1904 Summer Olympics / gymnastics

Gymnastics at the III. Olympic Games
information
venue	St. Louis
Competition venue	Francis Field
Nations	3
Athletes	119 (119 men)
date	1st – 2nd July 28th, 1904
decisions	11
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With the III. At the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis , eleven gymnastics competitions were held. The venue was the infield of the Francis Field Stadium . The program was divided into two parts; on July 1st and 2nd the all- around disciplines were contested (called international gymnastics ), on October 28th the individual equipment disciplines ( AAU Gymnastics Championships ). The latter were actually advertised as American championships of the Amateur Athletic Union . However, since foreigners would also have been eligible to participate, these are also considered Olympic.

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	12	8th	9	29
2	Switzerland	1	-	1	2
3	German Empire	-	1	1	2

Results

Individual all-around (international gymnastics competition)

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Julius Lenhart	69.80
2	GER	Wilhelm Weber	69.10
3	SUI	Adolf Spinnler	67.99
4th	GER	Ernst Mohr	67.90
5	GER	Otto Wiegand	67.82
6th	United States	Otto Steffen	67.03
7th	GER	Hugo Peitsch	66.66
8th	United States	John Bissinger	66.57

Date: July 1st and 2nd, 1904
119 participants from 3 countries

The individual all-around event consisted of twelve parts, the individual results of which were added up. The nine gymnastics exercises included two compulsory exercises and one freestyle exercise on parallel bars , on horizontal bars and on horse jumping . There were also three disciplines of athletics: long jump , shot put and a run over 100 yards (91.44 m). The first five places were participants from Central Europe.

A maximum of 15 points could be achieved on each gymnastics device. Guideline values ​​were used for the athletic exercises (5.48 meters in the long jump, 9.14 meters in the shot put and 11.0 seconds in the 100-yard run). If they were achieved, ten points were awarded, but better performance was not taken into account.

Individual all-around (AAU Gymnastics Championships)

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Anton Heida	161
2	United States	George Eyser	152
3	United States	William Merz	135
4th	United States	John Duha	k. A.
5	United States	Edward Hennig	k. A.

Date: October 28, 1904,
number of participants unknown

The individual all-around competition of the AAU Gymnastics Championships was calculated from the sum of the individual performances in the disciplines parallel bars, horizontal bar, pommel horse and horse jump. The exercises each consisted of two compulsory parts and one free part. Only five participants are known by name.

Team all-around

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Gymnastics Community Philadelphia John Grieb (55.21) , Anton Heida (62.72) , Max Hess (59.29) , Philipp Kassel (64.66) , Julius Lenhart (69.80) , Ernst Reckeweg (56.15)	370.13
2	United States	New York Gymnastics Club Emil Beyer (59.70) , John Bissinger (66.57) , Arthur Rosenkampff (48.34) , Julian Schmitz (54.58) , Otto Steffen (67.03) , Max Wolf (57.85)	356.37
3	United States	Central Turnverein Chicago John Duha (61.02) , Charles Krause (53.01) , Robert Mayack (54.53) , George Meyer (61.66) , Edward Siegler (59.03) , Philip Schuster (55.44)	352.79
4th	United States	Concordia Gymnastics Club St. Louis	344.01
5	United States	South St. Louis Gymnastics Club	338.32
6th	United States	Norwegian Gymnastics Club Brooklyn	338.00
7th	United States	Gymnastics Club Forward Chicago	329.68
8th	United States	Davenport Gymnastics Parish	325.52
9	United States	La Salle Gymnastics Club Chicago	318.13
10	United States	Gymnastics Club Passaic	318.13
11	United States	Milwaukee Gymnastics Club	286.97
12	United States	Detroit Social Gymnastics Club	273.65
13	United States	Gymnastics Club Forward Cleveland	271.84

Date: 1st and 2nd July 1904
78 participants from 1 country

This competition was advertised for club teams and was calculated from the performance of the individual gymnasts. A total of 13 American club teams with six gymnasts each took part. The participation of foreign clubs would have been possible in principle, but none were present. Almost all of the participants were Americans of German origin; the clubs only had German names.

Gymnastics triathlon

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Adolf Spinnler	43.49
2	United States	Julius Lenhart	43.00
3	GER	Wilhelm Weber	41.60
4th	GER	Hugo Peitsch	41.56
5	GER	Otto Wiegand	40.82
6th	United States	Otto Steffen	39.53
7th	United States	William Andelfinger	39.03
8th	United States	Andreas Kempf	38.97

Date: July 1st and 2nd, 1904
119 participants from 3 countries

This competition (sometimes also called "Gymnastics Nine Fight") was calculated from the sum of the individual performances in the gymnastics disciplines of the all-around competition (three exercises each on parallel bars, horizontal bars and horse jumping).

Ingots

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	George Eyser	44
2	United States	Anton Heida	43
3	United States	John Duha	40
4th	United States	Edward Hennig	k. A.
	United States	William Merz

Date: October 28, 1904
Nine gymnasts took part, of which only five are known by name.

Horse jump

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Anton Heida	36
	United States	George Eyser
3	United States	William Merz	31
4th	United States	John Duha	k. A.
	United States	Edward Hennig

Date: October 28, 1904
Nine gymnasts took part, of which only five are known by name.

Horizontal bar

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Anton Heida	40
	United States	Edward Hennig
3	United States	George Eyser	39
4th	United States	John Duha	k. A.
	United States	William Merz

Date: October 28, 1904
Nine gymnasts took part, of which only five are known by name.

Rings

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Herman Glass	45
2	United States	William Merz	35
3	United States	Emil Voigt	32

Date: October 28, 1904
Ten gymnasts took part, only three of whom are known by name.

Pommel horse

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Anton Heida	42
2	United States	George Eyser	33
3	United States	William Merz	29
4th	United States	John Duha	k. A.
	United States	Edward Hennig

Date: October 28, 1904
Nine gymnasts took part, of which only five are known by name.

Dewing

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	George Eyser	7.0
2	United States	Charles Krause	7.8
3	United States	Emil Voigt	9.8

Date: October 28, 1904
The exact number of participants is not known. A 25 foot (7.62 m) long rope was used for climbing.

Club swing

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Edward Hennig	13.0
2	United States	Emil Voigt	9.0
3	United States	Ralph Wilson	5.0

Date: October 28, 1904
The exact number of participants is not known. The clubs weighed three pounds sterling (1.359 kg).

Web links

• Gymnastics at the Olympic Games 1904 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1904 Summer Olympics (PDF, 3.1 MB)

annotation

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The Austrian Julius Lenhart started for the Philadelphia gymnastics community, which is why the IOC ascribes its medals to the USA, even though he never had American citizenship.