Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the Games of the III Olympiad
Gymnastics pictogram
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	July – October 1904
No. of events	11
Competitors	119 from 3 nations
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At the 1904 Summer Olympics of St. Louis, Missouri, eleven gymnastics events were contested for the first time. ^[1]

The 1904 Games had a program of events spread out over several months, and the gymnastics competition was no different. The International Olympic Committee considers two sets of events as "Olympic":

• International Turners' Championship held July 1–2, comprising the all-around, triathlon, and team events
• Olympic Gymnastics Championships held October 29, comprising the seven individual apparatus events and the combined event.

The individual all-around was a combination of the gymnastic triathlon competition and the athletics triathlon. The team competition was a combination of individual scores from the individual all-around. ^[2] The parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse scores for each gymnast were summed to get the combined score.

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
All-around details	Julius Lenhart   Austria	Wilhelm Weber   Germany	Adolf Spinnler   Switzerland
Combined details	Anton Heida   United States	George Eyser   United States	William Merz   United States
Triathlon details	Adolf Spinnler   Switzerland	Julius Lenhart   Austria	Wilhelm Weber   Germany
Team details	Mixed team  (ZZX) Philadelphia Turngemeinde John Grieb Anton Heida Max Hess Philip Kassel Julius Lenhart (AUT) Ernst Reckeweg	United States  (USA) New York Turnverein Emil Beyer John Bissinger Arthur Rosenkampff Julian Schmitz Otto Steffen Max Wolf	United States  (USA) Central Turnverein, Chicago John Duha Charles Krause George Mayer Robert Maysack Philip Schuster Edward Siegler
Club swinging details	Edward Hennig   United States	Emil Voigt   United States	Ralph Wilson   United States
Horizontal bar details	Anton Heida   United States Edward Hennig   United States	none awarded	George Eyser   United States
Parallel bars details	George Eyser   United States	Anton Heida   United States	John Duha   United States
Pommel horse details	Anton Heida   United States	George Eyser   United States	William Merz   United States
Rings details	Herman Glass   United States	William Merz   United States	Emil Voigt   United States
Rope climbing details	George Eyser   United States	Charles Krause   United States	Emil Voigt   United States
Vault details	George Eyser   United States Anton Heida   United States	none awarded	William Merz   United States

Participating nations

119 gymnasts from 4 nations competed.

•   Austria  (1)
•   Germany  (7)
•   Switzerland  (1)
•   United States  (110)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States  (USA)	10	7	9	26
2	Austria  (AUT)	1	1	0	2
3	Switzerland  (SUI)	1	0	1	2
4	Mixed team  (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
5	Germany  (GER)	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		13	9	11	33

References

Citations

1. "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
2. Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. London, UK: Aurum Press Ltd. pp.  247. ISBN   9781845137731.

Sources

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2007-04-09.
• James E. Sullivan, ed. (1905). Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac (PDF). New York: American Sports Publishing. pp. 203, 245–247. Retrieved 2007-04-09.