1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition

1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Location|  Rome, Italy

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The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union competed, winning 20 medals overall (more than three times the amount of any other country). Other major changes at this championships included: 1) it was the first world championships at which a Code of Points was used; and 2) it was the last world championships that would be held "in open air" (outdoors).[1]

## Medallists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men
Team all-around
details |  Soviet Union
Albert Azaryan
Viktor Chukarin
Sergei Dzhayani
Yevgeny Korolkov
Valentin Muratov
Hrant Shahinyan
Boris Shakhlin
Ivan Vostrikov |  Japan
Akitomo Kaneko
Akira Kono
Masami Kubota
Tetsumi Nabeya
Takashi Ono
Yoshiyuki Oshima
Masao Takemoto |  Switzerland
Hans Bründler
Oswald Bühler
Hans Eugster
Jack Günthard
Hans Schwartzentruber
Josef Stalder
Melchior Thalmann
Jean Tschabold
Individual all-around
details |  Viktor Chukarin
Valentin Muratov | none awarded |  Hrant Shahinyan
Floor
details |  Masao Takemoto
Valentin Muratov | none awarded |  Karl William Thoresson
Pommel horse
details |  Hrant Shahinyan |  Josef Stalder |  Viktor Chukarin
Rings
details |  Albert Azaryan |  Yevgeny Korolkov |  Valentin Muratov
Vault
details |  Leo Sotorník |  Helmut Bantz |  Sergei Dzhayani
Parallel bars
details |  Viktor Chukarin |  Josef Stalder |  Helmut Bantz
Masao Takemoto
Hans Eugster
Horizontal bar
details |  Valentin Muratov |  Helmut Bantz
Boris Shakhlin | none awarded
Women
Team all-around
details |  Soviet Union
Nina Bocharova
Pelageya Danilova
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Larisa Diriy
Tamara Manina
Sofia Muratova
Galina Rud'ko
Galina Sarabidze |  Hungary
Eva Banati
Ilona Bánhegyi Milanovits
Irén Daruházi-Karcsics
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Ágnes Keleti
Alice Kertész
Olga Lemhényi-Tass
Edit Perényi-Weckinger |  Czechoslovakia
Eva Bosáková
Miroslava Brdičková
Alena Chadimová
Věra Drazdíková
Zdeňka Lišková
Anna Marejková
Alena Reichová
Věra Vančurová
Individual all-around
details |  Galina Rud'ko |  Eva Bosáková |  Helena Rakoczy
Vault
details |  Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Tamara Manina | none awarded |  Evy Berggren
Uneven bars
details |  Ágnes Keleti |  Galina Rud'ko |  Helena Rakoczy
Balance beam
details |  Keiko Tanaka |  Eva Bosáková |  Ágnes Keleti
Floor
details |  Tamara Manina |  Eva Bosáková |  Maria Gorokhovskaya

## Men's results

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### Team competition

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Rank | Team | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Soviet Union | 344.500 | 345.400 | 689.900
|  Japan | 333.600 | 339.650 | 673.250
|  Switzerland | 333.650 | 337.900 | 671.550
4  |  Germany | 334.400 | 335.850 | 670.250
5  |  Czechoslovakia | 328.350 | 333.050 | 661.400
6  |  Finland | 328.150 | 331.700 | 659.850
7  |  Hungary | 322.600 | 327.400 | 650.000
8  |  Italy | 314.300 | 323.150 | 637.450
9  |  Bulgaria | 312.500 | 313.050 | 625.550
10  |  France | 313.450 | 310.200 | 623.650
11  |  Poland | 303.800 | 311.700 | 615.500
12  |  Yugoslavia | 297.250 | 305.900 | 603.150
13  |  Austria | 293.300 | 297.500 | 590.800
14  |  Egypt | 280.800 | 275.900 | 566.700
15  |  Luxembourg | 274.350 | 287.050 | 561.400
16  |  Denmark | 273.000 | 287.500 | 560.500

### Individual all-around

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Rank | Gymnast | Total

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|  Valentin Muratov (URS) | 115.450
|  Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 115.450
|  Hrant Shahinyan (URS) | 114.600
4  |  Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 114.050
4  |  Albert Azaryan (URS) | 114.050
6  |  Ivan Vostrikov (URS) | 113.650
7  |  Yevgeny Korolkov (URS) | 113.500
8  |  Helmut Bantz (FRG) | 113.400
9  |  Josef Stalder (SUI) | 113.350
10  |  Takashi Ono (JPN) | 112.850
11  |  Akira Kono (JPN) | 112.500
12  |  Jack Günthard (SUI) | 112.300

### Floor exercise

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Valentin Muratov (URS) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250
|  Masao Takemoto (JPN) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250
|  William Thoresson (SWE) | 9.450 | 9.750 | 19.200
4  |  Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.550 | 9.600 | 19.150
4  |  Masami Kubota (JPN) | 9.600 | 9.550 | 19.150
6  |  Hrant Shahinyan (URS) | 9.550 | 9.500 | 19.050

### Pommel horse

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Hrant Shahinyan (URS) | 9.600 | 9.700 | 19.300
|  Josef Stalder (SUI) | 9.600 | 9.650 | 19.250
|  Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.500 | 9.700 | 19.200
4  |  Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 9.450 | 9.700 | 19.150
5  |  Ivan Vostrikov (URS) | 9.400 | 9.500 | 18.900
6  |  Valentin Muratov (URS) | 9.350 | 9.500 | 18.850

