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1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition


Gymnastics competition

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name1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
locationUSA Fort Worth, USA
prev1978
next1981

The 20th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Fort Worth, United States, in 1979. In November 1977 the 55th FIG Congress, held in Rome, changed the cycle of world championships: since 1979 they were to be held each two years, and the pre-Olympic ones were to be qualifications for the Olympic tournament. The first 12 teams in the team competition of the 1979 World Championships were invited to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

These were the first World Championships in artistic gymnastics to be held outside of Europe, and the first that China competed at since 1962 following a 1978 vote in which the International Gymnastics Federation voted to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.

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
Alexander Dityatin
Aleksandr Tkachyov
Vladimir Markelov
Nikolai Andrianov
Bogdan Makuts
Artur Akopyan
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Nobuyuki Kajitani
Toshiomi Nishikii
Koji Gushiken
Eizo Kenmotsu
Kurt Thomas
Bart Conner
Jim Hartung
Larry Gerard
Tim LaFleur
Peter Vidmar
URS Alexander DityatinUSA Kurt ThomasURS Aleksandr Tkachyov
GDR Roland Brückner
USA Kurt Thomasnone awardedURS Aleksandr Tkachyov
HUN Zoltán MagyarUSA Kurt ThomasJPN Koji Gushiken
URS Alexander DityatinROU Danuţ GrecuURS Aleksandr Tkachyov
URS Alexander DityatinURS Nikolai AndrianovGDR Ralph Bärthel
USA Bart Conner
USA Bart ConnerURS Aleksandr Tkachyov
USA Kurt Thomasnone awarded
USA Kurt ThomasURS Aleksandr TkachyovURS Alexander Dityatin
Women
ROU
Nadia Comăneci
Rodica Dunca
Emilia Eberle
Melita Ruhn
Dumitriţa Turner
Marilena Vladarau
Maria Filatova
Nellie Kim
Elena Naimushina
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Natalia Tereschenko
Stella Zakharova
Maxi Gnauck
Regina Grabolle
Silvia Hindorff
Steffi Kräker
Katharina Rensch
Karola Sube
URS Nellie KimGDR Maxi GnauckROU Melita Ruhn
ROU Dumitriţa TurnerURS Stella ZakharovaURS Nellie Kim
GDR Steffi Kräker
CHN Ma Yanhong
GDR Maxi Gnaucknone awardedROU Emilia Eberle
TCH Věra ČernáURS Nellie KimGDR Regina Grabolle
ROU Emilia EberleURS Nellie KimROU Melita Ruhn

Men

Team final

The Soviet Union's first-place finish made them the first team since 1960 to beat Japan at an Olympics or World Championships. The United States' bronze medal was their first team medal and best result yet.

