When Was Trampoline Added To Olympics
All the best photo and video highlights of sydney 2000 trampoline at the sydney 2000 summer games olympics plus official results and medals by event and athlete.
When was trampoline added to olympics. The competitive gymnastic sport of trampolining has been part of the olympic games since 2000. Tucked knees bent piked legs are straight and hip angle is less than 135 degrees or straight legs are straight and the angle of the hips is greater than 135 degrees. It was added into the olympic program beginning with the 2000 sydney games and still continues to be a part of the games.
It was initially used to train tumblers and astronauts and as a training tool to develop and hone acrobatic skills for other sports such as diving gymnastics and freestyle skiing. Good form and execution. Beginning at the 1928 summer olympics in amsterdam women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well.
Trampoline made its first appearance on the olympic programme at the games of the xxvii olympiad in. The trampoline programme comprises on men s and one s women s individual e event. As part of the agreement to merge fit with fig individual trampolining was accepted into the summer olympic games for 2000 as an additional gymnastic sport.
The currently accepted basic format for individual trampoline competitions usually consists of two or three routines one of which may involve a compulsory set of skills. Trampoline is an individual event that is contested separately by both men and women as a part of the gymnastics discipline during 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.
The first modern trampoline was built by george nissen and larry griswold around 1934 at the university of iowa. Entry lausanne i. 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.
On a modern competitive trampoline a skilled athlete can bounce to a height of up to 10 metres 33 ft performing multiple somersaults and twists. In all positions the feet and legs should be together and the toes should be pointed. In sydney the 30 year old won comfortably to join compatriot and training partner irina karavayeva as trampoline s first olympic champions.
It was initially used to train tumblers and astronauts and as a training tool to develop and hone acrobatic skills for other sports such as diving gymnastics and freestyle skiing. The body should be in one of three positions at all times. For 32 years only men were allowed to compete.
