German At first, they did gymnastics like the men did... (History and development of women’s gymnastics at uneven bars) A sight backwards ... Already in 1830 the Frenchman Amoros wrote of uneven and asymmetrically adjusted bars in a very successful textbook (“Manuel d’education physique et morale”), which was still published in 1859 in its ninth edition. This modification of the bars was not really established in the following time, not at all as a specific feminine apparatus, since the equal participation of women was not possible for a long time due to social circumstances. There were women doing gymnastics around the turn of the century in the German Gymnastics League, but the real upturn started after World War II only. Women gymnastics, 1861 >>> Before that, women’s gymnastics was strongly reminding of men’s gymnastics. As for them, the twelve events were considered to be the “crown of men’s gymnastics”, while there were nine events for the women, which consisted of a mixed competition of athletics and apparatus exercises: horizontal bar, parallel bars, horse, compulsory without apparatus and exercise with clubs as well as hundred-meter sprint and ball throw. Later on, seven events emerged for the women emerged from that in Germany around 1927, which contained a compulsory at bars as well, but at still at parallel bars. The asymmetrical adjusting of the bars was introduced at the first World Championships for women in 1934 in Budapest.....
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