World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships^[1][2] are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championship was held in 1903, exclusively for male gymnasts. Since the tenth edition of the tournament, in 1934, women's events are held together with men's events. As of 2017, over sixty different editions of the championships have been staged, and over forty different countries have earned medals in both men's and women's artistic gymnastics events. The most successful nation, both in gold medal results and total number of medals, is Soviet Union. China is the second most successful country in total medals earned, and Japan is the third most successful nation at the championships. Russia, Romania, and the United States are also usually among the most dominant nations, especially in women's artistic gymnastics events. Currently, the championship is held annually on non-Olympic years.

Championship details

Year	Edition	Host City	Country	Events (men/women)	First in the Medal Table	Second in the Medal Table	Third in the Medal Table
1903	I	Antwerp	Belgium	6 / 0	France	Luxembourg	Netherlands
1905	II	Bordeaux	France	5 / 0	France	Netherlands	Belgium
1907	III	Prague	Austria-Hungary	5 / 0	Bohemia	France	Belgium
1909	IV	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	5 / 0	France	Italy	Bohemia
1911	V	Turin	Italy	6 / 0	Bohemia	Italy	France
1913	VI	Paris	France	6 / 0	Italy	France	Bohemia
1922	VII	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	6 / 0	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	France
1926	VIII	Lyon	France	6 / 0	Czechoslovakia	Yugoslavia	France
1930	IX	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	7 / 0	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	Hungary
1934	X	Budapest	Hungary	8 / 2	Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	Germany
1938	XI	Prague	Czechoslovakia	8 / 6	Czechoslovakia	Switzerland	Yugoslavia
1950	XII	Basel	Switzerland	8 / 6	Switzerland	Poland	Sweden
1954	XIII	Rome	Italy	8 / 6	Soviet Union	Japan	Czechoslovakia
1958	XIV	Moscow	Soviet Union	8 / 6	Soviet Union	Japan	Czechoslovakia
1962	XV	Prague	Czechoslovakia	8 / 6	Soviet Union	Japan	Czechoslovakia
1966	XVI	Dortmund	West Germany	8 / 6	Soviet Union	Japan	Czechoslovakia
1970	XVII	Ljubljana	SFR Yugoslavia	8 / 6	Japan	Soviet Union	East Germany
1974	XVIII	Varna	Bulgaria	8 / 6	Soviet Union	Japan	East Germany
1978	XIX	Strasbourg	France	8 / 6	Soviet Union	Japan	United States
1979	XX	Fort Worth	United States	8 / 6	Soviet Union	United States	Romania
1981	XXI	Moscow	Soviet Union	8 / 6	Soviet Union	East Germany	China
1983	XXII	Budapest	Hungary	8 / 6	Soviet Union	China	Romania
1985	XXIII	Montreal	Canada	8 / 6	Soviet Union	China	East Germany
1987	XXIV	Rotterdam	Netherlands	8 / 6	Soviet Union	Romania	China
1989	XXV	Stuttgart	West Germany	8 / 6	Soviet Union	Romania	China
1991	XXVI	Indianapolis	United States	8 / 6	Soviet Union	China	Romania
1992	XXVII	Paris	France	6 / 4	CIS	China	United States
1993	XXVIII	Birmingham	Great Britain	7 / 5	Belarus	United States	Romania
1994	XXIX	Brisbane	Australia	7 / 5	Belarus	Romania	China  United States
1994	XXX	Dortmund	Germany	1 / 1	China  Romania	N/A	Russia
1995	XXXI	Sabae	Japan	8 / 6	China	Ukraine	Romania
1996	XXXII	San Juan	Puerto Rico	6 / 4	Russia	Romania	Belarus
1997	XXXIII	Lausanne	Switzerland	8 / 6	Romania	Russia	China
1999	XXXIV	Tianjin	China	8 / 6	Russia	China	Romania
2001	XXXV	Ghent	Belgium	8 / 6	Romania	Russia	Bulgaria
2002	XXXVI	Debrecen	Hungary	6 / 4	Romania	China	United States
2003	XXXVII	Anaheim	United States	8 / 6	China	United States	Japan
2005	XXXVIII	Melbourne	Australia	7 / 5	United States	China	Slovenia
2006	XXXIX	Aarhus	Denmark	8 / 6	China	Romania	Australia
2007	XL	Stuttgart	Germany	8 / 6	China	United States	Germany
2009	XLI	London	Great Britain	7 / 5	China	United States	Romania
2010	XLII	Rotterdam	Netherlands	8 / 6	China	Russia	United States
2011	XLIII	Tokyo	Japan	8 / 6	China	United States	Russia
2013	XLIV	Antwerp	Belgium	7 / 5	Japan	United States	China
2014	XLV	Nanning	China	8 / 6	United States	China	North Korea
2015	XLVI	Glasgow	Great Britain	8 / 6	United States	Japan	Russia
2017	XLVII	Montreal	Canada	7 / 5	China	Japan	Russia
2018	XLVIII	Doha	Qatar	8 / 6	Future event
2019	XLIX	Stuttgart	Germany	8 / 6	Future event
2021	L	Copenhagen	Denmark	7 / 5	Future event
2022	LI	Liverpool	Great Britain	8 / 6	Future event

