Rio 2016 Olympic Games — Gymnastics Rhythmic — opens
Runs Aug 19 – 21 in Rio de Janeiro.
View full resultsOn this day in gymnastics history
Aug 19
Events on this day
2008 Beijing Olympic gymnastics competition — concludes
Ran Aug 9 – 19 in Beijing. Women's all-around: Nastia Liukin (USA), Shawn Johnson (USA), Yang Yilin (CHN). Men's all-around: Yang Wei (CHN), Kōhei Uchimura (JPN), Benoît Caranobe (FRA).
View full results →2026 European Men's Artistic Championships — opens
Runs Aug 19 – 23 in Zagreb.
View full results →Born on this day (5)
Jacob Dalton — born 1991
Dalton competed for USA, 2012–2016. Two Worlds medals.
Dalton's career →Willi Welt — born 1926
Competed for Austria, 1948–1952.
Welt's career →Andrea Coppolino — born 1979
Competed for Italy, 2008.
Coppolino's career →Daniel Giubellini — born 1969
Competed for Switzerland, 1992.
Giubellini's career →Maria Grazia Mancuso — born 1956
Competed for Italy, 1972.
Mancuso's career →Also on this day, across the years
- 2004 — Women's All-Around final at the Athens Olympics