Rope climbing at the Olympics
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Rope climbing at the Olympic Games | |
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![]() Rope climbing at the 1896 Olympic Games | |
Overview | |
Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
Gender | Men |
Years held | 1896, 1904, 1924, 1932 |
Reigning champion | |
Men | ![]() |
Rope climbing was an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. It was only held four times: 1896, 1904, 1924, and 1932.[1][2]
Medalists[edit]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1896 Athens – 14 m (45 ft 11 in) | Nicolaos Andriakopoulos![]() | Thomas Xenakis![]() | Fritz Hofmann![]() |
1904 St. Louis – 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) | George Eyser![]() | Charles Krause![]() | Emil Voigt![]() |
1924 Paris – 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in) | Bedřich Šupčík![]() | Albert Séguin![]() | August Güttinger![]() |
Ladislav Vácha![]() | |||
1932 Los Angeles – 8 m (26 ft 3 in) | Raymond Bass![]() | William Galbraith![]() | Thomas F. Connolly![]() |
Team medal counts[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References[edit]
- ^ "9 Really Strange Sports That Are No Longer in the Olympics – Rope climb". Time. 6 July 2012.
- ^ "It Used to be Gymnastics: Olympic Rope Climbing". Balance Beam Situation. 27 August 2020.