Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team
# Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team

The men's team, European system was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was one of three team gymnastics events. The others were a team competition in the Swedish system and one in the free system.

It was the third appearance of the event, which had made its debut in 1904. The official name was Team Competition II - with exercises according to special conditions. For every nation one team was allowed to participate. One team had to consist of not less than 16 nor more than 40 members. The entry was closed on June 6, 1912. As all other gymnastic competitions the event took place in the Olympiastadion.

The competition was held on Thursday July 11, 1912 in the time from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

## Starting order

| No. | Team | Time | Team Leader | Outfit |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 9:30 - 10:30 | Valentin Peffer | White jersey, with sleeves reaching to elbows; black stockinet pantaloons with white facings. |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 10:30 - 11:30 | Rezső Bábel | White gymnastic jersey with long sleeves, and with the Hungarian arms on the breast; white trousers; yellow belt; white shoes. |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 11:30 - 12:30 | Hermann Kuhr | White jersey with broad vertical field on breast and back; long sleeves; white trousers; black belt; yellow shoes. |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:00 - 3:00 | Charles Joseph West/R. Oberholzer | White jersey with short arms, and with Great Britain's flag on breast; white knickerbockers; red belt; white stockings and shoes. |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 3:00 - 4:00 | Cornelio Cavalli | White jersey with sleeves to elbows; black stockinet pantaloons with straps; black soft shoes. |

## Results

### Judges

Chief Leader: Einar Nerman

| No. | Judge | Country |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Abr. Clod-Hansen | DEN |
| 2 | Cesare Tifi | ITA |
| 3 | A. E. Syson | GBR |
| 4 | Wagner Hohenlobbese | GER |
| 5 | Michael Bély | HUN |

Scores are an average of five judges' marks.

### Score boards

**Luxembourg**

| Apparatus | Execution | Clod-Hansen | Tifi | Syson | Wagner | Bély | Total | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Free | Carriage | 1 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.50 | | |
| Free | Execution | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | to apparatus | 1 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | Execution | 9 | 6.50 | 3.25 | 0 | 1 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | from apparatus | 1 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 6 | 4 | | |
| Parallel Bars | to apparatus | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Parallel Bars | Execution | 8 | 7 | 4.75 | 6 | 3 | | |
| Parallel Bars | from apparatus | 1 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Horse | to apparatus | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Horse | Execution | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | | |
| Horse | from apparatus | 1 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Free | Execution | 9 | 7 | 6.25 | 8 | 9 | | |
| | Total | 50.50 | 36.75 | 22 | 38 | 32.50 | 179.75 | 35.95 |

**Hungary**

| Apparatus | Execution | Clod-Hansen | Tifi | Syson | Wagner | Bély | Total | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Free | Carriage | 0.75 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Free | Execution | 7.75 | 9 | 6.75 | 9 | 10 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | to apparatus | 0.25 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | Execution | 3 | 8 | 6.50 | 8 | 8.50 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | from apparatus | 1 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Parallel Bars | to apparatus | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Parallel Bars | Execution | 5 | 7 | 7.25 | 9 | 8 | | |
| Parallel Bars | from apparatus | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Horse | to apparatus | 1 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Horse | Execution | 9 | 6 | 6.75 | 9 | 10 | | |
| Horse | from apparatus | 1 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Free | Execution | 7 | 8 | 8.50 | 10 | 10 | | |
| | Total | 37.25 | 44 | 39.50 | 52 | 54.50 | 227.25 | 45.45 |

**Germany**

| Apparatus | Execution | Clod-Hansen | Tifi | Syson | Wagner | Bély | Total | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Free | Carriage | 1 | 1.25 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Free | Execution | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | to apparatus | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | Execution | 7 | 5 | 5.50 | 9 | 3.50 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | from apparatus | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Parallel Bars | to apparatus | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Parallel Bars | Execution | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3.25 | | |
| Parallel Bars | from apparatus | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Horse | to apparatus | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.50 | | |
| Horse | Execution | 5 | 4 | 5.25 | 8 | 3 | | |
| Horse | from apparatus | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.50 | | |
| Free | Execution | 4 | 4 | 5.25 | 10 | 4.25 | | |
| | Total | 32.75 | 27.25 | 30.25 | 49 | 22.75 | 162 | 32.40 |