Note

In 1931, an unofficial edition of the World Championships took place in Paris, France, with the participation of 10 different national federations.^[3]

All-time medal count

Last updated after the 2017 World Championships.^[4][5][6]

Men's events

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	61	46	31	138
2	China	59	30	26	115
3	Japan	46	45	54	145
4	France	25	29	19	73
5	Switzerland	19	15	14	48
6	Czechoslovakia	18	16	14	48
7	Yugoslavia	17	9	8	34
8	Italy	13	7	21	41
9	Romania	12	9	5	26
10	Belarus	12	7	11	30
11	Bohemia [a]	10	8	10	28
12	Hungary	9	10	5	24
13	Russia	8	17	11	36
14	United States	8	10	12	30
15	East Germany	6	6	14	26
16	South Korea	6	2	3	11
17	Greece	6	2	2	10
18	Germany	5	8	12	25
19	CIS [c]	5	2	3	10
20	North Korea	5	0	2	7
21	Ukraine	4	7	9	20
22	Bulgaria	4	6	11	21
23	Netherlands	4	5	2	11
24	Slovenia	3	4	0	7
25	Brazil	3	3	2	8
26	Great Britain	2	9	4	15
27	Finland	2	5	1	8
	West Germany	2	5	1	8
29	Spain	2	3	1	6
30	Australia	1	2	2	5
	Poland	1	2	2	5
32	Croatia	1	1	1	3
33	Luxembourg	1	0	4	5
34	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
35	Belgium	0	4	4	8
36	Canada	0	3	4	7
37	Cuba	0	2	2	4
38	Latvia	0	2	1	3
39	Israel	0	1	2	3
40	Austria-Hungary [b]	0	1	1	2
41	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
43	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Unattached athlete (UNA) [d]	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Total		381	345	337	1063

Women's events

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	50	40	28	118
2	United States	41	33	23	97
3	Romania	36	36	37	109
4	Russia	23	20	20	63
5	China	19	20	15	54
6	Czechoslovakia	16	13	6	35
7	East Germany	11	7	15	33
8	Poland	4	0	7	11
9	Ukraine	3	4	5	12
10	Sweden	3	1	1	5
11	Great Britain	3	0	4	7
12	Hungary	2	5	3	10
13	North Korea	2	3	1	6
14	Japan	2	2	8	12
15	Belarus	2	0	0	2
16	Italy	1	2	5	8
17	Australia	1	2	2	5
	Uzbekistan	1	2	2	5
19	Germany	1	1	3	5
20	Brazil	1	1	2	4
21	Austria	1	1	1	3
22	Bulgaria	1	0	2	3
23	Spain	1	0	1	2
24	Netherlands	0	3	1	4
25	Yugoslavia	0	2	0	2
26	France	0	1	5	6
27	CIS [c]	0	1	2	3
28	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
30	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Total		225	202	204	631

Overall

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	111	86	59	256
2	China	78	50	41	169
3	United States	49	43	35	127
4	Japan	48	47	62	157
5	Romania	48	45	42	135
6	Czechoslovakia	34	29	20	83
7	Russia	31	37	31	99
8	France	25	30	24	79
9	Switzerland	19	16	15	50
10	East Germany	17	13	29	59
11	Yugoslavia	17	11	8	36
12	Italy	14	9	26	49
13	Belarus	14	7	11	32
14	Hungary	11	15	8	34
15	Bohemia [a]	10	8	10	28
16	Ukraine	7	11	14	32
17	North Korea	7	3	3	13
18	Germany	6	9	15	30
19	South Korea	6	2	3	11
20	Greece	6	2	2	10
21	Great Britain	5	9	8	22
22	Bulgaria	5	6	13	24
23	CIS [c]	5	3	5	13
24	Poland	5	2	9	16
25	Netherlands	4	8	3	15
26	Brazil	4	4	4	12
27	Slovenia	3	4	0	7
28	Spain	3	3	2	8
29	Sweden	3	1	2	6
30	Finland	2	5	1	8
	West Germany	2	5	1	8
32	Australia	2	4	4	10
33	Uzbekistan	1	2	3	6
34	Austria	1	1	1	3
	Croatia	1	1	1	3
36	Luxembourg	1	0	4	5
37	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
38	Belgium	0	4	5	9
	Canada	0	4	5	9
40	Cuba	0	2	3	5
41	Latvia	0	2	1	3
42	Israel	0	1	2	3
43	Austria-Hungary [b]	0	1	1	2
44	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
46	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Unattached athlete (UNA) [d]	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (50 nations)		606	547	541	1694

