1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition

1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Location|  Fort Worth, USA

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The 20th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Fort Worth, United States, in 1979. In November 1977 the 55th FIG Congress, held in Rome, changed the cycle of world championships: since 1979 they were to be held each two years, and the pre-Olympic ones were to be qualifications for the Olympic tournament. The first 12 teams in the team competition of the 1979 World Championships were invited to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

These were the first World Championships in artistic gymnastics to be held outside of Europe,[2] and the first that China competed at since 1962 following a 1978 vote in which the International Gymnastics Federation voted to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.[3]

## Results

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men
Team all-around
details |  Soviet Union
Alexander Dityatin
Aleksandr Tkachyov
Vladimir Markelov
Nikolai Andrianov
Bogdan Makuts
Artur Akopyan |  Japan
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Nobuyuki Kajitani
Toshiomi Nishikii
Koji Gushiken
Eizo Kenmotsu |  United States
Kurt Thomas
Bart Conner
Jim Hartung
Larry Gerard
Tim LaFleur
Peter Vidmar
Individual all-around
details |  Alexander Dityatin |  Kurt Thomas |  Aleksandr Tkachyov
Floor
details |  Roland Brückner
Kurt Thomas | none awarded |  Aleksandr Tkachyov
Pommel horse
details |  Zoltán Magyar |  Kurt Thomas |  Koji Gushiken
Rings
details |  Alexander Dityatin |  Danuţ Grecu |  Aleksandr Tkachyov
Vault
details |  Alexander Dityatin |  Nikolai Andrianov |  Ralph Bärthel
Bart Conner
Parallel bars
details |  Bart Conner |  Aleksandr Tkachyov
Kurt Thomas | none awarded
Horizontal bar
details |  Kurt Thomas |  Aleksandr Tkachyov |  Alexander Dityatin
Women
Team all-around
details |  Romania
Nadia Comăneci
Rodica Dunca
Emilia Eberle
Melita Ruhn
Dumitriţa Turner
Marilena Vladarau |  Soviet Union
Maria Filatova
Nellie Kim
Elena Naimushina
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Natalia Tereschenko
Stella Zakharova |  East Germany
Maxi Gnauck
Regina Grabolle
Silvia Hindorff
Steffi Kräker
Katharina Rensch
Karola Sube
Individual all-around
details |  Nellie Kim |  Maxi Gnauck |  Melita Ruhn
Vault
details |  Dumitriţa Turner |  Stella Zakharova |  Nellie Kim
Steffi Kräker
Uneven bars
details |  Ma Yanhong
Maxi Gnauck | none awarded |  Emilia Eberle
Balance beam
details |  Věra Černá |  Nellie Kim |  Regina Grabolle
Floor
details |  Emilia Eberle |  Nellie Kim |  Melita Ruhn

## Men

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### Team final

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The Soviet Union's first-place finish made them the first team since 1960 to beat Japan at an Olympics or World Championships. The United States' bronze medal was their first team medal and best result yet.[4]

Rank  | Team  | Floor  | Pommel
horse  | Rings  | Vault  | Parallel
bars  | Horizontal
bar  | Total

