A. Bruce Frederick has written: 'Gymnastics for men' -- subject(s): Gymnastics for men 'Gymnastics for women' -- subject(s): Gymnastics for women
Gymnastics were part of the Olympics as early as 1896, men were the athlete for women were not allowed to compete at the time. Men's gymnastics were popular enough to become a game in the Olympics. In 1928 were the women's first try at Olympic gymnastics. The first women's gymnastics were in Amsterdam.
Men were actually the first to compete in gymnastics in the ancient Greek Olympics. Women were not only prohibited from competing but also prohibited from viewing the sport because the men performed nude.
It wasn't. Men gymnastics appeared in the first Olympics (though it existed for a long time before that, with something similar to vault almost 3000 B.C.). Women's gymnastics first appeared in the Olympics in 1928
Four: men's artistic gymnastics, women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics.
Yes MAG - Men's Artistic Gymnastics WAG - Women's Artistic Gymnastics
Men don't compete in the Olympics for rhythmic gymnastics
Men: Zou Kai - China Women: Sandra Izbasa - Romania
No new events. Medals will be awards for the following categories at the 2008 Olympics: Artistic Gymnastics: Team All-Around Men Individual All-Around Men Floor Men Pommel Horse Men Rings Men Vault Men Parallel Bars Men Horizontal Bar Men Team All-Around Women Individual All-Around Women Vault Women Uneven Bars Women Balance Beam Women Floor Women Rhythmic Gymnastics: Individual Women Group Women Trampoline: Individual Men Individual Women
The sport is millenia old, but the first international competition was a men's event at the 1896 Athens Olympics. Women did not compete in the Olympics until the second Olympiad, Paris 1900, and only 22 women competed, and none of them in gymnastics. Women's gymnastics did not really exist until the 1920's, and that was primarily calisthenicss demonstrations.
Please be more specific as to whether you mean men's or women's gymnastics.
The balance beam is traditionally a women's artistic gymnastics event, while the men's artistic gymnastics events include the parallel bars and the horizontal bar, which are not performed by women. The apparatuses in men's and women's gymnastics are distinct to highlight and test different elements of strength, flexibility, and skills tailored to each gender's physical capabilities and strengths.