Rhythmic gymnastics is part of the great family of Olympic sports, being a relatively new branch of gymnastics. It has evolved and developed quite rapidly, capturing the attention of more and more girls around the world. The paper is based on the hypothesis that the differences and similarities in the way of conducting rhythmic gymnastics competitions according to the internal regulations of Romania and Austria, respectively the differences between the 2 Olympic cycles 2012-2016 and 2017-2021 may influence the results of athletes practicing this discipline. Objectives. The paper aims to study the internal rules in rhythmic gymnastics of the 2 countries, Romania and Austria according to the specifics of the Olympic cycles, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the 2 technical training systems, presented and comparing the results obtained by athletes in the last two Olympic cycles in the two countries. Methods. The proposed research methodology for conducting the study addresses methods such as the bibliographic study method, the conversation method, the observation method and the graphic method. Results. The results highlighted the major differences between the two Olympic cycles in terms of international regulations FIG which are given by, the presence of competition sheets that are in the first cycle and their total absence in the second Olympic cycle. Conclusions. The final conclusions demonstrated the hypothesis underlined in the introduction that two countries that have different sports activities, taking into account the history of development of this sport in that country, the forms and conditions of training, internal regulations and forms of classification differently can achieve relatively similar performance.
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