Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics comprises artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline competitions, with events and formats that have changed over time.
Artistic gymnastics: A gymnastics discipline involving choreographed routines on apparatus such as the balance beam, rings, and floor. It supplies most Olympic gymnastics events and includes separate men’s and women’s programs.
1896 Summer Olympics: The first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896. Men’s artistic gymnastics appeared at the inaugural modern Games.
Olympic gymnastics qualification: The processes that determine which gymnasts and national teams earn places at an Olympic Games. World championships and other meets allocate places before the Olympic competitions begin.
Acrobatic gymnastics: A gymnastics discipline in which partners perform balances, throws, and tumbling sequences together. Unlike artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline gymnastics, it is not currently an Olympic medal discipline.
Rhythmic gymnastics: A gymnastics discipline combining dance and apparatus handling with a hoop, ball, clubs, or ribbon. Its Olympic program centers on individual and group routines performed with handheld apparatus.
1900 Summer Olympics: The second modern Olympic Games, held in Paris in 1900. Gymnastics there included a combined event with exercises beyond the current apparatus program.
Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics: The artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline gymnastics competitions held in Paris in 2024. Its event schedule and results show how the three disciplines operate in a specific Olympic edition.
Aerobic gymnastics: A gymnastics discipline built around continuous, high-intensity movement patterns performed to music. It is governed internationally but has not joined the Summer Olympic gymnastics program.
Trampolining: A gymnastics discipline in which athletes perform acrobatic sequences while rebounding from a trampoline. It became an Olympic discipline in 2000 and awards individual medals to women and men.
1952 Summer Olympics: The 1952 Olympic Games held in Helsinki, Finland. The Games established the modern women’s artistic program with team and individual apparatus competitions.