Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

The men's pommel horse was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The pommel horse was the fourth event held on 9 April. 14 athletes from five nations started the pommel horse exercise. Zutter won Switzerland's first gold medal in this event, with Weingärtner taking the silver.[1]

Men's pommel horse at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Date	April 9
Competitors	14 from 5 nations
Medalists
Louis Zutter  Switzerland Hermann Weingärtner  Germany

Results

Rank	Gymnast	Nation
	Louis Zutter	Switzerland
	Hermann Weingärtner	Germany
-	Konrad Böcker	Germany
-	Charles Champaud	Bulgaria
-	Alfred Flatow	Germany
-	Gustav Flatow	Germany
-	Georg Hilmar	Germany
-	Gyula Kakas	Hungary
-	Fritz Manteuffel	Germany
-	Karl Neukirch	Germany
-	Aristovoulos Petmezas	Greece
-	Richard Röstel	Germany
-	Gustav Schuft	Germany
-	Carl Schuhmann	Germany

References

1. "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Pommelled Horse". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

Sources

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at )
• Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at )
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.