1950 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

The 12th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Basel, the second largest city of Switzerland, on July 14-16, 1950.[1] 20,000 spectators[2] watched the championships, held for the first time in Switzerland, and the Swiss team was very successful in front of the home crowd.

1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
LocationSwitzerland Basel, Switzerland

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
   Switzerland
Marcel Adatte
Hans Eugster
Ernst Gebendinger
Jack Günthard
Walter Lehmann
Josef Stalder
Melchior Thalmann
Jean Tschabold		  Finland
Paavo Aaltonen
Veikko Huhtanen
Kalevi Laitinen
Kaino Lempinen
Olavi Rove
Heikki Savolainen
Esa Seeste
Kalevi Viskari		  France
Alphonse Anger
Raymond Badin
Marcel de Wolf
Raymond Dot
Lucien Masset
Michel Mathiot
Gilbert Pruvost
André Weingand
Individual all-around
 Switzerland Walter Lehmann Switzerland Marcel Adatte Finland Olavi Rove
Floor
 Switzerland Josef Stalder
Switzerland Ernst Gebendinger		 none awarded France Raymond Dot
Pommel horse
 Switzerland Josef Stalder Switzerland Marcel Adatte Switzerland Walter Lehmann
Rings
 Switzerland Walter Lehmann Finland Olavi Rove Switzerland Hans Eugster
Vault
 Switzerland Ernst Gebendinger Finland Olavi Rove Switzerland Walter Lehmann
Parallel bars
 Switzerland Hans Eugster Finland Olavi Rove France Raymond Dot
Horizontal bar
 Finland Paavo Aaltonen Finland Veikko Huhtanen Switzerland Walter Lehmann
Switzerland Josef Stalder
Women
Team all-around
  Sweden
Evy Berggren
Vanja Blomberg
Karin Lindberg
Gunnel Ljungström
Hjördis Nordin
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Göta Pettersson
Ingrid Sandahl		  France
Ginette Durand
Colette Hué
Madeleine Jouffroy
Alexandra Lemoine
Liliane Montagne
Christine Palau
Irène Pittelioen
Jeanette Vogelbacher		  Italy
Renata Bianchi
Licia Macchini
Laura Micheli
Anna Monlarini
Marja Nutti
Elena Santoni
Liliana Scaricabarozzi
Lilia Torriani
Individual all-around
 Poland Helena Rakoczy Sweden Ann-Sofi Pettersson Austria Gertrude Kolar
Vault
 Poland Helena Rakoczy Austria Gertchen Kolar France Alexandra Lemoine
Uneven bars or flying rings
 Sweden Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Austria Gertchen Kolar		 none awarded Poland Helena Rakoczy
Balance beam
 Poland Helena Rakoczy Italy Marja Nutti Italy Licia Macchini
Floor
 Poland Helena Rakoczy Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tereza Kočiš Poland Stefania Reindlowa
Team, portable apparatus  Sweden  Yugoslavia  France

Men's results

Team competition
RankTeamTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Switzerland852.250
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finland838.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France807.850
4  Italy728.900
5  Yugoslavia664.900
6  Egypt623.800

Individual all-around
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Walter Lehmann (SUI)143.300
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Marcel Adatte (SUI)141.000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Olavi Rove (FIN)140.800
4  Guido Figone (ITA)139.950
5  Josef Stoffel (LUX)139.500
6  Josef Stalder (SUI)139.400
7  Kalevi Viskari (FIN)139.350
8  Raymond Dot (FRA)138.850
9  Ernst Gebendinger (SUI)138.800
10  Jack Günthard (SUI)138.750
11  Melchior Thalmann (SUI)138.200
12  Kalevi Laitinen (FIN)138.050

Floor exercise
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.6009.65019.250
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ernst Gebendinger (SUI)9.5009.75019.250
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Raymond Dot (FRA)9.6009.60019.200
4  Kaino Lempinen (FIN)9.6009.55019.150
4  Olavi Rove (FIN)9.6009.55019.150
4  Ernst Wister (AUT)9.6009.55019.150
7  Guido Figone (ITA)9.6009.45019.050
8  Kalevi Viskari (FIN)9.4509.55019.000

