The men's
rings was an
artistic gymnastics event held as part of the
gymnastics programme at the
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...
. 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.
All three of the known competitors, the medalists, were American. The event was won by
Herman Glass, with
William Merz
William G. Merz (April 25, 1878 – March 17, 1946) was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in Overland, Missouri
Overland is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, U ...
second and
Emil Voigt third.
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).
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.
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Schedule
Results
References
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Rings
Men's 1904