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.
These were the first World Championships in artistic gymnastics to be held outside of Europe, 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.
Results Men Alexander DityatinAleksandr TkachyovVladimir MarkelovNikolai AndrianovBogdan MakutsArtur Akopyan Hiroshi KajiyamaShigeru KasamatsuNobuyuki KajitaniToshiomi NishikiiKoji GushikenEizo Kenmotsu Kurt ThomasBart ConnerJim HartungLarry GerardTim LaFleurPeter Vidmar Alexander Dityatin Kurt Thomas Aleksandr Tkachyov Roland Brückner Kurt Thomas none awarded Aleksandr Tkachyov Zoltán Magyar Kurt Thomas Koji Gushiken Alexander Dityatin Danuţ Grecu Aleksandr Tkachyov Alexander Dityatin Nikolai Andrianov Ralph Bärthel Bart Conner Bart Conner Aleksandr Tkachyov Kurt Thomas none awarded Kurt Thomas Aleksandr Tkachyov Alexander Dityatin Women Nadia ComăneciRodica DuncaEmilia EberleMelita RuhnDumitriţa TurnerMarilena Vladarau Maria FilatovaNellie KimElena NaimushinaNatalia ShaposhnikovaNatalia TereschenkoStella Zakharova Maxi GnauckRegina GrabolleSilvia HindorffSteffi KräkerKatharina RenschKarola Sube Nellie Kim Maxi Gnauck Melita Ruhn Dumitriţa Turner Stella Zakharova Nellie Kim Steffi Kräker Ma Yanhong Maxi Gnauck none awarded Emilia Eberle Věra Černá Nellie Kim Regina Grabolle 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.
Rank Team Floor Pommelhorse Rings Vault Parallelbars Horizontalbar Total C O C O C O C O C O C O 98.20097.15097.65098.65097.60098.250587.500Alexander Dityatin9.8009.8509.7509.7509.9009.9009.9009.9009.7509.8509.8009.950118.100Aleksandr Tkachyov9.8509.9009.7009.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.7509.8509.8009.900117.650Vladimir Markelov9.7509.7509.6509.7509.7009.8009.8009.8509.7009.8009.8009.800117.150Nikolai Andrianov9.8509.9009.7509.7509.7009.6509.9509.8509.7009.8509.1009.750116.800Bogdan Makuts9.7509.7509.5509.6009.6009.6009.9009.8509.5009.8509.7509.850116.550Artur Akopyan9.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.7009.6009.8509.3009.7009.8509.700116.100 97.70096.90096.60097.40097.15097.950583.700Hiroshi Kajiyama9.7509.8009.6509.6009.6009.8009.5509.9009.7009.8009.8509.600116.600Eizo Kenmotsu9.6009.8509.6509.7009.5009.6009.7509.7509.5509.7009.8509.900116.400Koji Gushiken9.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.8009.6509.8009.7009.8009.0009.700116.350Toshiomi Nishikii9.7009.7009.6009.5009.5509.7509.6509.7009.5009.8009.8009.750116.000Nobuyuki Kajitani9.4009.8509.6009.6009.6009.6009.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.800115.900Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7509.9009.7009.8008.7009.6009.6009.9009.8009.4509.7509.800115.750 97.85096.30096.35097.40096.30096.950581.150Kurt Thomas9.9009.9009.8009.8509.6509.8009.7009.8009.8009.8009.8509.900117.750Bart Conner9.8509.8509.7009.7009.6509.6009.9009.8509.7509.9009.9009.300116.950Jim Hartung9.8009.7009.6009.7009.6009.8009.8009.8009.5509.3009.8009.750116.200Larry Gerard9.5509.8009.3509.5509.1009.6509.6009.7509.4009.5509.6509.600114.550Tim LaFleur9.4509.8009.5009.6009.5509.6009.4509.6009.2509.6009.5509.400114.300Peter Vidmar9.7009.5009.3509.5509.4509.2509.6009.6009.4009.5509.0509.550113.550 4 97.85096.45096.40097.75096.05096.500581.000Roland Brückner9.6509.9009.8509.7009.6009.7009.6009.9009.6509.7009.8009.700117.000Michael Nikolay9.6509.7509.8509.9009.6009.6009.6009.8509.6509.8009.8009.800116.850Lutz Mack9.7509.7509.3009.5509.8009.7509.7609.7509.5509.5509.6009.300115.400Andreas Bronst9.5009.7509.6009.7009.3509.4009.6009.6009.5009.7509.4009.600114.750Lutz Hoffmann9.8009.4009.6009.6509.4509.5009.7009.7509.4009.1509.7009.600114.700Ralf Bärthel9.8009.8008.6509.5009.6009.7009.8009.8509.4009.5009.5009.450114.550 5 98.30095.40096.85096.30095.25096.850578.950Huang Yubin9.8509.8009.6009.6509.7509.7509.5009.8009.6509.6009.8009.650116.400Cai Huanzong9.7009.8509.7009.3009.5009.7009.6009.5509.6509.4509.6009.750115.950Li Yuejiu9.8509.9009.4509.5509.3509.5009.7009.7509.6009.5009.6009.800115.550Tong Fei9.9009.7009.6009.0509.7009.6009.4509.7009.5009.0509.7009.900114.850Peng Yaping9.6509.8509.4009.5509.7009.7009.3009.6509.5509.4009.6509.400114.800Xiong Songliang9.9009.4008.9509.6009.7009.7509.6009.4009.4009.3509.6009.200113.850
All-around Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.900 9.850 9.900 9.850 9.800 9.900 59.200 59.050 118.250 9.850 9.900 9.800 9.900 9.800 9.850 59.100 58.875 117.975 9.550 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.900 58.650 58.825 117.475 4 9.800 9.700 9.800 9.850 9.700 9.850 58.700 58.575 117.275 5 9.700 9.750 9.650 9.850 9.800 9.800 58.550 58.475 117.025 6 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.900 9.600 9.600 58.500 58.500 117.000 7 9.750 9.800 9.750 9.800 9.700 9.800 58.600 58.175 116.775 8 9.650 9.200 9.800 9.850 9.750 9.900 58.150 58.375 116.525 9 9.750 9.750 9.700 9.900 9.450 9.800 58.350 58.100 116.450 9 9.550 9.650 9.700 9.800 9.700 9.750 58.150 58.300 116.450 11 9.550 9.800 9.600 9.800 9.750 9.700 58.200 58.200 116.400 12 9.800 9.800 9.650 9.900 9.800 9.700 58.650 57.650 116.300 13 9.900 9.650 9.450 9.800 9.700 9.900 58.400 57.775 116.175 14 9.700 9.150 9.800 9.750 9.400 9.800 57.600 58.425 116.025 15 9.550 9.700 9.700 9.700 9.600 9.650 57.900 58.000 115.900 16 9.750 9.550 9.750 9.750 9.600 9.800 58.200 57.475 115.675 17 9.300 9.750 9.800 9.700 9.600 9.700 57.850 57.800 115.650 18 9.550 9.950 9.400 9.700 9.600 9.600 57.800 57.700 115.500 19 9.500 9.500 9.700 9.700 9.700 9.600 57.700 57.675 115.375 20 9.750 9.200 9.750 9.800 9.500 9.450 57.450 57.700 115.150 21 9.600 9.600 9.650 9.600 9.750 9.550 57.750 57.025 114.775 22 9.650 9.700 9.500 9.750 9.600 9.450 57.650 57.100 114.750 23 9.250 9.650 9.800 9.750 9.450 9.550 57.450 57.200 114.650 24 9.450 9.450 9.450 9.700 9.600 9.650 57.300 57.200 114.500 25 9.700 9.100 9.600 9.850 9.400 9.550 57.200 57.100 114.300 26 9.300 9.350 9.550 9.700 9.500 9.600 57.000 57.275 114.275 27 9.550 9.500 9.500 9.750 9.650 9.550 57.500 56.675 114.175 28 9.500 9.100 9.700 9.800 9.550 9.700 57.350 56.800 114.150 29 9.300 9.700 9.300 9.700 9.300 9.650 56.950 57.075 114.025 30 9.700 9.200 9.450 9.800 9.450 9.450 57.050 56.600 113.650 31 9.300 9.300 9.400 9.750 9.500 9.450 56.700 56.225 112.925 31 9.350 8.800 9.450 9.800 9.350 9.600 56.350 56.575 112.925 33 9.300 9.650 9.500 9.650 8.850 9.400 56.350 56.500 112.850 34 9.200 9.400 9.300 9.450 9.450 9.450 56.250 56.300 112.550 35 9.350 9.300 9.500 9.650 8.300 9.700 55.800 56.225 112.025 36 0.000 0.000 2.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.000 56.750 58.750
Floor exercise Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.900 9.900 19.800 9.900 9.900 19.800 9.900 9.875 19.775 4 9.850 9.875 19.725 5 9.850 9.850 19.700 6 9.850 9.875 19.575 6 9.700 9.825 19.575 8 9.350 9.825 19.175
Pommel horse Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.950 9.875 19.825 9.900 9.825 19.725 9.800 9.800 19.600 4 9.800 9.750 19.550 5 9.800 9.725 19.525 6 9.700 9.750 19.450 7 9.000 9.750 18.750 8 8.800 9.875 18.675
Rings Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.900 9.900 19.800 9.900 9.800 19.700 9.900 9.775 19.675 4 9.850 9.800 19.650 5 9.800 9.825 19.625 6 9.800 9.750 19.550 7 9.750 9.775 19.525 8 9.500 9.775 19.175
Vault Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.825 9.900 19.725 9.800 9.900 19.700 9.800 9.875 19.675 9.850 9.825 19.675 5 9.750 9.850 19.600 6 9.775 9.750 19.525 7 9.700 9.750 19.450 8 9.575 9.800 19.375
Parallel bars Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.900 9.825 19.725 9.900 9.800 19.700 9.900 9.800 19.700 4 9.850 9.750 19.600 4 9.800 9.800 19.600 6 9.700 9.750 19.450 7 9.750 9.675 19.425 8 9.600 9.725 19.325
Horizontal bar Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.900 9.875 19.775 9.900 9.850 19.750 9.800 9.875 19.675 4 9.700 9.850 19.550 5 9.700 9.800 19.500 5 9.700 9.800 19.500 7 9.700 9.775 19.475 8 9.150 9.800 18.950
Women
Team final RankTeam Total C O C O C O C O 97.65097.20096.80097.900389.550 Melita Ruhn 9.8009.9009.7509.8009.5509.8009.7509.90078.250 Rodica Dunca 9.6009.7509.6509.6009.5009.7509.7009.80077.350 Emilia Eberle 9.6009.7509.8509.8509.6508.9509.8509.85077.350Dumitrița Turner9.8009.9009.5509.7009.4009.7009.5509.70077.300Marilena Vlădărău9.5509.7009.4509.5009.4509.5509.7009.85076.750 Nadia Comăneci 9.8500.0009.9500.0009.9009.9509.8000.00049.450 97.77595.95097.30097.900388.925Nellie Kim9.7509.9009.8509.8009.8009.7509.9009.75078.500 Maria Filatova 9.6509.8009.8009.8009.8009.7509.7509.95078.300 Natalia Shaposhnikova 9.7009.8009.8009.1009.9009.5009.8009.80077.400 Stella Zakharova 9.8009.8509.7009.0009.7009.7509.6009.85077.250 Elena Naimushina 9.6509.7009.6009.5509.6509.7009.6509.80077.250 Natalia Tereschenko 9.7259.8009.5509.0009.4009.3509.5509.80076.175 97.25097.65096.65096.525388.075 Maxi Gnauck 9.7509.8009.9509.9009.7009.6509.7009.90078.350 Steffi Kräker 9.7509.9009.9009.8009.7009.6009.4009.65077.700 Regina Grabolle 9.6009.6009.8509.6009.8009.7509.4509.80077.450 Silvia Hindorff 9.6509.8009.6509.5009.6009.6009.5759.70077.075 Karola Sube 9.5509.5509.7009.4509.6509.6009.4009.65076.550 Katharina Rensch 9.6009.8009.8509.6009.4009.0509.7009.20076.200 4 95.45097.30095.35096.500384.600 Zhu Zheng 9.4509.8009.8509.8009.5009.7009.6509.55077.300 Zheng Sihua 9.3509.8509.8009.5509.4009.6509.7509.70077.050 Liu Yajun 9.3509.7009.7009.5009.2509.8009.6009.70076.600 Ma Yanhong 9.2009.5509.9509.9009.2009.5009.5509.60076.450 He Xiumin 9.3509.5009.8509.2509.5009.4509.6009.65076.150 Li Cuiling 9.4509.6009.6509.4009.3509.7009.7008.95075.800 5 96.05095.10097.05094.100382.300 Věra Černá9.7509.5009.7509.1509.9009.9009.6509.70077.300Eva Marečková9.7009.6009.7009.6009.7509.7509.7009.20077.000 Radka Zemanová9.7009.5509.4009.5509.7009.7509.4009.00076.050Katarína Šarišská9.7009.5009.5009.5009.6009.6509.4009.05075.900 Anita Sauerová9.5509.5009.5009.4009.3509.5009.4509.40075.650 Lenka Chatarová9.4009.3509.2509.2009.4509.6009.4509.10074.800
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