Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Gymnastics
Games:1904 Summer
Venue:Francis Field
Dates:July – October 1904
Num Events:11
Competitors:119
Nations:3
Prev:1900
Next:1908

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":

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

All-around
Combined
Triathlon
Team

Philadelphia Turngemeinde
John Grieb
Anton Heida
Max Hess
Philip Kassel
Julius Lenhart (AUT)
Ernst Reckeweg

New York Turnverein
Emil Beyer
John Bissinger
Arthur Rosenkampff
Julian Schmitz
Otto Steffen
Max Wolf

Central Turnverein, Chicago
John Duha
Charles Krause
George Mayer
Robert Maysack
Philip Schuster
Edward Siegler
Club swinging
Horizontal bar

none awarded
Parallel bars
Pommel horse
Rings
Rope climbing
Vault

none awarded

Participating nations

119 gymnasts from 4 nations competed.

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050128/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/GYM/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 July 2019.
  2. Book: Wallechinsky. David. The Book of Olympic Lists. 2012. Aurum Press Ltd.. London, UK. 9781845137731. 247.