Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics

Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. For 32 years, only men were allowed to compete. Beginning at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well. Rhythmic gymnastics events were introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and trampoline events were added at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
IOC Code	GYM
Governing body	FIG
Events	18 (men: 9; women: 9)
Summer Olympics
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 2032
Medalists men women

Summary

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation
1	1896	8	Germany (1)
2	1900	1	France (1)
3	1904	11	United States (1)
4	1908	2	Italy (1)
5	1912	4	Italy (2)
6
7	1920	4	Italy (3)
8	1924	9	Switzerland (1)
9	1928	8	Switzerland (2)
10	1932	11	United States (2)
11	1936	9 + 4	Germany (2)
12
13
14	1948	9 + 4	Finland (1)
15	1952	15	Soviet Union (1)
16	1956	15	Soviet Union (2)
17	1960	14	Soviet Union (3)
18	1964	14	Japan (1)
19	1968	14	Japan (2)
20	1972	14	Soviet Union (4)
21	1976	14	Soviet Union (5)
22	1980	14	Soviet Union (6)
23	1984	15	United States (3)
24	1988	15	Soviet Union (7)
25	1992	15	Unified Team (1)
26	1996	16	Ukraine (1)
27	2000	18	Russia (1)
28	2004	18	Romania (1)
29	2008	18	China (1)
30	2012	18	China (2)
31	2016	18	United States (4)
32	2020	18	China (3)
33	2024	18	China (4)

Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
IOC Code	GAR
Events	14 (men: 8; women: 6)
Summer Olympics
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 2032
Medalists men women

Men's events

Current programme

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
All-around, Team			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	28
All-around, Individual (details)		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	29
Floor exercise (details)	Not yet introduced								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	22
Horizontal bar (details)	X		X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Parallel bars (details)	X		X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Pommel horse (details)	X		X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Rings (details)	X		X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Vault (details)	X		X				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	26
Events	5	1	7	2	2	2	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Past events

• Rope climbing: 1896, 1904, 1924, 1932
• Free system, Team: 1912, 1920
• Swedish system, Team: 1912, 1920
• Sidehorse vault: 1924

Only at the 1896 Summer Olympics:

• Horizontal bar, Team
• Parallel bars, Team

Only at the 1904 Summer Olympics:

• Club swinging
• Combined
• Triathlon

Only at the 1932 Summer Olympics:

• Indian clubs
• Tumbling

Women's events

Current programme

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
All-around, Team	Not yet introduced							X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	22
All-around, Individual (details)	Not yet introduced											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Balance beam (details)	Not yet introduced											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Floor exercise (details)	Not yet introduced											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Uneven bars (details)	Not yet introduced											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Vault (details)	Not yet introduced											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Events	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Past events

• Team, portable apparatus: 1952, 1956

Medal table

(1896–2024)^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	72	67	43	182
2	United States (USA)	40	44	42	126
3	Japan (JPN)	36	34	37	107
4	China (CHN)	31	26	21	78
5	Romania (ROU)	25	20	27	72
6	Switzerland (SUI)	16	19	14	49
7	Hungary (HUN)	15	11	14	40
8	Italy (ITA)	15	7	10	32
9	Germany (GER)	13	12	13	38
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	12	13	10	35
11	Russia (RUS)	10	15	19	44
12	Unified Team (EUN)	9	5	4	18
13	Finland (FIN)	8	5	12	25
14	East Germany (GDR)	6	13	17	36
15	Ukraine (UKR)	5	4	4	13
16	Greece (GRE)	5	3	4	12
17	Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	2	4	11
18	Sweden (SWE)	5	2	1	8
19	France (FRA)	3	10	9	22
20	Brazil (BRA)	3	5	2	10
21	Great Britain (GBR)	3	3	12	18
22	Netherlands (NED)	3	0	0	3
	North Korea (PRK)	3	0	0	3
24	South Korea (KOR)	2	4	5	11
25	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	2	6	10
26	ROC (ROC)	2	2	4	8
27	Spain (ESP)	2	2	1	5
28	Philippines (PHI)	2	0	0	2
29	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	1	4
	Norway (NOR)	1	2	1	4
31	Poland (POL)	1	1	2	4
32	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	1	3
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	1	1	3
34	Austria (AUT)	1	1	0	2
	Israel (ISR)	1	1	0	2
	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	0	2
37	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	0	1
	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
41	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	0	2
42	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	1	2
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
44	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
46	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	4	4
47	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (49 entries)		365	346	350	1,061

Nations

Nations competing in artistic gymnastics, and the number of gymnasts (male and female) each nation brought to each Olympics, are shown below.

