Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars
Olympic gymnastics event
| Men's parallel bars at the Games of the I Olympiad | |||||||
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 Alfred Flatow competing on the parallel bars | |||||||
| Venue | Panathinaiko Stadium | ||||||
| Date | April 10 | ||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 6 nations | ||||||
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The men's parallel bars was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The parallel bars event was held on 10 April, the seventh gymnastics event to be held. 18 gymnasts from six nations competed, with the judges announcing Alfred Flatow as the winner and Louis Zutter as the runner-up.[1]
Background
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 and 8 gymnasts from 5 other nations.[2][3]
Competition format
Judges awarded the prizes, but little is known of the scoring and rankings.[2][4]
Schedule
The men's parallel bars was held in the morning of the fifth day of events, having been moved from the fourth day as the other gymnastics events went too long to finish the full programme.[4]
| Date | Time | Round | |
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| Gregorian | Julian | ||
| Friday, 10 April 1896 | Friday, 29 March 1896 | 10:00 | Final |
Results
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation |
|---|---|---|
 | Alfred Flatow |  Germany |
 | Louis Zutter |  Switzerland |
| 3–18 | Konrad Böcker | Germany |
| Charles Champaud |  Bulgaria | |
| Gustav Flatow | Germany | |
| Adolphe Grisel |  France | |
| Georg Hilmar | Germany | |
| Gyula Kakas |  Hungary | |
| Filippos Karvelas |  Greece | |
| Fritz Manteuffel | Germany | |
| Ioannis Mitropoulos | Greece | |
| Karl Neukirch | Germany | |
| Antonios Papaioannou | Greece | |
| Richard Röstel | Germany | |
| Gustav Schuft | Germany | |
| Carl Schuhmann | Germany | |
| Desiderius Wein | Hungary | |
| Hermann Weingärtner | Germany |
References
- ^ "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Parallel Bars". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Charles Champaud is counted as Bulgarian here; some sources count him as Swiss (making the total number of nations competing 5 rather than 6).
- ^ a b Official Report, p. 82.
Sources
- Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
- Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's parallel bars | |
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