1950 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

Gymnastics competition

1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Basel, Switzerland
← 1938 1954 →

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

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Team all-around details	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 details	Walter Lehmann	Marcel Adatte	Olavi Rove
Floor details	Josef Stalder Ernst Gebendinger	none awarded	Raymond Dot
Pommel horse details	Josef Stalder	Marcel Adatte	Walter Lehmann
Rings details	Walter Lehmann	Olavi Rove	Hans Eugster
Vault details	Ernst Gebendinger	Olavi Rove	Walter Lehmann
Parallel bars details	Hans Eugster	Olavi Rove	Raymond Dot
Horizontal bar details	Paavo Aaltonen	Veikko Huhtanen	Walter Lehmann Josef Stalder
Women
Team all-around details	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 details	Helena Rakoczy	Ann-Sofi Pettersson	Gertrude Kolar
Vault details	Helena Rakoczy	Gertrude Kolar	Alexandra Lemoine
Uneven bars or flying rings details	Ann-Sofi Pettersson Gertrude Kolar	none awarded	Helena Rakoczy
Balance beam details	Helena Rakoczy	Marja Nutti	Licia Macchini
Floor details	Helena Rakoczy	Tereza Kočiš	Stefania Reindlowa
Team, portable apparatus	Sweden	Yugoslavia	France

Men's results

Team competition

Rank	Team	Total
	Switzerland	852.250
	Finland	838.500
	France	807.850
4	Italy	728.900
5	Yugoslavia	664.900
6	Egypt	623.800

Individual all-around

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Walter Lehmann (SUI)	143.300
	Marcel Adatte (SUI)	141.000
	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

Rank	Gymnast	Compulsory	Optional	Total
	Josef Stalder (SUI)	9.600	9.650	19.250
	Ernst Gebendinger (SUI)	9.500	9.750	19.250
	Raymond Dot (FRA)	9.600	9.600	19.200
4	Kaino Lempinen (FIN)	9.600	9.550	19.150
4	Olavi Rove (FIN)	9.600	9.550	19.150
4	Ernst Wister (AUT)	9.600	9.550	19.150
7	Guido Figone (ITA)	9.600	9.450	19.050
8	Kalevi Viskari (FIN)	9.450	9.550	19.000

Pommel horse

Rank	Gymnast	Compulsory	Optional	Total
	Josef Stalder (SUI)	9.800	9.900	19.700
	Marcel Adatte (SUI)	9.600	9.750	19.350
	Walter Lehmann (SUI)	9.400	9.650	19.050
4	Veikko Huhtanen (FIN)	9.500	9.400	18.900
4	Melchior Thalmann (SUI)	9.400	9.500	18.900
6	Guido Figone (ITA)	9.300	9.550	18.850
7	Luigi Zanetti (ITA)	9.500	9.100	18.600

Rings

Rank	Gymnast	Compulsory	Optional	Total
	Walter Lehmann (SUI)	9.750	9.850	19.600
	Olavi Rove (FIN)	9.650	9.650	19.300
	Hans Eugster (SUI)	9.550	9.650	19.200
4	Ali Zaki (EGY)	9.450	9.700	19.150
5	Guido Figone (ITA)	9.500	9.400	18.900
6	Raymond Dot (FRA)	9.500	9.350	18.850
6	Heikki Savolainen (FIN)	9.350	9.500	18.850

Vault

Rank	Gymnast	Compulsory	Optional	Total
	Ernst Gebendinger (SUI)	9.750	9.700	19.450
	Olavi Rove (FIN)	9.600	9.750	19.350
	Walter Lehmann (SUI)	9.650	9.650	19.300
4	Josef Stalder (SUI)	9.750	9.450	19.200
4	Melchior Thalmann (SUI)	9.600	9.600	19.200
4	Jean Tschabold (SUI)	9.700	9.500	19.200
7	Kalevi Viskari (FIN)	9.500	9.600	19.100
8	Paavo Aaltonen (FIN)	9.450	9.550	19.000

Parallel bars

Rank	Gymnast	Compulsory	Optional	Total
	Hans Eugster (SUI)	10.000	9.850	19.850
	Olavi Rove (FIN)	9.850	9.600	19.450
	Raymond Dot (FRA)	9.800	9.550	19.350
4	Walter Lehmann (SUI)	9.700	9.600	19.300
5	Heikki Savolainen (FIN)	9.600	9.650	19.250
6	Alphonse Anger (FRA)	9.550	9.350	18.900
6	Guido Figone (ITA)	9.200	9.700	18.900

Horizontal bar

Rank	Gymnast	Compulsory	Optional	Total
	Paavo Aaltonen (FIN)	9.750	9.700	19.450
	Veikko Huhtanen (FIN)	9.800	9.600	19.400
	Walter Lehmann (SUI)	9.750	9.600	19.350
	Josef Stalder (SUI)	9.750	9.600	19.350
5	Olavi Rove (FIN)	9.650	9.600	19.250
6	Raymond Dot (FRA)	9.650	9.500	19.150

Women's Results

Team competition

Rank	Team	Total
	Sweden	607.500
	France	598.766
	Italy	594.250
4	Yugoslavia	589.333
5	Poland	587.333
6	Austria	585.783
7	Belgium	509.866

Individual all-around

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Helena Rakoczy (POL)	94.016
	Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE)	91.700
	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

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Helena Rakoczy (POL)	23.566
	Gertrude Kolar (AUT)	23.466
	Alexandra Lemoine (FRA)	23.400
4	Karin Lindberg (SWE)	23.366
5	Stefania Reindlowa (POL)	23.300

Uneven bars or flying rings

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Gertrude Kolar (AUT)	24.000
	Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE)	24.000
	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

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Helena Rakoczy (POL)	23.433
	Marja Nutti (ITA)	23.333
	Licia Macchini (ITA)	23.200
4	Stefania Reindlowa (POL)	22.966
5	Madeleine Jouffroy (FRA)	22.933

Floor exercise

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Helena Rakoczy (POL)	23.166
	Tereza Kočiš (YUG)	23.033
	Stefania Reindlowa (POL)	23.000
4	Madeleine Jouffroy (FRA)	22.966
5	Laura Micheli (ITA)	22.600

Medals


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	8	2	5	15
2	Poland (POL)	4	0	2	6
3	Sweden (SWE)	2	1	0	3
4	Finland (FIN)	1	5	1	7
5	Austria (AUT)	1	1	1	3
6	France (FRA)	0	1	4	5
7	Italy (ITA)	0	1	2	3
8	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		16	12	15	43

References

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

External links

FIG Gymnastics World Championships

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