1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

GENERAL PREPARATIONS.Apparatus.No suitable premises of sufficient size for the gymnastic competitionsand displays being available, arrangements had to be made tocarry them out in the Stadium.The Committee for Gymnastics, therefore, drew up plans for fixedgymnastic apparatus, so constructed that it could be erected in theStadium arena. This apparatus was made by E. G. Ekstrand, GymnasticApparatus Maker, Stockholm.Concrete sockets were sunk in the ground, intended to receive thesupports.As can be seen by the drawings, there were in this apparatus 20One side of fixed gymnastic apparatus, with 10 sets of ribb-stalls.“ribbstalls”, which could be used from both sides; 34 vertical ropes,2 inclined ropes, and 4 double beams.Some of the apparatus needed, but not existing in Sweden — 4 sets ofparallel bars; 4 horizontal bars; 4 pommelled horses and a stagingwith 4 rings — was obtained from Dietrich & Hannach, Chemnitz, but,unfortunately, some of the sections were not properly adjusted, norwere the horizontal bars of the length ordered. The competitors criticizedthis material in other respects, too, during the course of the Games.In order to give the gymnastic exercises a greater resemblance tothose carried out in gymnasiums, a large “floor”, 15 x 25 met., waslaid down close to the apparatus.Dressing Rooms.In spite of the Stadium being of great size, and of the bestuse being made of the space available, there was not a sufficient numberof dressing rooms for the gymnasts, so that the Riding School behindthe Stadium was taken and made use of for the purpose in question.506