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Albania																													1		1
Algeria															1	1												2		1	4
Argentina											7	2		1	1							3	2	1	1		2	2	1		11
Armenia																							1				1	3	1	2	5
Australia													9	4	12	2	3	3	3	4	3	7	8	8	7	7	6	1	3	6	18
Austria										8	16	16	1	12													2	1	1	1	9
Azerbaijan																											1	2	2		3
Bangladesh																											1				1
Barbados																							1								1
Belarus																							14	12	3	7	2	2	1		6
Belgium		2		2		48					8	3		5	1	2		2			1	1		1	1	2	2	6	4	5	18
Bohemia		1		2	1																										3
Bolivia																									1						1
Brazil																			2	2	2	2		2	7	7	8	10	7	7	11
Bulgaria	1									7		16	6	12	8	11	12	12	12		12	12	8	6	2	2	2		1	2	19
Canada				2									2	3	4	10	9	9		12	12	9	6	8	12	8	6	6	5	10	18
Cayman Islands																													1		1
Chile																											2	2	2		3
China																				12	12	12	14	12	12	12	10	10	12	10	11
Chinese Taipei															8	4					1			1				1	5	2	7
Colombia																									1	2	2	2		2	5
Costa Rica																													1		1
Croatia																							1			2	2	2	2	2	6
Cuba											7	3	1	2	6	12	6	3	6					2	3			3	1		13
Cyprus																												1	1	1	3
Czech Republic																							2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	8
Czechoslovakia						16	8	8		16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		6	5									15
Denmark	1			24	49	45					8	7				3	1	1													9
Dominican Republic																											1			1	1
East Germany																12	12	12	12		12										5
Ecuador																3															1
Egypt						2					8	8		6	1									1		2	3	1	3	2	10
Finland				31	24		8	8	3	8	8	16	6	12	8	6	1									1	1	1			16
France	1	108		60	6	29	8	20		8	16	16	5	12	6	9	12	9	6	8	9	9	14	12	12	12	10	10	7	6	28
Georgia																							1	1	1	1					4
Germany	11	14	7	11	18							16	6	12	12							12	9	6	8	12	10	10	8	8	18
Great Britain	1	5		65	23	27	8	20		8	16	14	3	12	4	4	9	12	6	12	4	8	4	7	6	8	10	10	8	10	28
Greece	52																				1		8	4	4	2	3	3	1	1	9
Guatemala																					1	1					1	1			4
Haiti																														1	1
Hong Kong																											2		1	1	3
Hungary	2	2		6	17			20	4	16	16	16	8	12	12	12	12	12	12		12	12	10	3	2	2	3	2	1	4	26
Iceland																							1	1	1			1			4
India												2	3		6													1	1		5
Indonesia																														1	1
Iran															2															1	2
Ireland																							1				1	2	2	1	5
Israel														3				1		4	1	1			1	1	3	1	3	2	11
Italy		1		32	18	27	8	20	7	16	16	16	6	12	6	9	12	9		4	9	8	9	8	8	12	10	6	6	10	27
Jamaica																												1	1		2
Japan									3	8		5	12	12	12	12	12	12		12	12	9	13	8	8	12	10	10	11	9	20
Jordan																														1	1
Kazakhstan																							3	2	1		2		1	1	6
Latvia																							1	1	2		1				4
Lebanon																			2												1
Liechtenstein																	1														1
Lithuania																							1	1		1	2	1	1	1	7
Luxembourg					19		8	8		8	8	6	2	8	2											1					10
Malaysia																							1	1	1				2		4
Mexico									3		5			1		12	7	3	1	1	1	2		1	2	1	2	2	2	3	17
Monaco						2																						1			2
Mongolia															3	4			2												3
Morocco														6																	1
Namibia																								1							1
Netherlands				23				20			8	8		6			12	6				1			2	2	2	10	6	10	14
New Zealand															3		2							2				2	1	1	6
Nigeria																													1		1
North Korea																	6		12			9	1	3	8	2		2		1	9
Norway				30	46	26						11		1	2	6	7			1		1	1	1				1	2		14
Panama																												1		1	2
Peru																												1	1		2
Philippines															4	2								2					1	4	5
Poland										8		16	6	12	12	12	12	6	9				1	2		2	2	1	1		15
Portugal												9		4	1	2			1		2				1		2	1	1	1	11
Puerto Rico																						1	2	1	1	1	2				6
Romania										8		16	6	6	12		12	12	12	8	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	3	3	6	19
Russia					4																		14	12	12	12	10	10	12A		7
Saar												6																			1
San Marino																			1	1											2
Singapore																											1		1		2
Slovakia																							1	1	1	1	2	1	1		7
Slovenia																						1		2		2	1	1		1	6
South Africa												3	2	1											1			1	2	1	7
South Korea														2	9	1				8	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	14
Soviet Union												16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12		12	12									10
Spain												1		12			4	6	6	9	9	8	8	12	12	8	6	3	9	8	16
Sri Lanka																													1		1
Sweden	1			38	24	24					8	15	8	12	9	6	1		1	2	1	1			1		1	1	2		19
Switzerland	1	2	1				8	8	8		8	8		6	6	6	12	6		12	2	6	4	1	3	3	2	6	5	6	24
Syria																														1	1
Tunisia																									1		1				2
Trinidad and Tobago																												1			1
Turkey				1																							1	2	5	5	5
Ukraine																							14	12	12	8	6	6	5	6	7
United States			111			4	8	8	19	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12		12	12	12	14	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	25
Uzbekistan																							2	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	8
Venezuela																								1		2	1	1			4
Vietnam																										1	3	2	2		4
West Germany																12	12	6		12	8										5
Yemen																										1					1
Yugoslavia							8	8		16	16	16		9	6	7	12				1										10
No. of nations	9	8	3	14	12	11	9	11	6	16	19	30	21	33	33	30	28	23	20	19	28	28	36	43	42	41	54	60	60	54	97
No. of gymnasts	71	135	119	327	249	250	72	148	39	175	211	319	128	254	215	218	237	178	130	136	179	185	215	195	195	196	196	196	196	191
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24

