Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

Men's rings at the Games of the III Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
Venue	Francis Olympic Field
Date	October 28
Competitors	? from ? nations
Winning score	45
Medalists
Herman Glass  United States William Merz  United States Emil Voigt  United States

The men's rings 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 three are known. The competition was held on Friday, October 28, 1904. All three of the known competitors, the medalists, were American. The event was won by Herman Glass, with William Merz second and Emil Voigt 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 rings, 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
	Herman Glass	United States	45
	William Merz	United States	35
	Emil Voigt	United States	32

Sources

• De Wael, Herman (2000). "Herman's Full Olympians". Retrieved 18 December 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 18 December 2006.