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In the Olympics, in which gymnastics do only women compete?

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Rhythmic Gymnastics is almost exclusively a female sport and Olympic Games only feature traditional (women's) Rhythmic Gymnastics. So that's one. read more

Artistic Gymnastics comes in the Men's and Women's flavors and both are included in the Olympics since long ago. Artistic Gymnastics is a peculiar sport in that not only men and women compete separately but they have very different rules and also a very different set of apparatuses. read more

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. read more

In sprint hurdles at the Olympics, men compete in the 110 metres hurdles, while women cover 100 metres. Women ran 80 metres up to the 1968 Olympics; this was extended to 100 metres in 1961, albeit on a trial basis, the new distance of 100 metres became official in 1969. read more

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