Rope climbing at the Olympics

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]

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)

Medalists

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

Team medal counts

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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

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  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.