1913 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

1913 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
1913 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Paris, France

A postcard issued by "Tyrs" Magazine of the victorious Bohemian/CzechoSlovak team at these championships, with 3 extra members. Left to right: Václav Svoboda (reserve), Karel Starý, Josef Sýkora, František Erben (extra), Ferdinand Steiner, Josef Čada, Václav Douda, Robert Pražák, Václav Pardubský (reserve)

The 6th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Paris, France, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the "Union des Societes des Gymnastique de France", on November 16, 1913.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The tournament was held at the Voltaire gymnasium on Rue Japy.^[5]

Medal table

The championships were purely team events 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.^[6] As such no actual individual medals were awarded at these games, the below rankings were conferred retrospectively.^[7]

† The FIG (now World Gymnastics) in their 125-year anniversary publication, whereas pre-World War I editions of these championships are concerned, credits the teams and athletes from the Bohemian/Czech lands, then part of Austria-Hungary, as belonging to Czechoslovakia, and also credits the teams and athletes from Slovenia, then also part of Austria-Hungary, as belonging to Yugoslavia.^[8]

Team competition

Rank	Nation	Gymnast	Preliminaries Events	Gymnastics Events						Athletics Events						Individual Grand Totals		Team Scores
Rank	Nation	Gymnast	Preliminaries					Gymnastics Events Totals	Gymnastics Events Totals Rank	Long Jump	Rope climb	Weight Lifting	100 meters	Athletics Totals	Athletics Totals Rank	Grand Totals	Grand Totals Rank	Team Exercise Grand Totals	Team Behavior	Final Grand Totals
	Czechoslovakia†	Karel Starý	28.5	18	19.25	19	17.75	74	6	10	10	10	9	39	1	141.5	2	794.75	9.75	804.50
		Josef Sýkora	29.5	18.25	19.5	18.25	16.25	72.25	11	9	10	9.75	5.5	34.25	4	136	3
		Josef Čada	26	19	20	18	14.5	71.5	13	9	10	10	6	35	3	132.5	6
		Ferdinand Steiner	28.5	17.25	18.75	18	16	70	17	7	10	10	5.5	32.5	7	131	9
		Robert Pražák	29	17.5	18.25	16.5	17.75	70	17	7	10	9	3.5	29.5	15	128.5	11
		Václav Douda	28.5	18.75	19.25	18.5	17.55	74	6	6.25	3	9.5	3.5	22.25	25	124.75	14
		Totals:	170	108.75	115	108.75	99.75	-	-	48.25	53	58.25	33	-	-	794.75	-
	France	Marco Torrès	29.75	19.25	20	19.25	19.75	78.25	1	7	10	10	7	34	5	142	1	768.25	9.5	777.75
		?? Marquelet	29.75	17.75	17	18.25	17.75	70.75	15	9	10	8.5	6	33.5	6	131.25	8
		Laurent Grech	26.5	18.5	18	18.25	19.75	74.5	5	6.25	8	10	5.5	29.75	14	130.75	10
		?? Ben-Sadoun	25.25	17	18.25	15.5	16.25	67	26	10	4	10	7	31	10	123.25	16
		?? Aubry	28	18.75	15.25	19.25	16.25	69.5	21	6.25	3.5	10	3.5	23.25	21	120.75	19
		Louis Ségura	25	18.5	18.5	18.25	18	73.25	9	3.5	5.5	9.5	3.5	22	26	120.25	20
		Totals:	161.50	109.75	107	108.75	107.75	-	-	42	41	58	32.5	-	-	768.25	-
	Italy	Giorgio Zampori	30	20	16.5	19.75	19.75	76	2	9	6.5	10	4	29.5	15	135.5	4	762.75	9.25	772.25
		Guido Romano	27.75	19.25	18.25	17	19.5	74	6	9	5.5	10	5.5	30	12	131.75	7
		Pietro Bianchi (gymnast)	23	18.75	19	18.25	19.5	75.5	3	8	6.5	10	5.5	30	12	128.5	11
		Osvaldo Palazzi	21	18.5	19.5	19.25	18.25	75.5	3	10	6.5	10	5	31.5	9	128	13
		Guido Boni	25.5	20	6.5	18.5	19.75	64.75	31	9	6.5	10	7	32.5	7	122.75	17
		Paolo Salvi	24.5	19.25	18	17.5	17.5	72.25	11	5.5	0	10	4	19.5	30	116.25	26
		Totals:	151.75	115.75	97.75	110.25	114.252	-	-	50.50	31.50	60	31	-	-	762.75	-
4	Belgium	Julianus Wagemans	28.75	16	19	17.75	15.25	68	25	7	6.5	10	4	27.5	15	124.25	15	714	9.25	723.25
		?? Patteson	25.25	17	18.75	17.75	16	69.5	21	2	10	10	3.5	25.5	18	120.25	20
		?? Kempeneers	25.5	16.5	19.5	15.5	18.25	69.75	19	4.75	5.5	9.5	4.5	24.25	20	119.5	22
		?? Dumont	27	16.5	17.5	17.75	18	69.75	19	6.25	2.5	10	4	22.75	24	119.5	23
		?? Labeen	27	17	18	18.5	17.5	71	14	3.5	2	10	2	17.5	32	115.5	28
		?? De Mol	25.25	17.25	17.5	14	18	66.75	27	2	8	10	3	23	22	115	29
		Totals:	158.75	100.25	110.25	101.25	103	-	-	25.5	34.5	59.5	21	-	-	714	-
5	Yugoslavia†	Stane Vidmar	27.25	17	18.25	19	16.5	70.75	15	10	10	10	5.5	35.5	2	133.5	5	696.74	9.75	706.5
		?? Jerin	28.25	15	18	10	15.25	58.25	34	7	10	9.5	4	30.5	11	117	25
		Fran Míklavc	29	16.25	18.5	15	14.5	64.25	33	3.5	6.5	10	1.5	21.5	27	114.75	30
		?? Rabic	30	16.75	18.25	13	16.25	64.26	32	4	5.5	10	1	20.5	28	114.76	30
		?? Jezeršek	27	14.5	17.75	15.5	17.75	65.5	30	4.75	2	10	0.5	17.25	33	109.75	33
		?? Sever	27.5	16.5	17.25	17.5	14.75	66	29	2	2.25	9	0	13.25	35	106.75	34
		Totals:	169	96	108	90	95	-	-	31.25	30.5	58.5	12.5	-	-	696.75	-
6	Luxembourg	Pierre Hentges	26	19.5	18	16.25	19.25	73	10	5.5	4	10	3.5	23	22	122	18	659.25	9	668.25
		Emile Lanners	25.5	17.5	16.75	16	19.25	69.5	21	3.5	5.5	10	1.5	20.5	28	119.5	24
		Jean-Pierre Thommes	24.25	18.5	17	13.5	17.5	66.5	28	8	1.5	10	5.5	25	19	115.75	27
		Jean-Baptiste Horn	26	18.75	16.25	16	18	69	24	4	1	10	3.5	18.5	31	113.5	32
		Nicolas Adam	24	18	13.75	13.5	12.5	57.75	35	2	0.5	9.75	0.5	12.75	36	94.5	35
		André Bordang	21.75	17	14	9	15.5	55.5	36	4.75	0	10	2	16.75	34	94	36
		Totals:	151.50	109.25	95.75	84.25	102	-	-	27.75	12.5	59.75	16.5	-	-	659.25	-

