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Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Weingärtner competing in the rings event
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
DateApril 9
Competitors8 from 3 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ioannis Mitropoulos
 Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hermann Weingärtner
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petros Persakis
 Greece
1904 →

The men's rings was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The fifth event, it was held on 9 April. There were eight competitors from three nations.[1][2] The Greeks won the gold and bronze medals, with Hermann Weingärtner winning his fifth medal. The medalists and fifth place finisher are known, but the fourth place finisher is not: any of the four athletes whose places are not known may have finished fourth.[3]

Background

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This was the first appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). The field consisted of 5 Germans, 2 Greeks, and possibly one Hungarian.[1][2]

Competition format

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Judges awarded the prizes, but little is known of the scoring and rankings. Each gymnast performed a routine two minutes long.[1][4]

Schedule

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The men's rings was held in the afternoon of the fourth day of events, following the 800 metres, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse.[4]

Date Time Round
Gregorian Julian
Thursday, 9 April 1896 Thursday, 28 March 1896 Afternoon Final

Results

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Three judges ranked Mitropoulos first while three other judges ranked Weingärtner first. Prince George broke the tie, in favor of Mitropoulos.[1]

Rank Gymnast Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ioannis Mitropoulos  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hermann Weingärtner  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petros Persakis  Greece
5 Carl Schuhmann  Germany
4, 6–8 Konrad Böcker  Germany
Alfred Flatow  Germany
Gustav Flatow  Germany
Desiderius Wein  Hungary

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Sources do not agree as to whether Wein competed or not, and thus whether there were 8 gymnasts from 3 nations or 7 gymnasts from 2 nations. He is included here.
  3. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Rings". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b Official Report, p. 80.

Sources

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