1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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.[1]

These were the first World Championships in artistic gymnastics to be held outside of Europe,[2] 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.[3]

Results
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
  Soviet Union
Alexander Dityatin
Aleksandr Tkachyov
Vladimir Markelov
Nikolai Andrianov
Bogdan Makuts
Artur Akopyan		  Japan
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Nobuyuki Kajitani
Toshiomi Nishikii
Koji Gushiken
Eizo Kenmotsu		  United States
Kurt Thomas
Bart Conner
Jim Hartung
Larry Gerard
Tim LaFleur
Peter Vidmar
Individual all-around
 Alexander Dityatin Kurt Thomas Aleksandr Tkachyov
Floor
 Roland Brückner
Kurt Thomas		 none awarded Aleksandr Tkachyov
Pommel horse
 Zoltán Magyar Kurt Thomas Koji Gushiken
Rings
 Alexander Dityatin Danuţ Grecu Aleksandr Tkachyov
Vault
 Alexander Dityatin Nikolai Andrianov Ralph Bärthel
Bart Conner
Parallel bars
 Bart Conner Aleksandr Tkachyov
Kurt Thomas		 none awarded
Horizontal bar
 Kurt Thomas Aleksandr Tkachyov Alexander Dityatin
Women
Team all-around
  Romania
Nadia Comăneci
Rodica Dunca
Emilia Eberle
Melita Ruhn
Dumitriţa Turner
Marilena Vladarau		  Soviet Union
Maria Filatova
Nellie Kim
Elena Naimushina
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Natalia Tereschenko
Stella Zakharova		  East Germany
Maxi Gnauck
Regina Grabolle
Silvia Hindorff
Steffi Kräker
Katharina Rensch
Karola Sube
Individual all-around
 Nellie Kim Maxi Gnauck Melita Ruhn
Vault
 Dumitriţa Turner Stella Zakharova Nellie Kim
Steffi Kräker
Uneven bars
 Ma Yanhong
Maxi Gnauck		 none awarded Emilia Eberle
Balance beam
 Věra Černá Nellie Kim Regina Grabolle
Floor
 Emilia Eberle Nellie Kim 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.[4]

Rank Team Floor Pommel
horse		 Rings Vault Parallel
bars		 Horizontal
bar		 Total
C O C O C O C O C O C O
 Soviet Union 98.20097.15097.650 98.65097.60098.250 587.500
Alexander Dityatin 9.8009.8509.7509.7509.9009.900 9.9009.9009.7509.8509.8009.950 118.100
Aleksandr Tkachyov 9.8509.9009.7009.7509.7509.800 9.8009.8009.7509.8509.8009.900 117.650
Vladimir Markelov 9.7509.7509.6509.7509.7009.800 9.8009.8509.7009.8009.8009.800 117.150
Nikolai Andrianov 9.8509.9009.7509.7509.7009.650 9.9509.8509.7009.8509.1009.750 116.800
Bogdan Makuts 9.7509.7509.5509.6009.6009.600 9.9009.8509.5009.8509.7509.850 116.550
Artur Akopyan 9.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.700 9.6009.8509.3009.7009.8509.700 116.100
 Japan 97.70096.90096.600 97.40097.15097.950 583.700
Hiroshi Kajiyama 9.7509.8009.6509.6009.6009.800 9.5509.9009.7009.8009.8509.600 116.600
Eizo Kenmotsu 9.6009.8509.6509.7009.5009.600 9.7509.7509.5509.7009.8509.900 116.400
Koji Gushiken 9.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.800 9.6509.8009.7009.8009.0009.700 116.350
Toshiomi Nishikii 9.7009.7009.6009.5009.5509.750 9.6509.7009.5009.8009.8009.750 116.000
Nobuyuki Kajitani 9.4009.8509.6009.6009.6009.600 9.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.800 115.900
Shigeru Kasamatsu 9.7509.9009.7009.8008.7009.600 9.6009.9009.8009.4509.7509.800 115.750
 United States 97.85096.30096.350 97.40096.30096.950 581.150
Kurt Thomas 9.9009.9009.8009.8509.6509.800 9.7009.8009.8009.8009.8509.900 117.750
Bart Conner 9.8509.8509.7009.7009.6509.600 9.9009.8509.7509.9009.9009.300 116.950
Jim Hartung 9.8009.7009.6009.7009.6009.800 9.8009.8009.5509.3009.8009.750 116.200
Larry Gerard 9.5509.8009.3509.5509.1009.650 9.6009.7509.4009.5509.6509.600 114.550
Tim LaFleur 9.4509.8009.5009.6009.5509.600 9.4509.6009.2509.6009.5509.400 114.300
Peter Vidmar 9.7009.5009.3509.5509.4509.250 9.6009.6009.4009.5509.0509.550 113.550
4  East Germany 97.85096.45096.400 97.75096.05096.500 581.000
Roland Brückner 9.6509.9009.8509.7009.6009.700 9.6009.9009.6509.7009.8009.700 117.000
Michael Nikolay 9.6509.7509.8509.9009.6009.600 9.6009.8509.6509.8009.8009.800 116.850
Lutz Mack 9.7509.7509.3009.5509.8009.750 9.7609.7509.5509.5509.6009.300 115.400
Andreas Bronst 9.5009.7509.6009.7009.3509.400 9.6009.6009.5009.7509.4009.600 114.750
Lutz Hoffmann 9.8009.4009.6009.6509.4509.500 9.7009.7509.4009.1509.7009.600 114.700
Ralf Bärthel 9.8009.8008.6509.5009.6009.700 9.8009.8509.4009.5009.5009.450 114.550
5  China 98.30095.40096.850 96.30095.25096.850 578.950
Huang Yubin 9.8509.8009.6009.6509.7509.750 9.5009.8009.6509.6009.8009.650 116.400
Cai Huanzong 9.7009.8509.7009.3009.5009.700 9.6009.5509.6509.4509.6009.750 115.950
Li Yuejiu 9.8509.9009.4509.5509.3509.500 9.7009.7509.6009.5009.6009.800 115.550
Tong Fei 9.9009.7009.6009.0509.7009.600 9.4509.7009.5009.0509.7009.900 114.850
Peng Yaping 9.6509.8509.4009.5509.7009.700 9.3009.6509.5509.4009.6509.400 114.800
Xiong Songliang 9.9009.4008.9509.6009.7009.750 9.6009.4009.4009.3509.6009.200 113.850

