Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

The men's rings was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event was held at the Olympics. An unknown number of gymnasts competed, only three are known. The competition was held on Friday, October 28, 1904.[1] All three of the known competitors, the medalists, were American. The event was won by Herman Glass, with William Merz second and Emil Voigt third.

Men's rings
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
VenueFrancis Olympic Field
DateOctober 28
Competitors? from ? nations
Winning score45
Medalists
Herman Glass
 United States
William Merz
 United States
Emil Voigt
 United States
Gymnastics at the
1904 Summer Olympics
All-aroundmen
Triathlonmen
Teammen
Combinedmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Vaultmen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Rope climbingmen
Club swingingmen

Background

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

Each gymnast performed three exercises on the rings, 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
Date Time Round
Friday, 28 October 1904Final

Results
RankGymnastNationScore
Herman Glass United States45
William Merz United States35
Emil Voigt United States32

References
  1. "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Rings". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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