Gymnastics World Championships 1979

The 20th World Gymnastics Championships took place from 3. – 9. December 1979 in Fort Worth .

Results

Men

All-around

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Alexander Ditjatin	118,250
2.	Kurt Thomas	117.975
3.	Alexander Tkachev	117,775
...
6th	Roland Brückner	117,000

team

rank	team	Points
1.	Soviet Union	587,500
2.	Japan	583,700
3.	United States	581.150
4th	German Democratic Republic	581,000
...
7th	BR Germany	570.350
12.	Switzerland	561,950

ground

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Roland Brückner	19,800
1.	Kurt Thomas	19,800
3.	Alexander Tkachev	19,775

Horizontal bar

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Kurt Thomas	19,775
2.	Alexander Tkachev	19,750
3.	Alexander Ditjatin	19,675
...
5.	Michael Nikolay	19,500

Ingots

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Bart Conner	19,725
2.	Alexander Tkachev	19,700
2.	Kurt Thomas	19,700
...
7th	Roland Brückner	19,425
8th.	Michael Nikolay	19,325

Pommel horse

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Zoltán Magyar	19,825
2.	Kurt Thomas	19,725
3.	Kōji Gushiken	19,600
...
8th.	Michael Nikolay	18,675

Rings

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Alexander Ditjatin	19,800
2.	Dan Grecu	19,700
3.	Alexander Tkachev	19,675
...
7th	Lutz Mack	19,525

Leap

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Alexander Ditjatin	19,725
2.	Nikolai Andrianov	19,700
3.	Bart Conner	19,675
3.	Ralph Bärthel	19,675
5.	Roland Brückner	19,600

Women

All-around

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Nelli Kim	78,650
2.	Maxi Gnauck	78,375
3.	Melita Rühn	78,325
...
7th	Steffi Kraker	77,400
9.	Regina Grabolle	77,275
27.	Annette Michler

team

rank	team	Gymnasts	Points
1.	Romania	Nadia Comăneci Rodica Dunca Emilia Eberle Melitta Rühn Dumitrița Turner Marilena Vlădărău	389,550
2.	Soviet Union	Marija Filatowa Nelli Kim Elena Naimushina Natalja Shaposhnikova Natalia Tereschenko Stella Zakharova	388,925
3.	German Democratic Republic	Maxi Gnauck Regina Grabolle Silvia Hindorff Steffi Kräker Katharina Rensch Karola Sube	388.075
...
13.	BR Germany		369,350

bar

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Věra Černá	19,800
2.	Nelli Kim	19,625
3.	Regina Grabolle	19,575
...
6th	Maxi Gnauck	19,375

ground

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Emilia Eberle	19,800
2.	Nelli Kim	19,775
3.	Melita Rühn	19,725
4th	Maxi Gnauck	19,700

Uneven bars

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Yanhong Ma	19,825
1.	Maxi Gnauck	19,825
3.	Emilia Eberle	19,750
4th	Steffi Kraker	19,700

Leap

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Dumitrița Turner	19,775
2.	Stella Sakharova	19,700
3.	Nelli Kim	19,675
3.	Steffi Kraker	19,675
...
6th	Maxi Gnauck	19,575

Medal table

rank	country				total
1	Soviet Union	5	7th	5	17th
2	United States	3	3	2	8th
3	Romania	3	1	3	7th
4th	German Democratic Republic	2	1	4th	7th
5	People's Republic of China	1	-	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	1	-	-	1
	Hungary	1	-	-	1
8th	Japan	-	1	1	2

Web links

• Results at gymn-forum.net