The 25th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Stuttgart, West Germany, in 1989 from October 14 to October 22.
The scoring rule New Life was introduced. This meant that gymnasts' scores were not carried over to the all-around and the event finals from the team competition.
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
Igor Korobchinsky
Vladimir Artemov
Valentin Mogilny
Vitaly Marinich
Valery Belenky
Vladimir Novikov
Andreas Wecker
Sven Tippelt
Sylvio Kroll
Jörg Behrend
Jens Milbradt
Enrico Ambros
Li Chunyang
Li Jing
Ma Zheng
Li Ge
Guo Linxian
Wang Chongsheng
URS Igor Korobchinsky
URS Valentin Mogilny
CHN Li Jing
URS Igor Korobchinsky
URS Vladimir Artemov
CHN Li Chunyang
URS Valentin Mogilny
GDR Andreas Wecker
CHN Li Jing
FRG Andreas Aguilar
GDR Andreas Wecker
ITA Yuri Chechi
URS Vitaly Marinich
GDR Jörg Behrend
GDR Sylvio Kroll
URS Vladimir Artemov
URS Vladimir Artemov
CHN Li Jing
*none awarded*
GDR Andreas Wecker
CHN Li Chunyang
URS Vladimir Artemov
JPN Yukio Iketani
**Women**
Natalia Laschenova
Olga Strazheva
Svetlana Boginskaya
Olesya Dudnik
Elena Sazonenkova
Svetlana Baitova
ROM
Daniela Silivaș
Gabriela Potorac
Cristina Bontaș
Eugenia Popa
Lăcrămioara Filip
Aurelia Dobre
Yang Bo
Chen Cuiting
Fan Di
Li Yan
Wang Wenjing
Ma Ying
URS Svetlana Boginskaya
URS Natalia Laschenova
URS Olga Strazheva
URS Olesya Dudnik
ROU Cristina Bontaș
USA Brandy Johnson
*none awarded*
ROU Daniela Silivaș
CHN Fan Di
*none awarded*
URS Olga Strazheva
ROU Daniela Silivaș
URS Olesya Dudnik
ROU Gabriela Potorac
URS Svetlana Boginskaya
ROU Daniela Silivaș
*none awarded*
ROU Cristina Bontaș
Men
Team Final
Rank
Team
Floor
Pommel
Horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel
Bars
Horizontal
Bar
Total
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]
URS
97.550
98.550
97.750
97.800
97.700
97.900
**587.250**
Igor Korobchinsky
9.850
9.850
9.900
9.950
9.750
9.750
9.800
9.900
9.750
9.700
9.800
9.800
117.800
Vladimir Artemov
9.900
9.500
9.800
9.900
9.800
9.750
9.700
9.850
9.800
9.900
9.900
9.850
117.650
Valentin Mogilny
9.700
9.700
9.700
**10.000**
9.800
9.800
9.700
9.800
9.750
9.850
9.800
9.500
117.100
Vitaly Marinich
9.800
9.750
9.750
9.800
9.750
9.900
9.700
9.800
9.650
9.700
9.700
9.650
116.950
Valery Belenky
9.550
9.700
9.800
9.900
9.700
9.700
9.650
9.900
9.550
9.750
9.750
9.700
116.650
Vladimir Novikov
9.800
9.200
9.750
9.250
9.600
9.750
9.650
9.700
9.750
9.800
9.800
9.850
115.900
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]
GDR
96.550
96.200
97.350
97.800
96.300
96.700
**580.850**
Andreas Wecker
9.650
9.700
9.800
9.900
9.850
9.800
9.700
9.700
9.500
9.850
9.800
9.750
117.000
Sven Tippelt
9.800
9.650
9.800
9.700
9.750
9.900
9.700
9.900
9.550
9.900
9.750
9.400
116.800
Sylvio Kroll
9.700
9.700
9.750
9.400
9.600
9.800
9.850
9.900
9.500
9.800
9.650
9.800
116.450
Jörg Behrend
9.400
9.750
9.500
9.350
9.650
9.800
9.750
9.800
9.500
9.750
9.500
9.700
115.450
Jens Milbradt
9.550
9.550
9.400
9.600
9.550
9.650
9.550
9.750
9.150
9.450
9.150
9.700
114.050
Enrico Ambros
9.300
9.650
9.400
9.150
9.400
9.400
9.650
9.800
9.400
9.550
9.350
9.700
113.750
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]
CHN
95.400
97.350
96.700
96.600
96.400
96.800
**579.300**
Li Chunyang
9.750
9.900
9.700
9.850
9.700
9.800
9.600
9.650
9.800
9.750
9.750
9.900
117.150
Li Jing
9.500
9.450
9.750
9.950
9.700
9.550
9.700
9.800
9.500
9.800
9.700
9.750
116.150
Ma Zheng
9.650
9.700
9.700
9.650
9.550
9.550
9.500
9.800
9.400
9.550
9.650
9.750
115.450
Li Ge
9.300
9.000
9.650
9.750
9.650
9.700
9.400
9.700
9.450
9.750
9.500
9.550
114.400
Guo Linxian
9.250
9.600
9.550
9.600
9.450
9.600
9.450
9.700
9.500
9.500
9.700
9.350
114.250
Wang Chongsheng
9.550
0.000
9.750
0.000
9.700
9.750
9.550
9.800
9.600
9.700
9.700
3.000
90.100
4
JPN
94.900
95.850
96.760
96.100
95.300
96.650
**575.550**
Toshiharu Sato
9.550
9.600
9.600
9.900
9.800
9.800
9.600
9.800
9.500
9.400
9.800
9.700
116.050
Yukio Iketani
9.400
9.750
9.300
9.600
9.700
9.500
9.650
9.750
9.300
9.550
9.700
9.800
115.000
Yoshikazu Nakamura
9.350
9.550
9.700
9.800
9.550
9.500
9.600
9.700
9.450
9.550
9.600
9.400
114.750
Daisuke Nishikawa
9.350
9.600
9.000
9.750
9.650
9.600
9.650
9.250
9.400
9.600
9.600
9.700
114.150
Hiroyuki Kato
9.250
9.500
9.300
9.350
9.450
9.750
9.450
9.650
9.550
9.700
9.300
9.450
113.700
Masayuki Matsunaga
9.200
0.000
9.550
9.000
9.700
9.700
9.000
0.000
9.450
9.550
9.600
9.700
94.450
All-around
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
4
6
7
8
8
10
10
12
13
14
15
16
16
18
18
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
27
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Igor Korobchinsky
9.900
9.900
9.750
**10.000**
9.900
9.800
**59.250**
Valentin Mogilny
9.700
**10.000**
9.850
9.900
9.800
9.900
**59.150**
Li Jing
9.700
9.850
9.750
9.800
9.800
9.900
**58.800**
Yukio Iketani
9.800
9.600
9.800
9.900
9.700
9.900
**58.700**
Andreas Wecker
9.700
9.900
9.750
9.650
9.800
9.900
**58.700**
Vladimir Artemov
9.600
9.900
9.850
9.900
9.950
9.350
**58.550**
Li Ge
9.750
9.550
9.800
9.700
9.800
9.900
**58.500**
Gyula Takacs
9.800
9.600
9.650
9.850
9.650
9.900
**58.450**
Marius Gherman
9.750
9.750
9.650
9.800
9.700
9.800
**58.450**
Sylvio Kroll
9.550
9.900
9.850
9.900
9.800
9.300
**58.300**
Yuri Chechi
9.550
9.750
9.900
9.850
9.500
9.750
**58.300**
Toshiharu Sato
9.550
9.850
9.550
9.800
9.700
9.800
**58.250**
Sven Tippelt
9.300
9.800
9.800
9.350
9.850
9.800
**57.900**
Csaba Fajkusz
9.450
9.750
9.250
9.700
9.800
9.900
**57.850**
Paolo Bucci
9.550
9.650
9.600
9.600
9.700
9.600
**57.700**
Alfonso Rodriguez
9.300
9.650
9.750
9.650
9.400
9.800
**57.550**
Kalofer Hristozov
9.750
9.750
9.550
9.700
9.800
9.900
**57.550**
Mike Beckmann
9.150
9.700
9.600
9.750
9.550
9.750
**57.500**
Yoshikazu Nakamura
9.700
9.800
9.700
9.800
8.700
9.750
**57.450**
Curtis Hibbert
9.450
9.550
9.400
9.600
9.700
9.700
**57.400**
Marian Stoican
9.450
9.650
9.300
9.800
9.500
9.650
**57.350**
Toth Balazs
9.250
9.700
9.450
9.600
9.600
9.600
**57.200**
Li Chunyang
9.600
9.000
9.700
9.700
9.800
9.300
**57.100**
Marian Rizan
9.400
9.800
9.150
9.200
9.700
9.700
**56.950**
Ju Young-Sam
9.650
9.600
9.350
9.250
9.600
9.300
**56.750**
Felix Aguilera
8.850
9.500
9.200
9.600
9.800
9.700
**56.650**
James May
9.350
9.250
9.300
9.750
9.200
9.700
**56.550**
Johan Jonasson
9.450
9.750
9.450
9.500
8.800
9.600
**56.550**
Lance Ringnald
9.400
8.550
9.450
9.550
9.700
9.800
**56.450**
Conrad Voorsanger
9.050
9.450
9.550
9.500
9.100
9.550
**56.200**
Casimiro Suarez
9.350
8.650
9.400
9.700
9.500
9.550
**56.150**
Dimitar Taskov
9.250
9.250
8.950
9.800
9.400
9.250
**55.900**
Rene Plüss
9.200
8.450
9.350
9.300
9.300
9.800
**55.450**
Patrice Casimir