All-around
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.9009.8509.9009.8509.8009.90059.20059.050118.250
 Kurt Thomas (USA)9.8509.9009.8009.9009.8009.85059.10058.875117.975
 Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.5509.8009.8009.8009.8009.90058.65058.825117.475
4  Vladimir Markelov (URS)9.8009.7009.8009.8509.7009.85058.70058.575117.275
5  Bart Conner (USA)9.7009.7509.6509.8509.8009.80058.55058.475117.025
6  Roland Brückner (GDR)9.8009.8009.8009.9009.6009.60058.50058.500117.000
7  Koji Gushiken (JPN)9.7509.8009.7509.8009.7009.80058.60058.175116.775
8  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)9.6509.2009.8009.8509.7509.90058.15058.375116.525
9  Jim Hartung (USA)9.7509.7509.7009.9009.4509.80058.35058.100116.450
9  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)9.5509.6509.7009.8009.7009.75058.15058.300116.450
11  Huang Yubin (CHN)9.5509.8009.6009.8009.7509.70058.20058.200116.400
12  Philippe Delasalle (CAN)9.8009.8009.6509.9009.8009.70058.65057.650116.300
13  Li Yuejiu (CHN)9.9009.6509.4509.8009.7009.90058.40057.775116.175
14  Michael Nikolay (GDR)9.7009.1509.8009.7509.4009.80057.60058.425116.025
15  Tishomi Nishikii (JPN)9.5509.7009.7009.7009.6009.65057.90058.000115.900
16  Péter Kovács (HUN)9.7509.5509.7509.7509.6009.80058.20057.475115.675
17  Ferenc Donáth (HUN)9.3009.7509.8009.7009.6009.70057.85057.800115.650
18  Zoltán Magyar (HUN)9.5509.9509.4009.7009.6009.60057.80057.700115.500
19  Cai Huanzong (CHN)9.5009.5009.7009.7009.7009.60057.70057.675115.375
20  Lutz Mack (GDR)9.7509.2009.7509.8009.5009.45057.45057.700115.150
21  Eberhard Gienger (FRG)9.6009.6009.6509.6009.7509.55057.75057.025114.775
22  Henri Boerio (FRA)9.6509.7009.5009.7509.6009.45057.65057.100114.750
23  Dănuț Grecu (ROU)9.2509.6509.8009.7509.4509.55057.45057.200114.650
24  Volker Rohrwick (FRG)9.4509.4509.4509.7009.6009.65057.30057.200114.500
25  Jiří Tabák (TCH)9.7009.1009.6009.8509.4009.55057.20057.100114.300
26  Kurt Szilier (ROU)9.3009.3509.5509.7009.5009.60057.00057.275114.275
27  Plamen Petkov (BUL)9.5509.5009.5009.7509.6509.55057.50056.675114.175
28  Andrzej Szajna (POL)9.5009.1009.7009.8009.5509.70057.35056.800114.150
29  Benno Gross (FRG)9.3009.7009.3009.7009.3009.65056.95057.075114.025
30  Aurel Georgescu (ROU)9.7009.2009.4509.8009.4509.45057.05056.600113.650
31  Markus Lehmann (SUI)9.3009.3009.4009.7509.5009.45056.70056.225112.925
31  Jozef Konecny (TCH)9.3508.8009.4509.8009.3509.60056.35056.575112.925
33  Finn Gjertsen (NOR)9.3009.6509.5009.6508.8509.40056.35056.500112.850
34  Lars Pettersen (NOR)9.2009.4009.3009.4509.4509.45056.25056.300112.550
35  Fernando Bertrand (ESP)9.3509.3009.5009.6508.3009.70055.80056.225112.025
36  Warren Long (CAN)0.0000.0002.0000.0000.0000.0002.00056.75058.750

