Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's rings
| Men's rings at the Games of the I Olympiad
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Weingärtner competing in the rings event
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| Venue | Panathinaiko Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | April 9 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 5 nations | |||||||||
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Ioannis Mitropoulos Greece
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Hermann Weingärtner Germany
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Petros Persakis Greece
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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.
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