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C  | O  | C  | O  | C  | O  | C  | O  | C  | O  | C  | O
|  Soviet Union | 98.200 | 97.150 | 97.650  | 98.650 | 97.600 | 98.250  | 587.500
Alexander Dityatin | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.900 | 9.900  | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.750 | 9.850 | 9.800 | 9.950  | 118.100
Aleksandr Tkachyov | 9.850 | 9.900 | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.800  | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.850 | 9.800 | 9.900  | 117.650
Vladimir Markelov | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.650 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 9.800  | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800  | 117.150
Nikolai Andrianov | 9.850 | 9.900 | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 9.650  | 9.950 | 9.850 | 9.700 | 9.850 | 9.100 | 9.750  | 116.800
Bogdan Makuts | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.550 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.600  | 9.900 | 9.850 | 9.500 | 9.850 | 9.750 | 9.850  | 116.550
Artur Akopyan | 9.600 | 9.800 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.700  | 9.600 | 9.850 | 9.300 | 9.700 | 9.850 | 9.700  | 116.100
|  Japan | 97.700 | 96.900 | 96.600  | 97.400 | 97.150 | 97.950  | 583.700
Hiroshi Kajiyama | 9.750 | 9.800 | 9.650 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.800  | 9.550 | 9.900 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.600  | 116.600
Eizo Kenmotsu | 9.600 | 9.850 | 9.650 | 9.700 | 9.500 | 9.600  | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 9.850 | 9.900  | 116.400
Koji Gushiken | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800  | 9.650 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.000 | 9.700  | 116.350
Toshiomi Nishikii | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.550 | 9.750  | 9.650 | 9.700 | 9.500 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.750  | 116.000
Nobuyuki Kajitani | 9.400 | 9.850 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.600  | 9.600 | 9.800 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.800  | 115.900
Shigeru Kasamatsu | 9.750 | 9.900 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 8.700 | 9.600  | 9.600 | 9.900 | 9.800 | 9.450 | 9.750 | 9.800  | 115.750
|  United States | 97.850 | 96.300 | 96.350  | 97.400 | 96.300 | 96.950  | 581.150
Kurt Thomas | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.650 | 9.800  | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.900  | 117.750
Bart Conner | 9.850 | 9.850 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.650 | 9.600  | 9.900 | 9.850 | 9.750 | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.300  | 116.950
Jim Hartung | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.800  | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.550 | 9.300 | 9.800 | 9.750  | 116.200
Larry Gerard | 9.550 | 9.800 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 9.100 | 9.650  | 9.600 | 9.750 | 9.400 | 9.550 | 9.650 | 9.600  | 114.550
Tim LaFleur | 9.450 | 9.800 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.550 | 9.600  | 9.450 | 9.600 | 9.250 | 9.600 | 9.550 | 9.400  | 114.300
Peter Vidmar | 9.700 | 9.500 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 9.450 | 9.250  | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.400 | 9.550 | 9.050 | 9.550  | 113.550
4  |  East Germany | 97.850 | 96.450 | 96.400  | 97.750 | 96.050 | 96.500  | 581.000
Roland Brückner | 9.650 | 9.900 | 9.850 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.700  | 9.600 | 9.900 | 9.650 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.700  | 117.000
Michael Nikolay | 9.650 | 9.750 | 9.850 | 9.900 | 9.600 | 9.600  | 9.600 | 9.850 | 9.650 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800  | 116.850
Lutz Mack | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.300 | 9.550 | 9.800 | 9.750  | 9.760 | 9.750 | 9.550 | 9.550 | 9.600 | 9.300  | 115.400
Andreas Bronst | 9.500 | 9.750 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.350 | 9.400  | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.750 | 9.400 | 9.600  | 114.750
Lutz Hoffmann | 9.800 | 9.400 | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.450 | 9.500  | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.400 | 9.150 | 9.700 | 9.600  | 114.700
Ralf Bärthel | 9.800 | 9.800 | 8.650 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.700  | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.400 | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.450  | 114.550
5  |  China | 98.300 | 95.400 | 96.850  | 96.300 | 95.250 | 96.850  | 578.950
Huang Yubin | 9.850 | 9.800 | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.750 | 9.750  | 9.500 | 9.800 | 9.650 | 9.600 | 9.800 | 9.650  | 116.400
Cai Huanzong | 9.700 | 9.850 | 9.700 | 9.300 | 9.500 | 9.700  | 9.600 | 9.550 | 9.650 | 9.450 | 9.600 | 9.750  | 115.950
Li Yuejiu | 9.850 | 9.900 | 9.450 | 9.550 | 9.350 | 9.500  | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.800  | 115.550
Tong Fei | 9.900 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.050 | 9.700 | 9.600  | 9.450 | 9.700 | 9.500 | 9.050 | 9.700 | 9.900  | 114.850
Peng Yaping | 9.650 | 9.850 | 9.400 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 9.700  | 9.300 | 9.650 | 9.550 | 9.400 | 9.650 | 9.400  | 114.800
Xiong Songliang | 9.900 | 9.400 | 8.950 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.750  | 9.600 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 9.600 | 9.200  | 113.850

