World Gymnastics

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World Gymnastics headquarters in Lausanne since 2016

World Gymnastics, formerly the International Gymnastics Federation, is the body governing competition in all disciplines of gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on 23 July 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the world's oldest existing international sports organisation.[1] Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries — Belgium, France and the Netherlands — until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted and the organization changed its name to the International Gymnastics Federation.[2] Following other sport governing bodies, the organization took its current name in December 2025.[3]

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World Gymnastics headquarters in Lausanne (2008–2016)

The federation sets the rules, known as the Code of Points, that regulate how gymnasts' performances are evaluated. Seven gymnastics disciplines are governed by World Gymnastics: artistic gymnastics, further classified as men's artistic gymnastics and women's artistic gymnastics; rhythmic gymnastics; aerobic gymnastics; acrobatic gymnastics; trampolining; double mini trampoline, tumbling and parkour. Additionally, the federation is responsible for determining gymnasts' age eligibility to participate in the Olympics.

Organization

The main governing bodies of the federation are the president and vice presidents, the Congress held every two years, the Executive Committee, the Council, and technical committees for each of the disciplines.

In 2023, there were 161 national federations affiliated with World Gymnastics, one of which have been suspended, as well as one associated federation, one provisional federation and the following five continental unions:[4]

Across all disciplines, participation in World Gymnastics-sanctioned events exceeds 30,000 athletes, about 70% of whom are female.[5]

Russia and Belarus suspension

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Gymnastics barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges.[6] It also announced that "all of the World Gymnastics World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other World Gymnastics events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." World Gymnastics also banned the Russian flag at its events.[7] In 19 July 2023, World Gymnastics decided to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes and support personnels to participant events under individual neutral athletes.[8]

Presidents, and their tenures, of World Gymnastics

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1881–1924 fr:Nicolaas Cupérus Script error: No such module "flag".
1924–1933 Charles Cazalet Script error: No such module "flag".
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1956–1966 Charles Thoeni Script error: No such module "flag".
1966–1976 fr:Arthur Gander Script error: No such module "flag".
1976–1996 Yuri Titov Script error: No such module "flag".
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1996–2016 Bruno Grandi Script error: No such module "flag".
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Morinari Watanabe has served as president of the organization since his election in 2017.[9]

Tournaments

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According to the technical regulations of World Gymnastics,[10] the competitions officially organized are:

Other official World Gymnastics competitions include:

Defunct events formerly organized of sanctioned by World Gymnastics:

Age eligibility rules

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World Gymnastics regulates the age at which gymnasts are allowed to participate in senior-level competitions. The purpose is to protect young gymnasts. This has caused some controversy, and there have been cases of age falsification.[16]

See also

References

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External links

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