1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 26th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Indianapolis, United States, in the Hoosier Dome from September 6 to 15, 1991. This was the last championships at which the Soviet Union competed.

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Team all-around	Soviet Union Vitaly Scherbo Grigory Misutin Valeri Liukin Igor Korobchinsky Valery Belenky Alexei Voropaev	China Li Jing Li Chunyang Huang Huadong Guo Linyao Li Xiaoshuang Li Ge	Germany Sylvio Kroll Andreas Wecker Ralf Büchner Mario Franke Jan-Peter Nikiferow Andre Hempel
Individual all-around	Grigory Misutin	Vitaly Scherbo	Valeri Liukin
Floor	Igor Korobchinsky	Vitaly Scherbo	Daisuke Nishikawa
Pommel horse	Valery Belenky	Guo Linyao	Li Jing
Rings	Grigory Misutin	Andreas Wecker	Yuri Chechi
Vault	You Ok-Youl	Vitaly Scherbo	Yutaka Aihara
Parallel bars	Li Jing	Igor Korobchinsky	Guo Linyao
Horizontal bar	Li Chunyang Ralf Büchner	none awarded	Vitaly Scherbo
Women
Team all-around	Soviet Union Svetlana Boginskaya Tatiana Gutsu Tatiana Lysenko Oksana Chusovitina Rozalia Galiyeva Natalia Kalinina	United States Shannon Miller Kim Zmeskal Betty Okino Kerri Strug Michelle Campi Hilary Grivich	Romania Cristina Bontaş Mirela Pasca Lavinia Milosovici Vanda Hadarean Maria Neculita Eugenia Popa
Individual all-around	Kim Zmeskal	Svetlana Boginskaya	Cristina Bontaş
Vault	Lavinia Milosovici	Oksana Chusovitina Henrietta Ónodi	none awarded
Uneven bars	Kim Gwang Suk	Tatiana Gutsu Shannon Miller	none awarded
Balance beam	Svetlana Boginskaya	Tatiana Gutsu	Betty Okino Lavinia Milosovici
Floor	Oksana Chusovitina Cristina Bontaş	none awarded	Kim Zmeskal

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 (URS)	97.300		97.350		98.000		96.325		97.825		97.625		584.425
	Vitaly Scherbo	9.875	9.700	9.450	9.875	9.775	9.775	9.775	9.675	9.900	9.800	9.750	9.825	117.175
	Grigory Misutin	9.775	9.675	9.650	9.875	9.750	9.875	9.675	9.500	9.775	9.800	9.700	9.850	116.900
	Valeri Liukin	9.725	9.775	9.650	9.800	9.825	9.850	9.700	9.525	9.775	9.725	9.675	9.800	116.825
	Igor Korobchinsky	9.750	9.725	9.700	9.400	9.775	9.800	9.825	9.550	9.900	9.725	9.750	9.800	116.700
	Valery Belenky	9.575	9.725	9.725	9.900	9.700	9.825	9.500	9.450	9.650	9.775	9.650	9.600	116.075
	Alexei Voropaev	9.500	9.650	9.525	9.650	9.750	9.700	9.025	9.600	9.625	9.675	9.625	9.825	115.150
	China (CHN)	95.875		97.450		97.100		95.350		96.000		95.275		577.050
	Li Jing	9.700	9.550	9.725	9.900	9.675	9.850	9.625	9.725	9.725	9.750	9.575	9.200	116.000
	Li Xiaoshuang	9.475	9.800	9.675	9.800	9.700	9.900	9.525	9.600	9.675	9.200	9.625	9.200	115.175
	Li Chunyang	9.700	9.625	9.400	9.800	9.650	9.750	9.350	9.550	9.400	9.525	9.550	9.800	115.100
	Huang Huadong	9.625	9.325	9.525	9.850	9.525	9.650	9.475	9.500	9.650	9.600	9.525	9.700	114.950
	Guo Linyao	9.550	9.525	9.750	9.875	9.475	9.250	9.475	9.500	9.625	9.750	9.550	9.125	114.450
	Li Ge	9.375	9.225	9.550	9.725	9.575	9.825	9.375	9.350	9.500	9.150	9.475	9.550	113.675
	Germany (GER)	95.825		96.450		96.875		94.975		96.025		95.975		576.125
	Sylvio Kroll	9.625	9.700	9.650	9.800	9.675	9.750	9.650	9.650	9.650	9.650	9.600	9.775	116.175
	Andreas Wecker	9.800	9.750	9.700	9.875	9.850	9.725	9.575	9.550	9.675	9.425	9.700	9.500	116.125
	Ralf Büchner	9.250	9.475	9.625	9.450	9.550	9.650	8.975	9.525	9.600	9.625	9.550	9.825	114.100
	Mario Franke	9.550	9.425	9.450	9.625	9.625	9.675	9.650	8.950	9.675	9.650	9.625	9.125	114.025
	Jan-Peter Nikiferow	9.450	9.575	9.500	9.700	9.625	9.450	9.375	9.400	9.550	9.075	9.550	9.275	113.525
	Andre Hempel	9.475	9.200	7.650	9.525	9.575	9.725	9.300	9.300	9.475	9.525	9.600	9.525	111.875
4	Japan (JPN)	95.600		96.300		96.150		95.000		96.250		95.625		560.971
	Yukio Iketani	9.650	9.225	9.625	9.675	9.775	9.675	9.700	9.500	9.600	9.525	9.700	9.700	115.350
	Yoshiaki Hatakeda	9.500	9.375	9.500	9.825	9.600	9.425	9.500	9.400	9.700	9.700	9.575	9.575	114.675
	Daisuke Nishikawa	9.675	9.625	9.175	9.400	9.700	9.675	9.425	9.450	9.725	9.650	9.625	9.300	114.425
	Takashi Chinen	9.575	9.575	9.475	9.800	9.450	9.525	9.325	9.425	9.575	9.475	9.650	9.525	114.375
	Masayuki Matsunaga	9.324	9.425	9.375	9.750	9.500	9.650	9.300	9.375	9.525	9.625	9.525	9.450	113.825
	Yutaka Aihara	9.675	9.525	9.650	9.625	9.625	9.275	9.750	9.525	9.625	9.525	8.400	8.750	112.950

