What Event ?

[Canary42]

While surfing some Historical Pictures in YouTube - as you do - I came across this one, labelled 1908 Olympics but there is no indication as to the event.

Can anyone enlighten me (presumably an event since eliminated from the Olympic repertoire).

I must say it looks potentially more "exciting" than some of the present ones, i.e. what happens next - LOL.

https://ibb.co/9HCVhtz

[Mamyalynne]

Non Competitive Women's Gymnastics display.

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/gymnastic-display-by-norwegian-women-at-the-1908-london-news-photo/3304491

[Lie-in King]

https://www.tudoporemail.com.br/content.aspx?emailid=11426

It translates as "Danish gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics"

[Canary42]

Thanks folks, not so exciting then (I was thinking of something like mass women's wrestling !).

[Lie-in King]

Sorry - on my link, when the central "sign in" box appears, just click the tab's back arrow to carry on viewing.

[Mamyalynne]

Unlikely ;-) there wasn't even competitive gymnastics for women at that event.

[THECORBYLOON]

"At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events for men were contested. No nation was successful in winning more than one medal. No women's competitions were held, though a non-competitive "displays" event was open to women."

From Wikipedia

[Mamyalynne]

Yes.

[barry1010]

I like the culottes

[William51]

It looks like a team doing stretching exercises before they compete.