### All-around

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Rank | Gymnast |  |  |  |  |  |  | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Alexander Dityatin (URS) | 9.900 | 9.850 | 9.900 | 9.850 | 9.800 | 9.900 | 59.200 | 59.050 | 118.250
|  Kurt Thomas (USA) | 9.850 | 9.900 | 9.800 | 9.900 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 59.100 | 58.875 | 117.975
|  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS) | 9.550 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.900 | 58.650 | 58.825 | 117.475
4  |  Vladimir Markelov (URS) | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.700 | 9.850 | 58.700 | 58.575 | 117.275
5  |  Bart Conner (USA) | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.650 | 9.850 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 58.550 | 58.475 | 117.025
6  |  Roland Brückner (GDR) | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.900 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 58.500 | 58.500 | 117.000
7  |  Koji Gushiken (JPN) | 9.750 | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 58.600 | 58.175 | 116.775
8  |  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) | 9.650 | 9.200 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.750 | 9.900 | 58.150 | 58.375 | 116.525
9  |  Jim Hartung (USA) | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 9.900 | 9.450 | 9.800 | 58.350 | 58.100 | 116.450
9  |  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN) | 9.550 | 9.650 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.750 | 58.150 | 58.300 | 116.450
11  |  Huang Yubin (CHN) | 9.550 | 9.800 | 9.600 | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 58.200 | 58.200 | 116.400
12  |  Philippe Delasalle (CAN) | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.650 | 9.900 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 58.650 | 57.650 | 116.300
13  |  Li Yuejiu (CHN) | 9.900 | 9.650 | 9.450 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.900 | 58.400 | 57.775 | 116.175
14  |  Michael Nikolay (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.150 | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.400 | 9.800 | 57.600 | 58.425 | 116.025
15  |  Tishomi Nishikii (JPN) | 9.550 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.650 | 57.900 | 58.000 | 115.900
16  |  Péter Kovács (HUN) | 9.750 | 9.550 | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.600 | 9.800 | 58.200 | 57.475 | 115.675
17  |  Ferenc Donáth (HUN) | 9.300 | 9.750 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 57.850 | 57.800 | 115.650
18  |  Zoltán Magyar (HUN) | 9.550 | 9.950 | 9.400 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 57.800 | 57.700 | 115.500
19  |  Cai Huanzong (CHN) | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 57.700 | 57.675 | 115.375
20  |  Lutz Mack (GDR) | 9.750 | 9.200 | 9.750 | 9.800 | 9.500 | 9.450 | 57.450 | 57.700 | 115.150
21  |  Eberhard Gienger (FRG) | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.600 | 9.750 | 9.550 | 57.750 | 57.025 | 114.775
22  |  Henri Boerio (FRA) | 9.650 | 9.700 | 9.500 | 9.750 | 9.600 | 9.450 | 57.650 | 57.100 | 114.750
23  |  Dănuț Grecu (ROU) | 9.250 | 9.650 | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.450 | 9.550 | 57.450 | 57.200 | 114.650
24  |  Volker Rohrwick (FRG) | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.650 | 57.300 | 57.200 | 114.500
25  |  Jiří Tabák (TCH) | 9.700 | 9.100 | 9.600 | 9.850 | 9.400 | 9.550 | 57.200 | 57.100 | 114.300
26  |  Kurt Szilier (ROU) | 9.300 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 57.000 | 57.275 | 114.275
27  |  Plamen Petkov (BUL) | 9.550 | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.750 | 9.650 | 9.550 | 57.500 | 56.675 | 114.175
28  |  Andrzej Szajna (POL) | 9.500 | 9.100 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 57.350 | 56.800 | 114.150
29  |  Benno Gross (FRG) | 9.300 | 9.700 | 9.300 | 9.700 | 9.300 | 9.650 | 56.950 | 57.075 | 114.025
30  |  Aurel Georgescu (ROU) | 9.700 | 9.200 | 9.450 | 9.800 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 57.050 | 56.600 | 113.650
31  |  Markus Lehmann (SUI) | 9.300 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.750 | 9.500 | 9.450 | 56.700 | 56.225 | 112.925
31  |  Jozef Konecny (TCH) | 9.350 | 8.800 | 9.450 | 9.800 | 9.350 | 9.600 | 56.350 | 56.575 | 112.925
33  |  Finn Gjertsen (NOR) | 9.300 | 9.650 | 9.500 | 9.650 | 8.850 | 9.400 | 56.350 | 56.500 | 112.850
34  |  Lars Pettersen (NOR) | 9.200 | 9.400 | 9.300 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 56.250 | 56.300 | 112.550
35  |  Fernando Bertrand (ESP) | 9.350 | 9.300 | 9.500 | 9.650 | 8.300 | 9.700 | 55.800 | 56.225 | 112.025
36  |  Warren Long (CAN) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2.000 | 56.750 | 58.750