All-around

Rank	Gymnast							Total
	Grigory Misutin (URS)	9.900	9.800	9.825	9.775	9.850	9.900	59.050
	Vitaly Scherbo (URS)	9.850	9.800	9.900	9.775	9.775	9.850	58.850
	Valeri Liukin (URS)	9.675	9.850	9.750	9.600	9.725	9.900	58.500
4	Li Xiaoshuang (CHN)	9.775	9.775	9.775	9.525	9.775	9.725	58.350
5	Yuri Chechi (ITA)	9.775	9.750	9.850	9.550	9.600	9.475	58.000
5	Sylvio Kroll (GER)	9.475	9.775	9.700	9.675	9.575	9.800	58.000
7	Daisuke Nishikawa (JPN)	9.700	9.700	9.625	9.500	9.725	9.725	57.975
8	Li Chunyang (CHN)	9.775	9.725	9.750	9.400	9.600	9.700	57.950
9	Andreas Wecker (GER)	9.600	9.850	9.825	9.500	9.625	9.500	57.900
10	Yoshiaki Hatakeda (JPN)	9.575	9.750	9.600	9.500	9.650	9.750	57.825
10	Ralf Büchner (GER)	9.500	9.625	9.700	9.600	9.600	9.800	57.825
10	Scott Keswick (USA)	9.575	9.425	9.700	9.675	9.625	9.825	57.825
13	Yukio Iketani (JPN)	9.725	9.700	9.800	9.625	9.225	9.700	57.775
14	Han Yoon-Soo (KOR)	9.450	9.550	9.700	9.500	9.650	9.725	57.575
15	Lee Joo-Huang (KOR)	9.550	9.625	9.575	9.550	9.550	9.700	57.550
16	Jarrod Hanks (USA)	9.675	9.650	9.675	9.400	9.425	9.700	57.525
17	Kalofer Hristozov (BUL)	9.575	9.625	9.550	9.550	9.700	9.500	57.500
18	Zoltán Supola (HUN)	9.475	9.325	9.725	9.600	9.650	9.625	57.400
18	Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)	9.475	9.725	9.675	9.375	9.475	9.675	57.400
20	Chris Waller (USA)	9.525	9.725	9.700	9.225	9.500	9.700	57.375
21	Csaba Fajkusz (HUN)	9.475	9.550	9.575	9.450	9.400	9.825	57.275
21	Li Jing (CHN)	9.375	9.900	9.675	9.500	9.650	9.175	57.275
23	Ruggero Rossato (ITA)	9.225	9.550	9.700	9.500	9.575	9.650	57.200
23	Marius Gherman (ROU)	9.450	9.650	9.450	9.550	9.475	9.625	57.200
25	Daniel Giubellini (SUI)	9.375	9.625	9.600	9.400	9.475	9.675	57.150
26	Dimitar Taskov (BUL)	9.300	9.550	9.450	9.575	9.525	9.650	57.050
27	Neil Thomas (GBR)	9.650	9.600	9.400	9.350	9.475	9.550	57.025
28	Adrian Gal (ROU)	9.550	9.525	9.450	9.350	9.575	9.500	56.950
28	Michael Engeler (SUI)	9.550	9.475	9.425	9.350	9.350	9.800	56.950
30	Curtis Hibbert (CAN)	9.475	9.050	9.425	9.600	9.575	9.775	56.900
31	Dian Kolev (BUL)	9.475	9.225	9.475	9.525	9.525	9.575	56.800
31	Adrian Catanoiu (ROU)	9.425	9.600	9.700	9.400	9.175	9.500	56.800
33	Pae Gil-Su (PRK)	9.150	9.250	9.425	9.450	9.725	9.775	56.775
34	James May (GBR)	9.575	9.400	9.500	9.500	9.250	9.500	56.725
34	Boris Preti (ITA)	9.375	9.600	9.675	9.425	9.500	9.150	56.725
36	Christian Chevalier (FRA)	9.125	9.375	9.350	9.325	9.500	9.275	55.950

