Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's all-around
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The men's individual all-around, also known as the heptathlon, was one of two gymnastics
events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
programme. As suggested by the alternate name, the competition included seven events with the scores summed to give a final score.
The events were:
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events were contested. No nation was successful in winning more than one medal.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-Sources:...
programme. As suggested by the alternate name, the competition included seven events with the scores summed to give a final score.
The events were:
- Horizontal bar, swinging movements
- Horizontal bar, slow movements
- Parallel bars
- Rings, swinging
- Rings, stationary
- Vault
- Rope climbing
Results
The names of the 97 competitors are known. The Official Report gives the places and scores of the first 19. The places of some others are known, though without much systematicity save for the preservation of the placings of the Dutch gymnasts.Place | Gymnast | Nation | Score |
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1 | Alberto Braglia Alberto Braglia Alberto Braglia was an Italian gymnast. He won gold overall at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 3 olympic gold medals throughout his career.... |
317 | |
2 | Walter Tysall Walter Tysall Walter Tysall was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Birmingham and died in Ashton-on-Ribble.In 1908 he won the silver medal in the individual all-around.-External links:*... |
312 | |
3 | Louis Ségura Louis Ségura Louis Ségura was an French gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He won the bronze medal in the individual all-around in 1908 as well as the silver medal in 1912.-External links:**... |
297 | |
4 | Curt Steuernagel | 273.5 | |
5 | Friedrich Wolf Friedrich Wolf (gymnast) Friedrich Wolf was a German gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he finished fifth in the all-around competition.-External links:*... |
267 | |
6 | Samuel Hodgetts Samuel Hodgetts Samuel Ernest Hodgetts was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.... |
266 | |
7 | Marcel Lalu Marcel Lalu Marcel Lalu was a French gymnast who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Limoges.... |
258.75 | |
8 | Robert Diaz | 258.5 | |
9 | Edward Potts | 252.5 | |
10 | Jules Rolland | 249.5 | |
11 | François Nidal | 249 | |
12 | George Bailey | 246 | |
Karl Borchert | 246 | ||
14 | Antoine Costa | 241.75 | |
15 | János Nyisztor | 236 | |
16 | Franklin Dick | 233.5 | |
Arthur Hodges | 233.5 | ||
18 | Georges Thurnherr Georges Thurnherr Georges Thurnherr was a French gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Eglingen and died in Belfort.In 1908 he finished 18th in the all-around competition.... |
232 | |
19 | Jean Castigliano | 227 | |
20 | Guido Romano Guido Romano Guido Romano was an Italian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he competed in the individual all-around and finished 19th.... |
Unknown | |
21 | Unknown | Unknown | |
22 | Unknown | Unknown | |
23 | Unknown | Unknown | |
24 | Unknown | Unknown | |
25 | Josef Čada Josef Cada Josef Čada was a Czech gymnast who competed for Bohemia in the 1908 Summer Olympics and for Czechoslovakia in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Prague.... |
Unknown | |
26 | Unknown | Unknown | |
27 | Unknown | Unknown | |
28 | Unknown | Unknown | |
29 | Unknown | Unknown | |
30 | Unknown | Unknown | |
31 | Unknown | Unknown | |
32 | Unknown | Unknown | |
33 | Unknown | Unknown | |
34 | Kálmán Szabó | Unknown | |
35 | Unknown | Unknown | |
36 | Bohumil Honzátko | Unknown | |
37 | Unknown | Unknown | |
38 | Unknown | Unknown | |
39 | Imre Gellért Imre Gellért Imre Gellért was an Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he participated in the individual all-around competition and finished 39th.... |
Unknown | |
40 | Unknown | Unknown | |
41 | Unknown | Unknown | |
42 | Unknown | Unknown | |
43 | Unknown | Unknown | |
44 | Unknown | Unknown | |
45 | Mihály Antos | Unknown | |
46 | Unknown | Unknown | |
47 | Unknown | Unknown | |
48 | Unknown | Unknown | |
49 | Michel Biet Michel Biet Michel Biet was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event. In the individual all-around competition he finished 49th.... |
187.5 | |
50 | Unknown | Unknown | |
51 | Unknown | Unknown | |
52 | Unknown | Unknown | |
53 | Unknown | Unknown | |
54 | Unknown | Unknown | |
55 | Unknown | Unknown | |
56 | Unknown | Unknown | |
57 | Unknown | Unknown | |
58 | Unknown | Unknown | |
59 | Allan Keith | Unknown | |
60 | Gerardus Wesling Gerardus Wesling Gerardus Jacobus Wesling was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
165 | |
61 | Reinier Blom Reinier Blom Reinier Jan Cornelis Blom was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
160.5 | |
62 | Isidore Goudeket Isidore Goudeket Isidore Goudeket was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
159 | |
63 | Johannes Stikkelman Johannes Stikkelman Johannes Stikkelman was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event. In the individual all-around competition he finished 63rd.... |
159 | |
64 | Emanuel Brouwer Emanuel Brouwer Emanuel Brouwer was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event. In the individual all-around competition he finished 64th.... |
158 | |
65 | Unknown | Unknown | |
66 | Johannes Posthumus Johannes Posthumus Johannes Jacobus Posthumus was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
155.5 | |
67 | Unknown | Unknown | |
68 | Unknown | Unknown | |
