1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 20th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Fort Worth, United States, in 1979. In November 1977 the 55th FIG Congress, held in Rome, changed the cycle of world championships: since 1979 they were to be held each two years, and the pre-Olympic ones were to be qualifications for the Olympic tournament. The first 12 teams in the team competition of the 1979 World Championships were invited to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
 Soviet Union
Alexander Dityatin
Aleksandr Tkachyov
Vladimir Markelov
Nikolai Andrianov
Bogdan Makuts
Artur Akopyan
 Japan
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Nobuyuki Kajitani
Toshiomi Nishikii
Koji Gushiken
Eizo Kenmotsu
 United States
Kurt Thomas
Bart Conner
Jim Hartung
Larry Gerard
Tim LaFleur
Peter Vidmar
Individual all-around
Soviet Union Alexander Dityatin United States Kurt Thomas Soviet Union Aleksandr Tkachyov
Floor
East Germany Roland Brückner
United States Kurt Thomas
none awarded Soviet Union Aleksandr Tkachyov
Pommel horse
Hungary Zoltán Magyar United States Kurt Thomas Japan Koji Gushiken
Rings
Soviet Union Alexander Dityatin Romania Danuţ Grecu Soviet Union Aleksandr Tkachyov
Vault
Soviet Union Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov East Germany Ralph Bärthel
United States Bart Conner
Parallel bars
United States Bart Conner Soviet Union Aleksandr Tkachyov
United States Kurt Thomas
none awarded
Horizontal bar
United States Kurt Thomas Soviet Union Aleksandr Tkachyov Soviet Union Alexander Dityatin
Women
Team all-around
 Romania
Nadia Comăneci
Rodica Dunca
Emilia Eberle
Melita Ruhn
Dumitriţa Turner
Marilena Vladarau
 Soviet Union
Maria Filatova
Nellie Kim
Elena Naimushina
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Natalia Tereschenko
Stella Zakharova
 East Germany
Maxi Gnauck
Regina Grabolle
Silvia Hindorff
Steffi Kraker
Katharina Rensch
Karola Sube
Individual all-around
Soviet Union Nellie Kim East Germany Maxi Gnauck Romania Melita Ruhn
Vault
Romania Dumitriţa Turner Soviet Union Stella Zakharova Soviet Union Nellie Kim
East Germany Steffi Kraker
Uneven bars
China Ma Yanhong
East Germany Maxi Gnauck
none awarded Romania Emilia Eberle
Balance beam
Czechoslovakia Věra Černá Soviet Union Nellie Kim East Germany Regina Grabolle
Floor
Romania Emilia Eberle Soviet Union Nellie Kim Romania Melita Ruhn

