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Men's vault at the Games of the III Olympiad
George Eyser
Venue	Francis Olympic Field
Date	October 28
Competitors	? from ? nations
Winning score	36
Medalists
George Eyser  United States Anton Heida  United States William Merz  United States
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Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
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The men's vault was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the gymnastics programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. 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.

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.

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.

Schedule

Results

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Score
	George Eyser	United States	36
	Anton Heida	United States	36
	William Merz	United States	31
4–5	John 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.

Sources

• De Wael, Herman (2000). "Herman's Full Olympians". Retrieved 18 December 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 18 December 2006.

• Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
• Vault at the Olympics