My favorite olympic events to watch are gymnastics and swimming.

Gymnastics have been at the summer olympic games since 1896 in Athens. 
For 32 years, men were only allowed to compete. From the 1928 olympics in Amsterdam, women were allowed to compete as well.
At the olympics now they compete in all around team, all around individual, balance beam, floor exercise, uneven bars, and vault. 

USA have the highest rank in the gymnastics medal table with 81 gold medals, 85 silver medals and 30 bronze.
Other high ranked countries are the Soviet Union, Japan, China and Switzerland.
I like to watch the gymnastics because all the gymnasts have different routines and they're all really impressive too.

Swimming has been at every summer olympics, and from 1912 women were allowed to compete too. Swimming is one of the most popular sports at the games and the one with the second largest number of events, after Athletics.
The men's and women's events include freestyles, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, individual medleys, freestyles relays, and marathons.
I enjoy watching swimming because there's a wide range of races to watch and they swim really fast.



Who are your favorite athletes in swimming and gymnastics?