Men

Team final

Rank Team Floor Pommel
horse
Rings Vault Parallel
bars
Horizontal
bar
Total
C O C O C O C O C O C O
 Soviet Union 98.20097.15097.650 98.65097.60098.250 587.500
Alexander Dityatin 9.8009.8509.7509.7509.9009.900 9.9009.9009.7509.8509.8009.950 118.100
Aleksandr Tkachyov 9.8509.9009.7009.7509.7509.800 9.8009.8009.7509.8509.8009.900 117.650
Vladimir Markelov 9.7509.7509.6509.7509.7009.800 9.8009.8509.7009.8009.8009.800 117.150
Nikolai Andrianov 9.8509.9009.7509.7509.7009.650 9.9509.8509.7009.8509.1009.750 116.800
Bogdan Makuts 9.7509.7509.5509.6009.6009.600 9.9009.8509.5009.8509.7509.850 116.550
Artur Akopyan 9.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.700 9.6009.8509.3009.7009.8509.700 116.100
 Japan 97.70096.90096.600 97.40097.15097.950 583.700
Hiroshi Kajiyama 9.7509.8009.6509.6009.6009.800 9.5509.9009.7009.8009.8509.600 116.600
Eizo Kenmotsu 9.6009.8509.6509.7009.5009.600 9.7509.7509.5509.7009.8509.900 116.400
Koji Gushiken 9.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.800 9.6509.8009.7009.8009.0009.700 116.350
Toshiomi Nishikii 9.7009.7009.6009.5009.5509.750 9.6509.7009.5009.8009.8009.750 116.000
Nobuyuki Kajitani 9.4009.8509.6009.6009.6009.600 9.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.800 115.900
Shigeru Kasamatsu 9.7509.9009.7009.8008.7009.600 9.6009.9009.8009.4509.7509.800 115.750
 United States 97.85096.30096.350 97.40096.30096.950 581.150
Kurt Thomas 9.9009.9009.8009.8509.6509.800 9.7009.8009.8009.8009.8509.900 117.750
Bart Conner 9.8509.8509.7009.7009.6509.600 9.9009.8509.7509.9009.9009.300 116.950
Jim Hartung 9.8009.7009.6009.7009.6009.800 9.8009.8009.5509.3009.8009.750 116.200
Larry Gerard 9.5509.8009.3509.5509.1009.650 9.6009.7509.4009.5509.6509.600 114.550
Tim LaFleur 9.4509.8009.5009.6009.5509.600 9.4509.6009.2509.6009.5509.400 114.300
Peter Vidmar 9.7009.5009.3509.5509.4509.250 9.6009.6009.4009.5509.0509.550 113.550
4  East Germany 97.85096.45096.400 97.75096.05096.500 581.000
Roland Brückner 9.6509.9009.8509.7009.6009.700 9.6009.9009.6509.7009.8009.700 117.000
Michael Nikolay 9.6509.7509.8509.9009.6009.600 9.6009.8509.6509.8009.8009.800 116.850
Lutz Mack 9.7509.7509.3009.5509.8009.750 9.7609.7509.5509.5509.6009.300 115.400
Andreas Bronst 9.5009.7509.6009.7009.3509.400 9.6009.6009.5009.7509.4009.600 114.750
Lutz Hoffmann 9.8009.4009.6009.6509.4509.500 9.7009.7509.4009.1509.7009.600 114.700
Ralf Bärthel 9.8009.8008.6509.5009.6009.700 9.8009.8509.4009.5009.5009.450 114.550
5  China 98.30095.40096.850 96.30095.25096.850 578.950
Huang Yubin 9.8509.8009.6009.6509.7509.750 9.5009.8009.6509.6009.8009.650 116.400
Cai Huanzong 9.7009.8509.7009.3009.5009.700 9.6009.5509.6509.4509.6009.750 115.950
Li Yuejiu 9.8509.9009.4509.5509.3509.500 9.7009.7509.6009.5009.6009.800 115.550
Tong Fei 9.9009.7009.6009.0509.7009.600 9.4509.7009.5009.0509.7009.900 114.850
Peng Yaping 9.6509.8509.4009.5509.7009.700 9.3009.6509.5509.4009.6509.400 114.800
Xiong Songliang 9.9009.4008.9509.6009.7009.750 9.6009.4009.4009.3509.6009.200 113.850

