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2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition


Gymnastics competition

FieldValue
name2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
date_startOctober 24, 2001
date_endNovember 4, 2001
venueFlanders Sports Arena
locationBEL Ghent, Belgium
prev1999
next2002

The 35th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Ghent, Belgium, in 2001 at the Flanders Sports Arena. This was the first Worlds at which the 6-3-3—six athletes per team, three compete, all three scores count—format was used in team finals. 2001 Worlds was also the last World Championships in which three gymnasts per country were permitted to advance to the all-around finals.

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
Ivan Ivankov
Alexei Sinkevich
Dmitry Kasperovich
Vitali Valinchuk
Aleksandr Kruzhilov
Denis SavenkovUnited States
Sean Townsend
Stephen McCain
Guard Young
Raj Bhavsar
Brett McClure
Paul Hamm
Alexander Beresh
Sergei Vyaltsev
Roman Zozulya
Andrei Lipsky
Ruslan Mezentsev
Andrei Mikhailichenko
CHN Feng JingBLR Ivan IvankovBUL Yordan Yovchev
BUL Yordan Yovchev
ROU Marian Drăgulescunone awardedLAT Igors Vihrovs
ROU Marius UrzicăCHN Xiao QinUKR Alexander Beresh
BUL Yordan YovchevHUN Szilveszter CsollányITA Andrea Coppolino
ROU Marian DrăgulescuLAT Jevgēņijs SaproņenkoCUB Charles Tamayo
USA Sean TownsendCUB Erick LópezBLR Ivan Ivankov
GRE Vlasios MarasUKR Alexander Beresh
AUS Philippe Rizzonone awarded
Women
Andreea Răducan
Sabina Cojocar
Andreea Ulmeanu
Silvia Stroescu
Carmen Ionescu
Loredana BobocRussia
Svetlana Khorkina
Natalia Ziganshina
Ludmila Ezhova
Maria Zasypkina
Elena ZamolodchikovaUnited States
Tasha Schwikert
Ashley Miles
Tabitha Yim
Rachel Tidd
Mohini Bhardwaj
Katie Heenan
RUS Svetlana KhorkinaRUS Natalia ZiganshinaROU Andreea Răducan
RUS Svetlana KhorkinaUZB Oksana ChusovitinaROU Andreea Răducan
RUS Svetlana KhorkinaNED Renske EndelUSA Katie Heenan
ROU Andreea RăducanRUS Ludmila EzhovaCHN Sun Xiaojiao
ROU Andreea RăducanBRA Daniele HypólitoRUS Svetlana Khorkina

Medal table

Overall

Men

Women

Men

Team Final

RankTeamTotal
****27.562
Ivan Ivankov-9.275
Dmitri Kasperovich9.450-
Alexei Sinkevich-9.400
Denis Savenkov9.1629.400
Aleksandr Kruzhilov8.950-
Vitali Kalinchuk--
United States26.974
Paul Hamm8.9258.412
Brett McClure-9.350
Sean Townsend8.662-
Raj Bhavsar-9.162
Stephen McCain9.387-
Guard Young--
****26.962
Alexander Beresch8.662-
Ruslan Mezentsev8.4008.925
Andrei Lipski9.312-
Andrei Mikhailichenko-9.275
Roman Zozulya--
Sergei Vyaltsev--
4France26.974
Florent Marée9.275-
Cedric Guille9.212-
Yann Cucherat--
Johan Mounard8.4879.312
François Ruffier-9.537
Sebastien Tayac-9.362
5China27.187
Feng Jing9.0508.362
Deng Weiwei8.875-
Liu Jinyu--
Li Rongjie9.2628.200
Zhang Shangwu--
Xiao Qin-9.812
6****26.911
Marian Drăgulescu8.787-
Dan Potra9.2129.312
Marius Urzică-9.762
Ioan Suciu8.9129.237
Rareş Orzaţa--
Razvan Selariu--
7Russia26.999
Alexei Bondarenko8.487-
Alexei Nemov9.475-
Gregory Grebenkov9.0378.425
Evgeny Krylov--
Nikolai Kryukov-9.550
Yury Tikhonovsky-7.337
8****25.600
Yang Tae-Young8.7758.775
Lee Jang-Hyung8.3009.437
You Won-Kil8.525-
Shing Hyung-Ook-9.650
Kim Dong-Hwa--

