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1911 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The Turin International Gymnastics Tournament, subsequently regarded as the 5th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, was held in Turin, Italy, in conjunction with the 8th Italian Federal Festival of Gymnastics, on May 13, 1911.[1][2][3][4]

Medal table

The championships were purely a team event without any individual awards. Individual all-round scores were only introduced in 1922, with the first all-round individual men's champion being recognised in that year. Individual apparatus scores were introduced subsequently.[5] As such no actual individual medals were awarded at these games, the below rankings were conferred retrospectively.[6] Similarly, Czechoslovakia did not exist as an independent country at the time, instead Czech competitors competed under the flag of Bohemia.[7]

The countries whose teams were officially scored at the tournament were Italy, France, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg and Bohemia (i.e., the Czech Sokol team). Romania sent a team of gymnasts to the event, but they took part in only some of the exercises, and were not scored for all events.[7][8]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Czechoslovakia (TCH)4149
2 Italy (ITA)2338
3 France (FRA)0538
4 Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (4 entries)691126
Notes

1 Official documents from the International Gymnastics Federation credit medals earned by athletes from Bohemia (BOH) as medals for Czechoslovakia (TCH).[4]
2 Some sources erroneously claim that Jules Labéeu represented Belgium, while, in fact, he represented France.[4]
3 The bronze medal earned by Stane Vidmar, originally from Austria-Hungary, is officially credited by the International Gymnastics Federation as a medal for Yugoslavia (YUG), even though the nation did not exist at the time.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around  Czechoslovakia
Josef Cada
Frantisek Erben
Karel Pitl
Karel Stary
Ferdinand Steiner
Svatopluk Svoboda 		 France
Antoine Costa
Marco Torrès
Jules Labéeu
M. Maucerier
Jules Lecoutre
Dominique Follacci 		 Italy
Osvaldo Palazzi
Giorgio Zampori
Paolo Salvi
Pietro Bianchi
Guido Romano
Francesco Loi
Individual all-around  Ferdinand Steiner (TCH)  Josef Cada (TCH)  Karel Stary (TCH)
 Svatopluk Svoboda (TCH)
Pommel horse  Osvaldo Palazzi (ITA)  Giorgio Zampori (ITA)
 Paolo Salvi (ITA) 		—
Rings  Ferdinand Steiner (TCH)  Antoine Costa (FRA)
 Dominique Follacci (FRA)
 Pietro Bianchi (ITA) 		—
Parallel bars  Giorgio Zampori (ITA)  Dominique Follacci (FRA)  Jules Labéeu (FRA)
 Antoine Costa (FRA)
 Jules Lecoutre (FRA)
 Paolo Salvi (ITA)
 Ferdinand Steiner (TCH)
 Stane Vidmar (YUG)
Horizontal bar  Josef Cada (TCH)  Marco Torrès (FRA)  Guido Romano (ITA)
 Svatopluk Svoboda (TCH)

References

  1. ^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 81.
  2. ^ "Historical Medalists - Individual". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  3. ^ "Historical Medalists - Team". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  4. ^ a b c Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... (PDF). FIG. p. 62.
  5. ^ 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation 1881-1981 (PDF). FIG. 1981. p. 76. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  6. ^ "1903: Men's Gymnastics at the First World Championships". Gymnastics History. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  7. ^ a b "I Risultati del Torneo internazionale". La Stampa. 15 May 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Le Tournoi International De Gymnastique". Paris-Journal (in French). 15 May 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2025.