As Germany won both those events (the horizontal bar unchallenged), Gustav earned two gold medals.

After the Nazi takeover in Germany in 1933, he fled to the Netherlands to find refuge but he was caught ten years later.

He was 70 years old when he died on 29 January 1945, months before the Soviet army liberated the camp.

[5] In 1997 Berlin honoured Alfred and Gustav Flatow by renaming the Reichssportfeldstraße (a lane) near the Olympic Stadium to Flatowallee (Flatow-avenue).

The Deutsche Post issued a set of four stamps to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic games.