Notes

• ^[a] Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from Bohemia as medals for Czechoslovakia.
• ^[b] Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from Austria-Hungary as medals for Yugoslavia.
• ^[c] Official documents from the International Gymnastics Federation credit medals earned by athletes from former Soviet Union at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France as medals for CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).^[7][8]
• ^[d] At the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, Great Britain, Azerbaijani-born gymnast Valery Belenky earned a bronze medal competing as an unattached (UNA) athlete because Azerbaijan did not have a gymnastics federation for him to compete. Later, official documents from the International Gymnastics Federation credit his medal as a medal for Germany.^[7][8]

Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active artistic gymnasts and highest medal count among all artistic gymnasts (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Men

All events

Rank	Artistic gymnast	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vitaly Scherbo	Soviet Union  CIS  Belarus	1991	1996	12	7	4	23
2	Kōhei Uchimura	Japan	2009	2015	10	5	4	19
3	Joseph Martinez	France	1903	1909	10	1	-	11
4	Yuri Korolyov	Soviet Union	1981	1987	9	3	1	13
5	Dmitry Bilozerchev	Soviet Union	1983	1987	8	4	-	12
6	Li Xiaopeng	China	1997	2005	8	2	1	11
7	Marian Drăgulescu	Romania	2001	2015	8	2	-	10
8	Chen Yibing	China	2006	2011	8	-	-	8
9	Eizō Kenmotsu	Japan	1970	1979	7	5	3	15
10	Alexander Dityatin	Soviet Union	1978	1981	7	2	3	12
	Akinori Nakayama	Japan	1966	1970	7	2	3	12

Individual events

Rank	Artistic gymnast	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vitaly Scherbo	Soviet Union  CIS  Belarus	1991	1996	11	7	4	22
2	Kōhei Uchimura	Japan	2009	2015	9	2	4	15
3	Marian Drăgulescu	Romania	2001	2015	8	2	-	10
4	Dmitry Bilozerchev	Soviet Union	1983	1987	7	3	-	10
5	Joseph Martinez	France	1903	1909	7	1	-	8
6	Yuri Korolyov	Soviet Union	1981	1987	6	2	1	9
7	Eugen Mack	Switzerland	1934	1938	5	3	1	9
8	Marco Torrès	France	1909	1913	5	3	-	8
9	Akinori Nakayama	Japan	1966	1970	5	2	3	10
	Alexei Nemov	Russia	1995	2003	5	2	3	10

Women

All events

Rank	Artistic gymnast	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Simone Biles	United States	2013	2015	10	2	2	14
2	Svetlana Khorkina	Russia	1994	2003	9	8	3	20
3	Larisa Latynina (Diriy)	Soviet Union	1954	1966	9	4	1	14
4	Gina Gogean	Romania	1993	1997	9	2	4	15
5	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Soviet Union	1970	1974	7	2	2	11
6	Daniela Silivaș	Romania	1985	1989	7	2	1	10
7	Vlasta Děkanová	Czechoslovakia	1934	1938	* 7 *	-	-	* 7 *
8	Simona Amânar	Romania	1994	1999	6	4	-	10
9	Nellie Kim	Soviet Union	1974	1979	5	4	2	11
	Yelena Shushunova	Soviet Union	1985	1987	5	4	2	11

Individual events

Rank	Artistic gymnast	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Svetlana Khorkina	Russia	1994	2003	9	5	2	16
2	Simone Biles	United States	2013	2015	8	2	2	12
3	Larisa Latynina	Soviet Union	1958	1962	6	3	1	10
4	Gina Gogean	Romania	1993	1997	6	2	4	12
5	Daniela Silivaș	Romania	1985	1989	6	-	1	7
6	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Soviet Union	1970	1974	5	2	2	9
7	Maxi Gnauck	East Germany	1979	1983	5	1	-	6
	Shannon Miller	United States	1991	1994	5	1	-	6
9	Vlasta Děkanová	Czechoslovakia	1934	1938	* 5 *	-	-	* 5 *
10	Yelena Shushunova	Soviet Union	1985	1987	4	3	2	9

* including one medal which she presumably won in the parallel bars events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. At this championship, women's individual apparatus medals were awarded for first time, but there is no clear information about list of medal winners nowadays in the apparatus events as non-primary sources conflict each other by giving contradicting information. Almost all sources confirms that Vlasta Děkanová achieved victory in vault and balance beam events while her compatriot Matylda Pálfyová was first in floor exercise, but the fate of gold medals in parallel bars (this event was replaced with uneven bars in the women's program at all subsequent world championships) remains unclear for now - some sources state that Děkanová and Pálfyová shared victory in this event while other state that Pálfyová shared this victory with Polish gymnast Marta Majowska, not Děkanová.

See also

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• Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
• Gymnastics at the Youth Olympic Games
• List of gymnastics competitions
• List of top medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• Major achievements in gymnastics by nation
• World Gymnastics Championships

References

External links

• Gymnastics International Federation