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The Gymnastics competitions in the 1979 Summer Universiade were held in Mexico City, Mexico.
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The Gymnastics competitions in the 1979 Summer Universiade were held in Mexico City, Mexico.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor |  Sergei Khijniakov (URS) | Bohdan Makuts (URS) |  Kyogi Yamawaki (JPN) |
| Pommel Horse | Bohdan Makuts (URS) |  Fereno Donath (HUN) | Zoltán Magyar (HUN) |
| Rings |  Alexander Checiches (ROU) | Sergei Khijniakov (URS) | Kyogi Yamawaki (JPN)
|
| Vault | Bohdan Makuts (URS)
| Giorgy Kramaritz (HUN)
| |
| Parallel Bars | Bohdan Makuts (URS) | Peter Kovacs (HUN) | Fedor Kulaksizov (URS)
|
| Horizontal Bar | Bohdan Makuts (URS) | Sergei Khijniakov (URS) | Junichi Kitagawa (JPN)
|
| Individual all-around | Bohdan Makuts (URS) | Fedor Kulaksizov (URS) | Sergei Khijniakov (URS) |
| Team all-around | Soviet Union | Japan | Romania |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vault | Maria Filatova (URS) | Elena Davydova (URS) | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU) |
| Uneven Bars | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU)
| Anca Grigoras (ROU) | |
| Beam | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU) | Anca Grigoras (ROU)
| |
| Floor | Maria Filatova (URS) | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU) | Elena Davydova (URS) |
| Individual all-around | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU) | Maria Filatova (URS) | Elena Davydova (URS) |
| Team all-around | Soviet Union | Romania |  United States |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 16 | 13 | 17 | 46 | |
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