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1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Gymnastics competition
Field Value name 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships date_start date_end venue Malley Sports Center location SUI Lausanne, Switzerland prev [1996](1996-world-artistic-gymnastics-championships) next [1999](1999-world-artistic-gymnastics-championships)
The 33rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1997.
The 1997 Worlds were notable because they were the first major contest to be held after the elimination of compulsory exercises. For this competition, tie-breaker policies were used. When scores were identical, the gymnast with the higher score in the preliminary round was awarded the higher placement in finals.
Medalists
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 China Shen Jian Li Xiaopeng Huang Xu Lu Yufu Xiao Junfeng Zhang Jinjing Ivan Ivankov Vitaly Rudnitsky Dmitry Kasperovich Aleksandr Shostak Ivan Pavlovski Alexei Sinkevich Russia Dmitri Vasilenko Alexei Bondarenko Alexei Voropaev Alexei Nemov Evgeni Ghukov Nikolai Kryukov BLR Ivan Ivankov RUS Alexei Bondarenko JPN Naoya Tsukahara RUS Alexei Nemov FRA Dimitri Karbanenko CHN Li Xiaopeng GER Valery Belenky FRA Eric Poujade PRK Pae Gil-su ITA Yuri Chechi HUN Szilveszter Csollány BLR Ivan Ivankov KAZ Sergei Fedorchenko RUS Nikolai Kryukov ROU Adrian Ianculescu CHN Zhang Jinjing CHN Li Xiaopeng JPN Naoya Tsukahara FIN Jani Tanskanen ESP Jesús Carballo UKR Alexander Beresh **Women** Simona Amânar Claudia Presăcan Gina Gogean Alexandra Marinescu Corina Ungureanu Mirela Tugurlan Russia Svetlana Khorkina Yelena Produnova Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Svetlana Bakhtina Elena Dolgopolova Elena Grosheva China Liu Xuan Kui Yuanyuan Meng Fei Bi Wenjing Mo Huilan Zhou Duan RUS Svetlana Khorkina ROU Simona Amânar RUS Yelena Produnova ROU Simona Amânar CHN Zhou Duan ROU Gina Gogean RUS Svetlana Khorkina CHN Meng Fei CHN Bi Wenjing ROU Gina Gogean RUS Svetlana Khorkina CHN Kui Yuanyuan ROU Gina Gogean RUS Svetlana Khorkina RUS Yelena Produnova
Medal table
Overall
Men
Women
Men
Team
Rank Team Total **China** 37.861 Huang Xu - 8.862 Li Xiaopeng 9.612 9.200 Lu Yufu 9.412 9.312 Shen Jian 9.250 9.137 Zhang Jinjing 9.437 9.637 Xiao Junfeng 9.400 - **** 36.549 Alexander Shostak 8.825 8.462 Ivan Ivankov - 9.537 Vitaly Kasperovich 8.187 - Ivan Pavlovski 9.175 9.012 Vitaly Rudnitski 9.337 8.900 Alexei Sinkevich 9.212 9.225 **Russia** 37.474 Alexei Bondarenko 9.437 9.412 Evgeni Ghukov 9.312 8.962 Nikolay Krukov 9.075 9.350 Alexei Nemov 9.650 9.225 Dmitri Vasilenko 8.512 9.025 Alexei Voropaev - - **4** **Japan** 36.099 Kenichi Fujita 9.050 9.212 Yoshiaki Hatakeda 8.950 9.437 Takuya Kishimoto 8.912 9.075 Shigeru Kurihara - - Naoya Tsukahara 8.875 9.337 Yoshihiro Saito 9.187 9.437 **5** **United States** 36.586 Mike Dutka 9.187 8.862 Jason Gatson 9.062 8.650 John Macready 9.062 8.612 John Roethlisberger - 9.050 Jay Thornton 9.225 - Blaine Wilson 9.112 9.287 **6** **Germany** 34.787 Valeri Belenki 8.450 9.550 Uwe Billerbeck - - Daniel Farago 8.575 9.075 Sergei Charkov 8.712 8.775 Dimitri Nonin 7.950 9.312 Sergej Pfeifer 9.050 8.600
