Gymnastics World Championships (apparatus gymnastics)

The world championships in apparatus gymnastics have been held since 1903. Initially only men started, since 1934 women have also taken part in the competitions. Internationally, the Gymnastics is just as General Gymnastics , Trampoline Gymnastics , Rhythmic Gymnastics , Sports Aerobics and Acrobatic Gymnastics by the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG, International Gymnastics Federation) and the European Union of Gymnastics represented (LEL, European Gymnastics Union).

Venues

year		venue	country
1903	I.	Antwerp	Belgium
1905	II	Bordeaux	France
1907	III	Prague	Austria
1909	IV	Turin	Italy
1911	V	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
1913	VI	Paris	France
1922	VII	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia
1926	VIII	Lyon	France
1930	IX	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
1934	X	Budapest	Hungary
1938	XI	Prague	Czechoslovakia
1950	XII	Basel	Switzerland
1954	XIII	Rome	Italy
1958	XIV	Moscow	Soviet Union
1962	XV	Prague	Czechoslovakia
1966	XVI	Dortmund	BR Germany
1970	XVII	Ljubljana	Yugoslavia
1974	XVIII	Varna	Bulgaria
1978	XIX	Strasbourg	France
1979	XX	Fort Worth	United States
1981	XXI	Moscow	Soviet Union
1983	XXII	Budapest	Hungary
1985	XXIII	Montreal	Canada
1987	XXIV	Rotterdam	Netherlands
1989	XXV	Stuttgart	BR Germany
1991	XXVI	Indianapolis	United States
1992	XXVII	Paris	France
1993	XXVIII	Birmingham	United Kingdom
1994 *	XXIX	Brisbane	Australia
1994 *	XXX	Dortmund	Germany
1995	XXXI	Sabae	Japan
1996	XXXII	San Juan	Puerto Rico
1997	XXXIII	Lausanne	Switzerland
1999	XXXIV	Tianjin	People's Republic of China
2001	XXXV	Ghent	Belgium
2002	XXXVI	Debrecen	Hungary
2003	XXXVII	Anaheim	United States
2005	XXXVIII	Melbourne	Australia
2006	XXXIX	Aarhus	Denmark
2007	XL	Stuttgart	Germany
2009	XLI	London	United Kingdom
2010	XLII	Rotterdam	Netherlands
2011	XLIII	Tokyo	Japan
2013	XLIV	Antwerp	Belgium
2014	XLV	Nanning	People's Republic of China
2015	XLVI	Glasgow	United Kingdom
2017	XLVII	Montreal	Canada
2018	XLVIII	Doha	Qatar
2019	IL	Stuttgart	Germany
2021	L.	Copenhagen	Denmark
2022	LI	Liverpool	United Kingdom
2023	LII	Antwerp	Belgium
2025	LIII	Osaka	Japan

(* In 1994 the team and individual competitions took place at separate world championships. While the individual finals were held in Brisbane in April, the team competitions started in Dortmund in November.)

Medal table ^*

^* Status: according to Stuttgart 2019

rank	country				total
1	Soviet Union	112	85	40	237
2	People's Republic of China	82	53	43	178
3	United States	58	49	38	145
4th	Japan	48	48	68	164
5	Romania	48	45	40	133
5	Russia	41	45	61	147
7th	Czechoslovakia	29	29	20th	78
8th	France	28	28	24	80
9	Germany 1	25th	27	46	98
10	Switzerland	19th	16	15th	50
11	Yugoslavia	17th	11	8th	36
12	Italy	14th	12	27	53
13	Belarus	14th	6th	12	30th
14th	Bohemia	12	8th	8th	28
15th	Hungary	11	15th	8th	34
16	North Korea	8th	3	3	14th
17th	Ukraine	7th	11	14th	32
18th	United Kingdom	7th	9	9	25th
19th	Greece	7th	2	2	11
20th	Netherlands	6th	8th	3	17th
21st	South Korea	6th	2	2	10
22nd	Bulgaria	5	6th	12	23
23	Brazil	5	5	4th	14th
24	Poland	5	2	9	16
25th	Slovenia	3	4th	0	7th
26th	Spain	3	3	2	8th
27	Sweden	3	1	2	6th
28	Finland	2	5	1	8th
29	Belgium	2	4th	6th	12
30th	Australia	2	4th	4th	10
31	Canada	1	6th	5	12
32	Uzbekistan	1	2	3	6th
33	Croatia	1	2	1	4th
34	Austria	1	1	1	3
34	Chinese Taipei	1	1	1	3
36	Turkey	1	1	-	2
37	Luxembourg	1	0	4th	5
38	Philippines	1	0	1	2
39	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
40	Cuba	0	2	3	5
41	Israel	0	2	2	4th
42	Latvia	0	2	1	3
43	Mexico	0	1	1	2
44	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
44	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
44	Armenia	0	0	1	1
44	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
44	Ireland	0	0	1	1

