Gymnastics World Championships 2007

The 40th World Gymnastics Championships took place from September 1st to 9th, 2007 in Stuttgart , the capital of Baden-Württemberg . These world championships were of particular importance as a direct qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .

competition

The competitions took place in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart . The Porsche Arena, where the opening ceremony also took place , functioned as a training hall . In addition to the 24 best men's and women's teams at the World Gymnastics Championships in Århus 2006 , up to 3 individual starters per association were able to compete.

Attendees

Participating countries and number of starters in brackets:

Egypt (5)  Albania (3)  Algeria (3)  Argentina (6)  Armenia (2)  Azerbaijan (1)  Australia (14)  Bahamas (1)  Belgium (6)  Brazil (14)  Bulgaria (12)  Chile (4)  People's Republic of China (14)  Denmark (5)  Germany (14)  Ecuador (2)  El Salvador (1)  Estonia (1)  Finland (6)  France (14)  Georgia (1)  Greece (14)  Hong Kong (3)  Iran (3)  Ireland (3)  Iceland (4)  Israel (5)

Italy (14)  Japan (13)  Yemen (3)  Jordan (3)  Canada (14)  Kazakhstan (9)  Qatar (2)  Kyrgyzstan (1)  Colombia (6)  Croatia (4)  Kuwait (3)  Latvia (6)  Lithuania (6)  Luxembourg (2)  Malaysia (3)  Morocco (2)  Mexico (10)  Namibia (2)  New Zealand (2)  Netherlands (14)  North Korea (9)  Norway (6)  Austria (6)  Philippines (1)  Poland (9)  Portugal (10)  Puerto Rico (8)

Romania (14)  Russia (14)  Sweden (3)  Switzerland (14)  Serbia (2)  Singapore (3)  Slovakia (4)  Slovenia (6)  Spain (14)  Sri Lanka (3)  South Africa (5)  South Korea (12)  Syria (1)  Chinese Taipei (5)  Thailand (3)  Czech Republic (10)  Tunisia (1)  Turkey (1)  Hungary (6)  Ukraine (14)  Uzbekistan (6)  United States (14)  United Kingdom (14)  Venezuela (5)  Vietnam (4)  Belarus (12)  Cyprus (2)

German team

The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) had nominated the following athletes for the 2007 World Championships:

• Men:

Thomas Andergassen , Philipp Boy , Fabian Hambüchen , Robert Juckel , Marcel Nguyen , Eugen Spiridonov , replacements: Brian Gladow

• Women:

Katja Abel , Anja Brinker , Jenny Brunner , Oksana Chusovitina , Marie-Sophie Hindermann , Joeline Möbius , replacement: Kim Bui

Austrian team

The Austrian Gymnastics Federation (ÖTB) competed with the following athletes:

• Men: Marco Baldauf , Fabian Leimlehner , Gabriel Rossi
• Women: Dinah Nagel , Kathrin Nussbacher , Andrea Rührlinger

Swiss team

The Swiss Gymnastics Federation (STV) had nominated the following athletes:

• Men: Niki Böschenstein , Claudio Capelli , Roman Gisi , Daniel Groves , Mark Ramseier , Claude-Alain Porchet , replacements: Dennis Mannhart
• Women: Danielle Englert , Ariella Kaeslin , Laura Alzina , Lucia Tacchelli , Margaux Voillat , Yasmin Zimmermann , substitute: Sylvia Hitz

