Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's team parallel bars

The men's team parallel bars was the first of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 9 April. Three teams took part, one German and two Greek. The German team won the competition.[1]

Men's team parallel bars
at the Games of the I Olympiad
German team at parallel bars
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
DateApril 9
Competitors63 from 2 nations
Medalists
Germany
 Germany
Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos
 Greece
Ethnikos Gymnastikos Syllogos
 Greece

Results

RankNationTeamTeam leaderGymnasts
 GermanyGermanyFritz Hofmann Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hilmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, Hermann Weingärtner
 GreecePanellinios Spyridon Athanasopoulos Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Petros Persakis, Thomas Xenakis,
29 others, names unknown
 GreeceEthnikos Ioannis Chrysafis Ioannis Mitropoulos, Dimitrios Loundras, Filippos Karvelas,
15 others, names unknown

References

  1. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Parallel Bars, Teams". 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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