Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's team

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
VenueFrancis Field
DatesJuly 1–2
Competitors78 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Philadelphia Turngemeinde
 Mixed team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) New York Turnverein
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Central Turnverein, Chicago
 United States
1908 →

Seventy eight gymnasts competed in 13 teams, with the scores of the top six members of each team counting toward the team total.

Results

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Place Gymnast Score
1
  Mixed team (ZZX)
Philadelphia Turngemeinde
370.13
Julius Lenhart (AUT)
Philip Kassel
Anton Heida
Max Hess
Ernst Reckeweg
John Grieb
John Wolf
William Traband
2
  United States (USA)
New York Turnverein
356.37
Otto Steffen
John Bissinger
Emil Beyer
Max Wolf
Julian Schmitz
Arthur Rosenkampff
3
  United States (USA)
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 (USA)
Concordia Turnverein
344.01
William Merz
George Stapf
John Dellert
Emil Voigt
George Eyser
Hy. Meyland
Charles Dellert
5
  United States (USA)
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 (USA)
Norwegier Turnverein
338.00
Ragnar Berg
Harry Hansen
Charles Sorum
Oliver Olsen
Oluf Landnes
Bergin Nilsen
Arthur Sundbye
7
  United States (USA)
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 (USA)
Davenport Turngemeinde
325.52
Reinhard Wagner
Leander Keim
Otto Neimand
Phillip Sontag
Harry Warnken
Bernard Berg
Otto Thomsen
9
  United States (USA)
La Salle Turnverein
318.13
Emil Rothe
Frank Schicke
William Horschke
George Aschenbrener
Otto Feyder
Walter Real
10
  United States (USA)
Passaic Turnverein
301.39
P. Gussmann
Gustav Hämmerlin
Max Rascher
Curt Roedel
P. Ritter
Martin Fischer
K. Woerner
11
  United States (USA)
Milwaukee Turnverein
286.97
Robert Herrmann
Louis Hunger
Louis Rathke
August Placke
Christian Sperl
J. Wassow
L. Guerner
12
  United States (USA)
Socialer Turnverein
273.65
Robert Reynolds
Alvin Kritschmann
Clarence Kiddington
Otto Roissner
John Messel
William Friedrich
13
  United States (USA)
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 (USA)
Socialer Turnverein, Indianapolis
Max Emmerich
Henry Prinzler
M. Barry
  United States (USA)
Vorwärts Turnverein, Brooklyn
Otto Boehnke
  United States (USA)
Newark Turnverein
Lorenz Spann
Louis Kniep
Charles Schwartz
  United States (USA)
Kansas City Turnverein
George Schroeder
Andreas Kempf
Otto Knerr
Edward Pueschell
  United States (USA)
Turnverein Germania, Los Angeles
William Andelfinger
Wilhelm Zabel
  United States (USA)
Vorwärts Turnverein, Brooklyn
George Mastrovich
  United States (USA)
Johnstown Turnverein, Johnstown PA
Frank Raad
  United States (USA)
St. Louis Schweizer Turnverein
Emil Schwegler
  United States (USA)
Labor Lycaeum, Baltimore
Martin Ludwig

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Team All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

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