Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
# Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics of St. Louis, Missouri, eleven gymnastics events were contested for the first time.

The 1904 Games had a program of events spread out over several months, and the gymnastics competition was no different. The International Olympic Committee considers two sets of events as "Olympic":

* International Turners' Championship held July 1–2, comprising the all-around, triathlon, and team events
* Olympic Gymnastics Championships held October 29, comprising the seven individual apparatus events and the combined event.

The individual all-around was a combination of the gymnastic triathlon competition and the athletics triathlon. The team competition was a combination of individual scores from the individual all-around. The parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse scores for each gymnast were summed to get the combined score.

## Medal summary

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| All-around details | Julius Lenhart Austria | Wilhelm Weber Germany | Adolf Spinnler Switzerland |
| Combined details | Anton Heida United States | George Eyser United States | William Merz United States |
| Triathlon details | Adolf Spinnler Switzerland | Julius Lenhart Austria | Wilhelm Weber Germany |
| Team details | Mixed team (ZZX) Philadelphia Turngemeinde John Grieb Anton Heida Max Hess Philip Kassel Julius Lenhart (AUT) Ernst Reckeweg | United States (USA) New York Turnverein Emil Beyer John Bissinger Arthur Rosenkampff Julian Schmitz Otto Steffen Max Wolf | United States (USA) Central Turnverein, Chicago John Duha Charles Krause George Mayer Robert Maysack Philip Schuster Edward Siegler |
| Club swinging details | Edward Hennig United States | Emil Voigt United States | Ralph Wilson United States |
| Horizontal bar details | Anton Heida United States Edward Hennig United States | none awarded | George Eyser United States |
| Parallel bars details | George Eyser United States | Anton Heida United States | John Duha United States |
| Pommel horse details | Anton Heida United States | George Eyser United States | William Merz United States |
| Rings details | Herman Glass United States | William Merz United States | Emil Voigt United States |
| Rope climbing details | George Eyser United States | Charles Krause United States | Emil Voigt United States |
| Vault details | George Eyser United States Anton Heida United States | none awarded | William Merz United States |

## Participating nations

119 gymnasts from 4 nations competed.

* Austria (1)
* Germany (7)
* Switzerland (1)
* United States (110)

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Mixed team (ZZX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 13 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
