Sports aid: Sports events 1983 - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1983 - 80 Pfennig

The issue of special stamps with surcharges in favor of the »Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe«, whose patron is the Federal President, is to help the social tasks of the foundation and the tasks in all areas of sport. The sports brands are dedicated this year to the theme »Great Sports Events 1983«. Artistic gymnastics is the sportive form of gymnastics as part of the gymnastics founded by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in 1811. Since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, artistic gymnastics has been part of the Olympic program, since the Olympic Games in 1952 also for women in individual competitions and not only, as since 1928, in the team fight. Artistic gymnastics demands above all the multi-fighter type, the versatile experts in the Olympic disciplines, that is with the men floor gymnastics, gymnastics on the pommel horse, on the rings, on ingot and horizontal bar, as well as in the horse jump; floor gymnastics, horse jump, uneven bars and the difficult gymnastics on the balance beam. Only those who qualify for the all-around competition can also become Olympic champions or world and European champions on the individual devices. Almost 80 member associations from all over the world are affiliated to the International Gymnastics Federation. In the German Gymnastics Federation with more than 3 million members (more women than men, 50% adolescents, 50% adults), artistic gymnastics is one of many specialist areas. Since gymnastics has been a high-performance sport, it has become one of the most difficult and attractive Olympic sports.