Rhythmic gymnastics

Events

Event	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Women's individual all-around	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Women's group				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8

Medal table

(1984–2024)^[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	10	4	2	16
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	3	2	6
3	Spain (ESP)	1	2	0	3
4	China (CHN)	1	1	0	2
	Israel (ISR)	1	1	0	2
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	4	5
7	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	1	2
	Unified Team (EUN)	1	0	1	2
9	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
11	Belarus (BLR)	0	4	3	7
12	ROC (ROC)	0	2	0	2
13	Italy (ITA)	0	1	3	4
14	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
15	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		19	19	19	57

Nations

Nations competing in rhythmic gymnastics and the number of gymnasts each nation brought to each Olympics, are shown below.

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Australia																				2				1	1	1	1	1	6	6	8
Austria																					1		2			1	1	1			5
Azerbaijan																									1	8	1	1	6	6	6
Belarus																							8	8	7	7	7	7	7		7
Belgium																				1	1	1	1								4
Brazil																				1		1		6	6	6		6	5	6	8
Bulgaria																					2	2	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	7	10
Canada																				2	2	2	1	1		1	6				7
Cape Verde																									1	1		1	1		4
China																				2	2	2	7	1	7	7	1	6	5	6	11
Cyprus																						2					1			1	3
Czech Republic																							2		1						2
Czechoslovakia																					2	2									2
Denmark																					1										1
Egypt																								1			1		6	6	4
Estonia																										1					1
Finland																						1	1	1				1			4
France																				1	1	2	7	7			1	1		6	8
Georgia																							1	1				1	1		4
Germany																						1	8	8	1		7	6		7	7
Great Britain																				2	1	2			1		1				5
Greece																					2	2	2	7	8	7	6	6			8
Hungary																					2	2	2	1					1	1	6
Independent Olympic Athletes																						2									1
Israel																				1	2			1	1	7	7	6	7	6	9
Italy																				2	2	2	8	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	11
Japan																				2	2	2	2	7	1	6	5	6	7		10
Kazakhstan																									1	1	1	1	1	1	5
Laos																														1	1
Lithuania																							1								1
Mexico																													1	5	2
New Zealand																				1	1										2
North Korea																						2									1
Norway																				1											1
Poland																					2	2	2	1	6	1	1				7
Portugal																				2	1										3
Romania																				2		2	2					1		1	5
Russia																							8	8	8	8	8	7	7A		6
Slovenia																													1	1	2
South Africa																									1	1					2
South Korea																					2	2				1	1	1			5
Soviet Union																					2										1
Spain																				2	2	2	8	8	7	7	7	6		7	10
Sweden																				1											1
Switzerland																				2											1
Ukraine																							2	2	8	8	8	6	7	6	8
Unified Team																						2									1
United States																				2	2	2	7		1		1	6	7	1	9
Uzbekistan																											1	6	6	6	7
West Germany																				2	2										2
Yugoslavia																				2	2										2
No. of nations																				20	23	23	22	20	21	21	24	24	20	50
No. of gymnasts																				33	39	42	90	84	84	95	95	96	96	94
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24

