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Men's pommel horse at the Games of the I Olympiad
German stamp commemorating 1896 Olympic gymnastics (depicting Carl Schuhmann in the vault competition)
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Date	April 9
Competitors	15 from 5 nations
Medalists
Louis Zutter  Switzerland Hermann Weingärtner  Germany
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Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Vault	men
Pommel horse	men
Rings	men
Parallel bars	men
Horizontal bar	men
Rope climbing	men
Team parallel bars	men
Team horizontal bar	men
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The men's pommel horse was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The pommel horse was the fourth event held on 9 April. 15 athletes from five nations started the pommel horse exercise. Zutter won Switzerland's first gold medal in this event, with Weingärtner taking the silver.

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 plus five men from four other nations.

Competition format

Judges awarded the prizes, but little is known of the scoring and rankings.

Schedule

The men's pommel horse was held in the afternoon of the fourth day of events, following the 800 metres, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar, and men's vault.

Results

Rank	Gymnast	Nation
	Louis Zutter	Switzerland
	Hermann Weingärtner	Germany
3–15	Konrad Böcker	Germany
	Charles Champaud	Bulgaria
	Alfred Flatow	Germany
	Gustav Flatow	Germany
	Georg Hilmar	Germany
	Gyula Kakas	Hungary
	Fritz Manteuffel	Germany
	Karl Neukirch	Germany
	Aristovoulos Petmezas	Greece
	Richard Röstel	Germany
	Gustav Schuft	Germany
	Carl Schuhmann	Germany
	Desiderius Wein	Hungary

References

1. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Pommelled Horse". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
2. ^ "Pommelled Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
3. ^ Official Report, p. 80.

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.

• Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
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