2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 36th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2002 at Főnix Hall.

2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
VenueFőnix Hall
Location Debrecen, Hungary
Start dateNovember 20, 2002 (2002-11-20)
End dateNovember 24, 2002 (2002-11-24)

The team and all-around events were not contested at the 2002 Worlds. The format was similar to that of the 1992 Worlds, with medals being awarded for the individual WAG and MAG apparatus. There were three rounds of competition: the preliminary round open to everyone; the semi-finals open to the top sixteen qualifiers; and the finals for the top eight gymnasts.

Results
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Floor
 Marian Drăgulescu Yordan Yovchev Paul Hamm
Pommel horse
 Marius Urzică Xiao Qin Takehiro Kashima
Rings
 Szilveszter Csollány Yordan Yovchev Matteo Morandi
Vault
 Li Xiaopeng Leszek Blanik Yang Wei
Parallel Bars
 Li Xiaopeng Mitja Petkovšek Alexei Sinkevich
Horizontal bar
 Vlasios Maras Ivan Ivankov
Aljaž Pegan		 none awarded
Women
Vault
 Elena Zamolodchikova Natalia Ziganshina Oksana Chusovitina
Uneven bars
 Courtney Kupets Oana Petrovschi Ludmila Ezhova
Balance beam
 Ashley Postell Oana Ban Irina Yarotska
Floor
 Elena Gómez Verona van de Leur Samantha Sheehan

Men

Floor Exercise
RankGymnastTotal
 Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)9.712
 Yordan Yovchev (BUL)9.675
 Paul Hamm (USA)9.625
4  Diego Hypólito (BRA)9.575
5  Ioan Suciu (ROU)9.562
5  Roman Zozulya (UKR)9.562
7  Yang Wei (CHN)8.550
DQ  Gervasio Deferr (ESP)*9.700
  • In July 2003, Gervasio Deferr was stripped of his silver medal after testing positive for marijuana prior to the 2002 World Championships.[1]

Pommel Horse
RankGymnastTotal
 Marius Urzică (ROU)9.787
 Xiao Qin (CHN)9.750
 Takehiro Kashima (JPN)9.687
4  Teng Haibin (CHN)9.662
5  Eric Casimir (FRA)9.650
6  Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)9.625
6  Ioan Suciu (ROU)9.625
8  Paul Hamm (USA)9.050

Rings
RankGymnastTotal
 Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)9.725
 Yordan Yovchev (BUL)9.675
 Matteo Morandi (ITA)9.650
4  Hiroyuki Tomita (JPN)9.637
5  Ivan Ivankov (BLR)9.637
6  Andrea Coppolino (ITA)9.625
7  Timur Kurbanbayev (KAZ)9.600
8  Jeffrey Johnson (USA)9.550

Vault
RankGymnastTotal
 Li Xiaopeng (CHN)9.818
 Leszek Blanik (POL)9.675
 Yang Wei (CHN)9.631
4  Kyle Shewfelt (CAN)9.512
5  Benoit Caranobe (FRA)9.474
6  Yernar Yerimbetov (KAZ)9.400
7  Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)9.374
8  Robert Gal (HUN)9.212

Parallel Bars
RankGymnastTotal
 Li Xiaopeng (CHN)9.812
 Mitja Petkovšek (SLO)9.787
 Alexei Sinkevich (BLR)9.712
4  Huang Xu (CHN)9.612
5  Brett McClure (USA)9.562
6  Ilia Giorgadze (GEO)9.550
7  Andreu Vivo (ESP)9.487
8  Runar Alexandersson (ISL)7.500

Horizontal Bar
RankGymnastTotal
 Vlasios Maras (GRE)9.725
 Ivan Ivankov (BLR)9.700
 Aljaž Pegan (SLO)9.700
4  Cédric Guille (FRA)9.675
5  Isao Yoneda (JPN)9.662
6  Philippe Rizzo (AUS)9.650
7  Paul Hamm (USA)8.887
8  Yang Tae-Seok (KOR)5.900

Women

Vault
RankGymnastVault 1Vault 2Total
 Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS)9.4509.4379.443
 Natalia Ziganshina (RUS)9.4129.3759.393
 Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)9.4629.3129.387
4  Oana Petrovschi (ROU)9.3879.3379.362
5  Sabina Cojocar (ROU)9.2879.3879.337
6  Ashley Postell (USA)9.3379.1259.231
7  Verona van de Leur (NED)9.2629.1129.187
8  Alona Kvasha (UKR)9.2628.9129.087

Uneven Bars
RankGymnastTotal
 Courtney Kupets (USA)9.550
 Oana Petrovschi (ROU)9.525
 Ludmila Ezhova (RUS)9.375
4  Elizabeth Tweddle (GBR)9.312
5  Laura van Leeuwen (NED)8.612
6  Tatiana Zharganova (BLR)8.187
7  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)7.387
8  Irina Yarotska (UKR)7.000

Balance Beam
RankGymnastTotal
 Ashley Postell (USA)9.537
 Oana Ban (ROU)9.350
 Irina Yarotska (UKR)9.212
4  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)9.125
5  Evgeniya Kuznetsova (BUL)9.075
6  Ludmila Ezhova (RUS)8.975
7  Ilaria Colombo (ITA)8.750
8  Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)8.312

Floor Exercise
RankGymnastTotal
 Elena Gómez (ESP)9.487
 Verona van de Leur (NED)9.350
 Samantha Sheehan (USA)9.325
4  Oana Ban (ROU)9.275
5  Daniele Hypólito (BRA)9.237
6  Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)9.137
7  Natalia Ziganshina (RUS)8.862
8  Brenda Magana (MEX)8.462

Medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROU)2204
2 China (CHN)2114
3 United States (USA)2024
4 Russia (RUS)1113
5 Greece (GRE)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
8 Bulgaria (BUL)0202
 Slovenia (SLO)0202
10 Belarus (BLR)0112
11 Netherlands (NED)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
13 Italy (ITA)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0011
Totals (16 nations)1011930

References
  1. http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/gervasio-deferr-pierde-medalla-plata-mundial-dopaje/csrcsrpor/20030731csrcsrdep_4/Tes/?print=1
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