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Rope climbing at the Olympics

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Rope climbing
at the Olympic Games
Rope climbing at the 1896 Olympic Games
Overview
SportArtistic gymnastics
GenderMen
Years held1896, 1904, 1924, 1932
Reigning champion
Men Raymond Bass (USA)

Rope climbing was an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. It was only held four times: 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1932.[1][2]

Medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
details – 14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Nicolaos Andriakopoulos
 Greece
Thomas Xenakis
 Greece
Fritz Hofmann
 Germany
1904 St. Louis
details – 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
George Eyser
 United States
Charles Krause
 United States
Emil Voigt
 United States
1924 Paris
details – 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)
Bedřich Šupčík
 Czechoslovakia
Albert Séguin
 France
August Güttinger
 Switzerland
Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
1932 Los Angeles
details – 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Raymond Bass
 United States
William Galbraith
 United States
Thomas F. Connolly
 United States

Team medal counts

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 2 2 2 6
2  Greece (GRE) 1 1 0 2
3  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 1 2
4  France (FRA) 0 1 0 1
5  Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 1 1

References

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  1. ^ "9 Really Strange Sports That Are No Longer in the Olympics – Rope climb". Time. 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ "It Used to be Gymnastics: Olympic Rope Climbing". Balance Beam Situation. 27 August 2020.