Floor Exercise

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Igor Korobchinsky (URS)	9.875
	Vitaly Scherbo (URS)	9.800
	Daisuke Nishikawa (JPN)	9.787
4	Yuri Chechi (ITA)	9.762
5	Andreas Wecker (GER)	9.700
6	Neil Thomas (GBR)	9.675
7	Sylvio Kroll (GER)	9.650
8	Li Chunyang (CHN)	9.150

Pommel Horse

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Valery Belenky (URS)	9.912
	Guo Linsheng (CHN)	9.887
	Li Jing (CHN)	9.875
4	Yoshiaki Hatakeda (JPN)	9.862
4	Andreas Wecker (GER)	9.862
6	Yuri Chechi (ITA)	9.837
7	Grigory Misutin (URS)	9.775
8	Sylvio Kroll (GER)	8.775

Rings

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Grigory Misutin (URS)	9.875
	Andreas Wecker (GER)	9.862
	Yuri Chechi (ITA)	9.837
4	Li Xiaoshuang (CHN)	9.812
5	Valeri Liukin (URS)	9.800
6	Scott Keswick (USA)	9.775
6	Yukio Iketani (JPN)	9.775
8	Li Jing (CHN)	9.362

Vault

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	You Ok-Youl (KOR)	9.700
	Vitaly Scherbo (URS)	9.699
	Yutaka Aihara (JPN)	9.631
4	Sylvio Kroll (GER)	9.618
5	Mike Inglis (CAN)	9.581
6	Yukio Iketani (JPN)	9.456
7	Igor Korobchinsky (URS)	9.393
8	Li Jing (CHN)	9.381

Parallel Bars

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Li Jing (CHN)	9.862
	Igor Korobchinsky (URS)	9.825
	Guo Linyao (CHN)	9.812
4	Daisuke Nishikawa (JPN)	9.675
5	Sylvio Kroll (GER)	9.662
6	Mario Franke (GER)	9.587
6	Yoshiaki Hatakeda (JPN)	9.587
8	Vitaly Scherbo (URS)	9.487

Horizontal Bar

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Ralf Büchner (GER)	9.787
	Li Chunyang (CHN)	9.787
	Vitaly Scherbo (URS)	9.775
4	Scott Keswick (USA)	9.725
5	Zoltán Supola (HUN)	9.712
6	Sylvio Kroll (GER)	9.637
7	Grigory Misutin (URS)	8.925
8	Yukio Iketani (JPN)	2.750

