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Men's rings
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Men's rings; at the Games of the X Olympiad
	Olympic Games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date	12 August
Competitors	14 from 6 nations
Winning score	56.9
Medalists
	← 1928 1936 →

The men's rings or flying rings event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. It was contested for the fifth time after 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1928.^[1] The competition was held on Friday, August 12, 1932. Fourteen gymnasts from six nations competed.^[2] There were 14 gymnasts from six nations.^[3] Each nation was limited to three gymnasts.^[4] The event was won by George Gulack of the United States, the nation's first medal in the rings since 1904 and second overall (both on home soil). Another American, Bill Denton, took silver. The United States was not able to complete a repeat of its 1904 sweep, however, as Italy's Giovanni Lattuada beat the third American, Richard Bishop, by one-tenth of a point for the bronze.

Background

This was the fifth 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). Five of the gymnasts from 1928 returned: fifth-place finisher Mauri Nyberg-Noroma of Finland, twelfth-place finisher Heikki Savolainen of Finland, and thirtieth-place finisher István Pelle of Hungary.^[3]

Japan and Mexico each made their debut in the men's rings. The United States made its fourth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

For the second (after 1896) and last time, the rings competition was entirely separate from the individual all-around rather than being entirely aggregated into the all-around or sharing qualification results. Each gymnast performed one compulsory exercise and one voluntary exercise. The score for each exercise was up to 30 points, with a combined score of 60 points maximum.^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 12 August 1932	8:00	Final

Results

A separate competition was held, unrelated to the all-around event. Two exercises were contested with the results based on total points.

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Compulsory	Voluntary	Total
	George Gulack	United States	28.8	28.1	56.9
	Bill Denton	United States	28.2	27.6	55.8
	Giovanni Lattuada	Italy	27.6	27.9	55.5
4	Richard Bishop	United States	27.8	27.6	55.4
5	Oreste Capuzzo	Italy	26.7	28.1	54.8
6	Franco Tognini	Italy	26.8	27.3	54.1
7	Heikki Savolainen	Finland	26.9	26.2	53.1
8	Toshihiko Sasano	Japan	26.4	26.0	52.4
9	Vicente Mayagoitia	Mexico	24.8	26.1	50.9
10	Takashi Kondo	Japan	23.8	25.3	49.1
11	Francisco José Álvarez	Mexico	24.7	23.7	48.4
12	István Pelle	Hungary	26.7	—	26.7
13	József Hegedűs	Hungary	24.4	—	24.4
14	Mauri Nyberg-Noroma	Finland	23.6	—	23.6