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Gymnastics World Championships

World championships

Summary

World championships

senior level championships

Gymnastics World Championships refers to a number of different world championships for each of the disciplines in competitive gymnastics. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) organizes World Championships for six disciplines: acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, parkour, rhythmic gymnastics, as well as trampoline and tumbling. The International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG) organizes World Championships for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.

List of championships

Number	Discipline	Competition	First held
Organizer: FIG
1	Artistic gymnastics	Artistic Gymnastics World Championships	1903
Except when the Summer Olympics are held
2	Rhythmic gymnastics	Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships	1963
Except when the Summer Olympics are held
3	Trampoline gymnastics	Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships	1964
Except when the Summer Olympics are held
4	Acrobatic gymnastics	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	1974
5	Aerobic gymnastics	Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships	1995
6	Parkour	Parkour World Championships	2022

Organizer: IFAGG
7	Aesthetic group gymnastics	World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	2000

FIG

Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

Main article: World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Year	Edition	Host city	Country	Events
(male/female)	First in the Medal Table
1903	1	Antwerp	Belgium	6 / 0
1905	2	Bordeaux	France	5 / 0
1907	3	Prague	Austria-Hungary	5 / 0
1909	4	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	5 / 0
1911	5	Turin	Italy	6 / 0
1913	6	Paris	France	6 / 0	Italy
1922	7	Ljubljana	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	6 / 0	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1926	8	Lyon	France	6 / 0
1930	9	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	7 / 0	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1934	10	Budapest	Hungary	8 / 2
1938	11	Prague	Czechoslovakia	8 / 6
1950	12	Basel	Switzerland	8 / 6
1954	13	Rome	Italy	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1958	14	Moscow	Soviet Union	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1962	15	Prague	Czechoslovakia	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1966	16	Dortmund	West Germany	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1970	17	Ljubljana	SFR Yugoslavia	8 / 6	Japan
1974	18	Varna	Bulgaria	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1978	19	Strasbourg	France	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1979	20	Fort Worth	United States	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1981	21	Moscow	Soviet Union	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1983	22	Budapest	Hungary	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1985	23	Montreal	Canada	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1987	24	Rotterdam	Netherlands	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1989	25	Stuttgart	West Germany	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1991	26	Indianapolis	United States	8 / 6	Soviet Union
1992	27	Paris	France	6 / 4	CIS
1993	28	Birmingham	Great Britain	7 / 5	Belarus
1994	29	Brisbane	Australia	7 / 5	Belarus
1994	30	Dortmund	Germany	1 / 1

1995	31	Sabae	Japan	8 / 6
1996	32	San Juan	Puerto Rico	6 / 4
1997	33	Lausanne	Switzerland	8 / 6
1999	34	Tianjin	China	8 / 6
2001	35	Ghent	Belgium	8 / 6
2002	36	Debrecen	Hungary	6 / 4
2003	37	Anaheim	United States	8 / 6
2005	38	Melbourne	Australia	7 / 5
2006	39	Aarhus	Denmark	8 / 6
2007	40	Stuttgart	Germany	8 / 6
2009	41	London	Great Britain	7 / 5
2010	42	Rotterdam	Netherlands	8 / 6
2011	43	Tokyo	Japan	8 / 6
2013	44	Antwerp	Belgium	7 / 5
2014	45	Nanning	China	8 / 6
2015	46	Glasgow	Great Britain	8 / 6
2017	47	Montreal	Canada	7 / 5
2018	48	Doha	Qatar	8 / 6
2019	49	Stuttgart	Germany	8 / 6
2021	50	Kitakyushu	Japan	7 / 5
2022	51	Liverpool	Great Britain	8 / 6
2023	52	Antwerp	Belgium	8 / 6
2025	53	Jakarta	Indonesia	7 / 5
2026	54	Rotterdam	Netherlands	8 / 6	Future event
2027	55	Chengdu	China	8 / 6	Future event

Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

Main article: Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

Year	Edition	Host city	Country	Events
(female)	First in the Medal Table
1963	1	Budapest	Hungary	3	Soviet Union
1965	2	Prague	Czechoslovakia	3
1967	3	Copenhagen	Denmark	5	Soviet Union
1969	4	Varna	Bulgaria	6	Bulgaria
1971	5	Havana	Cuba	6	Bulgaria
1973	6	Rotterdam	Netherlands	6	Soviet Union
1975	7	Madrid	Spain	6
1977	8	Basel	Switzerland	6	Soviet Union
1979	9	London	Great Britain	6	Soviet Union
1981	10	Munich	West Germany	6	Bulgaria
1983	11	Strasbourg	France	6	Bulgaria
1985	12	Valladolid	Spain	6	Bulgaria
1987	13	Varna	Bulgaria	8	Bulgaria
1989	14	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	9	Soviet Union
1991	15	Athens	Greece	9	Soviet Union
1992	16	Brussels	Belgium	8	Russia
1993	17	Alicante	Spain	7
1994	18	Paris	France	8
1995	19	Vienna	Austria	9
1996	20	Budapest	Hungary	7
1997	21	Berlin	Germany	6
1998	22	Sevilla	Spain	3	BLR
1999	23	Osaka	Japan	9
2001	24	Madrid	Spain	6
2002	25	New Orleans	United States	3
2003	26	Budapest	Hungary	9
2005	27	Baku	Azerbaijan	9
2007	28	Patras	Greece	9
2009	29	Mie	Japan	9
2010	30	Moscow	Russia	9
2011	31	Montpellier	France	9
2013	32	Kyiv	Ukraine	8
2014	33	İzmir	Turkey	9
2015	34	Stuttgart	Germany	9
2017	35	Pesaro	Italy	8
2018	36	Sofia	Bulgaria	9
2019	37	Baku	Azerbaijan	9
2021	38	Kitakyushu	Japan	9	Russian Gymnastics Federation
2022	39	Sofia	Bulgaria	9
2023	40	Valencia	Spain	9
2025	41	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	9
2026	42	Frankfurt	Germany	9	Future event
2027	43	Baku	Azerbaijan	9	Future event

Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships

Main article: Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships

Year	Edition	Host city	Country	Events
(male/female/mixed)	First in the Medal Table
1964	1	London		1 / 1 / 0
1965	2	London		2 / 2 / 1
1966	3	Lafayette		3 / 3 / 0
1967	4	London		2 / 2 / 0
1968	5	Amersfoort		2 / 2 / 0
1970	6	Bern		2 / 2 / 0
1972	7	Stuttgart		2 / 2 / 0
1974	8	Johannesburg	RSA	2 / 2 / 0
1976	9	Tulsa		4 / 4 / 0
1978	10	Newcastle		4 / 4 / 0
1980	11	Brig		4 / 4 / 0
1982	12	Bozeman		7 / 7 / 0
1984	13	Osaka	JPN	7 / 7 / 0
1986	14	Paris		7 / 7 / 0	Soviet Union
1988	15	Birmingham		7 / 7 / 0	Soviet Union
1990	16	Essen		7 / 7 / 0	Soviet Union
1992	17	Auckland		7 / 7 / 0	Russia
1994	18	Porto		7 / 7 / 0
1996	19	Vancouver		7 / 7 / 0
1998	20	Sydney		7 / 7 / 0
1999	21	Sun City		7 / 7 / 0
2001	22	Odense		7 / 7 / 0
2003	23	Hannover		7 / 7 / 0
2005	24	Eindhoven		7 / 7 / 0
2007	25	Quebec		7 / 7 / 0
2009	26	Saint Petersburg		7 / 7 / 0
2010	27	Metz		4 / 4 / 0
2011	28	Birmingham		7 / 7 / 0
2013	29	Sofia		7 / 7 / 0
2014	30	Daytona Beach		4 / 4 / 0
2015	31	Odense		7 / 7 / 0
2017	32	Sofia		7 / 7 / 0
2018	33	Saint Petersburg		4 / 4 / 1
2019	34	Tokyo		7 / 7 / 1
2021	35	Baku		7 / 7 / 1	Russian Gymnastics Federation
2022	36	Sofia		7 / 7 / 1
2023	37	Birmingham		7 / 7 / 1
2025	38	Pamplona		7 / 7 / 2
2026	39	Nanjing		7 / 7 / 2	Future event
2027	40	Sofia		7 / 7 / 2	Future event

Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships

Main article: Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships

Year	Edition	Host city	Country	Events
(male/female/mixed)	First in the Medal Table
1974	1	Moscow	Soviet Union	9 / 9 / 3	Soviet Union
1976	2	Saarbrücken	West Germany	12 / 12 / 3	Soviet Union
1978	3	Sofia	Bulgaria	9 / 9 / 3	Soviet Union
1980	4	Poznań	Poland	9 / 9 / 3	Soviet Union
1982	5	London	Great Britain	9 / 9 / 3	Soviet Union
1984	6	Sofia	Bulgaria	9 / 9 / 3	Soviet Union
1986	7	Rennes	France	9 / 9 / 3	Soviet Union
1988	8	Antwerp	Belgium	9 / 9 / 3	Bulgaria
1990	9	Augsburg	West Germany	9 / 9 / 3	Soviet Union
1992	10	Rennes	France	9 / 9 / 3
1994	11	Beijing	China	9 / 9 / 3
1995	12	Wrocław	Poland	9 / 9 / 3
1996	13	Riesa	Germany	9 / 9 / 3
1997	14	Manchester	Great Britain	9 / 9 / 3
1998	15	Minsk	Belarus	9 / 9 / 3
1999	16	Ghent	Belgium	6 / 6 / 3
2000	17	Wrocław	Poland	6 / 6 / 3
2002	18	Riesa	Germany	2 / 2 / 1
2004	19	Lievin	France	2 / 2 / 1
2006	20	Coimbra	Portugal	2 / 2 / 1
2008	21	Glasgow	Great Britain	2 / 2 / 1
2010	22	Wrocław	Poland	2 / 2 / 1
2012	23	Lake Buena Vista	United States	2 / 2 / 1
2014	24	Levallois-Perret	France	2 / 2 / 1
2016	25	Putian	China	2 / 2 / 2
2018	26	Antwerp	Belgium	2 / 2 / 2
2021	27	Geneva	Switzerland	2 / 2 / 2	Russian Gymnastics Federation
2022	28	Baku	Azerbaijan	6 / 6 / 4
2024	29	Guimarães	Portugal	6 / 6 / 4
2026	30	Pesaro	Italy	6 / 6 / 4

Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships

Main article: Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships

Year	Edition	Host city	Country	Events
(male/female/mixed)	First in the Medal Table
1995	1	Paris	France	1 / 1 / 2
1996	2	The Hague	Netherlands	1 / 1 / 2
1997	3	Perth	Australia	1 / 1 / 2
1998	4	Catania	Italy	1 / 1 / 2
1999	5	Hanover	Germany	1 / 1 / 2
2000	6	Riesa	Germany	1 / 1 / 2
2002	7	Klaipėda	Lithuania	1 / 1 / 3
2004	8	Sofia	Bulgaria	1 / 1 / 3
2006	9	Nanjing	China	1 / 1 / 3
2008	10	Ulm	Germany	1 / 1 / 3
2010	11	Rodez	France	1 / 1 / 4
2012	12	Sofia	Bulgaria	1 / 1 / 6
2014	13	Cancún	Mexico	1 / 1 / 6
2016	14	Incheon	South Korea	1 / 1 / 6
2018	15	Guimarães	Portugal	1 / 1 / 6
2021	16	Baku	Azerbaijan	1 / 1 / 6	Russian Gymnastics Federation
2022	17	Guimarães	Portugal	1 / 1 / 6
2024	18	Pesaro	Italy	1 / 1 / 6
2026	19	Pamplona	Spain	1 / 1 / 6

Parkour World Championships

Main article: Parkour World Championships

Year	Edition	Host city	Country	Events
(male/female)	First in the Medal Table
2022	1	Tokyo	Japan	2 / 2

2024	2	Kitakyushu	Japan	2 / 2

IFAGG

World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships

Main article: World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships

Year	Edition	Host city	Country	Events
(female)	First in the Medal Table
2000	1	Helsinki	Finland	1
2001	2	Tallinn	Estonia	1
2002	3	Prague	Czech Republic	1
2003	4	Graz	Austria	1
2004	5	Sofia	Bulgaria	1
2005	6	Copenhagen	Denmark	1
2006	7	Tampere	Finland	1
2007	8	Salou	Spain	1
2008	9	Toronto	Canada	1
2009	10	Moscow	Russia	1
2010	11	Varna	Bulgaria	1
2011	12	Tartu	Estonia	1
2012	13	Cartagena	Spain	1
2013	14	Lahti	Finland	1
2014	15	Moscow	Russia	1
2015	16	Tórshavn	Denmark	1
2016	17	Brno	Czech Republic	1
2017	18	Helsinki	Finland	1
2018	19	Budapest	Hungary	1
2019	20	Cartagena	Spain	1
2021	21	Helsinki	Finland	1
2022	22	Graz	Austria	1
2023	23	Astana	Kazakhstan	1	IFAGG
2024	24	Tartu	Estonia	1
2025	25	Burgas	Bulgaria	1
2026	26	Kyoto	Japan	1
2027	27	Paris	France	1

All-time medal table (FIG disciplines)

Last updated on November 9, 2025. Next championships: 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, August 12–16, 2026.

