Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's team
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The men's team was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time a team event, in the sense of combining scores of individual gymnasts, was held at the Olympics. Previous team events had been performances by large groups of gymnasts at a single time. The competition was held on Friday, July 1, 1904 and on Saturday, July 2, 1904.[1]
| Men's team gymnastics at the Games of the III Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Francis Field | |||||||||
| Dates | July 1–2, 1904 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 78 from 2 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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There were 13 teams entered in this all-around team event, with gymnasts from three nations, although all teams were from American turnvereins (gymnastics clubs). The teams represented 10 American cities, including two teams from St. Louis and three from Chicago. Each team consisted of six gymnasts, with their scores from the individual all-around event, with adjustments made due to predetermined maximum scores for each discipline. The gold medal was won by the Philadelphia Turngemeinde, led by Austrian gymnast Julius Lenhart, who had also won the individual all-around competition. Lenhart had only lived in Philadelphia for a few years before returning to Austria. Germany also attempted to enter a team, but its entry was rejected because the German gymnasts were not members of the same club.[2]
Results
| Place | Gymnast | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
 United States Philadelphia Turngemeinde | 370.13 | |
| John Grieb | ||
| Anton Heida | ||
| Max Hess | ||
| Philip Kassel | ||
 Julius Lenhart (AUT) | ||
| Ernst Reckeweg | ||
| – | ||
| John Wolf | ||
| William Traband | ||
| 2 | ||
| United States New York Turnverein | 356.37 | |
| Otto Steffen | ||
| John Bissinger | ||
| Emil Beyer | ||
| Max Wolf | ||
| Julian Schmitz | ||
| Arthur Rosenkampff | ||
| 3 | ||
| United States Central Turnverein | 352.79 | |
| George Mayer | ||
| John Duha | ||
| Edward Siegler | ||
| Charles Krause | ||
| Philip Schuster | ||
| Robert Maysack | ||
| – | ||
| Fred Schmind | ||
| Anthony Jahnke | ||
| Gustav Mueller | ||
| 4 | ||
| United States Concordia Turnverein | 344.01 | |
| William Merz | ||
| George Stapf | ||
| John Dellert | ||
| Emil Voigt | ||
| George Eyser | ||
| Hy. Meyland | ||
| – | ||
| Charles Dellert | ||
| 5 | ||
| United States South St. Louis Turnverein | 338.32 | |
| Charles Umbs | ||
| Andrew Neu | ||
| William Tritschler | ||
| Christian Deubler | ||
| Edward Tritschler | ||
| John Leichinger | ||
| – | ||
| Max Thomas | ||
| Richard Tritschler | ||
| William Kruppinger | ||
| 6 | ||
| United States Norwegier Turnverein | 338.00 | |
| Ragnar Berg | ||
| Harry Hansen | ||
| Charles Sorum | ||
| Oliver Olsen | ||
| Oluf Landnes | ||
| Bergin Nilsen | ||
| – | ||
| Arthur Sundbye | ||
| 7 | ||
| United States Turnverein Vorwärts (Chicago) | 329.68 | |
| Theodore Gross | ||
| Henry Koeder | ||
| Jacob Hertenbahn | ||
| Henry Kraft | ||
| James Dwyer | ||
| Rudolf Scharder | ||
| – | ||
| Willard Schrader | ||
| Ben Chimberoff | ||
| William Herzog | ||
| 8 | ||
| United States Davenport Turngemeinde | 325.52 | |
| Reinhard Wagner | ||
| Leander Keim | ||
| Otto Neimand | ||
| Phillip Sontag | ||
| Harry Warnken | ||
| Bernard Berg | ||
| – | ||
| Otto Thomsen | ||
| 9 | ||
| United States La Salle Turnverein | 318.13 | |
| Emil Rothe | ||
| Frank Schicke | ||
| William Horschke | ||
| George Aschenbrener | ||
| Otto Feyder | ||
| Walter Real | ||
| 10 | ||
| United States Passaic Turnverein | 301.39 | |
| P. Gussmann | ||
| Gustav Hämmerlin | ||
| Max Rascher | ||
| Curt Roedel | ||
| P. Ritter | ||
| Martin Fischer | ||
| – | ||
| K. Woerner | ||
| 11 | ||
| United States Milwaukee Turnverein | 286.97 | |
| Robert Herrmann | ||
| Louis Hunger | ||
| Louis Rathke | ||
| August Placke | ||
| Christian Sperl | ||
| J. Wassow | ||
| – | ||
| L. Guerner | ||
| 12 | ||
| United States Socialer Turnverein | 273.65 | |
| Robert Reynolds | ||
| Alvin Kritschmann | ||
| Clarence Kiddington | ||
| Otto Roissner | ||
| John Messel | ||
| William Friedrich | ||
| 13 | ||
| United States Turnverein Vorwärts (Cleveland) | 271.84 | |
| Rudolf Krupitzer | ||
| Edward Hennig | ||
| William Berewald | ||
| Michael Lang | ||
| Paul Studel | ||
| Theodore Studler |
The following clubs did not compete as a team, as they did not enter with at least six gymnasts.
| Place | Gymnast | Score |
|---|---|---|
| – | ||
| United States Socialer Turnverein, Indianapolis | – | |
| Max Emmerich | ||
| Henry Prinzler | ||
| M. Barry | ||
| – | ||
| United States Vorwärts Turnverein, Brooklyn | – | |
| Otto Boehnke | ||
| – | ||
| United States Newark Turnverein | – | |
| Lorenz Spann | ||
| Louis Kniep | ||
| Charles Schwartz | ||
| – | ||
| United States Kansas City Turnverein | – | |
| George Schroeder | ||
| Andreas Kempf | ||
| Otto Knerr | ||
| Edward Pueschell | ||
| – | ||
| United States Turnverein Germania, Los Angeles | – | |
| William Andelfinger | ||
| Wilhelm Zabel | ||
| – | ||
| United States Vorwärts Turnverein, Brooklyn | – | |
| George Mastrovich | ||
| – | ||
| United States Johnstown Turnverein, Johnstown PA | – | |
| Frank Raad | ||
| – | ||
| United States St. Louis Schweizer Turnverein | – | |
| Emil Schwegler | ||
| – | ||
| United States Labor Lycaeum, Baltimore | – | |
| Martin Ludwig |