When Was Trampoline Added To The Olympics. 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. 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.
It was added into the olympic program beginning with the 2000 sydney games and still continues to be a part of the games. 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. 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 first modern trampoline was built by george nissen and larry griswold around 1934 at the university of iowa. 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. People enjoyed the sensation so much they began to. 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.