Women

Team Final

Rank	Team									Total
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
	Soviet Union	98.874		99.236		98.823		99.122		396.055
	Svetlana Boginskaya	9.875	9.962	9.950	9.962	9.937	9.950	9.950	9.962	79.548
	Tatiana Gutsu	9.825	9.925	9.900	9.975	9.862	9.987	9.912	9.912	79.298
	Tatiana Lysenko	9.800	9.975	9.900	9.987	9.875	9.900	9.912	9.862	79.211
	Oksana Chusovitina	9.837	9.925	9.837	9.925	9.787	9.825	9.875	9.975	78.986
	Rozalia Galiyeva	9.850	9.887	9.875	9.925	9.750	9.900	9.862	9.900	78.949
	Natalia Kalinina	9.750	9.900	9.812	9.887	9.687	9.875	9.825	9.775	78.511
	United States	98.698		98.198		98.698		98.522		394.116
	Shannon Miller	9.900	9.937	9.850	9.900	9.937	9.950	9.875	9.887	79.236
	Kim Zmeskal	9.775	10.000	9.787	9.912	9.875	9.950	9.837	9.950	79.086
	Betty Okino	9.775	9.937	9.800	9.837	9.925	9.912	9.862	9.875	78.923
	Kerri Strug	9.750	9.925	9.662	9.875	9.712	9.850	9.762	9.912	78.488
	Michelle Campi	9.787	9.787	9.762	9.800	9.725	9.862	9.837	9.725	78.285
	Hilary Grivich	9.662	9.912	9.675	9.800	9.650	9.850	9.725	9.087	77.361
	Romania	98.286		98.597		97.985		98.973		393.841
	Cristina Bontaş	9.825	9.950	9.887	9.912	9.900	9.950	9.950	9.962	79.336
	Mirela Pasca	9.725	9.937	9.875	9.887	9.687	9.875	9.875	9.825	78.686
	Lavinia Milosovici	9.775	9.975	9.887	9.412	9.787	9.900	9.925	9.937	78.598
	Vanda Hadarean	9.687	9.850	9.712	9.887	9.712	9.937	9.887	9.875	78.547
	Maria Neculita	9.712	9.850	9.575	9.850	9.375	9.850	9.850	9.925	77.949
	Eugenia Popa	9.675	9.812	9.800	9.900	9.200	9.862	9.800	9.825	77.874
4	China	97.585		98.111		98.223		96.723		390.624
	Shi Liying	9.750	9.750	9.675	9.950	9.712	9.887	9.712	9.750	78.186
	Li Li	9.787	9.662	9.812	9.950	9.625	9.900	9.700	9.637	78.073
	Li Yifang	9.687	9.700	9.750	9.925	9.487	9.837	9.700	9.825	77.911
	Li Yan	9.850	9.812	9.775	9.850	9.750	9.825	9.762	9.125	77.749
	Zhang Wenning	9.662	9.762	9.412	9.800	9.687	9.925	9.625	9.625	77.949
	Yang Bo	9.812	9.675	9.887	9.837	9.950	9.950	9.887	8.637	77.874

