Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Events took place on 9 April, 10 April, and 11 April 1896. 71 competitors from 9 nations (including 52 from Greece) took part in gymnastics.
Medal summary
These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.
Participating nations
A total of 71 gymnasts from 9 nations competed at the Athens Games:
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Medal table
Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Hungary, and Sweden had gymnasts compete, but won no medals.
ub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics
* Joan. Phokianos, president
* George Streit, secretary
* Joan. Yenissarlis
* Loukas Belos
* Nic. Politis
* Chas. Waldstein
* Dimitri Aighinitis
* Dim. Sekkeris
* Spiridon Comoundouros
* Const. Manos
* Sp. Antonopoulos
ee also
*List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
*List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
References
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
* (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf] )
* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf] )
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