Their are two events that are the same in women's and men's gymnastics. The first is Vault and the second is the Floor Exercise. There are different regulations and skills that are performed by male gymnasts and female gymnasts, but the basics are mostly the same and the vault is the event that is the closest in relation between men and women's gymnastics.
Women's Boxing
at the 2008 Summer Olympics/
Yes it is including the recently added Women's Boxing Events for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Women's Boxing is the newest added to this 2012 Olympics
Yes it is. In addition to the mens game, womens soccer was added to the Olympic program in 1996.
Women's basketball debuted at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.
Tennis was a part of the original modern Olympics that were started in 1896. Tennis was an Olympic sport until after the 1924 Olympics when it was dropped. Tennis, again, became an Olympic sport beginning with the 1988 Olympics.
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Gymnastics has been a part of the Modern Games since their inception in 1896. History did not record when gymnastics began in the ancient Olympics but it is known that at the first Games in 776 BC there was only one event, that being a foot race of approximately 200 yards. As the Games became more popular, events such as gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, and weightlifting were added.
No, but the team is trying to get the sport back in to the 2016 Summer Olympics. They did not have enough votes for any baseball to be added as a sport or for a replacement sport
1) Synchronized Diving - added at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 2) Triathlon - added at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 3) Trampoline - added at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 4) Snowboarding - added at the 1998 Winter Olympics. 5) Skeleton - added at the 2002 Winter Olympics although this event was in the 1948 and 1928 Games and was known as toboggan.
For the Modern Olympics, pentathlon was first competed at the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm.