| Date | 9 April 1896 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Panathinaiko Stadio, Athina |
| Participants | 15 from 4 countries |
Carl Schuhmann gave a performance full of circus tricks, which the crowd loved, and they could not understand why he was not given first place. Two judges had him in first place, but per Hüppe, “they only displayed their ignorance of gymnastics.”