Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team, free system

Men's free system team gymnastics
at the Games of the V Olympiad
The gold winning team of Norway.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 10
Competitors101 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway (NOR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finland (FIN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark (DEN)
1920 →

The men's team competition with a free system was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was one of three team gymnastics events. The others were a team competition in the Swedish system and a standard team competition.[1]

It was the first appearance of the event, which would only be held again at the 1920 Summer Olympics. 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 Olympiastadion.

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

No. Team Time Team Leader Outfit
1  Germany (GER) 9:30 – 10:30 Hermann Kuhr White jersey with broad, vertical, red field on breast and back; white trousers; yellow shoes.
2  Norway (NOR) 10:30 – 11:30 Johannes Dahl White gymnastic jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; white belt; white shoes.
3  Denmark (DEN) 11:30 – 12:30 H. Mølgaard White jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; white belt; white shoes.
4  Finland (FIN) 2:00 – 3:00 Arvid Vartia White jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; black belt; white shoes.
5  Luxembourg (LUX) 3:00 – 4:00 Valentin Peffer White jersey, with sleeves reaching to elbows; black stockinet pantaloons with white facings.

Results

Judges

Chief Leader: Einar Nerman

No. Judge Country
1 J. F. Allum  NOR
2 Abraham Clod-Hansen  DEN
3 A. E. Syson  GBR
4 Wagner Hohenlobbese  GER
5 Ivar Wilskman Grand Duchy of Finland FIN

Scores are an average of five judges' marks.

Score board

Place Nation DenmarkClod-Hansen NorwayAllum Grand Duchy of FinlandWilskman United KingdomSyson German EmpireWagner Total score Average
1  Norway (NOR) 20 24 22 23.25 25 114.25 22.85
2  Finland (FIN) 20 20 23 22.25 24 109.25 21.85
3  Denmark (DEN) 23 19 21.5 20.75 22 106.25 21.25
4  Germany (GER) 18 12 14 16.25 24 84.25 16.85
5  Luxembourg (LUX) 19 15.5 18 17 12 81.50 16.30

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

Place Nation Score
1  Norway (NOR)
Isak Abrahamsen
Hans Beyer
Hartmann Bjørnsen
Alfred Engelsen
Bjarne Johnsen
Sigurd Jørgensen
Knud Leonard Knudsen
Alf Lie
Rolf Lie
Tor Lund
Petter Martinsen
Per Mathiesen
Jacob Opdahl
Nils Opdahl
Bjarne Pettersen
Frithjof Sælen
Øistein Schirmer
Georg Selenius
Sigvard Sivertsen
Robert Sjursen
Einar Strøm
Gabriel Thorstensen
Thomas Thorstensen
Nils Voss
22.85
2  Finland (FIN)
Kaarlo Ekholm
Eino Forsström
Eero Hyvärinen
Mikko Hyvärinen
Tauno Ilmoniemi
Ilmari Keinänen
Jalmari Kivenheimo
Karl Lund
Aarne Pelkonen
Ilmari Pernaja
Arvid Rydman
Eino Saastamoinen
Aarne Salovaara
Heikki Sammallahti
Hannes Sirola
Klaus Suomela
Lauri Tanner
Väinö Tiiri
Kaarlo Vähämäki
Kaarlo Vasama
21.85
3  Denmark (DEN)
Axel Andersen
Hjalmart Andersen
Halvor Birch
Wilhelm Grimmelmann
Arvor Hansen
Christian Hansen
Marius Hansen
Charles Jensen
Hjalmar Peter Johansen
Poul Jørgensen
Carl Krebs
Vigo Madsen
Lukas Nielsen
Rikard Nordstrøm
Steen Olsen
Oluf Olsson
Carl Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen
Niels Petersen
Christian Svendsen
21.25
4  Germany (GER)
Wilhelm Brülle
Johannes Buder
Walter Engelmann
Arno Glockauer
Walter Jesinghaus
Karl Jordan
Rudolf Körner
Heinrich Pahner
Kurt Reichenbach
Johannes Reuschle
Carl Richter
Hans Roth
Adolf Seebaß
Eberhard Sorge
Alexander Sperling
Alfred Staats
Hans Werner
Martin Worm
16.85
5  Luxembourg (LUX)
Nicolas Adam
Charles Behm
André Bordang
Jean-Pierre Frantzen
Michel Hemmerling
François Hentges
Pierre Hentges
Jean-Baptiste Horn
Nicolas Kanivé
Émile Knepper
Nicolas Kummer
Marcel Langsam
Emile Lanners
Maurice Palgen
Jean-Pierre Thommes
François Wagner
Antoine Wehrer
Ferd Wirtz
Joseph Zuang
16.30

References

  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Team All-Around, Free System". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

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