Floor exercise
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Kurt Thomas (USA)9.9009.90019.800
 Roland Brückner (GDR)9.9009.90019.800
 Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.9009.87519.775
4  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)9.8509.87519.725
5  Bart Conner (USA)9.8509.85019.700
6  Li Yuejiu (CHN)9.8509.87519.575
6  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)9.7009.82519.575
8  Huang Yubin (CHN)9.3509.82519.175

Pommel horse
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Zoltán Magyar (HUN)9.9509.87519.825
 Kurt Thomas (USA)9.9009.82519.725
 Koji Gushiken (JPN)9.8009.80019.600
4  Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.8009.75019.550
5  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)9.8009.72519.525
6  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)9.7009.75019.450
7  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)9.0009.75018.750
8  Michael Nikolay (GDR)8.8009.87518.675

Rings
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.9009.90019.800
 Dănuț Grecu (ROU)9.9009.80019.700
 Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.9009.77519.675
4  Koji Gushiken (JPN)9.8509.80019.650
5  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)9.8009.82519.625
6  Huang Yubin (CHN)9.8009.75019.550
7  Lutz Mack (GDR)9.7509.77519.525
8  Ferenc Donáth (HUN)9.5009.77519.175

Vault
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.8259.90019.725
 Nikolai Andrianov (URS)9.8009.90019.700
 Bart Conner (USA)9.8009.87519.675
 Ralph Bärthel (GDR)9.8509.82519.675
5  Roland Brückner (GDR)9.7509.85019.600
6  Jiří Tabák (TCH)9.7759.75019.525
7  Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)9.7009.75019.450
8  James Hartung (USA)9.5759.80019.375

Parallel bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Bart Conner (USA)9.9009.82519.725
 Kurt Thomas (USA)9.9009.80019.700
 Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.9009.80019.700
4  Koji Gushiken (JPN)9.8509.75019.600
4  Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.8009.80019.600
6  Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)9.7009.75019.450
7  Roland Brückner (GDR)9.7509.67519.425
8  Michael Nikolay (GDR)9.6009.72519.325

Horizontal bar
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Kurt Thomas (USA)9.9009.87519.775
 Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)9.9009.85019.750
 Alexander Dityatin (URS)9.8009.87519.675
4  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)9.7009.85019.550
5  Tong Fei (CHN)9.7009.80019.500
5  Michael Nikolay (GDR)9.7009.80019.500
7  Nobuyuki Kajitani (JPN)9.7009.77519.475
8  Péter Kovács (HUN)9.1509.80018.950

