Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's team parallel bars
Olympic gymnastics event
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The men's team parallel bars was the first of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 9 April. Three teams took part, one German and two Greek, with the German team winning the competition.[1]
| Men's team parallel bars at the Games of the I Olympiad | ||||||||||
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German team at parallel bars | ||||||||||
| Venue | Panathinaiko Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 9 April 1896 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 63 from 2 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Background
This was the only appearance of the event, which was one of two team apparatus events contested at the 1896 Games (along with a team horizontal bar competition).[2]
Competition format
There were 10 sets of parallel bars made available to the teams. However, there was apparently no limit on the size of the teams, as the Panellinios team had 33 members (though the names of only four are known).
Judges scored the routines on execution, rhythm, and technical difficulty.[2]
Schedule
The men's team parallel bars was held in the afternoon of the fourth day of events. It was the second event of the afternoon, following the 800 metres (which began at 2:30 p.m.).[3]
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregorian | Julian | ||
| Thursday, 9 April 1896 | Thursday, 28 March 1896 | 2:30 | Final |
Results
| Rank | Nation | Team | Team leader | Gymnasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Germany | Germany | Fritz Hofmann | Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hilmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, Hermann Weingärtner |
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 Greece | Panellinios | Spyridon Athanasopoulos | Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Petros Persakis, Thomas Xenakis, 29 others, names unknown |
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Greece | Ethnikos | Ioannis Chrysafis | Ioannis Mitropoulos, Dimitrios Loundras, Filippos Karvelas, 15 others, names unknown |