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":

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
All-around
 Julius Lenhart
United States (USA)
 Wilhelm Weber
Germany (GER)
 Adolf Spinnler
Switzerland (SUI)
Combined
 Anton Heida
United States (USA)
 George Eyser
United States (USA)
 William Merz
United States (USA)
Triathlon
 Adolf Spinnler
Switzerland (SUI)
 Julius Lenhart
United States (USA)
 Wilhelm Weber
Germany (GER)
Team
 United States (USA)
Philadelphia Turngemeinde
John Grieb
Anton Heida
Max Hess
Philip Kassel
Julius Lenhart
Ernst Reckeweg
 United States (USA)
New York Turnverein
Emil Beyer
John Bissinger
Arthur Rosenkampff
Julian Schmitz
Otto Steffen
Max Wolf
 United States (USA)
Central Turnverein, Chicago
John Duha
Charles Krause
George Mayer
Robert Maysack
Philip Schuster
Edward Siegler
Parallel bars
 George Eyser
United States (USA)
 Anton Heida
United States (USA)
 John Duha
United States (USA)
Horizontal bar
 Anton Heida
United States (USA)
none awarded  George Eyser
United States (USA)
 Edward Hennig
United States (USA)
Vault
 George Eyser
United States (USA)
none awarded  William Merz
United States (USA)
 Anton Heida
United States (USA)
Pommel horse
 Anton Heida
United States (USA)
 George Eyser
United States (USA)
 William Merz
United States (USA)
Rings
 Herman Glass
United States (USA)
 William Merz
United States (USA)
 Emil Voigt
United States (USA)
Rope climbing
 George Eyser
United States (USA)
 Charles Krause
United States (USA)
 Emil Voigt
United States (USA)
Club swinging
 Edward Hennig
United States (USA)
 Emil Voigt
United States (USA)
 Ralph Wilson
United States (USA)

Participating nations

119 gymnasts from 3 nations competed.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 12 8 9 29
2  Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 1 2
3  Germany (GER) 0 1 1 2

References