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Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's vault
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The men's vault 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] For the second straight Games, there was a tie for first place in the vault. Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union and Takashi Ono of Japan each received a gold medal. It was the third consecutive Games with a gold medal for the Soviets. Ono, who had taken bronze in 1952, became the second man to win multiple vault medals. Third place and the bronze medal went to Soviet Vladimir Portnoi.
Men's vault at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Boris Shakhlin competing on the vault | |||||||||||||
Venue | Baths of Caracalla | ||||||||||||
Dates | 5–10 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 129 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning score | 19.350 | ||||||||||||
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The 1960 gymnastics competitions introduced apparatus finals, with the all-around competition serving as a qualifying round for the vault final.