Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

Men's pommel horse at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Date	April 9
Competitors	14 from 5 nations
Medalists
Louis Zutter  Switzerland Hermann Weingärtner  Germany

Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
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 pommel horse was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The pommel horse was the fourth event held on 9 April. 14 athletes from five nations started the pommel horse exercise. Zutter won Switzerland's first gold medal in this event, with Weingärtner taking the silver.

Results

Place	Athlete
1	Louis Zutter (SUI)
2	Hermann Weingärtner (GER)
-	Konrad Böcker (GER)
	Charles Champaud (BUL)
	Alfred Flatow (GER)
	Gustav Flatow (GER)
	Georg Hilmar (GER)
	Gyula Kakas (HUN)
	Fritz Manteuffel (GER)
	Karl Neukirch (GER)
	Aristovoulos Petmezas (GRE)
	Richard Röstel (GER)
	Gustav Schuft (GER)
	Carl Schuhmann (GER)

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 )
• 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 )
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.