At the 1904 Summer Olympics of St. Louis, Missouri, eleven gymnastics events were contested for the first time.
| Gymnastics at the Games of the III Olympiad | |
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Gymnastics pictogram | |
| Venue | Francis Field |
| Dates | July – October 1904 |
| No. of events | 11 |
| Competitors | 119 from 3 nations |
The 1904 Games had a program of events spread out over several months, and the gymnastics competition was no different. The International Olympic Committee considers two sets of events as "Olympic":
- International Turners' Championship held July 1–2, comprising the all-around, triathlon, and team events
- Olympic Gymnastics Championships held October 29, comprising the seven individual apparatus events and the combined event.
The individual all-around was a combination of the gymnastic triathlon competition and the athletics triathlon. The team competition was a combination of individual scores from the individual all-around. The parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse scores for each gymnast were summed to get the combined score.
Medal summary
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-around | Julius Lenhart Austria | Wilhelm Weber Germany | Adolf Spinnler Switzerland |
| Combined | Anton Heida United States | George Eyser United States | William Merz United States |
| Triathlon | Adolf Spinnler Switzerland | Julius Lenhart Austria | Wilhelm Weber Germany |
| Team | Mixed team Philadelphia Turngemeinde John Grieb Anton Heida Max Hess Philip Kassel Julius Lenhart (AUT) Ernst Reckeweg | United States New York Turnverein Emil Beyer John Bissinger Arthur Rosenkampff Julian Schmitz Otto Steffen Max Wolf | United States Central Turnverein, Chicago John Duha Charles Krause George Mayer Robert Maysack Philip Schuster Edward Siegler |
| Club swinging | Edward Hennig United States | Emil Voigt United States | Ralph Wilson United States |
| Horizontal bar | Anton Heida United States Edward Hennig United States | none awarded | George Eyser United States |
| Parallel bars | George Eyser United States | Anton Heida United States | John Duha United States |
| Pommel horse | Anton Heida United States | George Eyser United States | William Merz United States |
| Rings | Herman Glass United States | William Merz United States | Emil Voigt United States |
| Rope climbing | George Eyser United States | Charles Krause United States | Emil Voigt United States |
| Vault | George Eyser United States Anton Heida United States | none awarded | William Merz United States |
Participating nations
119 gymnasts from 4 nations competed.
- Austria (1)
- Germany (7)
- Switzerland (1)
- United States (110)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Mixed team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 13 | 9 | 11 | 33 | |
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