Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the Olympics

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on April 9, April 10, and April 11, 1896. There were 71 competitors from 9 nations (including 52 from Greece) that took part in gymnastics.^[1]

Medal summary

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Participating nations

A total of 71 gymnasts from 9 nations competed at the Athens Games:

•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (11)
•  Great Britain (1)
•  Greece (52)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Switzerland (1)

Medal table

Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics

• Joan. Phokianos, president
• George Streit, secretary
• Joan. Yenissarlis
• Loukas Belos
• Nic. Politis
• Chas. Waldstein
• Dimitri Aighinitis
• Dim. Sekkeris
• Spiridon Comoundouros
• Const. Manos
• Sp. Antonopoulos

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)

References

1. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

• International Olympic Committee results database
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• 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 [2])
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.