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Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

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Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the I Olympiad
German stamp commemorating 1896 Olympic gymnastics (depicting Carl Schuhmann in the vault competition)
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
DateApril 9
Competitors15 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Louis Zutter
 Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hermann Weingärtner
 Germany
1904 →

The men's pommel horse was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The pommel horse was the fourth event held on 9 April. 15 athletes from five nations started the pommel horse exercise. Zutter won Switzerland's first gold medal in this event, with Weingärtner taking the silver.[1]

Background

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This was the first appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). The field consisted of 10 Germans plus five men from four other nations.[2]

Competition format

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Judges awarded the prizes, but little is known of the scoring and rankings.[2][3]

Schedule

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The men's pommel horse was held in the afternoon of the fourth day of events, following the 800 metres, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar, and men's vault.[3]

Date Time Round
Gregorian Julian
Thursday, 9 April 1896 Thursday, 28 March 1896 Afternoon Final

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Louis Zutter  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hermann Weingärtner  Germany
3–15 Konrad Böcker  Germany
Charles Champaud  Bulgaria
Alfred Flatow  Germany
Gustav Flatow  Germany
Georg Hilmar  Germany
Gyula Kakas  Hungary
Fritz Manteuffel  Germany
Karl Neukirch  Germany
Aristovoulos Petmezas  Greece
Richard Röstel  Germany
Gustav Schuft  Germany
Carl Schuhmann  Germany
Desiderius Wein  Hungary

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Pommelled Horse". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Pommelled Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 80.

Sources

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