Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

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.^[1] All known competitors were American. The event was won by Anton Heida, with George Eyser second and William Merz third.

Men's pommel horse at the Games of the III Olympiad
Artistic gymnastics pictogram
Venue	Francis Olympic Field
Date	October 28, 1904
Competitors	? from ? nations
Winning score	42
Medalists
Anton Heida  United States George Eyser  United States William Merz  United States
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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).^[2]

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.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 28 October 1904		Final

Results

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Score
	Anton Heida	United States	42
	George Eyser	United States	33
	William Merz	United States	29
4–5	John Duha	United States
	Edward Hennig	United States