(Gymnastics, Artistic, Artistic Gymnastics)

Artistic Gymnastics is one discipline of gymnastics.

In Artistic Gymnastics, competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 10 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus. They are then graded on a score from 0 to 10 based on whether the performance contained certain required movements, the difficulty of the movements performed, and how well their performance compared to the desired performance of that movement.

Artistic gymnastics is one of the most popular spectator sports at the Summer Olympic Games, although it is not a particularly popular participant sport, as performing at even a basic level requires very high levels of fitness and skill which take more training than many people are prepared to commit.

The apparatus used in Men Artistic Gymnastic, also called MAG, and Women Artistic Gymnastic, also called WAG, varies, with the unique male apparatus particularly emphasising strength requirements and the women's apparatus emphasising balance and agility.

WAG apparatus include:

Vault

Uneven Bars

Balance Beam

Floor



MAG apparatus include:

Floor

Pommel Horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel Bars

Horizontal or High Bar