Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
All-around		men
Team		men
Floor		men
Horizontal bar		men
Indian clubs		men
Parallel bars		men
Pommel horse		men
Rings		men
Rope climbing		men
Tumbling		men
Vault		men

The men's horizontal bar event was part of the gymnastics programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. It was one of eleven gymnastics events for men, and it was contested for the fifth time after 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1928. The competition was held on Thursday, August 11, 1932.

Twelve gymnasts from six nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dallas Bixler  United States	Heikki Savolainen  Finland	Einari Teräsvirta  Finland

Results

A separate competition was held, unrelated to the all-around event. Two exercises were contested with the results based on total points. Heikki Savolainen and Einari Teräsvirta finished level on points and tied for second place. The silver and bronze medal was awarded after a mutual agreement between the two competitors.

Place	Gymnast	Total	1st ex.	2nd ex.
1	Dallas Bixler (USA)	55.0	26.6	28.4
2	Heikki Savolainen (FIN)	54.2	27.5	26.7
3	Einari Teräsvirta (FIN)	54.2	27.6	26.6
4	Ilmari Pakarinen (FIN)	51.8	26.2	25.6
	István Pelle (HUN)	51.8	25.7	26.1
6	Michael Schuler (USA)	46.7	24.4	22.3
7	Miklós Péter (HUN)	45.4	24.6	20.8
8	Mahito Haga (JPN)	37.4	19.0	18.4
9	Ismael Mosqueira (MEX)	32.8	20.8	12.0
10	Al Jochim (USA)	24.1	24.1	-
11	Savino Guglielmetti (ITA)	23.9	23.9	-
12	Giovanni Lattuada (ITA)	22.7	22.7	-

References

• Olympic Report
• sports-reference
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 November 2008.