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Individual all-around

Rank	Nationality	Athlete	Total
1	France	Marco Torrès	142,000
2	Czechoslovakia	Karel Stary	141,500
3	Czechoslovakia	Josef Sykora	136,500

Pommel horse

Rank	Nationality	Athlete	Total
1	Italy	Giorgio Zampori	19,750
2	France	Marco Torrès	19,250
	France	N. Aubry	19,250
	Italy	Osvaldo Palazzi	19,250

Rings

Rank	Nationality	Athlete	Total
1	France	Laurent Grech	19,750
	France	Marco Torrès	19,750
	Italy	Giorgio Zampori	19,750
	Italy	Guido Boni	19,750

Parallel bars

Rank	Nationality	Athlete	Total
1	Italy	Giorgio Zampori	20,000
1	Italy	Guido Boni	20,000
3	Luxembourg	Pierre Hentges	19,500

Horizontal bar

Rank	Nationality	Athlete	Total
1	France	Marco Torrès	20,000
1	Czechoslovakia	Josef Cada	20,000
3	Belgium	A. Demol	19,500
	Italy	Osvaldo Palazzi	19,500
	Czechoslovakia	Josef Sykora	19,500

References

↑ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 82.
↑ "Historical Medalists - Individual". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
↑ "Historical Medalists - Team". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
↑ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 63.
↑ "Tournoi D'Gymnastique". La Depeche De Constantine (in French). 17 November 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
↑ 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation 1881-1981 (PDF). FIG. 1981. p. 76. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
↑ "1903: Men's Gymnastics at the First World Championships". Gymnastics History. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
↑ The Story Goes On: 125 Ans/Years Federation Internationale Gymnastique 1881-2006 (PDF) (in French and English). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 61–63.
↑ History.com, Gymnastics. "1913: The Last World Championships before World War I". Gymnastics-History.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

[1] Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 82.

[2] "Historical Medalists - Individual". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-07-26.

[3] "Historical Medalists - Team". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-07-26.

[book-4] Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 63.

[La_Depeche_De_Constantine_1913-5] "Tournoi D'Gymnastique". La Depeche De Constantine (in French). 17 November 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

[100_Years_of_FIG_76-6] 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation 1881-1981 (PDF). FIG. 1981. p. 76. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

[Gymnastics_history_2022-7] "1903: Men's Gymnastics at the First World Championships". Gymnastics History. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

[FIG_125_Years-8] The Story Goes On: 125 Ans/Years Federation Internationale Gymnastique 1881-2006 (PDF) (in French and English). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 61–63.

[9] History.com, Gymnastics. "1913: The Last World Championships before World War I". Gymnastics-History.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	5	1	2	8
2	France (FRA)	4	3	0	7
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	1	2	5
4	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
4	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		11	5	6	22