### Floor exercise

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Kurt Thomas (USA) | 9.900 | 9.900 | 19.800
|  Roland Brückner (GDR) | 9.900 | 9.900 | 19.800
|  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS) | 9.900 | 9.875 | 19.775
4  |  Nikolai Andrianov (URS) | 9.850 | 9.875 | 19.725
5  |  Bart Conner (USA) | 9.850 | 9.850 | 19.700
6  |  Li Yuejiu (CHN) | 9.850 | 9.875 | 19.575
6  |  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.825 | 19.575
8  |  Huang Yubin (CHN) | 9.350 | 9.825 | 19.175

### Pommel horse

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Zoltán Magyar (HUN) | 9.950 | 9.875 | 19.825
|  Kurt Thomas (USA) | 9.900 | 9.825 | 19.725
|  Koji Gushiken (JPN) | 9.800 | 9.800 | 19.600
4  |  Alexander Dityatin (URS) | 9.800 | 9.750 | 19.550
5  |  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) | 9.800 | 9.725 | 19.525
6  |  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450
7  |  Nikolai Andrianov (URS) | 9.000 | 9.750 | 18.750
8  |  Michael Nikolay (GDR) | 8.800 | 9.875 | 18.675

### Rings

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Alexander Dityatin (URS) | 9.900 | 9.900 | 19.800
|  Dănuț Grecu (ROU) | 9.900 | 9.800 | 19.700
|  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS) | 9.900 | 9.775 | 19.675
4  |  Koji Gushiken (JPN) | 9.850 | 9.800 | 19.650
5  |  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) | 9.800 | 9.825 | 19.625
6  |  Huang Yubin (CHN) | 9.800 | 9.750 | 19.550
7  |  Lutz Mack (GDR) | 9.750 | 9.775 | 19.525
8  |  Ferenc Donáth (HUN) | 9.500 | 9.775 | 19.175

### Vault

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Alexander Dityatin (URS) | 9.825 | 9.900 | 19.725
|  Nikolai Andrianov (URS) | 9.800 | 9.900 | 19.700
|  Bart Conner (USA) | 9.800 | 9.875 | 19.675
|  Ralph Bärthel (GDR) | 9.850 | 9.825 | 19.675
5  |  Roland Brückner (GDR) | 9.750 | 9.850 | 19.600
6  |  Jiří Tabák (TCH) | 9.775 | 9.750 | 19.525
7  |  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450
8  |  James Hartung (USA) | 9.575 | 9.800 | 19.375

### Parallel bars

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Bart Conner (USA) | 9.900 | 9.825 | 19.725
|  Kurt Thomas (USA) | 9.900 | 9.800 | 19.700
|  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS) | 9.900 | 9.800 | 19.700
4  |  Koji Gushiken (JPN) | 9.850 | 9.750 | 19.600
4  |  Alexander Dityatin (URS) | 9.800 | 9.800 | 19.600
6  |  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450
7  |  Roland Brückner (GDR) | 9.750 | 9.675 | 19.425
8  |  Michael Nikolay (GDR) | 9.600 | 9.725 | 19.325

### Horizontal bar

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Kurt Thomas (USA) | 9.900 | 9.875 | 19.775
|  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS) | 9.900 | 9.850 | 19.750
|  Alexander Dityatin (URS) | 9.800 | 9.875 | 19.675
4  |  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) | 9.700 | 9.850 | 19.550
5  |  Tong Fei (CHN) | 9.700 | 9.800 | 19.500
5  |  Michael Nikolay (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.800 | 19.500
7  |  Nobuyuki Kajitani (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.775 | 19.475
8  |  Péter Kovács (HUN) | 9.150 | 9.800 | 18.950

