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Gymnastics at the Olympics

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There are three disciplines at the Olympics in the sport of gymnastics

  • Gymnastics - Artistic
  • Gymnastics - Trampoline
  • Gymnastics - Rhythmic

Trivia

  • In 1904 in St Louis, one of the most remarkable athletes was the American gymnast George Eyser, who won six medals even though his left leg was made out of wood.

  • No gymnast had ever achieved a perfect score of 10, until Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scored perfect 10's seven times at the 1976 Montreal games. In 1980, she won two more gold medals.

  • Aleksandr Ditiatin of the Soviet Union earned 8 Gold medals in gymnastics at the 1980 games.

  • In 1928, Luigina Giavotti became the youngest medalist of all time, helping the Italian gymnastics team pick up a silver at the age of 11 years and 302 days.

  • In 1964, Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina won six medals for the third time in a row. She is the Olympic athlete with the most medals (18) and the most medals in individual events (14).

  • In 1980, Soviet athlete Aleksandr Dityatin won a record eight medals in gymnastics.

  • In 1984, 16-year-old Mary Lou Retton earned her place on Wheaties boxes by winning four gymnastics medals - including a gold in all-around gymnastics - just six weeks after undergoing knee surgery.

  • In 1992, Gymnast Vitaly Scherbo of the Unified Team won six gold medals in gymnastics.

  • In 1996, the US won gold in gymnastics, with the help of Kerri Strug, who nailed her second vault despite having a sprained ankle.

  • In 2000, Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov won six medals, as he had done in Atlanta in 1996.

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