Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Gymnastics at the Games of the I Olympiad | |
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Venue | Panathinaiko Stadium |
Dates | 9–11 April 1896 |
No. of events | 8 (8 men, 0 women) |
Competitors | 71 from 9 nations |
Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics | |
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Vault | men |
Pommel horse | men |
Rings | men |
Parallel bars | men |
Horizontal bar | men |
Rope climbing | men |
Team parallel bars | men |
Team horizontal bar | men |
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on April 9, April 10, and April 11, 1896. There were 71 competitors from 9 nations (including 52 from Greece) that took part in gymnastics.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 71 gymnasts from 9 nations competed at the Athens Games:
Bulgarien (1)
Dänemark (1)
Frankreich (1)
Deutschland (11)
Great Britain (1)
Griechenland (52)
Ungarn (2)
Schweden (1)
Schweiz (1)
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Totals (3 entries) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics
[edit]- Joan. Phokianos, president
- George Streit, secretary
- Joan. Yenissarlis
- Loukas Belos
- Nic. Politis
- Chas. Waldstein
- Dimitri Aighinitis
- Dim. Sekkeris
- Spiridon Comoundouros
- Const. Manos
- Sp. Antonopoulos
See also
[edit]References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
- ^ "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
- Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.