1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union competed, winning 20 medals overall (more than three times the amount of any other country).

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
  Soviet Union
Albert Azaryan
Viktor Chukarin
Sergei Dzhayani
Yevgeny Korolkov
Valentin Muratov
Hrant Shahinyan
Boris Shakhlin
Ivan Vostrikov		  Japan
Akitomo Kaneko
Akira Kono
Masami Kubota
Tetsumi Nabeya
Takashi Ono
Yoshiyuki Oshima
Masao Takemoto		   Switzerland
Hans Bründler
Oswald Bühler
Hans Eugster
Jack Günthard
Hans Schwartzentruber
Josef Stalder
Melchior Thalmann
Jean Tschabold
Individual all-around
 Viktor Chukarin
Valentin Muratov		 none awarded Hrant Shahinyan
Floor
 Masao Takemoto
Valentin Muratov		 none awarded Karl William Thoresson
Pommel horse
 Hrant Shahinyan Josef Stalder Viktor Chukarin
Rings
 Albert Azaryan Yevgeny Korolkov Valentin Muratov
Vault
 Leo Sotorník Helmut Bantz Sergei Dzhayani
Parallel bars
 Viktor Chukarin Josef Stalder Helmut Bantz
Masao Takemoto
Hans Eugster
Horizontal bar
 Valentin Muratov Helmut Bantz
Boris Shakhlin		 none awarded
Women
Team all-around
  Soviet Union
Nina Bocharova
Pelageya Danilova
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Larisa Diriy
Tamara Manina
Sofia Muratova
Galina Rud'ko
Galina Sarabidze		 Hungary
Eva Banati
Ilona Bánhegyi Milanovits
Irén Daruházi-Karcsics
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Ágnes Keleti
Alice Kertész
Olga Lemhényi-Tass
Edit Perényi-Weckinger		  Czechoslovakia
Eva Bosáková
Miroslava Brdičková
Alena Chadimová
Věra Drazdíková
Zdena Lizkova
Anna Marejková
Alena Reichová
Věra Vančurová
Individual all-around
 Galina Rud'ko Eva Bosáková Helena Rakoczy
Vault
 Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Tamara Manina		 none awarded Evy Berggren
Uneven bars
 Ágnes Keleti Galina Rud'ko Helena Rakoczy
Balance beam
 Keiko Tanaka Eva Bosáková Ágnes Keleti
Floor
 Tamara Manina Eva Bosáková Maria Gorokhovskaya

Men's Results

Team competition
RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Soviet Union344.500345.400689.900
 Japan333.600339.650673.250
  Switzerland333.650337.900671.550
4  Germany334.400335.850670.250
5  Czechoslovakia328.350333.050661.400
6  Finland328.150331.700659.850
7  Hungary322.600327.400650.000
8  Italy314.300323.150637.450
9  Bulgaria312.500313.050625.550
10  France313.450310.200623.650
11  Poland303.800311.700615.500
12  Yugoslavia297.250305.900603.150
13  Austria293.300297.500590.800
14  Egypt280.800275.900566.700
15  Luxembourg274.350287.050561.400
16  Denmark273.000287.500560.500

Individual all-around
RankGymnastTotal
 Valentin Muratov (URS)115.450
 Viktor Chukarin (URS)115.450
 Hrant Shahinyan (URS)114.600
4  Boris Shakhlin (URS)114.050
4  Albert Azaryan (URS)114.050
6  Ivan Vostrikov (URS)113.650
7  Yevgeny Korolkov (URS)113.500
8  Helmut Bantz (FRG)113.400
9  Josef Stalder (SUI)113.350
10  Takashi Ono (JPN)112.850
11  Akira Kono (JPN)112.500
12  Jack Günthard (SUI)112.300

Floor exercise
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Valentin Muratov (URS)9.6509.60019.250
 Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6509.60019.250
 William Thoresson (SWE)9.4509.75019.200
4  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5509.60019.150
4  Masami Kubota (JPN)9.6009.55019.150
6  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.5509.50019.050

