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Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's rings
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The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was held on 5, 7, and 10 September at the Baths of Caracalla. There were 129 competitors from 28 nations, with nations in the team competition having up to 6 gymnasts and other nations entering up to 2 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Albert Azaryan of the Soviet Union, the first man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the rings. Boris Shakhlin took silver, making it the third consecutive Games the Soviets finished in the top two. Takashi Ono tied with Velik Kapsazov for bronze, giving Japan its second consecutive Games with at least one bronze medal (there had been a tie for third in 1956 as well, between two Japanese gymnasts that time) and Bulgaria its first medal in the rings.
Men's rings at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Noboyuki Aihara competing on the rings | |||||||||||||
Venue | Baths of Caracalla | ||||||||||||
Dates | 5–10 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 129 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 19.725 | ||||||||||||
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The 1960 gymnastics competitions introduced apparatus finals, with the all-around competition serving as a qualifying round for the rings final.