World Gymnastics Championships 1978

The 19th World Gymnastics Championships took place in Strasbourg from October 22nd to 29th, 1978 .

Results

Men

All-around

rank	athlete	Points
1	Nikolai Andrianov	117,200
2	Eizō Kenmotsu	116,550
3	Alexander Ditjatin	116,375
4th	Eberhard Gienger	116,200
5	Hiroshi Kajiyama	115,900
6th	Kurt Thomas	115,725
7th	Shigeru Kasamatsu	115,625
8th	Stoyan Delchev	115.225
9	Bart Conner	115,200
10	Michael Nikolay	115.175
...
13	Roland Brückner	114,775
14th	Ralph Bärthel	114,450
17th	Volker Rohrwick	113.925
19th	Robert Bretscher	113,850
27	Edgar Jorek	112,650
30th	Peter Schmid	111,450
32	Philippe Gaille	111,000

team

rank	country	Athletes	Points
1	Japan	Eizō Kenmotsu , Hiroshi Kajiyama , Shigeru Kasamatsu , Junishi Shimizu , Shonzo Shiraishi , Mitsuo Tsukahara	579,850
2	Soviet Union	Nikolai Andrianow , Alexander Ditjatin , Alexander Tkachev , Gennady Kryssin , Eduard Azarjan , Vladimir Markelow	578,950
3	GDR	Roland Brückner , Michael Nikolay , Ralph Bärthel , Reinhard Rückriem , Lutz Mack , Ralf-Peter Hemmann	571,750
4th	United States	Kurt Thomas , Bart Conner , Wilson, James Hartung , Cahoy, Peter Kormann	568,700
5	BR Germany	Eberhard Gienger , Volker Rohrwick , Edgar Jorek , Werner Steinmetz , Ferdinand Greulich , Benno Groß	566,900
6th	Hungary	Ferenc Donáth , Zoltán Magyar , Péter Kovács , Janos Sivado , Zoltán Kelemen , Kramarics	566,300
...
10	Switzerland		550,950
19th	Austria		523.050

ground

rank	athlete	Points
1	Kurt Thomas	19,650
2	Shigeru Kasamatsu	19,575
3	Alexander Ditjatin	19,400
4th	Nikolai Andrianov	19,350
5	Stoyan Delchev	19,200
6th	Edgar Jorek	19,175
7th	Roland Brückner	19,050
8th	Jiří Tabák	18,825

Pommel horse

rank	athlete	Points
1	Zoltán Magyar	19,800
2	Eberhard Gienger	19,425
3	Stoyan Delchev	19,400
4th	Ferenc Donáth	19,350
	Alexander Ditjatin
6th	Michael Nikolay	19,325
7th	Bart Conner	19,300
8th	Shigeru Kasamatsu	18,750

Rings

rank	athlete	Points
1	Nikolai Andrianov	19,700
2	Alexander Ditjatin	19,675
3	Dan Grecu	19,650
4th	Shigeru Kasamatsu	19,525
5	Lutz Mack	19,500
6th	Eizō Kenmotsu	19,475
7th	Nicolae Oprescu	19,325
8th	Ferenc Donáth	19,275

Leap

rank	athlete	Points
1	Junichi Shimizu	19,600
2	Nikolai Andrianov	19,575
3	Ralph Bärthel	19,550
4th	Alexander Ditjatin	19,475
5	Lutz Mack	19,400
6th	Edgar Jorek	19,375
7th	Bart Conner	19,200
8th	Eizō Kenmotsu	19,150

Ingots

rank	athlete	Points
1	Eizō Kenmotsu	19,600
2	Nikolai Andrianov	19,575
	Hiroshi Kajiyama
4th	Alexander Tkachev	19,450
5	Bart Conner	19,375
6th	Eberhard Gienger	19,275
	Henry Boério
8th	Michael Nikolay	19,225

