Acrobatic Gymnastics
| Governing Body: | Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) |
Maximum Duration
The maximum duration for each of the performance is 2 minutes 30 seconds. There is no minimum duration.
,Penalties
Penalties are imposed on athletes for making any rule infringement and points are deducted from the total score of the gymnasts. The situations are: if the music contains any word or if the duration of the exercise crosses the time limit etc.
,Scoring
Gymnasts are scored based on the difficulty of the moves, artistic merit and the execution. The total of all the three scores determines the winner of the event.
,Official
Artistic Judges:
Four artistic judges assess the artistic merits and faults in the routine performed.
Chair of judges’ panel:
Responsible for overseeing the panel’s activities and rules on any dispute.
Difficulty Judges:
Two difficulty judges assess the difficulty of the movements performed in the routine.
Execution Judges:
Four execution judges deduct points based on the technical imperfections in the execution of the routine.
,Events
- Men’s groups (quadruples)
- Men’s Pairs
- Mixed Pairs
- Women’s groups (triples)
- Women’s Pairs
Techniques
- Balance routine
- Combined routine
- Dynamic routine