RankTeamFloorPommel
horseRingsVaultParallel
barsHorizontal
barTotalCOCOCOCOCOCO
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]98.20097.15097.65098.65097.60098.250587.500
Alexander Dityatin9.8009.8509.7509.7509.9009.9009.9009.9009.7509.8509.8009.950118.100
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.8509.9009.7009.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.7509.8509.8009.900117.650
Vladimir Markelov9.7509.7509.6509.7509.7009.8009.8009.8509.7009.8009.8009.800117.150
Nikolai Andrianov9.8509.9009.7509.7509.7009.6509.9509.8509.7009.8509.1009.750116.800
Bogdan Makuts9.7509.7509.5509.6009.6009.6009.9009.8509.5009.8509.7509.850116.550
Artur Akopyan9.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.7009.6009.8509.3009.7009.8509.700116.100
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]97.70096.90096.60097.40097.15097.950583.700
Hiroshi Kajiyama9.7509.8009.6509.6009.6009.8009.5509.9009.7009.8009.8509.600116.600
Eizo Kenmotsu9.6009.8509.6509.7009.5009.6009.7509.7509.5509.7009.8509.900116.400
Koji Gushiken9.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.8009.6509.8009.7009.8009.0009.700116.350
Toshiomi Nishikii9.7009.7009.6009.5009.5509.7509.6509.7009.5009.8009.8009.750116.000
Nobuyuki Kajitani9.4009.8509.6009.6009.6009.6009.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.800115.900
Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7509.9009.7009.8008.7009.6009.6009.9009.8009.4509.7509.800115.750
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]97.85096.30096.35097.40096.30096.950581.150
Kurt Thomas9.9009.9009.8009.8509.6509.8009.7009.8009.8009.8009.8509.900117.750
Bart Conner9.8509.8509.7009.7009.6509.6009.9009.8509.7509.9009.9009.300116.950
Jim Hartung9.8009.7009.6009.7009.6009.8009.8009.8009.5509.3009.8009.750116.200
Larry Gerard9.5509.8009.3509.5509.1009.6509.6009.7509.4009.5509.6509.600114.550
Tim LaFleur9.4509.8009.5009.6009.5509.6009.4509.6009.2509.6009.5509.400114.300
Peter Vidmar9.7009.5009.3509.5509.4509.2509.6009.6009.4009.5509.0509.550113.550
497.85096.45096.40097.75096.05096.500581.000
Roland Brückner9.6509.9009.8509.7009.6009.7009.6009.9009.6509.7009.8009.700117.000
Michael Nikolay9.6509.7509.8509.9009.6009.6009.6009.8509.6509.8009.8009.800116.850
Lutz Mack9.7509.7509.3009.5509.8009.7509.7609.7509.5509.5509.6009.300115.400
Andreas Bronst9.5009.7509.6009.7009.3509.4009.6009.6009.5009.7509.4009.600114.750
Lutz Hoffmann9.8009.4009.6009.6509.4509.5009.7009.7509.4009.1509.7009.600114.700
Ralf Bärthel9.8009.8008.6509.5009.6009.7009.8009.8509.4009.5009.5009.450114.550
598.30095.40096.85096.30095.25096.850578.950
Huang Yubin9.8509.8009.6009.6509.7509.7509.5009.8009.6509.6009.8009.650116.400
Cai Huanzong9.7009.8509.7009.3009.5009.7009.6009.5509.6509.4509.6009.750115.950
Li Yuejiu9.8509.9009.4509.5509.3509.5009.7009.7509.6009.5009.6009.800115.550
Tong Fei9.9009.7009.6009.0509.7009.6009.4509.7009.5009.0509.7009.900114.850
Peng Yaping9.6509.8509.4009.5509.7009.7009.3009.6509.5509.4009.6509.400114.800
Xiong Songliang9.9009.4008.9509.6009.7009.7509.6009.4009.4009.3509.6009.200113.850

