Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

The men's horizontal bar 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 five are known, all American. The competition was held on Friday, October 28, 1904.[1] Anton Heida and Edward Hennig tied for first, with George Eyser third.

Men's horizontal bar at the Games of the III Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
Venue	Francis Olympic Field
Date	October 28
Competitors	? from ? nations
Winning score	40
Medalists
Anton Heida  United States Edward Hennig  United States George Eyser  United States

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). Heida was the reigning AAU champion.[2]

Competition format

Each gymnast performed three exercises on the parallel bars, 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 1904		Final

Results

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Score
	Anton Heida	United States	40
	Edward Hennig	United States	40
	George Eyser	United States	39
4–5	John Duha	United States
	William Merz	United States

References

1. "Gymnastics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Horizontal Bar". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
2. "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

Sources

• De Wael, Herman (2000). "Herman's Full Olympians". Retrieved 18 December 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 18 December 2006.