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.
Seventy eight gymnasts competed in 13 teams. The scores of the top 6 members of each team counted toward the team total.
The following clubs did not compete as a team, as they did not enter with at least six gymnasts.
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, eleven gymnastics events were contested, all for men only.The 1904 Games had a confusing program of events spread out over several months, and the gymnastics competition was no different...
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.
Seventy eight gymnasts competed in 13 teams. The scores of the top 6 members of each team counted toward the team total.
Results
The Germans, who showed the best performance as a team, were not allowed to compete as their members not belong to the same club.| Place | Gymnast | Score |
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| 1 | |
| Philadelphia Turngemeinde |
370.13 |
| Julius Lenhart Julius Lenhart Julius Lenhart was an Austrian gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals and one silver medal, making him the most successful Austrian competitor ever at the Summer Olympic Games.He started his career in Vienna at a local gymnastics club... |
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| Philip Kassel Philip Kassel Philip Kassel was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in the German Empire.In 1904 he won the gold medal in the team event... |
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| Anton Heida Anton Heida Anton Heida was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He is most notable for winning 5 gold medals in 1 year including vault, horizontal bar, pommel horse, team competition and all-around, becoming the most successful athlete at the 1904 Olympics.-References:... |
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| Max Hess Max Hess (gymnast) Max Hess was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Coburg, Germany and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.... |
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| Ernst Reckeweg Ernst Reckeweg Ernst Heinrich Dietrich Reckeweg was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in the German Empire.In 1904 he won the gold medal in the team event... |
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| John Grieb John Grieb John William Grieb was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Philadelphia.... |
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| John Wolf | |
| William Traband | |
| 2 | |
| New York Turnverein |
356.37 |
| Otto Steffen Otto Steffen Otto I. Steffen was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.... |
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| John Bissinger John Bissinger John Frederick Bissinger, Jr. was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.... |
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| Emil Beyer Emil Beyer Emil Beyer was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.... |
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| Max Wolf | |
| Julian Schmitz Julian Schmitz Julian Frank Schmitz was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.... |
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| Arthur Rosenkampff Arthur Rosenkampff Arthur Henry Rosenkampff was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.... |
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| 3 | |
| Central Turnverein |
352.79 |
| George Mayer | |
| John Duha John Duha John Alexander Duha was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He died in Chicago.... |
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| Edward Siegler Edward Siegler Edward Victor Siegler was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He died in Chicago.... |
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| Charles Krause Charles Krause (gymnast) Charles Krause was an American gymnast and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis where he received a silver medal in rope climbing, and a bronze medal in team combined exercises.-References:... |
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| Philip Schuster Philip Schuster Philip Mat Schuster was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.... |
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| Robert Maysack Robert Maysack Robert Emil Maysack was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He died in Highlands County, Florida.In 1904 he won the bronze medal in the team event... |
