Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

Men's parallel bars at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Date	April 10
Competitors	18 from 6 nations
Medalists
Alfred Flatow Germany   Louis Zutter Switzerland

Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Parallel bars		men
Horizontal bar		men
Vault		men
Pommel horse		men
Rings		men
Rope climbing		men
Team parallel bars		men
Team horizontal bar		men

The men's parallel bars was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The parallel bars event was held on 10 April, the seventh gymnastics event to be held. 18 gymnasts from six nations competed, with the judges announcing Alfred Flatow as the winner and Louis Zutter as the runner-up.

Results

Place	Athlete
1	Alfred Flatow (GER)
2	Louis Zutter (SUI)
-	Konrad Böcker (GER)
	Charles Champaud (BUL)
	Gustav Flatow (GER)
	Alphonse Grisel (FRA)
	Georg Hillmar (GER)
	Gyula Kakas (HUN)
	Filippos Karvelas (GRE)
	Fritz Manteuffel (GER)
	Ioannis Mitropoulos (GRE)
	Karl Neukirch (GER)
	Antonios Papaigannou (GRE)
	Richard Röstel (GER)
	Gustav Schuft (GER)
	Carl Schuhmann (GER)
	Desiderius Wein (HUN)
	Hermann Weingärtner (GER)

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.  (Digitally available at )
• Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9.  (Excerpt available at )
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.