**Great Britain**

| Apparatus | Execution | Clod-Hansen | Tifi | Syson | Wagner | Bély | Total | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Free | Carriage | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | | |
| Free | Execution | 9 | 7 | 6.50 | 8 | 5 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | to apparatus | 1 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | Execution | 9 | 5 | 5.25 | 8 | 5.50 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | from apparatus | 1 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Parallel Bars | to apparatus | 1 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Parallel Bars | Execution | 8 | 5 | 6.50 | 7.50 | 5 | | |
| Parallel Bars | from apparatus | 1 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Horse | to apparatus | 1 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.75 | | |
| Horse | Execution | 8.50 | 5 | 7.50 | 7 | 3.50 | | |
| Horse | from apparatus | 1 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.75 | | |
| Free | Execution | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3.50 | | |
| | Total | 47.50 | 30.75 | 35 | 43 | 28.25 | 184.50 | 36.90 |

**Italy**

| Apparatus | Execution | Clod-Hansen | Tifi | Syson | Wagner | Bély | Total | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Free | Carriage | 1.75 | 2 | 1.50 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Free | Execution | 9 | 9.50 | 8 | 8 | 9 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | to apparatus | 1 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | Execution | 9.50 | 9.50 | 8.25 | 9.50 | 8.25 | | |
| Horizontal Bar | from apparatus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | | |
| Parallel Bars | to apparatus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | | |
| Parallel Bars | Execution | 10 | 9.50 | 8.75 | 9.50 | 9.25 | | |
| Parallel Bars | from apparatus | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | | |
| Horse | to apparatus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Horse | Execution | 9.75 | 9.50 | 7.25 | 10 | 9 | | |
| Horse | from apparatus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Free | Execution | 10 | 10 | 8.50 | 10 | 10 | | |
| | Total | 56 | 55.75 | 48 | 52.50 | 53.50 | 265.75 | 53.15 |

## Final standings

| Place | Nation | Score |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy (ITA)Pietro Bianchi Guido Boni Alberto Braglia Giuseppe Domenichelli Carlo Fregosi Alfredo Gollini Francesco Loi Luigi Maiocco Giovanni Mangiante Lorenzo Mangiante Serafino Mazzarochi Guido Romano Paolo Salvi Luciano Savorini Adolfo Tunesi Giorgio Zampori Umberto Zanolini Angelo Zorzi | 53.15 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN)József Bittenbinder Imre Erdődy Samu Fóti Imre Gellért Győző Haberfeld Ottó Hellmich István Herczeg József Keresztessy Lajos Kmetykó János Krizmanich Elemér Pászti Árpád Pédery Jenõ Rittich Ferenc Szüts Ödön Téry Géza Tuli | 45.45 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR)Albert Betts William Cowhig Sidney Cross Harold Dickason Herbert Drury Bernard Franklin Leonard Hanson Samuel Hodgetts Charles Luck William MacKune Ronald McLean Alfred Messenger Henry Oberholzer Edward Pepper Edward Potts Reginald Potts George Ross Charles Simmons Arthur Southern William Titt Charles Vigurs Samuel Walker John Whitaker | 36.90 |
| 4 | Luxembourg (LUX)Nicolas Adam Charles Behm André Bordang Michel Hemmerling François Hentges Pierre Hentges Jean-Baptiste Horn Nicolas Kanivé Nicolas Kummer Marcel Langsam Emile Lanners Jean-Pierre Thommes François Wagner Antoine Wehrer Ferd Wirtz Joseph Zuang | 35.95 |
| 5 | Germany (GER)Wilhelm Brülle Johannes Buder Walter Engelmann Arno Glockauer Walter Jesinghaus Karl Jordan Rudolf Körner Heinrich Pahner Kurt Reichenbach Johannes Reuschle Carl Richter Hans Roth Adolf Seebaß Eberhard Sorge Alexander Sperling Alfred Staats Hans Werner Martin Worm | 32.40 |
