Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Games:
Host City: St. Louis, United States
Venue(s): Francis Field, Washington University, St. Louis
Date Started: July 1, 1904
Date Finished: July 2, 1904
Format: Each athlete competed in the long jump, shot put, and 100 yard dash as part of the overall combined exercises. Scoring was basically from 0-10 for each of the three events. In the long jump, 18 feet earned 10 points, and 1/10th point was added or subtracted for each 1/10th foot short of or beyond 18 feet. In the shot put, 30 feet () earned 10 points, and 1/10th point was added or subtracted for each 1/5th foot short of or beyond 30 feet. In the 100 yard dash, 11.0 seconds earned 10 points, and « point was added for subtracted for each 1/5th second faster or slower than 11.0 seconds.
Gold: | Max Emmerich |
Silver: | John Grieb |
Bronze: | William Merz |
This event was an offshoot of the individual all-around for apparatus and field sports, with the scores in the three track & field events (100 yards, long jump, shot put) used to determine placements. The event could really be considered a track & field multi-event, sort of an early triathlon, and it could be included within the track & field events. Scoring was on a 0-10 scale, but athletes could score more than the maximum in all three events.
Unlike the combined all-around and all-around for apparatus work, which were dominated by German-speaking gymnasts, the Americans were pre-eminent in the field sports, taking the top six places, and 18 of the top 20. The title went to Indianapolisâ [Max Emmerich], who scored well over the maximum with 35.7 points.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | PTS | |
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1 | Max Emmerich | 25 | United States | USA | Gold | 35.7 | |
2 | John Grieb | 24 | United States | USA | Silver | 34.0 | |
3 | William Merz | 26 | United States | USA | Bronze | 32.9 | |
4 | George Mayer | United States | USA | 32.4 | |||
5 | John Bissinger | 25 | United States | USA | 30.8 | ||
6 | Philip Kassel | 27 | United States | USA | 30.1 | ||
7T | Christian Busch | 24 | Germany | GER | 30.0 | ||
7T | Fred Schwind | 23 | United States | USA | 30.0 | ||
9 | Ernst Mohr | Germany | GER | 29.7 | |||
10T | Otto Niemand | 19 | United States | USA | 29.6 | ||
10T | Max Hess | 26 | United States | USA | 29.6 | ||
12 | Edward Siegler | 22 | United States | USA | 29.2 | ||
13 | John Laichinger | 20 | United States | USA | 29.1 | ||
14T | Otto Boehnke | United States | USA | 28.7 | |||
14T | George Stapf | 28 | United States | USA | 28.7 | ||
16 | Andrew Neu | 31 | United States | USA | 28.6 | ||
17T | Bob Reynolds | United States | USA | 28.5 | |||
17T | Frank Schicke | United States | USA | 28.5 | |||
19 | Ernst Reckeweg | 31 | United States | USA | 28.2 | ||
20 | Otto Steffen | 29 | United States | USA | 28.0 | ||
21 | Wilhelm Weber | Germany | GER | 27.6 | |||
22T | Reinhard Wagner | 27 | United States | USA | 27.4 | ||
22T | Ragnvald Berg | 24 | United States | USA | 27.4 | ||
22T | Lorenz Spann | 27 | United States | USA | 27.4 | ||
25T | Theodore Gross | 24 | United States | USA | 27.3 | ||
25T | Leander Keim | 25 | United States | USA | 27.3 | ||
25T | Robert Herrmann | 34 | United States | USA | 27.3 | ||
28T | Oluf Landnes | 30 | United States | USA | 27.2 | ||
28T | Otto Wiegand | 28 | Germany | GER | 27.2 | ||
30T | Willard Schrader | 21 | United States | USA | 27.0 | ||
30T | William Berwald | 29 | United States | USA | 27.0 | ||
32 | Julius Lenhart | 28 | Austria | AUT | 26.8 | ||
33 | Henry Koeder | United States | USA | 26.7 | |||
34T | Wilhelm Lemke | Germany | GER | 26.6 | |||
34T | Max Thomas | 30 | United States | USA | 26.6 | ||
36T | John Duha | 29 | United States | USA | 26.5 | ||
36T | Ed Hennig | 24 | United States | USA | 26.5 | ||
36T | Clarence Lidington | 23 | United States | USA | 26.5 | ||
36T | Emil Beyer | 27 | United States | USA | 26.5 | ||
40T | Harry Prinzler | 21 | United States | USA | 26.4 | ||
40T | Anthony Jahnke | 24 | United States | USA | 26.4 | ||
40T | Oliver Olsen | United States | USA | 26.4 | |||
43 | Phillip Sonntag | 25 | United States | USA | 26.2 | ||
44T | Leo Hunger | 24 | United States | USA | 25.9 | ||
