Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

The men's pommel horse was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event was held at the Olympics. An unknown number of gymnasts competed, only five are known. The competition was held on Friday, October 28, 1904.[1] All known competitors were American. The event was won by Anton Heida, with George Eyser second and William Merz third.

Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenueFrancis Olympic Field
DateOctober 28
Competitors? from ? nations
Winning score42
Medalists
Anton Heida
 United States
George Eyser
 United States
William Merz
 United States
Gymnastics at the
1904 Summer Olympics
All-aroundmen
Triathlonmen
Teammen
Combinedmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Vaultmen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Rope climbingmen
Club swingingmen

Background

This was the second 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).[2]

Competition format

Each gymnast performed three exercises on the horse, all voluntary in design. Three judges each gave scores from 0 to 5 for each exercise; thus, the maximum for an exercise was 15 and the maximum total was 45.[2]

Schedule
Date Time Round
Friday, 28 October 1904Final

Results
RankGymnastNationScore
Anton Heida United States42
George Eyser United States33
William Merz United States29
4–5John Duha United States
Edward Hennig United States

References
  1. "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Side Horse". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "Side Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

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