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

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.[1]

Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the I Olympiad
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
DateApril 9
Competitors14 from 5 nations
Medalists
Louis Zutter
 Switzerland
Hermann Weingärtner
 Germany
Gymnastics at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Vaultmen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Rope climbingmen
Team parallel barsmen
Team horizontal barmen

Results
RankGymnastNation
Louis Zutter Switzerland
Hermann Weingärtner Germany
-Konrad Böcker Germany
-Charles Champaud Bulgaria
-Alfred Flatow Germany
-Gustav Flatow Germany
-Georg Hilmar Germany
-Gyula Kakas Hungary
-Fritz Manteuffel Germany
-Karl Neukirch Germany
-Aristovoulos Petmezas Greece
-Richard Röstel Germany
-Gustav Schuft Germany
-Carl Schuhmann Germany

References
  1. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Pommelled Horse". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

Sources
  • 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.
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