United States at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

United States at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
United States at the; World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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Medals	Gold 66 Silver 55 Bronze 47 Total 168

The United States first competed at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1958. They only sent a men's team; they finished seventh.^[1] In 1962 they sent both a men's team and a women's team; they finished sixth and eighth respectively.^[2] In 1970 Cathy Rigby became the first American to win a medal at the World Championships, winning a silver on the balance beam.^[3] In 1978 Kurt Thomas and Marcia Frederick became the first Americans to win a gold medal at the World Championships.^[4]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Silver	Cathy Rigby	1970 Ljubljana	Women's balance beam
Gold	Kurt Thomas	1978 Strasbourg	Men's floor exercise
Gold	Marcia Frederick		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Kathy Johnson		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Kurt Thomas, Bart Conner, Jim Hartung, Larry Gerard, Tim LaFleur, Peter Vidmar, Mike Wilson	1979 Fort Worth	Men's team
Silver	Kurt Thomas		Men's all-around
Gold	Kurt Thomas		Men's floor exercise
Silver	Kurt Thomas		Men's pommel horse
Bronze	Bart Conner		Men's vault
Gold	Bart Conner		Men's parallel bar
Silver	Kurt Thomas		Men's parallel bar
Gold	Kurt Thomas		Men's horizontal bar
Bronze	Julianne McNamara	1981 Moscow	Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Tracee Talavera	1981 Moscow	Women's balance beam
Silver	Brandy Johnson	1989 Stuttgart	Women's vault
Silver	Shannon Miller, Kim Zmeskal, Betty Okino, Kerri Strug, Michelle Campi, Hilary Grivich	1991 Indianapolis	Women's team
Gold	Kim Zmeskal		Women's all-around
Silver	Shannon Miller		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Betty Okino		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Kim Zmeskal		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Betty Okino	1992 Paris	Women's uneven bars
Gold	Kim Zmeskal		Women's balance beam
Gold	Kim Zmeskal		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Shannon Miller	1993 Birmingham	Women's all-around
Gold	Shannon Miller		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Dominique Dawes		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Dominique Dawes		Women's balance beam
Gold	Shannon Miller		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Larissa Fontaine, Shannon Miller, Jaycie Phelps, Kerri Strug	1994 Dortmund	Women's team
Gold	Shannon Miller	1994 Brisbane	Women's all-around
Silver	Paul O'Neill		Men's rings
Gold	Shannon Miller		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Kerri Strug, Donielle Thompson, Jaycie Phelps, Mary Beth Arnold, Teresa Kulikowski	1995 Sabae	Women's team
Silver	Dominique Moceanu	1995 Sabae	Women's balance beam
Bronze	Dominique Dawes	1996 San Juan	Women's balance beam
Silver	Raj Bhavsar, Paul Hamm, Stephen McCain, Brett McClure, Sean Townsend, Guard Young	2001 Ghent	Men's team
Bronze	Mohini Bhardwaj, Katie Heenan, Ashley Miles, Tasha Schwikert, Rachel Tidd, Tabitha Yim		Women's team
Bronze	Katie Heenan		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Sean Townsend		Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Paul Hamm	2002 Debrecen	Men's floor exercise
Gold	Courtney Kupets		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Ashley Postell		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Samantha Sheehan		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Raj Bhavsar, Jason Gatson, Morgan Hamm, Paul Hamm, Brett McClure, Blaine Wilson	2003 Anaheim	Men's team
Gold	Terin Humphrey, Courtney Kupets, Chellsie Memmel, Carly Patterson, Tasha Schwikert, Hollie Vise		Women's team
Gold	Paul Hamm		Men's all-around
Silver	Carly Patterson		Women's all-around
Gold	Paul Hamm		Men's floor exercise
Gold	Chellsie Memmel		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Hollie Vise		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Chellsie Memmel	2005 Melbourne	Women's all-around
Silver	Nastia Liukin		Women's all-around
Bronze	Alicia Sacramone		Women's vault
Gold	Nastia Liukin		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Chellsie Memmel		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Nastia Liukin		Women's balance beam
Silver	Chellsie Memmel		Women's balance beam
Gold	Alicia Sacramone		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Nastia Liukin		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Jana Bieger, Natasha Kelley, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Ashley Priess, Alicia Sacramone	2006 Aarhus	Women's team
Silver	Jana Bieger		Women's all-around
Silver	Alicia Sacramone		Women's vault
Silver	Nastia Liukin		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Alexander Artemev		Men's pommel horse
Silver	Jana Bieger		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Ivana Hong, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Samantha Peszek, Alicia Sacramone, Shayla Worley	2007 Stuttgart	Women's team
Gold	Shawn Johnson		Women's all-around
Bronze	Alicia Sacramone		Women's vault
Silver	Nastia Liukin		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Nastia Liukin		Women's balance beam