Horizontal bar

rank	athlete	Points
1	Shigeru Kasamatsu	19,675
2	Eberhard Gienger	19,650
3	Stoyan Delchev	19,600
	Gennady Kryssin
4th	Alexander Tkachev	19,500
6th	Michael Nikolay	19,450
7th	Reinhard Rückriem	19,225
8th	Eizō Kenmotsu	19,075

Women

All-around

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Jelena Muchina	78,725
2	Nelli Kim	78,575
3	Natalia Shaposhnikova	77,875
4th	Nadia Comăneci	77,725
5	Emilia Eberle	77,300
6th	Věra Černá	77.025
7th	Steffi Kraker	76,950
8th	Rhonda Schwandt	76,650
...
10	Silvia Hindorff	76,400
15th	Birgit Suess	76,225
21st	Annette Michler	75,375
24	Petra Kurbjuweit	75,050
26th	Annette Toifl	74,950

team

rank	country	Athletes	Points
1	Soviet Union	Jelena Muchina , Nelli Kim , Natalja Schaposchnikowa , Marija Filatowa , Tatjana Arshannikowa , Svetlana Agapowa	388,950
2	Romania	Nadia Comăneci , Emilia Eberle , Marilena Neacșu , Teodora Ungureanu , Anca Grigoraș , Marilena Vlădărău	384,250
3	GDR	Steffi Kräker , Silvia Hindorff , Birgit Süß , Heike Kunhardt , Karola Sube , Ute Wittwer	382,250
4th	Hungary	Margit Tóth , Erika Gabonyi , Éva Kanyó , Éva Óvári , Zsuzsa Kalmár , Andrea Horacsek	377,800
5	United States	Kathy Johnson , Rhonda Schwandt , Marcia Frederick , Donna Turnbow , Christa Canary , Leslie Pyfer	377,450
6th	Czechoslovakia	Věra Černá , Zemanová, Marečková, Gajdosova, Brydlova, Sauerova	373,850
...
9	BR Germany		369,250
15th	Switzerland		361.150
21st	Austria		347.100

Leap

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Nelli Kim	19,625
2	Nadia Comăneci	19,600
3	Steffi Kraker	19,550
4th	Rhonda Schwandt	19,525
5	Emilia Eberle	19,475
6th	Natalia Shaposhnikova	19,400
7th	Heike Kunhardt	19,200
8th	Andrea Horacsek	19,075

Uneven bars

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Marcia Frederick	19,800
2	Jelena Muchina	19,725
3	Emilia Eberle	19,625
4th	Maria Filatova	19,600
5	Nadia Comăneci	19,575
6th	Steffi Kraker	19,500
7th	Věra Černá	19,300
8th	Birgit Suess	18,825

Balance beam

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Nadia Comăneci	19,625
2	Jelena Muchina	19,600
3	Emilia Eberle	19,575
4th	Éva Óvári	19,400
5	Věra Černá	19,300
6th	Silvia Hindorff	19,225
7th	Éva Kanyó	19,000
8th	Natalia Shaposhnikova	18,850

ground

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Nelli Kim	19,775
	Jelena Muchina
3	Kathy Johnson	19,525
4th	Emilia Eberle	19,500
5	Silvia Hindorff	19,475
6th	Věra Černá	19,450
7th	Birgit Suess	19,375
8th	Nadia Comăneci	19,250

Medal table

rank	country
1	Soviet Union	7th	7th	4th	18th
2	Japan	4th	3	-	7th
3	United States	2	-	1	3
4th	Romania	1	2	3	6th
5	Hungary	1	-	-	1
6th	BR Germany	-	2	-	2
7th	German Democratic Republic	-	-	4th	4th
8th	Bulgaria	-	-	2	2
	Total	15th	14th	14th	43

literature

• Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1980 . Sportverlag Berlin, 1980, ISSN  0232-2137 , p. 222 .
• Foosball sports magazine . Week 44, 88-89, October-November. Olympia-Verlag, Nuremberg 1978.

swell

• Karlheinz Heckert: Result lists gymnastics. Retrieved February 18, 2012 .