## Women

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### Team final

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Rank  | Team  |  |  |  |  | Total

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C  | O  | C  | O  | C  | O  | C  | O
|  Romania | 97.650 | 97.200 | 96.800 | 97.900 | 389.550
Melita Ruhn | 9.800 | 9.900 | 9.750 | 9.800  | 9.550 | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.900  | 78.250
Rodica Dunca | 9.600 | 9.750 | 9.650 | 9.600  | 9.500 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 9.800  | 77.350
Emilia Eberle | 9.600 | 9.750 | 9.850 | 9.850  | 9.650 | 8.950 | 9.850 | 9.850  | 77.350
Dumitrița Turner | 9.800 | 9.900 | 9.550 | 9.700  | 9.400 | 9.700 | 9.550 | 9.700  | 77.300
Marilena Vlădărău | 9.550 | 9.700 | 9.450 | 9.500  | 9.450 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 9.850  | 76.750
Nadia Comăneci | 9.850 | 0.000 | 9.950 | 0.000  | 9.900 | 9.950 | 9.800 | 0.000  | 49.450
|  Soviet Union | 97.775 | 95.950 | 97.300 | 97.900 | 388.925
Nellie Kim | 9.750 | 9.900 | 9.850 | 9.800  | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.900 | 9.750  | 78.500
Maria Filatova | 9.650 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800  | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.950  | 78.300
Natalia Shaposhnikova | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.100  | 9.900 | 9.500 | 9.800 | 9.800  | 77.400
Stella Zakharova | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.700 | 9.000  | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.600 | 9.850  | 77.250
Elena Naimushina | 9.650 | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.550  | 9.650 | 9.700 | 9.650 | 9.800  | 77.250
Natalia Tereschenko | 9.725 | 9.800 | 9.550 | 9.000  | 9.400 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 9.800  | 76.175
|  East Germany | 97.250 | 97.650 | 96.650 | 96.525 | 388.075
Maxi Gnauck | 9.750 | 9.800 | 9.950 | 9.900  | 9.700 | 9.650 | 9.700 | 9.900  | 78.350
Steffi Kräker | 9.750 | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.800  | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.400 | 9.650  | 77.700
Regina Grabolle | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.850 | 9.600  | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.450 | 9.800  | 77.450
Silvia Hindorff | 9.650 | 9.800 | 9.650 | 9.500  | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.575 | 9.700  | 77.075
Karola Sube | 9.550 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 9.450  | 9.650 | 9.600 | 9.400 | 9.650  | 76.550
Katharina Rensch | 9.600 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.600  | 9.400 | 9.050 | 9.700 | 9.200  | 76.200
4 |  China | 95.450 | 97.300 | 95.350 | 96.500 | 384.600
Zhu Zheng | 9.450 | 9.800 | 9.850 | 9.800  | 9.500 | 9.700 | 9.650 | 9.550  | 77.300
Zheng Sihua | 9.350 | 9.850 | 9.800 | 9.550  | 9.400 | 9.650 | 9.750 | 9.700  | 77.050
Liu Yajun | 9.350 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.500  | 9.250 | 9.800 | 9.600 | 9.700  | 76.600
Ma Yanhong | 9.200 | 9.550 | 9.950 | 9.900  | 9.200 | 9.500 | 9.550 | 9.600  | 76.450
He Xiumin | 9.350 | 9.500 | 9.850 | 9.250  | 9.500 | 9.450 | 9.600 | 9.650  | 76.150
Li Cuiling | 9.450 | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.400  | 9.350 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 8.950  | 75.800
5 |  Czechoslovakia | 96.050 | 95.100 | 97.050 | 94.100 | 382.300
Věra Černá | 9.750 | 9.500 | 9.750 | 9.150  | 9.900 | 9.900 | 9.650 | 9.700  | 77.300
Eva Marečková | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.600  | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 9.200  | 77.000
Radka Zemanová | 9.700 | 9.550 | 9.400 | 9.550  | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.400 | 9.000  | 76.050
Katarína Šarišská | 9.700 | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.500  | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.400 | 9.050  | 75.900
Anita Sauerová | 9.550 | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.400  | 9.350 | 9.500 | 9.450 | 9.400  | 75.650
Lenka Chatarová | 9.400 | 9.350 | 9.250 | 9.200  | 9.450 | 9.600 | 9.450 | 9.100  | 74.800