Women

Team final
Rank Team Total
C O C O C O C O
 Romania 97.65097.20096.80097.900389.550
Melita Ruhn 9.8009.9009.7509.800 9.5509.8009.7509.900 78.250
Rodica Dunca 9.6009.7509.6509.600 9.5009.7509.7009.800 77.350
Emilia Eberle 9.6009.7509.8509.850 9.6508.9509.8509.850 77.350
Dumitrița Turner 9.8009.9009.5509.700 9.4009.7009.5509.700 77.300
Marilena Vlădărău 9.5509.7009.4509.500 9.4509.5509.7009.850 76.750
Nadia Comăneci 9.8500.0009.9500.000 9.9009.9509.8000.000 49.450
 Soviet Union 97.77595.95097.30097.900388.925
Nellie Kim 9.7509.9009.8509.800 9.8009.7509.9009.750 78.500
Maria Filatova 9.6509.8009.8009.800 9.8009.7509.7509.950 78.300
Natalia Shaposhnikova 9.7009.8009.8009.100 9.9009.5009.8009.800 77.400
Stella Zakharova 9.8009.8509.7009.000 9.7009.7509.6009.850 77.250
Elena Naimushina 9.6509.7009.6009.550 9.6509.7009.6509.800 77.250
Natalia Tereschenko 9.7259.8009.5509.000 9.4009.3509.5509.800 76.175
 East Germany 97.25097.65096.65096.525388.075
Maxi Gnauck 9.7509.8009.9509.900 9.7009.6509.7009.900 78.350
Steffi Kräker 9.7509.9009.9009.800 9.7009.6009.4009.650 77.700
Regina Grabolle 9.6009.6009.8509.600 9.8009.7509.4509.800 77.450
Silvia Hindorff 9.6509.8009.6509.500 9.6009.6009.5759.700 77.075
Karola Sube 9.5509.5509.7009.450 9.6509.6009.4009.650 76.550
Katharina Rensch 9.6009.8009.8509.600 9.4009.0509.7009.200 76.200
4  China 95.45097.30095.35096.500384.600
Zhu Zheng 9.4509.8009.8509.800 9.5009.7009.6509.550 77.300
Zheng Sihua 9.3509.8509.8009.550 9.4009.6509.7509.700 77.050
Liu Yajun 9.3509.7009.7009.500 9.2509.8009.6009.700 76.600
Ma Yanhong 9.2009.5509.9509.900 9.2009.5009.5509.600 76.450
He Xiumin 9.3509.5009.8509.250 9.5009.4509.6009.650 76.150
Li Cuiling 9.4509.6009.6509.400 9.3509.7009.7008.950 75.800
5  Czechoslovakia 96.05095.10097.05094.100382.300
Věra Černá 9.7509.5009.7509.150 9.9009.9009.6509.700 77.300
Eva Marečková 9.7009.6009.7009.600 9.7509.7509.7009.200 77.000
Radka Zemanová 9.7009.5509.4009.550 9.7009.7509.4009.000 76.050
Katarína Šarišská 9.7009.5009.5009.500 9.6009.6509.4009.050 75.900
Anita Sauerová 9.5509.5009.5009.400 9.3509.5009.4509.400 75.650
Lenka Chatarová 9.4009.3509.2509.200 9.4509.6009.4509.100 74.800

