World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

International artistic gymnastics tournament

Artistic Gymnastics
World Championships

Team all-around| men| women
Individual all-around| men| women
Vault| men| women
Floor| men| women
Pommel horse| men|
Rings| men|
Parallel bars| men|
Horizontal bar| men|
Uneven bars| | women
Balance beam| | women

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The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships[1][2] are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championships was held in 1903, exclusively for male gymnasts. Since the tenth edition of the tournament, in 1934, women's events are held together with men's events.

The FIG was founded in 1881 and was originally entitled FEG (Fédération Européenne de Gymnastique), but changed its name in 1921, becoming the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG);[3] this name change roughly correlates with the actual naming of the World Championships. Although the first such games were held in 1903, they were not initially entitled the 'World Championships'. The first competition ever actually referred to as a 'World Championships' at the time was a competition held in 1931 that, while referred to in an official FIG publication as the "First Artistic Men's World Championships",[4] often seems to go ignored by various authorities in the sport. The championships prior to the 1930s, beginning back in 1903, would eventually be recognized, retroactively, as the World Championships.[3]

Although the FEG did not change its name into the FIG until 1921, and although what appears to have been the first non-European delegation to participate at a World Championships wasn't until Mexico sent a men's team that travelled all the way to compete at the 1934 Worlds in Budapest,[5] a trans-Atlantic endeavor they repeated at the 1948 London Summer Olympics (a rare non-European delegation appearance even 14 years later), technically speaking, the transcontinental nature of the World Championships was present at the very first Worlds in 1903, as the all-around champion from those first Worlds was Joseph Martinez, a French-Algerian born in Oran.[6] Additionally, repeat World All-Around Champion from 1909 and 1913, Marco Torres was also French-Algerian as he was born in Sidi Bel Abbès.[7]

It was at those same 1934 World Championships in Budapest, which seems to have been the first World Championships with a non-European delegation, that there was finally the first-ever women's competition[8]: 45 [9] at a world championships, despite women having participated in various world championships since the first such international competition in 1903.[10]

Perhaps the first African delegation was the Egyptian one which offered forth a full male team at the 1950 World Championships in Basel. By the time of these World Championships, a total of 60 male athletes from 6 countries and 53 female athletes from 7 countries comprised the competitive field.[11] By the 2013 World Championships, the competition had grown to include 264 men from 71 countries and 134 women from 57 countries.[11] As of 2023, over fifty editions of the championships have been staged, and over fifty countries have earned medals in artistic gymnastics events.

The most successful nation, both in gold medal results and total number of medals, is the former Soviet Union (not including medals from its successor states), and China is the second. The United States is the third most successful country in gold medal results while Japan is the third in total number of medals. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, the traditional powerhouses in men's and women's individual still had expressive results: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, China, United States, Japan, and Romania. The last two decades were marked by increasing results from two emerging powers: Great Britain and Brazil and at the same period a big decrease in results from Belarus, Romania and Ukraine. After a busy schedule and some tests which led to the holding of two separate world championships in 1994 (one for individual events and one for teams), it was decided that in each Olympic year the championship would not be held and that the edition held in the subsequent year of the Games, only the competition individual would be held. However, this cycle was broken in 2021, when the COVID-19 pandemic led to the 2020 Summer Olympics to be delayed by one year, the edition scheduled for that year was not cancelled. While the Games were held between July and August 2021, the World Championships was allocated to the end of the same year.

## Editions

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See also: Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships

Year  | Edition  | Host City  | Country  | Events
(men/women)  | First in the Medal Table  | Second in the Medal Table  | Third in the Medal Table

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1903 | 1 | Antwerp |  Belgium | 6 / 0 |  France |  Luxembourg |  Netherlands
1905 | 2 | Bordeaux |  France | 5 / 0 |  France |  Netherlands |  Belgium
1907 | 3 | Prague |  Austria-Hungary | 5 / 0 |  Bohemia |  France |  Belgium
1909 | 4 | Luxembourg |  Luxembourg | 5 / 0 |  France |  Italy |  Bohemia
1911 | 5 | Turin |  Italy | 6 / 0 |  Bohemia |  Italy |  France
1913 | 6 | Paris |  France | 6 / 0 |  Italy |  France |  Bohemia
1922 | 7 | Ljubljana |  Yugoslavia | 6 / 0 |  Yugoslavia |  Czechoslovakia |  France
1926 | 8 | Lyon |  France | 6 / 0 |  Czechoslovakia |  Yugoslavia |  France
1930 | 9 | Luxembourg |  Luxembourg | 7 / 0 |  Yugoslavia |  Czechoslovakia |  Hungary
1931 | Unnumbered† | Paris |  France | 6 / 0 | — | — | —
1934 | 10 | Budapest |  Hungary | 8 / 2 |  Switzerland |  Czechoslovakia |  Germany
1938 | 11 | Prague |  Czechoslovakia | 8 / 6 |  Czechoslovakia |  Switzerland |  Yugoslavia
1950 | 12 | Basel |   Switzerland | 8 / 6 |  Switzerland |  Poland |  Sweden
1954 | 13 | Rome |  Italy | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  Japan |  Czechoslovakia
1958 | 14 | Moscow |  Soviet Union | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  Japan |  Czechoslovakia
1962 | 15 | Prague |  Czechoslovakia | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  Japan |  Czechoslovakia
1966 | 16 | Dortmund |  West Germany | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  Japan |  Czechoslovakia
1970 | 17 | Ljubljana |  SFR Yugoslavia | 8 / 6 |  Japan |  Soviet Union |  East Germany
1974 | 18 | Varna |  Bulgaria | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  Japan |  East Germany
1978 | 19 | Strasbourg |  France | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  Japan |  United States
1979 | 20 | Fort Worth |  United States | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  United States |  Romania
1981 | 21 | Moscow |  Soviet Union | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  East Germany |  China
1983 | 22 | Budapest |  Hungary | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  China |  Romania
1985 | 23 | Montreal |  Canada | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  China |  East Germany
1987 | 24 | Rotterdam |  Netherlands | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  Romania |  China
1989 | 25 | Stuttgart |  West Germany | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  Romania |  China
1991 | 26 | Indianapolis |  United States | 8 / 6 |  Soviet Union |  China |  Romania
1992 | 27 | Paris |  France | 6 / 4 |  CIS |  China |  United States
1993 | 28 | Birmingham |  Great Britain | 7 / 5 |  Belarus |  United States |  Romania
1994 | 29 | Brisbane |  Australia | 7 / 5 |  Belarus |  Romania |  China

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United States
1994 | 30 | Dortmund |  Germany | 1 / 1 |  China

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Romania | — |  Russia
1995 | 31 | Sabae |  Japan | 8 / 6 |  China |  Ukraine |  Romania
1996 | 32 | San Juan |  Puerto Rico | 6 / 4 |  Russia |  Romania |  Belarus
1997 | 33 | Lausanne |   Switzerland | 8 / 6 |  Romania |  Russia |  China
1999 | 34 | Tianjin |  China | 8 / 6 |  Russia |  China |  Romania
2001 | 35 | Ghent |  Belgium | 8 / 6 |  Romania |  Russia |  Bulgaria
2002 | 36 | Debrecen |  Hungary | 6 / 4 |  Romania |  China |  United States
2003 | 37 | Anaheim |  United States | 8 / 6 |  China |  United States |  Japan
2005 | 38 | Melbourne |  Australia | 7 / 5 |  United States |  China |  Slovenia
2006 | 39 | Aarhus |  Denmark | 8 / 6 |  China |  Romania |  Australia
2007 | 40 | Stuttgart |  Germany | 8 / 6 |  China |  United States |  Germany
2009 | 41 | London |  Great Britain | 7 / 5 |  China |  United States |  Romania
2010 | 42 | Rotterdam |  Netherlands | 8 / 6 |  China |  Russia |  United States
2011 | 43 | Tokyo |  Japan | 8 / 6 |  China |  United States |  Russia
2013 | 44 | Antwerp |  Belgium | 7 / 5 |  Japan |  United States |  China
2014 | 45 | Nanning |  China | 8 / 6 |  United States |  China |  North Korea
2015 | 46 | Glasgow |  Great Britain | 8 / 6 |  United States |  Japan |  Russia
2017 | 47 | Montreal |  Canada | 7 / 5 |  China |  Japan |  Russia
2018 | 48 | Doha |  Qatar | 8 / 6 |  United States |  China |  Russia
2019 | 49 | Stuttgart |  Germany | 8 / 6 |  United States |  Russia |  Great Britain
2021 | 50 | Kitakyushu |  Japan | 7 / 5 |  China |  Japan |  Italy
2022 | 51 | Liverpool |  Great Britain | 8 / 6 |  United States |  China |  Japan
2023 | 52 | Antwerp |  Belgium | 8 / 6 |  United States |  Japan |  China
2025 | 53 | Jakarta |  Indonesia | 7 / 5 | Future event
2026 | 54 | Rotterdam |  Netherlands | 8 / 6 | Future event[12]
2027 | 55 | Chengdu |  China | 8 / 6 | Future event

† There seems to be a history of inconsistency from the FIG's publications regarding whether these 1931 games are considered to be a World Championships. About these games, it is written in a 100-year Anniversary publication from 1981, that Following "agreements, objections, and discussions" this manifestation was called "World Championships",[8]: 84  however on the following page of that same publication, it is stated "Logically, the manifestations of the 50th anniversary of the FIG cannot be placed among the official competitions".[8]: 85  Additionally, in a 125-year Anniversary Publication from 2006, it is said about these games "Premiers concours sous l'appellation Championnats du Monde de Gymnastique artistique masculine a Paris",[13]: 13  yet they were referred to as "unofficial"[13]: 35  and their results were omitted from the results section of that book.[13]: 64  As it currently stands (as of as recently as 2021), about these games in 1931, the FIG states "1931 First Artistic Men's World Championships held in Paris."[3]

## All-time medal table

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Last updated after the 2023 World Championships. Please note that early events such as the 1913 and 1911 championships were purely team events without any individual awards, individual scores were only introduced in 1922, with the first all-round individual men's champion being recognised in that year.[14] Similarly the first women's championship in 1934 only had medals being awarded to teams, not individuals.[15] Individual "medals" for these events were therefore only recognised retrospectively and weren't awarded at the time.[16] Similarly, until 1921 FIG was known as the European Gymnastics Federation (FEG) and its events were not world championships as such.[17]

### Men's events

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Rank  | Nation  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 |  China | 69 | 37 | 30 | 136
2 |  Soviet Union | 61 | 46 | 31 | 138
3 |  Japan | 50 | 56 | 61 | 167
4 |  France | 25 | 29 | 20 | 74
5 |  Switzerland | 19 | 15 | 14 | 48
6 |  Czechoslovakia | 18 | 16 | 14 | 48
7 |  Yugoslavia | 17 | 9 | 8 | 34
8 |  Italy | 14 | 9 | 23 | 46
9 |  Russia | 13 | 21 | 14 | 48
10 |  Romania | 12 | 9 | 5 | 26
11 |  Belarus | 12 | 7 | 11 | 30
12 |  United States | 10 | 12 | 16 | 38
13 |  Bohemia [a] | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28
14 |  Hungary | 9 | 10 | 5 | 24
15 |  Greece | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12
16 |  Great Britain | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22
17 |  Germany | 6 | 9 | 12 | 27
18 |  East Germany | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26
19 |  South Korea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11
20 |  North Korea | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8
21 |  Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12
22 |  CIS [c] | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10
23 |  Ukraine | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27
24 |  Bulgaria | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21
25 |  Brazil | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11
26 |  Slovenia | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7
27 |  Finland | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9
28 |  West Germany | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8
29 |  Spain | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6
30 |  Philippines | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6
31 |  Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3
32 |  Ireland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3
33 |  Croatia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5
34 |  Israel | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6
35 |  Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5
Poland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5
37 |  Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5
38 |  Armenia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3
39 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
40 |  Belgium | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8
41 |  Canada | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7
42 |  Cuba | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4
43 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3
Latvia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3
45 |  Austria-Hungary [b] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
47 |  Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
48 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Russian Gymnastics Federation [e] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
– | Unattached athlete [d] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Total | 420 | 385 | 376 | 1181

