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1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Gymnastics competition
Field Value name 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships location West Germany Dortmund, West Germany prev 1962 next 1970
The 16th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany, in 1966. During these championships, new elements were performed including a full-twisting piked dismount from high bar, a layout with full turn (rings), and a double somersault.
Results
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 Shuji Tsurumi Akinori Nakayama Takeshi Katō Yukio Endo Takashi Mitsukuri Haruhiro Matsuda Mikhail Voronin Sergei Diomidov Valery Kerdemelidi Yuri Titov Valery Karasev Boris Shakhlin Matthias Brehme Gerhard Dietrich Werner Dolling Erwin Koppe Siegfried Fulle Peter Weber URS Mikhail Voronin JPN Shuji Tsurumi JPN Akinori Nakayama JPN Akinori Nakayama JPN Yukio Endo ITA Franco Menichelli YUG Miroslav Cerar URS Mikhail Voronin JPN Takeshi Katō URS Mikhail Voronin JPN Akinori Nakayama ITA Franco Menichelli JPN Haruhiro Matsuda JPN Takeshi Katō JPN Akinori Nakayama URS Sergei Diomidov URS Mikhail Voronin YUG Miroslav Cerar JPN Akinori Nakayama JPN Yukio Endo JPN Takashi Mitsukuri Women Věra Čáslavská Jaroslava Sedláčková Marianna Krajčírová Jana Kubičková Bohumila Řimnáčová Jindra Košťálová Natalia Kuchinskaya Larisa Petrik Zinaida Druzhinina Larisa Latynina Polina Astakhova Olga Kharlova Keiko Ikeda Taki Shibuya Hiroko Ikenada Taniko Mitsukuri Yasuko Furuyama Mitsuko Kandori TCH Věra Čáslavská URS Natalia Kuchinskaya JPN Keiko Ikeda TCH Věra Čáslavská GDR Erika Zuchold URS Natalia Kuchinskaya URS Natalia Kuchinskaya JPN Keiko Ikeda JPN Taniko Mitsukuri URS Natalia Kuchinskaya TCH Věra Čáslavská URS Larisa Petrik URS Natalia Kuchinskaya TCH Věra Čáslavská URS Zinaida Druzhinina
Men
Team competition
Rank Team Compulsory Optional Total 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Japan 287.850 287.300 575.150 Soviet Union 285.900 285.000 570.900 East Germany 278.800 282.200 561.000 Czechoslovakia 275.800 275.400 551.200 Poland 274.200 276.400 550.600 United States 273.850 276.550 550.400 Yugoslavia 271.400 276.750 548.150 West Germany 273.200 274.800 548.000 Italy 273.450 272.550 546.000 France 272.350 272.900 545.250 Finland 267.750 273.750 541.700 Sweden 270.600 270.500 541.100 Hungary 262.150 268.100 530.250 Norway 258.100 266.850 524.950 Cuba 256.850 257.350 514.200 Spain 252.350 259.300 511.650 Great Britain 253.850 255.200 509.050 Canada 243.800 254.950 498.750 Austria 242.550 250.100 492.650 New Zealand 212.050 217.100 429.150
All-around
Rank Gymnast Compulsory Optional score Total 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mikhail Voronin 57.900 58.250 116.150 Shuji Tsurumi 57.750 57.500 115.250 Akinori Nakayama 57.000 57.960 114.950 Miroslav Cerar 57.150 57.600 114.750 Franco Menichelli 57.200 57.450 114.650 Takashi Kato 57.150 57.450 114.600 Yukio Endo 57.550 56.800 114.350 Takashi Mitsukuri 57.100 57.000 114.100 Matthias Brehme 56.750 57.300 114.050 Haruhiro Matsuda 57.250 56.600 113.850 Sergei Diomidov 57.600 55.650 113.250 Valery Kerdemelidi 56.450 56.450 112.900
Floor Exercise
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Akinori Nakayama 9.750 9.650 19.400 Yukio Endo 9.700 9.675 19.375 Franco Menichelli 9.650 9.650 19.300 Takeshi Katō 9.650 9.575 19.225 Valery Karasyov 9.450 9.550 19.000 Shuji Tsurumi 9.300 9.575 18.875
Pommel Horse
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Miroslav Cerar 9.800 9.725 19.525 Mikhail Voronin 9.700 9.625 19.325 Takeshi Katō 9.600 9.525 19.125 Matthias Brehme 9.500 9.525 19.025 Shuji Tsurumi 9.500 9.500 19.000 Olli Laiho 9.250 9.550 18.800
