Paavo Aaltonen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Artistic Gymnastics | |||
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| Gold | 1948 London | Pommel horse | |
| Gold | 1948 London | Vault | |
| Gold | 1948 London | Team competition | |
| Bronze | 1948 London | All-around | |
| Bronze | 1952 Helsinki | Team competition | |
Paavo Johannes Aaltonen (December 11, 1919 – September 9, 1962) was a Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion.
Aaltonen was the second most successful gymnast at the 1948 Summer Olympics by taking home four medals, of which three were golden. His fellow countryman, Veikko Huhtanen, managed five medals and three golds. In the pommel horse event Aaltonen, Huhtanen and Heikki Savolainen had the same score and the gold medal was shared between the three.
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| Olympic champions in men's pommel horse |
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| 1896: Louis Zutter | 1904: Anton Heida | 1924: Josef Wilhelm | 1928: Hermann Hänggi | 1932: István Pelle | 1936: Konrad Frey | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen-Veikko Huhtanen-Heikki Savolainen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Boris Shakhlin | 1960:Boris Shakhlin-Eugen Ekman | 1964: Miroslav Cerar | 1968: Miroslav Cerar | 1972: Viktor Klimenko | 1976: Zoltán Magyar | 1980: Zoltán Magyar | 1984: Li Ning-Peter Glen Vidmar | 1988: Zsolt Borkai-Dmitry Bilozerchev-Lubomir Geraskov | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo-Gil-Su Pae | 1996: Donghua Li | 2000: Marius Daniel Urzică | 2004: Haibin Teng |
| Olympic champions in men's vault |
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| 1896: Carl Schumann | 1904: George Eyser | 1924: Frank Kriz | 1928: Eugen Mack | 1932: Savino Guglielmetti | 1936: Karl-Alfred Schwarzmann | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Helmut Bantz-Valentin Muratov | 1960: Boris Shakhlin-Takashi Ono | 1964: Haruhiro Yamashita | 1968: Mikhail Varonin | 1972: Klaus Köste | 1976: Nikolai Andrianov | 1980: Nikolai Andrianov | 1984: Yun Lou | 1988: Yun Lou | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo | 1996: Alexei Nemov | 2000: Gervasio Deferr | 2004: Gervasio Deferr |
