1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1974. This was the first world championships at which the individual all-around titles were contested in a separate session of competition, rather than being decided after the team competition.

Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
 Japan
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Eizo Kenmotsu
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Fumio Honma
Sawao Kato
 Soviet Union
Nikolai Andrianov
Edvard Mikaelian
Vladimir Marchenko
Paata Shamugiya
Vladimir Safronov
Viktor Klimenko
 East Germany
Wolfgang Thüne
Bernd Jäger
Wolfgang Klotz
Rainer Hanschke
Lutz Mack
Olaf Grosse
Individual all-around
Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Japan Eizo Kenmotsu
Floor
Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan Hiroshi Kajiyama Bulgaria Andrei Keranov
Pommel horse
Hungary Zoltán Magyar Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Japan Eizo Kenmotsu
Rings
Romania Dănuț Grecu
Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov
none awarded Poland Andrzej Szajna
Vault
Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Japan Hiroshi Kajiyama
Parallel bars
Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union Vladimir Marchenko
Horizontal bar
West Germany Eberhard Gienger East Germany Wolfgang Thüne Japan Eizo Kenmotsu
Poland Andrzej Szajna
Women
Team all-around
 Soviet Union
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Olga Korbut
Elvira Saadi
Rusudan Sikharulidze
Nina Dronova
Nelli Kim
 East Germany
Angelika Hellmann
Annelore Zinke
Richarda Schmeißer
Bärbel Röhrich
Heike Gerisch
Irene Abel
 Hungary
Krisztina Medveczky
Mónika Császár
Zsuzsa Nagy
Marta Egervari
Zsuzsa Matulai
Ágnes Bánfai
Individual all-around
Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union Olga Korbut East Germany Angelika Hellmann
Vault
Soviet Union Olga Korbut Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Czechoslovakia Božena Perdykulová
Uneven bars
East Germany Annelore Zinke Soviet Union Olga Korbut Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva
Balance beam
Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union Olga Korbut Soviet Union Nellie Kim
Floor
Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union Olga Korbut Soviet Union Elvira Saadi
Soviet Union Rusudan Siharulidze

Men

Team Final

1st JapanShigeru Kasamatsu571.400
Eizo Kenmotsu
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Fumio Honma
Sawao Kato
2nd Soviet UnionNikolai Andrianov567.350
Edvard Mikaelian
Vladimir Marchenko
Paata Shamugiya
Vladimir Safronov
Viktor Klimenko
3rd East GermanyWolfgang Thüne562.500
Bernd Jäger
Wolfgang Klotz
Rainer Hanschke
Lutz Mack
Olaf Grosse
4th HungaryImre Molnar552.800
Zoltán Magyar
Ferenc Donáth
István Kiss
Janos Sivado
Bela Laufer
5th West GermanyEberhard Gienger552.600
Walter Mossinger
Günter Spies
Edgar Jorek
Werner Steinmetz
Reinhard Ritter
6th RomaniaDănuț Grecu547.250
Nicolai Oprescu
Georghe Paunescu
Mihai Bors
Constantin Petrescu
Stefan Gal
7th  SwitzerlandPeter Rohner547.200
Robert Bretscher
Armin Vock
Michele Arnaboldi
Reinhold Schnyder
Renati Giess

All-around

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)115.500
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)115.375
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)114.750
4  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)114.650
5  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)114.600
6  Edvard Mikaelian (URS)114.175
7  Wolfgang Thüne (GDR)114.000
8  Andrzej Szajna (POL)113.725
9  Vladimir Markelov (URS)113.700
10  Paata Shamugiya (URS)113.375
11  Imre Molnar (HUN)112.875
12  Fumio Honma (JPN)112.600
13  Vladimir Safronov (URS)112.575
14  Eberhard Gienger (FRG)111.975
15  Zoltán Magyar (HUN)111.750
16  Rainer Hanschke (GDR)111.350
17  Dănuţ Grecu (ROU)111.200
17  Walter Mössinger (FRG)111.200
19  Peter Rohner (SUI)111.150
20  Jiri Netusil (TCH)111.125
21  Bernd Jäger (GDR)111.050
22  Lutz Mack (GDR)111.025
23  Ferenc Donáth (HUN)110.875
24  Henri Boerio (FRA)110.775
25  Wayne Young (USA)110.625
26  Steve Hug (USA)110.550
27  Olaf Grosse (GDR)110.525
28  Edgar Jorek (FRG)110.500
29  Robert Bretscher (SUI)110.450
30  Günter Spiess (FRG)110.025
31  Armin Vock (SUI)109.800
32  István Kiss (HUN)109.675
33  Gustav Tannenberger (TCH)109.650
34  Wolfgang Klotz (GDR)108.750
35  Nicolae Oprescu (ROU)100.875
36  Michele Arnaboldi (SUI)80.700

