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1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition


Gymnastics competition

FieldValue
name1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
locationUSA Fort Worth, USA
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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 Thomas*none awarded*URS 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 Thomas*none 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 Gnauck*none awarded*ROU 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]]98.20097.15097.65098.65097.60098.250**587.500**
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]]97.70096.90096.60097.40097.15097.950**583.700**
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]]97.85096.30096.35097.40096.30096.950**581.150**
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
497.85096.45096.40097.75096.05096.500**581.000**
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
598.30095.40096.85096.30095.25096.850**578.950**
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 Dityatin9.9009.8509.9009.8509.8009.90059.20059.050**118.250**
Kurt Thomas9.8509.9009.8009.9009.8009.85059.10058.875**117.975**
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.5509.8009.8009.8009.8009.90058.65058.825**117.475**
Vladimir Markelov9.8009.7009.8009.8509.7009.85058.70058.575**117.275**
Bart Conner9.7009.7509.6509.8509.8009.80058.55058.475**117.025**
Roland Brückner9.8009.8009.8009.9009.6009.60058.50058.500**117.000**
Koji Gushiken9.7509.8009.7509.8009.7009.80058.60058.175**116.775**
Stoyan Deltchev9.6509.2009.8009.8509.7509.90058.15058.375**116.525**
Jim Hartung9.7509.7509.7009.9009.4509.80058.35058.100**116.450**
Hiroshi Kajiyama9.5509.6509.7009.8009.7009.75058.15058.300**116.450**
Huang Yubin9.5509.8009.6009.8009.7509.70058.20058.200**116.400**
Philippe Delasalle9.8009.8009.6509.9009.8009.70058.65057.650**116.300**
Li Yuejiu9.9009.6509.4509.8009.7009.90058.40057.775**116.175**
Michael Nikolay9.7009.1509.8009.7509.4009.80057.60058.425**116.025**
Tishomi Nishikii9.5509.7009.7009.7009.6009.65057.90058.000**115.900**
Péter Kovács9.7509.5509.7509.7509.6009.80058.20057.475**115.675**
Ferenc Donáth9.3009.7509.8009.7009.6009.70057.85057.800**115.650**
Zoltán Magyar9.5509.9509.4009.7009.6009.60057.80057.700**115.500**
Cai Huanzong9.5009.5009.7009.7009.7009.60057.70057.675**115.375**
Lutz Mack9.7509.2009.7509.8009.5009.45057.45057.700**115.150**
Eberhard Gienger9.6009.6009.6509.6009.7509.55057.75057.025**114.775**
Henri Boerio9.6509.7009.5009.7509.6009.45057.65057.100**114.750**
Dănuț Grecu9.2509.6509.8009.7509.4509.55057.45057.200**114.650**
Volker Rohrwick9.4509.4509.4509.7009.6009.65057.30057.200**114.500**
Jiří Tabák9.7009.1009.6009.8509.4009.55057.20057.100**114.300**
Kurt Szilier9.3009.3509.5509.7009.5009.60057.00057.275**114.275**
Plamen Petkov9.5509.5009.5009.7509.6509.55057.50056.675**114.175**
Andrzej Szajna9.5009.1009.7009.8009.5509.70057.35056.800**114.150**
Benno Gross9.3009.7009.3009.7009.3009.65056.95057.075**114.025**
Aurel Georgescu9.7009.2009.4509.8009.4509.45057.05056.600**113.650**
Markus Lehmann9.3009.3009.4009.7509.5009.45056.70056.225**112.925**
Jozef Konecny9.3508.8009.4509.8009.3509.60056.35056.575**112.925**
Finn Gjertsen9.3009.6509.5009.6508.8509.40056.35056.500**112.850**
Lars Pettersen9.2009.4009.3009.4509.4509.45056.25056.300**112.550**
Fernando Bertrand9.3509.3009.5009.6508.3009.70055.80056.225**112.025**
Warren Long0.0000.0002.0000.0000.0000.0002.00056.750**58.750**

Floor exercise

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45668
Kurt Thomas9.9009.900**19.800**
Roland Brückner9.9009.900**19.800**
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.9009.875**19.775**
Nikolai Andrianov9.8509.875**19.725**
Bart Conner9.8509.850**19.700**
Li Yuejiu9.8509.875**19.575**
Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7009.825**19.575**
Huang Yubin9.3509.825**19.175**

Pommel horse

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Zoltán Magyar9.9509.875**19.825**
Kurt Thomas9.9009.825**19.725**
Koji Gushiken9.8009.800**19.600**
Alexander Dityatin9.8009.750**19.550**
Stoyan Deltchev9.8009.725**19.525**
Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7009.750**19.450**
Nikolai Andrianov9.0009.750**18.750**
Michael Nikolay8.8009.875**18.675**

Rings

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Alexander Dityatin9.9009.900**19.800**
Dănuț Grecu9.9009.800**19.700**
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.9009.775**19.675**
Koji Gushiken9.8509.800**19.650**
Stoyan Deltchev9.8009.825**19.625**
Huang Yubin9.8009.750**19.550**
Lutz Mack9.7509.775**19.525**
Ferenc Donáth9.5009.775**19.175**

Vault

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal5678
Alexander Dityatin9.8259.900**19.725**
Nikolai Andrianov9.8009.900**19.700**
Bart Conner9.8009.875**19.675**
Ralph Bärthel9.8509.825**19.675**
Roland Brückner9.7509.850**19.600**
Jiří Tabák9.7759.750**19.525**
Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7009.750**19.450**
James Hartung9.5759.800**19.375**

