70	45.30	45.75	44.00
13	Hungary	István Aranyos	8.35	8.70	8.65	8.70	8.70	9.00	9.05	9.20	9.25	9.20	8.90	9.30	535.25
		Dezső Bordán	7.90	8.80	8.80	8.65	7.95	7.80	9.05	8.85	9.30	9.50	9.05	9.40
		Béla Herczeg	8.45	8.75	8.75	7.60	7.20	8.85	8.80	9.05	9.25	9.30	9.15	9.40
		Sándor Kiss	8.65	9.15	8.75	8.55	6.90	8.95	9.05	9.15	9.40	9.35	8.60	9.10
		Konrád Mentsik	8.05	8.75	7.50	8.60	8.35	8.75	8.15	8.90	9.35	9.50	9.30	9.50
		Endre Tihanyi	9.10	9.00	8.65	8.55	8.80	9.20	9.15	9.05	9.10	9.05	8.80	9.15
		Total	42.60	44.45	43.60	43.05	41.00	44.75	45.10	45.35	46.55	46.85	45.20	46.75
14	Mexico	Enrique García	8.10	8.65	7.55	8.40	7.60	8.35	8.10	8.65	8.00	8.90	8.65	9.05	518.25
		José González	8.85	8.80	8.20	6.45	7.45	8.10	9.00	8.85	9.00	8.70	8.85	8.75
		Rogelio Mendoza	8.30	9.10	8.15	9.05	8.15	8.70	8.20	9.30	8.90	8.75	8.80	9.00
		Armando Valles	8.00	8.80	9.05	9.10	9.05	9.20	9.15	9.20	8.70	8.85	9.30	8.00
		Fernando Valles	7.35	8.45	8.90	8.35	7.75	7.85	8.85	9.15	7.20	8.45	8.35	8.40
		José Vilchis	8.00	8.40	7.80	7.70	8.55	9.00	8.60	8.80	8.00	8.70	8.85	8.80
		Total	41.25	43.80	42.10	42.60	41.10	43.35	43.80	45.30	42.60	43.90	44.45	44.00
15	Cuba	Luis Navarrete	7.00	8.80	7.90	8.25	6.50	7.15	8.40	9.20	7.40	8.60	8.25	7.00	515.85
		Roberto Pumpido	8.85	9.10	6.85	7.80	7.85	8.40	8.70	9.00	8.70	9.00	8.65	8.75
		Héctor Ramírez	9.05	—	8.30	4.50	7.85	8.60	8.85	8.85	8.00	8.55	9.15	9.05
		Luis Ramírez	8.30	9.20	6.75	7.80	8.55	8.95	8.60	8.85	8.55	8.65	7.80	8.95
		Jorge Rodríguez	9.05	9.35	7.70	8.40	8.25	8.90	8.95	9.10	8.95	8.15	8.75	9.20
		Octavio Suárez	8.05	8.80	8.65	7.90	8.80	8.85	8.40	9.15	8.00	9.20	7.50	9.20
		Total	43.30	45.25	39.40	40.15	41.30	43.70	43.50	45.30	42.20	44.00	42.60	45.15
16	Canada	Barry Brooker	7.60	8.30	7.30	7.70	7.90	8.55	8.90	8.75	7.20	8.05	8.65	7.80	474.85
		Roger Dion	7.60	8.25	8.55	8.45	6.15	8.25	8.55	9.05	7.70	9.10	8.95	8.85
		Sid Jensen	8.10	8.95	8.70	8.00	9.05	9.20	8.85	9.35	9.05	8.35	8.80	9.20
		Gilbert Larose	8.60	9.30	8.90	9.05	9.00	9.30	9.10	9.20	8.20	9.20	8.80	8.60
		Steve Mitruk	7.00	8.35	8.75	8.75	8.10	8.40	8.95	8.50	8.35	8.80	8.70	8.75
		Total	38.90	43.15	42.20	41.95	40.20	43.70	44.35	44.85	40.50	43.50	43.90	43.20

External links

• Official Olympic Report
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