Last updated 28th August 2005
Competitions Added:
1983 Caeser's Palace Invitational, 1985 DTB Cup, 1986 DTB Cup, 1986 Sports Aid, 1987 DTB Cup, 1988 DTB Cup, 1988 US Olympic Trials
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7- Fantastic - Direct recording from TV to DVD.
6- Excellent - Very clear, crisp picture and great sound.
5- Very Good - Clear, crisp picture and very good sound.
4- Good - Clear but maybe a bit grainy and not quite as crisp. Good - Acceptable sound.
3- Okay - Slightly fuzzy, has obviously been watched a lot but gymnasts are easy to recognise. Slightly - Moderately muffled sound.
2- Watchable - Usually older competitions. Gymnasts are often difficult to recognise but still worthwhile if you really want it. Muffled sound or for older competitions, no sound.
1- Poor - Hard to see what is happening and generally not worthwhile bothering with unless absolutely desperate.
My list is like this - Competition/length/b&w or coloured/quality/type/commentary/TV station (if known)
1977
Champions All - 23minutes/colour/2.5/men's and women's all around/English/ABC/tape 271
US vs. Romania - 29minutes/black and white/2 (won't copy well and won't convert to NTSC at all)/women's team/English/ABC/tape 109
World Cup - 20minutes/colour/3/women's event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 109
World Cup - 2hours 34minutes/colour/3.5 (there is a tracking line at the bottom of the screen which appears large at first, but you get used to it and it doesn't block out any gymnastics)/women's all around/Spanish/TVE/tapes 148 and 149
1978
Champions All - 21minutes/colour/3.5/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 37
Chunichi Cup - 20minutes/colour/4.5/women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 198
Coca Cola International - 6minutes/colour/3/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 270
Romanian Nationals - 23minutes/colour/3 (a few flickers but mainly fine)/women's all around/English/NBC/tape 109
USSR Display in San Diego - 19minutes/colour/4/men's and women's artistic and sports acro routines/English/ABC/tape 222
World Cup - 26minutes/colour/1.5/women's event finals/English/BBC/tape 243
Worlds - 4hours/colour/4/women's artistic team & event finals/Spanish/TVE/tape 10
Worlds - 34minutes/colour (poor colour)/3/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 158
Worlds - 34minutes/colour/3/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 180
1979
Champions All - 33minutes/colour/4 (picture is a bit "out of line")/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 190
Europeans - 1hour/colour/4/women's all around (only 10 minutes coverage of the all around) and event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 88
Europeans - 28minutes/colour/4/men's event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 88
Junior International - 30minutes/colour/4 (occasionally the picture disappears for a few seconds)/women's event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 162
Moscow News - 41minutes/colour/3.5/women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 201
Short Film About Past Olympics - 14minutes/colour/4/complete women's routines from the 1968, 1972, 1976 Olympics and 1979 Worlds/Japanese/Japanese TV/tape 201
USSR Display in the UK - 15minutes/colour/3.5/women's display routines/English/BBC/tape 158
World Cup - 43minutes/colour/2.5/women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 272
World Cup - 41minutes/colour/2/women's event finals/English/ABC/tape 244
Worlds - 1hour 46minutes/colour/3 - 3.5/women's team, all around and event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 171
1980
Coca Cola International - 20minutes/colour/4/women's all around and event finals/English/ITV/tape 142
Junior Europeans - 8minutes (incomplete)/colour/3.5 (good picture but a few flickers)/women's all around and event finals/English/NBC/tape 171
Moscow News - 1hour 1minute/colour/4 - 4.5/men's and women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 145