All-around

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678991112131415161718192021222324252627282930313133343536
Alexander Dityatin9.9009.8509.9009.8509.8009.90059.20059.050118.250
Kurt Thomas9.8509.9009.8009.9009.8009.85059.10058.875117.975
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.5509.8009.8009.8009.8009.90058.65058.825117.475
Vladimir Markelov9.8009.7009.8009.8509.7009.85058.70058.575117.275
Bart Conner9.7009.7509.6509.8509.8009.80058.55058.475117.025
Roland Brückner9.8009.8009.8009.9009.6009.60058.50058.500117.000
Koji Gushiken9.7509.8009.7509.8009.7009.80058.60058.175116.775
Stoyan Deltchev9.6509.2009.8009.8509.7509.90058.15058.375116.525
Jim Hartung9.7509.7509.7009.9009.4509.80058.35058.100116.450
Hiroshi Kajiyama9.5509.6509.7009.8009.7009.75058.15058.300116.450
Huang Yubin9.5509.8009.6009.8009.7509.70058.20058.200116.400
Philippe Delasalle9.8009.8009.6509.9009.8009.70058.65057.650116.300
Li Yuejiu9.9009.6509.4509.8009.7009.90058.40057.775116.175
Michael Nikolay9.7009.1509.8009.7509.4009.80057.60058.425116.025
Tishomi Nishikii9.5509.7009.7009.7009.6009.65057.90058.000115.900
Péter Kovács9.7509.5509.7509.7509.6009.80058.20057.475115.675
Ferenc Donáth9.3009.7509.8009.7009.6009.70057.85057.800115.650
Zoltán Magyar9.5509.9509.4009.7009.6009.60057.80057.700115.500
Cai Huanzong9.5009.5009.7009.7009.7009.60057.70057.675115.375
Lutz Mack9.7509.2009.7509.8009.5009.45057.45057.700115.150
Eberhard Gienger9.6009.6009.6509.6009.7509.55057.75057.025114.775
Henri Boerio9.6509.7009.5009.7509.6009.45057.65057.100114.750
Dănuț Grecu9.2509.6509.8009.7509.4509.55057.45057.200114.650
Volker Rohrwick9.4509.4509.4509.7009.6009.65057.30057.200114.500
Jiří Tabák9.7009.1009.6009.8509.4009.55057.20057.100114.300
Kurt Szilier9.3009.3509.5509.7009.5009.60057.00057.275114.275
Plamen Petkov9.5509.5009.5009.7509.6509.55057.50056.675114.175
Andrzej Szajna9.5009.1009.7009.8009.5509.70057.35056.800114.150
Benno Gross9.3009.7009.3009.7009.3009.65056.95057.075114.025
Aurel Georgescu9.7009.2009.4509.8009.4509.45057.05056.600113.650
Markus Lehmann9.3009.3009.4009.7509.5009.45056.70056.225112.925
Jozef Konecny9.3508.8009.4509.8009.3509.60056.35056.575112.925
Finn Gjertsen9.3009.6509.5009.6508.8509.40056.35056.500112.850
Lars Pettersen9.2009.4009.3009.4509.4509.45056.25056.300112.550
Fernando Bertrand9.3509.3009.5009.6508.3009.70055.80056.225112.025
Warren Long0.0000.0002.0000.0000.0000.0002.00056.75058.750

Floor exercise

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45668
Kurt Thomas9.9009.90019.800
Roland Brückner9.9009.90019.800
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.9009.87519.775
Nikolai Andrianov9.8509.87519.725
Bart Conner9.8509.85019.700
Li Yuejiu9.8509.87519.575
Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7009.82519.575
Huang Yubin9.3509.82519.175

Pommel horse

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Zoltán Magyar9.9509.87519.825
Kurt Thomas9.9009.82519.725
Koji Gushiken9.8009.80019.600
Alexander Dityatin9.8009.75019.550
Stoyan Deltchev9.8009.72519.525
Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7009.75019.450
Nikolai Andrianov9.0009.75018.750
Michael Nikolay8.8009.87518.675

Rings

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Alexander Dityatin9.9009.90019.800
Dănuț Grecu9.9009.80019.700
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.9009.77519.675
Koji Gushiken9.8509.80019.650
Stoyan Deltchev9.8009.82519.625
Huang Yubin9.8009.75019.550
Lutz Mack9.7509.77519.525
Ferenc Donáth9.5009.77519.175

Vault

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal5678
Alexander Dityatin9.8259.90019.725
Nikolai Andrianov9.8009.90019.700
Bart Conner9.8009.87519.675
Ralph Bärthel9.8509.82519.675
Roland Brückner9.7509.85019.600
Jiří Tabák9.7759.75019.525
Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7009.75019.450
James Hartung9.5759.80019.375

Parallel bars

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal44678
Bart Conner9.9009.82519.725
Kurt Thomas9.9009.80019.700
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.9009.80019.700
Koji Gushiken9.8509.75019.600
Alexander Dityatin9.8009.80019.600
Hiroshi Kajiyama9.7009.75019.450
Roland Brückner9.7509.67519.425
Michael Nikolay9.6009.72519.325

