1896 Olympics

[bmanj]

This was way cool! Thanks for posting this!
Any more Olympics on tap?

[OliDegu2008]

Quote: Originally Posted by bmanj

This was way cool! Thanks for posting this! Any more Olympics on tap?

Thanks Bmanj - these aren't over yet! Lots of competition still. Look for an update soon! Thanks for following!

[OliDegu2008]

Louis Zutter gives the Swiss its first gold in the Men's Vault

Gymnastics - Men's Vault - The first of what will be six gymnastics competitions Thursday, the Men's Vault featured a field that consisted of 10 Germans plus five men from four other nations. The men's vault was one of only four events in 1896 that had no Greek competitors.

Format - Each gymnast was given two minutes to perform as many vaults as he wished during that time. Little data is available for how the judges actually scored the competition.

Results - Louis Zutter of Switzerland was the top vaulter winning the gold medal, the first medal of these games for the Swiss.

Two Germans, Alfred Flatow and Hermann Weingartner placed second and third to earn the silver and bronze medals. Surprisingly the two medals are also Germany's first two medals of these games as well.

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Next up: Staying with the gymnastics theme, next up is the Men;s side horse (pommeled horse).

[OliDegu2008]

Louis Zutter scores his second gold in Gymnastics in the Pommel Horse

Gymnastics - Men's Pommel Horse - The second of six scheduled gymnastics competitions Thursday, the Men's Pommel Horse featured a field that consisted of 10 Germans plus five men from four other nations.

Results - Louis Zutter of Switzerland scored his second straight gold medal in gymnastics with an outstanding effort.

Two Germans, Hermann Weingartner and Karl Neukirch placed second and third to earn the silver and bronze medals.

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Next up: The third of six straight gymnastics competitions will see the men compete in the Ring's competition.

[OliDegu2008]

Greece score big in the rings competition

Gymnastics - Men's Rings - The third of six scheduled gymnastics competitions Thursday, the Men's rings featured a field of eight competitors from three nations.

Format - Each gymnast performed a routine two minutes long.

Results - Petros Persakis took home the gold while countryman Ioannis Mitropoulos scored a bronze medal.

Gustav Flatow of Germany won silver.

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Next up: It's all gymnastics all the time, next up is the Men's horizontal bar competition.

[OliDegu2008]

Germany's Weingartner earns 3rd medal in Men's horizontal bar

Gymnastics - Men's horizontal bar - The fourth of six scheduled gymnastics competitions Thursday, the Men's horizontal bar featured a field of fifteen competitors from four nations.

Results - Germany's Hermann Weingartner won gold giving him 3 medals in just four gymnastic competitions so far. A fellow German of Weingartner's Karl Neukirch won bronze.

Giving Hungary its first medal of these games was Desiderius Wein who earned the silver.

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Next up: The Men's team parallel and horizontal bars competitions.

[OliDegu2008]

Germany takes gold in team parallel and horizontal bar

Gymnastics - Men's team horizontal and parallel bars - The final two gymnastics competitions of the day were team events - the horizontal and parallel bars.

Format - Both bar competitions featured 10 sets of parallel and horizontal bars available to the teams. There was apparently no limit on the size of the teams, as one team exceeded 30 members (The Panellinios Grecian team in parallel). Judges scored the routines on execution, rhythm, and technical difficulty.

The parallel bar competition would see sixty-three competitors from Greece and Germany battle for the gold medal. Greece had two teams entered, one named Panellinios and Ethnikos.

In the horizontal bar competition, there was no competition as the only nation entered was a German side that was awarded the gold medal.

Results - Aside from the awarded gold medal, Germany's parallel bar team featuring gold medalist Hermann Weingärtner placed first with a dominating performance over both Greece teams.

Capturing the silver medal was team Panellinios with Ethnikos taking home bronze.

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Next up: The final event of Thursday, the Men's 800 metre final.