Rings
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Mikhail Voronin 9.900 9.850 19.750 Akinori Nakayama 9.750 9.750 19.500 Franco Menichelli 9.800 9.675 19.475 Takeshi Katō 9.650 9.650 19.300 Sergei Diomidov 9.550 9.650 19.200 Shuji Tsurumi 3.000 9.650 12.650
Vault
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Haruhiro Matsuda 9.675 9.750 19.425 Takeshi Katō 9.650 9.675 19.325 Akinori Nakayama 9.500 9.550 19.050 Yukio Endo 9.125 9.575 18.700 Mikhail Voronin 9.100 9.550 18.650 Shuji Tsurumi 0.000 9.600 9.600
Parallel Bars
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Sergei Diamidov 9.750 9.800 19.550 Mikhail Voronin 9.700 9.700 19.400 Miroslav Cerar 9.700 9.650 19.350 Franco Menichelli 9.600 9.625 19.225 Matthias Brehme 9.600 9.600 19.200 Shuji Tsurumi 0.000 9.625 9.625
Horizontal Bar
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 4 6 Akinori Nakayama 9.900 9.775 19.675 Yukio Endo 9.800 9.800 19.600 Takashi Mitsukuri 9.700 9.725 19.425 Miroslav Cerar 9.700 9.700 19.400 Mikhail Voronin 9.700 9.700 19.400 Shuji Tsurumi 0.000 9.675 9.675
Women
Team competition
Rank Team Compulsory Optional Total 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Czechoslovakia 190.995 192.630 383.625 Soviet Union 191.358 192.229 383.587 Japan 190.894 190.029 380.923 East Germany 187.494 190.324 377.818 Hungary 186.527 187.362 373.889 United States 182.360 185.260 367.620 France 183.193 183.225 366.418 Bulgaria 182.694 183.661 366.355 Sweden 181.429 181.662 363.091 West Germany 181.093 181.859 362.952 Poland 180.526 182.394 362.920 Norway 173.127 179.962 252.089 Yugoslavia 174.125 175.528 349.653 Netherlands 172.660 176.328 348.988 Canada 173.461 172.693 346.154 Israel 168.662 174.660 343.322 Great Britain 165.293 173.360 338.653 New Zealand 168.459 169.893 338.352 South Africa 168.693 166.761 335.454 Cuba 168.894 165.026 333.920 Finland 166.061 166.295 332.356 Austria 161.228 168.825 330.053
All-around
Rank Gymnast Compulsory Optional score Total 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Věra Čáslavská 39.032 39.266 78.298 Natalia Kuchinskaya 38.865 39.232 78.097 Keiko Ikeda 38.599 38.398 76.997 Erika Zuchold 38.265 38.331 76.596 Jaroslava Sedláčková 38.099 38.366 76.465 Larisa Petrik 37.966 38.400 76.366 Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová 37.999 38.222 76.332 Jana Kubičková 37.933 38.299 76.232 Taki Shibuya 38.232 37.933 76.165 Zinaida Druzhinina 37.831 38.333 76.164 Larisa Latynina 38.099 37.999 76.098 Hiroko Ikenada 38.266 37.733 75.999
Vault
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Věra Čáslavská 9.783 9.750 19.583 Erika Zuchold 9.733 9.666 19.399 Natalia Kuchinskaya 9.666 9.650 19.316 Ute Starke 9.666 9.550 19.216 Jana Kubičková 9.633 9.566 19.199 Hiroko Ikenada 9.600 9.550 19.150
Uneven Bars
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Natalia Kuchinskaya 9.800 9.816 19.616 Keiko Ikeda 9.766 9.800 19.566 Taniko Mitsukuri 9.800 9.716 19.516 Věra Čáslavská 9.666 9.816 19.482 Polina Astakhova 9.700 9.716 19.146 Taki Shibuya 9.600 9.733 19.333
Balance Beam
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Natalia Kuchinskaya 9.900 9.750 19.650 Věra Čáslavská 9.600 9.733 19.333 Larisa Petrik 9.600 9.650 19.250 Keiko Ikeda 9.700 9.533 19.233 Anikó Ducza-Jánosi 9.633 9.600 19.233 Jaroslava Sedláčková 9.600 9.583 19.183
Floor Exercise
Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 4 5 6 Natalia Kuchinskaya 9.900 9.833 19.733 Věra Čáslavská 9.833 9.850 19.683 Zinaida Druzhinina 9.933 9.733 19.666 Larisa Petrik 9.766 9.650 19.416 Jana Kubičková 9.700 9.663 19.363 Yasuko Furuyama 9.666 9.650 19.316
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