Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Parallel bars competition during 1904 Games.
VenueFrancis Olympic Field
DatesOctober 28
Competitors? from ? nations
Winning score44
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Eyser
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anton Heida
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Duha
 United States
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1924 →

The men's parallel bars was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the gymnastics programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the second time the event was held at the Olympics. An unknown number of gymnasts competed, only five are known (all American). The competition was held on Friday, October 28, 1904.[1] The event was won by George Eyser, with Anton Heida second and John Duha.

Background

This was the second 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).[2]

Competition format

Each gymnast performed three exercises on the parallel bars, all voluntary in design. Three judges each gave scores from 0 to 5 for each exercise; thus, the maximum for an exercise was 15 and the maximum total was 45.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Round
Friday, 28 October 1904 Final

Results

Rank Gymnast Nation Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Eyser  United States 44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anton Heida  United States 43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Duha  United States 40
4–5 Edward Hennig  United States
William Merz  United States

References

  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Parallel Bars". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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