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Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Dates
  
July 29–30

Competitors
  
135 from 8 nations

At the 1900 Summer Olympics one gymnastics event was contested. The competition was held on Sunday, July 29, 1900, and on Monday, July 30, 1900.

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Results

Gymnasts performed in 16 exercises, many of them being two competitions of the same discipline. There was a maximum of 20 points in each exercise, leading to a total maximum of 320 points. The events were mostly gymnastic in nature, but also included a number of athletics events and a weightlifting competition.

  • 1. and 2. - Horizontal bar
  • 3. and 4. - Parallel bars
  • 5. and 6. - Rings
  • 7. and 8. - Pommel horse
  • 9. and 10. - Floor exercise
  • 11. - Horse vault
  • 12. - Combined high jump
  • 13. - Long jump
  • 14. - Pole vault
  • 15. - Rope climbing
  • 16. - Weightlifting

    • Participating nations

    A total of 135 gymnasts from 8 nations competed at the Paris Games:

  •  Belgium (2)
  •  Bohemia (1)
  •  France (108)
  •  Germany (14)
  •  Great Britain (4)
  •  Hungary (2)
  •  Italy (1)
  •  Switzerland (3)

    • References

    Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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