Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics (original) (raw)
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Gymnastics at the Olympics
| Gymnasticsat the Games of the III Olympiad | |
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 Gymnastics pictogram |
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| Venue | Francis Field |
| Dates | July – October 1904 |
| No. of events | 11 |
| Competitors | 119 from 3 nations |
| ← 19001908 → |
At the 1904 Summer Olympics of St. Louis, Missouri, eleven gymnastics events were contested for the first time.[1]
The 1904 Games had a program of events spread out over several months, and the gymnastics competition was no different. The International Olympic Committee considers two sets of events as "Olympic":
- International Turners' Championship held July 1–2, comprising the all-around, triathlon, and team events
- Olympic Gymnastics Championships held October 29, comprising the seven individual apparatus events and the combined event.
The individual all-around was a combination of the gymnastic triathlon competition and the athletics triathlon. The team competition was a combination of individual scores from the individual all-around.[2]The parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse scores for each gymnast were summed to get the combined score.
Participating nations
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119 gymnasts from 4 nations competed.
- ^ "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. London, UK: Aurum Press Ltd. pp. 247. ISBN 9781845137731.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- James E. Sullivan, ed. (1905). Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac (PDF). New York: American Sports Publishing. pp. 203, 245–247. Retrieved 2007-04-09.