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1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 19th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Strasbourg, France, in 1978 from October 23 to October 29.

1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
LocationFrance Strasbourg, France
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This was the first world championships to make use of video replays. A video control system was installed near each apparatus to help judges in disputable situations.[1] The system had first been used at the 1977 European Championships.

For the first time eight gymnasts were allowed to qualify to each of the apparatus finals, rather than six. This became the standard going forward.

Results edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
details 		  Japan
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Eizo Kenmotsu
Junichi Shimizu
Shinzo Shiraishi
Mitsuo Tsukahara 		  Soviet Union
Nikolai Andrianov
Eduard Azarian
Alexander Dityatin
Gennady Krysin
Vladimir Markelov
Aleksandr Tkachyov 		  East Germany
Ralph Bärthel
Roland Brückner
Ralf-Peter Hemmann
Lutz Mack
Michael Nikolay
Reinhard Rückriem
Individual all-around
details 		  Nikolai Andrianov   Eizo Kenmotsu   Alexander Dityatin
Floor
details 		  Kurt Thomas   Shigeru Kasamatsu   Alexander Dityatin
Pommel horse
details 		  Zoltán Magyar   Eberhard Gienger   Stoyan Deltchev
Rings
details 		  Nikolai Andrianov   Alexander Dityatin   Dănuț Grecu
Vault
details 		  Junichi Shimizu   Nikolai Andrianov   Ralph Bärthel
Parallel bars
details 		  Eizo Kenmotsu   Hiroshi Kajiyama
  Nikolai Andrianov 		none awarded
Horizontal bar
details 		  Shigeru Kasamatsu   Eberhard Gienger   Stoyan Deltchev
  Gennady Krysin
Women
Team all-around
details 		  Soviet Union
Maria Filatova
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Elena Mukhina
Nellie Kim
Svetlana Agapova
Tatiana Arzhannikova 		  Romania
Nadia Comăneci
Emilia Eberle
Marilena Neacsu
Teodora Ungureanu
Anca Grigoraș
Marilena Vlădărău 		  East Germany
Steffi Kräker
Silvia Hindorff
Birgit Süß
Heike Kuhardt
Karola Sube
Ute Wittwer
Individual all-around
details 		  Elena Mukhina   Nellie Kim   Natalia Shaposhnikova
Vault
details 		  Nellie Kim   Nadia Comaneci   Steffi Kräker
Uneven bars
details 		  Marcia Frederick   Elena Mukhina   Emilia Eberle
Balance beam
details 		  Nadia Comăneci   Elena Mukhina   Emilia Eberle
Floor
details 		  Nellie Kim
  Elena Mukhina 		none awarded   Emilia Eberle
  Kathy Johnson
  • NB: Team rosters are incomplete.

Kurt Thomas and Marica Frederick's gold medals were the first at world championship level for the American men and women.[2]

Men edit

Team final edit

1st   Japan 579.850
2nd   Soviet Union 578.950
3rd   East Germany 571.750
4th   USA 568.700
5th   West Germany 566.900
6th   Hungary 566.300
7th   Romania 560.850

