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

The men's parallel bars was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The parallel bars event was held on 10 April, the seventh gymnastics event to be held. 18 gymnasts from six nations competed, with the judges announcing Alfred Flatow as the winner and Louis Zutter as the runner-up.[1]

Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Alfred Flatow competing on the parallel bars
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
DateApril 10
Competitors18 from 6 nations
Medalists
Alfred Flatow
 Germany
Louis Zutter
 Switzerland
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 8 gymnasts from 5 other nations.[2][3]

Competition format

Judges awarded the prizes, but little is known of the scoring and rankings.[2][4]

Schedule

The men's parallel bars was held in the morning of the fifth day of events, having been moved from the fourth day as the other gymnastics events went too long to finish the full programme.[4]

Date Time Round
Gregorian Julian
Friday, 10 April 1896Friday, 29 March 189610:00Final

Results
RankGymnastNation
Alfred Flatow Germany
Louis Zutter Switzerland
3–18Konrad Böcker Germany
Charles Champaud Bulgaria
Gustav Flatow Germany
Adolphe Grisel France
Georg Hilmar Germany
Gyula Kakas Hungary
Filippos Karvelas Greece
Fritz Manteuffel Germany
Ioannis Mitropoulos Greece
Karl Neukirch Germany
Antonios Papaigannou Greece
Richard Röstel Germany
Gustav Schuft Germany
Carl Schuhmann Germany
Desiderius Wein Hungary
Hermann Weingärtner Germany

References
  1. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Parallel Bars". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. Charles Champaud is counted as Bulgarian here; some sources count him as Swiss (making the total number of nations competing 5 rather than 6).
  4. Official Report, p. 82.

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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