Historical gymnastics apparatuses
Between 1896 and 1932, the Olympic gymnastics program included four apparatuses no longer contested today: rope climb, club swinging, side horse vault, and tumbling. Each was dropped before the modern apparatus set stabilized at the 1936 Berlin Games. The athletes who competed in them earned real Olympic medals, but their events have no direct successor in the current program.
This page lists what was contested, when, and the medalists of record. Where a competitor's profile exists on this site, their name links to it.
Rope Climb
Contested in 1896, 1904, 1906, 1924, 1932. 5 medal events in the archive.
- Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (GRE) — 1896 Athens Olympics, Gold
- Thomas Xenakis (GRE) — 1896 Athens Olympics, Silver
- Fritz Hofmann (GER) — 1896 Athens Olympics, Bronze
- George Eyser (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Gold
- Charles Krause (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Silver
- Emil Voigt (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Bronze
- Georgios Aliprantis (GRE) — 1906 Athens Intercalated Games, Gold
- Béla Erődi (HUN) — 1906 Athens Intercalated Games, Silver
- Konstantinos Kozanitas (GRE) — 1906 Athens Intercalated Games, Bronze
- Bedřich Šupčík (TCH) — 1924 Paris Olympics, Gold
- Albert Séguin (FRA) — 1924 Paris Olympics, Silver
- August Güttinger (SUI) — 1924 Paris Olympics, Bronze
- Ladislav Vácha (TCH) — 1924 Paris Olympics, Bronze
- Benny Bass (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Gold
- Jack Galbraith (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Silver
- Tom Connolly (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Bronze
Club Swinging
Contested in 1904, 1932. 2 medal events in the archive.
- Ed Hennig (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Gold
- Emil Voigt (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Silver
- Ralph Wilson (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Bronze
- George Roth (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Gold
- Phil Erenberg (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Silver
- Bill Kuhlemeier (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Bronze
Side Horse Vault
Contested in 1904, 1924. 2 medal events in the archive.
- Anton Heida (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Gold
- George Eyser (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Silver
- William Merz (USA) — 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Bronze
- Albert Séguin (FRA) — 1924 Paris Olympics, Gold
- Jean Gounot (FRA) — 1924 Paris Olympics, Silver
- François Gangloff (FRA) — 1924 Paris Olympics, Silver
Tumbling
Contested in 1932. 1 medal event in the archive.
- Rowland Wolfe (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Gold
- Ed Gross (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Silver
- Bill Hermann (USA) — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, Bronze