Women S Gymnastics Floor Exercise

Gymnastics at the 2012 summer olympics women s floor.

Women s gymnastics floor exercise.

The event was held at the north greenwich arena on 7 august. Floor exercise gymnastics event in which movements are performed on the floor in an area 12 metres 40 feet square. Katelyn ohashi 10 0 on floor exercise 1 12 19. It is used by both male and female gymnasts the event in gymnastics performed on floor is called floor exercise.

No other apparatus is used. Nanjing 2014 seda tutkhalyan of russian federation competes during the floor exercise of the women s all around final match of artistic gymnastics event at the nanjing 2014 youth olympic games in nanjing capital of jiangsu province on august 20 2014. This area is covered by some type of cloth or mat usually with some cushioning. The floor exercise is an olympic gymnastics event that both men and women compete in.

The competition area is set up as a large square and gymnasts are required to execute routines that take them across the entire floor exercise mat staying within the marked boundaries while they tumble flip leap spin and dance. Jump to navigation jump to search. Through various acrobatic events including floor exercise balance beam uneven bars parallel bars high beam vault rings and pommel horse artistic gymnastics propels athletes through feats of strength agility and grace. In gymnastics the floor refers to a specially prepared exercise surface which is considered an apparatus.

The women s floor competition at the 2012 summer olympics in london united kingdom. In men s and women s competitive gymnastics the floor exercise is one of the events that make up a broader sport known as artistic gymnastics. The type of exercise. Men s routines are 50 to 70 seconds in duration.

A spring floor is used in all of gymnastics to provide more bounce and also help prevent potential. The floor exercise is both a women s artistic gymnastics and men s artistic gymnastics event.