World Gymnastics Championships 1983

The 22nd World Gymnastics Championships found 1983 23. bis thirtieth October in Budapest , Hungary instead. Athletes from 41 countries took part in them. As in the last World Championships, the Soviet Union was the most successful team with nine titles and, with Dmitri Bilosertschew, the most successful participant in the championships. He not only won the all-around contest, but also the titles on the pommel horse, on the rings and on the horizontal bar. On the pommel horse he won with never before given 20,000 points. Maxi Gnauck from the GDR was the only one who could defend a title at the World Cup in Moscow. For the third time in a row she won on the uneven bars that no other athlete has ever succeeded in at world championships.

Time schedule

Time schedule
Day	time	Competitions
Sunday October 23, 1983	morning	Opening ceremony
Monday October 24th 1983	08 a.m. - 10.30 p.m.	Men's duty
Tuesday October 25, 1983	07.40 a.m. - 9.35 p.m.	Duty of women
Wednesday October 26, 1983	08 a.m. - 10.30 p.m.	Men's team freestyle
Thursday October 27, 1983	07.40 a.m. - 9.35 p.m.	Women's team freestyle
Friday October 28th 1983	4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	All-around final of the men
Saturday October 29th 1983	4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	All-around women's final
Sunday October 30th 1983	10.00 a.m. - 1.40 p.m., 4.00 p.m. - 6.40 p.m.	Men's equipment finals Women 's equipment finals

Results

Men

Individual all-around

The 16-year-old European champion Dmitri Bilosertschew won the world title in the all-around competition. This made him the youngest world champion and set a new record with 119,200 points. Bilosertschew was the first gymnast in the world to receive the highest mark of "10" for his exercise on the pommel horse. A little later, the Chinese Tong Fei succeeded in doing the same on bars. Defending champion Yuri Koroljow failed in duty on the horizontal bar and missed the all-around finals.

rank	athlete	Points
01	Dmitri Bilozertchev	119.200
02	Kōji Gushiken	118.425
03	Artur Akopjan	118.125
	Lou Yun
05	György Guczoghy	117.975
06th	Li Ning	117,800
07th	Nobuyuki Kajitani	117,525
08th	Mitchell Gaylord	117,425
09	Alexander Pogorelov	117.150
	Peter Vidmar
...
12	Ulf Hoffmann	117.075
13	Jens Fischer	117.050
15th	Sylvio Kroll	116,750
23	Jürgen Geiger	115,900
27	Andreas Japtok	115,800
33	Daniel Winkler	115,200

team

The team from China, who were already in the lead after compulsory duties, secured the title after the team's freestyle in front of the defending champions from the Soviet Union. The Chinese won the 200th gold medal in the history of championships. Behind Japan and the USA, the GDR took fifth place. The first twelve teams qualified for the 1984 Olympic gymnastics competitions in Los Angeles , and the Federal Republic of Germany achieved eighth place.

rank	country	Athletes	Points
1	People's Republic of China	Li Ning , Tong Fei , Lou Yun , Xu Xhiquiang , Li Xiaoping , Li Yuejiu	591.45
2	Soviet Union	Dmitri Bilosertschew , Yuri Korolev , Vladimir Artemov , Alexander Pogorelov , Artur Akopjan , Bohdan Makuz	591.35
3	Japan	Kōji Gushiken , Nobuyuki Kajitani , Shinji Morisue , Koji Sotomura , Mitsuaki Watanabe , Noritoshi Hirata	588.85
4th	United States	Mitchell Gaylord , James Hartung , Bart Conner , Peter Vidmar , Scott Johnson , Tim Daggett	585.65
5	GDR	Bernd Jensch , Jens Fischer , Sylvio Kroll , Ulf Hoffmann , Thorsten Mettke , Holger Zeig	584.95
6th	Hungary	György Guczoghy , József Kakut , Zsolt Borkai , Ferenc Donáth , Jenő Paprika , Sándor Altorjai	581.55
...
8th	BR Germany	Jürgen Geiger , Andreas Japtok , Daniel Winkler , Volker Rohrwick , Albert Haschar , Wolfgang Wagner	576.30

ground

rank	athlete	Points
1	Tong Fei	19,900
2	Dmitri Bilozertchev	19.875
3	Li Ning	19,800
4th	Yuri Korolyov	19,750
5	Bart Conner	19,725
6th	Casimiro Suarez	19,650
7th	Sylvio Kroll	19,600
8th	Koji Sotomura	19,450

Pommel horse

rank	athlete	Points
1	Dmitri Bilozertchev	20,000
2	György Guczoghy	19,950
	Li Xiaoping
4th	Li Ning	19,900
5	Yuri Korolyov	19,850
	Sylvio Kroll
7th	Bart Conner	19,800
	Kōji Gushiken

Rings

rank	athlete	Points
1	Dmitri Bilozertchev	19.925
	Kōji Gushiken
3	Li Ning	19,900
4th	Jens Fischer	19,800
	Koji Sotomura
6th	Ferenc Donáth	19,750
7th	Plamen Petkov	19,700
	Levente Molnár

Leap

rank	athlete	Points
1	Artur Akopjan	19.875
2	Li Ning	19,850
3	Bernd Jensch	19.825
4th	Lou Yun	19,800
	Sylvio Kroll
6th	Dmitri Bilozertchev	19,775
7th	Shinji Morisue	19,750
8th	Noritoshi Hirata	19,725

Ingots

rank	athlete	Points
1	Vladimir Artyomov	19,950
	Lou Yun
3	Koji Sotomura	19,850
	Tong Fei
5	Kōji Gushiken	19,800
6th	Bart Conner	19,750
	Yuri Korolyov
8th	Roberto Leon	19,725

Horizontal bar

rank	athlete	Points
1	Dmitri Bilozertchev	19,850
2	Alexander Pogorelov	19.825
	Philippe Vatuone
4th	Tong Fei	19,800
	Shinji Morisue
6th	Xu Xhiquiang	19,750
7th	Mitsuaki Watanabe	19,500
8th	Peter Vidmar	19,250

Women

Individual all-around

The 18-year-old Natalja Yurtschenko won the world championship in the all-around with a new top score of 79.350 points. That was the sixth gold medal in a row since 1970 for the Soviet Union. Defending champion and European champion Olga Bitscherowa did not qualify for the all-around final. Maxi Gnauck from the GDR, who led the compulsory race , finished seventh after two mistakes.

rank	Athlete	Points
01	Natalia Yurchenko	79,350
02	Olga Mostepanova	79,000
03	Ecaterina Szabó	78.975
04th	Boriana Stoyanova	78.775
05	Tatiana Frolova	78,725
06th	Lavinia Agache	78,575
07th	Maxi Gnauck	78,425
08th	Zoja Grantcharova	78,350
09	Laura Cutina	78.275
10	Chen Yongyan	78.175
...
12	Sylvia Rau	78.025
15th	Gabriele Ensign	77,725
19th	Yvonne Haug	76,850
23	Anja Wilhelm	76,450
33	Brigitta Lehmann	75,225

team

The already leading squad from the Soviet Union confidently defended their title against Romania and the GDR. In the women’s category, too, the first twelve teams qualified for the Olympic gymnastics competitions in 1984, which the Federal Republic of Germany made eighth place.

rank	country	Athletes	Points
1	Soviet Union	Natalja Yurtschenko , Olga Mostepanowa , Olga Bitscherowa , Natalja Ilijenko , Tatjana Frolowa , Albina Schischowa	393.45
2	Romania	Lavinia Agache , Ecaterina Szabó , Laura Cutina , Mihaela Stănuleț , Mirela Barbălată , Simona Renciu	392.10
3	GDR	Maxi Gnauck , Sylvia Rau , Gabriele Fähnrich , Astrid Heese , Diana Morawe , Bettina Schieferdecker	389.25
4th	Bulgaria	Silvia Topalova , Boriana Stoyanova , Darina Lazarova , Zoja Grantcharova , Bojanka Demireva , Diana Dudeva	388.95
5	People's Republic of China	Ma Yanhong , Wang Xiaoyan , Wu Jiani , Chen Yongyan , Zhou Qiurui , Yang Yanli	387.65
6th	Czechoslovakia	Hana Říčná , Jana Gajdošová , Helena Martínková , Jana Labáková , Martina Polcrova , Iva Cervenkova	386.95
...
8th	BR Germany	Astrid Beckers , Yvonne Haug , Elke Heine , Brigitta Lehmann , Heike Schwarm , Anja Wilhelm	384.40

Leap

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Boriana Stoyanova	19,825
2	Lavinia Agache	19,800
	Ecaterina Szabó
4th	Maxi Gnauck	19,775
5	Olga Bitscherowa	19,650
6th	Sylvia Rau	19,625
	Julianne McNamara
8th	Natalia Yurchenko	19,500

Uneven bars

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Maxi Gnauck	19,925
2	Lavinia Agache	19,800
	Ecaterina Szabó
4th	Tatiana Frolova	19,775
5	Gabriele Ensign	19,750
6th	Silvia Topalova	19,625
7th	Julianne McNamara	19,275
8th	Hana Říčná	19,200

bar

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Olga Mostepanova	19,775
2	Hana Říčná	19,750
3	Lavinia Agache	19,675
4th	Maxi Gnauck	19,275
5	Sylvia Rau	19,250
	Tatiana Frolova
7th	Iva Cervenkova	19,150
8th	Anja Wilhelm	19,125

ground

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Ecaterina Szabó	19,975
2	Olga Mostepanova	19,900
3	Boriana Stoyanova	19,850
4th	Lavinia Agache	19,800
5	Zoja Grantcharova	19,725
6th	Chen Yongyan	19,700
7th	Diana Morawe	19,575
8th	Kathy Johnson	19,175

Medal table

rank	country
1	Soviet Union	9	5	1	15th
2	People's Republic of China	3	2	4th	9
3	Romania	1	5	2	8th
4th	Japan	1	1	2	4th
5	GDR	1	-	2	3
6th	Bulgaria	1	-	1	2
7th	Hungary	-	1	-	1
	France	-	1	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1

literature

• Manfred Seifert: Sport83. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1983, ISSN  0232-203X , p. 292 .
• New Germany . No. 249-256 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1983, ISSN  0323-3375 .

Individual evidence

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