The men's team competition with a free system was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was one of three team gymnastics events. The others were a team competition in the Swedish system and a standard team competition.
It was the first appearance of the event, which would only be held again at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The official name was Team Competition III – with free choice of movements and apparatus. For every nation one team was allowed to participate. One team had to consist of not less than 16 nor more than 40 members. The entry was closed on June 6, 1912. As all other gymnastics competitions the event took place in the Olympiastadion.
The competition was held on Wednesday July 10, 1912, in the time from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Starting order
No. Team Time Team Leader Outfit 1 9:30 – 10:30 Hermann Kuhr White jersey with broad, vertical, red field on breast and back; white trousers; yellow shoes. 2 10:30 – 11:30 Johannes Dahl White gymnastic jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; white belt; white shoes. 3 11:30 – 12:30 H. Mølgaard White jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; white belt; white shoes. 4 2:00 – 3:00 Arvid Vartia White jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; black belt; white shoes. 5 3:00 – 4:00 Valentin Peffer White jersey, with sleeves reaching to elbows; black stockinet pantaloons with white facings.
Results
Judges
Chief Leader: Einar Nerman No. Judge Country 1 J. F. Allum 2 Abraham Clod-Hansen 3 A. E. Syson 4 Wagner Hohenlobbese 5 Ivar Wilskman FIN
Scores are an average of five judges' marks.
Score board
Place Nation Clod-Hansen Allum Wilskman Syson Wagner Total score Average 1 20 24 22 23.25 25 114.25 22.85 2 20 20 23 22.25 24 109.25 21.85 3 23 19 21.5 20.75 22 106.25 21.25 4 18 12 14 16.25 24 84.25 16.85 5 19 15.5 18 17 12 81.50 16.30
Three judges saw the first place for Norway, while one judge gave the first place to Denmark and one to Finland. Germany was placed behind Luxembourg by four judges and only the German judge gave his compatriots more points than Luxembourg – enough to beat the small neighbour, but not enough to win a medal.
Final standings
Place Nation Score 1 Isak AbrahamsenHans BeyerHartmann BjørnsenAlfred EngelsenBjarne JohnsenSigurd JørgensenKnud Leonard KnudsenAlf LieRolf LieTor LundPetter MartinsenPer MathiesenJacob OpdahlNils OpdahlBjarne PettersenFrithjof SælenØistein SchirmerGeorg SeleniusSigvard SivertsenRobert SjursenEinar StrømGabriel ThorstensenThomas ThorstensenNils Voss 22.85 2 Kaarlo EkholmEino ForsströmEero HyvärinenMikko HyvärinenTauno IlmoniemiIlmari KeinänenJalmari KivenheimoKarl LundAarne PelkonenIlmari PernajaArvid RydmanEino SaastamoinenAarne SalovaaraHeikki SammallahtiHannes SirolaKlaus SuomelaLauri TannerVäinö TiiriKaarlo VähämäkiKaarlo Vasama 21.85 3 Axel AndersenHjalmart AndersenHalvor BirchWilhelm GrimmelmannArvor HansenChristian HansenMarius HansenCharles JensenHjalmar Peter JohansenPoul JørgensenCarl KrebsVigo MadsenLukas NielsenRikard NordstrømSteen OlsenOluf OlssonCarl PedersenOluf PedersenNiels PetersenChristian Svendsen 21.25 4 Wilhelm BrülleJohannes BuderWalter EngelmannArno GlockauerWalter JesinghausKarl JordanRudolf KörnerHeinrich PahnerKurt ReichenbachJohannes ReuschleCarl RichterHans RothAdolf SeebaßEberhard SorgeAlex SperlingAlfred StaatsHans WernerMartin Worm 16.85 5 Nicolas AdamCharles BehmAndré BordangJean-Pierre FrantzenMichel HemmerlingFrançois HentgesPierre HentgesJean-Baptiste HornNicolas KanivéÉmile KnepperNicolas KummerMarcel LangsamEmile LannersMaurice PalgenJean-Pierre ThommesFrançois WagnerAntoine WehrerFerd WirtzJoseph Zuang 16.30
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