All-around

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.9009.8509.9009.8509.8009.90059.20059.050118.250
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Kurt Thomas (USA)9.8509.9009.8009.9009.8009.85059.10058.875117.975
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.5509.8009.8009.8009.8009.90058.65058.825117.475
4  Vladimir Markelov (URS)9.8009.7009.8009.8509.7009.85058.70058.575117.275
5  Bart Conner (USA)9.7009.7509.6509.8509.8009.80058.55058.475117.025
6  Roland Brückner (GDR)9.8009.8009.8009.9009.6009.60058.50058.500117.000
7  Koji Gushiken (JPN)9.7509.8009.7509.8009.7009.80058.60058.175116.775
8  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)9.6509.2009.8009.8509.7509.90058.15058.375116.525
9  Jim Hartung (USA)9.7509.7509.7009.9009.4509.80058.35058.100116.450
9  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)9.5509.6509.7009.8009.7009.75058.15058.300116.450
11  Huang Yubin (CHN)9.5509.8009.6009.8009.7509.70058.20058.200116.400
12  Philippe Delesalle (CAN)9.8009.8009.6509.9009.8009.70058.65057.650116.300
13  Li Yuejiu (CHN)9.9009.6509.4509.8009.7009.90058.40057.775116.175
14  Michael Nikolay (GDR)9.7009.1509.8009.7509.4009.80057.60058.425116.025
15  Tishomi Nishikii (JPN)9.5509.7009.7009.7009.6009.65057.90058.000115.900
16  Péter Kovács (HUN)9.7509.5509.7509.7509.6009.80058.20057.475115.675
17  Ferenc Donáth (HUN)9.3009.7509.8009.7009.6009.70057.85057.800115.650
18  Zoltán Magyar (HUN)9.5509.9509.4009.7009.6009.60057.80057.700115.500
19  Cai Huanzong (CHN)9.5009.5009.7009.7009.7009.60057.70057.675115.375
20  Lutz Mack (GDR)9.7509.2009.7509.8009.5009.45057.45057.700115.150
21  Eberhard Gienger (FRG)9.6009.6009.6509.6009.7509.55057.75057.025114.775
22  Henri Boerio (FRA)9.6509.7009.5009.7509.6009.45057.65057.100114.750
23  Dănuț Grecu (ROU)9.2509.6509.8009.7509.4509.55057.45057.200114.650
24  Volker Rohrwick (FRG)9.4509.4509.4509.7009.6009.65057.30057.200114.500
25  Jiří Tabák (TCH)9.7009.1009.6009.8509.4009.55057.20057.100114.300
26  Kurt Szilier (ROU)9.3009.3509.5509.7009.5009.60057.00057.275114.275
27  Plamen Petkov (BUL)9.5509.5009.5009.7509.6509.55057.50056.675114.175
28  Andrzej Szajna (POL)9.5009.1009.7009.8009.5509.70057.35056.800114.150
29  Benno Gross (FRG)9.3009.7009.3009.7009.3009.65056.95057.075114.025
30  Aurel Georgescu (ROU)9.7009.2009.4509.8009.4509.45057.05056.600113.650
31  Markus Lehmann (SUI)9.3009.3009.4009.7509.5009.45056.70056.225112.925
31  Jozef Konecny (TCH)9.3508.8009.4509.8009.3509.60056.35056.575112.925
33  Finn Gjertsen (NOR)9.3009.6509.5009.6508.8509.40056.35056.500112.850
34  Lars Pettersen (NOR)9.2009.4009.3009.4509.4509.45056.25056.300112.550
35  Fernando Bertrand (ESP)9.3509.3009.5009.6508.3009.70055.80056.225112.025
36  Warren Long (CAN)0.0000.0002.0000.0000.0000.0002.00056.75058.750

Floor exercise

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Kurt Thomas (USA)9.9009.90019.800
1st, gold medalist(s)  Roland Bruckner (GDR)9.9009.90019.800
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.9009.87519.775
4  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)9.8509.87519.725
5  Bart Conner (USA)9.8509.85019.700
6  Li Yuejiu (CHN)9.8509.87519.575
6  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)9.7009.82519.575
8  Huang Yubin (CHN)9.3509.82519.175

Pommel horse

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Zoltán Magyar (HUN)9.9509.87519.825
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Kurt Thomas (USA)9.9009.82519.725
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Koji Gushiken (JPN)9.8009.80019.600
4  Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.8009.75019.550
5  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)9.8009.72519.525
6  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)9.7009.75019.450
7  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)9.0009.75018.750
8  Michael Nikolay (GDR)8.8009.87518.675

Rings

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.9009.90019.800
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Dănuț Grecu (ROU)9.9009.80019.700
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.9009.77519.675
4  Koji Gushiken (JPN)9.8509.80019.650
5  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)9.8009.82519.625
6  Huang Yubin (CHN)9.8009.75019.550
7  Lutz Mack (GDR)9.7509.77519.525
8  Ferenc Donáth (HUN)9.5009.77519.175

Vault

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.8259.90019.725
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)9.8009.90019.700
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Bart Conner (USA)9.8009.87519.675
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Ralph Bärthel (GDR)9.8509.82519.675
5  Roland Brückner (GDR)9.7509.85019.600
6  Jiří Tabák (TCH)9.7759.75019.525
7  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)9.7009.75019.450
8  James Hartung (USA)9.5759.80019.375

Parallel bars

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Bart Conner (USA)9.9009.82519.725
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Kurt Thomas (USA)9.9009.80019.700
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.9009.80019.700
4  Koji Gushiken (JPN)9.8509.75019.600
4  Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.8009.80019.600
6  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)9.7009.75019.450
7  Roland Brückner (GDR)9.7509.67519.425
8  Michael Nikolay (GDR)9.6009.72519.325

Horizontal bar

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Kurt Thomas (USA)9.9009.87519.775
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.9009.85019.750
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.8009.87519.675
4  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)9.7009.85019.550
5  Tong Fei (CHN)9.7009.80019.500
5  Michael Nikolay (GDR)9.7009.80019.500
7  Nobuyuki Kajitani (JPN)9.7009.77519.475
8  Péter Kovács (HUN)9.1509.80018.950

