Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

Men's horizontal bar at the Games of the I Olympiad
[[File:The two medalists during the competition: Hermann Weingärtner Alfred Flatow |220px]]
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Date	April 9
Competitors	16 from 4 nations
Medalists
Hermann Weingärtner  Germany Alfred Flatow  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 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.

Results

Place	Athlete
1	Hermann Weingärtner (GER)
2	Alfred Flatow (GER)
-	Konrad Böcker (GER)
	Gustav Flatow (GER)
	Georg Hilmar (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)

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.