Results

Men

team

Thursday September 6, 2007

space	country	Team members	Points
1.**	People's Republic of China	Yibing Chen , Xu Huang , Fuliang Liang , Yang Wei , Xiao Qin , Kai Zou	281,900
2. **	Japan	Hiroyuki Tomita , Shun Kuwahara , Takuya Nakase , Yosuke Hoshi , Hisashi Mizutori , Makoto Okiguchi	277.025
3. **	Germany	Fabian Hambüchen , Thomas Andergassen , Robert Juckel , Eugen Spiridonov , Marcel Nguyen , Philipp Boy	273,525
4. **	United States	Guillermo Alvarez , Alexander Artemev , Jonathan Horton , David Durante , Sean Golden , Kai Wen Tan	272.275
5. **	South Korea	Tae-Young Yang , Soo Myun Kim , Ji Hoon Kim , Dae Eun Kim , Tae Seok Kim , Won Chul Yoo	269,950
6. **	Spain	Rafael Martínez , Ivan San Miguel , Gervasio Deferr , Isaac Botella Perez , Sergio Muñoz , Manuel Carballo	269,400
7. **	Russia	Sergei Chorochordin , Maxim Dewjatkowski , Yuri Ryazanov , Alexander Safoschkin , Nikolai Kryukov	269,200
8th.**	Romania	Răzvan Șelariu , Daniel Popescu , Flavius ​​Koczi , George Robert Stănescu , Cosmin Malița	267,750
9. **	France	Pierre-Yves Bény, Benoît Caranobe , Yann Cucherat , Gaël da Silva, Dimitri Karbanenko, Arnaud Willig	359,900 *
10. **	Italy	Matteo Angioletti, Igor Cassina , Andrea Coppolino, Alberto Busnari, Matteo Morandi, Enrico Pozzo	358,300 *
11. **	Canada	Brandon O'Neill, Nathan Gafuik, Grant Golding, Ken Ikeda, David Kikuchi, Casey Sandy	357,700 *
12. **	Belarus	Denis Sawenkow, Dimitry Sawitski, Dimitri Kaspiarowitsch, Aliaksandr Tsarevich, Alexei Ihnatovich, Uladzimir Yermakov	356,675 *
13.	Ukraine	Valeriy Goncharov, Roman Zozulya, Andriy Isayev, Vadym Kuvakin, Oleksandr Suprun, Evgeni Bogonosyuk	356,000 *
14th	Switzerland	Niki Böschenstein , Claudio Capelli , Roman Gisi, Daniel Groves, Mark Ramseier, Dennis Mannhart	353,875 *
15th	United Kingdom	Ross Brewer, Luke Folwell, Daniel Keatings, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas, Danny Lawrence	352,650 *
16.	Puerto Rico	Luis Vargas, Alexander Rodriguez, Luis Rivera, Rafael Morales, Reinaldo Oquendo, Tommy Ramos	351,950 *
17th	Brazil	Diego Hypólito , Mosiah Rodríguez, Victor Rosa, Luiz dos Anjos, Arthur Zanetti, Danilo Nogueira	351,550 *
18th	Greece	Vlasios Maras, Dimitrios Markousis, Christos Lympanovnos, Michail Doulkeridis, Vasileios Tsolakidis, Xenofon Kosmidis	350,750 *
19th	Australia	Mathew Curtis, Joshua Jefferis, Samuel Offord, Thomas Pichler, Prashnath Sellathurai, Samuel Simpson	350,075 *
20th	Netherlands	Yuri van Gelder, Jeffrey Wammes, Epke Zonderland, Herre Zonderland, Carlo van Minde, Anthony van Assche	347,900 *
21st	Bulgaria	Jordan Jowtschew , Aleksandar Batinkov, Aleksandar Markov, Yaroslav Voyk, Bogomil Kuyumdzhiev, Eddie Penev	344,050 *
22nd	Portugal	Manuel Campos, Filipe Referenzo, Luís Araújo, Pedro Almeida, Bernardo Graça, Gustavo Simões	343,225 *
23.	Kazakhstan	Stanislav Valiyew, Timur Kurbanbayev, Stepan Gorbachev, Ildar Valeyev. Sado Batsiyew, Maxim Petrishko	341,900 *
24.	Latvia	Jevgēņijs Saproņenko, Evgeni Zorins, Dimitri Trefilovs, Vitali Kardashovs, Vitali Shnikers, Raimonds Konchis	336.025 *

(* Results of the qualification)

(** qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics )

Individual all-around

Friday 7th September 2007

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Yang Wei	93,675
2.	Fabian Hambüchen	92,200
3.	Hisashi Mizutori	91,400
4th	Jonathan Horton	91,200
5.	Dae-Eun Kim	91,050
6th	Rafael Martínez	91.025
7th	Flavius ​​Koczi	90,875
8th.	Fuliang Liang	90,850
8th.	Tae-Young Yang	90,850
10.	Răzvan Șelariu	90,350
10.	José Luis Fuentes	90,350
12.	Hiroyuki Tomita	90,150
13.	Yuri Ryazanov	89,875
14th	Dimitry Sawitski	89,400
15th	Enrico Pozzo	89,375
16.	Anton Fokin	89,275
17th	David Durante	88,825
18th	Philipp Boy	88,650
19th	Claudio Capelli	88,225
20th	David Kikuchi	88,150
21st	Vlasios Maras	87,775
22nd	Filip Ude	87,625
23.	Casey Sandy	87,375
24.	Maxim Devyatkovsky	65,550

ground

Saturday 8th September 2007

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Diego Hypolito	16,150
2.	Gervasio Deferr	15,950
3.	Hisashi Mizutori	15,650
4th	Guillermo Alvarez	15,600
5.	Alexander Shatilov	15,575
6th	Zou Kai	15,550
7th	Fuliang Liang	15,125
8th.	Makoto Okiguchi	14,925
...
12.	Claudio Capelli	15,625 *
20th	Fabian Hambüchen	15,450 *
34.	Niki Böschenstein	15,100 *
39.	Philipp Boy	15,050 *
46.	Eugene Spiridonov	15,000 *
48.	Marcel Nguyen	15,000 *
52.	Daniel Groves	14,900 *
95.	Dennis Mannhart	14,375 *
111.	Roman Gisi	14,175 *
143.	Robert Juckel	13,875 *
162.	Fabian Leimlehner	13,575 *
206.	Marco Baldauf	12,375 *
209.	Gabriel Rossi	12,325 *

Pommel horse

Saturday 8th September 2007

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Qin Xiao	16,300
2.	Krisztián Berki	15,700
3.	Louis Smith	15,600
4th	Yang Wei	15,475
5.	Hiroyuki Tomita	15,325
6th	Alexander Artemev	15,175
7th	Daniel Keatings	14,750
8th.	Alexei Ihnatowitsch	14,700
...
24.	Eugene Spiridonov	14,900 *
33.	Robert Juckel	14,700 *
36.	Philipp Boy	14,650 *
41.	Dennis Mannhart	14,500 *
49.	Claudio Capelli	14,425 *
58.	Fabian Hambüchen	14,300 *
65.	Daniel Groves	14,275 *
86.	Thomas Andergassen	13,975 *
126.	Gabriel Rossi	13,500 *
148.	Fabian Leimlehner	13,175 *
168.	Marc Ramseier	12,825 *
170.	Roman Gisi	12,775 *
172.	Marco Baldauf	12,750 *

Rings

Saturday 8th September 2007

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Chen Yibing	16,700
2.	Yuri van Gelder	16,625
3.	Jordan Jovchev	16,575
4th	Kai Wen Tan	16,325
5.	Regulo Carmona	16,175
6th	Yang Wei	16,150
7th	Alexander Safoshkin	16,075
8th.	Hiroyuki Tomita	15,925
...
19th	Thomas Andergassen	15,375 *
26th	Robert Juckel	15,250 *
41.	Mark Ramseier	14,975 *
42.	Philipp Boy	14,975 *
51.	Niki Böschenstein	14,825 *
60.	Fabian Hambüchen	14,700 *
69.	Marcel Nguyen	14,600 *
91.	Claudio Capelli	14,300 *
116.	Fabian Leimlehner	13,975 *
119.	Daniel Groves	13,950 *
127.	Dennis Mannhart	13,850 *
170.	Gabriel Rossi	13,150 *
194.	Marco Baldauf	12,400 *

Leap

Sunday 9th September 2007

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Leszek Blanik	16,512
2.	Daniel Popescu	16,500
3.	Ri Se-gwang	16,387
4th	Ri Jong Song	16,362
5.	Andrei Isayev	16,250
6th	Fabian Hambüchen	15,975
7th	Flavius ​​Koczi	15,825
8th.	Isaac Botella Peréz	15,387
...
11.	Niki Böschenstein	16,200
22nd	Eugene Spiridonov	16,050
27.	Claudio Capelli	16,000
33.	Robert Juckel	15,975
41.	Philipp Boy	15,875
64.	Marcel Nguyen	15,650
79.	Roman Gisi	15,600
116.	Gabriel Rossi	15,375
150.	Daniel Groves	14,900
160.	Mark Ramseier	14,775
171.	Fabian Leimlehner	14,625
201.	Marco Baldauf	14,050

Ingots

Sunday 9th September 2007

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Mitja Petkovšek	16,250
1.	Kim Dae Eun	16,250
3.	Anton Fokin	16,200
4th	Yoo Won Chul	15,975
5.	Huang Xu	15,950
6th	Yang Wei	15,900
7th	Yosuke Hoshi	15,850
8th.	Yann Cucherat	15,350
...
20th	Fabian Hambüchen	15,625
27.	Niki Böschenstein	15,475
29	Marcel Nguyen	15,450
41.	Eugene Spiridonov	15,175
43.	Philipp Boy	15,175
47.	Claudio Capelli	15,100
60.	Thomas Andergassen	15,025
67.	Mark Ramseier	14,950
69.	Dennis Mannhart	14,925
75.	Daniel Groves	14,825
87.	Fabian Leimlehner	14,700
142.	Marco Baldauf	14,000
147.	Gabriel Rossi	13,975

Horizontal bar

Sunday 9th September 2007

rank	athlete	Points
1.	Fabian Hambüchen	16,250
2.	Aljaž Pegan	15,825
3.	Hisashi Mizutori	15,775
4th	Epke Zonderland	15,700
5.	Jeffrey Wammes	15,150
5.	Enrico Pozzo	15,150
7th	Vlasios Maras	14,275
8th.	Hiroyuki Tomita	13,300
...
23.	Philipp Boy	14,725 *
24.	Robert Juckel	14,700 *
33.	Daniel Groves	14,450 *
37.	Marco Baldauf	14,425 *
48.	Claudio Capelli	14,250 *
64.	Niki Böschenstein	14,125 *
87.	Thomas Andergassen	13,950 *
94.	Marcel Nguyen	13,900 *
102.	Dennis Mannhart	13,825 *
106.	Roman Gisi	13,825 *
158.	Fabian Leimlehner	13,050 *
176.	Gabriel Rossi	12,700 *

Women

team

Wednesday September 5, 2007

rank	country	Team members	Points
1.**	United States	Anastasia Liukin , Alicia Sacramone , Shayla Worley , Shawn Johnson , Samantha Peszek , Ivana Hong	184,400
2. **	People's Republic of China	Fei Cheng , Ning He , Jiang Yuyuan , Sha Xiao , Yilin Yang , Shanshan Li	183,450
3. **	Romania	Cătălina Ponor , Sandra Izbașa , Steliana Nistor , Cerasela Pătrașcu , Daniela Druncea , Andreea Grigore	178,100
4. **	Italy	Monica Bergamelli , Francesca Benolli , Vanessa Ferrari , Federica Macri , Lia Parolari , Silvia Zanolo	175,450
5. **	Brazil	Jade Barbosa , Ana Silva , Daiane dos Santos , Daniele Hypólito , Laís Souza , Khiuani Dias	175.125
6. **	France	Katheleen Lindor , Marine Petit , Laëtitia Dugain , Cassy Vericel , Isabelle Severino , Pauline Morel	173,600
7. **	United Kingdom	Rebecca Downie , Hannah Clowes , Aisling Williams , Rebecca Wing , Marissa King	169.175
8th.**	Russia	Jelena Zamolodschikowa , Julia Lotschecko , Swetlana Kljukina , Kristina Prawdina , Xenia Semenowa , Jekaterina Kramarenko	164,525
9. **	Ukraine	Alina Kozich, Dariya Zgoba, Olga Scherbatitsch, Maryna Proskurina, Valentina Holenkova, Anastasia Koval	231,425 *
10. **	Germany	Oksana Chusovitina , Katja Abel , Anja Brinker , Jenny Brunner , Joeline Möbius , Marie-Sophie Hindermann	231,125 *
11. **	Australia	Ashleigh Brennan, Hollie Dykes, Daria Joura, Lauren Mitchell, Shona Morgan, Chloe Sims	230,850 *
12. **	Japan	Koko Tsurumi, Keiko Mukumoto, Miki Uemura, Momoko Ozawa, Mayu Kuroda, Kyoko Oshima	228,175 *
13.	North Korea	Su Jong Hong, Un Jong Hong , Yong Hwa Cha, Un Hyang Kim, Myong Bok Kim, Yong Mi Kang	226,575 *
14th	Canada	Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Marci Bernholtz, Alyssa Brown, Kristina Vaculik, Sydney Sawa, Nansy Damianova	225,975 *
15th	Spain	Mercedes Alcaide, Laura Campos, Lenika de Simone, Patricia Moreno, Naomi Ruiz Walker, Melodie Pulgarin	224,850 *
16.	Czech Republic	Jana Komrsková, Kristina Palesova, Nicole Pechancova, Jana Šikulová, Martina Strnadová, Eva Verbová	223,625 *
17th	Netherlands	Verona van de Leur, Lichelle Wong, Anne Tritten, Marrit Ewald, Petra Witjes, Sanne Wevers	222,575 *
18th	Switzerland	Danielle Englert, Ariella Kaeslin , Laura Alzina, Lucia Tacchelli, Yasmin Zimmermann, Sylvia Hitz	219,200 *
19th	Greece	Stefani Bismpikou, Viktoria Tsakalidou, Evgenia Zafeiraki, Vasiliki Georgakopoulou, Anna Orfanou, Vasiliki Millousi	217,975 *
20th	Mexico	Elsa Garcia, Marisela Cantu, Erika Garcia, Yessenia Estrada, Yeny Ibarra	214,200 *
21st	Belarus	Nastassia Marachkouskaja, Viktoria Makschtarowa, Volha Schakots, Karyna Tsimberbayewa, Aksana Nowikawa, Irina Sirutz	206,725 *
22nd	Poland	Marta Pihan, Paula Plichta , Joanna Litewka, Katarzyna Jurkowska, Sara Szczawinska, Monika Frandofert	206,700 *
23.	South Korea	Han Sol Yu, Byul Han, Hyun Joo Jo, Eun Kyung Park, Ji Na Kang, Da Eun Kim	206,325 *
24.	Bulgaria	Nikolina Tankoucheva, Silwia Georgiewa, Iliana Sheytanova, Maya Petrova, Kalina Todorova	197,075 *

(* Results of the qualification)

(** qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics )

Individual all-around

Friday 7th September 2007

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Shawn Johnson	61,875
2.	Steliana Nistor	60,625
3.	Jade Barbosa	60,550
3.	Vanessa Ferrari	60,550
5.	Anastasia Liukin	60,100
6th	Yilin Yang	60.025
7th	Sha Xiao	59,600
8th.	Julia Lotschenko	59,250
9.	Sandra Izbașa	59,225
10.	Daria Joura	58,800
11.	Elizabeth Tweddle	58,725
12.	Su Jong Hong	58,325
13.	Ekaterina Kramarenko	57,850
14th	Marie-Sophie Hindermann	57,800
15th	Koko Tsurumi	57,525
16.	Marine Petit	57,300
17th	Lenika de Simone	57,150
18th	Anja Brinker	56,550
19th	Federica Macri	56,350
20th	Kristina Palesova	56,250
21st	Pauline Morel	56,050
22nd	Ariella Kaeslin	55,375
23.	Un Jong Hong	55,200
24.	Valentina Holenkova	55,150

