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| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1904 St. Louis | Team |
Philip Kassel (September 22, 1876 – May 25, 1959) was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. [1] He was born in the German Empire. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the team event. He was also 6th in athletics' triathlon event, 11th in gymnastics' all-around competition and 19th in gymnastics' triathlon event. [2]
George Louis Eyser was a German-American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, earning six medals in one day, including three gold and two silver medals. Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg, having lost his leg after being run over by a train. Despite his disability, he won gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard.
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. 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. 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.
Edward August Hennig was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in Summit County, Ohio.
William G. Merz was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in Overland, Missouri.
Max Philip Emmerich was an American track and field athlete and gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ernst Heinrich Dietrich Reckeweg was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in the German Empire.
Otto I. Steffen was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
John Frederick Bissinger Jr. was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Emil Beyer was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Julian Frank Schmitz was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he won the silver medal in the team event. He was also 32nd in gymnastics' triathlon event, 57th in gymnastics' all-around event and 101st in athletics' triathlon event.
Arthur Henry Rosenkampff was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he won the silver medal in the team event. He was also 76th in the gymnastics triathlon event, 89th in the gymnastics all-around event, and 102nd in the athletics triathlon event.
Edward Victor Siegler was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he won the bronze medal in the team event. He was also 12th in athletics' triathlon event, 32nd in gymnastics all-around event and 53rd in gymnastics' triathlon event.
Philip Mat Schuster was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he won the bronze medal in the team event. He was also 51st in gymnastics' all-around event, 54th in gymnastics' triathlon competition, and 55th in athletics' triathlon event.
Robert Emil Maysack was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in Highlands County, Florida.
John Alexander Duha was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he won the bronze medals in the parallel bars event and team competition.
Max Hess was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. He was born in Coburg, Germany, and came to America at an early age, settling in Philadelphia.
John William Grieb was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Philadelphia. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the gymnastics' team event and silver medal in the athletics' triathlon event. He was also sixth in athletics' all-around event, 52nd in gymnastics' all-around event and 90th in gymnastics' triathlon event.
Emil Voigt was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Fred Schmind was an American gymnast and athlete who took part in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He represented the club Chicago Central Turnverein.
John Henry Dellert, Jr. was an American gymnast who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. He participated in three individual events, achieving his best result at the Olympics in the men's triathlon, where he finished 30th in a field of 119 competitors. He was also a part of Concordia Turnverein of St Louis' squad for the men's all-around event, which finished 4th out of 13 nations. Born in Missouri, he was working as an upholstery installer by the age of 14 to help support his family and trained in gymnastics in his spare time. He was selected to compete in the 1908 Summer Olympics, but injured himself during an exhibition and was forced to withdraw. He stopped participating in tournaments in 1913, but continued his workouts and routines until he was 46. He died in Boynton Beach, Florida at the age of 100. His brother Charles also competed in gymnastics at the same Olympics.
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1904  Mixed team (ZZX): John Grieb, Anton Heida, Max Hess, Philip Kassel, Julius Lenhart, Ernst Reckeweg |
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