Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team, free system
The men's team competition with a free system was an artistic gymnastics event held as part of the Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was one of three team gymnastics events. The others were a team competition in the Swedish system and a standard team competition.
It was the first appearance of the event, which would only be held again at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The official name was Team Competition III – with free choice of movements and apparatus. For every nation one team was allowed to participate. One team had to consist of not less than 16 nor more than 40 members. The entry was closed on June 6, 1912. As all other gymnastics competitions the event took place in the Olympiastadion.
The competition was held on Wednesday July 10, 1912, in the time from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Starting order
| No. | Team | Time | Team Leader | Outfit |
| 1 | 9:30 – 10:30 | Hermann Kuhr | White jersey with broad, vertical, red field on breast and back; white trousers; yellow shoes. | |
| 2 | 10:30 – 11:30 | Johannes Dahl | White gymnastic jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; white belt; white shoes. | |
| 3 | 11:30 – 12:30 | H. Mølgaard | White jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; white belt; white shoes. | |
| 4 | 2:00 – 3:00 | Arvid Vartia | White jersey with short sleeves; white trousers; black belt; white shoes. | |
| 5 | 3:00 – 4:00 | Valentin Peffer | White jersey, with sleeves reaching to elbows; black stockinet pantaloons with white facings. |
Results
Judges
Chief Leader: Einar Nerman| No. | Judge | Country |
| 1 | J. F. Allum | |
| 2 | Abraham Clod-Hansen | |
| 3 | A. E. Syson | |
| 4 | Wagner Hohenlobbese | |
| 5 | Ivar Wilskman | FIN |
Scores are an average of five judges' marks.
Score board
| Place | Nation |  Clod-Hansen |  Allum | Wilskman |  Syson |  Wagner | Total score | Average |
| 1 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 23.25 | 25 | 114.25 | 22.85 | |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22.25 | 24 | 109.25 | 21.85 | |
| 3 | 23 | 19 | 21.5 | 20.75 | 22 | 106.25 | 21.25 | |
| 4 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 16.25 | 24 | 84.25 | 16.85 | |
| 5 | 19 | 15.5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 81.50 | 16.30 |
Three judges saw the first place for Norway, while one judge gave the first place to Denmark and one to Finland. Germany was placed behind Luxembourg by four judges and only the German judge gave his compatriots more points than Luxembourg – enough to beat the small neighbour, but not enough to win a medal.
Final standings
| Place | Nation | Score |
| 1 | Isak Abrahamsen Hans Beyer Hartmann Bjørnsen Alfred Engelsen Bjarne Johnsen Sigurd Jørgensen Knud Leonard Knudsen Alf Lie Rolf Lie Tor Lund Petter Martinsen Per Mathiesen Jacob Opdahl Nils Opdahl Bjarne Pettersen Frithjof Sælen Øistein Schirmer Georg Selenius Sigvard Sivertsen Robert Sjursen Einar Strøm Gabriel Thorstensen Thomas Thorstensen Nils Voss | 22.85 |
| 2 | Kaarlo Ekholm Eino Forsström Eero Hyvärinen Mikko Hyvärinen Tauno Ilmoniemi Ilmari Keinänen Jalmari Kivenheimo Karl Lund Aarne Pelkonen Ilmari Pernaja Arvid Rydman Eino Saastamoinen Aarne Salovaara Heikki Sammallahti Hannes Sirola Klaus Suomela Lauri Tanner Väinö Tiiri Kaarlo Vähämäki Kaarlo Vasama | 21.85 |
| 3 | Axel Andersen Hjalmart Andersen Halvor Birch Wilhelm Grimmelmann Arvor Hansen Christian Hansen Marius Hansen Charles Jensen Hjalmar Peter Johansen Poul Jørgensen Carl Krebs Vigo Madsen Lukas Nielsen Rikard Nordstrøm Steen Olsen Oluf Olsson Carl Pedersen Oluf Pedersen Niels Petersen Christian Svendsen | 21.25 |
| 4 | Wilhelm Brülle Johannes Buder Walter Engelmann Arno Glockauer Walter Jesinghaus Karl Jordan Rudolf Körner Heinrich Pahner Kurt Reichenbach Johannes Reuschle Carl Richter Hans Roth Adolf Seebaß Eberhard Sorge Alexander Sperling Alfred Staats Hans Werner Martin Worm | 16.85 |
| 5 | Nicolas Adam Charles Behm André Bordang Jean-Pierre Frantzen Michel Hemmerling François Hentges Pierre Hentges Jean-Baptiste Horn Nicolas Kanivé Émile Knepper Nicolas Kummer Marcel Langsam Emile Lanners Maurice Palgen Jean-Pierre Thommes François Wagner Antoine Wehrer Ferd Wirtz Joseph Zuang | 16.30 |