The men's vault (or "jumps") event was part of the
gymnastics programme at the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...
held in Amsterdam. It was one of seven gymnastics events for men and it was contested for the fourth time after 1896, 1904, and 1924. Scores from the vault event were added to the results from other individual apparatus events to give aggregate scores for the individual and team all-around events. There were 85 competitors from 11 nations.
[ Each nation had a team of 8 gymnasts; three of the 88 men did not start. The event was won by ]Eugen Mack
Eugen Mack (21 September 1907 – 29 October 1978) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics
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of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in the event and first medal since 1896. Emanuel Löffler gave Czechoslovakia its second consecutive silver medal. Stane Derganc
Stane Derganc (23 April 1893 – 9 August 1981) was a Yugoslav gymnast. At the 1928 Olympics, he won two bronze medals for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (one with team). Today, he is also remembered as the model for the man depicted ...
's bronze was Yugoslavia's first medal in the event.
Background
This was the fourth 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). Six of the top 10 gymnasts from 1924 returned: gold medalist Frank Kriz of the United States, silver medalist Jan Koutný
Jan Koutný (24 June 1897 – 18 July 1976) was a gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Vyškov and died in Prague.
In 1924 he won a silver medal in the vault comp ...
of Czechoslovakia, fourth-place finisher Leon Štukelj
Leon Štukelj (; 12 November 1898 – 8 November 1999) was a Slovene professional gymnast. He was an Olympic gold medalist and athlete who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics.
He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history. Štukelj is ...
of Yugoslavia, sixth-place finisher Janez Porenta of Yugoslavia, seventh-place finisher Ferdinando Mandrini
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of Italy, and tenth-place finisher Ladislav Vácha
Ladislav Vácha (21 March 1899 in Brno – 28 June 1943) was a gymnast and Olympic champion competing for Czechoslovakia.
He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a bronze medal in ''rope climbing'' and ''rings''. ...
of Czechoslovakia. The event was not held at the 1926 world championships and there was no clear favorite.
Competition format
In the early Olympics, the vault format changed considerably. For 1928, the vault competition consisted of two different jumps: one over a sideways (perpendicular to the approach) pommel horse and one of a lengthwise (parallel to the approach) over a vaulting horse (with no pommels). The pommel horse jump was of a set form while the gymnast could choose the skills to use for the vaulting horse jump. The combined score for the two jumps, of a maximum 30 points, was the result of the event.[Official Report, p. 646.]
The vault was one of the apparatus used in the individual and team all-around scores. It accounted for of the score, half of what the other apparatus counted (with the optional and compulsory components of the others counting for 30 points maximum each, rather than 30 points combined).
Schedule
Results
Source: Official results;
References
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Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Men's 1928
Men's events at the 1928 Summer Olympics