| 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Hoosier Dome |
| Location |  Indianapolis, United States |
| Start date | September 6, 1991 |
| End date | September 16, 1991 |
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.
| 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 | 574.925 | ||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Valery Belenky (URS) | 9.912 |
| Guo Linyao (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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Bontaș | 9.825 | 9.950 | 9.887 | 9.912 | 9.900 | 9.950 | 9.950 | 9.962 | 79.336 | |
| Mirela Pașca | 9.725 | 9.937 | 9.875 | 9.887 | 9.687 | 9.875 | 9.875 | 9.825 | 78.686 | |
| Lavinia Miloșovici | 9.775 | 9.975 | 9.887 | 9.412 | 9.787 | 9.900 | 9.925 | 9.937 | 78.598 | |
| Vanda Hădărean | 9.687 | 9.850 | 9.712 | 9.887 | 9.712 | 9.937 | 9.887 | 9.875 | 78.547 | |
| Maria Neculiță | 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 | |
| Yang Bo | 9.812 | 9.675 | 9.887 | 9.837 | 9.950 | 9.950 | 9.887 | 8.637 | 77.635 | |
| Zhang Wenning | 9.662 | 9.762 | 9.412 | 9.800 | 9.687 | 9.925 | 9.625 | 9.625 | 77.498 | |
| 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 Bontaș (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 Miloșovici (ROU) | 9.937 | 9.900 | 9.700 | 9.937 | 39.474 |
| 8 | Mirela Pașca (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 Martínez (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 Poloková (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 Bártová (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 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU) | 9.949 |
| Oksana Chusovitina (URS) | 9.918 |
| Henrietta Ónodi (HUN) | 9.918 |
| 4 | Cristina Bontaș (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 |
| 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 Pașca (ROU) | 9.937 |
| 6 | Li Li (CHN) | 9.925 |
| 7 | Cristina Bontaș (ROU) | 9.862 |
| 8 | Tatiana Lysenko (URS) | 8.200 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Svetlana Boginskaya (URS) | 9.962 |
| Tatiana Gutsu (URS) | 9.950 |
| Lavinia Miloșovici (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 Bontaș (ROU) | 9.412 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Cristina Bontaș (ROU) | 9.962 |
| Oksana Chusovitina (URS) | 9.962 |
| Kim Zmeskal (USA) | 9.950 |
| 4 | Shannon Miller (USA) | 9.925 |
| 4 | Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU) | 9.925 |
| 6 | Silvia Mitova (BUL) | 9.887 |
| 7 | Svetlana Boginskaya (URS) | 9.862 |
| 8 | Henrietta Ónodi (HUN) | 9.387 |
| 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 entries) | 16 | 14 | 13 | 43 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills.
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordinated. Rhythmic gymnastics is governed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), which first recognized it as a sport in 1963. It became an Olympic sport in 1984, with an individual all-around event. The group all-around competition was added to the Olympics in 1996. At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport. The most prestigious competitions, besides the Olympic Games, are the World Championships, World Games, European Championships, European Games, the World Cup Series and the Grand Prix Series. Gymnasts are judged on their artistry, execution of skills, and difficulty of skills, for which they gain points. They perform leaps, balances, and rotations along with handling the apparatus.
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of elite international competition. Within individual countries, gymnastics is regulated by national federations like British Gymnastics and USA Gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics is a popular spectator sport at many competitions, including the Summer Olympic Games.
The International Gymnastics Federation is the body governing competition in all disciplines of gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881, in Liège, Belgium, making it the world's oldest existing international sports organisation. Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries—Belgium, France and the Netherlands—until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted and it received its current name.
Gymnastics World Championships refers to a number of different world championships for each of the disciplines in competitive gymnastics. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) organizes World Championships for six disciplines: acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, parkour, rhythmic gymnastics, as well as trampoline and tumbling. The International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG) organizes World Championships for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.
The 37th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States, from 16 to 24 August 2003.
The 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships were held in Dortmund, Germany, from 15 to 20 November 1994.
The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics. The tournament is promoted and organized by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). It is one of the three tournaments in rhythmic gymnastics officially organized by FIG, as well as the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup and the gymnastics competitions at the Olympic Games. The first edition of the World Championships was held in 1963, a time when the sport was known as modern gymnastics. The current program of the World Championships contemplates both individual and group performances. In even non-Olympic years and the year before the Olympics, a team event is also contested. Two events are not competed at the World Championships anymore: individual rope and free hands.
The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championships 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.
The Trampoline and Tumbling Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for trampoline gymnastics including Double mini trampoline and Tumbling (gymnastics). They were originally held annually from 1964–1968. The frequency was switched to biennially from 1970–1998. The admission of trampolining to the Olympic Games required a switch to holding the World Championship as a qualifier in the year before the Olympics from 1999.
Women's events at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the all-around and team events were held. In 1950, at the 12th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added. It was not held in 1992, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021. In 1994, a separate team championships were held, apart from the individual events championships. This was the only year such a separation was made.
The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 Arena in London from 12 to 18 October 2009. Similar to the 2005 World Championships, there were no team competitions. Individual all-around and event finals were contested.
Simone Biles Owens is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast and is the equal ninth-most overall. Having won 25 World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in the history of the Gymnastics World Championships, and is considered by many sources to be the greatest gymnast of all time. In 2022, Biles was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden.
The 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the forty-sixth edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from 23 October – 1 November 2015 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, United Kingdom, and is the first time that Scotland hosted the event. The competition served as a qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 34th edition, was held in Stuttgart, Germany, from September 7 to 13, 2015 at the Porsche Arena.
The 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships was the forty-seventh edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from October 2–8, 2017, at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 10 to 16 September 2018 at Arena Armeec. The top three countries in the group all-around, Russia, Italy, and Bulgaria won the first three spots for the 2020 Olympic Games. Russia was the most successful nation of the competition with seven of the nine gold medals, and Bulgaria and Italy each won a title.
The 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 16 to 22 September 2019. The competition took place at the National Gymnastics Arena and served as a qualifier for the 2020 Olympic Games. There were Olympic berths awarded to 16 individuals and 5 groups. There were 301 participating athletes from 61 countries.
The 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were the inaugural Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships. They were held in Győr, Hungary from 27 June to 30 June 2019.
The 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held from 27 to 31 October 2021 in Kitakyushu, Japan.