Men's Artistic
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics is an extremely demanding discipline based upon an athlete’s precision and agility. Men and women are judged within their own respective category and use a range of apparatuses to perform their stunning routines.
- Judging criteria varies and is based upon: execution, creativity and difficulty of routine, and the way they utilize their apparatus.
- Deductions are made for improper footing and landing, lengthy pauses, falls, poor technique.
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics includes the following six events
Floor Exercise:
Pommel Horse:
Gymnasts manoeuvre around a vault like narrow box with handles using coordination, strength, and balance. Lower level gymnasts will compete on a smaller pommel shaped like a mushroom with gradually moving up to the larger horse.
Still Rings:
An athlete performs swings and demonstrates strength elements while keeping the rings as still as possible. Gymnasts must hold all strengths elements for a minimum of two second.
Vault:
Launching off a spring board, pushing off a vault and landing a flip, twist, or somersault with tight body position.
Parallel Bars:
A series of swings above and below two level bars finishing with a smooth release and dismount. Parallel bar routines must have a balance of elements below and above the bars.
Horizontal Bar:
On a single bar, gymnasts demonstrate swing and release skills whilst changing direction; finishing with an impressive dismount.