Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's team parallel bars
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| Men's team parallel bars at the Games of the I Olympiad |
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| Venue | Panathinaiko Stadium | ||||||
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| Date | April 9 | ||||||
| Competitors | 63 from 2 nations | ||||||
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| Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 team parallel bars was the first of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 9 April. Three teams took part, one German and two Greek. The German team won the competition.
Results
| Place | Team | Team leader | Gymnasts |
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| 1 |  Germany |
Fritz Hofmann | Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hillmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, Hermann Weingärtner |
| 2 |  Greece - Panellinios |
Sotirios Athanasopoulos | Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Petros Persakis, Thomas Xenakis, 29 others, names unknown |
| 3 | Greece - Ethnikos |
Ioannis Chrysafis | Ioannis Mitropoulos, Dimitrios Loundras, Filippos Karvelas, 15 others, names unknown |
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 [1])
- 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 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK]. (Excerpt available at [2])
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK].
