Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Athlete on the parallel bars, Turner Games.jpg
Unknown athlete competing on the parallel bars
Venue Francis Field
DatesJuly 1–2
Competitors119 from 3 nations
Winning score69.80
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Julius Lenhart
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg Wilhelm Weber
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Adolf Spinnler
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1900
1908  

The men's artistic individual all-around was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the gymnastics programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the second time an all-around event was held at the Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, July 1, 1904 and on Saturday, July 2, 1904. One hundred and nineteen gymnasts from three nations competed. [1] The event was won by Julius Lenhart, an Austrian gymnast living in the United States and competing under the auspices of his Philadelphia-based club. [2] Silver went to Wilhelm Weber of Germany, with bronze to Adolf Spinnler of Switzerland. They were the first medals in the event for each of those nations, as France had swept the medals in 1900.

The scores from this event, with some adjustments, were also used for the men's team event.

Background

This was the second appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900. At the time, it was common to include athletics events along with gymnastics competitions in a combined event such as this. [3]

Another combined event was held in 1904, during the later October gymnastics events.

The United States made its debut in the event. Germany and Switzerland each made their second appearance, the only two nations to have competed at both editions of the event to that point.

Competition format

The scores in the all-around were the sum of the results of the athletic triathlon and gymnastics triathlon events. They thus included competition in the 100 yard dash, long jump, shot put, horizontal bar, parallel bars, and horse (both vaulting horse and pommel horse). [3]

For the gymnastics triathlon, each competitor performed a total of 9 routines—3 on each of the three apparatus. Each set of three routines included two compulsory exercises and one optional exercise. For the horse apparatus, there was one compulsory exercise in each of the vaulting horse and pommel horse, with the optional exercise being on the pommel horse. There was a maximum score of 5 points for each exercise, for a total of 15 points in each apparatus and 45 points for the triathlon. [3]

In the athletics triathlon, the three events were the 100 yards, the long jump, and the shot put. There was no maximum score for each event, but rather a "standard" score of 10 and competitors would receive a score above or below 10 based on whether they performed better or worse than the "standard" result. In the 100 yards, the standard was 11.0 seconds, with a .1 point addition or subtraction for every .2 seconds faster or slower. In the long jump, the standard was 18 feet, with a .1 point addition or subtraction for each .1 feet longer or shorter. In the shot put, the standard was 30 feet, with a .1 point addition or subtraction for each .2 feet longer or shorter. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Friday, 1 July 1904Final
Saturday, 2 July 1904Final, continued

Results

RankGymnastNationTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Julius Lenhart Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria 69.80
Silver medal icon.svg Wilhelm Weber Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 69.10
Bronze medal icon.svg Adolf Spinnler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 67.99
4 Ernst Mohr Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 67.90
5 Otto Wiegand Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 67.82
6 Otto Steffen US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 67.03
7 Hugo Peitsch Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 66.66
8 John Bissinger US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 66.57
9 Christian Busch Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 66.12
10 William Merz US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 65.26
11 Philip Kassel US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 64.56
12 Theodore Gross US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 64.39
13 Wilhelm Lemke Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 64.15
14 Otto Boehnke US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 64.10
15 William Andelfinger US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 63.53
16 George Stapf US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 63.47
17 Charles Umbs US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 63.19
18 Anton Heida US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 62.72
19Adolph WeberFlag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 62.62
20 Andreas Kempf US flag 45 stars.svg  United States [4] 62.57
21 George Mayer US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 61.66
22 Fred Schmind US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 61.40
23 Andrew Neu US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 61.21
24 John Duha US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 61.02
25 Reinhard Wagner US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 60.73
26 Lorenz Spann US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 60.32
27 Emil Rothe US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 60.27
28 Ragnvald Berg US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 60.24
29 Robert Herrmann US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 59.99
30 Emil Beyer US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 59.70
31 Max Hess US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 59.29
32 Edward Siegler US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 59.03
33 Harry Hansen US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 59.00
34 Max Wolf US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 57.85
35 Frank Ihrcke US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 57.47
36 John Dellert US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 57.41
37 Charles Sorum US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 57.40
38 William Horschke US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 57.33
39 Oliver Olsen US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 57.27
40 Rudolf Krupitzer US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 57.18
41 Gustav Mueller US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 57.12
42 Emil Schwegler US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 56.87
43 Henry Koeder US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 56.58
44 Louis Kniep US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 56.57
45 William Traband US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 56.26
46 Leander Keim US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 56.16
47 Ernst Reckeweg US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 56.15
48 Charles Krause US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 56.11
49 Jacob Hergenhahn US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 55.77
50 Edward Hennig US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 55.63
51 Philip Schuster US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 55.44
52 John Grieb US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 55.21
53 P. Gussmann US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 54.92
54 Gustav Hämmerlin US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 54.87
55 William Tritschler US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 54.73
56 Christian Deubler US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 54.63
57 Julian Schmitz US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 54.58
58 Otto Niemand US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 54.54
59 Robert Maysack US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 54.53
60 Emil Voigt US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 54.33
61 Anthony Jahnke US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 53.94
62 Phillip Sontag US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 53.83
63 Oluf Landnes US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 53.64
64 George Aschenbrenner US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 53.47
65 John Wolf US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 53.43
66 Edward Tritschler US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 53.16
67 Max Emmerich US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 52.85
68 Harry Prinzler US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 52.81
69Frank RaabUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 52.39
70 Leo Hunger US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 52.22
71 George Eyser US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 52.20
72 William Berewald US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 51.87
73 George Mastrovich US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 51.83
Martin Ludwig US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 51.83
75 Max Rascher US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 51.53
76 Henry Kraft US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 51.40
77 Willard Schrader US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 51.22
78 James Dwyer US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 51.00
79 George Schroeder US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 50.90
80 Bob Reynolds US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 50.74
81 Harry Warnken US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 50.53
82 Birger Nilsen US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 50.45
83 John Laichinger US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 50.00
84 Rudolf Schrader US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 49.64
85 Michael Lang US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 49.44
86 Charles Dellert US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 49.35
87 Alvin Kritschmann US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 48.97
88 Richard Tritschler US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 48.80
89 Arthur Rosenkampff US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 48.34
90 Clarence Lidington US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 48.30
91 Henry Weyland US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 47.94
92 Ben Chimberoff US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 47.93
93 K. Woerner US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 47.67
94 Curt Roedel US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 47.63
95 Maurice Barry US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 47.43
96P. RitterUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 47.09
97 Otto Feyder US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 47.05
98 Bernard Berg US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 46.73
99 Max Thomas US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 45.85
100Martin FischerUS flag 45 stars.svg  United States 45.35
101 Charles Schwartz US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 45.34
102 Wilhelm Zabel US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 45.13
103 Louis Rathke US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 44.93
104 L. Guerner US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 44.90
105 William Herzog US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 44.60
106 August Placke US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 44.41
Otto Roesner US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 44.41
108 Paul Stendel US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 43.38
109 Arthur Sundbye US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 43.21
110 Christian Sperl US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 42.66
111 William Kruppinger US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 42.50
112 John Wussow US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 42.46
113 Walter Real US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 42.44
114 John Miesel US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 41.97
115 Otto Thomsen US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 41.67
116 Edmund Pueschel US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 40.36
117 Otto Knerr US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 39.87
118 William Friedrich US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 39.57
119 Ted Studier US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 13.14

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