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The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG) is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the worlds oldest existing international sport organisation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Today in Francophone History )〕 Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries – Belgium, France and the Netherlands – until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted, and it was renamed to its current name.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FIG History )〕 The federation draws up the rules, known as the Code of Points, which regulate how gymnast's performance is evaluated. Six gymnastics disciplines are governed by the FIG: Artistic gymnastics (further classified as Men's Artistic Gymnastics – MAG and Women's Artistic Gymnastics – WAG), Rhythmic gymnastics (RG), Aerobic gymnastics (AER), Acrobatic gymnastics (ACRO) and Trampolining (TRA). Additionally, the federation has been considered the authority responsible for determining whether gymnasts are old enough to participate in the Olympics. ==Organization== The main governing bodies of the federation are the President and Vice-Presidents, the Congress, held every two years, the Executive Committee, the Council and seven Technical Committees – for each of the disciplines (WAG and MAG have distinct ones; for GG it's called General Gymnastics Committee). there are 128 federations affiliated to the FIG and 2 associated federations,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milestones in FIG history )〕 as well as four Continental Unions: *European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) *Pan-American Gymnastic Union (PAGU) *Asian Gymnastic Union (AGU) *African Gymnastics Union (UAG) An Italian, Bruno Grandi, has been the elected president since 1996.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=President's bio )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Federation of Gymnastics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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