At the 1904 Summer Olympics of St. Louis, Missouri, eleven gymnastics events were contested for the first time.
The 1904 Games had a program of events spread out over several months, and the gymnastics competition was no different. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) considers two sets of events as "Olympic": International Turners' Championship (the "All-Around") held July 1–2, comprising the all-around, triathlon, and team events Olympic Gymnastics Championships (the "Combined") held October 29, comprising the seven individual apparatus events and the combined event.
Combination of gymnastics and athletics The individual all-around (apparatus work and field sports) combined the results of the gymnastics triathlon and the athletics triathlon.
The team all-around result was based on the results of the individual all-around competition. This consisted of twelve events, the scores of which were added together. The nine gymnastic exercises were added together to produce the combined score. It included two compulsory and one optional exercise each on the parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse. Three track and field events were also included: long jump, shot put, and a 100-yard dash (91.44m).
Since 2021, the IOC has listed the medals from the athletics triathlon as part of artistic gymnastics under the designation "Individual All-Around, Field Sports Men".
Medal summary Does not include the results of the athletics triathlon event, as this classification reflects a later IOC attribution rather than the event's historical sporting classification. All-around Combined Triathlon Team Philadelphia TurngemeindeJohn GriebAnton HeidaMax HessPhilip KasselJulius Lenhart Ernst Reckeweg New York TurnvereinEmil BeyerJohn BissingerArthur RosenkampffJulian SchmitzOtto SteffenMax Wolf Central Turnverein, ChicagoJohn DuhaCharles KrauseGeorge MayerRobert MaysackPhilip SchusterEdward Siegler Club swinging Horizontal bar none awarded Parallel bars Pommel horse Rings Rope climbing Vault none awarded
Participating nations 119 gymnasts from 4 nations competed.
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The medals won by Julius Lenhart (AUT) and Adolf Spinnler (SUI) are attributed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) according to the national affiliation of the club or team they represented, rather than their nationality. As Lenhart represented an American club and Spinnler a German club, their results are attributed to the United States and Germany, respectively.
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