Horizontal Bar Rules
Horizontal bar rules: swings and handstands, flight elements, turns and grips, and the D-score. Each rule is shown as it is today, with the article it comes from. Where a newsletter changed a rule, the page says so.
Unofficial summary. The FIG Code of Points and its newsletters are the authority; every rule links to its page there.
- Swings and HandstandsThe start and the three-swing cast, the bar's own handstand scale, layaways, grip changes, bent legs, and the E-Jury table.7 rules2 newsletter changes
- Flight ElementsRise, release and regrasp, when a flight counts, two of each style and the fifth flight, and the Tkatchev, Yamawaki and Winkler rules.5 rules5 newsletter changes
- Turns, Grips and In-Bar ElementsHops and turns, the Quast and Rybalko, el-grip and Russian giants, Adlers, Endos and Stalders, the Zou Li Min, and what is not permitted.5 rules3 newsletter changes
- D-ScoreElement Groups, connection value, how grips and turns change an element's number, and one grip variation per element.4 rules1 newsletter change
A summary of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028 and the MAG newsletters that amend it — Newsletter 1 (August 2025), Newsletter 2 (19 September 2025), Newsletter 3 (1 December 2025), Newsletter 4 (July 2026) — with the article for every rule. New newsletters are published on the MAG newsletters page. If this page and the Code or a newsletter do not agree, the Code and the newsletter are correct.
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