### Women's events

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1 |  United States | 56 | 43 | 31 | 130
2 |  Soviet Union | 50 | 40 | 28 | 118
3 |  Romania | 36 | 36 | 37 | 109
4 |  China | 23 | 23 | 18 | 64
5 |  Russia | 23 | 22 | 22 | 67
6 |  Czechoslovakia | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35
7 |  East Germany | 11 | 7 | 15 | 33
8 |  Japan | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19
9 |  Brazil | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14
10 |  Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12
11 |  Poland | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11
12 |  Ukraine | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12
13 |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5
14 |  Hungary | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10
14 |  North Korea | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6
16 |  Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4
17 |  Belarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
18 |  Italy | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10
19 |  Germany | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7
20 |  Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5
Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5
22 |  Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
Russian Gymnastics Federation [e] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
24 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3
25 |  Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
26 |  Canada | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6
27 |  Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4
28 |  Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
29 |  France | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8
30 |  CIS [c] | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3
31 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
32 |  Algeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
33 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Total | 254 | 231 | 234 | 719

### Overall

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union| 111| 86| 59| 256
2|  China| 92| 60| 48| 200
3|  United States| 66| 55| 47| 168
4|  Japan| 55| 59| 72| 186
5|  Romania| 48| 45| 42| 135
6|  Russia| 36| 43| 36| 115
7|  Czechoslovakia| 34| 29| 20| 83
8|  France| 25| 30| 27| 82
9|  Switzerland| 19| 16| 15| 50
10|  East Germany| 17| 13| 29| 59
11|  Yugoslavia| 17| 11| 8| 36
12|  Italy| 15| 12| 29| 56
13|  Belarus| 14| 7| 11| 32
14|  Hungary| 11| 15| 8| 34
15|  Great Britain| 10| 12| 12| 34
16|  Bohemia [a]| 10| 8| 10| 28
17|  Brazil| 8| 9| 8| 25
18|  North Korea| 8| 3| 3| 14
19|  Ukraine| 7| 13| 19| 39
20|  Germany| 7| 11| 16| 34
21|  Greece| 7| 3| 2| 12
22|  South Korea| 6| 2| 4| 12
23|  Netherlands| 5| 8| 3| 16
24|  Bulgaria| 5| 6| 13| 24
25|  CIS [c]| 5| 3| 5| 13
26|  Poland| 5| 2| 9| 16
27|  Slovenia| 3| 4| 0| 7
28|  Spain| 3| 3| 2| 8
29|  Sweden| 3| 1| 2| 6
30|  Finland| 2| 5| 2| 9
31|  West Germany| 2| 5| 1| 8
32|  Belgium| 2| 4| 6| 12
33|  Australia| 2| 4| 4| 10
34|  Philippines| 2| 2| 2| 6
35|  Turkey| 2| 1| 0| 3
36|  Ireland| 2| 0| 1| 3
37|  Croatia| 1| 3| 1| 5
38|  Israel| 1| 2| 3| 6
Uzbekistan| 1| 2| 3| 6
40| Russian Gymnastics Federation [e]| 1| 1| 2| 4
41|  Austria| 1| 1| 1| 3
42|  Luxembourg| 1| 0| 4| 5
43|  Armenia| 1| 0| 2| 3
44|  Kazakhstan| 1| 0| 1| 2
45|  Canada| 0| 7| 6| 13
46|  Cuba| 0| 2| 3| 5
47|  Chinese Taipei| 0| 2| 1| 3
Latvia| 0| 2| 1| 3
49|  Austria-Hungary [b]| 0| 1| 1| 2
Jordan| 0| 1| 1| 2
Mexico| 0| 1| 1| 2
52|  Algeria| 0| 1| 0| 1
53|  Azerbaijan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Puerto Rico| 0| 0| 1| 1
Vietnam| 0| 0| 1| 1
–| Unattached athlete [d]| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (55 entries)| 674| 616| 610| 1,900