### All-around

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Rank | Gymnast |  |  |  |  | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Nellie Kim (URS) | 9.850 | 9.850 | 9.850 | 9.850 | 39.400 | 39.250 | 78.650
|  Maxi Gnauck (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.900 | 9.700 | 9.900 | 39.200 | 39.175 | 78.375
|  Melita Ruhn (ROU) | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 39.200 | 39.125 | 78.325
4  |  Maria Filatova (URS) | 9.800 | 9.400 | 9.800 | 9.800 | 38.800 | 39.150 | 77.950
5  |  Rodica Dunca (ROU) | 9.500 | 9.750 | 9.900 | 9.900 | 39.050 | 38.675 | 77.725
6  |  Věra Černá (TCH) | 9.600 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.850 | 38.950 | 38.650 | 77.600
7  |  Steffi Kräker (GDR) | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.650 | 9.350 | 38.550 | 38.850 | 77.400
8  |  Emilia Eberle (ROU) | 9.700 | 9.900 | 9.200 | 9.900 | 38.700 | 38.675 | 77.375
9  |  Regina Grabolle (GDR) | 9.500 | 9.550 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 38.550 | 38.725 | 77.275
10  |  Eva Marečková (TCH) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 38.700 | 38.500 | 77.200
11  |  Zhu Zheng (CHN) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.300 | 38.250 | 38.650 | 76.900
12  |  Leslie Pyfer (USA) | 9.750 | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.650 | 38.650 | 38.175 | 76.825
13  |  Elena Naimushina (URS) | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.350 | 9.450 | 38.100 | 38.625 | 76.725
14  |  Radka Zemanová (TCH) | 9.550 | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.700 | 38.500 | 38.025 | 76.525
15  |  Zheng Sihua (CHN) | 9.650 | 9.200 | 9.200 | 9.700 | 37.750 | 38.525 | 76.275
15  |  Erika Flander (HUN) | 9.750 | 9.550 | 9.500 | 9.550 | 38.350 | 37.925 | 76.275
17  |  Krasimira Toneva (BUL) | 9.700 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 9.650 | 38.250 | 37.825 | 76.075
18  |  Erzsébet Hanti (HUN) | 9.550 | 9.500 | 9.400 | 9.600 | 38.050 | 37.975 | 76.025
19  |  Suzy Kellems (USA) | 9.600 | 9.000 | 9.450 | 9.700 | 37.750 | 38.225 | 75.975
20  |  Elfi Schlegel (CAN) | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.000 | 9.700 | 37.800 | 38.075 | 75.875
20  |  Silvia Topalova (BUL) | 9.500 | 9.700 | 9.000 | 9.600 | 37.800 | 38.075 | 75.875
22  |  Éva Óvári (HUN) | 9.600 | 9.450 | 8.950 | 9.600 | 37.600 | 38.175 | 75.775
23  |  Marcia Frederick (USA) | 9.850 | 8.700 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 37.850 | 37.900 | 75.750
24  |  Liu Yajun (CHN) | 8.950 | 9.200 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 37.250 | 38.300 | 75.550
24  |  Sakiko Nozawa (JPN) | 9.350 | 9.600 | 9.350 | 9.600 | 37.900 | 37.650 | 75.550
26  |  Yayoi Kano (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.500 | 9.250 | 37.650 | 37.850 | 75.500
27  |  Annette Michler (FRG) | 9.500 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.500 | 37.900 | 37.500 | 75.400
28  |  Romi Kessler (SUI) | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.100 | 9.600 | 37.800 | 37.525 | 75.325
29  |  Ellen Stewart (CAN) | 9.450 | 9.500 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 37.750 | 37.475 | 75.225
30  |  Łucja Matraszek (POL) | 9.350 | 9.450 | 8.950 | 9.400 | 37.150 | 37.675 | 74.825
31  |  Diana Carnegie (CAN) | 9.550 | 9.150 | 9.450 | 9.400 | 37.550 | 37.250 | 74.800
31  |  Lee Hyang Rim (KOR) | 9.400 | 9.450 | 9.000 | 9.550 | 37.400 | 37.400 | 74.800
33  |  Galina Marinova (BUL) | 9.500 | 8.700 | 9.550 | 9.550 | 37.300 | 37.450 | 74.750
34  |  Claudia Rossier (SUI) | 9.350 | 9.450 | 8.900 | 9.600 | 37.300 | 37.225 | 74.525
35  |  Rika Anami (JPN) | 9.500 | 9.000 | 8.900 | 9.600 | 37.000 | 37.425 | 74.425
36  |  Martine Pidoux (FRA) | 9.550 | 8.550 | 9.300 | 9.200 | 36.600 | 37.250 | 73.850

