The men's pommel horse was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the gymnastics programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the second time the event was held at the Olympics. An unknown number of gymnasts competed, only five are known. The competition was held on Friday, October 28, 1904. All known competitors were American. The event was won by Anton Heida, with George Eyser second and William Merz third.
Background
This was the second appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920).
Competition format
Each gymnast performed three exercises on the horse, all voluntary in design. Three judges each gave scores from 0 to 5 for each exercise; thus, the maximum for an exercise was 15 and the maximum total was 45.
Schedule
Date Time Round Friday, 28 October 1904 Final
Results
Rank Gymnast Nation Score Anton Heida 42 George Eyser 33 William Merz 29 4–5 John Duha Edward Hennig
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