Modern Olympic History - Olympics - Sports - Webindia123.com Modern history of Olympics. 18961952. 1896 Athens, Greece The track andfield events and gymnastics for women were also introduced even though there http://www.webindia123.com/sports/olymp/olymp.htm
Extractions: Yellow Pages E-Mail E-Cards Matrimonial ... Athens 2004 Modern History of Olympics 1896 Athens, Greece Venue Athens , Greece (GRE) Opening Date 06 April 1896 Nations Participated Athletes Events Winner USA with 20 points Medals First Second Third USA Greece Germany Medal The very first modern Olympic Games were held in the first week of April 1896 at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The people of Athens greeted the Games with great enthusiasm. Pole vaulting, sprints, shot put, weight lifting, swimming, cycling, target shooting, tennis, marathon and gymnastics were all events at the first Olympics. The swimming events were held in the Bay of Zea in the Aegean Sea. The American James Connolly won the triple jump to become the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years. Winners were awarded a silver medal and a crown of olive branches. 1900 Paris, France Venue Paris, France Opening Date 14 May 1900 Nations Participated Athletes Events Winner France with 100 Points Medals First Second Third France USA Great Britain Medal The Games of 1900 were held in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle Internationale - the Paris Worlds Fair. The years Olympics were poorly organized and poorly publicized, because of the fair. It was in this Olympic Games that women first participated as contestants. The first female champion was in tennis, Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain. In athletics, different nations competed on the same team in five categories.
Times Online - Olympics CHOOSE A SECTION IN gymnastics. Select from dropdown. Select section here,The competition, Ancient origins, olympic history, Sydney results, GB squad http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,10732,00.html
Extractions: CHOOSE A SECTION IN GYMNASTICS Select from dropdown Select section here The competition Ancient origins Olympic history Sydney results GB squad Qualifying CHOOSE A DIFFERENT SPORT Select from dropdown Select a sport here Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrianism Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling EDITOR'S OLYMPIC GAMES LOG GAMES LOG SELECT A DAY Sunday August 29 Saturday August 28 Friday August 27 Thursday August 26 Wednesday August 25 Tuesday August 24 Monday August 23 Sunday August 22 Saturday August 21 Friday August 20 Thursday August 19 Wednesday August 18 Tuesday August 17 Monday August 16 Sunday August 15 Saturday August 14 WHAT'S ON IN ATHENS TODAY?
Extractions: Artistic Gymnastics A history of development and Olympic competition by Anton Gajdos Foreword by John Atkinson, MBE FNASC Acknowledgements The Authors One Hundred Years of Gymnastics in the Olympic Games Gymnastics Results from the Olympic Games : 1896-1996 The Development of Exercise Difficulty in Mens Apparatus Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Exercise Rings Exercise Vault Parallel Bars Exercise High Bar Exercise The Development of Difficulty in Womens Apparatus: Vault Asymmetric Bars Exercise Beam Exercise Floor Exercise The World Championships Merry-go-round: 1994-1996 Bibliography
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS gymnastics ARTISTIC gymnastics history Four years later, women begancompeting in olympic gymnastics at Amsterdam. By 1952, the Soviet Union had http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=GA&sportCode=
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS olympic Sports The current olympic Games program includes 35 sports and nearly400 events. gymnastics RHYTHMIC gymnastics history http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=GR&sportCode=
Extractions: COMMENTARY Jim Litke Associated Press columnist ATHENS, Greece - If he winds up giving back the gold medal, maybe Paul Hamm could look into returning Manhattan, Alaska and the Louisiana territory next. Incompetence may be inconvenient - criminal, even, in a few special cases - but in sports it's a way of life. If bad calls, like bad business deals, were open to review forever, no game would ever end. There would be no winners and losers, only lawyers. George Steinbrenner would own judges, not ballplayers. If this latest scandal at the Olympics doesn't have you worried, it's only because you haven't been paying attention. Hamm, on the other hand, hasn't had time to think about anything else. He's the only one in this whole mess who didn't do anything wrong. Which, of course, made him the perfect fall guy for inept judges, butt-covering officials and an International Olympic Committee afraid of its own shadow.
