Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

Men's horizontal bar at the Games of the I Olympiad
The two medalists during the competition: Hermann Weingärtner Alfred Flatow
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Date	April 9
Competitors	16 from 4 nations
Medalists
Hermann Weingärtner Germany   Alfred Flatow Germany

Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Parallel bars		men
Horizontal bar		men
Vault		men
Pommel horse		men
Rings		men
Rope climbing		men
Team parallel bars		men
Team horizontal bar		men

The men's horizontal bar was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 9 April, as the sixth gymnastics event. 16 athletes from four nations entered the competition. Two winners were announced, with Hermann Weingärtner winning his first individual gold medal, which was added to his two team gold medals and his three other individual medals. His countryman, Alfred Flatow, won his first individual medal.

Results

Place	Athlete
1	Hermann Weingärtner (GER)
2	Alfred Flatow (GER)
-	Konrad Böcker (GER)
	Gustav Flatow (GER)
	Georg Hillmar (GER)
	Gyula Kakas (HUN)
	Fritz Manteuffel (GER)
	Karl Neukirch (GER)
	Antonios Papaigannou (GRE)
	Richard Röstel (GER)
	Gustav Schuft (GER)
	Carl Schuhmann (GER)
	Leonidas Tsiklitiras (GRE)
	Desiderius Wein (HUN)
	Louis Zutter (SUI)

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at )
• Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at )
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.