1904 Summer Olympics / gymnastics
Gymnastics at the III. Olympic Games |
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Competition venue | Francis Field |
Nations | 3 |
Athletes | 119 (119 men) |
date | 1st – 2nd July 28th, 1904 |
decisions | 11 |
← Paris 1900 |
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
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12 | 8th | 9 | 29 |
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1 | - | 1 | 2 |
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Results
Individual all-around (international gymnastics competition)
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Julius Lenhart | 69.80 |
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Wilhelm Weber | 69.10 |
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Adolf Spinnler | 67.99 |
4th |
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Ernst Mohr | 67.90 |
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Otto Wiegand | 67.82 |
6th |
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Otto Steffen | 67.03 |
7th |
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Hugo Peitsch | 66.66 |
8th |
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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 |
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Anton Heida | 161 |
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George Eyser | 152 |
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William Merz | 135 |
4th |
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John Duha | k. A. |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Concordia Gymnastics Club St. Louis | 344.01 |
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South St. Louis Gymnastics Club | 338.32 |
6th |
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Norwegian Gymnastics Club Brooklyn | 338.00 |
7th |
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Gymnastics Club Forward Chicago | 329.68 |
8th |
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Davenport Gymnastics Parish | 325.52 |
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La Salle Gymnastics Club Chicago | 318.13 |
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Gymnastics Club Passaic | 318.13 |
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Milwaukee Gymnastics Club | 286.97 |
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Detroit Social Gymnastics Club | 273.65 |
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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 |
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Adolf Spinnler | 43.49 |
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Julius Lenhart | 43.00 |
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Wilhelm Weber | 41.60 |
4th |
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Hugo Peitsch | 41.56 |
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Otto Wiegand | 40.82 |
6th |
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Otto Steffen | 39.53 |
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William Andelfinger | 39.03 |
8th |
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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 |
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George Eyser | 44 |
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Anton Heida | 43 |
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John Duha | 40 |
4th |
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Edward Hennig | k. A. |
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William Merz |
Date: October 28, 1904
Nine gymnasts took part, of which only five are known by name.
Horse jump
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Anton Heida | 36 |
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George Eyser | ||
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William Merz | 31 |
4th |
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John Duha | k. A. |
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Edward Hennig |
Date: October 28, 1904
Nine gymnasts took part, of which only five are known by name.
Horizontal bar
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Anton Heida | 40 |
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Edward Hennig | ||
3 |
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George Eyser | 39 |
4th |
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John Duha | k. A. |
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William Merz |
Date: October 28, 1904
Nine gymnasts took part, of which only five are known by name.
Rings
space | country | athlete | Points |
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Herman Glass | 45 |
2 |
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William Merz | 35 |
3 |
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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 |
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Anton Heida | 42 |
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George Eyser | 33 |
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William Merz | 29 |
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John Duha | k. A. |
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Edward Hennig |
Date: October 28, 1904
Nine gymnasts took part, of which only five are known by name.
Dewing
space | country | athlete | Time (s) |
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George Eyser | 7.0 |
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Charles Krause | 7.8 |
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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 |
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Edward Hennig | 13.0 |
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Emil Voigt | 9.0 |
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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
- ↑ 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.