- Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
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Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics Governing body FIG Events 18 (men: 9; women: 9) Games 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 2004 • 2008 • 2012 Medalists (men • women) Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. For 32 years, only men were allowed to compete. Beginning at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well. Rhythmic gymnastics events were introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and trampoline events were added at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
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Artistic gymnastics
Main article: Artistic gymnastics at the Summer OlympicsEvents
Men
Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 Years Team competition - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24 All-around - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 25 Floor exercise - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18 Horizontal bar X - X - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22 Parallel bars X - X - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22 Pommel horse X - X - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22 Rings X - X - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22 Vault X - X - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22 Rope climbing X - X - - - X - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Club swinging - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Horizontal bar, Team X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Parallel bars, Team X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Team, free system - - - - X X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Team, Swedish system - - - - X X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Combined - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Triathlon - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Indian clubs - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Sidehorse vault - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Tumbling - - - - - - - - X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Events 8 1 11 2 4 4 9 7 11 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Women
Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 Years Team competition - - - - - - - X - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18 All-around - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 Balance beam - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 Floor exercise - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 Uneven bars - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 Vault - - - - - - - - - - - X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 Team, portable apparatus - - - - - - - - - - - X X - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Events 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Medal table
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 
Soviet Union (URS)72 67 43 182 2 
United States (USA)30 35 30 95 3 
Japan (JPN)28 31 33 92 4 
Romania (ROM)24 19 25 68 5 
China (CHN)24 16 16 56 6 
Switzerland (SUI)16 19 13 48 7 
Hungary (HUN)14 11 14 39 8 
Italy (ITA)14 5 8 27 9 
Czechoslovakia (TCH)12 13 10 35 10 
Germany (GER)12 8 12 33 11 
Unified Team (EUN)9 5 4 18 12 
Russia (RUS)8 8 12 28 13 
Finland (FIN)8 5 12 25 14 
East Germany (GDR)6 13 17 36 15 
Yugoslavia (YUG)5 2 4 11 16 
Sweden (SWE)5 2 1 8 17 
Greece (GRE)4 3 2 9 18 
Ukraine (UKR)4 2 3 9 19 
France (FRA)3 10 8 21 20 
Bulgaria (BUL)2 2 6 10 21 
Spain (ESP)2 1 1 4 22 
North Korea (PRK)2 0 0 2 23 
Denmark (DEN)1 2 1 4 23 
Norway (NOR)1 2 1 4 25 
Poland (POL)1 1 2 4 26 
Germany (EUA)1 1 1 3 27 
Latvia (LAT)1 1 0 2 28 
Canada (CAN)1 0 0 1 28 
Netherlands (NED)1 0 0 1 30 
South Korea (KOR)0 4 4 8 31 
Great Britain (GBR)0 1 3 4 32 
Belgium (BEL)0 1 1 2 33 
Croatia (CRO)0 1 0 1 34 
Belarus (BLR)0 0 4 4 35 West Germany (FRG)0 0 1 1 35 
Uzbekistan (UZB)0 0 1 1 Rhythmic gymnastics
Events
Event 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 Years Women's individual all-round X X X X X X X 7 Women's group - - - X X X X 4 Medal table
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia (RUS)6 2 2 10 2 Spain (ESP)1 1 0 2 3 Ukraine (UKR)1 0 3 4 4 Unified Team (EUN)1 0 1 2 Soviet Union (URS)1 0 1 2 6 Canada (CAN)1 0 0 1 7 Belarus (BLR)0 3 1 4 8 Bulgaria (BUL)0 2 1 3 9 Romania (ROM)0 1 0 1 Italy (ITA)0 1 0 1 China (CHN)0 1 0 1 12 West Germany (FRG)0 0 1 1 Greece (GRE)0 0 1 1 Trampoline
Events
Event 00 04 08 Years Women's individual X X X 3 Men's individual X X X 3 Medal table
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia (RUS)2 1 0 3 2 China (CHN)2 0 2 4 3 Ukraine (UKR)1 1 0 2 4 Germany (GER)1 0 1 2 5 Canada (CAN)0 3 2 5 6 
Australia (AUS)0 1 0 1 7 Uzbekistan (UZB)0 0 1 1 Nations
Nations competing in gymnastics, and the number of gymnasts each nation brought to each Olympics, are shown below.
Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 Years 
Argentina (ARG)2 1 1 4 
Armenia (ARM)1 1 Australia (AUS)3 3 3 4 3 7 8 8 7 7 10 
Barbados (BAR)1 1 Belarus (BLR)14 12 3 7 4 Belgium (BEL)2 2 48 2 1 1 1 1 2 6 
Bohemia (BOH)1 2 1 3 
Bolivia (BOL)1 1 
Brazil (BRA)2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 Bulgaria (BUL)1 12 12 12 12 12 8 6 2 2 9 Canada (CAN)2 9 9 12 12 9 6 8 12 8 9 China (CHN)12 12 12 14 12 12 12 7 
Chinese Taipei (TPE)1 1 2 
Colombia (COL)1 2 2 Croatia (CRO)1 2 2 
Cuba (CUB)6 3 6 2 3 5 
Czech Republic (CZE)2 2 1 2 4 Czechoslovakia (TCH)16 8 12 12 12 6 5 5 Denmark (DEN)1 24 49 45 1 1 2 East Germany (GDR)12 12 12 12 4 
Egypt (EGY)2 1 2 2 
Estonia (EST)1 1 Finland (FIN)31 24 8 1 1 France (FRA)1 108 60 6 29 8 12 9 6 8 9 9 14 12 12 12 10 
Georgia (GEO)1 1 1 1 4 Germany (GER)11 14 7 11 18 12 9 6 8 12 Great Britain (GBR)1 5 65 23 27 8 9 12 6 12 4 8 4 7 6 8 10 Greece (GRE)52 1 8 4 4 2 5 
Guatemala (GUA)1 1 2 Hungary (HUN)2 2 6 17 12 12 12 12 12 10 3 2 2 9 
Iceland (ISL)1 1 1 3 
Ireland (IRL)1 1 
Israel (ISR)1 4 1 1 1 5 Italy (ITA)1 32 18 27 8 12 9 4 9 8 9 8 8 12 9 Japan (JPN)12 12 12 12 9 13 8 8 12 9 
Kazakhstan (KAZ)3 2 1 3 Latvia (LAT)1 1 2 3 
Lebanon (LIB)2 1 
Liechtenstein (LIE)1 1 
Lithuania (LTU)1 1 1 3 
Luxembourg (LUX)19 8 1 1 
Malaysia (MAS)1 1 1 3 
Mexico (MEX)7 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 9 
Monaco (MON)2 
Mongolia (MGL)2 1 
Namibia (NAM)1 1 Netherlands (NED)23 12 6 1 2 2 5 
New Zealand (NZL)2 2 2 North Korea (PRK)6 12 9 1 3 8 2 7 Norway (NOR)30 46 26 7 1 1 1 1 5 Poland (POL)12 6 9 1 2 2 6 
Portugal (POR)1 2 1 3 
Puerto Rico (PUR)1 2 1 1 1 5 Romania (ROM)12 12 12 8 12 12 13 12 12 12 10 Russia (RUS)4 14 12 12 12 4 
San Marino (SMR)1 1 2 
Slovakia (SVK)1 1 1 1 4 
Slovenia (SLO)1 2 2 3 
South Africa (RSA)1 1 South Korea (KOR)8 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 Soviet Union (URS)12 12 12 12 12 5 Spain (ESP)4 6 6 9 9 8 8 12 12 8 10 Sweden (SWE)1 38 24 24 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 Switzerland (SUI)1 2 1 8 12 6 12 2 6 4 1 3 3 9 
Tunisia (TUN)1 1 
Turkey (TUR)1 Ukraine (UKR)14 12 12 8 4 United States (USA)111 4 8 12 12 12 12 12 14 12 12 12 9 Uzbekistan (UZB)2 1 1 2 4 
Venezuela (VEN)1 2 2 
Vietnam (VIE)1 1 West Germany (FRG)12 6 12 8 4 
Yemen (YEM)1 1 Yugoslavia (YUG)8 12 1 2 No. of nations 9 8 3 14 12 11 9 28 23 20 19 28 28 36 43 42 38 No. of gymnasts 71 135 119 327 249 250 72 237 178 130 136 179 185 215 195 195 196 See also
- List of Olympic venues in gymnastics
References
Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics 
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