[3] The rugby union squad has also won several titles for the club, including two Torneo del Litoral and three Rosario RU championships.

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario also offers sports facilities for aikido, artistic gymnastics, athletics, basketball, basque pelota, billiards, fencing, field hockey, football, artistic gymnastics, judo, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis and volleyball.

At the request of president of Newell's Old Boys, Víctor Heitz, other prominent teams of the city were invited to create a local league to organise its own competitions.

Rugby union began in GER in 1927, with the first friendly matches played against porteño clubs Central Argentino, Gimnasia y Esgrima and Universitario.

Field hockey was introduced to GER in 1944, when a group of women and men that joined to play informal games at the club.

In 1967 Professor Pedro Giordano arrived to the club, incorporating new tactics that were considered revolutionary for water polo in Argentina.

The water polo of Gimnasia y Esgrima has been widely praised by the media, with some players taking part of Argentina national team, such as Fernando Losada and Aimetta who played in the 1971 Pan American Games held in Cali.

In 1976 the young team won the Argentine championship, with Marcelo Perazzo, Oscar Möller, Daniel Tapiz, Daniel Sevlever, Marcelo Mosquera, Horacio Toranzo, Eugenio Quattrocchio, Gustavo Grgicevic, Fabián Martín, Esteban Hernandez and Andrés Goldín as part of the team.