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Olympics Features - Australian Gymnasts A Rising Force test of just how close the home team is to creating olympic history. In previous olympic cycles, homegrown gymnasts rarely competed against http://abc.net.au/news/olympics/features/gymnastics.htm
Extractions: Whatever pride Australia has taken in its Olympic triumphs of the past, one sport Australians have never been able to crack at the supreme level is gymnastics. But by combining Russian strength and athleticism with Chinese skill and precision as well as American management flair, the Australian women's gymnastic team can, for the first time, seriously consider scaling the dizzy heights at the Sydney Olympics. Since the Atlanta Games, Australia has recruited top gymnastic coaches from Russia, China and America, resulting in a rapid rise in world rankings and predictions of Olympic medal contention.
15th Asian Games - Doha - 2006 Four years later, women began competing in olympic gymnastics at Amsterdam. RHYTHMIC gymnastics history. When rhythmic gymnastics first caught the http://www.doha-2006.com/en/asian_games_2006/sports/gymnastics_history.htm
Extractions: History Protection Moves and Protection Events ... Leotards History There are many people in the history of gymnastics. Here are a few people and what they did... Larissa Latynina L arissa won 18 medals at the Olympics. She won nine gold, five silver, and four bronze. The amount she won at the Olympics is a record for any sport. Larissa was a member of the Soviet Team. In 1957 at the European Championships she won all five individual events. She placed first in the floor exercise, uneven bars, balance beam, vault, and all-around. After her retirement she began coaching for the Soviet Teams and helped plan the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. Peter Vidmar P eter was born in 1961. In 1984 at the Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Peter served as captain of the men's U.S. Team. At the games the team won the gold medal. This victory was the first team competition medal won since 1932. Vidmar went to college at The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). In 1980 and 1982 he won the United States National Title in the all-around, and in 1983 and 1984 he won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Title in the all-around. Vidmar was put in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1991. Nadia Comenaci N adia was born on November 12, 1961 in Onesti, Romania. Nadia was a favorite of fans and the press at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There she won three gold medals and a bronze medal in an individual competition, and a silver medal for the Romanian team's second-place finish. Because Nadia was born in Onesti, she was noticed by the Romanian coach Bela Karolyi. In 1970 she won the national junior title and many other titles until she began senior competition in 1975. In 1975 she entered the European championships winning the all-around title and three individual events.
Extractions: Summer Team Sites Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Karate Pentathlon Racquetball Roller Sports Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Squash Swimming Synchro. Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Water Skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Winter Team Sites Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Short Track Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding Speedskating U.S. Olympic Sites U.S. Olympic Fan Club Free eNewsletter U.S. Olympic Shop U.S. Paralympics Olympians on TV Photo Galleries Sports Jobs Ask an Olympian USOC Pressbox Athletes Events Sports Features ... 2004 games GYMNASTICS: Hamm Wins Prestigious James E. Sullivan Award // Jill Coy // April 13, 2005 HAMM WINS PRESTIGIOUS JAMES E. SULLIVAN AWARD For Immediate Release: April 14, 2005 Contact: Susan Polakoff Shaw: 216-941-7255; 317-490-4258 (Media inquires only); Jill Coy: 317-829-5644 New YorkOlympic gold medalist Paul Hamm won the 2004 AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award Wednesday evening in a ceremony at the New York Athletic Club. This is only the second time in history that a gymnast has won the coveted award. Hamm, 22 a native of Waukesha, Wis., became the first-ever Olympic All-Around champion for the United States, winning in stunning fashion, and taking home team and high bar silver as well. Hamms performance is one of the greatest victories in Olympic history, as he shot from 12th to 1st in just two rotations for the gold by the slimmest of margins just 0.012.
Extractions: Summer Team Sites Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Karate Pentathlon Racquetball Roller Sports Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Squash Swimming Synchro. Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Water Skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Winter Team Sites Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Short Track Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding Speedskating U.S. Olympic Sites U.S. Olympic Fan Club Free eNewsletter U.S. Olympic Shop U.S. Paralympics Olympians on TV Photo Galleries Sports Jobs Ask an Olympian USOC Pressbox Athletes Events Sports Features ... 2004 games GYMNASTICS: Patterson, Hamm Named Sullivan Award Finalists; Public voting on-line at www.usa-gymnatsics.org // Brian Eaton // March 7, 2005 Patterson, Hamm Named Sullivan Award Finalists Public voting on-line at www.usa-gymnastics.org For Immediate Release March 7, 2005 Brian Eaton, USA Gymnastics, 317-829-5656, beaton@usa-gymnastics.org INDIANAPOLIS Olympic All-Around champions Carly Patterson and Paul Hamm added to their long list of accolades on Wednesday when the gymnastics champions were named finalists for the 2004 AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award, honoring Americas top amateur athlete. For the first time in the awards history, the public will have a chance to vote for their favorite athlete. Gymnastics fans can access the on-line ballot at www.usa-gymnastics.org.
