Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

Men's rings at the Games of the I Olympiad
Weingärtner competing in the rings event
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Date	April 9
Competitors	15 from 5 nations
Medalists
Ioannis Mitropoulos Greece   Hermann Weingärtner Germany   Petros Persakis Greece

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 rings was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The fifth event, it was held on 9 April. The Greeks won the gold and bronze medals, with Hermann Weingärtner winning his fifth medal. Places 1-3 and 5 are known, but 4 is not - any of the four athletes whose places are not known may have occupied the fourth position.

Results

Place	Athlete
1	Ioannis Mitropoulos (GRE)
2	Hermann Weingärtner (GER)
3	Petros Persakis (GRE)
5	Carl Schuhmann (GER)
-	Konrad Böcker (GER)
	Alfred Flatow (GER)
	Gustav Flatow (GER)
	Desiderius Wein (HUN)

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.