American Cup

The American Cup was created to celebrate the 200th birthday of the USA.  It has since become one of the longest-running of the international invitational meets.  

In 1979, a mixed pairs competition was introduced (International Mixed Pairs).  

From 1996-1999, rhythmic gymnastics was added and this secondary meet was renamed the International 3-on-3.  

In 2000, gymnasts qualified to the American Cup from their results at two qualifying meets.  

In 2001, the event became a one-day competition.  

Another format change in 2005:  the meet became a World Cup qualifying meet, so only individual events were contested.  

In 2006, the format returned being an all-around competition with two days of competition (preliminaries and finals).  There were no awards or prize money given to event winners.

1976 New York, NY:  Men's AA & Prelims, Women's AA & Prelims

1977 New York, NY:  Men's Prelims (NEW!), Men's AA, Women's Prelims (NEW!), Women's AA

1978 New York, NY:  Men's AA, Women's AA

1979 New York, NY:  Men's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's Prelims, Women's AA

1980 New York, NY:  Men's AA, Women's AA

1981 Forth Worth, TX:  Men's AA, Women's AA

1982 New York, NY:  Men's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's Prelims, Women's AA

1983 New York, NY:  Men's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's Prelims, Women's AA

1984 New York, NY:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1985 Indianapolis, IN:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1986 Fairfax, VA:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1987 Fairfax, VA:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1988 Fairfax, VA:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1989 Fairfax, VA:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1990 Fairfax, VA:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1991 Orlando, FL:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1992 Orlando, FL:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1993 Orlando, FL:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1994 Orlando, FL:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1995 Seattle, WA:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1996 Fort Worth, TX:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1997 Fort Worth, TX:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1998 Fort Worth, TX:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA

1999 St. Petersburg, FL:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA
2000 Orlando, FL:  Men's Prelims I (RCA), Men's Prelims II (Aussie), Men's AA, Women's Prelims I (RCA),
                            Women's Prelims II (Aussie), Women's AA 
2001 Orlando, FL:  Men's AA, Women's AA
2002 Orlando, FL:  Men's AA, Women's AA
2003 Fairfax, VA:  Men's AA, Women's AA
2004 New York, NY:  Men's AA, Women's AA
2005 Long Island, NY:  Men's Events (FX, PH, RG, VT, PB, HB), Women's Events (VT, UB, BB, FX)
2006 Philadelphia, PA:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA
2007 Jacksonville, FL:  Men's Prelims, Women's Prelims, Men's AA, Women's AA 

This page was created on September 27, 1997 and was last updated on January 19, 2008.
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