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___MASK83___ is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines ( ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds ) on different apparatus , with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique ( FIG ), which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite competition . Within individual countries , gymnastics is regulated by national federations , such as British Gymnastics in the United Kingdom and USA Gymnastics in the United States . ___MASK83___ is a popular spectator sport at the Summer Olympic Games and in other competitive environments . Parallel bars is an apparatus used by gymnasts in ___MASK83___ . Gymnasts may optionally wear grips when performing a routine on the parallel bars , although this is uncommon . The horizontal bar , also known as the high bar , is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in ___MASK83___ . It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal ( typically steel ) bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a system of cables and stiff vertical supports . Gymnasts typically wear suede leather grips while performing on the bar . Current elite - level competition uses a more elastic fiberglass core rail similar in material to the rails used in the women ' s uneven bars and men ' s parallel bars apparatus . Marius Costel Gherman ( born July 14 , 1967 ) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1988 Olympic Games and at the 1992 Olympic Games . His best event was the horizontal bar for which he medaled bronze at the 1988 Olympic Games and silver at the 1993 World Championships . He is also a bronze continental medalist on vault and on horizontal bar . The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an ___MASK83___ apparatus . It is used only by female gymnasts . It is made of a steel frame . The bars are made of fiberglass with wood coating , or less commonly wood . The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is UB or AB , and the apparatus and event are often referred to simply as " bars ". The bars are placed at different heights and widths , allowing the gymnast to jump from bar to bar .