The Swiss won gold and silver in this event, with Georges Miez winning gold, and his teammate Hermann Hรคnggi taking silver. Both also won an individual apparatus gold and another individual apparatus medal, and helped Switzerland to the team gold medal. Miez won the horizontal bar and was second on the pommelled horse, while Hรคnggi won the pommelled horse and was third on parallel bars. During Miezโs Olympic career, which lasted from 1924-36, he won eight Olympic medals and four golds. This was the only Olympics for Hรคnggi.
The bronze medalist was Leon ล tukelj, who was the defending champion. Italyโs Romeo Neri, who placed fourth, would return at Los Angeles in 1932 to win the gold medal there.
