Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Gymnastics
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Dates6-15 July 1912
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Four

Olympiastadion.[2]

Amateur definitions

The definition for the gymnastic competitions was:

An amateur is one:

  • who has never, for pecuniary gain, taken part in a public competition or display;
  • who has never taken part in a competition for money prizes;
  • who, in all other respects, is an amateur according to the rules of his own country.

Gymnastic teachers and leaders, even though they receive payment as such, are regarded as amateurs.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's all-around, individual
details
Alberto Braglia
 Italy
Louis Ségura
 France
Adolfo Tunesi
 Italy
Men's all-around, team
details
     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
Men's team,
free system
details
 Norway (NOR)
Isak Abrahamsen
Hans Beyer
Hartmann Bjørnsen
Alfred Engelsen
Bjarne Johnsen
Sigurd Jørgensen
Knud Leonard Knudsen
Alf Lie
Rolf Lie
Tor Lund
Petter Martinsen
Per Mathiesen
Jacob Opdahl
Nils Opdahl
Bjarne Pettersen
Frithjof Sælen
Øistein Schirmer
Georg Selenius
Sigvard Sivertsen
Robert Sjursen
Einar Strøm
Gabriel Thorstensen
Thomas Thorstensen
Nils Voss
 Finland (FIN)
Kaarlo Ekholm
Eino Forsström
Eero Hyvärinen
Mikko Hyvärinen
Tauno Ilmoniemi
Ilmari Keinänen
Jalmari Kivenheimo
Karl Lund
Aarne Pelkonen
Ilmari Pernaja
Arvid Rydman
Eino Saastamoinen
Aarne Salovaara
Heikki Sammallahti
Hannes Sirola
Klaus Suomela
Lauri Tanner
Väinö Tiiri
Kaarlo Vähämäki
Kaarlo Vasama
 Denmark (DEN)
Axel Andersen
Hjalmart Andersen
Halvor Birch
Wilhelm Grimmelmann
Arvor Hansen
Christian Hansen
Marius Hansen
Charles Jensen
Hjalmar Peter Johansen
Poul Jørgensen
Carl Krebs
Vigo Madsen
Lukas Nielsen
Rikard Nordstrøm
Steen Olsen
Oluf Olsson
Carl Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen
Niels Petersen
Christian Svendsen
Men's team,
Swedish system
details
     Norway (NOR)
Arthur Amundsen
Jørgen Andersen
Trygve Bøyesen
Georg Brustad
Conrad Christensen
Oscar Engelstad
Marius Eriksen
Axel Henry Hansen
Petter Hol
Eugen Ingebretsen
Olaf Ingebretsen
Olof Jacobsen
Erling Jensen
Thor Jensen
Frithjof Olsen
Oscar Olstad
Edvin Paulsen
Carl Alfred Pedersen
Paul Pedersen
Rolf Robach
Sigurd Smebye
Torleif Torkildsen

Participating nations

A total of 249 gymnasts from 12 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)2013
2 Norway (NOR)1012
3 Sweden (SWE)1001
4 Denmark (DEN)0112
5 Finland (FIN)0101
 France (FRA)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
8 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

Display

Pathé newsreel showing highlights from the 1912 Olympics, including gymnastics

Women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Fifth Olympiad: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Swedish Olympic Committee. p. 64.
  2. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ Bergvall, Erik, ed. (1913). The Fifth Olympiad: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Swedish Olympic Committee. p. 64.

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