Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on 9 April, 10 April, and 11 April 1896. 71 competitors from 8 nations (including 52 from Greece) took part in gymnastics.

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 3 Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics 4 See also 5 References

Medal table

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.

Position	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany	5	3	2	10
2	Image:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Greece	2	2	2	6
3	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	1	2	0	3
—	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	0	0	0	0
	Image:Flag of France.svg France	0	0	0	0
	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	0	0	0	0
	Image:Hungary flag 1867.png Hungary	0	0	0	0
	Image:Swedish norwegian union.png Sweden	0	0	0	0

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's parallel bars	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Alfred Flatow Germany	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Louis Zutter Switzerland	None
Men's horizontal bar	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Hermann Weingärtner Germany	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Alfred Flatow Germany	None
Men's vault	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Carl Schuhmann Germany	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Louis Zutter Switzerland	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Hermann Weingärtner Germany
Men's pommel horse	Image:Flag of Switzerland.png Louis Zutter Switzerland	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Hermann Weingärtner Germany	None
Men's rings	Image:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Ioannis Mitropoulos Greece	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Hermann Weingärtner Germany	Image:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Petros Persakis Greece
Men's rope climbing	Image:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Greece	Image:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Thomas Xenakis Greece	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Fritz Hoffmann Germany
Men's team parallel bars	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany Fritz Hoffmann Konrad Böcker Alfred Flatow Gustav Flatow Georg Hillmar Fritz Manteuffel Karl Neukirch Richard Röstel Gustav Schuft Carl Schuhmann Hermann Weingärtner	Image:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Greece - Panellinios Sotirios Athanasopoulos Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Petros Persakis Thomas Xenakis 29 others, names unknown	Image:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Greece - Ethnikos Ioannis Chrysafis Ioannis Mitropoulos Dimitrios Loundras Filippos Karvelas 15 others, names unknown
Men's team horizontal bar	Image:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany Fritz Hoffmann Konrad Böcker Alfred Flatow Gustav Flatow Georg Hillmar Fritz Manteuffel Karl Neukirch Richard Röstel Gustav Schuft Carl Schuhmann Hermann Weingärtner	None	None

Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics

• 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

• Olympic medalists in Artistic Gymnastics (men)
• Olympic medalists in Artistic Gymnastics (women)

References

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