All-around edit

Rank Gymnast             Total Prelims AA Total
    Nikolai Andrianov (URS) 9.850 9.700 9.900 9.850 9.750 9.850 58.900 58.300 117.200
    Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.600 9.750 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.750 58.450 58.050 116.550
    Alexander Dityatin (URS) 9.600 9.750 9.700 9.800 9.750 9.800 58.400 57.975 116.375
4   Eberhard Gienger (FRG) 9.650 9.750 9.650 9.800 9.700 9.800 58.350 57.850 116.200
5   Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN) 9.550 9.700 9.600 9.800 9.700 9.800 57.950 57.950 115.900
6   Kurt Thomas (USA) 9.800 9.750 9.500 9.800 9.650 9.750 58.250 57.475 115.725
7   Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) 9.750 8.900 9.700 9.700 9.750 9.800 57.600 58.025 115.625
8   Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) 9.750 9.550 9.400 9.600 9.750 9.500 57.550 57.675 115.225
9   Bart Conner (USA) 9.600 9.800 9.550 9.700 9.650 9.400 57.700 57.500 115.200
10   Michael Nikolay (GDR) 9.400 9.800 9.300 9.800 9.700 9.750 57.750 57.425 115.175
11   Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS) 9.750 8.700 9.700 9.800 9.750 9.550 57.250 57.825 115.075
12   Zoltán Magyar (HUN) 9.550 9.850 9.300 9.750 9.700 9.650 57.800 57.250 115.050
13   Roland Brückner (GDR) 9.600 9.700 9.500 9.750 9.500 9.700 57.750 57.025 114.775
14   Ralf Bartel (GDR) 9.600 9.500 9.550 9.700 9.550 9.650 57.550 56.900 114.450
15   Peter Kovacs (HUN) 9.650 9.500 9.550 9.750 9.400 9.700 57.550 56.650 114.200
16   Ferenc Donath (HUN) 9.500 9.650 9.650 9.200 8.950 9.600 56.550 57.400 113.950
17   Willy Moy (FRA) 9.700 8.700 9.600 9.750 9.200 9.550 57.500 56.425 113.925
17   Volker Rohrwick (FRG) 9.400 9.500 9.500 9.650 9.600 9.600 57.250 56.675 113.925
19   Robert Bretscher (SUI) 9.600 9.600 9.500 9.850 9.500 9.550 57.600 56.250 113.850
20   Mike Wilson (USA) 9.800 9.700 9.400 9.750 9.450 9.300 57.400 56.400 113.800
21   Henri Boerio (FRA) 9.300 9.550 9.550 9.600 9.350 9.800 57.150 56.325 113.475
22   Michel Boutard (FRA) 9.550 9.700 9.550 9.300 9.500 9.650 57.250 56.075 113.325
23   Kurt Szilier (ROM) 9.350 9.550 9.400 9.700 9.350 9.550 57.250 56.075 113.325
24   Dan Grecu (ROM) 9.150 9.600 9.700 9.200 9.400 9.500 56.550 56.350 112.900
25   Ion Checiches (ROM) 9.600 9.400 9.500 9.700 9.300 9.500 57.000 55.775 112.775
26   Jiri Tabak (TCH) 9.650 9.300 9.300 9.700 9.450 9.500 56.900 55.855 112.750
27   Edgar Jorek (FRG) 9.650 9.000 8.850 9.700 9.500 9.450 56.150 56.500 112.650
28   Warren Long (CAN) 9.450 9.300 9.300 9.750 9.000 9.500 56.300 55.825 112.125
29   Andrzej Szajna (POL) 9.600 9.400 8.950 9.800 9.500 9.650 56.900 55.100 112.000
30   Peter Schmid (SUI) 9.200 9.650 9.000 9.600 9.500 9.350 56.300 55.150 111.450
31   Jan Migdau (TCH) 9.450 9.450 9.250 9.650 9.700 9.600 56.100 55.025 111.125
32   Philippe Gaille (SUI) 9.300 9.100 9.150 9.500 9.500 9.400 55.950 55.050 111.000
33   Fernando Bertrand (ESP) 9.400 9.500 9.350 9.200 9.000 9.400 55.850 55.100 110.950
34   Ian Neale (GBR) 9.400 9.150 8.550 9.600 8.700 9.500 54.900 55.700 110.600
35   Jean Choquette (CAN) 9.300 9.400 8.750 9.100 9.000 9.650 55.200 57.350 110.550
36   Juan de la Casa (ESP) 9.300 9.250 8.800 9.600 8.900 9.300 55.200 55.325 110.525

Floor exercise edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Kurt Thomas (USA) 9.900 9.750 19.650
    Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) 9.850 9.725 19.575
    Alexander Dityatin (URS) 9.700 9.700 19.400
4   Nikolai Andrianov (URS) 9.500 9.850 19.350
5   Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) 9.500 9.700 19.200
6   Edgar Jorek (FRG) 9.450 9.725 19.175
7   Roland Brückner (GDR) 9.100 9.750 18.850
8   Jiří Tabák (TCH) 8.900 9.725 18.625

Pommel horse edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Zoltán Magyar (HUN) 9.900 9.900 19.800
    Eberhard Gienger (FRG) 9.700 9.725 19.425
    Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) 9.700 9.700 19.400
4   Alexander Dityatin (URS) 9.700 9.650 19.350
4   Ferenc Donáth (HUN) 9.700 9.650 19.350
6   Michael Nikolay (GDR) 9.650 9.675 19.325
7   Bart Conner (USA) 9.650 9.650 19.300
8   Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) 8.950 9.800 18.750

Rings edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Nikolai Andrianov (URS) 9.900 9.800 19.700
    Alexander Dityatin (URS) 9.900 9.775 19.675
    Dănuț Grecu (ROU) 9.900 9.750 19.650
4   Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) 9.800 9.725 19.525
5   Lutz Mack (GDR) 9.800 9.700 19.500
6   Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.700 9.775 19.475
7   Nicolae Oprescu (ROU) 9.650 9.675 19.325
8   Ferenc Donáth (HUN) 9.550 9.725 19.275

Vault edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Junichi Shimizu (JPN) 9.850 9.750 19.600
    Nikolai Andrianov (URS) 9.825 9.750 19.575
    Ralph Barthel (GDR) 9.825 9.725 19.550
4   Alexander Dityatin (URS) 9.800 9.675 19.525
5   Lutz Mack (GDR) 9.700 9.700 19.400
6   Edgar Jorek (FRG) 9.675 9.700 19.375
7   Bart Conner (USA) 9.525 9.675 19.200
8   Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.425 9.725 19.150