Trampoline

Events

Event	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Women's individual	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Men's individual	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7

Medal table

(2000–2024)^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	5	7	16
2	Canada (CAN)	2	3	3	8
3	Russia (RUS)	2	2	0	4
4	Belarus (BLR)	2	0	0	2
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
–	Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)	1	1	0	2
7	Germany (GER)	1	0	1	2
8	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
9	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		14	14	14	42

Nations

Nations competing in trampoline gymnastics and the number of gymnasts each nation brought to each Olympics, are shown below.

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Algeria																								1							1
Australia																								2	1	1	1	1	2		6
Austria																														1	1
Azerbaijan																														1	1
Belarus																								2	3	2	2	3	2		6
Brazil																												1		2	2
Canada																								2	3	3	3	2	2	2	7
China																									2	4	4	4	4	4	5
Colombia																													1	1	2
Czech Republic																								1		1	1				3
Denmark																									1	1	1				3
Egypt																													2	2	2
France																								1	1	1	1	2	2	2	7
Georgia																								1	1	1	1	1		1	6
Germany																								2	2	2	2	1		1	6
Great Britain																								2	2	1	1	3	2	3	7
Greece																									1						1
Individual Neutral Athletes																														1	1
Italy																									1	1	1				3
Japan																								2	1	3	3	3	4	2	7
Kazakhstan																												1		1	2
Mexico																													1		1
Netherlands																								1	2		1				3
New Zealand																												1	2	2	3
Portugal																									1	2	2	2	1	1	6
Russia																								2	4	4	3	3	4A		5
Slovakia																									1						1
Spain																														2	1
Switzerland																								1	1						2
Ukraine																								2	2	2	2	1	1		6
United States																								1	1	2	2	2	2	2	7
Uzbekistan																								1	1	1	1	1			5
No. of nations																								16	20	17	18	17	18	28
No. of gymnasts																								24	32	32	32	32	32	16
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24

Overall medal table

• Last updated after the 2024 Summer Olympic Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	73	67	44	184
2	United States (USA)	40	44	42	126
3	Japan (JPN)	36	34	37	107
4	China (CHN)	36	32	28	96
5	Romania (ROU)	25	21	27	73
6	Russia (RUS)	22	21	21	64
7	Switzerland (SUI)	16	19	14	49
8	Germany (GER)	15	12	14	41
9	Hungary (HUN)	15	11	14	40
10	Italy (ITA)	15	8	14	37
11	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	12	13	10	35
12	Unified Team (EUN)	10	5	5	20
13	Finland (FIN)	8	5	12	25
14	Ukraine (UKR)	7	5	8	20
15	East Germany (GDR)	6	13	17	36
16	Greece (GRE)	5	3	5	13
17	Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	2	4	11
18	Sweden (SWE)	5	2	1	8
19	Great Britain (GBR)	4	4	13	21
20	Canada (CAN)	4	3	3	10
21	France (FRA)	3	10	9	22
22	Bulgaria (BUL)	3	5	8	16
23	Brazil (BRA)	3	5	2	10
24	Spain (ESP)	3	4	1	8
25	Netherlands (NED)	3	0	0	3
	North Korea (PRK)	3	0	0	3
27	Belarus (BLR)	2	4	7	13
28	South Korea (KOR)	2	4	5	11
29	ROC (ROC)	2	4	4	10
30	Israel (ISR)	2	2	0	4
31	Philippines (PHI)	2	0	0	2
32	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	1	4
	Norway (NOR)	1	2	1	4
34	Poland (POL)	1	1	2	4
35	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	1	3
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	1	1	3
37	Austria (AUT)	1	1	0	2
	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	0	2
–	Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)	1	1	0	2
39	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
42	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	0	2
43	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	1	2
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
45	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
48	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	2	2
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2
50	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (51 entries)		398	379	383	1,160

See also

• Gymnastics at the Youth Olympic Games
• List of Olympic venues in gymnastics
• World Gymnastics Championships
• Gymnastics at the Alternate Olympics

Notes

A.^ ^ ^ As  ROC.