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| Fred Schmind Fred Schmind Fred Schmind was an American gymnast and athlete who took part in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He represented the club Chicago Central Turnverein.Schmind took part in the following events in the 1904 Olympics:* 37th in the gymnastics triathlon... |
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| Anthony Jahnke | |
| Gustav Mueller | |
| 4 | |
| Concordia Turnverein |
344.01 |
| William Merz William Merz William G. Merz was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He died in Overland, Missouri.... |
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| George Stapf | |
| John Dellert | |
| Emil Voigt Emil Voigt (gymnast) Emil Voigt was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.In 1904 he won the silver medal in the club swinging event and bronze medals in the rings event and rope climbing event... |
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| George Eyser George Eyser George Eyser was a German-American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, earning six medals in one day, including three gold and two silver medals. Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg, having lost his real leg after being run over by a train... |
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| Hy. Meyland | |
| – | |
| Charles Dellert | |
| 5 | |
| South St. Louis Turnverein |
338.32 |
| Charles Umbs | |
| Andrew Neu | |
| William Tritschler | |
| Christian Deubler | |
| Edward Tritschler | |
| John Leichinger | |
| – | |
| Max Thomas Max Thomas Maxwell McNee "Max" Thomas was an Australian Anglican bishop in the last third of the 20th century.Born into an ecclesiastical family on 23 August 1926 and educated at St. Paul's College, Sydney, he was ordained in 1952 and served first as a curate at East Maitland. Later he was Priest in Charge... |
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| Richard Tritschler | |
| William Kruppinger | |
| 6 | |
| Norwegier Turnverein |
338.00 |
| Ragnar Berg Ragnar Berg Ragnar Berg was a Swedish-born biochemist and nutritionist who worked in Germany.-Life:Ragnar Berg was the son of the Swedish historian and archaeologist Wilhelm Berg .... |
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| Harry Hansen | |
| Charles Sorum | |
| Oliver Olsen | |
| Oluf Landnes | |
| Bergin Nilsen | |
| – | |
| Arthur Sundbye | |
| 7 | |
| Turnverein Vorwärts (Chicago) |
329.68 |
| Theodore Gross | |
| Henry Koeder | |
| Jacob Hertenbahn | |
| Henry Kraft | |
| James Dwyer | |
| Rudolf Scharder | |
| – | |
| Willard Schrader | |
| Barney Chimberoff | |
| William Herzog | |
| 8 | |
| Davenport Turngemeinde |
325.52 |
| Reinhard Wagner | |
| Leander Keim | |
| Otto Neimand | |
| Phillip Sontag | |
| Harry Warnken | |
| Bernard Berg | |
| – | |
| Otto Thomsen | |
| 9 | |
| La Salle Turnverein |
318.13 |
| Emil Rothe | |
| Frank Schicke | |
| William Horschke | |
| George Aschenbrener | |
| Otto Feyder | |
| Walter Real | |
| 10 | |
| Passaic Turnverein |
301.39 |
| P. Gussmann | |
| G. Hermerrling | |
| M. Bascher | |
| K. Roedek | |
| P. Ritter | |
| M. Fischer | |
| – | |
| K. Woerner | |
| 11 | |
| Milwaukee Turnverein |
286.97 |
| Robert Herrmann | |
| Louis Hunger | |
| Louis Rathke | |
| August Placke | |
| Christian Sperl | |
| J. Wassow | |
| – | |
| L. Guerner | |
| 12 | |
| Socialer Turnverein |
273.65 |
| Robert Reynolds | |
| Alvin Kritschmann | |
| Clarence Kiddington | |
| Otto Roissner | |
| John Messel | |
| William Friedrich | |
| 13 | |
| Turnverein Vorwärts (Cleveland) |
271.84 |
| Rudolf Krupitzer | |
| Edward Hennig Edward Hennig Edward August Hennig was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He died in Summit County, Ohio.... |
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| 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 |
|---|---|
| – | |
| Socialer Turnverein, Indianapolis |
– |
| Max Emmerich Max Emmerich Max Philip Emmerich was an American track and field athlete and gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.In 1904 he won the gold medal in the athletics' triathlon event... |
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| Henry Prinzler | |
| M. Barry | |
| – | |
| Vorwärts Turnverein, Brooklyn |
– |
| Otto Boehnke | |
| – | |
| Newark Turnverein |
– |
| Lorenz Spann | |
| Louis Kniep | |
| Charles Schwartz | |
| – | |
| Kansas City Turnverein |
– |
| George Schroeder | |
| Andreas Kempf | |
| Otto Knerr | |
| Edward Pueschell | |
| – | |
| Turnverein Germania, Los Angeles |
– |
| William Andelfinger | |
| Wilhelm Zabel | |
| – | |
| Vorwärts Turnverein, Brooklyn |
– |
| George Mastrovich | |
| – | |
| Johnstown Turnverein, Johnstown PA |
– |
| Frank Raad | |
| – | |
| St. Louis Schweizer Turnverein |
– |
| Emil Schwegler | |
| – | |
| Labor Lycaeum, Baltimore |
– |
| Martin Ludwig |