At the 1900 Summer Olympics one gymnastics event for men was contested. The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1900, and on Monday, 30 July 1900. There were 135 competitors from 8 nations. The top 18 places were taken by French gymnasts, of which there were more than 100. The event was won by Gustave Sandras, with Noël Bas finishing second and Lucien Démanet third. The highest-placing foreign gymnast was Jules Ducret of Switzerland, in a tie for 19th place.
Medal summary All around
Background
This was the first appearance of an all-around event. There had been various apparatus events at the 1896 Games, but no overall competition. In contrast, the 1900 Games saw only the all-around event without medals or separate events for any individual apparatus. At the time, athletics events were often combined with gymnastics events in combined events such as this one.
The Swiss championships were scheduled for a week after this competition, resulting in few Swiss gymnasts competing here.
Competition format
Gymnasts performed in 16 exercises, many of them being two competitions of the same discipline with one compulsory exercise and one voluntary exercise. There was a maximum of 20 points in each exercise, leading to a total maximum of 320 points. The events were mostly gymnastic in nature, but also included a number of athletics events and a weightlifting competition.
1. and 2. - Horizontal bar (compulsory and optional exercises) 3. and 4. - Parallel bars (compulsory and optional exercises) 5. and 6. - Rings (compulsory and optional exercises) 7. and 8. - Pommel horse (compulsory and optional exercises) 9. and 10. - Floor exercise (compulsory and optional exercises) 11. - Horse vault (compulsory exercise) 12. - Combined high jump 13. - Long jump 14. - Pole vault 15. - Rope climbing 16. - Weightlifting
The combined high jump required a jump over a rope that was 1.25 metres above the ground and 1 metre away from the take-off. The scoring standard for the long jump was 5 metres; for the pole vault, 2.2 metres. The rope climbing featured a rope of 6 metres. The weightlifting used a 50 kilograms weight, with 2 points for each overhead lift up to 10 lifts.
Schedule
Date Time Round Sunday, 29 July 1900 Final Monday, 30 July 1900 Final, continued
Results
Rank Gymnast Nation Score Gustave Sandras 302 Noël Bas 295 Lucien Démanet 293 4 Pierre Payssé 290 Jules Rolland 290 6 Gustave Fahy 283 7 Joseph Martinez 277 8 Marcel Lalu 275 Georges Mauvezain 275 10 L. Léstienne 273 11 Georges Dejaeghère 272 12 Gaché 270 Joseph Lavielle 270 14 Jean Berhouzouq 268 15 Bollet 267 Joseph Castiglioni 267 17 Gaucher 266 18 Moreno 265 19 Jules Ducret 264 Obrecht 264 21 Daniel Lavielle 263 22 Monteil 262 23 Félix Ghysels 261 Oscar Jeanfavre 261 Schaan 261 26 Allègré 257 27 Fernand Ravoux 256 28 Camillo Pavanello 255 29 Hugo Peitsch 252 30 Paulin Lemaire 251 31 William Connor 250 32 Bettremieux 249 František Erben 249 Dominique Ravoux 249 35 Auguste Castille 248 Jules Perret 248 37 Paul Gibiard 247 Jules Lecoutre 247 Vedeux 247 40 Balossier 246 Imbert 246 Pratviel 246 43 Élie Bourgois 245 Charles Broadbeck 245 Honorez 245 46 Bouchon 244 47 Bornes 243 Émile Fréteur 243 49 Michaud 242 50 Jardinier 241 Labonal 241 Thiriet 241 53 Eugen Fürstenberger 240 54 Richard Genserowski 238 Pearce 238 56 Fernhbach 236 Émile Scherb 236 Strasser 236 59 Emil Rotong 234 60 Grimm 233 Simon 233 62 Boulanger 232 Lévy 232 64 Deroubaix 231 65 Blanchard 230 Jean-Marie le Bourvelec 230 67 Julese Deleval 229 Salzard 229 69 Fierens 228 70 Georges Dubois 225 71 Carl Wiegand 224 72 Fritz Manteuffel 223 73 William Lloyd Phillips 222 74 Dejean 221 75 Bourgougnoux 220 Henri Fréteur 220 77 Franz Abbé 219 Otto Meyer 219 79 Fritz Danner 216 Douchet 216 Erwin Kurtz 216 Pradairol 216 Viart 216 84 Debailly 214 Joseph Decroze 214 Rostin 214 Fritz Sauer 214 88 Aubert 211 Dufeite 211 Gillet 211 Gyula Kakas 211 Labouret 211 93 Bourry 210 Koubi 210 Pelat 210 Viéville 210 97 Ollivier 209 98 Chapau 208 99 De Poorten 207 100 Minot 206 101 Coone 205 102 Denis 204 Gustav Flatow 204 Jules Pinaud 204 105 Albert Barodet 201 106 Sidrac 200 107 Julius Nuninger 199 108 Sourzat 196 109 Buchert 195 Lacombe 195 111 Van Hule 194 112 Michelet 192 113 Favier 190 Fouché 190 115 Lemoine 187 116 Charles Deckert 184 117 Germain 183 118 Jacquemin 180 Adolf Tannert 180 120 Daniel Kehr 178 121 Coucou 177 122 Cousin 175 Leroux 175 124 Henry Hiatt 172 125 Vandenhaute 166 126 Bernillon 164 Delaleau 164 Parisot 164 Samuel Roche 164 130 Touche 154 131 Prilleux 149 132 Bayer 145 133 Terrier 133 — Gyula Katona Oscar Naumann
Participating nations A total of 135 gymnasts from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:
Medal table
References
External links International Olympic Committee medal winners database De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Gymnastics 1900". Accessed 25 February 2006. Available electronically at .