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1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition


Gymnastics competition

FieldValue
name1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
locationTCH Prague, Czechoslovakia
prev1958
next1966

The 15th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held on July 3–8, 1962 in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, this being the 3rd time that Prague hosted these championships.

These were the last championships China competed in until 1979. Following a 1964 vote to accept Taiwan as a member nation, China withdrew from the International Gymnastics Federation in protest. They would not rejoin until 1978.

Medallists

Team all-around
Individual all-around
Floor
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Team all-around
Individual all-around
Vault
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor
Nobuyuki Aihara
Yukio Endo
Takashi Mitsukuri
Takashi Ono
Shuji Tsurumi
Haruhiro Yamashita
Valery Kerdemelidi
Viktor Leontyev
Viktor Lisitsky
Boris Shakhlin
Pavel Stolbov
Yuri Titov
Pavel Gajdoš
Karel Klečka
Přemysl Krbec
Václav Kubíčka
Ladislav Pazdera
Jaroslav Šťastný
URS Yuri TitovJPN Yukio EndoURS Boris Shakhlin
JPN Nobuyuki Aihara
JPN Yukio Endonone awardedITA Franco Menichelli
YUG Miroslav CerarURS Boris ShakhlinJPN Takashi Mitsukuri
CHN Yu Lifeng
URS Yuri TitovJPN Yukio Endo
URS Boris Shakhlinnone awarded
TCH Přemysl KrbecJPN Haruhiro YamashitaURS Boris Shakhlin
JPN Yukio Endo
YUG Miroslav CerarURS Boris ShakhlinJPN Yukio Endo
JPN Takashi OnoJPN Yukio Endo
URS Pavel Stolbovnone awarded
Women
Polina Astakhova
Lidiya Ivanova
Larisa Latynina
Tamara Manina
Sofia Muratova
Irina Pervuschina
Eva Bosáková
Věra Čáslavská
Libuse Cmiralova
Hana Růžičková
Ludmila Švédová
Adolfína Tkačíková
Ginko Abukawa
Keiko Ikeda
Taniko Nakamura
Kiyoko Ono
Toshiko Shirasu
Hiroko Tsuji
URS Larisa LatyninaTCH Věra ČáslavskáURS Irina Pervuschina
TCH Věra ČáslavskáURS Larisa LatyninaURS Tamara Manina
URS Irina PervuschinaTCH Eva BosákováURS Larisa Latynina
TCH Eva BosákováURS Larisa LatyninaJPN Keiko Ikeda
HUN Anikó Ducza
URS Larisa LatyninaURS Irina PervuschinaTCH Věra Čáslavská

Men's results

Team competition

RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal4567891011121314151617181920
Japan285.650289.000574.650
Soviet Union285.700287.450573.150
Czechoslovakia280.450281.050561.500
China278.450280.550559.000
Italy278.200279.000557.200
United States273.650281.600555.250
Finland274.250280.650554.900
East Germany275.450279.050554.500
Switzerland274.050278.900552.950
Yugoslavia274.800277.900552.700
Bulgaria275.450276.300551.750
Hungary273.800276.850550.650
Poland276.050274.300550.350
France272.400270.750543.150
Sweden269.200272.550541.750
West Germany267.550270.650538.200
United Arab Republic257.950259.300517.250
Canada248.900255.950504.850
Cuba231.500230.250461.750
Turkey171.350202.800374.150

Individual all-around

RankGymnastTotal45678991112
Yuri Titov115.650
Yukio Endo115.500
Boris Shakhlin115.200
Takashi Ono115.150
Miroslav Cerar114.950
Takashi Mitsukuri114.300
Haruhiro Yamashita114.100
Pavel Stolbov114.000
Valery Kerdemelidi113.850
Shuji Tsurumi113.850
Franco Menichelli113.600
Nobuyuki Aihara113.450

Floor exercise

RankGymnastTotal456
Nobuyuki Aihara19.500
Yukio Endo19.500
Franco Menichelli19.450
Haruhiro Yamashita19.300
Takashi Ono19.275
Jaroslav Stastny19.000

Pommel horse

RankGymnastTotal56
Miroslav Cerar19.750
Boris Shakhlin19.375
Takashi Mitsukuri19.300
Yu Lifeng19.300
Yuri Titov19.275
Valery Kerdemelidi18.400

Rings

RankGymnastTotal456
Yuri Titov19.550
Yukio Endo19.425
Boris Shakhlin19.425
Nobuyuki Aihara19.250
Viktor Leontyev19.225
Miroslav Cerar19.200

Vault

RankGymnastTotal56
Přemysl Krbec19.550
Haruhiro Yamashita19.350
Boris Shakhlin19.225
Yukio Endo19.225
Takashi Ono19.175
Siegfried Fülle19.075

Parallel Bars

RankGymnastTotal456
Miroslav Cerar19.625
Boris Shakhlin19.600
Yukio Endo19.500
Haruhiro Yamashita19.375
Takashi Ono19.250
Valery Kerdemelidi19.125

Horizontal Bar

RankGymnastTotal446
Takashi Ono19.675
Yukio Endo19.625
Pavel Stolbov19.625
Takashi Mitsukuri19.500
Yuri Titov19.500
Miroslav Cerar19.425

Women's results

Team competition

RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal4567891011121314151617
Soviet Union190.461194.527384.988
Czechoslovakia188.562194.028382.590
Japan186.861192.662379.523
Hungary185.562192.228377.790
East Germany184.626190.660375.286
China183.795189.193372.988
Poland181.726190.161371.887
United States179.926188.426368.352
Romania180.859186.061366.920
Sweden181.194185.661366.855
Yugoslavia179.228183.526362.754
France179.262182.661361.923
West Germany175.226179.692354.918
Finland171.262180.860352.122
Israel170.495175.494345.989
Canada160.693170.292330.985
Cuba137.095154.727291.822

Individual all-around

RankGymnastTotal456789101112
Larisa Latynina78.030
Věra Čáslavská77.732
Irina Pervuschina77.465
Eva Bosáková76.898
Tamara Manina76.865
Keiko Ikeda76.832
Ingrid Föst76.631
Polina Astakhova76.330
Judith Hamori76.264
Toshiko Shirasu76.064
Kiyoko Ono75.965
Natalia Kot75.931

Vault

RankGymnastTotal456
Věra Čáslavská19.649
Larisa Latynina19.632
Tamara Manina19.549
Birgit Radochla19.483
Ingrid Föst19.466
Irina Pervuschina19.433

Uneven bars

RankGymnastTotal456
Irina Pervuschina19.566
Eva Bosáková19.466
Larisa Latynina19.449
Polina Astakhova19.399
Věra Čáslavská19.366
Katalin Makray19.316

Balance beam

RankGymnastTotal56
Eva Bosáková19.499
Larisa Latynina19.416
Keiko Ikeda19.366
Anikó Ducza19.366
Věra Čáslavská19.333
Irina Pervuschina19.250

Floor exercise

RankGymnastTotal446
Larisa Latynina19.716
Irina Pervuschina19.616
Věra Čáslavská19.550
Polina Astakhova19.466
Eva Bosáková19.466
Toshiko Shirasu19.416

Medal table

References

References

  1. Huguenin, Andre. "100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. (15 September 1973). "China willing to rejoin federation". [[The Times]].
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