| Men's horizontal bar at the Games of the I Olympiad |
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Hermann Weingärtner on horizontal bar during the competition |
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| Venue | Panathinaiko Stadium | ||||
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| Date | April 9 | ||||
| Competitors | 16 from 4 nations | ||||
| Medalists | |||||
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| Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics |
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| 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 horizontal bar was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 9 April, as the sixth gymnastics event. 16 athletes from four nations entered the competition. Two winners were announced, with Hermann Weingärtner winning his first individual gold medal, which was added to his two team gold medals and his three other individual medals. His countryman, Alfred Flatow, won his first individual medal.
| Place | Athlete |
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| 1 | Hermann Weingärtner (GER) |
| 2 | Alfred Flatow (GER) |
| - | Konrad Böcker (GER) |
| Gustav Flatow (GER) | |
| Georg Hillmar (GER) | |
| Gyula Kakas (HUN) | |
| Fritz Manteuffel (GER) | |
| Karl Neukirch (GER) | |
| Antonios Papaigannou (GRE) | |
| Richard Röstel (GER) | |
| Gustav Schuft (GER) | |
| Carl Schuhmann (GER) | |
| Leonidas Tsiklitiras (GRE) | |
| Desiderius Wein (HUN) | |
| Louis Zutter (SUI) |