At the 1904 Summer Olympics of Saint Louis, Missouri, eleven gymnastics events were contested, all for men only.
The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881, in Liège, Belgium, making it the world's oldest existing international sports organisation. Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries—Belgium, France and the Netherlands—until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted and it received its current name.
VIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Basel, Switzerland from the 13th to 16 October 1977
The 33rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1997.
1981 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Munich, West Germany on October 17 – 20th 1981.
The 1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Strasbourg, France on November 10–11, 1983. They served as the qualification process for the first Olympic program of rhythmic gymnastics to be held at Los Angeles 1984, where most of the gymnasts from Eastern Europe, from where come the most gifted rhythmic gymnasts, didn't attend for the boycott made by the communist block.
1985 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Valladolid, Spain on October 10–13, 1985.
XXV World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in New Orleans, United States from 10th to 14 July 2002. The competition was open to groups only and the designated apparatuses were Ribbon and Ball & Rope.
The men's parallel bars competition was an inaugural event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. It has been held in every year since its inception.
Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1950, at the 12th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.
Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1950, at the 12th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.
Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added. Originally women participated at parallel bars competition. Starting from 1950, at the 12th World Championships, it was replaced with uneven bars competition which has been held in every year since its inception.
The 27th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 3 April to 6 April 2008 in Clermont-Ferrand.
The 6th Trampoline World Championships were held in Bern, Switzerland on June 19, 1970.
Giulia Steingruber is a Swiss artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on vault and a European champion in all-around (2015), vault and floor (2016).
Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held in three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. All gymnastics events were staged at the Arena Olímpica do Rio from 6 to 21 August 2016.
The 25th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 29 April to 2 May 2004 in Amsterdam.
The 11th Trampoline World Championships were held in Brig, Switzerland on September 27, 1980.
The 2015 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships was the forty-sixth edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from 23 October – 1 November 2015 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, United Kingdom, and is the first time that Scotland hosted the event. The competition served as a qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The 31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors was held from 1 to 5 June 2016, at the PostFinance-Arena in Bern, Switzerland. It was the first time the city had hosted a major female international competition, and was the first time Switzerland hosted the competition in the country.