Parallel bars

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal44678
Bart Conner9.9009.825**19.725**
Kurt Thomas9.9009.800**19.700**
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.9009.800**19.700**
Koji Gushiken9.8509.750**19.600**
Alexander Dityatin9.8009.800**19.600**
Hiroshi Kajiyama9.7009.750**19.450**
Roland Brückner9.7509.675**19.425**
Michael Nikolay9.6009.725**19.325**

Horizontal bar

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45578
Kurt Thomas9.9009.875**19.775**
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.9009.850**19.750**
Alexander Dityatin9.8009.875**19.675**
Stoyan Deltchev9.7009.850**19.550**
Tong Fei9.7009.800**19.500**
Michael Nikolay9.7009.800**19.500**
Nobuyuki Kajitani9.7009.775**19.475**
Péter Kovács9.1509.800**18.950**

Women

Team final

RankTeamTotalCOCOCOCO
**ROM**97.65097.20096.80097.900**389.550**
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
****97.77595.95097.30097.900**388.925**
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
****97.25097.65096.65096.525**388.075**
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******95.45097.30095.35096.500**384.600**
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******96.05095.10097.05094.100**382.300**
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 Kim9.8509.8509.8509.85039.40039.250**78.650**
Maxi Gnauck9.7009.9009.7009.90039.20039.175**78.375**
Melita Ruhn9.8009.8009.8009.80039.20039.125**78.325**
Maria Filatova9.8009.4009.8009.80038.80039.150**77.950**
Rodica Dunca9.5009.7509.9009.90039.05038.675**77.725**
Věra Černá9.6009.8009.7009.85038.95038.650**77.600**
Steffi Kräker9.8009.7509.6509.35038.55038.850**77.400**
Emilia Eberle9.7009.9009.2009.90038.70038.675**77.375**
Regina Grabolle9.5009.5509.8009.70038.55038.725**77.275**
Eva Marečková9.6509.6009.7509.70038.70038.500**77.200**
Zhu Zheng9.6509.6009.7009.30038.25038.650**76.900**
Leslie Pyfer9.7509.6009.6509.65038.65038.175**76.825**
Elena Naimushina9.7009.6009.3509.45038.10038.625**76.725**
Radka Zemanová9.5509.6009.6509.70038.50038.025**76.525**
Zheng Sihua9.6509.2009.2009.70037.75038.525**76.275**
Erika Flander9.7509.5509.5009.55038.35037.925**76.275**
Krasimira Toneva9.7009.3509.5509.65038.25037.825**76.075**
Erzsébet Hanti9.5509.5009.4009.60038.05037.975**76.025**
Suzy Kellems9.6009.0009.4509.70037.75038.225**75.975**
Elfi Schlegel9.6009.5009.0009.70037.80038.075**75.875**
Silvia Topalova9.5009.7009.0009.60037.80038.075**75.875**
Éva Óvári9.6009.4508.9509.60037.60038.175**75.775**
Marcia Frederick9.8508.7009.6009.70037.85037.900**75.750**
Liu Yajun8.9509.2009.5009.60037.25038.300**75.550**
Sakiko Nozawa9.3509.6009.3509.60037.90037.650**75.550**
Yayoi Kano9.4509.4509.5009.25037.65037.850**75.500**
Annette Michler9.5009.4509.4509.50037.90037.500**75.400**
Romi Kessler9.6009.5009.1009.60037.80037.525**75.325**
Ellen Stewart9.4509.5009.4009.40037.75037.475**75.225**
Łucja Matraszek9.3509.4508.9509.40037.15037.675**74.825**
Diana Carnegie9.5509.1509.4509.40037.55037.250**74.800**
Lee Hyang Rim9.4009.4509.0009.55037.40037.400**74.800**
Galina Marinova9.5008.7009.5509.55037.30037.450**74.750**
Claudia Rossier9.3509.4508.9009.60037.30037.225**74.525**
Rika Anami9.5009.0008.9009.60037.00037.425**74.425**
Martine Pidoux9.5508.5509.3009.20036.60037.250**73.850**

Vault

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal5678
Dumitrița Turner9.9259.850**19.775**
Stella Zakharova9.8759.825**19.700**
Nellie Kim9.8509.825**19.675**
Steffi Kräker9.8509.825**19.675**
Christa Canary9.8259.813**19.638**
Maxi Gnauck9.8009.775**19.575**
Melita Ruhn9.6259.850**19.475**
Suzy Kellems8.8009.675**18.475**

Uneven bars

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Maxi Gnauck9.9009.925**19.825**
Ma Yanhong9.9009.925**19.825**
Emilia Eberle9.9009.850**19.750**
Steffi Kräker9.8509.850**19.700**
Nellie Kim9.8009.825**19.625**
Marcia Frederick9.8009.800**19.600**
Maria Filatova9.3009.800**19.100**
Zhu Zheng9.2509.825**19.075**

Balance beam

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Věra Černá9.9009.900**19.800**
Nellie Kim9.8509.775**19.625**
Regina Grabolle9.8009.775**19.575**
Eva Marečková9.8009.750**19.550**
Maria Filatova9.7509.775**19.525**
Maxi Gnauck9.7009.675**19.375**
Krasimira Toneva9.6509.675**19.325**
Melita Ruhn9.3009.675**18.975**

Floor exercise

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal45678
Emilia Eberle9.9509.850**19.800**
Nellie Kim9.9509.825**19.775**
Melita Ruhn9.9009.825**19.725**
Maxi Gnauck9.9009.800**19.700**
Maria Filatova9.8009.850**19.650**
Věra Černá9.9009.675**19.575**
Zheng Sihua9.8009.725**19.525**
Leslie Pyfer9.7509.725**19.475**

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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