9.200
9.300
9.150
9.700
9.250
8.550
**55.150**
Kevin Davis
-
9.450
9.250
8.650
-
-
**27.350**
Ruggero Rossato
-
-
9.300
-
-
-
**9.300**
Floor Exercise
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Igor Korobchinsky
9.937
Vladimir Artemov
9.875
Li Chunyang
9.850
Marius Gherman
9.787
Yuri Chechi
9.775
Sven Tippelt
9.750
Sylvio Kroll
9.700
Toshiharu Sato
9.575
Pommel Horse
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Valentin Mogilny
**10.000**
Andreas Wecker
9.962
Li Jing
9.937
Marian Rizan
9.900
Li Chunyang
9.875
Igor Korobchinsky
9.687
Dimitar Taskov
9.100
Csaba Fajkusz
8.700
Rings
Rank
Gymnast
Total
5
6
7
8
Andreas Aguilar
9.875
Andreas Wecker
9.862
Yuri Chechi
9.812
Vitaly Marinich
9.812
Sven Tippelt
9.762
Toshiharu Sato
9.625
Valentin Mogilny
9.500
Kalofer Hristozov
9.375
Vault
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Jörg Behrend
9.881
Sylvio Kroll
9.874
Vladimir Artemov
9.868
Marius Gherman
9.799
Gyula Takacs
9.737
Marian Stoican
9.718
Igor Korobchinsky
9.625
Li Jing
9.593
Parallel Bars
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Vladimir Artemov
9.900
Li Jing
9.900
Andreas Wecker
9.887
Valentin Mogilny
9.725
Marian Rizan
9.625
Balazs Toth
9.487
Gyula Takacs
9.475
Sven Tippelt
9.225
Horizontal Bar
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Li Chunyang
9.950
Vladimir Artemov
9.900
Yukio Iketani
9.875
Vladimir Novikov
9.850
Curtis Hibbert
9.825
Andreas Wecker
9.787
Toshiharu Sato
9.762
Csaba Fajkusz
9.237
Women
Team Final
Rank
Team
Total
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
****
99.473
98.874
98.961
99.485
**396.793**
Natalia Laschenova
9.987
**10.000**
9.887
9.950
9.762
9.962
9.925
9.987
79.460
Olga Strazheva
9.925
9.862
9.962
9.950
9.775
9.925
9.937
9.987
79.323
Svetlana Boginskaya
9.975
9.950
9.925
**10.000**
9.950
9.475
9.987
**10.000**
79.262
Olesya Dudnik
9.962
**10.000**
9.362
9.862
9.900
**10.000**
**10.000**
9.950
79.036
Elena Sazonenkova
9.875
9.837
9.850
9.950
9.837
9.925
9.837
9.875
78.986
Svetlana Baitova
9.862
9.937
9.800
9.900
9.650
9.925
9.775
9.837
78.686
**ROM**
99.311
98.599
98.173
98.848
**394.931**
Daniela Silivaș
**10.000**
9.962
9.912
**10.000**
9.825
9.900
9.962
**10.000**
79.561
Gabriela Potorac
9.950
9.975
9.950
9.925
9.800
9.887
9.850
9.900
79.237
Cristina Bontaș
9.925
9.975
9.625
9.900
9.687
9.937
9.837
9.987
78.873
Eugenia Popa
9.912
9.850
9.825
9.912
9.600
9.837
9.675
9.887
78.498
Lăcrămioara Filip
9.750
9.875
9.650
9.900
9.675
9.862
9.775
9.850
78.337
Aurelia Dobre
9.837
9.900
8.925
9.887
9.650
9.950
9.800
8.987
76.936
****
98.236
98.135
98.760
96.985
**392.116**
Yang Bo
9.825
9.875
9.937
9.925
9.950
9.975
9.937
9.837
79.261
Chen Cuiting
9.687
9.925
9.700
9.912
9.837
9.987
9.775
9.925
78.748
Fan Di
9.900
9.825
9.850
9.962
9.737
9.850
9.800
9.737
78.661
Li Yan
9.587
9.887
9.700
9.875
9.800
9.825
9.587
9.600
77.861
Wang Wenjing
9.800
9.487
9.862
9.412
9.762
9.912
9.675
9.037
76.947
Ma Ying
9.700
9.812
9.562
9.325
9.650
9.950
9.662
8.900
76.561
**4**
****
98.036
97.748
96.637
97.510
**389.925**
Sandy Woolsey
9.800
9.812
9.837
9.900
9.537
9.900
9.662
9.825
78.273
Wendy Bruce
9.837
9.875
9.725
9.762
9.512
9.875
9.662
9.862
78.110
Brandy Johnson
9.900
9.900
9.887
9.362
9.750
9.762
9.850
9.350
77.761
Christy Henrich
9.762
9.750
9.825
9.937
9.087
9.787
9.725
9.750
77.749
Chelle Stack
