:Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
{{short description|Gymnastics at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Gymnastics
| games = 1896 Summer
| image = Image:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Gymnastics pictogram
| venue = Panathinaiko Stadium
| dates = 9–11 April 1896
| num_events = 8 (8 men, 0 women)
| competitors = 71
| nations = 9
| prev =
| next = 1900
}}
{{GymnasticsAt1896SummerOlympics}}
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on April 9, April 10, and April 11, 1896. There were 71 competitors from 9 nations (including 52 from Greece) that took part in gymnastics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/GYM/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063424/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/GYM/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=10 July 2019}}
Medal summary
These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Team parallel bars {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's team parallel bars}} |valign=top| {{FlagIOCteam|GER|1896 Summer}} |valign=top| {{FlagIOC|GRE|1896 Summer}} |valign=top| {{FlagIOC|GRE|1896 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| Team horizontal bar |valign=top| {{FlagIOCteam|GER|1896 Summer}} |colspan=2 align=center| only one team competed |
| Vault {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's vault}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Carl Schuhmann|GER|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Louis Zutter|SUI|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Hermann Weingärtner|GER|1896 Summer}} |
| valign="top
| Pommel horse |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Louis Zutter|SUI|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Hermann Weingärtner|GER|1896 Summer}} |not known |
| Rings {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's rings}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Ioannis Mitropoulos|GRE|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Hermann Weingärtner|GER|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Petros Persakis|GRE|1896 Summer}} |
| Horizontal bar {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Hermann Weingärtner|GER|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Alfred Flatow|GER|1896 Summer}} |not known |
| Parallel bars {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Alfred Flatow|GER|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Louis Zutter|SUI|1896 Summer}} |not known |
| Rope climbing {{DetailsLink|Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's rope climbing}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Nikolaos Andriakopoulos|GRE|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Thomas Xenakis|GRE|1896 Summer}} |{{FlagIOCmedalist|Fritz Hofmann|GER|1896 Summer}} |
Participating nations
A total of 71 gymnasts from 9 nations competed at the Athens Games:
- {{FlagIOC|BUL|1896 Summer|1}}
- {{FlagIOC|DEN|1896 Summer|1}}
- {{FlagIOC|FRA|1896 Summer|1}}
- {{FlagIOC|GER|1896 Summer|11}}
- {{FlagIOC|GBR|1896 Summer|1}}
- {{FlagIOC|GRE|1896 Summer|52}}
- {{FlagIOC|HUN|1896 Summer|2}}
- {{FlagIOC|SWE|1896 Summer|1}}
- {{FlagIOC|SUI|1896 Summer|1}}
Medal table
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| event = 1896 Summer
| team =
| gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 2
| gold_GRE = 2 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 2
| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 2 | bronze_SUI = 0
}}
Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics
- Joan. Phokianos, president
- George Streit, secretary
- Joan. Yenissarlis
- Loukas Belos
- Nic. Politis
- Chas. Waldstein
- Dimitri Aighinitis
- Dim. Sekkeris
- Spiridon Comoundouros
- Const. Manos
- Sp. Antonopoulos
See also
References
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{{reflist}}
- [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
- {{cite book |author1=Lampros, S.P. |author2=Polites, N.G. |author3=De Coubertin, Pierre |author4=Philemon, P.J. |author5=Anninos, C. | title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 }} (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
- {{cite book | author1=Mallon, Bill | author2=Widlund, Ture | title=The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | location=Jefferson | publisher=McFarland | year=1998 | isbn=0-7864-0379-9 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall }} (Excerpt available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf])
- {{cite book | author=Smith, Michael Llewellyn | title= Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games | location=London | publisher=Profile Books | year = 2004 | isbn=1-86197-342-X}}
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