Pommel horse
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.6009.70019.300
 Josef Stalder (SUI)9.6009.65019.250
 Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5009.70019.200
4  Boris Shakhlin (URS)9.4509.70019.150
5  Ivan Vostrikov (URS)9.4009.50018.900
6  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.3509.50018.850

Rings
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Albert Azaryan (URS)9.7509.95019.750
 Yevgeny Korolkov (URS)9.8009.75019.550
 Valentin Muratov (URS)9.8009.70019.500
4  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.8009.65019.450
5  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.6009.80019.400
6  Sergei Dzhayani (URS)9.6509.65019.300

Vault
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Leo Sotorník (TCH)9.4509.80019.250
 Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.4009.80019.200
 Sergei Dzhayani (URS)9.5509.55019.100
4  Albert Azaryan (URS)9.3009.60018.900
4  Takashi Ono (JPN)9.4509.45018.900
6  Adalbert Dickhut (FRG)9.2009.65018.850

Parallel bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.8509.75019.600
 Josef Stalder (SUI)9.7509.80019.550
 Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6009.80019.400
 Hans Eugster (SUI)9.6509.75019.400
 Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.6009.80019.400
6  Jack Günthard (SUI)9.7009.65019.350

Horizontal bar
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Valentin Muratov (URS)9.8009.90019.700
 Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.7509.65019.400
 Boris Shakhlin (URS)9.7009.70019.400
4  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.6009.70019.300
5  Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6009.65019.250
5  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5509.70019.250

Women's Results

Team competition
RankTeamTotal
 Soviet Union524.310
 Hungary518.280
 Czechoslovakia511.750
4  Romania498.570
5  Italy495.770
6  Poland495.660
7  Bulgaria494.030
8  Sweden491.210
9  France490.360
10  Germany486.560
11  Yugoslavia485.440
12  Austria453.790
13  Belgium430.710
14  Saar407.240
15  Luxembourg378.560

Individual all-around
RankGymnastTotal
 Galina Rud'ko (URS)75.680
 Eva Bosáková (TCH)75.110
 Helena Rakoczy (POL)74.370
4  Edit Perényi (HUN)74.310
5  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU)74.240
6  Nina Bocharova (URS)74.210
7  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)74.140
8  Keiko Tanaka (JPN)73.740
9  Alena Chadimová (TCH)73.600
10  Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (HUN)73.470
11  Alice Kertész (HUN)73.440
12  Galina Sarabidze (URS)73.420

Vault
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE)9.4009.56018.960
 Tamara Manina (URS)9.6609.30018.960
 Evy Berggren (SWE)9.4309.50018.930
4  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)9.6009.26018.860
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.4309.36018.790
6  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU)9.2609.36018.620

Uneven bars
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.7309.73019.460
 Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.6009.73019.330
 Helena Rakoczy (POL)9.5009.70019.200
4  Nina Bocharova (URS)9.4009.73019.130
4  Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.5309.60019.130
6  Pelageya Danilova (URS)9.4609.66019.110

Balance beam
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Keiko Tanaka (JPN)9.2609.63018.890
 Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.3009.46018.760
 Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.1609.56018.720
4  Edit Perényi (HUN)9.2609.40018.660
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.2009.40018.600
5  Nina Bocharova (URS)9.0009.56018.560

Floor exercise
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Tamara Manina (URS)9.6609.73019.390
 Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.4009.76019.160
 Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)9.6609.46019.120
4  Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.5009.60019.100
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.3609.60018.960
5  Larisa Latynina (URS)9.4609.50018.960

Medals
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)123520
2 Japan (JPN)2114
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1315
4 Hungary (HUN)1113
5 Sweden (SWE)1023
6  Switzerland (SUI)0224
7 West Germany (FRG)0213
8 Poland (POL)0022
Totals (8 nations)17121544
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