World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's pommel horse

Last updated October 25, 2025

The men's pommel horse competition was an inaugural event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships .^[1]^[2] It was not held in 1909.

Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1903	Antwerp	Georges Dejagere Joseph Lux Hendricus Thijsen	—	—
1905	Bordeaux	Georges Dejagere	Marcel Lalu	Daniel Lavielle
1907	Prague	František Erben	Jules Rolland	Karel Sal
1909	Luxembourg	No pommel horse event held
1911	Turin	Osvaldo Palazzi	Paolo Salvi Giorgio Zampori	—
1913	Paris	Giorgio Zampori	N. Aubry Osvaldo Palazzi Marco Torrès	—
1915–1917	Not held due to World War I
1922	Ljubljana	Miroslav Klinger	Stanislav Indruch Leon Štukelj Peter Šumi	—
1926	Lyon	Jan Karafiát	Jan Gajdoš	Ladislav Vácha
1930	Luxembourg	Josip Primožič	Peter Šumi	Jan Gajdoš
1934	Budapest	Eugen Mack	Eduard Steinemann	Jan Sladek
1938	Prague	Michael Reusch	Vratislav Petráček	Leo Schürmann
1942	Not held due to World War II
1950	Basel	Josef Stalder	Marcel Adatte	Walter Lehmann
1954	Rome	Hrant Shahinyan	Josef Stalder	Viktor Chukarin
1958	Moscow	Boris Shakhlin	Pavel Stolbov	Miroslav Cerar
1962	Prague	Miroslav Cerar	Boris Shakhlin	Takashi Mitsukuri Yu Lifeng
1966	Dortmund	Miroslav Cerar	Mikhail Voronin	Takeshi Katō
1970	Ljubljana	Miroslav Cerar (3)	Eizō Kenmotsu	Viktor Klimenko
1974	Varna	Zoltán Magyar	Nikolai Andrianov	Eizō Kenmotsu
1978	Strasbourg	Zoltán Magyar	Eberhard Gienger	Stoyan Deltchev
1979	Fort Worth	Zoltán Magyar (3)	Kurt Thomas	Kōji Gushiken
1981	Moscow	Li Xiaoping Michael Nikolay	—	György Guczoghy Yuri Korolyov
1983	Budapest	Dmitry Bilozerchev	György Guczoghy Li Xiaoping	—
1985	Montreal	Valentin Mogilny	Li Ning	Hiroyuki Konishi
1987	Rotterdam	Dmitry Bilozerchev Zsolt Borkai	—	Lubomir Geraskov
1989	Stuttgart	Valentin Mogilny	Andreas Wecker	Li Jing
1991	Indianapolis	Valery Belenky	Guo Linyao	Li Jing
1992	Paris	Li Jing Pae Gil-su Vitaly Scherbo	—	—
1993	Birmingham	Pae Gil-su	Andreas Wecker	Károly Schupkégel
1994	Brisbane	Marius Urzică	Éric Poujade	Li Donghua Vitaly Marinich
1995	Sabae	Li Donghua	Yoshiaki Hatakeda Huang Huadong	—
1996	San Juan	Pae Gil-su (3)	Li Donghua	Alexei Nemov
1997	Lausanne	Valery Belenky	Éric Poujade	Pae Gil-su
1999	Tianjin	Alexei Nemov	Marius Urzică	Nikolai Kryukov
2001	Ghent	Marius Urzică	Xiao Qin	Oleksandr Beresch
2002	Debrecen	Marius Urzică (3)	Xiao Qin	Takehiro Kashima
2003	Anaheim	Takehiro Kashima Teng Haibin	—	Nikolai Kryukov
2005	Melbourne	Xiao Qin	Ioan Silviu Suciu	Takehiro Kashima
2006	Aarhus	Xiao Qin	Prashanth Sellathurai	Alexander Artemev
2007	Stuttgart	Xiao Qin (3)	Krisztián Berki	Louis Smith
2009	London	Zhang Hongtao	Krisztián Berki	Prashanth Sellathurai
2010	Rotterdam	Krisztián Berki	Louis Smith	Prashanth Sellathurai
2011	Tokyo	Krisztián Berki	Cyril Tommasone	Louis Smith
2013	Antwerp	Kohei Kameyama	Daniel Corral Max Whitlock	—
2014	Nanning	Krisztián Berki (3)	Filip Ude	Cyril Tommasone
2015	Glasgow	Max Whitlock	Louis Smith	Kazuma Kaya Harutyun Merdinyan
2017	Montreal	Max Whitlock	David Belyavskiy	Xiao Ruoteng
2018	Doha	Xiao Ruoteng	Max Whitlock	Lee Chih-kai
2019	Stuttgart	Max Whitlock (3)	Lee Chih-kai	Rhys McClenaghan
2021	Kitakyushu	Stephen Nedoroscik	Kazuma Kaya Weng Hao	—
2022	Liverpool	Rhys McClenaghan	Ahmad Abu Al-Soud	Harutyun Merdinyan
2023	Antwerp	Rhys McClenaghan	Khoi Young	Ahmad Abu Al-Soud
2025	Jakarta	Hong Yanming	Mamikon Khachatryan	Patrick Hoopes

