Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's parallel bars

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Alfred Flatow competing on the parallel bars
Alfred Flatow competing on the parallel bars
Gymnastics at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Artistic
Parallel bars   men
Horizontal bar men
Vault men
Pommel horse men
Rings men
Rope climbing men
Team parallel bars men
Team horizontal bar men

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 five nations competed, with the judges announcing Alfred Flatow as the winner and Louis Zutter as the runner-up.

[edit] Results

Place Athlete Nation
1 Alfred Flatow Germany Germany
2 Louis Zutter Switzerland Switzerland
Also
competed
Konrad Böcker Germany Germany
Charles Champaud Bulgaria Bulgaria
Gustav Flatow Germany Germany
Alphonse Grisel France France
Georg Hillmar Germany Germany
Gyula Kakas Hungary Hungary
Filippos Karvelas Greece Greece
Fritz Manteuffel Germany Germany
Ioannis Mitropoulos Greece Greece
Karl Neukirch Germany Germany
Antonios Papaigannou Greece Greece
Richard Röstel Germany Germany
Gustav Schuft Germany Germany
Carl Schuhmann Germany Germany
Desiderius Wein Hungary Hungary
Hermann Weingärtner Germany Germany

[edit] References

  • 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.