Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the Games of the V Olympiad
Dates	6–15 July 1912
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Four gymnastics events for men were contested at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. No women's competitions were held, though women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays. ^[1] Including the displays, the events were held between 6 and 15 July 1912. All events took place in the Olympiastadion. ^[2]

Amateur definitions

The definition for the gymnastic competitions was:

An amateur is one:

• who has never, for pecuniary gain, taken part in a public competition or display;
• who has never taken part in a competition for money prizes;
• who, in all other respects, is an amateur according to the rules of his own country.

Gymnastic teachers and leaders, even though they receive payment as such, are regarded as amateurs.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's all-around, individual details	Alberto Braglia   Italy	Louis Ségura   France	Adolfo Tunesi   Italy
Men's all-around, team details	Italy  (ITA) Pietro Bianchi Guido Boni Alberto Braglia Giuseppe Domenichelli Carlo Fregosi Alfredo Gollini Francesco Loi Luigi Maiocco Giovanni Mangiante Lorenzo Mangiante Serafino Mazzarochi Guido Romano Paolo Salvi Luciano Savorini Adolfo Tunesi Giorgio Zampori Umberto Zanolini Angelo Zorzi	Hungary  (HUN) József Bittenbinder Imre Erdődy Samu Fóti Imre Gellért Győző Haberfeld Ottó Hellmich István Herczeg József Keresztessy Lajos Kmetykó János Krizmanich Elemér Pászti Árpád Pédery Jenõ Rittich Ferenc Szüts Ödön Téry Géza Tuli	Great Britain  (GBR) Albert Betts William Cowhig Sidney Cross Harold Dickason Herbert Drury Bernard Franklin Leonard Hanson Samuel Hodgetts Charles Luck William MacKune Ronald McLean Alfred Messenger Henry Oberholzer Edward Pepper Edward Potts Reginald Potts George Ross Charles Simmons Arthur Southern William Titt Charles Vigurs Samuel Walker John Whitaker
Men's team, free system details	Norway  (NOR) Isak Abrahamsen Hans Beyer Hartmann Bjørnsen Alfred Engelsen Bjarne Johnsen Sigurd Jørgensen Knud Leonard Knudsen Alf Lie Rolf Lie Tor Lund Petter Martinsen Per Mathiesen Jacob Opdahl Nils Opdahl Bjarne Pettersen Frithjof Sælen Øistein Schirmer Georg Selenius Sigvard Sivertsen Robert Sjursen Einar Strøm Gabriel Thorstensen Thomas Thorstensen Nils Voss	Finland  (FIN) Kaarlo Ekholm Eino Forsström Eero Hyvärinen Mikko Hyvärinen Tauno Ilmoniemi Ilmari Keinänen Jalmari Kivenheimo Karl Lund Aarne Pelkonen Ilmari Pernaja Arvid Rydman Eino Saastamoinen Aarne Salovaara Heikki Sammallahti Hannes Sirola Klaus Suomela Lauri Tanner Väinö Tiiri Kaarlo Vähämäki Kaarlo Vasama	Denmark  (DEN) Axel Andersen Hjalmart Andersen Halvor Birch Wilhelm Grimmelmann Arvor Hansen Christian Hansen Marius Hansen Charles Jensen Hjalmar Peter Johansen Poul Jørgensen Carl Krebs Vigo Madsen Lukas Nielsen Rikard Nordstrøm Steen Olsen Oluf Olsson Carl Pedersen Oluf Pedersen Niels Petersen Christian Svendsen
Men's team, Swedish system details	Sweden  (SWE) Per Bertilsson Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg Nils Granfelt Curt Hartzell Oswald Holmberg Anders Hylander Axel Janse Boo Kullberg Sven Landberg Per Nilsson Benkt Norelius Axel Norling Daniel Norling Sven Rosén Nils Silfverskiöld Carl Silfverstrand John Sörenson Yngve Stiernspetz Carl-Erik Svensson Karl Johan Svensson Knut Torell Edward Wennerholm Claës-Axel Wersäll David Wiman	Denmark  (DEN) Peter Andersen Valdemar Bøggild Søren Peter Christensen Ingvald Eriksen George Falcke Torkild Garp Hans Trier Hansen Johannes Hansen Rasmus Hansen Jens Kristian Jensen Søren Alfred Jensen Karl Kirk Jens Kirkegaard Olaf Kjems Carl Larsen Jens Peter Laursen Marius Lefèrve Povl Mark Einar Olsen Hans Pedersen Hans Eiler Pedersen Olaf Pedersen Peder Larsen Pedersen Jørgen Ravn Aksel Sørensen Martin Thau Søren Thorborg Kristen Vadgaard Johannes Vinther	Norway  (NOR) Arthur Amundsen Jørgen Andersen Trygve Bøyesen Georg Brustad Conrad Christensen Oscar Engelstad Marius Eriksen Axel Henry Hansen Petter Hol Eugen Ingebretsen Olaf Ingebretsen Olof Jacobsen Erling Jensen Thor Jensen Frithjof Olsen Oscar Olstad Edvin Paulsen Carl Alfred Pedersen Paul Pedersen Rolf Robach Sigurd Smebye Torleif Torkildsen

Participating nations

A total of 249 gymnasts from 12 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:

•   Bohemia  (1)
•   Denmark  (49)
•   Finland  (24)
•   France  (6)
•   Great Britain  (23)
•   Germany  (18)
•   Hungary  (17)
•   Italy  (18)
•   Luxembourg  (19)
•   Norway  (46)
•   Russia  (4)
•   Sweden  (24)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy  (ITA)	2	0	1	3
2	Norway  (NOR)	1	0	1	2
3	Sweden  (SWE)	1	0	0	1
4	Denmark  (DEN)	0	1	1	2
5	Finland  (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	France  (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary  (HUN)	0	1	0	1
8	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		4	4	4	12

Display

Pathé newsreel showing highlights from the 1912 Olympics, including gymnastics

Women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays. ^[3]

References

1. Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Fifth Olympiad: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Swedish Olympic Committee. p. 64.
2. "Gymnastics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
3. Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Fifth Olympiad: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Swedish Olympic Committee. p. 64.

External links

• International Olympic Committee medal database