All-around

Rank	Gymnast					Total
	Kim Zmeskal (USA)	9.962	9.937	9.962	9.987	39.848
	Svetlana Boginskaya (URS)	9.962	9.912	9.912	9.950	39.736
	Cristina Bontaş (ROU)	9.887	9.912	9.975	9.937	39.711
4	Betty Okino (USA)	9.937	9.900	9.912	9.912	39.661
5	Tatiana Gutsu (URS)	9.875	9.937	9.912	9.912	39.636
6	Shannon Miller (USA)	9.912	9.950	9.862	9.862	39.586
7	Lavinia Milosovici (ROU)	9.937	9.900	9.700	9.937	39.474
8	Mirela Pasca (ROU)	9.887	9.925	9.887	9.637	39.336
9	Li Li (CHN)	9.712	9.912	9.862	9.750	39.236
10	Shi Liying (CHN)	9.675	9.900	9.862	9.750	39.187
11	Maja Hristova (BUL)	9.737	9.812	9.775	9.862	39.186
12	Mari Kosuge (JPN)	9.775	9.787	9.800	9.812	39.174
13	Tatiana Lysenko (URS)	9.875	9.937	9.412	9.937	39.161
14	Li Yifang (CHN)	9.737	9.900	9.662	9.850	39.149
15	Silvia Martinez (ESP)	9.875	9.837	9.687	9.725	39.124
16	Silvia Mitova (BUL)	9.812	9.850	9.562	9.887	39.111
17	Stella Umeh (CAN)	9.812	9.712	9.737	9.750	39.011
18	Kim Gwang Suk (PRK)	9.637	9.962	9.650	9.737	38.986
19	Joanna Hughes (AUS)	9.737	9.862	9.587	9.737	38.923
20	Karine Boucher (FRA)	9.700	9.725	9.712	9.737	38.874
21	Monique Allen (AUS)	9.662	9.850	9.687	9.662	38.861
22	Li Chun Mi (PRK)	9.662	9.887	9.725	9.512	38.836
23	Choi Gyong Hui (PRK)	9.662	9.875	9.537	9.687	38.761
24	Park Ji Sook (KOR)	9.650	9.587	9.712	9.800	38.749
25	Miriam De Tena (ESP)	9.725	9.825	9.775	9.412	38.737
26	Kathleen Stark (GER)	9.662	9.612	9.650	9.625	38.549
27	Elvira Becks (NED)	9.737	9.625	9.212	9.737	38.331
28	Svetlana Ivanova (BUL)	9.762	8.987	9.700	9.825	38.274
29	Kylie Shadbolt (AUS)	9.650	9.725	9.112	9.775	38.262
30	Iveta Polokova (TCH)	9.600	9.700	9.725	9.162	38.187
31	Henrietta Ónodi (HUN)	9.912	8.875	9.337	9.950	38.074
32	Annette Potempa (GER)	9.625	9.762	9.025	9.550	37.962
33	Daniela Bartova (TCH)	9.137	9.637	9.387	9.637	37.798
34	Eva Rueda (ESP)	9.862	9.062	9.237	9.325	37.486
35	Virginie Machado (FRA)	9.362	9.250	9.587	9.175	37.374
36	Giulia Volpi (ITA)	9.475	9.700	9.125	8.412	36.712

Vault Final

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Lavinia Milosovici (ROU)	9.949
	Oksana Chusovitina (URS)	9.918
	Henrietta Ónodi (HUN)	9.918
4	Cristina Bontaş (ROU)	9.881
5	Svetlana Boginskaya (URS)	9.850
6	Shannon Miller (USA)	9.812
7	Kim Zmeskal (USA)	9.700
8	Li Yan (CHN)	9.625

Uneven Bars

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Kim Gwang Suk (PRK)	10.000
	Tatiana Gutsu (URS)	9.950
	Shannon Miller (USA)	9.950
4	Henrietta Ónodi (HUN)	9.937
4	Mirela Pasca (ROU)	9.937
6	Li Li (CHN)	9.925
7	Cristina Bontaş (ROU)	9.862
8	Tatiana Lysenko (URS)	8.200

Balance Beam

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Svetlana Boginskaya (URS)	9.962
	Tatiana Gutsu (URS)	9.950
	Lavinia Milosovici (ROU)	9.900
	Betty Okino (USA)	9.900
5	Yang Bo (CHN)	9.887
6	Shannon Miller (USA)	9.862
7	Henrietta Ónodi (HUN)	9.600
8	Cristina Bontaş (ROU)	9.412

Floor Exercise

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Cristina Bontaş (ROU)	9.962
	Oksana Chusovitina (URS)	9.962
	Kim Zmeskal (USA)	9.950
4	Shannon Miller (USA)	9.925
4	Lavinia Milosovici (ROU)	9.925
6	Silvia Mitova (BUL)	9.887
7	Svetlana Boginskaya (URS)	9.862
8	Henrietta Ónodi (HUN)	9.387

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	8	8	2	18
2	China (CHN)	2	2	2	6
3	Romania (ROU)	2	0	3	5
4	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
5	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
6	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
8	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
9	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
10	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		16	14	13	43

References

• Gymn Forum: World Championships Results
• Gymnastics