There were eight events at the first Olympic gymnastics competition at the 1896 Games in Athens: Horizontal Bar: Hermann Weingartner - Germany
Parallel Bars: Alfred Flatow - Germany
Pommel Horse: Louis Zutter - Switzerland
Rings: Ioannis Mitropoulos - Greece
Rope Climbing: Nikolaos Andriakopoulos - Greece
Vault: Carl Schuhmann - Germany
Team Parallel Bars: Germany
Team Horizontal Bar: Germany Germany won the most medals in gymnastics in the 1896 Games with 10 (5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze).
Amy Chow, 1996 Olympic Trials
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Olga Korbut
Many gymnasts attempt a triple somersault when dismounting the beam. However, it has not been possible to find details of a female gymnast who has attempted this somersault actually on the beam.
I'll let you balance on my beam...
Natalie retrov
it is the beam
Shawn Johnson is a female gymnast who won a gold metal for her performance on the balance beam and silver in all-around and floor exercise in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She competed on DwtS in the 2009 season - and won it with her partner Mark Ballas.
Balance may mean many things, the most common is balance as in balance beam. A balance beam is a sick like figure about three feet off the ground. It is used for many gymnastics competitions.
big enough
Allana Slater was a gymnast who participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and also 2004 Olympic games in Athens and came 8th on the balance beam at the 2004 games.
Always keep your legs stiff and concentrate straight ahead of you. If you are about to fall off the beam crouch lightly, if you are still falling, jump off so that you won't get hurt by falling
Gymnastics, which is broken down in to Artistic, Rhythmic, and Trampoline.
Balance beams are 5 meters (16 feet, 5 inches) long.