Acrobatic	Aerobic	Artistic	Parkour	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Combined	Rk.	Nation	Total	Acrobatic	Aerobic	Artistic	Parkour	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Combined	Rk.	Nation	Total	Acrobatic	Aerobic	Artistic	Parkour
1
(1954–1991)
(1992)
[[File:23Flag(Plain)W.svg	border	23px	Russian Gymnastics Federation]] RGF (2021)
[[File:23Flag(Plain)W.svg	border	23px	Individual Neutral Athletes]] AIN2 (2025)	105
146
0
5
0	53
51
0
0
0	25
10
0
1
0	9
0
0
2
0	6
0
0
2
0	12
0
0
2
0	36
111
5
1
2	43
86
3
1
1	36
59
5
2
1	0
0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0
0	113
50
0
7
0	57
43
0
4
0	35
27
0
2
0	76
25
0
5
1	42
13
0
1
4	43
9
0
3
1	699	410	273	1,382
2		81	68	74	14	13	11	95	61	51	1	1	0	2	3	3	61	34	12	254	180	151	585
3		5	11	26	0	0	0	68	56	49	0	1	1	0	1	0	79	76	58	152	145	134	431
4		57	80	79	3	6	2	5	6	13	0	0	0	70	65	55	1	2	2	136	159	151	446
5		0	0	0	8	3	0	57	61	73	0	2	0	3	6	6	13	13	14	81	85	93	259
6	(and West Germany)
(1950–1990)	6
0	2
0	23
0	0
0	0
0	0
0	9
17	16
13	17
29	0
0	0
0	0
0	16
0	9
1	2
3	21
0	33
0	36
0	69	74	110	253
7		24	35	45	1	3	2	7	13	20	1	0	0	26	28	42	7	12	12	66	91	121	278
8		0	0	0	18	22	21	48	45	42	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	66	68	64	198
9		3	5	3	5	15	11	25	30	27	0	0	1	0	0	2	23	30	32	56	80	76	212
10
(1964–1965)
(1965)
(1982)	15
0
0
0	19
0
0
0	31
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	11
0
0
0	14
0
0
0	14
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	28
0
0
0	42
2
0
1	40
3
1
0	54	78	89	221
11
(1907–1913)
(1922–1992)	0
0
0	0
0
0	0
0
0	0
0
0	0
0
0	0
0
0	0
10
34	0
8
29	0
10
20	0
0
0	0
0
0	2
0
0	0
0
4	0
0
5	0
0
8	0
0
0	0
0
0	0
0
0	48	42	40	130
12
[[File:23Flag(Plain)W.svg	border	23px	Individual Neutral Athletes]] AIN1 (2025)	3
0	11
0	23
0	0
0	0
0	0
0	14
0	7
0	11
0	0
0	0
0	0
0	10
0	28
0	41
0	11
3	21
1	20
0	41	68	95	204
13		0	0	0	4	5	9	15	12	29	0	2	1	17	24	16	0	0	0	36	43	55	134
14		0	1	0	13	3	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	7	12	24	3	5	5	26	25	33	84
15		0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	22	20	21	63
16		15	48	69	0	0	0	5	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	21	55	90	166
17		0	1	0	1	2	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	18	21	20	25	27	72
18		0	0	0	9	4	5	8	9	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	19	16	15	50
19		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	27	36	17	35	42	94
20		5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14	15	17	20	16	53
21
Austria-Hungary (1909–1913)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1922–1938)
(1950–1992)	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
1	0
0
0
5	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
13
4	0
1
10
1	0
1
6
2	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	0
0
0
0	17	13	14	44
22		0	0	0	11	6	7	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	8	12	37
23		0	1	6	5	9	7	11	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	25	23	64
24		14	10	5	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	16	17	17	50
25		0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	2	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	11	4	4	19
26		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	1	10	5	3	18
27		0	2	3	0	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	9	7	10	26
28		4	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	1	1	8	6	17	31
29		0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	8	2	7	17
30		0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	6	10	8	24
31		1	12	7	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	9	8	0	0	0	4	23	18	45
32		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	3	9	17	29
33		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	2	9
34		0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	6
35		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	5	10
36		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	8
37		1	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	14
38		0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	10
39		0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	6
40		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
41		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5
42		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	7
43		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5
44		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2
45		0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5
46		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5
47		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	4	7	11
48		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5
49		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
51		0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4
52		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
54		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
55		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
–	Unattached athlete(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

;Notes : (1) At the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Valery Belenky earned a bronze medal competing as an unattached (UNA) athlete. Later, official documents from the International Gymnastics Federation credit his medal as a medal for Germany.

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