Women compete on a balance beam five metres long and 10 centimetres wide 1.2 metres above the floor. Routines include leaps, turns, tumbles and poses on and above the beam. It is considered one of the most difficult apparatus to master. The final piece of apparatus for women is the uneven bars. These are 3.5m long, one being 2.4m above the ground, the other 1.6m above the ground.
Gymnasts swing around each bar swinging between each and changing grip as they move from bar to bar.
They are 3.5m in length. Routines require a great deal of upper body strength. They involve swings, flight and hold elements. Men also compete on a single horizontal bar. Unlike the parallel bars, which are wooden, the horizontal bar is made of polished steel.