1903 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Location|  Antwerp, Belgium

1905 ->

The Antwerp International Gymnastics Tournament (Tournois International Gymnastique D'Anvers),[1] retrospectively regarded as the 1st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, were held in Antwerp, Belgium, in conjunction with the 27th Belgian Federal Festival, on 14-18 August 1903.[2][3][4][5]

## Participants

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* Belgium
* France
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands

## Results

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### Men's individual all-around

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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.[1]

Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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1\.  |  Joseph Martinez (FRA)  | 122.000
2\.  |  Georges Wiernicks (BEL)  | 121.500
2..  |  Joseph Lux (FRA)  | 121.500
4  |  Georges Dejaeghère (FRA)  | 121.00
5  |  Jules Lecoutre (FRA)  | 119.00
6  |  Charles van Hulle (BEL)  | 118.50
7  |  Eugène Dua (BEL)  | 115.00
8  |  Pierre Payssé (FRA)  | 114.50

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### Men's team all-around

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Rank  | Team  | Score

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1\.  |  France | 990.000
2\.  |  Belgium | 981.000
3\.  |  Luxembourg | 909.000

### Men's horizontal bar

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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1\.  |  Joseph Martinez (FRA)  | 20.500
2\.  |  Charles van Hulle (BEL)  | 20.000
2\.  |  Jules Lecoutre (FRA)  | 20.000
2\.  |  Pierre Payssé (FRA)  | 20.000

### Men's parallel bars

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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1\.  |  Joseph Martinez (FRA)  | 20.000
1\.  |  François Hentges (LUX)  | 20.000
3\.  |  Eugène Dua (BEL)  | 19.500
3\.  |  André Bordang (LUX)  | 19.500

### Men's pommel horse

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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1\.  |  Georges Dejaeghere (FRA)  | 18.000
1\.  |  Joseph Lux (FRA)  | 18.000
1\.  |  Hendricus Thijsen (NED)  | 18.000

### Men's rings

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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1\.  |  Joseph Martinez (FRA)  | 20.000
2\.  |  François Walravens (BEL)  | 19.000
2\.  |  Joseph Lux (FRA)  | 19.000

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  France (FRA)| 7| 4| 0| 11
2|  Luxembourg (LUX)| 1| 0| 2| 3
3|  Netherlands (NED)| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 4| 1| 5
Totals (4 entries)| 9| 8| 3| 20

## References

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1. ^ a b "1903: Men's Gymnastics at the First World Championships". Gymnastics History. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
2. ^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 76.
3. ^ "Historical Medalists - Individual". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
4. ^ "Historical Medalists - Team". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
5. ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... (PDF). FIG. p. 61.
6. ^ 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation 1881-1981 (PDF). FIG. 1981. p. 76. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
7. ^ History.com, Gymnastics. "1903: Men's Gymnastics at the First World Championships". Gymnastics-History.com. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

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