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 Ivan Ivankov 9.362 9.100 9.625 9.575 9.700 9.525 **56.887** Alexei Bondarenko 9.462 9.437 9.025 9.737 9.375 9.025 **56.061** Naoya Tsukahara 9.187 9.437 9.162 9.600 9.425 9.212 **56.023** Dmitri Karbanenko 9.525 9.487 8.887 9.625 9.200 9.212 **55.936** Huang Xu 8.537 9.625 9.362 9.525 9.237 9.512 **55.798** Nikolai Kryukov 8.562 9.437 9.275 9.650 9.037 9.662 **55.623** Jesús Carballo 9.000 8.975 9.487 9.162 9.362 9.500 **55.486** Eric López Ríos 8.975 9.100 9.350 9.437 9.312 8.887 **55.061** Alexander Beresh 8.462 9.550 9.062 9.812 8.525 9.525 **54.936** Blaine Wilson 8.675 8.712 9.550 9.562 9.562 8.850 **54.911** Yoshiaki Hatakeda 8.887 9.500 8.375 9.100 9.362 9.487 **54.711** Lu Yufu 8.800 9.462 8.425 9.712 8.825 9.462 **54.686** Roman Zozulia 8.862 9.087 9.400 9.712 8.862 8.737 **54.660** Zhang Jinjing 9.375 8.950 8.412 9.487 9.675 8.700 **54.599** Sergei Kharkov 8.662 8.962 9.537 9.300 8.900 9.187 **54.548** Sergei Fedorchenko 9.375 9.375 7.850 9.725 8.575 9.462 **54.362** Cristian Leric 9.262 9.575 9.025 9.525 9.037 7.877 **54.311** Omar Cortes 8.437 9.137 9.462 9.137 8.987 9.150 **54.310** Andrei Kravtsov 9.250 9.487 8.362 9.037 9.025 9.025 **54.186** Sergei Pfeifer 9.225 9.375 8.737 8.612 9.137 8.987 **54.073** Zoltán Supola 8.537 9.562 9.137 9.275 8.862 8.600 **53.973** Jason Gatson 8.925 8.587 8.787 9.487 9.087 9.062 **53.935** Igors Vihrov 9.075 8.550 9.312 9.450 8.537 8.925 **53.849** Lazaro Lamela 8.650 8.675 8.775 9.400 8.925 9.125 **53.550** Alexei Dmitrenko 7.900 9.175 8.700 9.525 9.225 9.025 **53.550** Alexei Nemov 9.550 9.225 6.825 9.725 9.000 9.062 **53.387** Vitaly Rudnitsky 8.175 9.000 9.175 9.150 9.212 8.612 **53.324** Dorin Petcu 9.037 9.487 8.225 9.587 8.350 8.475 **53.161** Mitja Petkovšek 8.300 8.562 8.900 8.962 9.425 8.875 **53.024** Lee Joo-Hyung 8.425 8.512 8.550 9.562 8.750 9.125 **52.924** Giovanni D'Innocenzo 8.750 8.362 8.712 9.212 8.787 8.987 **52.810** Valeri Goncharov 8.350 9.025 8.387 9.212 9.275 8.462 **52.711** Dieter Rehm 8.525 8.637 8.250 9.637 8.225 8.950 **52.224** Felipe Andres 8.587 8.200 8.325 9.387 8.550 8.875 **51.924** Kenichi Fujita 9.175 8.737 9.075 9.212 8.950 6.625 **51.774**
Floor exercise
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Alexei Nemov 9.625 Dmitri Karbanenko 9.550 Li Xiaopeng 9.537 Evgeny Zhukov 9.412 Valeri Pereshkura 9.275 Vitaly Rudnitski 9.262 Gervasio Deferr 8.887 Sergei Fedorchenko 8.625
Pommel horse
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Valeri Belenki 9.700 Eric Poujade 9.700 Pae Gil Su 9.700 Zhang Jinjing 9.662 Nikolai Kryukov 9.612 Zoltán Supola 9.600 Adrian Ianculescu 9.487 Marius Urzică 9.112
Rings
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Yuri Chechi 9.775 Szilveszter Csollány 9.687 Ivan Ivankov 9.662 Valeri Belenki 9.587 Roberto Galli 9.575 Dimosthenis Tampakos 9.562 Alexei Demyanov 9.537 Yoshihiro Saito 9.500
Vault
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Sergei Fedorchenko 9.581 Nikolai Kryukov 9.556 Adrian Ianculescu 9.437 Xiao Junfeng 9.325 Alexei Bondarenko 9.218 Roman Zozulia 8.999 Valeri Goncharov 8.981 Vitaly Kasperovich 8.956
Parallel bars
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Zhang Jinjing 9.775 Li Xiaopeng 9.737 Naoya Tsukahara 9.562 Sergei Kharkov 9.500 Mitja Petkovšek 9.487 Ivan Ivankov 9.450 Jesús Carballo 9.325 Alexander Shostak 9.262
Horizontal bar
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Jani Tanskanen 9.700 Jesús Carballo 9.675 Alexander Beresh 9.625 Evgeny Zhukov 9.562 Yoshiaki Hatakeda 9.312 Sergei Fedorchenko 8.850 Ivan Ivankov 8.762 Marius Urzică 8.750
Women
Team