Horizontal bar

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45578
Kurt Thomas9.9009.87519.775
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.9009.85019.750
Alexander Dityatin9.8009.87519.675
Stoyan Deltchev9.7009.85019.550
Tong Fei9.7009.80019.500
Michael Nikolay9.7009.80019.500
Nobuyuki Kajitani9.7009.77519.475
Péter Kovács9.1509.80018.950

Women

Team final

RankTeamTotalCOCOCOCO
ROM97.65097.20096.80097.900389.550
Melita Ruhn9.8009.9009.7509.8009.5509.8009.7509.90078.250
Rodica Dunca9.6009.7509.6509.6009.5009.7509.7009.80077.350
Emilia Eberle9.6009.7509.8509.8509.6508.9509.8509.85077.350
Dumitrița Turner9.8009.9009.5509.7009.4009.7009.5509.70077.300
Marilena Vlădărău9.5509.7009.4509.5009.4509.5509.7009.85076.750
Nadia Comăneci9.8500.0009.9500.0009.9009.9509.8000.00049.450
****97.77595.95097.30097.900388.925
Nellie Kim9.7509.9009.8509.8009.8009.7509.9009.75078.500
Maria Filatova9.6509.8009.8009.8009.8009.7509.7509.95078.300
Natalia Shaposhnikova9.7009.8009.8009.1009.9009.5009.8009.80077.400
Stella Zakharova9.8009.8509.7009.0009.7009.7509.6009.85077.250
Elena Naimushina9.6509.7009.6009.5509.6509.7009.6509.80077.250
Natalia Tereschenko9.7259.8009.5509.0009.4009.3509.5509.80076.175
****97.25097.65096.65096.525388.075
Maxi Gnauck9.7509.8009.9509.9009.7009.6509.7009.90078.350
Steffi Kräker9.7509.9009.9009.8009.7009.6009.4009.65077.700
Regina Grabolle9.6009.6009.8509.6009.8009.7509.4509.80077.450
Silvia Hindorff9.6509.8009.6509.5009.6009.6009.5759.70077.075
Karola Sube9.5509.5509.7009.4509.6509.6009.4009.65076.550
Katharina Rensch9.6009.8009.8509.6009.4009.0509.7009.20076.200
4****95.45097.30095.35096.500384.600
Zhu Zheng9.4509.8009.8509.8009.5009.7009.6509.55077.300
Zheng Sihua9.3509.8509.8009.5509.4009.6509.7509.70077.050
Liu Yajun9.3509.7009.7009.5009.2509.8009.6009.70076.600
Ma Yanhong9.2009.5509.9509.9009.2009.5009.5509.60076.450
He Xiumin9.3509.5009.8509.2509.5009.4509.6009.65076.150
Li Cuiling9.4509.6009.6509.4009.3509.7009.7008.95075.800
5****96.05095.10097.05094.100382.300
Věra Černá9.7509.5009.7509.1509.9009.9009.6509.70077.300
Eva Marečková9.7009.6009.7009.6009.7509.7509.7009.20077.000
Radka Zemanová9.7009.5509.4009.5509.7009.7509.4009.00076.050
Katarína Šarišská9.7009.5009.5009.5009.6009.6509.4009.05075.900
Anita Sauerová9.5509.5009.5009.4009.3509.5009.4509.40075.650
Lenka Chatarová9.4009.3509.2509.2009.4509.6009.4509.10074.800