69 | Dirk Janssen Dirk Janssen Dirk Janssen was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Born in Groningen, Janssen was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event. In the individual all-around competition he finished 69th.He was the younger brother of Jan Janssen. He died at the... |
153.5 | |
70 | Unknown | Unknown | |
71 | Cornelus Becker Cornelus Becker Cornelus Lambertus Josephus Becker was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
152.5 | |
72 | Jan Janssen Jan Janssen (gymnast) Jan Janssen was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Groningen.As part of the Dutch gymnastics team that finished in 7th place he finished 60th in the individual all-around competition.He was the older brother of Dirk Janssen. He died in Haarlem.... |
150.5 | |
73 | Unknown | Unknown | |
74 | Jan Jacob Kieft Jan Jacob Kieft Jan Jacob Kieft , was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Born in Amsterdam, Kieft was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event. In the individual all-around competition he finished 74th.He died in Rotterdam.... |
149.5 | |
75 | Riku Korhonen | Unknown | |
76 | Unknown | Unknown | |
77 | Unknown | Unknown | |
78 | Abraham Mok Abraham Mok Abraham Mok was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He is remembered as one of four members of that squad to die during the Holocaust of the 1940s.-Early years:... |
141 | |
79 | Unknown | Unknown | |
80 | Orville Elliott | Unknown | |
81 | Unknown | Unknown | |
82 | Unknown | Unknown | |
83 | Hendricus Thijsen Hendricus Thijsen Hendricus Josephus Franciscus Thijsen was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
127 | |
84 | Unknown | Unknown | |
85 | Unknown | Unknown | |
86 | Unknown | Unknown | |
87 | Unknown | Unknown | |
88 | Unknown | Unknown | |
89 | Unknown | Unknown | |
90 | Johann Flemer Johann Flemer Johann Heinrich Flemer was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
118.5 | |
91 | Unknown | Unknown | |
92 | Unknown | Unknown | |
93 | Constantijn van Daalen Constantijn van Daalen Constantijn van Daalen was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
116.5 | |
94 | Unknown | Unknown | |
95 | Herman van Leeuwen Herman van Leeuwen Hermanus "Herman" Nicolaas van Leeuwen was a Dutch gymnast and high jumper who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event... |
101 | |
96 | Jonas Slier Jonas Slier Jonas Slier was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Jonas Slier was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event... |
96 | |
97 | Frigyes Gráf | Did not finish |
Unplaced gymnasts
51 other gymnasts competed, but their places are unknown.Gymnast | Nation |
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E. Aspinall | |
Oliver Bauscher | |
Edouard Boislevé | |
Antoine de Buck | |
Otello Capitani | |
Conrad Carlsrud Conrad Carlsrud Conrad Maurentius Carlsrud was a Norwegian gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
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Alfred Castille | |
Ferdinand Castille | |
Georges Charmoille | |
Joseph Cook | |
S. Domville | |
Victor Dubois | |
E. Dyson | |
August Ehrlich | |
W. Fergus | |
Paul Fischer | |
Dominique Follacci | |
A. Ford | |
E. Gauthier | |
J. Graham | |
Jean van Guysse | |
R. Hanley | |
Leonard Hanson Leonard Hanson Leonard Hanson was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he participated in the individual all-around competition, but his place is unknown.... |
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Petter Hol Petter Hol Petter Hol was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.... |
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Eugen Ingebretsen Eugen Ingebretsen Eugen Ingebretsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... |
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Ole Iversen Ole Iversen Ole Iversen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908.-External links:*... |
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Per Mathias Jespersen Per Mathias Jespersen Per Mathias Jespersen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
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Georg Karth | |
Wilhelm Kaufmann | |
Carl Klæth Carl Klæth Carl Klæth was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908.-External links:*... |
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Carl Körting | |
Eetu Kosonen | |
Josef Krämer Josef Krämer Josef Krämer was a German gymnast, track and field athlete, and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gelsenkirchen.... |
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F. Lekim | |
Paulin Lemaire Paulin Lemaire Paulin Alexandre Lemaire was a French gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was part of the French team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1920.... |
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Justinien Lux | |
G. Meade | |
Aleko Moullos | |
G. Mounier | |
Frithjof Olsen Frithjof Olsen Frithjof Olsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... |
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Iivari Partanen | |
Georges Ratelot | |
Jaska Saarivuori | |
Heinrich Siebenhaar | |
John Skrataas John Skrataas John Skrataas was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908.-External links:*... |
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C. H. Smith | |
Ferenc Szüts Ferenc Szüts Ferenc Szüts was an Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he participated in the individual all-around competition, but his place is unknown.... |
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David Teivonen | |
J. A. Walters | |
W. Watters | |
Wilhelm Weber Wilhelm Weber (gymnast) Wilhelm Weber was an German gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |