Gymnastics World Championships
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Gymnastics World Championships refers to a number of different world championships for each of the disciplines in competitive gymnastics. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) organizes World Championships for six disciplines: acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, parkour, rhythmic gymnastics, as well as trampoline and tumbling. The International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG) organizes World Championships for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.
List of championships
[edit]Number | Discipline | Competition | First held | Current frequency | Most gold medals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organizer : FIG | |||||
1 | Artistic gymnastics | Artistic Gymnastics World Championships | 1903 | Annually Except when the Summer Olympics are held |
Soviet Union |
2 | Rhythmic gymnastics | Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships | 1963 | Annually Except when the Summer Olympics are held |
Russia |
3 | Trampoline gymnastics | Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | 1964 | Annually Except when the Summer Olympics are held |
United States Russia |
4 | Acrobatic gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | 1974 | Even years | Soviet Union |
5 | Aerobic gymnastics | Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | 1995 | Even years | Romania |
6 | Parkour | Parkour World Championships | 2022 | Even years | Greece Mexico Sweden Ukraine |
Organizer : IFAGG | |||||
7 | Aesthetic group gymnastics | World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships | 2000 | Annually | Finland |
FIG
[edit]Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
[edit]Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
[edit]Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships
[edit]Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
[edit]Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships
[edit]Year | Edition | Host city | Country | Events (male/female/mixed) |
First in the Medal Table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | 1 | Paris | France | 1 / 1 / 2 | Brazil |
1996 | 2 | The Hague | Netherlands | 1 / 1 / 2 | Brazil |
1997 | 3 | Perth | Australia | 1 / 1 / 2 | Bulgaria |
1998 | 4 | Catania | Italy | 1 / 1 / 2 | Russia |
1999 | 5 | Hanover | Germany | 1 / 1 / 2 | South Korea |
2000 | 6 | Riesa | Germany | 1 / 1 / 2 | Romania |
2002 | 7 | Klaipėda | Lithuania | 1 / 1 / 3 | Spain |
2004 | 8 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1 / 1 / 3 | Romania |
2006 | 9 | Nanjing | China | 1 / 1 / 3 | China |
2008 | 10 | Ulm | Germany | 1 / 1 / 3 | Romania |
2010 | 11 | Rodez | France | 1 / 1 / 4 | Romania |
2012 | 12 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1 / 1 / 6 | China |
2014 | 13 | Cancun | Mexico | 1 / 1 / 6 | Romania |
2016 | 14 | Incheon | South Korea | 1 / 1 / 6 | China |
2018 | 15 | Guimarães | Portugal | 1 / 1 / 6 | Russia |
2021 | 16 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 1 / 1 / 6 | Russian Gymnastics Federation |
2022 | 17 | Guimarães | Portugal | 1 / 1 / 6 | Hungary |
2024 | 18 | Pesaro | Italy | 1 / 1 / 6 | China |
Parkour World Championships
[edit]Year | Edition | Host city | Country | Events (male/female) |
First in the Medal Table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | 1 | Tokyo | Japan | 2 / 2 | Greece Mexico Sweden Ukraine |
2024 | 2 | Kitakyushu | Japan | 2 / 2 | Future event |
IFAGG
[edit]World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships
[edit]Year | Edition | Host city | Country | Events (female) |
First in the Medal Table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 1 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 | Finland |
2001 | 2 | Tallinn | Estonia | 1 | Estonia |
2002 | 3 | Prague | Czech Republic | 1 | Finland |
2003 | 4 | Graz | Austria | 1 | Finland |
2004 | 5 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1 | Finland |
2005 | 6 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1 | Russia |
2006 | 7 | Tampere | Finland | 1 | Finland |
2007 | 8 | Salou | Spain | 1 | Estonia |
2008 | 9 | Toronto | Canada | 1 | Finland |
2009 | 10 | Moscow | Russia | 1 | Finland |
2010 | 11 | Varna | Bulgaria | 1 | Finland |
2011 | 12 | Tartu | Estonia | 1 | Russia |
2012 | 13 | Cartagena | Spain | 1 | Russia |
2013 | 14 | Lahti | Finland | 1 | Russia |
2014 | 15 | Moscow | Russia | 1 | Russia |
2015 | 16 | Tórshavn | Denmark | 1 | Finland |
2016 | 17 | Brno | Czech Republic | 1 | Russia |
2017 | 18 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 | Finland |
2018 | 19 | Budapest | Hungary | 1 | Russia |
2019 | 20 | Cartagena | Spain | 1 | Russia |
2021 | 21 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 | Finland |
2022 | 22 | Graz | Austria | 1 | Bulgaria |
2023 | 23 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 1 | IFAGG |
All-time medal table (FIG disciplines)
[edit]Last updated on September 29, 2024. Next championships: 2024 Parkour World Championships, November 15–17, 2024.
Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
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Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Russia Soviet Union (1954–1991) CIS (1992) RGF (2021) |
105 146 0 5 |
53 51 0 0 |
25 10 0 1 |
9 0 0 2 |
6 0 0 2 |
12 0 0 2 |
36 111 5 1 |
43 86 3 1 |
36 59 5 2 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
113 50 0 7 |
57 43 0 4 |
35 27 0 2 |
76 25 0 5 |
42 13 0 1 |
43 9 0 3 |
696 | 405 | 271 | 1,372 |
2 | China | 81 | 68 | 74 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 92 | 60 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 34 | 10 | 245 | 179 | 145 | 569 |
3 | United States | 5 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 55 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 74 | 57 | 147 | 140 | 130 | 417 |
4 | Bulgaria | 57 | 80 | 79 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 61 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 136 | 155 | 150 | 441 |
5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 59 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 77 | 78 | 90 | 245 |
6 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 67 | 64 | 197 |
7 | Ukraine | 24 | 35 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 91 | 118 | 274 |
8 | Germany (and West Germany) East Germany (1950–1990) |
6 0 |
2 0 |
23 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
9 17 |
16 13 |
17 29 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
11 0 |
9 1 |
1 3 |
21 0 |
33 0 |
36 0 |
64 | 74 | 109 | 247 |
9 | France | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 32 | 55 | 79 | 76 | 210 |
10 | Great Britain England (1964–1965) Wales (1965) Scotland (1982) |
15 0 0 0 |
19 0 0 0 |
31 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
10 0 0 0 |
12 0 0 0 |
12 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
28 0 0 0 |
39 2 0 1 |
38 3 1 0 |
53 | 73 | 85 | 211 |
11 | Czech Republic Bohemia (1907–1913) Czechoslovakia (1922–1992) |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
0 10 34 |
0 8 29 |
0 10 20 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
1 0 0 |
0 0 4 |
0 0 5 |
0 0 8 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
0 0 0 |
48 | 42 | 39 | 129 |
12 | Belarus | 3 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 41 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 38 | 67 | 95 | 200 |
13 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 130 |
14 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 80 |
15 | Poland | 15 | 48 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 55 | 90 | 166 |
Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 61 |
17 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 70 |
18 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 48 |
19 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 35 | 17 | 34 | 41 | 92 |
20 | Portugal | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 52 |
21 | Serbia Austria-Hungary (1909–1913) Yugoslavia (1922–1938) Yugoslavia (1950–1992) |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 1 |
0 0 0 5 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 13 4 |
0 1 10 1 |
0 1 6 2 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
0 0 0 0 |
17 | 13 | 14 | 44 |
22 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
23 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 23 | 64 |
24 | Belgium | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
25 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
26 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
27 | North Korea | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
28 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 29 |
29 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
30 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
31 | Israel | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 45 |
32 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
33 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
34 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
35 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
37 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
38 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
39 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
40 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
41 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
42 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
43 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
44 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
45 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
46 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
47 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
48 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
50 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
51 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
53 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
54 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
55 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
– | Unattached athlete(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Notes
- (1) At the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Valery Belenky earned a bronze medal competing as an unattached (UNA) athlete. Later, official documents from the International Gymnastics Federation credit his medal as a medal for Germany.
See also
[edit]- Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
- Gymnastics at the Youth Olympic Games
- Gymnastics at the World Games
- Junior World Gymnastics Championships
- Major achievements in gymnastics by nation
References
[edit]- ^ "Rotterdam will host the 2026 Artistic Word Championships and Lisbon the 2027 World Gymnaestrada". Archived from the original on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2022-10-23.