All-around

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal456789101112131415151718192020222324242627282930313133343536
Nellie Kim9.8509.8509.8509.85039.40039.25078.650
Maxi Gnauck9.7009.9009.7009.90039.20039.17578.375
Melita Ruhn9.8009.8009.8009.80039.20039.12578.325
Maria Filatova9.8009.4009.8009.80038.80039.15077.950
Rodica Dunca9.5009.7509.9009.90039.05038.67577.725
Věra Černá9.6009.8009.7009.85038.95038.65077.600
Steffi Kräker9.8009.7509.6509.35038.55038.85077.400
Emilia Eberle9.7009.9009.2009.90038.70038.67577.375
Regina Grabolle9.5009.5509.8009.70038.55038.72577.275
Eva Marečková9.6509.6009.7509.70038.70038.50077.200
Zhu Zheng9.6509.6009.7009.30038.25038.65076.900
Leslie Pyfer9.7509.6009.6509.65038.65038.17576.825
Elena Naimushina9.7009.6009.3509.45038.10038.62576.725
Radka Zemanová9.5509.6009.6509.70038.50038.02576.525
Zheng Sihua9.6509.2009.2009.70037.75038.52576.275
Erika Flander9.7509.5509.5009.55038.35037.92576.275
Krasimira Toneva9.7009.3509.5509.65038.25037.82576.075
Erzsébet Hanti9.5509.5009.4009.60038.05037.97576.025
Suzy Kellems9.6009.0009.4509.70037.75038.22575.975
Elfi Schlegel9.6009.5009.0009.70037.80038.07575.875
Silvia Topalova9.5009.7009.0009.60037.80038.07575.875
Éva Óvári9.6009.4508.9509.60037.60038.17575.775
Marcia Frederick9.8508.7009.6009.70037.85037.90075.750
Liu Yajun8.9509.2009.5009.60037.25038.30075.550
Sakiko Nozawa9.3509.6009.3509.60037.90037.65075.550
Yayoi Kano9.4509.4509.5009.25037.65037.85075.500
Annette Michler9.5009.4509.4509.50037.90037.50075.400
Romi Kessler9.6009.5009.1009.60037.80037.52575.325
Ellen Stewart9.4509.5009.4009.40037.75037.47575.225
Łucja Matraszek9.3509.4508.9509.40037.15037.67574.825
Diana Carnegie9.5509.1509.4509.40037.55037.25074.800
Lee Hyang Rim9.4009.4509.0009.55037.40037.40074.800
Galina Marinova9.5008.7009.5509.55037.30037.45074.750
Claudia Rossier9.3509.4508.9009.60037.30037.22574.525
Rika Anami9.5009.0008.9009.60037.00037.42574.425
Martine Pidoux9.5508.5509.3009.20036.60037.25073.850

Vault

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal5678
Dumitrița Turner9.9259.85019.775
Stella Zakharova9.8759.82519.700
Nellie Kim9.8509.82519.675
Steffi Kräker9.8509.82519.675
Christa Canary9.8259.81319.638
Maxi Gnauck9.8009.77519.575
Melita Ruhn9.6259.85019.475
Suzy Kellems8.8009.67518.475

Uneven bars

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Maxi Gnauck9.9009.92519.825
Ma Yanhong9.9009.92519.825
Emilia Eberle9.9009.85019.750
Steffi Kräker9.8509.85019.700
Nellie Kim9.8009.82519.625
Marcia Frederick9.8009.80019.600
Maria Filatova9.3009.80019.100
Zhu Zheng9.2509.82519.075

Balance beam

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Věra Černá9.9009.90019.800
Nellie Kim9.8509.77519.625
Regina Grabolle9.8009.77519.575
Eva Marečková9.8009.75019.550
Maria Filatova9.7509.77519.525
Maxi Gnauck9.7009.67519.375
Krasimira Toneva9.6509.67519.325
Melita Ruhn9.3009.67518.975

Floor exercise

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Emilia Eberle9.9509.85019.800
Nellie Kim9.9509.82519.775
Melita Ruhn9.9009.82519.725
Maxi Gnauck9.9009.80019.700
Maria Filatova9.8009.85019.650
Věra Černá9.9009.67519.575
Zheng Sihua9.8009.72519.525
Leslie Pyfer9.7509.72519.475

Medals

References

References

  1. (January 1978). "Within International Federations". Olympic Review.
  2. (3 December 1979). "World Gymnastics Spur Hopes of U. S.". The New York Times.
  3. (23 October 1978). "Taiwan's appeal fails and China get vote". [[The Times]].
  4. (6 December 1979). "Russians Capture Gymnastics". The New York Times.
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