Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, and forward rolls.

Gymnastics, as an activity sport, has been around for over 2000 years but as a competitive sport it is a little more than 100 years old.

In the 1830s, the sport of gymnastics was introduced to United States and its school systems by such immigrants as Charles Beck, Charles Follen and Francis Lieber.

The first large-scale competition was the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece. There, Germany have been the dominant team by almost sweeping every medal. Five countries have participated in this event. Men’s competitions included horizontal bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings, and vault.

It developed from fitness and beauty practices used by the ancient Greeks, including skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and circus performance skills. In ancient times the term implied exercise taken by men in a gymnasium, a venue for intellectual and physical education.

Artistic Gymnastics is usually divided into Men’s (MAG) and Women’s Gymnastics (WAG), each group doing different events; Men compete on Vault, Parallel Bars, the Pommel Horse, the Rings, the High Bar, and on the Floor, while women compete on Vault, Uneven Bars, Beam, and Floor Exercise.

On the uneven bars (also known as asymmetric bars, UK), the gymnast navigates a set of bars set at different heights to perform swinging, circling, transitional, and release moves, as well as handstands. The gymnast must use the entire bar to receive a high score.

Floor — The floor is a carpeted area, 12m × 12m, usually springed or foamed. Men perform a series of tumbling passes along with flexibility, strength, and balance tests. Routines last between 50–70 seconds and are performed without music.