Rank Team Total **** 38.236 (1) Simona Amânar 9.681 9.712 Claudia Presăcan 9.481 9.687 Gina Gogean 9.587 *8.100* Alexandra Marinescu 9.487 9.587 Corina Ungureanu *9.306* Mirela Țugurlan 9.362 **Russia** 37.998 (2) Svetlana Khorkina 9.637 9.762 Yelena Produnova 9.431 9.525 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 9.443 9.525 Svetlana Bakhtina 9.462 Elena Dolgopolova 9.487 *9.225* Elena Grosheva *8.950* **China** 37.655 (4) Liu Xuan 9.512 9.737 Kui Yuanyuan *9.018* 9.575 Meng Fei 9.406 9.687 Bi Wenjing 9.800 Mo Huilan 9.325 *9.562* Zhou Duan 9.437 **4** **** 36.992 (5) Liubov Sheremeta 9.306 9.625 Olga Teslenko 9.293 9.725 Inha Shkarupa 9.200 9.362 Galina Tyryk 9.193 9.462 **5** **France** 36.860 (6) Isabelle Severino 9.462 9.562 Elvire Teza 9.193 9.400 Magalie Ruffato 9.012 9.025 Ludivine Furnon 9.193 *8.862* Emilie Volle *8.912* 9.062 Cecile Canqueteau **6** **United States** 37.687 (3) Kristy Powell 9.231 9.350 Kristen Maloney 9.556 9.287 Kendall Beck 9.450 Dominique Moceanu *9.093* 8.800 Mohini Bhardwaj 9.450 8.775 Jennie Thompson *8.175*
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 Khorkina 9.549 9.850 9.562 9.675 38.636 Simona Amânar 9.675 9.387 9.750 9.775 38.587 Yelena Produnova 9.412 9.687 9.750 9.700 38.549 Gina Gogean 9.618 9.375 9.800 9.750 38.543 Meng Fei 9.418 9.637 9.375 9.612 38.042 Liubov Sheremeta 9.256 9.637 9.425 9.575 37.893 Liu Xuan 9.237 9.675 9.412 9.537 37.861 Claudia Presăcan 9.443 8.937 9.675 9.662 37.717 Olga Teslenko 8.806 9.550 9.662 9.587 37.605 Isabelle Severino 9.312 9.612 8.950 9.425 37.299 Kui Yuanyuan 9.487 8.937 9.612 9.262 37.298 Inha Shkarupa 9.318 9.537 8.712 9.650 37.217 Kristen Maloney 9.443 8.862 9.487 9.262 37.054 Dominique Moceanu 9.249 9.050 9.237 9.425 36.961 Alena Polozkova 9.250 9.237 8.762 9.537 36.786 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 8.493 8.875 9.687 9.675 36.730 Irina Evdokimova 9.168 8.862 9.062 9.500 36.592 Adrienn Varga 9.037 9.162 9.250 9.100 36.549 Elvire Teza 9.124 8.787 9.500 9.100 36.511 Yvonne Tousek 9.187 9.600 8.262 9.412 36.461 Elena Savko 9.206 8.662 8.787 9.500 36.155 Ludivine Furnon 9.006 8.637 9.162 9.325 36.130 Kristy Powell 9.337 9.137 8.525 9.100 36.099 Sarah Deegan 9.100 8.987 8.400 9.450 35.937 Risa Sugawara 8.949 8.925 8.775 9.200 35.849 Svetlana Bakhridinova 9.362 9.362 7.625 9.450 35.799 Yvonne Pioch 8.900 9.075 9.500 8.237 35.712 Veronique Leclerc 9.262 9.275 8.137 8.950 35.624 Lisa Skinner 8.981 8.812 9.000 8.750 35.543 Elena Piskun 8.962 9.162 9.025 8.325 35.474 Masumi Okawa 8.906 8.525 8.837 9.000 35.268 Alexandra Gordeeva 8.887 8.550 8.550 9.275 35.262 Anastasia Dzyundzyak 9.168 8.862 8.400 8.800 35.230 Rebecca Wilson 8.499 8.612 8.850 9.200 35.161 Mok Un-ju 8.918 8.025 8.837 8.762 34.542 Vasiliki Tsavdaridou 4.212 8.975 8.837 9.525 31.549
Vault
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Simona Amânar 9.712 Zhou Duan 9.606 Gina Gogean 9.600 Adrienn Varga 9.543 Mohini Bhardwaj 9.512 Kui Yuanyuan 9.350 Elena Dolgopolova 9.331 Svetlana Khorkina 4.537
Uneven bars
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Svetlana Khorkina 9.875 Meng Fei 9.800 Bi Wenjing 9.787 Liubov Sheremeta 9.750 Claudia Presăcan 9.725 Alexandra Marinescu 9.712 Olga Teslenko 9.675 Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 9.412
Balance beam
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Gina Gogean 9.800 Svetlana Khorkina 9.787 Kui Yuanyuan 9.787 Ludivine Furnon 9.725 Olga Teslenko 9.662 Elvire Teza 9.650 Kristen Maloney 9.512 Yelena Produnova 9.412
Floor exercise
Rank Gymnast Total 4 5 6 7 8 Gina Gogean 9.800 Svetlana Khorkina 9.800 Yelena Produnova 9.775 Meng Fei 9.675 Vasiliki Tsavdaridou 9.650 Claudia Presăcan 9.600 Liubov Sheremeta 8.937 Zhou Duan 8.787
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