The men's team competition with a free system was an

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event held as part of the

Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics Four gymnastics events for men were contested at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. No women's competitions were held, though women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays. Including the displays, the events were held be ...

programme. It was one of three team gymnastics events. The others were a team competition in the Swedish system and a standard team competition. It was the first appearance of the event, which would only be held again at the

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. The official name was ''Team Competition III – with free choice of movements and apparatus''. For every nation one team was allowed to participate. One team had to consist of not less than 16 nor more than 40 members. The entry was closed on June 6, 1912. As all other gymnastics competitions the event took place in the

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. The competition was held on Wednesday July 10, 1912, in the time from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Starting order

Results

Judges

Chief Leader:

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Scores are an average of five judges' marks.

Score board

Three judges saw the first place for Norway, while one judge gave the first place to Denmark and one to Finland. Germany was placed behind Luxembourg by four judges and only the German judge gave his compatriots more points than Luxembourg – enough to beat the small neighbour, but not enough to win a medal.

Final standings

References

Sources

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gymnastics At The 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's Team, Free System Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics