Gymnastics World Championships 1981

The 21st World Gymnastics Championships were in 1981 from 22. bis 29. November in the Sports Complex Olimpiyskiy of Moscow , Soviet Union instead. 375 athletes from 37 countries took part in them. The hosts were the most successful team at these world championships with nine titles. In addition to both team and individual titles, they won another five on the machines. The GDR also secured five titles on the devices, with Maxi Gnauck being successful three times.

Results

Men

Individual all-around

rank	athlete	Points
01	Yuri Korolyov	118.375
02	Bohdan Makuz	118.350
03	Kōji Gushiken	117.975
04th	Tong Fei	117,700
05	Roland Brückner	117,325
06th	Li Ning	117,000
07th	Li Xiaoping	116,925
	Koji Sotomura
09	Nobuyuki Kajitani	116,900
10	Michael Nikolay	116,850
...
14th	Jürgen Nikolay	116.075
19th	Jürgen Geiger	115,525
21st	Eberhard Gienger	115,475
23	Volker Rohrwick	115,300

team

The hosts, who were already in the lead after compulsory duties, successfully defended their title against Japan after the team free-style. Third place went to China, which was only able to prevail over the GDR on the last device.

rank	country	Athletes	Points
1	Soviet Union	Juri Koroljow , Bohdan Makuz , Alexander Ditjatin , Alexander Tkachev , Artur Akopjan , Pavel Sut	588.95
2	Japan	Nobuyuki Kajitani , Kōji Gushiken , Koji Sotomura , Kiyoshi Goto , Kyoji Yamawaki , Toshiro Kanai	585.85
3	People's Republic of China	Tong Fei , Li Ning , Li Xiaoping , Huang Yubin , Peng Yaping , Li Yuejiu	583.90
4th	GDR	Roland Brückner , Michael Nikolay , Jürgen Nikolay , Ralf-Peter Hemmann , Andreas Bronst , Bernd Jensch	583.75
5	United States	Bart Conner , Peter Vidmar , James Hartung , Scott Johnson , Tim Daggett , Phil Cahoy	577.30
6th	BR Germany	Eberhard Gienger , Jürgen Geiger , Edgar Jorek , Volker Rohrwick , Benno Groß , Daniel Winkler	576.10

ground

rank	athlete	Points
1	Yuri Korolyov	19.775
	Tong Fei
3	Kōji Gushiken	19,650
4th	Peng Yaping	19,475
5	Alexander Tkachev	19,450
6th	Michael Nikolay	19,400
7th	Nobuyuki Kajitani	19,325
8th	Andreas Bronst	19,025

Pommel horse

rank	athlete	Points
1	Michael Nikolay	19,900
	Li Xiaoping
3	Yuri Korolyov	19.875
	György Guczoghy
5	Kiyoshi Goto	19,750
6th	Alexander Ditjatin	19,650
7th	Kōji Gushiken	19,500
8th	Li Ning	19,225

Rings

rank	athlete	Points
1	Alexander Ditjatin	19,825
2	Huang Yubin	19,700
3	Bohdan Makuz	19,650
4th	Tong Fei	19,625
5	Nobuyuki Kajitani	19,600
6th	Roland Brückner	19,550
7th	Ferenc Donáth	19,500
8th	Willi Moy	19,450

Leap

rank	athlete	Points
1	Ralf-Peter Hemmann	19,900
2	Artur Akopjan	19,850
3	Bohdan Makuz	19,800
4th	Casimiro Suarez	19,750
5	Michael Nikolay	19,650
6th	Jean-Luc Cairon	19,600
7th	James Hartung	19,550
8th	Edgar Jorek	19,475

Ingots

rank	athlete	Points
1	Alexander Ditjatin	19,825
	Kōji Gushiken
3	Nobuyuki Kajitani	19,800
4th	Bohdan Makuz	19,775
5	Michael Nikolay	19,725
6th	Jürgen Nikolay	19,675
	Tong Fei
8th	Eberhard Gienger	19,275

Horizontal bar

rank	athlete	Points
1	Alexander Tkachev	19,900
2	Artur Akopjan	19,875
	Eberhard Gienger
4th	Kiyoshi Goto	19,825
5	Li Ning	19,750
6th	Kōji Gushiken	19,625
7th	Michael Nikolay	19,425
8th	Tong Fei	19,275

Women

Individual all-around

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Olga Bitscherowa	78,400
2	Maria Filatova	78.075
3	Elena Davydova	77.975
4th	Ma Yanhong	77,625
5	Cristina Grigoraș	77.125
6th	Rodica Dunca	77.025
7th	Lavinia Agache	76,900
	Julianne McNamara
9	Eva Marečková	76,825
	Steffi Kraker
...
13	Annett Lindner	76,550
19th	Birgit Suess	76,200
25th	Sabine Blumtritt	74,725
28	Dagmar Brannekämper	73.975
32	Yvonne Haug	73,375

team

The hosts prevailed confidently against China and won their seventh title since 1954. Defending champion Romania had to admit defeat to the GDR in the battle for third place.

rank	country	Athletes	Points
1	Soviet Union	Olga Bitscherowa , Natalja Ilijenko , Jelena Dawydowa , Marija Filatowa , Stella Sacharowa , Elena Polewaja	389.30
2	People's Republic of China	Zhu Zheng , Ma Yanhong , Chen Yongyan , Wen Jia , Li Cuiling , Wu Jiani	384.60
3	GDR	Steffi Kräker , Maxi Gnauck , Annett Lindner , Birgit Süß , Franka Voigt , Kerstin Klotzek	382.10
4th	Romania	Cristina Grigoraș , Rodica Dunca , Dumitrița Turner , Lavinia Agache , Emilia Eberle , Mihaela Stănuleț	381.50
5	Czechoslovakia	Jana Labáková , Eva Marečková , Martina Polcrova , Katarína Šarišská , Jana Gajdošová , Jana Rulfová	379.65
6th	United States	Julianne McNamara , Tracee Talavera , Kathy Johnson , Amy Koopman , Michelle Goodwin , Gina Stallone	379.45
...
9	BR Germany	Sabine Blumtritt , Dagmar Brannekämper , Yvonne Haug , Astrid Beckers , Brigitta Lehmann , Barbara Scholz	371.30

Leap

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Maxi Gnauck	19,675
2	Stella Sakharova	19,500
3	Steffi Kraker	19,475
4th	Elena Davydova	19,325
5	Lavinia Agache	19,275
6th	Zhu Zheng	19,175
7th	Li Cuiling	19,100
8th	Eva Marečková	18,825

Uneven bars

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Maxi Gnauck	19,900
2	Ma Yanhong	19,800
3	Elena Davydova	19,700
	Julianne McNamara
5	Cristina Grigoraș	19,650
6th	Chen Yongyan	19,500
7th	Lavinia Agache	19,450
8th	Olga Bitscherowa	19,400

Balance beam

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Maxi Gnauck	19,525
2	Chen Yongyan	19,275
3	Tracee Talavera	19,250
	Wu Jiani
5	Julianne McNamara	19,225
6th	Maria Filatova	18,875
7th	Elena Davydova	18,750
8th	Rodica Dunca	18,625

ground

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Natalia Ilijenko	19,850
2	Elena Davydova	19,775
3	Soy Grantscharowa	19,675
4th	Wen Jia	19,525
5	Rodica Dunca	19,450
	Ma Yanhong
7th	Julianne McNamara	19,425
8th	Galina Marinova	18,925

Medal table

rank	country
1	Soviet Union	9	6th	5	20th
2	GDR	5	1	2	8th
3	People's Republic of China	2	4th	1	7th
4th	Japan	1	1	3	5
5	United States	-	-	2	2
6th	Bulgaria	-	-	1	1
	Hungary	-	-	1	1

literature

• Manfred Seifert: Sport80. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1981, ISSN  0232-203X , p. 285-286 .
• New Germany . No. 277-284 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1981, ISSN  0323-3375 .

Web links

• Results at sport-complete