Pommel horse
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.8009.90019.700
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Marcel Adatte (SUI)9.6009.75019.350
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.4009.65019.050
4  Veikko Huhtanen (FIN)9.5009.40018.900
4  Melchior Thalmann (SUI)9.4009.50018.900
6  Guido Figone (ITA)9.3009.55018.850
7  Luigi Zanetti (ITA)9.5009.10018.600

Rings
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.7509.85019.600
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Olavi Rove (FIN)9.6509.65019.300
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hans Eugster (SUI)9.5509.65019.200
4  Ali Zaki (EGY)9.4509.70019.150
5  Guido Figone (ITA)9.5009.40018.900
6  Raymond Dot (FRA)9.5009.35018.850
6  Heikki Savolainen (FIN)9.3509.50018.850

Vault
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ernst Gebendinger (SUI)9.7509.70019.450
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Olavi Rove (FIN)9.6009.75019.350
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.6509.65019.300
4  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.7509.45019.200
4  Melchior Thalmann (SUI)9.6009.60019.200
4  Jean Tschabold (SUI)9.7009.50019.200
7  Kalevi Viskari (FIN)9.5009.60019.100
8  Paavo Aaltonen (FIN)9.4509.55019.000

Parallel bars
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hans Eugster (SUI)10.0009.85019.850
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Olavi Rove (FIN)9.8509.60019.450
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Raymond Dot (FRA)9.8009.55019.350
4  Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.7009.60019.300
5  Heikki Savolainen (FIN)9.6009.65019.250
6  Alphonse Anger (FRA)9.5509.35018.900
6  Guido Figone (ITA)9.2009.70018.900

Horizontal bar
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Paavo Aaltonen (FIN)9.7509.70019.450
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Veikko Huhtanen (FIN)9.8009.60019.400
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Walter Lehmann (SUI)9.7509.60019.350
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.7509.60019.350
5  Olavi Rove (FIN)9.6509.60019.250
6  Raymond Dot (FRA)9.6509.50019.150

Women's Results

Team competition
RankTeamTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden607.500
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France598.766
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy594.250
4  Yugoslavia589.333
5  Poland587.333
6  Austria585.783
7  Belgium509.866

Individual all-around
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)94.016
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE)91.700
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Gertrude Kolar (AUT)91.000
4  Evy Berggren (SWE)90.633
5  Alexandra Lemoine (FRA)90.516
6  Ginette Durand (FRA)90.466
7  Laura Micheli (ITA)90.100
8  Ingrid Sandahl (SWE)89.933
9  Jeanette Vogelbacher (FRA)89.483
10  Marja Nutti (ITA)89.333
11  Zofia Krupianka (POL)89.300
12  Edeltraud Schramm (AUT)88.883

Vault
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)23.566
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Gertrude Kolar (AUT)23.466
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Alexandra Lemoine (FRA)23.400
4  Karin Lindberg (SWE)23.366
5  Stefania Reindlowa (POL)23.300

Uneven bars or flying rings
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gertrude Kolar (AUT)24.000
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE)24.000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)23.850
4  Ingrid Sandahl (SWE)23.600
5  Edeltraud Schramm (AUT)23.550
6  Traudl Ruckser (AUT)23.500
6  Vida Gerbec (YUG)23.500

Balance beam
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)23.433
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Marja Nutti (ITA)23.333
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Licia Macchini (ITA)23.200
4  Stefania Reindlowa (POL)22.966
5  Madeleine Jouffroy (FRA)22.933

Floor exercise
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)23.166
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Tereza Kočiš (YUG)23.033
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Stefania Reindlowa (POL)23.000
4  Madeleine Jouffroy (FRA)22.966
5  Laura Micheli (ITA)22.600

Medals
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Switzerland (SUI)82515
2 Poland (POL)4026
3 Sweden (SWE)2103
4 Finland (FIN)1517
5 Austria (AUT)1113
6 France (FRA)0145
7 Italy (ITA)0123
8 Yugoslavia (YUG)0101
Totals (8 entries)16121543

References
  1. Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 86.
  2. Winterthur Glossary: Ernst Gebendinger
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