1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union competed, winning 20 medals overall (more than three times the amount of any other country).

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
 Soviet Union
Albert Azaryan
Viktor Chukarin
Sergei Dzhayani
Yevgeny Korolkov
Valentin Muratov
Hrant Shahinyan
Boris Shakhlin
Ivan Vostrikov
 Japan
Akitomo Kaneko
Akira Kono
Masami Kubota
Tetsumi Nabeya
Takashi Ono
Yoshiyuki Oshima
Masao Takemoto
  Switzerland
Hans Bründler
Oswald Bühler
Hans Eugster
Jack Günthard
Hans Schwartzentruber
Josef Stalder
Melchior Thalmann
Jean Tschabold
Individual all-around
Soviet Union Viktor Chukarin
Soviet Union Valentin Muratov
none awarded Soviet Union Hrant Shahinyan
Floor
Japan Masao Takemoto
Soviet Union Valentin Muratov
none awarded Sweden Karl William Thoresson
Pommel horse
Soviet Union Hrant Shahinyan Switzerland Josef Stalder Soviet Union Viktor Chukarin
Rings
Soviet Union Albert Azaryan Soviet Union Yevgeny Korolkov Soviet Union Valentin Muratov
Vault
Czechoslovakia Leo Sotorník West Germany Helmut Bantz Soviet Union Sergei Dzhayani
Parallel bars
Soviet Union Viktor Chukarin Switzerland Josef Stalder West Germany Helmut Bantz
Japan Masao Takemoto
Switzerland Hans Eugster
Horizontal bar
Soviet Union Valentin Muratov West Germany Helmut Bantz
Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin
none awarded
Women
Team all-around
 Soviet Union
Nina Bocharova
Pelageya Danilova
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Larisa Diriy
Tamara Manina
Sofia Muratova
Galina Rud'ko
Galina Sarabidze
Hungary Hungary
Eva Banati
Ilona Bánhegyi Milanovits
Irén Daruházi-Karcsics
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Ágnes Keleti
Alice Kertész
Olga Lemhényi-Tass
Edit Perényi-Weckinger
 Czechoslovakia
Eva Bosáková
Miroslava Brdičková
Alena Chadimová
Věra Drazdíková
Zdena Lizkova
Anna Marejková
Alena Reichová
Věra Vančurová
Individual all-around
Soviet Union Galina Rud'ko Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Poland Helena Rakoczy
Vault
Sweden Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Soviet Union Tamara Manina
none awarded Sweden Evy Berggren
Uneven bars
Hungary Ágnes Keleti Soviet Union Galina Rud'ko Poland Helena Rakoczy
Balance beam
Japan Keiko Tanaka Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Hungary Ágnes Keleti
Floor
Soviet Union Tamara Manina Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Soviet Union Maria Gorokhovskaya

Men's Results

Team competition

RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union344.500345.400689.900
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Japan333.600339.650673.250
3rd, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland333.650337.900671.550
4  Germany334.400335.850670.250
5  Czechoslovakia328.350333.050661.400
6  Finland328.150331.700659.850
7  Hungary322.600327.400650.000
8  Italy314.300323.150637.450
9  Bulgaria312.500313.050625.550
10  France313.450310.200623.650
11  Poland303.800311.700615.500
12  Yugoslavia297.250305.900603.150
13  Austria293.300297.500590.800
14  Egypt280.800275.900566.700
15  Luxembourg274.350287.050561.400
16  Denmark273.000287.500560.500

Individual all-around

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Valentin Muratov (URS)115.450
1st, gold medalist(s)  Viktor Chukarin (URS)115.450
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)114.600
4  Boris Shakhlin (URS)114.050
4  Albert Azaryan (URS)114.050
6  Ivan Vostrikov (URS)113.650
7  Yevgeny Korolkov (URS)113.500
8  Helmut Bantz (FRG)113.400
9  Josef Stalder (SUI)113.350
10  Takashi Ono (JPN)112.850
11  Akira Kono (JPN)112.500
12  Jack Günthard (SUI)112.300