All-around
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Nellie Kim (URS)9.8509.8509.8509.85039.40039.25078.650
 Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.7009.9009.7009.90039.20039.17578.375
 Melita Ruhn (ROU)9.8009.8009.8009.80039.20039.12578.325
4  Maria Filatova (URS)9.8009.4009.8009.80038.80039.15077.950
5  Rodica Dunca (ROU)9.5009.7509.9009.90039.05038.67577.725
6  Věra Černá (TCH)9.6009.8009.7009.85038.95038.65077.600
7  Steffi Kräker (GDR)9.8009.7509.6509.35038.55038.85077.400
8  Emilia Eberle (ROU)9.7009.9009.2009.90038.70038.67577.375
9  Regina Grabolle (GDR)9.5009.5509.8009.70038.55038.72577.275
10  Eva Marečková (TCH)9.6509.6009.7509.70038.70038.50077.200
11  Zhu Zheng (CHN)9.6509.6009.7009.30038.25038.65076.900
12  Leslie Pyfer (USA)9.7509.6009.6509.65038.65038.17576.825
13  Elena Naimushina (URS)9.7009.6009.3509.45038.10038.62576.725
14  Radka Zemanová (TCH)9.5509.6009.6509.70038.50038.02576.525
15  Zheng Sihua (CHN)9.6509.2009.2009.70037.75038.52576.275
15  Erika Flander (HUN)9.7509.5509.5009.55038.35037.92576.275
17  Krasimira Toneva (BUL)9.7009.3509.5509.65038.25037.82576.075
18  Erzsébet Hanti (HUN)9.5509.5009.4009.60038.05037.97576.025
19  Suzy Kellems (USA)9.6009.0009.4509.70037.75038.22575.975
20  Elfi Schlegel (CAN)9.6009.5009.0009.70037.80038.07575.875
20  Silvia Topalova (BUL)9.5009.7009.0009.60037.80038.07575.875
22  Éva Óvári (HUN)9.6009.4508.9509.60037.60038.17575.775
23  Marcia Frederick (USA)9.8508.7009.6009.70037.85037.90075.750
24  Liu Yajun (CHN)8.9509.2009.5009.60037.25038.30075.550
24  Sakiko Nozawa (JPN)9.3509.6009.3509.60037.90037.65075.550
26  Yayoi Kano (JPN)9.4509.4509.5009.25037.65037.85075.500
27  Annette Michler (FRG)9.5009.4509.4509.50037.90037.50075.400
28  Romi Kessler (SUI)9.6009.5009.1009.60037.80037.52575.325
29  Ellen Stewart (CAN)9.4509.5009.4009.40037.75037.47575.225
30  Łucja Matraszek (POL)9.3509.4508.9509.40037.15037.67574.825
31  Diana Carnegie (CAN)9.5509.1509.4509.40037.55037.25074.800
31  Lee Hyang Rim (KOR)9.4009.4509.0009.55037.40037.40074.800
33  Galina Marinova (BUL)9.5008.7009.5509.55037.30037.45074.750
34  Claudia Rossier (SUI)9.3509.4508.9009.60037.30037.22574.525
35  Rika Anami (JPN)9.5009.0008.9009.60037.00037.42574.425
36  Martine Pidoux (FRA)9.5508.5509.3009.20036.60037.25073.850

Vault
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Dumitrița Turner (ROU)9.9259.85019.775
 Stella Zakharova (URS)9.8759.82519.700
 Nellie Kim (URS)9.8509.82519.675
 Steffi Kräker (GDR)9.8509.82519.675
5  Christa Canary (USA)9.8259.81319.638
6  Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.8009.77519.575
7  Melita Ruhn (ROU)9.6259.85019.475
8  Suzy Kellems (USA)8.8009.67518.475

Uneven bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.9009.92519.825
 Ma Yanhong (CHN)9.9009.92519.825
 Emilia Eberle (ROU)9.9009.85019.750
4  Steffi Kräker (GDR)9.8509.85019.700
5  Nellie Kim (URS)9.8009.82519.625
6  Marcia Frederick (USA)9.8009.80019.600
7  Maria Filatova (URS)9.3009.80019.100
8  Zhu Zheng (CHN)9.2509.82519.075

Balance beam
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Věra Černá (TCH)9.9009.90019.800
 Nellie Kim (URS)9.8509.77519.625
 Regina Grabolle (GDR)9.7759.80019.575
4  Eva Marečková (TCH)9.8009.75019.550
5  Maria Filatova (URS)9.7509.77519.525
6  Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.7009.67519.375
7  Krasimira Toneva (BUL)9.6509.67519.325
8  Melita Ruhn (ROU)9.3009.67518.975

Floor exercise
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Emilia Eberle (ROU)9.9509.85019.800
 Nellie Kim (URS)9.9509.82519.775
 Melita Ruhn (ROU)9.9009.82519.725
4  Maxi Gnauck (GDR)9.9009.80019.700
5  Maria Filatova (URS)9.8009.85019.650
6  Věra Černá (TCH)9.9009.67519.575
7  Zheng Sihua (CHN)9.8009.72519.525
8  Leslie Pyfer (USA)9.7509.72519.475

Medals
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)57517
2 United States (USA)3328
3 Romania (ROU)3137
4 East Germany (GDR)2147
5 China (People's Republic of China)1001
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
8 Japan (JPN)0112
Totals (8 nations)16131544
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References
  1. "Within International Federations" (PDF). Olympic Review (123): 68. January 1978. Retrieved 2006-04-11.
  2. "World Gymnastics Spur Hopes of U. S." The New York Times. 3 December 1979. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "Taiwan's appeal fails and China get vote". The Times. 23 October 1978. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. "Russians Capture Gymnastics". The New York Times. 6 December 1979. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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