Leap

Saturday 8th September 2007

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Fei Cheng	15,937
2.	Su Jong Hong	15,812
3.	Alicia Sacramone	15,412
4th	Un Jong Hong	15,200
5.	Jade Barbosa	15,162
6th	Oksana Chusovitina	14,687
7th	Jana Komrsková	14,412
8th.	Jelena Zamolodschikowa	13,875

Uneven bars

Saturday 8th September 2007

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Xenia Semenova	16,350
2.	Anastasia Liukin	16,300
3.	Yang Yilin	16,150
4th	Elizabeth Tweddle	16,125
5.	Marie-Sophie Hindermann	15,875
6th	Steliana Nistor	15,800
7th	Su Jong Hong	15,650
8th.	Vanessa Ferrari	14,700
...
35.	Ariella Kaeslin	14,675 *
37.	Lucia Tacchelli	14,675 *
72.	Katja Abel	13,900 *
83.	Jenny Brunner	13,725 *
89.	Oksana Chusovitina	13,550 *
124.	Yasmin Zimmermann	12,525 *
125.	Katrin Nussbacher	12,500 *
136.	Dinah Nagel	12,100 *
148.	Andrea Rührlinger	11,700 *
170.	Laura Alzina	10,850 *

bar

Sunday 9th September 2007

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Anastasia Liukin	16,025
2.	Steliana Nistor	15,900
2.	Shanshan Li	15,900
4th	Cătălina Ponor	15,700
5.	Lauren Mitchell	15,425
6th	Isabelle Severino	14,675
7th	Jade Barbosa	14,575
8th.	Shawn Johnson	14,475
...
49.	Katja Abel	14,400 *
56.	Anja Brinker	14,300 *
59.	Oksana Chusovitina	14,275 *
84.	Joeline Möbius	13,750 *
92.	Marie-Sophie Hindermann	13,575 *
93.	Laura Alzina	13,550 *
117.	Yasmin Zimmermann	13,175 *
122.	Dinah Nagel	13,100 *
126.	Sylvia Hitz	13,050 *
133.	Danielle Englert	12,925 *
151	Katrin Nussbacher	12,675 *
169.	Andrea Rührlinger	11,925 *

ground

Sunday 9th September 2007

rank	Athlete	Points
1.	Shawn Johnson	15,250
2.	Alicia Sacramone	15,225
3.	Cassy Vericel	15,125
4th	Yuyan Jiang	15,100
5.	Fei Cheng	15,075
6th	Vanessa Ferrari	15,050
7th	Elizabeth Tweddle	14,900
8th.	Sandra Izbașa	14,525
...
29	Marie-Sophie Hindermann	14,250 *
30th	Joeline Möbius	14,225 *
33.	Anja Brinker	14,075 *
41.	Katja Abel	13,975 *
75.	Danielle Englert	13,375 *
79.	Dinah Nagel	13,275 *
84.	Lucia Tacchelli	13,150 *
90.	Katrin Nussbacher	13,050 *
100.	Sylvia Hitz	12,925 *
105.	Yasmin Zimmermann	12,825 *
109.	Ariella Kaeslin	12,750 *
126.	Andrea Rührlinger	12,550 *

Medal table

after 14 of 14 decisions

rank	country				total
1.	People's Republic of China	5	2	1	8th
2.	United States	4th	2	1	7th
3.	Germany	1	1	1	3
4th	Slovenia	1	1	0	2
5.	Brazil	1	0	1	2
6th	Poland	1	0	0	1
	Russia	1	0	0	1
	South Korea	1	0	0	1
9.	Romania	0	3	1	4th
10.	Japan	0	1	3	4th
11.	North Korea	0	1	1	2
12.	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
15th	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1

Supporting program

In addition to the competitions, the following events took place:

• International Gym Symposium
• International gymnastics camp
• Children's gymnastics park
• Gymwelt and Medal Plaza on Stuttgart's Schlossplatz

Web links

• Official website of the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships with schedule