Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

The men's vault was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was only the second time that 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]

Men's vault
at the Games of the III Olympiad
George Eyser
VenueFrancis Olympic Field
DateOctober 28
Competitors? from ? nations
Winning score36
Medalists
George Eyser  United States
Anton Heida  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). Little is known of who competed in this event, with only five Americans known and an unknown number of other gymnasts. The event was not held at the 1903 world championships. Anton Heida was the AAU champion in 1902.[2]

Competition format

The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004). Each gymnast performed three vaults. For each vault, three judges each gave a score from 0 to 5. The scores were summed to give a final total. Thus, the maximum score per vault was 15 and the maximum overall score was 45.[2]

Schedule
Date Time Round
Friday, 28 October 1904Final

Results
RankGymnastNationScore
George Eyser United States36
Anton Heida United States36
William Merz United States31
4–5John Duha United States
Edward Hennig United States

References
  1. "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: 1904 St. Louis Summer Games:". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

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