41. 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

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 World’s 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.

42. 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

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43. Artistic Gymnastics – A History Of Development And Olympic Competition By Anton Artistic gymnastics – A history of development and olympic competition by AntonGajdos One Hundred Years of gymnastics in the olympic Games http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sses/research/biomechanics/agcontents.htm

Artistic Gymnastics – A history of development and Olympic competition by Anton Gajdos Table of Contents 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 Men’s Apparatus Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Exercise Rings Exercise Vault Parallel Bars Exercise High Bar Exercise The Development of Difficulty in Women’s Apparatus: Vault Asymmetric Bars Exercise Beam Exercise Floor Exercise The World Championships Merry-go-round: 1994-1996 Bibliography

44. 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=

45. 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=

46. Hamm Is Fall Guy For Olympic Cronyism - Gymnastics - MSNBC.com Litke Gymnast is only one in mess who hasn t done anything wrong. It wasthe closest allaround finish in olympic history. Sue Ogrocki / AP http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5812580/

Skip navigation Sports Scores, schedules Hurricanes' impact ... Most Popular NBC NEWS MSNBC TV Today Show Nightly News Meet the Press ... Gymnastics Hamm is fall guy for Olympic cronyism Gymnast is only one in mess who hasn't done anything wrong Sue Ogrocki / AP After a brilliant performance on the high bar, Paul Hamm totaled 57.823 points - 0.012 better than South Korea's Kim Dae-eun, and 0.049 better than Kim's countryman, Yang Tae-young. It was the closest all-around finish in Olympic history. 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.

47. MSNBC - Newsweek Olympics Front Page Because of a change in olympics rules, the women s gymnastics team will includea pair of old Resources to help you brush up on your olympic history http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5112034/site/newsweek/

Skip navigation Newsweek Subscribe Now Periscope ... Most Popular NBC NEWS MSNBC TV Today Show Nightly News Meet the Press ... FULL STORY Jeff J. Mitchell / Reuters PHOTO GALLERY Athens Games, Week Two The Games Thus Far Gold Rush Ready or Not PREVIOUS WEB-EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE The medical director of the London Marathon discusses runner Paula Radcliffe, hitting the wall and why marathons are bad for you The artistic director of the Olympics opening and closing ceremonies explains how he came up with the moving tributes to his native country and its Olympian history Team USA: The View From Down Under Five-time Olympic Australian basketball player Andrew Gaze offers observations of how the Games-and the U.S. team-have changed over the past two decades A Congressman claims the Bush administration scared people away from the convention in Boston and the stadiums in Athens Starr: Everything You Wanted To Know About the Olympics ... ... But were afraid to ask. David Wallechinsky wrote the book on the Olympics. Literally. USA Swimmers Go From Gold to Cold Team USA swimming's big ambitions have taken a big hit-but there's one guy who can restart this party. Guess who. Our Opening Ceremonies Critique In Athens, everyone agrees: Let's get this party started!

48. 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

LISTEN: WMP Real Select a Topic from the list below Click "Refresh" or "Reload" on your browser for the latest edition. Top Stories Breaking Stories World Business ... Local News SPECIALS Olympics Swim Trials Athletes Sports ... Coverage RELATED ABC SITES Lateline Four Corners 7.30 Report Foreign Correspondent Landline Australian Story Stateline AM ... Correspondents' Report INTERACTIVE Forums Contact Us News Mail HELP Hearing Audio Viewing Video ABC ONLINE Home Other Areas of Interest: Subject Arts Science Children Youth Education Rural Local Shop FEATURES Australian gymnasts a rising force Adapted from a 7.30 Report story by Sean Murphy which aired on July 10. 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.

49. 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

50. History - Gymnastics Is Fun! - Our First Web Page - Kelsey Okruch & Hayley John There are many people in the history of gymnastics. Here are a few people and what Vidmar was put in the US olympic Hall of Fame in 1991. Nadia Comenaci http://library.thinkquest.org/4209/history.htm

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.

51. United States Olympic Committee - GYMNASTICS: Hamm Wins Prestigious James E. Sul This is only the second time in history that a gymnast has won the coveted award Hamm’s performance is one of the greatest victories in olympic history, http://www.usoc.org/73_32242.htm

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52. United States Olympic Committee - GYMNASTICS: Patterson, Hamm Named Sullivan Awa “2004 was a great year for US gymnastics and it will only get better from here . Hamm s performance is one of the greatest victories in olympic history, http://www.usoc.org/73_31179.htm

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 America’s top amateur athlete. For the first time in the award’s 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.

53. Untitled Document Wu Xiaoxuan became the first female olympic champion in China’s 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

54. 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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55. 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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56. 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

57. 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

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.

58. Little Nadia Vaults To Olympic History - "That Was Then..." - CBC Archives Home Sports Little Nadia vaults to olympic history Comaneci was handpickedby renowned Romanian gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi. http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-207-1032-10/sports/comaneci/

document.write(""); document.write(""); Search the Archives site Advanced Search Home Sports Little Nadia vaults to Olympic history July 18, 1976 Little Nadia vaults to Olympic history Return to: All Clips from "That Was Then..." LINKS Related Topics from CBC's Archives The Summer of '76: Montreal's Olympic Games The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links. Privacy It is a world first. Standing four feet 11 1/2 inches tall, weighing 86 pounds, a 14-year-old Romanian vaults into the history books on July 18, 1976. It's just before noon at the Olympic Games in Montreal when Nadia Elena Comaneci becomes the first gymnast ever to score a perfect 10. 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. Comaneci receives a total of seven perfect 10s; three gold medals (uneven bars, balance beam, all-around), one silver (team) and one bronze (floor exercise) at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Her accomplishments would inspire a generation of youngsters to sign up for gymnastics.

59. 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

The official website of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games - Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Daily Summaries: 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. History 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, “kivistima'” and “tavrokathapsia”. “Kivistima” was a kind of acrobatic exercise: young men called “kivistires”, dressed in brightly coloured clothes, performed acrobatics, sometimes with swords. Later on, “kivistima” developed into “tavrokatharpsia”: in this event, athletes grabbed a bull’s 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 “kivistires” 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.

60. 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

Athens Olympics 2004 News, Information and Results var accountid='regan@junior.co.nz' BannerMania Ad Athens Medal Table Web Olympics Blog Athens Olympic Sports Aquatics Archery Athletics (Track and Field) Badminton ... Wrestling Athens Olympic News Official Athens Games Site ABC Olympic News (AUS) BBC Olympics Coverage Eurosport Olympic News ... Athens Olympics Schedule Other Athens Olympic Blogs 18 Days in August 2004 Olympics OL Weblog 2004 Olympic Fever ... The Olympics 2004 Contributing Bloggers Ande Darren Ian Kit ... Steve Athens Weather Athens Olympics Merchandise Athens Olympics Books Athens Olympics Apparel Athens Olympics CDs Olympic Games Pins ... Signed Olympic Memorabilia Athens Olympic Archives September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 ... May 2004 August 30, 2004 Alina Kabaeva wins Women's Individual Rhythmic All-Round Gold Medal The winner of the Gold Medal Alina Kabaeva from Russia The winner of the Silver Medal Irina Tchachina from Russia The winner of the Bronze Medal Anna Bessonova from Ukraine Posted by Darren at 02:16 AM Comments (1) August 29, 2004

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