Gymnastics World Championships
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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 | Current frequency | Most gold medals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organizer : FIG | |||||
1 | Artistic gymnastics | Artistic Gymnastics World Championships | 1903 | Annually Except when the Summer Olympics are held |
Soviet Union |
2 | Rhythmic gymnastics | Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships | 1963 | Annually Except when the Summer Olympics are held |
Russia |
3 | Trampoline and Tumbling gymnastics | Trampoline and Tumbling Gymnastics World Championships | 1964 | Annually Except when the Summer Olympics are held |
Russia |
4 | Acrobatic gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | 1974 | Even years | Soviet Union |
5 | Aerobic gymnastics | Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | 1995 | Even years | Romania |
6 | Parkour | Parkour World Championships | 2022 | Even years | Greece Mexico Sweden Ukraine |
Organizer : IFAGG | |||||
7 | Aesthetic group gymnastics | World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships | 2000 | Annually | Finland |
FIG
Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Trampoline and Tumbling Gymnastics World Championships
Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
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 | Brazil |
1996 | 2 | The Hague | Netherlands | 1 / 1 / 2 | Brazil |
1997 | 3 | Perth | Australia | 1 / 1 / 2 | Bulgaria |
1998 | 4 | Catania | Italy | 1 / 1 / 2 | Russia |
1999 | 5 | Hanover | Germany | 1 / 1 / 2 | South Korea |
2000 | 6 | Riesa | Germany | 1 / 1 / 2 | Romania |
2002 | 7 | Klaipėda | Lithuania | 1 / 1 / 3 | Spain |
2004 | 8 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1 / 1 / 3 | Romania |
2006 | 9 | Nanjing | China | 1 / 1 / 3 | China |
2008 | 10 | Ulm | Germany | 1 / 1 / 3 | Romania |
2010 | 11 | Rodez | France | 1 / 1 / 4 | Romania |
2012 | 12 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1 / 1 / 6 | China |
2014 | 13 | Cancun | Mexico | 1 / 1 / 6 | Romania |
2016 | 14 | Incheon | South Korea | 1 / 1 / 6 | China |
2018 | 15 | Guimarães | Portugal | 1 / 1 / 6 | Russia |
2021 | 16 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 1 / 1 / 6 | RGF Russian Gymnastics Federation |
2022 | 17 | Guimarães | Portugal | 1 / 1 / 6 | Hungary |
Parkour World Championships
Year | Edition | Host city | Country | Events (male/female) |
First in the Medal Table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | 1 | Tokyo | Japan | 2 / 2 | Greece Mexico Sweden Ukraine |
IFAGG
World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships
Year | Edition | Host city | Country | Events (female) |
First in the Medal Table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 1 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 | Finland |
2001 | 2 | Tallinn | Estonia | 1 | Estonia |
2002 | 3 | Prague | Czech Republic | 1 | Finland |
2003 | 4 | Graz | Austria | 1 | Finland |
2004 | 5 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1 | Finland |
2005 | 6 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1 | Russia |
2006 | 7 | Tampere | Finland | 1 | Finland |
2007 | 8 | Salou | Spain | 1 | Estonia |
2008 | 9 | Toronto | Canada | 1 | Finland |
2009 | 10 | Moscow | Russia | 1 | Finland |
2010 | 11 | Varna | Bulgaria | 1 | Finland |
2011 | 12 | Tartu | Estonia | 1 | Russia |
2012 | 13 | Cartagena | Spain | 1 | Russia |
2013 | 14 | Lahti | Finland | 1 | Russia |
2014 | 15 | Moscow | Russia | 1 | Russia |
2015 | 16 | Tórshavn | Denmark | 1 | Finland |
2016 | 17 | Brno | Czech Republic | 1 | Russia |
2017 | 18 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 | Finland |
2018 | 19 | Budapest | Hungary | 1 | Russia |
2019 | 20 | Cartagena | Spain | 1 | Russia |
2021 | 21 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 | Finland |
2022 | 22 | Graz | Austria | 1 | Future event |
2023 | 23 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 1 | Future event |
All-time medal table (FIG disciplines)
Last updated on November 19, 2022. Next championships: 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, August 23–27, 2023.
Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
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Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Russia Soviet Union (1954–1991) CIS (1992) RGF RGF (2021) |
105 146 0 5 |
53 51 0 0 |
25 10 0 1 |
9 0 0 2 |
6 0 0 2 |
12 0 0 2 |
36 111 5 1 |
43 86 3 1 |
36 59 5 2 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
113 50 0 7 |
57 43 0 4 |
35 27 0 2 |
76 25 0 5 |
42 13 0 1 |
43 9 0 3 |
696 | 405 | 271 | 1,372 |
2 | China | 76 | 68 | 73 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 90 | 57 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 31 | 10 | 233 | 170 | 141 | 544 |
3 | United States | 5 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 71 | 54 | 139 | 133 | 121 | 393 |
4 | Bulgaria | 57 | 80 | 79 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 59 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 135 | 153 | 148 | 436 |
5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 58 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 72 | 76 | 88 | 236 |
6 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 195 |
7 | Ukraine | 23 | 33 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 87 | 112 | 263 |
8 | Germany (and West Germany) East Germany (1950–1990) |
6 0 |
2 0 |
23 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
8 17 |
16 13 |
17 29 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
6 0 |
8 1 |
1 3 |
20 0 |
33 0 |
36 0 |
57 | 73 | 109 | 239 |
9 | France | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 31 | 53 | 76 | 73 | 202 |
10 | Great Britain England (1964–1965) Wales (1965) Scotland (1982) |
15 0 0 0 |
19 0 0 0 |
30 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
9 0 0 0 |
12 0 0 0 |
12 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 |
25 0 0 0 |
37 2 0 1 |
32 3 1 0 |
49 | 71 | 78 | 198 |
11 | Czech Republic Bohemia (1907–1913) Czechoslovakia (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 |
1 0 0 |
0 0 4 |
0 0 5 |
0 0 8 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
48 | 42 | 39 | 129 |
12 | Belarus | 3 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 38 | 67 | 95 | 200 |
13 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 39 | 49 | 122 |
14 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 72 |
15 | Poland | 15 | 48 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 55 | 90 | 166 |
Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 61 |
17 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 70 |
18 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 41 |
19 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 34 | 17 | 34 | 40 | 91 |
20 | Serbia Austria-Hungary (1909–1913) Yugoslavia (1922–1938) Yugoslavia (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 |
21 | Portugal | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 46 |
22 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
23 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 62 |
24 | Belgium | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 42 |
25 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
26 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
27 | North Korea | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
28 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
29 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
30 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
31 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
32 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
33 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
34 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
35 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
37 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
38 | Israel | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 30 |
39 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
40 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
41 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
42 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
43 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
44 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
45 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
46 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
47 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
48 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
50 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
51 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
52 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
53 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
54 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 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.
See also
- Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
- Gymnastics at the Youth Olympic Games
- Gymnastics at the World Games
- Junior World Gymnastics Championships
- Major achievements in gymnastics by nation