Moscow News - 45minutes/colour/4 - 4.5/women's event finals (UB, BB and FX) and men's high bar final/Japanese/NHK/tape 145
Olympics - 20minutes/colour (faded slightly)/3.5/men's and women's highlights/English/US TV/tape 9
Olympics - 50minutes/colour/4/women's event finals (all competitors)/None but has all other sound and has names and scores in both Russian and English/Russian TV/tape 49
Olympics - 1hour 26minutes/colour/team & event finals (picture is very unstable during most parts of team and in the Floor Final but not enough to make it unwatchable) - 3, all around - 3.5/Women's team, all around and event finals/English/BBC/tape 36
Olympics - 40minutes/colour/4/women's compulsories/Japanese/NHK/tape 133
Olympics - 1hour 6minutes/colour/4/women's team optionals and all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 181
Olympics - 8minutes/colour/5/men's and women's highlights/English/Unknown/tape 172
Olympics - 53minutes/colour/3 (lots of moderate picture problems throughout)/men's routines from different parts of the competition (organised by apparatus)/none/VTR/tape 194
USSR Cup - 23minutes/colour/4/women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 201
USSR Display in the UK - 45minutes (not complete)/colour/4.5/men's, women's artistic, rhythmic, sports acrobatics/English/ITV/tape 41
US vs. China - 28minutes/colour/3/women's event finals/English/ABC/tape 30
World Cup - 20minutes/colour/3/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 190
World Cup - 35minutes/colour/3 (shakes constantly and there's interference at the top of the screen)/women's event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 203
1981
American Cup - 14minutes (incomplete)/colour/4/men's and women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 189
Chunichi Cup - 19minutes/colour/4/women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 198
Comaneci Tour - 11minutes/colour/2.5 - 3/exhibition routines from Nadia and Eberle/English/ABC/tape 228
Europeans - 51minutes (ends abruptly)/colour/3.5/women's event finals/none/Spanish TV/tape 149
International Mixed Pairs - 33minutes/colour/4/men's and women's team/English/CBS/tape 199
Moscow News - 12minutes/colour/3/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 38
US Nationals - 46minutes/colour/4/women's all around/English/CBS Sports/tape 188
USSR Scholarship - 14minutes/colour/3.5/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 268
Worlds - 1hour 25minutes/colour/4/women's team optionals/Japanese/NHK/DVD
Worlds - 32minutes/colour/3.5 - 4/women's team/English/BBC/tape 37
Worlds - 1hour 35minutes/colour/all around - 4.5, event finals - 4 but a bit shaky in places/women's all around and event finals/English/BBC/tape 68
1982
Asian Games - 57minutes/colour/4.5 - 5 (the first 3 minutes of the all around are blurry/wobbly but other than that the quality is great!)/women's team optionals, all around and event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 200
Chunichi Cup - 28minutes/colour/3/women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 272
Coca Cola International - 24minutes/colour/3/women's all around and event finals/English/ITV/tape 184
GDR Nationals - 15minutes/colour/2/women's event finals/English/Australian TV/tape 273
USSR Display in the UK - 32minutes/colour/4/display routines from the different gymnastics disciplines/English/ITV/tape 268
USSR Nationals - 10 minutes/black and white/3/women's vault, beam and floor finals/none/Homevideo of Russian TV/tape 227
US vs. China - 16minutes/colour/3/women's team/English/ABC/tape 209
US vs USSR - 21minutes/black and white/3.5/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 38
World Cup - 1hour 25minutes/colour/3.5/women's all around and event finals/none/Homevideo (CGF) (excellent view of vault, beam and floor; good view of bars) (There is a small timer from the video camera in the top left hand corner of the screen but it doesn't block out anything)/tape 97
