1996 Atlanta Olympics - Rhythmic — opens
Runs Aug 1 – 2 in Atlanta.
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Aug 1
Events on this day
1976 Montreal Olympic gymnastics competition — concludes
Ran Jul 18 – Aug 1 in Montreal. Women's all-around: Nadia Comăneci (ROU), Nelli Kim (URS), Lyudmila Tourischeva (URS). Men's all-around: Nikolay Andrianov (URS), Sawao Kato (JPN), Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN).
View full results →Born on this day (7)
Medeya Jugeli — born 1925
Jugeli competed for the Soviet Union in women's artistic gymnastics, 1952. Two Olympic medals at one Games, one of them gold.
Jugeli's career →Doris Woods — born 1902
Woods competed for Great Britain in women's artistic gymnastics, 1928. One Olympic medal.
Woods's career →Lea Nordheim — born 1903
Nordheim competed for the Netherlands in women's artistic gymnastics, 1928. One Olympic gold.
Nordheim's career →Akitomo Kaneko — born 1927
Competed for Japan, 1952.
Kaneko's career →Carl Wiegand — born 1877
Competed for Germany, 1900.
Wiegand's career →Isidore Goudeket — born 1883
Competed for the Netherlands, 1908.
Goudeket's career →ARCHIVED [merged into aid=3405] — born 2000
Competed for Australia.
Also on this day, across the years
- 2024 — Women's All-Around final at the Paris Olympics
- 2020 — Men's Floor Exercise final at the Tokyo Olympics
- 2020 — Men's Pommel Horse final at the Tokyo Olympics
- 2020 — Women's Uneven Bars final at the Tokyo Olympics
- 2020 — Women's Vault final at the Tokyo Olympics
- 2012 — Men's All-Around final at the London Olympics
- 1992 — Women's Balance Beam final at the Barcelona Olympics
- 1992 — Women's Floor Exercise final at the Barcelona Olympics
- 1992 — Women's Uneven Bars final at the Barcelona Olympics
- 1992 — Women's Vault final at the Barcelona Olympics