Olympic sport since 1896
A perfect fusion of athletics and aesthetics, gymnastics ranks among the
defining sports of the Olympic Games.
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Australia's Naazmi Johnston performs her ball routine during the
individual apparatus final in rhythmic gymnastics at the Commonwealth
Games in Melbourne March 26, 2006.
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When rhythmic gymnastics first caught the attention of the Fédération
Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) in the middle of the 20th century, its
devotees were calling it "modern gymnastics". Yet its hazy history can clearly
be traced to at least the last century.
COMPETITION
Rhythmic gymnastics (performed with an apparatus) is strictly a women's
competition. The gymnasts, accompanied by music, perform on a 13-metre-square
floor area with rope, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon. In the individual event they
perform different routines with four of the five apparatus. In the team
competition, teams of five perform together once using clubs and once with two
using hoops and three using ribbons.
LIST OF EVENTS
group competition
Women
individual all-round Women
