Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on April 9, April 10, and April 11, 1896. There were 71 competitors from 9 nations (including 52 from Greece) that took part in gymnastics.

Medal summary

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Team parallel bars Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOC Konrad Böcker Alfred Flatow Gustav Flatow Georg Hilmar Fritz Hofmann Fritz Manteuffel Karl Neukirch Richard Röstel Gustav Schuft Carl Schuhmann Hermann Weingärtner	Template:FlagIOC Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Spyros Athanasopoulos Petros Persakis Thomas Xenakis	Template:FlagIOC Ioannis Chrysafis Ioannis Mitropoulos Dimitrios Loundras Filippos Karvelas
Team horizontal bar Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOC Konrad Böcker Alfred Flatow Gustav Flatow Georg Hilmar Fritz Hofmann Fritz Manteuffel Karl Neukirch Richard Röstel Gustav Schuft Carl Schuhmann Hermann Weingärtner	only one team competed
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Parallel bars Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	not known
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Participating nations

A total of 71 gymnasts from 9 nations competed at the Athens Games:

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Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics

• Joan. Phokianos, president
• George Streit, secretary
• Joan. Yenissarlis
• Loukas Belos
• Nic. Politis
• Chas. Waldstein
• Dimitri Aighinitis
• Dim. Sekkeris
• Spiridon Comoundouros
• Const. Manos
• Sp. Antonopoulos

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• 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.