Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Apparatus Gymnastics - Tauhangeln (men)
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sport | do gymnastics | ||||||||
discipline | Dewing | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 5 athletes from 4 nations | ||||||||
Competition location | Panathinaic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | April 10, 1896 | ||||||||
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![]() 1896 Olympic Games |
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Ingot single | Men |
Parallel bars team | Men |
Pommel horse | Men |
Horse jump | Men |
Horizontal bar single | Men |
Horizontal bar team | Men |
Rings | Men |
Dewing | Men |
The rope hanging was the last gymnastics competition at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 and was held on April 10th in the Panathinaiko Stadium .
The Olympic champion was the Greek Nikolaos Andriakopoulos , ahead of his compatriot Thomas Xenakis . Third place went to the German Fritz Hofmann .
Results
rank | athlete | nation | height |
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1 | Nikolaos Andriakopoulos |
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14.0 m |
2 | Thomas Xenakis |
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14.0 m |
3 | Fritz Hofmann |
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12.5 m |
4th | Viggo Jensen |
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unknown |
5 | Launceston Elliot |
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unknown |