Parallel bars edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.900 9.700 19.600
    Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN) 9.750 9.825 19.575
    Nikolai Andrianov (URS) 9.800 9.775 19.575
4   Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS) 9.750 9.700 19.450
5   Bart Conner (USA) 9.850 9.525 19.375
6   Eberhard Gienger (FRG) 9.700 9.575 19.275
6   Henri Boerio (FRA) 9.700 9.575 19.275
8   Michael Nikolay (GDR) 9.700 9.525 19.225

Horizontal bar edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) 9.900 9.775 19.675
    Eberhard Gienger (FRG) 9.900 9.750 19.650
    Stoyan Deltchev (BUL) 9.900 9.700 19.600
    Gennady Krysin (URS) 9.900 9.700 19.600
5   Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS) 9.800 9.700 19.500
6   Michael Nikolay (GDR) 9.800 9.650 19.450
7   Reiner Ruckrein (GDR) 9.650 9.575 19.225
8   Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.300 9.775 19.075

Women edit

Team final edit

Rank Team         Total
C O C O C O C O
    Soviet Union 97.250 96.900 96.700 97.350 388.250
Elena Mukhina 9.650 9.700 9.750 9.900 9.700 9.800 9.800 9.950 78.250
Natalia Shaposhnikova 9.700 9.800 9.700 9.750 9.800 9.900 9.900 9.400 77.950
Nellie Kim 9.650 9.900 9.550 9.700 9.650 9.750 9.750 9.900 77.850
Maria Filatova 9.700 9.800 9.700 9.800 9.900 9.350 9.800 9.500 77.550
Tatiana Arzhannikova 9.650 9.700 9.500 9.550 9.400 9.500 9.500 9.800 76.600
Svetlana Agapova 9.550 9.600 9.600 9.100 9.400 9.300 9.650 9.700 75.900
    Romania 95.900 96.150 96.550 95.300 383.900
Nadia Comăneci 9.750 9.800 9.750 9.700 9.750 9.900 9.700 9.600 77.950
Emilia Eberle 9.500 9.800 9.900 9.750 9.700 9.850 9.700 9.700 77.900
Teodora Ungureanu 9.600 9.600 9.650 9.500 9.500 9.600 9.400 9.400 76.250
Marilena Neacșu 9.500 9.450 9.450 9.400 9.600 9.800 9.450 9.300 75.950
Marilena Vlădărău 9.350 9.550 9.650 8.950 9.600 9.250 9.500 9.500 75.350
Anca Grigoraș 9.500 9.400 9.550 9.400 9.400 9.400 9.300 9.300 75.250

All-around edit

Rank Gymnast         Score Prelim score Total
    Elena Mukhina (URS) 9.900 9.900 9.850 9.950 39.600 39.125 78.725
    Nellie Kim (URS) 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.950 39.650 38.925 78.575
    Natalia Shaposhnikova (URS) 9.850 9.850 9.400 9.800 38.900 38.975 77.875
4   Nadia Comăneci (ROU) 9.900 9.250 9.800 9.800 38.750 38.975 77.725
5   Emilia Eberle (ROU) 9.700 9.750 9.250 9.650 38.350 38.950 77.300
6   Věra Černá (TCH) 9.700 9.550 9.800 9.700 38.750 38.275 77.025
7   Steffi Kräker (GDR) 9.800 9.800 9.550 9.550 38.700 38.250 76.950
8   Kathy Johnson (USA) 9.800 9.600 9.250 9.900 38.550 38.275 76.825
9   Rhonda Schwandt (USA) 9.850 9.800 9.050 9.800 38.500 38.150 76.650
10   Zsuzsa Kalmár (HUN) 9.700 9.650 9.700 9.500 38.550 38.050 76.600
11   Silvia Hindorff (GDR) 9.650 9.200 9.700 9.550 38.100 38.300 76.400
12   Éva Óvári (HUN) 9.400 9.650 9.650 9.500 38.020 38.175 76.375
13   Dana Brýdlová (TCH) 9.550 9.750 9.650 9.450 38.400 37.925 76.325
14   Marilena Neacșu (ROU) 9.500 9.600 9.550 9.650 38.300 37.974 76.275
15   Birgit Süß (GDR) 9.550 9.800 8.900 9.500 37.900 38.325 76.225
16   Eva Marečková (TCH) 9.750 9.600 9.400 9.650 38.400 37.600 76.000
17   Karen Kelsall (CAN) 9.550 9.650 9.500 9.500 38.200 37.475 75.675
18   Łucja Matraszek (POL) 9.500 9.600 9.450 9.350 37.900 37.700 75.600
19   Éva Kanyó (HUN) 9.350 9.650 9.500 9.300 37.800 37.775 75.575
20   Marcia Frederick (USA) 9.700 9.900 9.000 9.700 38.300 37.200 75.500
21   Annette Michler (FRG) 9.550 9.650 9.450 9.350 38.000 37.375 75.375
22   Elfi Schlegel (CAN) 9.600 9.250 9.350 9.600 37.800 37.475 75.275
23   Yayoi Kano (JPN) 9.400 9.650 8.900 9.550 37.500 37.625 75.125
24   Sakiko Nozawa (JPN) 9.450 9.650 9.350 9.500 37.950 37.100 75.050
24   Petra Kurbjuweit (FRG) 9.450 9.650 9.300 9.500 37.900 37.150 75.050
26   Annette Toifl (FRG) 9.550 9.650 9.450 9.250 37.900 36.975 74.875
27   Irina Goreva (BUL) 9.450 9.500 9.550 9.450 37.950 36.800 74.750
28   Yoshiko Matsumoto (JPN) 9.600 9.650 8.950 9.350 37.550 37.175 74.725
29   Romi Kessler (SUI) 9.600 9.400 9.350 9.500 37.850 36.550 74.400
30   Diliana Glucheva (BUL) 9.500 9.650 8.900 9.400 37.450 36.725 74.175
31   Monica Valentini (ITA) 9.300 9.400 9.300 9.300 37.300 36.750 74.050
32   Silvia Topalova (BUL) 9.400 9.700 8.400 9.450 36.950 37.050 74.000
33   Sherry Hawco (CAN) 9.300 9.350 9.450 9.050 37.150 36.800 73.950
34   Małgorzata Sosin (POL) 9.450 9.450 8.900 9.400 37.200 36.625 73.825
35   Ingrid Bolleboom (NED) 9.350 9.500 8.750 9.300 36.900 36.850 73.750
36   Aurora Morata (ESP) 9.350 9.500 8.200 9.400 36.450 36.575 73.025

