| | Event type
Horse Vault, Men
| Date | 9 April 1896 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Panathinaiko Stadio, Athina |
| Participants | 15 from 5 countries |
In the two available minutes, the gymnasts could do as many jumps as they wished. The victory of the very popular, Carl Schuhmann was “greeted with ovations that would never end.”
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Schuhmann |  GER | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Louis Zutter |  SUI | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Hermann Weingärtner | GER | – | Bronze | ||
| Henrik Sjöberg |  SWE | – | ||||
| Conrad Böcker | GER | – | ||||
| Alfred Flatow | GER | – | ||||
| Gustav Flatow | GER | – | ||||
| Georg Hillmar | GER | – | ||||
| Fritz Manteuffel | GER | – | ||||
| Karl Neukirch | GER | – | ||||
| Richard Röstel | GER | – | ||||
| Gustav Schuft | GER | – | ||||
| Gyula Kakas |  HUN | – | ||||
| Dezső Wein | HUN | – | ||||
| Charles Champaud |  BUL | – |