### Rings

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Albert Azaryan (URS) | 9.750 | 9.950 | 19.750
|  Yevgeny Korolkov (URS) | 9.800 | 9.750 | 19.550
|  Valentin Muratov (URS) | 9.800 | 9.700 | 19.500
4  |  Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.800 | 9.650 | 19.450
5  |  Hrant Shahinyan (URS) | 9.600 | 9.800 | 19.400
6  |  Sergei Dzhayani (URS) | 9.650 | 9.650 | 19.300

### Vault

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Leo Sotorník (TCH) | 9.450 | 9.800 | 19.250
|  Helmut Bantz (FRG) | 9.400 | 9.800 | 19.200
|  Sergei Dzhayani (URS) | 9.550 | 9.550 | 19.100
4  |  Albert Azaryan (URS) | 9.300 | 9.600 | 18.900
4  |  Takashi Ono (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.450 | 18.900
6  |  Adalbert Dickhut (FRG) | 9.200 | 9.650 | 18.850

### Parallel bars

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.850 | 9.750 | 19.600
|  Josef Stalder (SUI) | 9.750 | 9.800 | 19.550
|  Masao Takemoto (JPN) | 9.600 | 9.800 | 19.400
|  Hans Eugster (SUI) | 9.650 | 9.750 | 19.400
|  Helmut Bantz (FRG) | 9.600 | 9.800 | 19.400
6  |  Jack Günthard (SUI) | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350

### Horizontal bar

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Valentin Muratov (URS) | 9.800 | 9.900 | 19.700
|  Helmut Bantz (FRG) | 9.750 | 9.650 | 19.400
|  Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 9.700 | 9.700 | 19.400
4  |  Josef Stalder (SUI) | 9.600 | 9.700 | 19.300
5  |  Masao Takemoto (JPN) | 9.600 | 9.650 | 19.250
5  |  Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.550 | 9.700 | 19.250

## Women's results

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### Team competition

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Rank | Team | Total

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|  Soviet Union | 524.310
|  Hungary | 518.280
|  Czechoslovakia | 511.750
4  |  Romania | 498.570
5  |  Italy | 495.770
6  |  Poland | 495.660
7  |  Bulgaria | 494.030
8  |  Sweden | 491.210
9  |  France | 490.360
10  |  Germany | 486.560
11  |  Yugoslavia | 485.440
12  |  Austria | 453.790
13  |  Belgium | 430.710
14  |  Saar | 407.240
15  |  Luxembourg | 378.560

### Individual all-around

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Rank | Gymnast | Total

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|  Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 75.680
|  Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 75.110
|  Helena Rakoczy (POL) | 74.370
4  |  Edit Perényi (HUN) | 74.310
5  |  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU) | 74.240
6  |  Nina Bocharova (URS) | 74.210
7  |  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) | 74.140
8  |  Keiko Tanaka (JPN) | 73.740
9  |  Alena Chadimová (TCH) | 73.600
10  |  Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (HUN) | 73.470
11  |  Alice Kertész (HUN) | 73.440
12  |  Galina Sarabidze (URS) | 73.420

### Vault

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE) | 9.400 | 9.560 | 18.960
|  Tamara Manina (URS) | 9.660 | 9.300 | 18.960
|  Evy Berggren (SWE) | 9.430 | 9.500 | 18.930
4  |  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) | 9.600 | 9.260 | 18.860
5  |  Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 9.430 | 9.360 | 18.790
6  |  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU) | 9.260 | 9.360 | 18.620

### Uneven bars

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Ágnes Keleti (HUN) | 9.730 | 9.730 | 19.460
|  Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 9.600 | 9.730 | 19.330
|  Helena Rakoczy (POL) | 9.500 | 9.700 | 19.200
4  |  Nina Bocharova (URS) | 9.400 | 9.730 | 19.130
4  |  Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 9.530 | 9.600 | 19.130
6  |  Pelageya Danilova (URS) | 9.460 | 9.660 | 19.110

### Balance beam

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Keiko Tanaka (JPN) | 9.260 | 9.630 | 18.890
|  Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 9.300 | 9.460 | 18.760
|  Ágnes Keleti (HUN) | 9.160 | 9.560 | 18.720
4  |  Edit Perényi (HUN) | 9.260 | 9.400 | 18.660
5  |  Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 9.200 | 9.400 | 18.600
5  |  Nina Bocharova (URS) | 9.000 | 9.560 | 18.560

### Floor exercise

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Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total

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|  Tamara Manina (URS) | 9.660 | 9.730 | 19.390
|  Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 9.400 | 9.760 | 19.160
|  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) | 9.660 | 9.460 | 19.120
4  |  Ágnes Keleti (HUN) | 9.500 | 9.600 | 19.100
5  |  Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 9.360 | 9.600 | 18.960
5  |  Larisa Latynina (URS) | 9.460 | 9.500 | 18.960

## Medals

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 12| 3| 5| 20
2|  Japan (JPN)| 2| 1| 1| 4
3|  Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 1| 3| 1| 5
4|  Hungary (HUN)| 1| 1| 1| 3
5|  Sweden (SWE)| 1| 0| 2| 3
6|  Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 2| 2| 4
7|  West Germany (FRG)| 0| 2| 1| 3
8|  Poland (POL)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (8 entries)| 17| 12| 15| 44

## References

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1. ^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 86–87.86-87&rft.pub=International+Gymnastics+Federation&rft.aulast=Huguenin&rft.aufirst=Andre&rft_id=http://www.fig-docs.com/website/highlights/100%20years%20of%20the%20FIG-e.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1954+World+Artistic+Gymnastics+Championships" class="Z3988">

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