Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around
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The men's artistic individual all-around competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics was held at the West Melbourne Stadium from 3 to 7 December. It was the twelfth appearance of the event.[1] There were 63 competitors from 18 nations, with each nation entering up to 6 gymnasts.[2] The event was won by Viktor Chukarin of the Soviet Union, the second man to successfully defend an all-around title (after Alberto Braglia in 1908 and 1912) and fourth to earn multiple medals of any color. His countryman Yury Titov took bronze. Takashi Ono of Japan earned silver. It was the first medal in the event for Japan, beginning that nation's nearly four-decade battle with the Soviet Union for dominance. Every men's all-around medal from 1956 to 1976 was won by a gymnast from one of those two nations; from 1952 to 1988, the Soviets won six of the ten gold medals while Japan won the other four.
Men's artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Festival Hall | ||||||||||||
Dates | 3–7 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 114.25 | ||||||||||||
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