44T | Adolph Weber | 29 | Germany | GER | 25.9 | ||
44T | Louis Kniep | 28 | United States | USA | 25.9 | ||
47T | Charles Umbs | 28 | United States | USA | 25.7 | ||
47T | John Wolf | United States | USA | 25.7 | |||
49T | John Wussow | 25 | United States | USA | 25.5 | ||
49T | Rudolf Krupitzer | 25 | United States | USA | 25.5 | ||
49T | George Aschenbrener | United States | USA | 25.5 | |||
52T | George Schroeder | United States | USA | 25.4 | |||
52T | Emil Rothe | 20 | United States | USA | 25.4 | ||
54 | Otto Feyder | 26 | United States | USA | 25.2 | ||
55T | Philip Schuster | 21 | United States | USA | 25.1 | ||
55T | Harry Warnken | 19 | United States | USA | 25.1 | ||
55T | Louis Rathke | 20 | United States | USA | 25.1 | ||
55T | Hugo Peitsch | 25 | Germany | GER | 25.1 | ||
59T | William Tritschler | 30 | United States | USA | 25.0 | ||
59T | Anton Heida | 25 | United States | USA | 25.0 | ||
59T | Jacob Hergenhahn | 22 | Germany | GER | 25.0 | ||
62 | Harry Hansen | United States | USA | 24.8 | |||
63 | Max Wolf | United States | USA | 24.6 | |||
64T | William Andelfinger | 23 | United States | USA | 24.5 | ||
64T | Adolf Spinnler | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | 24.5 | ||
64T | Charles Krause | United States | USA | 24.5 | |||
67 | Birger Nilsen | 22 | Norway | NOR | 24.4 | ||
68T | James Dwyer | United States | USA | 24.3 | |||
68T | William Traband | United States | USA | 24.3 | |||
70 | Robert Maysack | 31 | United States | USA | 24.2 | ||
71 | George Mastrovich | 18 | United States | USA | 24.1 | ||
72 | Charles Sorum | 37 | United States | USA | 24.0 | ||
73 | Bernard Berg | United States | USA | 23.9 | |||
74 | John Dellert | 19 | United States | USA | 23.7 | ||
75T | Otto Thomsen | 20 | United States | USA | 23.6 | ||
75T | Andreas Kempf | 23 | Switzerland | SUI | 23.6 | ||
77T | Edward Tritschler | 19 | United States | USA | 23.5 | ||
77T | Christian Deubler | 23 | Germany | GER | 23.5 | ||
79T | Ben Chimberoff | 29 | United States | USA | 23.4 | ||
79T | Henry Kraft | United States | USA | 23.4 | |||
81 | L. Guerner | United States | USA | 23.2 | |||
82 | P. Gussmann | United States | USA | 23.1 | |||
83 | Michael Lang | 28 | United States | USA | 23.0 | ||
84 | P. Ritter | United States | USA | 22.8 | |||
85T | Emil Voigt | 24 | United States | USA | 22.4 | ||
85T | Henry Weyland | 30 | United States | USA | 22.4 | ||
85T | Richard Tritschler | 20 | United States | USA | 22.4 | ||
88 | Otto Knerr | 21 | United States | USA | 22.3 | ||
89T | Gustav Mueller | United States | USA | 22.0 | |||
89T | Otto Roesner | 22 | United States | USA | 22.0 | ||
91 | William Horschke | 24 | United States | USA | 21.7 | ||
92T | Wilhelm Zabel | United States | USA | 21.5 | |||
92T | Frank Raad | United States | USA | 21.5 | |||
94 | M. Bascher | United States | USA | 21.4 | |||
95T | Rudy Schrader | 29 | United States | USA | 21.3 | ||
95T | Christian Sperl | United States | USA | 21.3 | |||
95T | August Placke | United States | USA | 21.3 | |||
95T | Emil Schwegler | 25 | United States | USA | 21.3 | ||
95T | William Kruppinger | United States | USA | 21.3 | |||
100T | M. Fischer | United States | USA | 21.2 | |||
100T | Julian Schmitz | 22 | United States | USA | 21.2 | ||
102T | Art Rosenkampff | 19 | United States | USA | 21.1 | ||
102T | William Herzog | United States | USA | 21.1 | |||
104T | Gustav Hämmerlin | 23 | United States | USA | 20.9 | ||
104T | Paul Stendel | 24 | United States | USA | 20.9 | ||
106 | Martin Ludwig | United States | USA | 20.4 | |||
107 | Charles Dellert | 22 | United States | USA | 20.3 | ||
108T | Walter Real | United States | USA | 20.2 | |||
108T | Arthur Sundbye | 24 | United States | USA | 20.2 | ||
108T | John Messel | United States | USA | 20.2 | |||
111 | Maurice Barry | 23 | United States | USA | 20.1 | ||
112 | K. Woerner | United States | USA | 19.7 | |||
113 | Edmund Pueschel | 21 | United States | USA | 19.3 | ||
114 | Charles Schwartz | United States | USA | 19.1 | |||
115 | K. Roedek | United States | USA | 19.0 | |||
116 | Alvin Kritschmann | United States | USA | 18.9 | |||
117 | William Friedrich | United States | USA | 17.7 | |||
118 | George Eyser | 33 | United States | USA | 13.5 |