All-around

RankGymnastTotal45678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Feng Jing9.2879.4259.1259.3009.6129.46256.211
Ivan Ivankov9.0008.8259.6129.4009.6879.60056.124
Yordan Yovchev9.6878.8379.7879.3379.1509.28756.085
Dan Potra9.4129.5509.5759.3259.1128.92555.899
Erick López8.5629.0879.6879.4629.6879.23755.722
Yernar Yerimbetov8.9379.2009.1259.5879.3879.35055.586
Paul Hamm9.4259.3129.3629.3379.1128.78755.335
Sean Townsend9.6878.8629.4379.3879.6508.25055.273
Marian Drăgulescu9.6379.5509.1759.7627.7759.32555.224
Roman Zozulya9.3128.7259.3508.9509.1879.42554.949
Ioan Suciu9.4259.6508.7879.6378.5008.62554.624
Pavel Gofman8.9759.1509.0629.1508.9509.15054.437
Yang Tae-Young8.4878.7879.2879.5628.8629.28754.272
Johan Mounard9.0259.2878.6379.1879.1128.97554.223
Andrei Mikhailichenko9.0259.3008.5759.4629.0758.52553.962
Stephan Zapf9.0259.0259.2379.1508.6378.71253.786
Igor Cassina8.5378.7258.7629.2378.5629.43753.260
Alexei Bondarenko9.6758.3129.1509.2128.2378.63753.223
Sven Kwiatkowski8.4129.3128.3759.1628.8259.07553.161
Dominik Daeppen8.8008.3878.9759.0628.9378.97553.136
Charles Tamayo9.2627.5129.5629.5509.3377.67552.898
Grant Golding8.6878.9508.9879.1629.0257.92552.736
Liu Jinyu8.8127.5878.9259.4378.9129.01252.685
Florent Marée9.2008.5008.4758.9257.9879.53752.624
Victor Cano8.8009.0509.2009.2508.1508.15052.600
Roman Schweizer8.2378.2628.8009.4758.8009.00052.574
Abel Driggs Santos8.4878.8378.9009.4259.0127.80052.461
Stephen McCain8.9757.1879.1009.4008.9128.71252.286
Matteo Morandi8.8508.5259.6258.9507.6258.62552.200
Erik Revelinsh8.5008.3878.8258.8378.2379.18751.973
Christoph Schaerer8.2258.8008.4879.0258.2509.00051.787

Floor Exercise

RankGymnastTotal45678
Marian Drăgulescu9.550
Yordan Yovchev9.550
Igors Vihrovs9.425
Stephen McCain9.312
Jevgēņijs Saproņenko8.962
Alexei Bondarenko8.937
Yernar Yerimbetov8.712
Alexander Beresh7.862

Pommel Horse

RankGymnastTotal45678
Marius Urzică9.800
Xiao Qin9.775
Alexander Beresh9.662
Nikolai Kryukov9.650
Alberto Busnari9.562
François Ruffier8.987
Feng Jing8.837
Ioan Suciu8.775

Rings

RankGymnastTotal45678
Yordan Yovchev9.775
Szilveszter Csollány9.712
Andrea Coppolino9.650
Demosthenes Tampakos9.600
Ivan Ivankov9.575
Walid el Deriny9.562
You Won-Kil9.500
Herodotos Giorgallas9.100

Vault

RankGymnastTotal45678
Marian Drăgulescu9.668
Jevgēņijs Saproņenko9.643
Charles Tamayo9.624
Alexei Bondarenko9.456
Yernar Yerimbetov9.450
Leszek Blanik9.212
Tue Lodahl9.156
Igors Vihrovs9.075

Parallel Bars

RankGymnastTotal45678
Sean Townsend9.700
Eric Lopez9.675
Ivan Ivankov9.637
Feng Jing9.537
Alexei Sinkevich9.525
Zhang Shangwu9.512
Vasileios Tsolakidis9.500
Marius Urzică9.375

Horizontal Bar

RankGymnastTotal45678
Vlasios Maras9.737
Alexander Beresh9.725
Philippe Rizzo9.725
Igor Cassina9.550
Andrei Lipski9.525
Christoph Schaerer8.812
Jari Monkkonen8.737
Ivan Ivankov7.300

Women

Team Final

RankTeamTotal
****28.061 (1)
Andreea Răducan9.4258.525
Sabina Cojocar9.3998.587
Andreea Ulmeanu9.237
Silvia Stroescu8.762
Carmen Ionescu
Loredana Boboc
Russia27.024 (6)
Svetlana Khorkina8.6569.700
Natalia Ziganshina9.0568.400
Ludmila Ezhova9.225
Maria Zasypkina9.312
Elena Zamolodchikova
United States27.729 (2)
Tasha Schwikert9.087
Ashley Miles9.1748.625
Tabitha Yim
Rachel Tidd9.168
Mohini Bhardwaj9.387
Katie Heenan9.000
4Spain27.117 (4)
Sara Moro9.0438.950
Elena Gómez8.237
Marta Cusidó9.043
Esther Moya9.031
Alba Planas8.600
Ana Parera
5Netherlands27.286 (3)
Verona van de Leur9.2129.387
Gabriëlla Wammes9.1317.762
Rikst Valentijn
Renske Endel9.100
Monique Nuijten8.943
Kimberly Viola
6****26.817 (8)
Natalia Sirobaba9.0998.250
Alona Kvasha8.981
Tatiana Yarosh8.7379.050
Irina Yarotska8.962
Olga Roschupkina
7Australia27.104 (5)
Allana Slater9.0379.000
Alexandra Croak8.874
Jacqui Dunn6.475
Allison Johnston9.193
Jessica Zarnay8.725
Kylie Tanner
8Germany26.825 (7)
Lisa Brüggemann9.0008.712
Birgit Schweigert8.8758.037
Gabi Weller8.950
Katja Abel
Gritt Hofmann
Conny Schütz8.325