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 Austria-Hungary as medals for Yugoslavia.
* ^[c] 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).[13][18]
* ^[d] At the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, Great Britain, Azerbaijani-born athlete Valery Belenky earned a bronze medal competing as an unattached athlete (UNA) because Azerbaijan did not have a gymnastics federation for him to compete. Later, official FIG documents credit his medal as a medal for Germany.[13][18]
* ^[e] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under name and flag of the RGF (Russian Gymnastics Federation).

## Statistics

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### Multiple gold medalists

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Boldface denotes active artistic gymnasts and highest medal count among all artistic gymnasts (including those not included in these tables) per type.

#### Men

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##### All events

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Rank  | Artistic gymnast  | Country  | From  | To  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Vitaly Scherbo |  Soviet Union
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Belarus | 1991 | 1996 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 23
2 | Kōhei Uchimura |  Japan | 2009 | 2018 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21
3 | Joseph Martinez |  France | 1903 | 1909 | 10 | 1 | – | 11
4 | Yuri Korolyov |  Soviet Union | 1981 | 1987 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13
5 | Dmitry Bilozerchev |  Soviet Union | 1983 | 1987 | 8 | 4 | – | 12
6 | Li Xiaopeng |  China | 1997 | 2005 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11
7 | Marian Drăgulescu |  Romania | 2001 | 2015 | 8 | 2 | – | 10
8 | Chen Yibing |  China | 2006 | 2011 | 8 | – | – | 8
9 | Eizō Kenmotsu |  Japan | 1970 | 1979 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15
10 | Alexander Dityatin |  Soviet Union | 1978 | 1981 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12
Akinori Nakayama |  Japan | 1966 | 1970 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12

##### Individual events

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Rank  | Artistic gymnast  | Country  | From  | To  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Vitaly Scherbo |  Soviet Union
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Belarus | 1991 | 1996 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22
2 | Kōhei Uchimura |  Japan | 2009 | 2018 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16
3 | Marian Drăgulescu |  Romania | 2001 | 2015 | 8 | 2 | – | 10
4 | Dmitry Bilozerchev |  Soviet Union | 1983 | 1987 | 7 | 3 | – | 10
5 | Joseph Martinez |  France | 1903 | 1909 | 7 | 1 | – | 8
6 | Yuri Korolyov |  Soviet Union | 1981 | 1987 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9
7 | Eugen Mack |  Switzerland | 1934 | 1938 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9
8 | Alois Hudec * |  Czechoslovakia | 1931 | 1938 | 5 | 3 | – | 8
Marco Torrès |  France | 1909 | 1913 | 5 | 3 | – | 8
10 | Akinori Nakayama |  Japan | 1966 | 1970 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10
Alexei Nemov |  Russia | 1995 | 2003 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10

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* Alois Hudec of Czechoslovakia won 3 individual gold medals at the commemorative competition which was held in Paris, France, in 1931 and referred to as the "First Artistic Men's World Championships". However, as stated before there has been a history of inconsistency from the FIG's publications as to the recognition of the official or unofficial status of this event.[8]: 84–85 [13]: 13, 35, 64 [3] Without the medals he won at this competition, Hudec would not occupy a place on this Top 10 list.

