A Brief History of Men's Gymnastics
Men's gymnastics is one of the most popular Olympic sports. Although less popular than women's gymastics, the sport for men has actually been around longer.
By the end of the nineteenth century, men's gymnastics was popular enough to be included in the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896. The sport was a little different from what we currently know as gymnastics however. Up until the early 1950s, both national and international competitions involved a changing variety of exercises the modern gymnast may find a bit odd such as synchronized team floor calisthenics, rope climbing, high jumping, running, and horizontal ladder just to name a few.
Women first started to participate in gymnastics events in the 1920s and the first women's Olympic competition was held in the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, although the only event was synchronized calisthenics. Combined exercises for women were first held in 1928, and the 1952 Olympics featured the first full regime of events for women.
The 2008 Men's Olympic Gymnastics Team comes home with the bronze. Great job guys!
Check Out the Members of the 2008 Men's Olympic Gymnastics Team
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Morgan Hamm - Olympic Gymnast
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He competed at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney while aged 17, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, alongside his twin brother Paul, helping the American team win the silver medal in the team gymnastics competition. Morgan's contribution to this histor...
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Kevin Tan - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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After serving as an undergraduate assistant coach for one season, former six-time Penn State All-American Kevin Tan joined the Penn State staff on a full-time basis this season. A member of Penn State's 2004 NCAA Championship team, Tan was the Nittan...
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Paul Hamm - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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Paul Hamm started gymnastics in 1989 because his sister (Betsy) was doing it and he wanted to try it. While growing up on a farm in Waukesha, Wisconsin his family used makeshift equipment to practice on. His father built a pommel horse from a maple t...
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Joseph Hagerty - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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Joseph Hagerty was born April 19, 1982 in Alberquerque, NM to Mike and Kathy Hagerty. He has three sisters, all of whom were in gymnastics, so he just followed suit and started gymnastics in 1989. Joseph is coached by Vitaly Marinitch and Alex Shche...
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Justin Spring - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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Justin Spring was born on March 11, 1984 and is the son of Woody and Debbie Spring. Both of his parents were college gymnasts, and his sister Sarah competed in gymnastics at Ohio State University. Inevitably, Justin started gymnastics in 1987 at the...
Gymnastics Articles & Info
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- Men's Gymnastics Videos
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- NCAA Mens Gymnastics
- This is the offical NCAA Men's Gymnastics site.
- USA Gymnastics - Men
- This is the site for the USA Men's Gymnastics program.
- Gymnastics Zone for Men's Gymnastics
- Information for everyone involved in men's gymnastics.
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