The Compulsory Thread

Some people in the discussion about potential changes in gymnastics asked about what the compulsories were and how they worked. I thought it would be neat to compile videos of well-performed compulsories from different quads. I'm going to post back to about 1988 in this post, but feel free to add earlier routines or your favorites below! Those of us who loved the compulsories can share our love of them here!

(Edit: Note- I tried to include well-performed routines, but was limited by what I could find on YouTube.)

The gymnasts all had to perform the same routine, following the same choreography. While this might lead to you dreaming the floor music over and over again, it also allowed for direct comparison of execution. Usually the choreography was very well done.

1996:
Vault- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT5DZPdK7ME
Bars- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40N3OjOEjR8
Beam- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p0LjGnTGM0
Floor- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8UQz6pJZu4

1992:
Vault- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEimzJDoiq0
Bars- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zPp...65AECBA22364A9
Beam- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4LXfW0O18E
Floor- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx7tjVZtCbI

1988:
Vault- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl3eclKeuGA
Bars- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uwj3olAbk0
Beam- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Irt72l0Nk
Floor- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaKxA0fZvHc

The Compulsory Thread