Gymnastics
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Gymnastics pictogram
VenueFrancis Field
DatesJuly - October 1904
No. of events11 (11 men, 0 women)
Competitors119 from 3 nations

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
 Julius Lenhart
 Austria		 Wilhelm Weber
 Germany		 Adolf Spinnler
 Switzerland
Combined
 Anton Heida
 United States		 George Eyser
 United States		 William Merz
 United States
Triathlon
 Adolf Spinnler
 Switzerland		 Julius Lenhart
 Austria		 Wilhelm Weber
 Germany
Team
  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
Edward Hennig
 United States		 Emil Voigt
 United States		 Ralph Wilson
 United States
Horizontal bar
 Anton Heida
 United States
Edward Hennig
 United States		 none awarded George Eyser
 United States
Parallel bars
 George Eyser
 United States		 Anton Heida
 United States		 John Duha
 United States
Pommel horse
 Anton Heida
 United States		 George Eyser
 United States		 William Merz
 United States
Rings
Herman Glass
 United States		 William Merz
 United States		 Emil Voigt
 United States
Rope climbing
 George Eyser
 United States		 Charles Krause
 United States		 Emil Voigt
 United States
Vault
 George Eyser
 United States
Anton Heida
 United States		 none awarded William Merz
 United States

Participating nations

119 gymnasts from 4 nations competed.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)107926
2 Austria (AUT)1102
3 Switzerland (SUI)1012
4 Mixed team (ZZX)1001
5 Germany (GER)0112
Totals (5 entries)1391133

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.

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