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.
Medal summary
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.
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| Team parallel bars<br />
|valign=top| <br />Konrad Böcker<br />Alfred Flatow<br />Gustav Flatow<br />Georg Hilmar<br />Fritz Hofmann<br />Fritz Manteuffel<br />Karl Neukirch<br />Richard Röstel<br />Gustav Schuft<br />Carl Schuhmann<br />Hermann Weingärtner
|valign=top| <br />Nikolaos Andriakopoulos<br />Spyros Athanasopoulos<br />Petros Persakis<br />Thomas Xenakis
|valign=top| <br />Ioannis Chrysafis<br />Ioannis Mitropoulos<br />Dimitrios Loundras<br />Filippos Karvelas
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| Team horizontal bar<br />
|valign=top| <br />Konrad Böcker<br />Alfred Flatow<br />Gustav Flatow<br />Georg Hilmar<br />Fritz Hofmann<br />Fritz Manteuffel<br />Karl Neukirch<br />Richard Röstel<br />Gustav Schuft<br />Carl Schuhmann<br />Hermann Weingärtner
|colspan=2 align=center| only one team competed
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| Vault<br />
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| Pommel horse<br />
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| Rings<br />
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| Horizontal bar<br />
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| Parallel bars<br />
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| Rope climbing<br />
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Participating nations
A total of 71 gymnasts from 9 nations competed at the Athens Games:
Medal table
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
- List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
References
- International Olympic Committee results database
- (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
- (Excerpt available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf])