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

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. 15 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.[1]

Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Hermann Weingärtner (gold)
Alfred Flatow (silver)
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
DateApril 9
Competitors15 from 4 nations
Medalists
Hermann Weingärtner
 Germany
Alfred Flatow
 Germany
Gymnastics at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Vaultmen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Rope climbingmen
Team parallel barsmen
Team horizontal barmen

Background

This was the first appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). The field consisted of 10 Germans and 5 gymnasts from 3 other nations.[2]

Competition format

Judges awarded the prizes, but little is known of the scoring and rankings.[2][3]

Schedule

The men's parallel bars was held in the evening of the fourth day of events. It was the sixth gymnastics event held that day, and went late enough that the remaining two had to be postponed until the next day.[3]

Date Time Round
Gregorian Julian
Thursday, 9 April 1896Thursday, 28 March 1896Final

Results

Schuhmann performed for the audience, rather than the judges, with "circus tricks."[2]

RankGymnastNation
Hermann Weingärtner Germany
Alfred Flatow Germany
3–15Konrad Böcker Germany
Gustav Flatow Germany
Georg Hilmar Germany
Gyula Kakas Hungary
Fritz Manteuffel Germany
Karl Neukirch Germany
Antonios Papaigannou Greece
Richard Röstel Germany
Gustav Schuft Germany
Carl Schuhmann Germany
Leonidas Tsiklitiras Greece
Desiderius Wein Hungary
Louis Zutter Switzerland

References
  1. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Horizontal Bar". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 81.

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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