¹Including GDR

Most successful medalists

space	Surname	country	From	To				total
01	Simone Biles	United States	2013	2019	19th	3	3	25th
02	Vital Shcherba	Russia and Belarus	1991	1996	12	6th	5	23
03	Kōhei Uchimura	Japan	2009	2018	10	6th	5	21st
04th	Joseph Martinez	France	1903	1909	10	1	-	11
05	Svetlana Chorkina	Russia	1994	2003	9	8th	3	20th
06th	Gina Gogean	Romania	1993	1997	9	2	4th	15th
07th	Yuri Korolyov	Soviet Union	1981	1987	9	2	1	12
08th	Larissa Latynina	Soviet Union	1954	1966	8th	4th	1	13
09	Dmitri Bilozertchev	Soviet Union	1983	1987	8th	4th	0	12
010	Marian Dragulescu	Romania	2001	2015	8th	2	-	10
011	Yibing Chen	People's Republic of China	2006	2011	8th	-	-	8th
012	Eizō Kenmotsu	Japan	1970	1979	7th	5	3	15th
013	Vladimir Artyomov	Soviet Union	1983	1989	7th	5	2	14th
014th	Akinori Nakayama	Japan	1966	1970	7th	2	3	12
014th	Alexander Nikolayevich Ditjatin	Soviet Union	1978	1981	7th	2	3	12
016	Lyudmila Turishcheva	Soviet Union	1970	1974	7th	2	2	11
017th	Daniela Silivaș	Romania	1985	1989	7th	2	1	10
018th	Qin Xiao	People's Republic of China	1997	2007	7th	2	-	9
019th	Yang Wei	People's Republic of China	1999	2007	7th	1	2	10
020th	Boris Schachlin	Soviet Union	1954	1966	6th	6th	2	14th
021st	Joseph Czada	Czechoslovakia and Bohemia	1907	1913	6th	6th	-	12
022nd	Marco Torres	France	1909	1922	6th	5	1	12
023	Eugene Mack	Switzerland	1934	1938	6th	4th	1	11
024	Simona Amânar	Romania	1994	1999	6th	4th	-	10
025th	Igor Korobchinsky	Soviet Union and Ukraine	1989	1994	6th	3	2	11
026th	Li Xiaopeng	People's Republic of China	1997	2005	6th	2	1	9
027	Shigeru Kasamatsu	Japan	1974	1979	6th	2	-	8th
028	Valentin Mogilny	Soviet Union	1985	1989	6th	1	-	7th
029	Gregori Misutin	Russia	1991	1996	6th	-	4th	10
030th	Tamara Manina	Soviet Union	1950	1962	6th	-	3	9
031	Georges Dejaeghere	France	1903	1905	6th	-	-	6th
032	Alexei Yuryevich Nemov	Russia	1994	2003	5	4th	4th	13
033	Elena Shushunova	Soviet Union	1985	1987	5	4th	2	11
033	Nelli Kim	Soviet Union	1974	1979	5	4th	2	11
033	Jan Gajdos	Czechoslovakia	1926	1938	5	4th	2	11
036	Lavinia Miloșovici	Romania	1991	1995	5	3	4th	12
037	Leon Štukelj	Yugoslavia	1922	1930	5	3	2	10
038	Shannon Miller	United States	1991	1995	5	3	1	9
039	Svetlana Boginskaya	Soviet Union	1987	1992	5	3	-	8th
040	Li Jing	People's Republic of China	1989	1994	5	2	4th	11
041	Frantisek heirs	Czechoslovakia and Bohemia	1907	1911	5	2	3	10
042	Kai Zou	People's Republic of China	2006	2011	5	2	-	7th
043	Giorgio Zampori	Italy	1909	1913	5	1	4th	10
044	Maxi Gnauck	German Democratic Republic	1979	1983	5	1	3	9
045	Andreea Raducan	Romania	1999	2001	5	1	2	8th
046	Haibin Teng	People's Republic of China	1997	2010	5	1	-	6th
046	Cheng Fei	People's Republic of China	2005	2007	5	1	-	6th
048	Yuri Chechi	Italy	1991	1997	5	-	2	7th
049	Valentin Muratov	Soviet Union	1954	1958	5	-	1	6th
050	Vlasta Dekanowa	Czechoslovakia	1934	1938	5	-	-	5
073	Oksana Chusovitina	Russia and Uzbekistan and Germany	1991	2011	3	4th	4th	10
0122	Sylvio Kroll	German Democratic Republic	1985	1991	2	3	4th	9
0127	Erika Zuchold	German Democratic Republic	1966	1970	2	3	-	5

See also

• European Gymnastics Championships (apparatus gymnastics)
• List of gymnastics world champions (apparatus gymnastics)
• World Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics

Web links

• www.sport-complete.desport-complete / sportarten / index_sportarten.htm