| Event: | Men's team parallel bars |
| Games: | 1896 Summer |
| Venue: | Panathinaiko Stadium |
| Date: | 9 April 1896 |
| Competitors: | 63 |
| Nations: | 2 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Germany |
| Goldnoc: | GER |
| Silver: | Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos |
| Silvernoc: | GRE |
| Bronze: | Ethnikos Gymnastikos Syllogos |
| Bronzenoc: | GRE |
The men's team parallel bars was the first of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 9 April. Three teams took part, one German and two Greek, with the German team winning the competition.[1]
This was the only appearance of the event, which was one of two team apparatus events contested at the 1896 Games (along with a team horizontal bar competition).[2]
There were 10 sets of parallel bars made available to the teams. However, there was apparently no limit on the size of the teams, as the Panellinios team had 33 members (though the names of only four are known).
Judges scored the routines on execution, rhythm, and technical difficulty.[2]
The men's team parallel bars was held in the afternoon of the fourth day of events. It was the second event of the afternoon, following the 800 metres (which began at 2:30 p.m.).[3]
| Rank | Nation | Team | Team leader | Gymnasts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hilmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, Hermann Weingärtner | ||||
| Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Petros Persakis, Thomas Xenakis, 29 others, names unknown | |||||
| Ioannis Mitropoulos, Dimitrios Loundras, Filippos Karvelas, 15 others, names unknown |