1909 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

1909 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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The 4th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Luxembourg, in conjunction with the 9th Federal Festival of Luxembourg, on August 1, 1909. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The countries sending teams to the games were France, Bohemia (i.e., the Czechs), Belgium, Carniola (i.e., Slovenia), and Italy. ^[5]

Medal table

The championships were purely team events without any individual awards. Individual all-round scores were only introduced in 1922, with the first all-round individual men's champion being recognised in that year. Individual apparatus scores were introduced subsequently. ^[6] As such no actual individual medals were awarded at these games, the below rankings were conferred retrospectively. ^[7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France  (FRA)	5	2	1	8
2	Italy  (ITA)	1	0	3	4
3	Bohemia  (BOH)	0	5	1	6
4	Austria-Hungary	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		6	8	5	19

Note

Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from Bohemia as medals for Czechoslovakia. Medals earned by athletes from Austria-Hungary are officially credited as medals for Yugoslavia. ^[4]

Men's individual all around

Rank	Athlete	Total
1	Marco Torrès	163,250
2	Josef Cada	159,500
3	Armand Coidelle	158,750
4	Otello Capitani	158,250
5 (tie)	Guido Romano	157,750
5 (tie)	Louis Ségura	157,750

Men's team all around

Rank	Members	Total
1	FRA Joseph Castiglioni, Auguste Castille, Armand Coidelle, Joseph Martinez, Louis Ségura, Marcos Torrès	950,500
2	BOH Josef Czada, Frantisek Erben, Frantisek Machovsky, Frantisek Mracek, Karel Stary, Ferdinand Steiner	940,500
3	ITA Pietro Borghi, Alberto Braglia, Otello Capitani, Angelo Mazzoncini, Guido Romano, Giorgio Zampori	924,250

Men's rings

Rank	Athlete	Total
1	Marco Torrès	23,750
	Guido Romano	23,750
3	Frantisek Erben	23,250
	Angelo Mazzoncini	23,250
	Giorgio Zampori	23,250

Men's parallel bars

Rang	Gymnaste	Total
1	Joseph Martinez	24,000
2	Marco Torrès	23,570
	Auguste Castille	23,570
	Josef Cada	23,570
5	Armand Coidelle	23,500

Men's horizontal bar

Rang	Gymnaste	Total
1	Joseph Martinez	24,000
2	Frantisek Erben	23,750
	K. Fuchs	23,750
	Josef Cada	23,750
5	Marco Torrès	23,750

References

1. Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 80.
2. "Historical Medalists - Individual". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
3. "Historical Medalists - Team". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
4. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... (PDF). FIG. p. 62.
5. "Le Tournoi International de Gymnastique". Paris-Journal. 1 August 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
6. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation 1881-1981 (PDF). FIG. 1981. p. 76. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
7. "1903: Men's Gymnastics at the First World Championships". Gymnastics History. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.