World Cup - 25minutes/colour/3.5 (mild snowiness at the start)/women's event finals/French/French TV/tape 126
World Cup - 28minutes/colour/4/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 181
1983
American Cup - 26minutes/colour/3 (shaky picture)/men's and women's all around/English/ABC/tape 272
British Nationals - 14minutes/colour/4/women's all around and event finals/English/ITV/tape 273
Caeser's Palace Invitational - 1hour 22minutes/colour/3.5/women's all around/English/HBO/DVD
Chunichi Cup - 30minutes/colour/2.5/women's all around/Japanese/NHK/tape 272
Coca Cola International - 25minutes/colour/4/women's all around and event finals/English/ITV/tape 268
Europeans - 42minutes/colour/3/women's all around/English/BBC/tape 37
Europeans - 2hours 9minutes/colour/4.5/women's all around and event finals/Dutch/Dutch TV/tape 175
McDonalds International Gymnastics Championships - 22minutes/colour/4 (some minor tracking blips)/women's all around/English/NBC/tape 201
Moscow News - 7minutes/colour/4/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 273
US Nationals - 24minutes/colour/4/women's all around/English/CBS/tape 198
US Professional Gymnastics Classic - 25minutes/colour/4/women's all around (and 2 comedy routines by Paul Hunt)/English/NBC/tape 167
USSR Display in the UK - 35minutes/colour/4/display routines from the different gymnastics disciplines/English/ITV/tape 268
US vs. USSR - 47minutes (incomplete)/colour/3.5 (gymnasts appear bright because of lighting in arena)/none/Homevideo (possibly Endo - brilliant view of all apparatus)/tape 199
Worlds - 4hours 6minutes/colour/team & all around - 4.5 - 5, event finals - 4 - 4.5/women's team, all around and event finals/German/German TV/tape 26
Worlds - 25minutes/colour/5/women's event finals (only one floor routine)/English/Australian TV/tape 9
Worlds - 54minutes/colour/5.5/men's event finals/none/Homevideo (Endo - almost broadcast quality view of all apparatus)/tape 133
Worlds - 36minutes/colour/6/men's all around/none/Homevideo (Endo - almost broadcast quality view of all apparatus)/tape 180
1984
Chunichi Cup - 54minutes/colour/3/women's all around and event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 271
Coca Cola International - 23minutes/colour/4 (some minor flickers)/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 268
Druzhba - 11minutes (incomplete)/colour/1.5/women's team optionals (FX only)/none/Homevideo (near broadcast quality view of floor)/tape 190
Junior Europeans - 31minutes/colour/3/women's event finals/none/Home video (excellent view of all apparatus)/tape 104
Olympics - 4hours 45minutes/colour/4.5/women's team compulsories, optionals, all around and event finals/English/ABC/tapes 96 and 97
Olympics - 1hour 28minutes/colour/3.5 - 4 (Improves throughout)/men's team/English/ABC/tape 30
Olympics - 2hours 25minutes/colour (at the beginning of the all around the colour flicks from light to dark sometimes but after about 10minutes it rarely does it at all)/4/men's all around and event finals/English/ABC/tape 29
US Nationals - 45minutes/colour/4/men's and women's all around and event finals/English/ABC/tape 167
US Olympic Trials - 46minutes/colour/3.5/men's all around/English/ABC/tape 206
US Olympic Trials - 48minutes/colour/3.5/women's all around/English/ABC/tape 206
USSR Display in the UK - 27minutes/colour/3.5 - 4/men's and women's artistic, rhythmic, sports acrobatics and tumbling/English/BBC/tape 38
1985
Belgian Gym Masters - 15minutes/colour/3/women's event finals/English/ITV/tape 198
British Nationals - 17minutes/colour/4/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 273
Chunichi Cup - 1hour 1minute/colour/4/women's all around and event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 270
DTB Cup - 43minutes/colour/3.5/women's event finals/German/German TV/tape 278
Europeans - 43minutes/colour/3.5 - 4/women's all around/English/BBC/tape 36
Moscow News - 33minutes/colour/3.5 (picture is bright but clear)/women's all around/none/Homevideo (very good view of all apparatus)/tape 272
