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Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

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Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenueFrancis Olympic Field
DateOctober 28
Competitors? from ? nations
Winning score42
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anton Heida
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George Eyser
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Merz
 United States
← 1896
1924 →

The men's pommel horse was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the gymnastics programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the second time the event was held at the Olympics. An unknown number of gymnasts competed, only five are known. The competition was held on Friday, October 28, 1904.[1] All known competitors were American. The event was won by Anton Heida, with George Eyser second and William Merz third.

Background

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This was the second appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920).[2]

Competition format

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Each gymnast performed three exercises on the horse, all voluntary in design. Three judges each gave scores from 0 to 5 for each exercise; thus, the maximum for an exercise was 15 and the maximum total was 45.[2]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Friday, 28 October 1904 Final

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anton Heida  United States 42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George Eyser  United States 33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Merz  United States 29
4–5 John Duha  United States
Edward Hennig  United States

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Side Horse". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Side Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

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