Artistic Gymnastics is the biggest and oldest discipline of the Gymnastics program. It is the only discipline of gymnastics to have been present at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Women were allowed to compete during the 1928 Summer Olympics, making it one of the first sports where women were allowed to compete. This is the only gymnastics discipline where there are more male events than female events.
The Soviet Union have won the most medals in Artistic Gymnastics, being only one of two countries to have won more than a hundred medals. The number two in that list, the United States have won half as many gold medals and about seventy fewer medals in total.
Past Events[]
| Men/Women | Event | Last appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Men's | Rope Climbing | Los Angeles 1932 |
| Club Swinging | Los Angeles 1932 | |
| Team Horizontal Bar | Athens 1896 | |
| Team Parallel Bars | Athens 1896 | |
| Team Free System | Antwerp 1920 | |
| Team Swedish System | Antwerp 1920 | |
| Combined 3 Events | St. Louis 1904 | |
| Combined 4 Events | St. Louis 1904 | |
| Triathlon | St. Louis 1904 | |
| Sidehorse Vault | Paris 1924 | |
| Tumbling | Los Angeles 1932 | |
| Women's | Team Portable Apparatus | Melbourne 1956 |
Current Events[]
| Men/Women | Event | First appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Men's | Individual All-Around | Paris 1900 |
| Team All-Around | St. Louis 1904 | |
| Floor | Los Angeles 1932 | |
| Vault | Athens 1896 | |
| Parallel Bars | Athens 1896 | |
| Pommel Horse | Athens 1896 | |
| Horizontal Bar | Athens 1896 | |
| Rings | Athens 1896 | |
| Women's | Individual All-Around | Helsinki 1952 |
| Team All-Around | Amsterdam 1928 | |
| Floor | Helsinki 1952 | |
| Vault | Helsinki 1952 | |
| Uneven Bars | Helsinki 1952 | |
| Balance Beam | Helsinki 1952 |