9.637
9.750
9.675
9.800
9.337
9.812
9.600
9.887
77.949
Kim Kelly
9.650
9.737
9.550
9.400
9.362
9.175
9.550
9.687
76.111
All-around
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Svetlana Boginskaya
**10.000**
9.950
9.950
**10.000**
39.900
Natalia Laschenova
**10.000**
**10.000**
9.875
9.987
39.862
Olga Strazheva
9.962
9.925
9.925
9.962
39.774
Cristina Bontaș
9.875
9.900
9.987
**10.000**
39.762
Yang Bo
9.962
9.875
9.900
9.950
39.687
Chen Cuiting
9.950
9.875
9.900
9.937
39.662
Brandy Johnson
9.937
9.925
9.887
9.825
39.574
Sandy Woolsey
9.950
9.850
9.775
9.900
39.475
Bärbel Wielgoss
9.887
9.900
9.800
9.862
39.449
Choi Gyong-hui
9.887
9.850
9.850
9.812
39.399
Wendy Bruce
9.912
9.687
9.862
9.925
39.386
Daniela Silivaș
9.925
9.975
9.437
9.975
39.312
Eva Rueda
9.912
9.787
9.675
9.912
39.286
Kim Gwang-suk
9.837
9.612
9.850
9.912
39.211
Miho Shinoda
9.862
9.737
9.712
9.837
39.148
Gabriela Potorac
9.937
9.400
9.987
9.750
39.074
Fan Di
9.925
9.950
9.312
9.775
38.962
Larissa Lowing
9.912
9.875
9.775
9.325
38.887
Henrietta Ónodi
9.900
9.925
9.175
9.837
38.837
Deliana Vodenicharova
9.725
9.700
9.550
9.850
38.825
Gergana Peeva
9.775
9.612
9.512
9.900
38.799
Lori Strong
9.862
9.475
9.762
9.625
38.724
Sarah Mercer
9.762
9.687
9.700
9.550
38.699
Karine Mermet
9.975
9.737
9.250
9.725
38.687
Monique Allen
9.712
9.637
9.575
9.750
38.674
Eszter Óváry
9.875
9.650
9.375
9.737
38.637
Kim Myong-hwa
9.862
9.537
9.587
9.650
38.636
Leah Homma
9.525
9.700
9.687
9.650
38.562
Milena Mavrodieva
9.837
9.200
9.612
9.825
38.474
Krisztina Kovács
9.887
9.775
9.712
9.087
38.461
Alicia Fernández
9.650
9.775
9.275
9.725
38.425
Roberta Kirchmayer
9.762
9.712
9.125
9.662
38.261
Astrid Heese
9.712
9.250
9.650
9.512
38.124
Tanya Koste
9.412
9.550
8.900
9.775
37.637
Iveta Poloková
9.862
8.475
9.250
9.862
37.449
Giulia Volpi
9.650
9.587
8.512
9.612
37.361
Vault
Brandy Johnson was awarded scores of 9.937 and 9.950 for her two vaults in competition, giving her an average score of 9.943, enough for third place and the bronze medal, which was presented to her at the medal ceremony. Subsequently, however, the judges accepted a protest from the US and revised her score to an average of 9.950, to share second place with Cristina Bontaș. She returned to the arena to be awarded her silver medal before the medal ceremony for uneven bars.
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Olesya Dudnik
9.987
Cristina Bontaș
9.950
Brandy Johnson
9.950
Natalia Laschenova
9.868
Milena Mavrodieva
9.812
Gabriela Potorac
9.763
Fan Di
9.568
Larissa Lowing
9.212
Uneven Bars
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Fan Di
**10.000**
Daniela Silivaș
**10.000**
Olga Strazheva
9.975
Christy Henrich
9.950
Gabriela Potorac
9.925
Yang Bo
9.900
Sandy Woolsey
9.800
Svetlana Boginskaya
9.450
Balance Beam
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Daniela Silivaș
9.950
Olesya Dudnik
9.937
Gabriela Potorac
9.887
Chen Cuiting
9.862
Henrietta Ónodi
9.837
Elena Sazonenkova
9.825
Yang Bo
9.800
Miho Shinoda
9.700
Floor Exercise
Rank
Gymnast
Total
4
5
6
7
8
Svetlana Boginskaya
**10.000**
Daniela Silivaș
**10.000**
Cristina Bontaș
9.962
Olesya Dudnik
9.950
Chen Cuiting
9.912
Milena Mavrodieva
9.825
Yang Bo
9.775
Choi Gyong-hui
8.950
Medals
Overall
Men
Women
Opening Event
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