Floor Exercise

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)19.375
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)19.325
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Andrei Keranov (BUL)19.225
4  Vladimir Markelov (URS)19.150
5  Rainer Hanschke (GDR)18.900
6  Edvard Mikaelian (URS)18.800

Pommel Horse

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Zoltán Magyar (HUN)19.575
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)19.375
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)19.225
4  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)18.950
5  Imre Molnar (HUN)18.875
6  Wolfgang Thüne (GDR)18.500

Rings

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Dănuț Grecu (ROU)19.525
1st, gold medalist(s)  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)19.525
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Andrzej Szajna (POL)19.225
4  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)19.125
5  Mihai Bors (ROU)19.000
6  Wolfgang Thüne (GDR)18.925

Vault

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)19.325
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)19.250
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)19.225
4  Andrzej Szajna (POL)19.175
5  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)19.075
6  Imre Molnar (HUN)18.750

Parallel Bars

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)19.375
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)19.325
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Vladimir Markelov (URS)18.850
4  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)18.275
5  Bernd Jäger (GDR)18.100
6  Wolfgang Thüne (GDR)17.625

Horizontal Bar

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Eberhard Gienger (FRG)19.500
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Wolfgang Thüne (GDR)19.450
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Andrzej Szajna (POL)19.275
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)19.275
5  Bernd Jäger (GDR)19.250
6  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)18.900

Women

Team Final

Rank Team Total
C O C O C O C O
1st, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union 94.95095.80095.85097.600384.200
Ludmilla Tourischeva 9.6009.8009.6509.750 9.8509.9009.8509.900 78.300
Olga Korbut 9.5009.7009.7509.800 9.6509.8009.7509.850 77.800
Elvira Saadi 9.3509.4009.4509.550 9.0009.5509.7009.800 75.800
Rusudan Sikharulidze 9.4009.5009.2509.400 9.2009.4509.6509.850 75.700
Nina Dronova 9.2509.4009.3509.400 9.5009.5009.4509.700 75.550
Nelli Kim 9.3008.6009.5009.600 9.3009.6009.5509.550 75.000
2nd, silver medalist(s)  East Germany 93.20095.80093.20094.350376.550
Angelika Hellmann 9.4009.5009.6009.700 9.4509.6009.5509.650 76.450
Annelore Zinke 9.3009.4509.6009.900 8.7009.5009.4009.600 75.450
Richarda Schmeißer 9.2009.3009.5009.700 9.3509.0509.3509.500 74.950
Bärbel Röhrich 9.2009.5009.2009.650 9.1009.3509.2009.400 74.600
Heike Gerisch 8.9509.3009.3009.350 9.2009.5009.1509.300 74.050
Irene Abel 9.0509.3009.3509.500 8.9009.2509.2009.500 74.050
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary 93.20093.90090.61093.050370.760
Krisztina Medveczky 9.2509.4509.6009.500 9.5008.9609.2509.550 75.060
Mónika Császár 9.2509.4509.5509.500 9.4008.9509.3009.550 74.950
Zsuzsa Nagy 9.2009.5009.3009.300 9.2509.0509.0009.300 73.900
Marta Egervari 9.0509.5509.2009.600 9.0008.4009.0509.350 73.200
Zsuzsa Matulai 9.1009.3509.1009.150 8.9509.0509.0509.400 73.150
Ágnes Bánfai 9.1009.3509.0009.250 9.0508.3509.1009.450 72.650
4  Romania 93.25092.30090.70093.050369.300
Alina Goreac 9.2509.7009.2009.700 9.3009.4009.1009.600 75.250
Anca Grigoraș 9.1509.6009.0509.600 9.0509.3509.2509.600 74.650
Elena Ceampelea 8.9509.2008.9509.500 8.4509.2009.2009.500 72.950
Paula Ioan 9.2509.5008.8509.350 8.7008.9508.8009.300 72.700
Aurelia Dobre 9.0009.5008.7009.200 8.8508.8009.0509.500 72.600
Rodica Sabau 9.1009.1508.9009.150 8.8009.1008.8509.400 72.450
5  Czechoslovakia 92.75091.00091.30093.400368.450
Zdena Dorňáková 9.3509.3009.2009.300 9.1509.3509.3009.600 74.550
Jana Knopova 9.0509.3509.0008.950 9.1009.3009.2509.450 73.450
Drahomira Smolikova 9.0009.2509.3009.200 9.0009.3009.1509.250 73.450
Vaclava Soukupova 9.1509.2008.7009.050 9.0009.0509.3509.500 73.000
Zdena Bujnackova 9.1509.1509.0509.150 8.5509.1509.1509.400 72.750
Bozena Perdykulova 9.4009.5508.8008.900 8.9008.9509.0509.150 72.700
6  Japan 90.45090.40089.00093.050362.900
Nobue Yabe 9.0009.1509.0009.050 8.7509.1509.1009.400 72.600
Miyuki Matsuhisa 9.0509.0009.1509.200 9.1009.0509.3508.550 72.450
Fusae Hayashida 8.9509.1508.9009.300 8.8008.5509.1509.550 72.350
Machiko Ichimura 8.8009.2008.7008.950 9.0508.8509.2009.500 72.250
Chieko Kikkawa 8.9509.1508.9009.100 8.6008.9509.2509.250 72.150
Kyoko Mano 8.8508.8508.8009.000 8.7508.4009.1009.300 71.050
6  United States 91.00088.80088.85093.350362.000
Joan Moore 9.0009.0008.8508.350 8.9009.2009.4509.700 72.450
Diane Dunbar 9.1009.2508.9508.500 8.9508.9009.1509.600 72.400
Janette Anderson 8.9508.9508.9009.100 8.9008.6009.3509.100 71.850
Debbie Fike 9.1009.1508.6009.050 9.0008.6009.2509.100 71.850
Kathy Howard 8.9509.1008.8008.950 8.9008.9009.0509.250 71.900
Ann Carr 8.9509.4008.7508.950 8.2008.5008.9509.450 71.150