Floor exercise

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.6509.60019.250
1st, gold medalist(s)  Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6509.60019.250
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  William Thoresson (SWE)9.4509.75019.200
4  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5509.60019.150
4  Masami Kubota (JPN)9.6009.55019.150
6  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.5509.50019.050

Pommel horse

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.6009.70019.300
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.6009.65019.250
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5009.70019.200
4  Boris Shakhlin (URS)9.4509.70019.150
5  Ivan Vostrikov (URS)9.4009.50018.900
6  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.3509.50018.850

Rings

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Albert Azaryan (URS)9.7509.95019.750
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Yevgeny Korolkov (URS)9.8009.75019.550
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.8009.70019.500
4  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.8009.65019.450
5  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.6009.80019.400
6  Sergei Dzhayani (URS)9.6509.65019.300

Vault

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Leo Sotorník (TCH)9.4509.80019.250
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.4009.80019.200
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Sergei Dzhayani (URS)9.5509.55019.100
4  Albert Azaryan (URS)9.3009.60018.900
4  Takashi Ono (JPN)9.4509.45018.900
6  Adalbert Dickhut (FRG)9.2009.65018.850

Parallel bars

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.8509.75019.600
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.7509.80019.550
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6009.80019.400
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Hans Eugster (SUI)9.6509.75019.400
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.6009.80019.400
6  Jack Günthard (SUI)9.7009.65019.350

Horizontal bar

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.8009.90019.700
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.7509.65019.400
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Boris Shakhlin (URS)9.7009.70019.400
4  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.6009.70019.300
5  Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6009.65019.250
5  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5509.70019.250

Women's Results

Team competition

RankTeamTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union524.310
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Hungary518.280
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia511.750
4  Romania498.570
5  Italy495.770
6  Poland495.660
7  Bulgaria494.030
8  Sweden491.210
9  France490.360
10  Germany486.560
11  Yugoslavia485.440
12  Austria453.790
13  Belgium430.710
14  Saar407.240
15  Luxembourg378.560

Individual all-around

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Galina Rud'ko (URS)75.680
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Eva Bosáková (TCH)75.110
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)74.370
4  Edit Perényi (HUN)74.310
5  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU)74.240
6  Nina Bocharova (URS)74.210
7  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)74.140
8  Keiko Tanaka (JPN)73.740
9  Alena Chadimová (TCH)73.600
10  Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (HUN)73.470
11  Alice Kertész (HUN)73.440
12  Galina Sarabidze (URS)73.420

Vault

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE)9.4009.56018.960
1st, gold medalist(s)  Tamara Manina (URS)9.6609.30018.960
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Evy Berggren (SWE)9.4309.50018.930
4  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)9.6009.26018.860
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.4309.36018.790
6  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU)9.2609.36018.620

Uneven bars

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.7309.73019.460
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.6009.73019.330
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)9.5009.70019.200
4  Nina Bocharova (URS)9.4009.73019.130
4  Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.5309.60019.130
6  Pelageya Danilova (URS)9.4609.66019.110

Balance beam

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Keiko Tanaka (JPN)9.2609.63018.890
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.3009.46018.760
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.1609.56018.720
4  Edit Perényi (HUN)9.2609.40018.660
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.2009.40018.600
5  Nina Bocharova (URS)9.0009.56018.560

Floor exercise

RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Tamara Manina (URS)9.6609.73019.390
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.4009.76019.160
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)9.6609.46019.120
4  Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.5009.60019.100
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.3609.60018.960
5  Larisa Diriy (URS)9.4609.50018.960

Medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)123520
2 Japan (JPN)2114
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1315
4 Hungary (HUN)1113
5 Sweden (SWE)1023
6  Switzerland (SUI)0224
7 West Germany (FRG)0213
8 Poland (POL)0022
Totals (8 nations)17121544

References

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