Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics of Saint Louis, Missouri, eleven gymnastics events were contested, all for men only.
The 1904 Games had a confusing program of events spread out over several months, and the gymnastics competition was no different. The International Olympic Committee considers two sets of events as "Olympic":
- International Turners' Championship held July 1–2, comprising the all-around, triathlon, and team events
- Olympic Gymnastics Championships held October 29, comprising the seven individual apparatus events and the combined event.
The individual all-around was a combination of the gymnastic triathlon competition and the athletics triathlon. The team competition was a combination of individual scores from the individual all-around.
The parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse scores for each gymnast were summed to get the "combined" score.
Medal summary
Participating nations
119 gymnasts from 3 nations competed.
- Germany (7)
- Switzerland (1)
- United States (111)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- James E. Sullivan (ed.) (1905). Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac (PDF). New York: American Sports Publishing. pp. 203, 245–247. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
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