All-time medal count

Last updated after the 2025 World Championships.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	9	7	4	20
2	Soviet Union	7	4	3	14
3	Hungary	7	3	2	12
4	Switzerland	4	4	3	11
5	Yugoslavia	4	3	1	8
6	France	3	7	2	12
7	Great Britain	3	4	2	9
8	Romania	3	2	0	5
9	North Korea	3	0	1	4
10	Japan	2	3	8	13
11	Czechoslovakia	2	3	3	8
12	Italy	2	3	0	5
13	Ireland	2	0	1	3
14	United States	1	2	2	5
15	Russia	1	1	3	5
16	East Germany	1	1	0	2
16	Germany	1	1	0	2
18	Bohemia ^[a]	1	0	1	2
19	CIS ^[b]	1	0	0	1
19	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
21	Armenia	0	1	2	3
21	Australia	0	1	2	3
23	Chinese Taipei	0	1	1	2
23	Jordan	0	1	1	2
25	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	West Germany	0	1	0	1
28	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
28	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
Totals (29 entries)		58	55	46	159

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 former Soviet Union at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France, as medals for CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).

Multiple medalists

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Years	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Krisztián Berki	Hungary	2007–2014	3	2	0	5
	Max Whitlock	Great Britain	2013–2019	3	2	0	5
	Xiao Qin	China	2001–2007	3	2	0	5
4	Marius Urzică	Romania	1994–2002	3	1	0	4
5	Miroslav Cerar	Yugoslavia	1958–1970	3	0	1	4
5	Pae Gil-su	North Korea	1992–1997	3	0	1	4
7	Zoltán Magyar	Hungary	1974–1979	3	0	0	3
8	Rhys McClenaghan	Ireland	2019–2023	2	0	1	3
9	Valery Belenky	Soviet Union Germany	1991–1997	2	0	0	2
	Dmitry Bilozerchev	Soviet Union	1983–1987	2	0	0	2
	Georges Dejagere	France	1903–1905	2	0	0	2
	Valentin Mogilny	Soviet Union	1985–1989	2	0	0	2
13	Li Donghua	Switzerland	1994–1996	1	1	1	3
14	Li Xiaoping	China	1981–1983	1	1	0	2
	Osvaldo Palazzi	Italy	1911–1913	1	1	0	2
	Boris Shakhlin	Soviet Union	1958–1962	1	1	0	2
	Josef Stalder	Switzerland	1950–1954	1	1	0	2
	Giorgio Zampori	Italy	1911–1913	1	1	0	2
19	Takehiro Kashima	Japan	2002–2005	1	0	2	3
19	Li Jing	China	1989–1992	1	0	2	3
21	Alexei Nemov	Russia	1996–1999	1	0	1	2
21	Xiao Ruoteng	China	2017–2018	1	0	1	2
23	Louis Smith	Great Britain	2007–2015	0	2	2	4
24	Éric Poujade	France	1994–1997	0	2	0	2
	Peter Šumi	Yugoslavia	1922–1930	0	2	0	2
	Andreas Wecker	East Germany Germany	1989–1993	0	2	0	2
27	Prashanth Sellathurai	Australia	2007–2015	0	1	2	3
28	Ahmad Abu Al-Soud	Jordan	2022–2023	0	1	1	2
	Jan Gajdoš	Czechoslovakia	1926–1930	0	1	1	2
	György Guczoghy	Hungary	1981–1983	0	1	1	2
	Kazuma Kaya	Japan	2015–2021	0	1	1	2
	Eizō Kenmotsu	Japan	1970–1974	0	1	1	2
	Lee Chih-kai	Chinese Taipei	2018–2019	0	1	1	2
	Cyril Tommasone	France	2011–2014	0	1	1	2
35	Nikolai Kryukov	Russia	1999–2003	0	0	2	2
35	Harutyun Merdinyan	Armenia	2015–2022	0	0	2	2

References

↑ "47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships MONTREAL (CAN)". live.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
↑ "48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships DOHA (QAT)". www.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

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[1] "47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships MONTREAL (CAN)". live.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

[2] "48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships DOHA (QAT)". www.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

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World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's pommel horse

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Medalists

All-time medal count

Multiple medalists

References