Women

Team final

Rank Team Total
C O C O C O C O
1st, gold medalist(s)  Romania 97.65097.20096.80097.900389.550
Melita Ruhn 9.8009.9009.7509.800 9.5509.8009.7509.900 78.250
Rodica Dunca 9.6009.7509.6509.600 9.5009.7509.7009.800 77.350
Emilia Eberle 9.6009.7509.8509.850 9.6508.9509.8509.850 77.350
Dumitriţa Turner 9.8009.9009.5509.700 9.4009.7009.5509.700 77.300
Marilena Vladarau 9.5509.7009.4509.500 9.4509.5509.7009.850 76.750
Nadia Comăneci 9.8500.0009.9500.000 9.9009.9509.8000.000 49.450
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union 97.77595.95097.30097.900388.925
Nelli Kim 9.7509.9009.8509.800 9.8009.7509.9009.750 78.500
Maria Filatova 9.6509.8009.8009.800 9.8009.7509.7509.950 78.300
Natalia Shaposhnikova 9.7009.8009.8009.100 9.9009.5009.8009.800 77.400
Stella Zakharova 9.8009.8509.7009.000 9.7009.7509.6009.850 77.250
Elena Naimushina 9.6509.7009.6009.550 9.6509.7009.6509.800 77.250
Natalia Tereschenko 9.7259.8009.5509.000 9.4009.3509.5509.800 76.175
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany 97.25097.65096.65096.525388.075
Maxi Gnauck 9.7509.8009.9509.900 9.7009.6509.7009.900 78.350
Steffi Kraker 9.7509.9009.9009.800 9.7009.6009.4009.650 77.700
Regina Grabolle 9.6009.6009.8509.600 9.8009.7509.4509.800 77.450
Silvia Hindorff 9.6509.8009.6509.500 9.6009.6009.5759.700 77.075
Karola Sube 9.5509.5509.7009.450 9.6509.6009.4009.650 76.550
Katharina Rensch 9.6009.8009.8509.600 9.4009.0509.7009.200 76.200
4  China 95.45097.30095.35096.500384.600
Zhu Zheng 9.4509.8009.8509.800 9.5009.7009.6509.550 77.300
Zheng Sihua 9.3509.8509.8009.550 9.4009.6509.7509.700 77.050
Liu Yajun 9.3509.7009.7009.500 9.2509.8009.6009.700 76.600
Ma Yanhong 9.2009.5509.9509.900 9.2009.5009.5509.600 76.450
He Xiumin 9.3509.5009.8509.250 9.5009.4509.6009.650 76.150
Li Cuiling 9.4509.6009.6509.400 9.3509.7009.7008.950 75.800
5  Czechoslovakia 96.05095.10097.05094.100382.300
Věra Černá 9.7509.5009.7509.150 9.9009.9009.6509.700 77.300
Eva Mareckova 9.7009.6009.7009.600 9.7509.7509.7009.200 77.000
Radka Zemanova 9.7009.5509.4009.550 9.7009.7509.4009.000 76.050
Katarina Sarisska 9.7009.5009.5009.500 9.6009.6509.4009.050 75.900
Anita Sauerova 9.5509.5009.5009.400 9.3509.5009.4509.400 75.650
Lenka Chatarova 9.4009.3509.2509.200 9.4509.6009.4509.100 74.800