All-around

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)39.30039.15078.450
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Olga Korbut (URS)38.75038.90077.650
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Angelika Hellmann (GDR)38.65038.22576.875
4  Elvira Saadi (URS)38.55037.87576.425
5  Rusudan Sikharulidze (URS)38.55037.85076.400
6  Annelore Zinke (GDR)38.60037.72576.325
7  Nina Dronova (URS)38.35037.77576.125
8  Alina Goreac (ROU)38.30037.62575.925
9  Richarda Schmeißer (GDR)38.05037.47575.525
10  Krisztina Medveczky (HUN)37.95037.52575.475
11  Bärbel Röhrich (GDR)38.15037.30075.450
12  Anca Grigoraș (ROU)37.80037.32575.125
13  Heike Gerisch (GDR)37.90037.02574.925
14  Irene Abel (GDR)37.15037.02574.175
14  Jana Knopova (TCH)37.45036.72574.175
16  Aurelia Dobre (ROU)37.85036.30074.150
16  Zsuzsa Nagy (HUN)37.20036.95074.150
18  Joan Moore (USA)37.90036.22574.125
19  Márta Egervári (HUN)37.45036.62574.075
19  Zdena Dorňáková (TCH)36.80037.27574.075
21  Drahomira Smolikova (TCH)37.25036.72573.975
22  Mónika Császár (HUN)36.45037.37573.825
23  Uta Schorn (FRG)37.05036.52573.575
23  Zsuzsa Matulai (HUN)37.00036.57573.575
25  Fusae Hayashida (JPN)37.30036.17573.475
26  Diane Dunbar (USA)37.25036.20073.450
27  Bozena Perdykulova (TCH)37.05036.35073.400
28  Nobue Yabe (JPN)37.05036.30073.350
29  Elena Ceampelea (ROU)36.85036.47573.325
30  Vaclava Soukupova (TCH)36.70036.50073.200
31  Ágnes Bánfai (HUN)36.80036.32573.125
32  Rodica Sabau (ROU)36.25036.22572.475
33  Zdena Bujnackova (TCH)35.90036.37572.275
34  Paula Ioan (ROU)35.30036.35071.650
35  Janette Anderson (USA)35.35036.15071.500
36  Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN)27.35036.22563.575

Vault

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Olga Korbut (URS)19.450
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)19.200
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Bozena Perdykulova (TCH)19.075
4  Alina Goreac (ROU)19.025
5  Angelika Hellmann (GDR)18.850
6  Rusudan Sikharulidze (URS)17.900

Uneven Bars

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Annelore Zinke (GDR)19.650
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Olga Korbut (URS)19.575
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)19.500
4  Angelika Hellmann (GDR)19.350
5  Richarda Schmeißer (GDR)19.250
6  Krisztina Medveczky (HUN)19.050

Balance Beam

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)19.725
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Olga Korbut (URS)19.525
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Nelli Kim (URS)19.200
4  Nina Dronova (URS)19.100
5  Alina Goreac (ROU)18.900
6  Angelika Hellmann (GDR)18.625

Floor Exercise

RankGymnastTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)19.775
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Olga Korbut (URS)19.600
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Rusudan Sikharulidze (URS)19.550
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Elvira Saadi (URS)19.550
5  Nina Dronova (URS)19.274
6  Angelika Hellmann (GDR)19.200

Medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)610521
2 Japan (JPN)51410
3 East Germany (GDR)1225
4 Hungary (HUN)1012
5 Romania (ROU)1001
 West Germany (FRG)1001
7 Poland (POL)0022
8 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
Totals (9 nations)15131644


References

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