National Sports Festival - 22minutes/colour/4/men's event finals/English/ESPN/tape 212
National Sports Festival - 39minutes/colour/4/women's event finals/English/ESPN/tape 225
USA vs China - 1hour 40minutes(with a couple of commercial breaks)/colour (in some parts shade turns from light to dark which is a bit annoying but on the whole tolerable)/3.5 - 4/men's and women's event finals/English/ESPN/tape 52
USSR Cup - 1hour 50minutes/colour/3 (there are occasional spells of flickering)/women's all around/none/Homevideo (very good view of everything)/tape 228
Worlds - 59minutes/colour/3.5/women's team/German/German TV/tape 34
Worlds - 42minutes/colour/3.5/women's all around/Dutch (maybe German)/Dutch TV/tape 34
Worlds - 2hours 3minutes/colour/3.5/women's event finals/German/German TV/tape 34
Worlds - 1hour 10minutes/colour/4/women's team compulsories and optionals/English/ITV/tape 274
Worlds - 1hour 54minutes/colour/4/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 275
Worlds - 1hour 6minutes/colour/4/women's event finals/English/ITV/tape 275
Worlds - 1hour 53minutes/colour/5.5/women's compulsories (8 routines only), all around and event finals/none/Homevideo (Endo - brilliant view of all apparatus)/tape 112
Worlds - 48minutes/colour/5/men's event finals/none/Homevideo (Endo - brilliant view of all apparatus)/tape 192
1986
Ahoy Cup - 50minutes/colour/5/women's compulsories and event finals/Dutch/Dutch TV/tape 175
American Cup - 46minutes/colour/3/women's all around/English/CBS/tape 202
British Display - 15minutes/colour/4/display routines/English/ITV/tape 273
Champions All - 22minutes/colour/4/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 225
Chunichi Cup - 1hour 7minutes/colour/4 (a few flickers)/women's all around and event finals/Japanese/NHK/tape 162
DTB Cup - 2hours 27minutes/colour4/women's all around/German/German TV/tapes 278 and 279
Goodwill Games - 1hour 58minutes/colour/3.5/women's team optionals, all around and event finals/English/TBS/tape 146
Junior Europeans - 1hour 15minutes/colour/3/women's all around/none/Homevideo (brilliant view of all apparatus and names and scores of each gymnast have been dubbed onto the tape)/tape 210
Pacific Alliance - 21minutes/colour/3 (colour of distant objects is headache inducing)/women's all around and event finals/English/Canadian TV/tape 262
Sports Aid - 25minutes/colour/4/display routines/English/ITV/tape 277
US Nationals - 25minutes/colour/5 (sound is a bit low but can be heard fine if volume is turned up)/men's all around/English/NBC/tape 95
US Nationals - 37minutes/colour/4.5 (sound is a bit low but can be heard fine if volume is turned up)/women's all around highlights and event finals/English/NBC/tape 95
USSR Cup - 1hour 23minutes/colour/3/women's all around/none/homevideo (very good view of all apparatus)/tape 216
USSR Display in the UK - 51minutes/colour/4(some shakiness)/men's artistic, women's artistic, rhythmic and sports acro/English/ITV/tape 219
World Cup - 40minutes/colour/5/women's all around (rotations 1, 2, 3 and part of 4)/English/BBC/tape 113
World Cup - 22minutes/colour/3.5 (dodgy sound and there's a tracking line at the bottom of the screen)/women's event finals (no vault)/English/ABC/tape 162
World Cup - 21minutes/colour/4/men's all around/English/ABC/tape 193
1987
British Nationals - 35minutes/colour/4/women's all around (mainly juniors and some seniors)/English/BBC/tape 175
Champions All - 54minutes/colour/3.5 (moderate colour flickers throughout)/men's and women's all around/English/ITV/tape 270
Chunichi Cup - 1hour 3minutes/colour/4.5 (small tracking line at the very bottom of the screen - doesn't block out anything)/women's all around and event finals/Japanese/Japan TV/tape 101
Druzhba - 2hours 2minutes/colour/2/women's team optionals and event finals/none/Homevideo (good view of all apparatus)/tape 220
Druzhba - 27minutes/colour/4/women's event finals/none (no sound)/Homevideo (excellent view of everything)/tape 274
