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Really enjoyed these videos. Thanks for posting:)

No zoom on old camera's??? are you 15 years old??? The guys in this video are very real, most of them are friends of mine, and yes it is real!!! You may have a hard time believing this, but gymnastics is older than you are..........

pommels2k 2 years ago 2

cant believe the level of ignorance that exists after reading some of the comments on here. Where's the sound and its a fake made me laugh-these people must have a collective IQ of about 2. Anyway great to see pure gymnastics,none of this extra springy floor nonsense. This must of been world Championships around 1978. Great footage of the Cubans-completely mad but ahead of their time. Thanks for posting

bembom67 2 years ago

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fake.

mademynamekindoflong 2 years ago

Porca puttana è il video più vecchio che abbia mai visto....

giacomino21 2 years ago

weee~~~my granny school

sombodykillhim 2 years ago

i can only do tsuk fulls

icantthinkofanother4 2 years ago

wow. gymnastics is one of my favorite sports. this is really amzing!!!

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planbskater557 2 years ago

oh my gosh!!! that was freakin awesome!!! gymnastics=best sport in the world

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Oh my! I think Mr. Eckert is having a little temper tantrum. My God, youre how old and youre still calling people pussy? Your maturity, along with your personality, has obviously been severely stunted. It pleasures me to know that you've let a total stranger upset you like this. Or am I really a stranger? Anyway, the fact that you need to respond each time is thoroughly entertaining to me. Poor thing just can't help himself. Youre such an obedient little bitch...

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adistarhj 3 years ago

Well, I'm a MAG gymnast / judge, but I believe it's due to a difference in routine composition and skills. For example, in the 1970s, the gymnasts often competed skills that involved swinging on one bar and "bouncing" their torso / hips off of the other bar; this, coupled with the lack of giant-derivative turns and skills, required the bars to be close.

Now most of the skills on uneven bars are giant-derivative (e.g., pirouettes, releases, el-grip) and require the bars to be further apart.

dd8yf 2 years ago 4

but why the change

daboss1221 2 years ago

It's called evolution. Nowadays we're doing skills that weren't done back then. :)

lisasimps 2 years ago

but what caused the norm to move so drastically away from uneven parallel bars. was it a single person who started it. a rule that make it make more sense. it didn't just happen.

daboss1221 2 years ago

wow..........uhhh parallel bars and uneven bars r completely different events -.-

MistRDonuT94 2 years ago

uh no shit

Exerciso 2 years ago

I have been corrected: this is 1979 Worlds, and Ron Gallimore is not there. The two last PB guys are Bart Connor and Kurt Thomas. You can see Delchev doing his Delchev, too. More details to follow....

Vermontist 3 years ago

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Vermontist 3 years ago

I seem to recoggnize Ron Gallimore, Kurt Thomas, & Phil Cahoy. I am going to guess that this is the 1979 US men's championships, because Ron won floor that year, and in this clip he looks pretty happy after his exercise. Thank you for posting this!

Vermontist 3 years ago

I honestly thought that it was gonna be bad, but that guy was pretty skilled ;)

caa1ixxx 3 years ago 2

why can't anyone seem to appreciate the value of these clips...

RandomCoke 3 years ago 4

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what year was that!?y dont u put something more recent????

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ImaSceneGirl 3 years ago

stupid! do u realy think these?

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snowboarder116 3 years ago

wow sound plz ???

Sharkilla666 3 years ago

this was like 10000 year ago, there was no sound

whiteniger 3 years ago

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Well, the info says 70's, and I am prety sure they hhad sound by then...

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corey72723 3 years ago

The floor looks smaller...

MrMeThree77 3 years ago

it is way SMALLER B-CUZ WERE MY GYMNASTICS IS THE FLOOR IS LYK 10 TIMES BIGGER THAN THAT FLOOR SO U CAN TELL THAT WAS A WHILE AGO

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tigerzic 3 years ago

oldies gym makes me laugh!! it doesn't show it in this video, but i with the bars were still that close together lol...(women's)

22karlyn22 3 years ago

The uneven bars were moved apart in the late 1970's and moved further apart thereafter to allow for more flexibility in developing moves and routines.

tvcatz 3 years ago

I like this vidio.

I wish i could do that.

cutiepieashey 3 years ago

I do gymnastics at age 12 and this is like CRAZY sept for the hects and giants this is amazing =] btw I am lvl 8

crayoncutie 3 years ago

where did you get this footage?

tooty321 3 years ago

Kurt Thomas gave it to me.

saltocafe 3 years ago 2

that's gymnastics as i remember it from age 3-11...

texxxas08 3 years ago

omgh. how the heck COULD this be fake? duh its real.

orangetigerlilly 3 years ago

I See Kurt T, Bart C , Wayne Young, Waiiy Miller, And Peter Korman.

3sets 3 years ago

lol Wayne Young is my popaw xD His name is actualy Barry.

Anterogo 3 years ago

It looks more like the 90s just looking at their style.

OstrichBeakz 3 years ago

70's

saltocafe 3 years ago

where did u get this tape??? cuz its from the 70's and i m pretty sure u werent there lollz

mileyandselenafreak 3 years ago

it's not fake u dumbasses...its quite obvious! duh!!!!

go get ya eyes checked!

v.cool video

RainbowLollipop1 3 years ago

its not real u morons that think it is!!

peace

smallbutsmart 3 years ago

fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ashleemarie95 3 years ago

NO NOT FAKE!!!!!! u fake people crack me up

saltocafe 3 years ago

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this is so fake u moron!!! peace

smallbutsmart 3 years ago

this isnt fake ... trhis is RAW talent ... get over it!

RebelBullet777 3 years ago 2

U caucht me they're robots doing gymnastics some 30 years ago, u moron!

saltocafe 3 years ago

very interesting i didnt realize that ye olde cameras had adjustable zooms THIS IS FAKE!

avenged8300 3 years ago

Hmm Idk if this is real...

Probs not

kikikitty 3 years ago

Wow, you know how to use effects on a video editing program. This definitely is not all that old.

llers72 3 years ago 2

@llers72 Yes, this is from 1979. Some of the gymnasts are very easy to recognize. Thank you for posting this!

Vermontist 1 year ago

good job on uploading this.

Raghav91 3 years ago

wow!!! thats sooo kool! where did u find it???

Athlete065 3 years ago

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