### Vault

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Dumitrița Turner (ROU) | 9.925 | 9.850 | 19.775
|  Stella Zakharova (URS) | 9.875 | 9.825 | 19.700
|  Nellie Kim (URS) | 9.850 | 9.825 | 19.675
|  Steffi Kräker (GDR) | 9.850 | 9.825 | 19.675
5  |  Christa Canary (USA) | 9.825 | 9.813 | 19.638
6  |  Maxi Gnauck (GDR) | 9.800 | 9.775 | 19.575
7  |  Melita Ruhn (ROU) | 9.625 | 9.850 | 19.475
8  |  Suzy Kellems (USA) | 8.800 | 9.675 | 18.475

### Uneven bars

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Maxi Gnauck (GDR) | 9.900 | 9.925 | 19.825
|  Ma Yanhong (CHN) | 9.900 | 9.925 | 19.825
|  Emilia Eberle (ROU) | 9.900 | 9.850 | 19.750
4  |  Steffi Kräker (GDR) | 9.850 | 9.850 | 19.700
5  |  Nellie Kim (URS) | 9.800 | 9.825 | 19.625
6  |  Marcia Frederick (USA) | 9.800 | 9.800 | 19.600
7  |  Maria Filatova (URS) | 9.300 | 9.800 | 19.100
8  |  Zhu Zheng (CHN) | 9.250 | 9.825 | 19.075

### Balance beam

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Věra Černá (TCH) | 9.900 | 9.900 | 19.800
|  Nellie Kim (URS) | 9.850 | 9.775 | 19.625
|  Regina Grabolle (GDR) | 9.800 | 9.775 | 19.575
4  |  Eva Marečková (TCH) | 9.800 | 9.750 | 19.550
5  |  Maria Filatova (URS) | 9.750 | 9.775 | 19.525
6  |  Maxi Gnauck (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.675 | 19.375
7  |  Krasimira Toneva (BUL) | 9.650 | 9.675 | 19.325
8  |  Melita Ruhn (ROU) | 9.300 | 9.675 | 18.975

### Floor exercise

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Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total

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|  Emilia Eberle (ROU) | 9.950 | 9.850 | 19.800
|  Nellie Kim (URS) | 9.950 | 9.825 | 19.775
|  Melita Ruhn (ROU) | 9.900 | 9.825 | 19.725
4  |  Maxi Gnauck (GDR) | 9.900 | 9.800 | 19.700
5  |  Maria Filatova (URS) | 9.800 | 9.850 | 19.650
6  |  Věra Černá (TCH) | 9.900 | 9.675 | 19.575
7  |  Zheng Sihua (CHN) | 9.800 | 9.725 | 19.525
8  |  Leslie Pyfer (USA) | 9.750 | 9.725 | 19.475

## Medals

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 5| 7| 5| 17
2|  United States (USA)| 3| 3| 2| 8
3|  Romania (ROU)| 3| 1| 3| 7
4|  East Germany (GDR)| 2| 1| 4| 7
5|  China (People's Republic of China)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Hungary (HUN)| 1| 0| 0| 1
8|  Japan (JPN)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Totals (8 entries)| 16| 13| 15| 44

## References

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1. ^ "Within International Federations" (PDF). Olympic Review (123): 68. January 1978. Retrieved April 11, 2006.
2. ^ "World Gymnastics Spur Hopes of U. S." The New York Times. December 3, 1979. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
3. ^ "Taiwan's appeal fails and China get vote". The Times. October 23, 1978. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
4. ^ "Russians Capture Gymnastics". The New York Times. December 6, 1979. Retrieved May 4, 2020.

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