Vault edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Nellie Kim (URS) 9.850 9.775 19.625
    Nadia Comăneci (ROU) 9.825 9.775 19.600
    Steffi Kräker (GDR) 9.800 9.750 19.550
4   Rhonda Schwandt (USA) 9.850 9.675 19.525
5   Emilia Eberle (ROU) 9.800 9.650 19.450
6   Natalia Shaposhnikova (URS) 9.650 9.750 19.400
7   Heike Kunhardt (GDR) 9.500 9.700 19.200
8   Andrea Horacsek (HUN) 9.450 9.625 19.075

Uneven bars edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Marcia Frederick (USA) 9.950 9.850 19.800
    Elena Mukhina (URS) 9.900 9.825 19.725
    Emilia Eberle (ROU) 9.800 9.825 19.625
4   Maria Filatova (URS) 9.850 9.750 19.600
5   Nadia Comăneci (ROU) 9.850 9.725 19.575
6   Steffi Kräker (GDR) 9.800 9.700 19.500
7   Věra Černá (TCH) 9.700 9.600 19.300
8   Birgit Süß  (FRG) 9.200 9.625 18.825

Balance beam edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Nadia Comăneci (ROU) 9.800 9.825 19.625
    Elena Mukhina (URS) 9.850 9.750 19.600
    Emilia Eberle (ROU) 9.800 9.775 19.575
4   Éva Óvári (HUN) 9.700 9.700 19.400
5   Věra Černá (TCH) 9.700 9.600 19.300
6   Silvia Hindorff (GDR) 9.600 9.625 19.225
7   Éva Kanyó (HUN) 9.250 9.650 18.900
8   Natalia Shaposhnikova (URS) 9.000 9.850 18.850

Floor exercise edit

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Nellie Kim (URS) 9.950 9.825 19.775
    Elena Mukhina (URS) 9.900 9.875 19.775
    Kathy Johnson (USA) 9.850 9.675 19.525
    Emilia Eberle (ROU) 9.825 9.700 19.525
5   Silvia Hindorff (GDR) 9.700 9.775 19.475
6   Věra Černá (TCH) 9.750 9.700 19.450
7   Birgit Süß (GDR) 9.700 9.675 19.375
8   Nadia Comăneci (ROU) 9.600 9.650 19.250

Medals edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)77418
2  Japan (JPN)4307
3  United States (USA)2013
4  Romania (ROU)1247
5  Hungary (HUN)1001
6  West Germany (FRG)0202
7  East Germany (GDR)0044
8  Bulgaria (BUL)0022
Totals (8 entries)15141544

References edit

  1. ^ "Within the IFs" (PDF). Olympic Review (132–133): 644. October–November 1978. Retrieved 2006-04-11.
  2. ^ "Golden dawn for United States as darkness falls on Miss Comaneci". The Times. 30 October 1978. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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