Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's parallel bars.jpg
Alfred Flatow competing on the parallel bars
Venue Panathinaiko Stadium
DateApril 10, 1896
Competitors18 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Alfred Flatow
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Louis Zutter
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1904  

The men's parallel bars was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The parallel bars event was held on 10 April, the seventh gymnastics event to be held. 18 gymnasts from six nations competed, with the judges announcing Alfred Flatow as the winner and Louis Zutter as the runner-up. [1]

Background

This was the first appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). The field consisted of 10 Germans and 8 gymnasts from 5 other nations. [2] [3]

Competition format

Judges awarded the prizes, but little is known of the scoring and rankings. [2] [4]

Schedule

The men's parallel bars was held in the morning of the fifth day of events, having been moved from the fourth day as the other gymnastics events went too long to finish the full programme. [4]

DateTimeRound
GregorianJulian
Friday, 10 April 1896Friday, 29 March 189610:00Final

Results

RankGymnastNation
Gold medal icon.svg Alfred Flatow Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Louis Zutter Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
3–18 Konrad Böcker Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Charles Champaud Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Gustav Flatow Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Adolphe Grisel Flag of France.svg  France
Georg Hilmar Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Gyula Kakas Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hungary
Filippos Karvelas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
Fritz Manteuffel Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Ioannis Mitropoulos Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
Karl Neukirch Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Antonios Papaioannou Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
Richard Röstel Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Gustav Schuft Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Carl Schuhmann Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Desiderius Wein Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hungary
Hermann Weingärtner Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany

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References

  1. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Parallel Bars". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. Charles Champaud is counted as Bulgarian here; some sources count him as Swiss (making the total number of nations competing 5 rather than 6).
  4. 1 2 Official Report, p. 82.

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