#### Women

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Main article: List of top female medalists at major artistic gymnastics events

##### All events

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Rank  | Artistic gymnast  | Country  | From  | To  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Simone Biles |  United States | 2013 | 2023 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 30
2 | Svetlana Khorkina |  Russia | 1994 | 2003 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20
3 | Gina Gogean |  Romania | 1993 | 1997 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15
4 | Larisa Latynina (Diriy) |  Soviet Union | 1954 | 1966 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14
5 | Ludmilla Tourischeva |  Soviet Union | 1970 | 1974 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11
6 | Daniela Silivaș |  Romania | 1985 | 1989 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10
7 | Simona Amânar |  Romania | 1994 | 1999 | 6 | 4 | – | 10
8 | Nellie Kim |  Soviet Union | 1974 | 1979 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11
Yelena Shushunova |  Soviet Union | 1985 | 1987 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11
10 | Lavinia Miloșovici |  Romania | 1991 | 1996 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13

##### Individual events

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Rank  | Artistic gymnast  | Country  | From  | To  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Simone Biles |  United States | 2013 | 2023 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 25
2 | Svetlana Khorkina |  Russia | 1994 | 2003 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16
3 | Gina Gogean |  Romania | 1993 | 1997 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12
4 | Larisa Latynina |  Soviet Union | 1958 | 1962 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10
5 | Daniela Silivaș |  Romania | 1985 | 1989 | 6 | – | 1 | 7
6 | Ludmilla Tourischeva |  Soviet Union | 1970 | 1974 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9
7 | Maxi Gnauck |  East Germany | 1979 | 1983 | 5 | 1 | – | 6
Shannon Miller |  United States | 1991 | 1994 | 5 | 1 | – | 6
9 | Yelena Shushunova |  Soviet Union | 1985 | 1987 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9
10 | Helena Rakoczy |  Poland | 1950 | 1954 | 4 | – | 3 | 7

Note

Few non-primary sources state that at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, in Prague, Vlasta Děkanová of Czechoslovakia won 2 or 3 golds on multiple apparatuses. According to some sources, Děkanová and her compatriot Matylda Pálfyová shared gold medals in parallel bars (this event was replaced with uneven bars in the women's program at all subsequent world championships), while others state that Pálfyová shared this victory with Polish gymnast Marta Majowska, not Děkanová. The only primary source on the subject, a book officially released by the International Gymnastics Federation containing the results of the World Championships from 1903 to 2005, informs that medals were distributed only in the team all-around event and in the individual all-around event. Therefore, according to official reports, Děkanová's official number of gold medals is four, two in individual all-round (1934 and 1938) and two in team events (1934 and 1938) - not six or seven.[13]

## Best results of top nations by event

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### Men's results

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Only nations with medals in five or more events are listed. Positions below third place are not taken into account. Results for Germany and West Germany have been combined.

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GBR |
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ROU |
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SUI |
TCH |
UKR |
URS |
USA |
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Individual all-around |  |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Floor exercise | – |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pommel horse | – | – |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Vault | – |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | –
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### Women's results

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Only nations with medals in three or more events are listed. Positions below eighth place are not taken into account. Results for Germany and West Germany have been combined.

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CHN |
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GBR |
GDR |
GER |
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ITA |
JPN |
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POL |
ROU |
RUS |
SWE |
TCH |
UKR |
URS |
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Vault | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Balance beam |  | – |  |  |  | 4 | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |
Floor exercise |  | – |  | 5 |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |

## See also

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## References

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3. ^ a b c d "History". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique.
4. ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 15.
5. ^ Macanovic, Hrvoje (June 8, 1934). "X medunarodne gimnastičke utakmice u Budimpešti" [X International Gymnastics Matches in Budapest.]. Sokolsky Glasnik (in Slovenian). Vol. 5, no. 24\. p. 6. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
6. ^ "Joseph Martinez". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
7. ^ "Marco Torrès". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
8. ^ a b c d Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation.
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11. ^ a b Grossfeld, Abie (June 2014). "Changes during the 110 Years of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". Science of Gymnastics Journal. 6 (2): 6. ISSN 1855-7171.
12. ^ "Rotterdam will host the 2026 Artistic Word Championships and Lisbon the 2027 World Gymnaestrada". International Gymnastics Federation. May 27, 2022.
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18. ^ a b FIG - Official historical results

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