- Gymnastics History - A Brief Overview Home Site Map Useful Links Downloads ... Online Store Search Powered by Google Username: Password: Login Now! Forgotten Password Signup for a Free Account Home Page ... Great Wall of China - The Chinese Dragon ****Gymnastics History - A Brief Overview**** Gymnastics Olympic Champions From 1988-2004 Halfbreeds and Mugwumps Hello I Must Be Going: The Vanishing Twin Her Last Day in Court ... Zorro You are in - Home Articles Arts and Entertainment Humanities digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_title = "Gymnastics History - A Brief Overview"; Gymnastics History - A Brief Overview Gymnastics, as an activity, has been around for more than two thousand years in one form or another, from the ancient Greek Olympics, to Roman ceremony, to today's modern meets. As an organized and truly competitive sport, gymnastics has existed for a little more than a century. It was introduced in the mid 1800s to the United States, where it inexorably gained in popularity within school systems. Amateur associations gathered together by the late nineteenth century, offering classes and opportunities for young people to join in on the fun. Eventually, these associations began to have their own championships. In 1896, at the first international Olympic games in Athens, Greece, the sport we all know and love enjoyed its first large-scale debut. Included in the Olympic tournament were vaulting, parallel bars, pommel horse, and rings events for men. The first women's Olympic gymnastics events were held in 1928. After the Olympics began to officially host gymnastics, the World Championship gymnastics meet emerged in the early 1900s, and it is still held to this very day. | |
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