All-around

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Nelli Kim (URS)9.8509.8509.8509.85039.40039.25078.650
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.7009.9009.7009.90039.20039.17578.375
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Melita Ruhn (ROU)9.8009.8009.8009.80039.20039.12578.325
4  Maria Filatova (URS)9.8009.4009.8009.80038.80039.15077.950
5  Rodica Dunca (ROU)9.5009.7509.9009.90039.05038.67577.725
6  Věra Černá (TCH)9.6009.8009.7009.85038.95038.65077.600
7  Steffi Kraker (GDR)9.8009.7509.6509.35038.55038.85077.400
8  Emilia Eberle (ROU)9.7009.9009.2009.90038.70038.67577.375
9  Regina Grabolle (GDR)9.5009.5509.8009.70038.55038.72577.275
10  Eva Mareckova (TCH)9.6509.6009.7509.70038.70038.50077.200
11  Zhu Zheng (CHN)9.6509.6009.7009.30038.25038.65076.900
12  Leslie Pyfer (USA)9.7509.6009.6509.65038.65038.17576.825
13  Elena Naimushina (URS)9.7009.6009.3509.45038.10038.62576.725
14  Radka Zemanova (TCH)9.5509.6009.6509.70038.50038.02576.525
15  Zheng Sihua (CHN)9.6509.2009.2009.70037.75038.52576.275
15  Erika Flander (HUN)9.7509.5509.5009.55038.35037.92576.275
17  Krasimira Toneva (BUL)9.7009.3509.5509.65038.25037.82576.075
18  Erzsébet Hanti (HUN)9.5509.5009.4009.60038.05037.97576.025
19  Suzy Kellems (USA)9.6009.0009.4509.70037.75038.22575.975
20  Elfi Schlegel (CAN)9.6009.5009.0009.70037.80038.07575.875
20  Silvia Topalova (BUL)9.5009.7009.0009.60037.80038.07575.875
22  Éva Óvári (HUN)9.6009.4508.9509.60037.60038.17575.775
23  Marcia Frederick (USA)9.8508.7009.6009.70037.85037.90075.750
24  Liu Yajun (CHN)8.9509.2009.5009.60037.25038.30075.550
24  Sakiko Nozawa (JPN)9.3509.6009.3509.60037.90037.65075.550
26  Yayoi Kano (JPN)9.4509.4509.5009.25037.65037.85075.500
27  Annette Michler (FRG)9.5009.4509.4509.50037.90037.50075.400
28  Romi Kessler (SUI)9.6009.5009.1009.60037.80037.52575.325
29  Ellen Stewart (CAN)9.4509.5009.4009.40037.75037.47575.225
30  Lucja Matraszek (POL)9.3509.4508.9509.40037.15037.67574.825
31  Diana Carnegie (CAN)9.5509.1509.4509.40037.55037.25074.800
31  Lee Hyang Rim (KOR)9.4009.4509.0009.55037.40037.40074.800
33  Galina Marinova (BUL)9.5008.7009.5509.55037.30037.45074.750
34  Claudia Rossier (SUI)9.3509.4508.9009.60037.30037.22574.525
35  Rika Anami (JPN)9.5009.0008.9009.60037.00037.42574.425
36  Martine Pidoux (FRA)9.5508.5509.3009.20036.60037.25073.850

Vault

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Dumitriţa Turner (ROU)9.9259.85019.775
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Stella Zakharova (URS)9.8759.82519.700
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Nelli Kim (URS)9.8509.82519.675
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Steffi Kraker (GDR)9.8509.82519.675
5  Christa Canary (USA)9.8259.81319.638
6  Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.8009.77519.575
7  Melita Ruhn (ROU)9.6259.85019.475
8  Suzy Kellams (USA)8.8009.67518.475

Uneven bars

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.9009.92519.825
1st, gold medalist(s)  Ma Yanhong (CHN)9.9009.92519.825
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Emilia Eberle (ROU)9.9009.85019.750
4  Steffi Kraker (GDR)9.8509.85019.700
5  Nelli Kim (URS)9.8009.82519.625
6  Marcia Frederick (USA)9.8009.80019.600
7  Maria Filatova (URS)9.3009.80019.100
8  Zhu Zheng (CHN)9.2509.82519.075

Balance beam

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Věra Černá (TCH)9.9009.90019.800
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Nelli Kim (URS)9.8509.77519.625
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Regina Grabolle (GDR)9.7759.80019.575
4  Eva Mareckova (TCH)9.8009.75019.550
5  Maria Filatova (URS)9.7509.77519.525
6  Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.7009.67519.375
7  Krasimira Toneva (BUL)9.6509.67519.325
8  Melita Ruhn (ROU)9.3009.67518.975

Floor exercise

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st, gold medalist(s)  Emilia Eberle (ROU)9.9509.85019.800
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Nelli Kim (URS)9.9509.82519.775
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Melita Ruhn (ROU)9.9009.82519.725
4  Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.9009.80019.700
5  Maria Filatova (URS)9.8009.85019.650
6  Věra Černá (TCH)9.9009.67519.575
7  Zheng Sihua (CHN)9.8009.72519.525
8  Leslie Pyfer (USA)9.7509.72519.475

Medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)57517
2 United States (USA)3328
3 Romania (ROU)3137
4 East Germany (GDR)2147
5 China (People's Republic of China)1001
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
8 Japan (JPN)0112
Totals (8 nations)16131544

References

  1. "Within International Federations" (PDF). Olympic Review (123): 68. January 1978. Retrieved 2006-04-11.
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