All Around Final

Svetlana Khorkina won her second title, only the fifth female gymnast to achieve this feat. At age 22, she became the oldest women's all-around champion since Nellie Kim in 1979, the last time the event had been won by a gymnast in her 20s. Daniele Hypólito became the first Latin American gymnast to ever place in the top five.

As of 2025, this is the most recent Women's All Around final where none of the medals were won by an American gymnast.

RankGymnastTotal4567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
Svetlana Khorkina9.3689.5379.2379.47537.617
Natalia Ziganshina9.3439.2009.3759.38737.305
Andreea Răducan9.3508.8629.4759.26236.949
Daniele Hypólito9.0568.9129.3759.56236.905
Tasha Schwikert9.2318.9509.3509.35036.881
Sabina Cojocar9.3568.6259.3379.46236.780
Tabitha Yim9.1438.9509.1259.46236.680
Sara Moro8.6759.2259.4759.28736.662
Verona van de Leur9.0939.4008.5509.35036.393
Sun Xiaojiao8.8688.8759.4879.06236.292
Silvia Stroescu9.0318.5759.3879.22536.218
Marta Cusidó9.0438.8378.9259.11235.917
Gabriëlla Wammes9.1248.5629.0259.13735.848
Holly Murdock8.9188.7508.8629.01235.524
Evgeniya Kuznetsova9.0258.7878.9378.62535.374
Kate Richardson8.9688.6628.6878.97535.292
Elena Gómez8.8188.4258.8379.20035.280
Mohini Bhardwaj9.3628.4878.2758.91235.036
Oksana Chusovitina9.3628.2378.3879.03735.023
Alona Kvasha8.8128.3128.7259.11234.961
Olga Roschupkina8.7318.6629.0758.48734.955
Allana Slater8.8689.0508.2128.81234.942
Delphine Regease8.9628.3128.8008.85034.924
Elizabeth Tweddle8.9188.9378.3628.67534.892
Janerky de la Peña8.9378.8008.5628.52534.824
Ludmila Ezhova6.9009.3129.5878.97534.774
Birgit Schweigert9.0498.5378.5878.46234.635
Rikst Valentijn8.7568.7008.4758.66234.593
Jacqui Dunn8.7378.8378.3878.32534.286
Tatiana Zharganova8.4498.1378.7878.55033.923
Tatiana Yarosh8.5627.7628.1758.95033.449
Ashley Peckett8.7188.5507.1258.85033.243

Vault Final

RankGymnastVault 1Vault 2Total45678
Svetlana Khorkina9.3509.4759.412
Oksana Chusovitina9.2879.4129.349
Andreea Răducan9.1259.3629.243
Jana Komrsková9.2379.1759.206
Andreea Ulmeanu9.2878.9509.118
Verona van de Leur9.3758.8509.112
Mohini Bhardwaj9.3758.7009.037
Ashley Miles9.3128.2258.768

Uneven Bars Final

RankGymnastS.V.Total45668
Svetlana Khorkina9.89.437
Renske Endel10.09.425
Katie Heenan9.89.212
Sara Moro9.88.850
Tatiana Zharganova9.88.825
Ludmila Ezhova9.98.625
Jacqui Dunn9.88.625
Verona van de Leur9.48.412

Balance Beam Final

RankGymnastS.V.Total45678
Andreea Răducan10.09.662
Ludmila Ezhova10.09.650
Sun Xiaojiao10.09.575
Sabina Cojocar9.99.475
Tasha Schwikert9.99.350
Elena Gómez9.69.025
Esther Moya9.68.975
Rachel Tidd9.58.375

Floor Exercise Final

RankGymnastS.Vpen.Total45678
Andreea Răducan9.99.550
Daniele Hypólito9.99.487
Svetlana Khorkina9.89.375
Allana Slater9.99.337
Daiane dos Santos9.89.325
Tabitha Yim9.79.187
Silvia Stroescu9.69.012
Tasha Schwikert9.60.18.900

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