DTB Cup - 1hour 7minutes/colour/4/women's competition/German/German TV/tape +280
Europeans - 37minutes/colour/4 (some sound difficulty during the all around)/women's all around and event finals (only clips of floor routines shown)/English/BBC/tape 137
International Tournament in Toulon - 1hour 6minutes/colour/4.5/women's event finals/none/homevideo (excellent view of V, UB and FX; decent view of BB)/tape 219
Kraft International - 40minutes/colour/4 (picture is a bit shaky)/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 101
Kraft International - 1hour 6minutes/colour/4/women's all around and event finals/English/ITV/tape 171
International Mixed Pairs - 51minutes/colour/4/men's and women's artistic events/ESPN/tape 50
Moscow Dinamo Training - 45minutes/colour/3/men and women training (mostly young gymnasts - but they are still very good)/none/homevideo (very good view of everything)/tape 217
Moscow News - 1hour 23minutes/colour/3/women's all around and event finals/none/Homevideo (very good view of all apparatus)/tapes 267 and 268
USA/USSR Goodwill Tour - 1hour 10minutes/colour/3.5 - 4 (Sound is wobbly for the first five minutes and is fairly quiet throughout but if you turn the volume up, you can hear it no problem/men's and women's artistic/ESPN/tape # 55
US Nationals - 52minutes/colour/3.5/men's and women's all around and event finals highlights/English/ABC/tape 198
USSR Display in Australia - 12minutes/colour/4/women's routines/English/AUS TV/tape 219
USSR Display in the UK - 56minutes/colour/4/display routines from the different gymnastics disciplines/English/ITV/tape 267
USSR Nationals - 21minutes/colour/2.5 (despite the quality I really enjoyed this comp)/women's all around (and a montage at the end with lots of cool skills performed by the Soviet men and women at the championships)/Russian/USSR TV/tape 189
Worlds - 48minutes/colour/3 (sound is muffled but you can hear the commentary and everything)/men's and women's event finals (not all of them but most)/ABC/tape 55
Worlds - 2hours 6minutes (all slow motion replays have been edited out)/colour/3.5/women's team, all around and event finals/Dutch/Dutch TV/tape 104
Worlds - 47minutes/colour/4.5 - 5 (a little disturbance at very top of screen but it doesn't affect any of the routines)/women's team/Dutch/Dutch TV/tape 124
Worlds - 1hour 56minutes/colour/5/women's team optionals (USSR, ROM, USA)/none/Homevideo (excellent view of everything)/DVD
1988
American Cup - 38minutes/colour/3.5 (mild snowiness)/men's and women's all around/English/CBS/tape 186
DTB Cup - 2hours 6minutes/colour/4/women's all around/German/German TV/tape 277
DTB Cup - 1hour 13minutes/colour/4/women's event finals/German/German TV/tapes 277 and 278
Junior Europeans - 8minutes (not complete)/colour/5/women's all around/none/Unknown (not a homevideo)/tape 101
Junior Europeans - 1hour 8minutes/colour/3.5 (picture is out of line in most parts)/men's and women's event finals/none/Homevideo (very good view of all apparatus)/tape 206
Junior USSR Nationals - 1hour 9minutes/colour/1 - 1.5/women's all around/none/Homevideo/tape 199
Kraft International - 53minutes/colour/4/women's all around and event finals/English/ITV/tape 219
Olympics - 2hours 1minute/colour/4/women's team compulsories/Japanese/NHK/tape 147
Olympics - 4hours/colour/4/women's artistic team (a couple of compulsories but mainly optionals), All Around, Event Finals/English/BBC/tape 47
Olympics - 4hours 46minutes/colour/4/men's team compulsories, optionals, all around and event finals/English/NBC/tapes 93 and 94
Olympics Highlights - 1hour/colour/5/men's and women's highlights/English/BBC/tape 47
Pacific Alliance Championships - 53minutes/colour/3.5/women's event finals/English/TSN/tape 212
US Olympic Trials - 14minutes/colour/4/women's all around/English/ITV/tape 277
USSR Display in the UK - 29minutes/colour/4/display routines from the different gymnastics disciplines/English/ITV/tape 267
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