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.
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.
Team parallel bars Konrad BöckerAlfred FlatowGustav FlatowGeorg HilmarFritz HofmannFritz ManteuffelKarl NeukirchRichard RöstelGustav SchuftCarl SchuhmannHermann Weingärtner Nikolaos AndriakopoulosSpyros AthanasopoulosPetros PersakisThomas Xenakis Ioannis ChrysafisIoannis MitropoulosDimitrios LoundrasFilippos Karvelas Team horizontal bar Konrad BöckerAlfred FlatowGustav FlatowGeorg HilmarFritz HofmannFritz ManteuffelKarl NeukirchRichard RöstelGustav SchuftCarl SchuhmannHermann Weingärtner only one team competed Vault Pommel horsenot known Rings Horizontal barnot known Parallel barsnot known Rope climbing
Participating nations A total of 71 gymnasts from 9 nations competed at the Athens Games:
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
International Olympic Committee results database (Digitally available at ) (Excerpt available at )