| Netherlands at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
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| IOC code | NED |
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Dutch gymnast Hendricus Thijsen competed at the inaugural World Championships in 1903. While there he co-won gold on the pommel horse. [1] At the 1905 World Championships the Dutch men won the silver medal in the team competition. [2] It would be another 96 years before another gymnast won a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with Renske Endel earning a silver medal in 2001. [3]
| Medal | Name | Year | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Hendricus Thijsen |  1903 Antwerp | Men's pommel horse |
 Silver | D. de Boer, G.J. Douw, B. Florijn, Dirk Janssen, Jan Janssen, Jan Jacob Kieft, Ferdinand Lambert, J.H. Reder, Johan Schmitt |  1905 Bordeaux | Men's team |
| Silver | Renske Endel | 2001 Ghent | Women's uneven bars |
| Silver | Verona van de Leur |  2002 Debrecen | Women's floor exercise |
| Gold | Yuri van Gelder |  2005 Melbourne | Men's rings |
 Bronze | Suzanne Harmes | Women's floor exercise | |
| Bronze | Yuri van Gelder |  2006 Aarhus | Men's rings |
| Silver | Yuri van Gelder |  2007 Stuttgart | Men's rings |
| Silver | Epke Zonderland |  2009 London | Men's horizontal bar |
| Silver | Epke Zonderland |  2010 Rotterdam | Men's horizontal bar |
| Gold | Epke Zonderland | 2013 Antwerp | Men's horizontal bar |
| Gold | Epke Zonderland |  2014 Nanning | Men's horizontal bar |
| Silver | Sanne Wevers | 2015 Glasgow | Women's balance beam |
| Silver | Epke Zonderland |  2017 Montreal | Men's horizontal bar |
| Bronze | Bart Deurloo | ||
| Gold | Epke Zonderland |  2018 Doha | Men's horizontal bar |
| Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Women | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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