World Gymnastics Championships 1970

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The 17th Gymnastics World Championships took place from 22. – 27. October 1970 for the second time after 1922 in Ljubljana . Japan dominated the men's competitions while the Soviet Union became the most successful nation in the women's competition .

Attendees

Australia  Belgium  Bulgaria  Denmark  German Democratic Republic  BR Germany  Finland  France  Israel  Italy

Japan  Yugoslavia  Canada  Cuba  Luxembourg  New Zealand  Netherlands  Norway  Austria  Poland

Romania  Sweden  Switzerland  Soviet Union  Spain  Czechoslovakia  Hungary  United States  United Kingdom

Results

Men

All-around

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Eizō Kenmotsu	115.050
2.	Mitsuo Tsukahara	113,850
3.	Akinori Nakayama	113,000

team

rank	team	Points
1.	Japan	571.100
2.	Soviet Union	564,350
3.	German Democratic Republic	553.150
...
6th	Switzerland	541,750
10.	BR Germany	532,450
22nd	Austria	460,300

ground

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Akinori Nakayama	19,025
2.	Eizō Kenmotsu	18,975
3.	Takeshi Kato	18,900

Horizontal bar

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Eizō Kenmotsu	19,475
2.	Akinori Nakayama	19,375
3.	Takuji Hayata	19,350
3.	Klaus Köste	19,350

Ingots

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Akinori Nakayama	19,400
2.	Eizō Kenmotsu	19,250
2.	Mikhail Voronin	19,250

Pommel horse

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Miroslav Cerar	19,375
2.	Eizō Kenmotsu	19,325
3.	Viktor Klimenko	19,050
...
5.	Matthias Brehme	18,875

Rings

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Akinori Nakayama	19,400
2.	Mitsuo Tsukahara	19,250
3.	Mikhail Voronin	19,225

Leap

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Mitsuo Tsukahara	19,125
2.	Viktor Klimenko	19,000
3.	Takeshi Kato	18,600

Women

All-around

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Lyudmila Turishcheva	77,050
2.	Erika Zuchold	76,450
3.	Sinaida Voronina	76,150
4th	Karin Janz	76,000

team

rank	team	Gymnasts	Points
1.	Soviet Union	Lyudmila Turishcheva Sinaida Voronina Lyubov Burda Larissa Petrik Olga Karassjowa Tamara Lazakovich	380,650
2.	German Democratic Republic	Erika Zuchold Karin Janz Christine Schmitt Angelika Hellmann Marianne Noack Richarda Schmeißer	377,750
3.	Czechoslovakia	Marcela Váchová Bohumila Řimnáčová Sona Brázdová Marianna Némethová Luba Krasna Hana Lišková	371,900
...
8th.	BR Germany		356,850

bar

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Erika Zuchold	19,200
2.	Cathy Rigby	19,050
3.	Larissa Petrik	18,900
3.	Christine Schmitt	18,900
5.	Angelika Hellmann	18,850

ground

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Lyudmila Turishcheva	19,650
2.	Olga Karassyova	19,525
3.	Sinaida Voronina	19,375
4th	Karin Janz	19,200

Uneven bars

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Karin Janz	19,550
2.	Lyudmila Turishcheva	19,450
3.	Sinaida Voronina	19,300
...
6th	Erika Zuchold	19,200

Leap

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Erika Zuchold	19,450
2.	Karin Janz	19,350
3.	Lyudmila Turishcheva	19,300
3.	Lyubov Burda	19,300
...
6th	Angelika Hellmann	19,075

Medal table

rank	country				total
1	Japan	7th	6th	4th	17th
2	Soviet Union	3	5	8th	16
3	German Democratic Republic	3	3	3	9
4th	Yugoslavia	1	-	-	1
5	United States	-	1	-	1
6th	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1