Untitled Document Wu Xiaoxuan became the first female olympic champion in Chinas history, Li Ning, known as Prince of gymnastics, won three gold medals in the floor http://www.bjreview.com.cn/200430/Cover-200430(C).htm
USATODAY.com - USATODAY.com - Olympic Sports Coverage for its biggest haul on foreign soil in olympic history. Thumbs down onjudging Scoring at olympic gymnastics getting low marks. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/gymnastics/front.htm
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USATODAY.com - Silver Fine Showing By Americans ATHENS The US men s gymnastics team came into the olympics with a unified The USA struck silver only its third team medal in olympic history with http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/gymnastics/2004-08-16-mens-team_x
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News Article - Inside Gymnastics Magazine Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina won more olympic medals (9 gold, And historywas made in 1976 Comaneci scored the first 10.0 in olympic history. http://www.insidegymnastics.com/news/article.asp?article=speaktopten
Welcome To GirlTech In 1928, 32 years after gymnastics became an olympic sport, Comaneci ofRomania became the first gymnast in olympic history to score a perfect 10.0. http://www.girltech.com/pages/sports/gymnastics.cfm
Extractions: Gymnatics "Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself." Olga Korbut, Olympic Gymnast Gymnastics has existed for more than 2,000 years, but its development as a competitive sport began just little more than 100 years ago. It was introduced to the U.S. and its school systems in the 1830's. The first large-scale meeting of gymnasts was the 1896 Olympics, where Germany won almost all the medals. Gymnasts from five countries competed in events which included men's horizontal bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings and vault. Before this time, gymnastic competitions were generally held among local clubs. The first international gymnastics competition outside of the Olympics was held in 1903 in Antwerp, Belgium, where gymnasts from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands competed in what is now considered the first World Championships. Fun Fact: Did you know that track and field events such as pole vault, broad jump, rope climb, 100 meter sprint, and shot put were considered gymnastics? Track and field did not fully disappear from the World Gymnastics Championships circuit until the 1954 competition. The first women's gymnastics instruction in the United States was given at Mount Holyoke College in 1862. In 1928, 32 years after gymnastics became an Olympic sport, women began to compete at the Olympic level. The U.S. women first competed in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.
Extractions: It happens on the uneven parallel bars. And 'little Nadia' would go on to score six more perfect 10s before the end of the Olympics. Next Printer-friendly page Send this page to a friend Add this clip to your personal bookmarks She becomes an immediate media darling. In this clip, CBC's Peter Gzowski, recounts watching the shy, ponytailed teenager make history at the Montreal Forum.
History The official website of the ATHENS 2004 olympic Games Games of the XXVIII The history of modern Artistic gymnastics is closely linked to Germans http://www.athens2004.gr/en/ArtisticGymnasticsHistory
Extractions: Home Sports Gymnastics Gymnastics Artistic History Javascript must be enabled to view this page, although the important information on the page is also available to browsers that do not support scripts. The roots of Artistic Gymnastics can be traced back to antiquity, as can be seen in representative works of art from Minoan Crete. These representations include, among other exercises, âkivistima'â and âtavrokathapsiaâ. âKivistimaâ was a kind of acrobatic exercise: young men called âkivistiresâ, dressed in brightly coloured clothes, performed acrobatics, sometimes with swords. Later on, âkivistimaâ developed into âtavrokatharpsiaâ: in this event, athletes grabbed a bullâs horns as it ran, performing an arc in the air with their body, standing on the back of the bull and eventually landing on the ground. From the era of the âkivistiresâ until today, Artistic Gymnastics has developed into one of the most popular disciplines. The history of modern Artistic Gymnastics is closely linked to Germans GutsMuths and Frederick-Ludwig Jahn, who in the 18th century re-discovered this discipline and developed it. The invention of parallel bars and the horizontal bar is attributed to Frederick-Ludwig Khan, who also created the German Gymnastics system, which, contrary to Swedish Gymnastics that was popular at that time, required the use of apparatus.
Athens Olympics:: Gymnastics The olympic gymnastics official who pressured a Calgary judge to increase Paul Hamm made the history on Wednesday when he clinched the olympic men s http://www.livingroom.org.au/olympics/archives/cat_gymnastics.html
