Rope climbing at the Olympics

Rope climbing
at the Olympic Games
Rope climbing at the 1896 Olympic Games
Overview
SportArtistic gymnastics
GenderMen
Years held1896, 1904, 1924, 1932
Reigning champion
Men Raymond Bass (USA)

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

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
– 14 m (45 ft 11 in) 		Nicolaos Andriakopoulos
 Greece 		Thomas Xenakis
 Greece 		Fritz Hofmann
 Germany
1904 St. Louis
– 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) 		George Eyser
 United States 		Charles Krause
 United States 		Emil Voigt
 United States
1924 Paris
– 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in) 		Bedřich Šupčík
 Czechoslovakia 		Albert Séguin
 France 		August Güttinger
 Switzerland
Ladislav Vácha
 Czechoslovakia
1932 Los Angeles
– 8 m (26 ft 3 in) 		Raymond Bass
 United States 		William Galbraith
 United States 		Thomas F. Connolly
 United States

Team medal counts

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 2 2 2 6
2  Greece (GRE) 1 1 0 2
3  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 0 1 2
4  France (FRA) 0 1 0 1
5  Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 1 1

References

  1. ^ "9 Really Strange Sports That Are No Longer in the Olympics – Rope climb". Time. 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ "It Used to be Gymnastics: Olympic Rope Climbing". Balance Beam Situation. 27 August 2020.
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