Gold	Shawn Johnson		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Alicia Sacramone		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Bridget Sloan	2009 London	Women's all-around
Silver	Rebecca Bross		Women's all-around
Gold	Kayla Williams		Women's vault
Bronze	Rebecca Bross		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Ivana Hong		Women's balance beam
Silver	Rebecca Bross, Mackenzie Caquatto, Bridget Sloan, Mattie Larson, Aly Raisman, Alicia Sacramone	2010 Rotterdam	Women's team
Bronze	Jonathan Horton		Men's all-around
Bronze	Rebecca Bross		Women's all-around
Gold	Alicia Sacramone		Women's vault
Bronze	Rebecca Bross		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Rebecca Bross		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Jacob Dalton, Jonathan Horton, Danell Leyva, Steven Legendre, Alexander Naddour, John Orozco	2011 Tokyo	Men's team
Gold	Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Alicia Sacramone, Sabrina Vega, Jordyn Wieber		Women's team
Gold	Jordyn Wieber		Women's all-around
Gold	McKayla Maroney		Women's vault
Bronze	Jordyn Wieber		Women's balance beam
Gold	Danell Leyva		Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Aly Raisman		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Simone Biles	2013 Antwerp	Women's all-around
Silver	Kyla Ross		Women's all-around
Silver	Jake Dalton		Men's floor exercise
Gold	McKayla Maroney		Women's vault
Silver	Simone Biles		Women's vault
Silver	Kyla Ross		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Brandon Wynn		Men's rings
Silver	Steven Legendre		Men's vault
Silver	Kyla Ross		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Simone Biles		Women's balance beam
Bronze	John Orozco		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Jacob Dalton, Danell Leyva, Sam Mikulak, Alexander Naddour, John Orozco, Donnell Whittenburg, Paul Ruggeri	2014 Nanning	Men's team
Gold	Alyssa Baumann, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian, Ashton Locklear, Kyla Ross, MyKayla Skinner, Madison Desch		Women's team
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's all-around
Bronze	Kyla Ross		Women's all-around
Silver	Simone Biles		Women's vault
Bronze	MyKayla Skinner		Women's vault
Bronze	Jake Dalton		Men's vault
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's balance beam
Silver	Danell Leyva		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Brenna Dowell, Madison Kocian, Maggie Nichols, Aly Raisman, MyKayla Skinner	2015 Glasgow	Women's team
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's all-around
Silver	Gabby Douglas		Women's all-around
Bronze	Simone Biles		Women's vault
Gold	Madison Kocian		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Donnell Whittenburg		Men's vault
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's balance beam
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Maggie Nichols		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Danell Leyva		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Morgan Hurd	2017 Montreal	Women's all-around
Bronze	Yul Moldauer		Men's floor exercise
Silver	Jade Carey		Women's vault
Silver	Morgan Hurd		Women's balance beam
Silver	Jade Carey		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Simone Biles, Kara Eaker, Morgan Hurd, Grace McCallum, Riley McCusker, Ragan Smith	2018 Doha	Women's team
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's all-around
Bronze	Morgan Hurd		Women's all-around
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's vault
Silver	Simone Biles		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Simone Biles		Women's balance beam
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Morgan Hurd		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Sam Mikulak		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Kara Eaker, Sunisa Lee, Grace McCallum, MyKayla Skinner	2019 Stuttgart	Women's team
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's all-around
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's vault
Silver	Jade Carey		Women's vault
Bronze	Sunisa Lee		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's balance beam
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Sunisa Lee		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Leanne Wong	2021 Kitakyushu	Women's all-around
Bronze	Kayla DiCello		Women's all-around
Gold	Stephen Nedoroscik		Men's pommel horse
Bronze	Leanne Wong		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Brody Malone		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Skye Blakely, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Shilese Jones, Leanne Wong, Lexi Zeiss	2022 Liverpool	Women's team
Silver	Shilese Jones		Women's all-around
Gold	Jade Carey		Women's vault
Silver	Jordan Chiles		Women's vault
Silver	Shilese Jones		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Jordan Chiles		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Jade Carey		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Brody Malone		Men's horizontal bar
Bronze	Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Yul Moldauer, Fred Richard, Khoi Young, Colt Walker	2023 Antwerp	Men's team
Gold	Simone Biles, Skye Blakely, Shilese Jones, Joscelyn Roberson, Leanne Wong, Kayla DiCello		Women's team
Bronze	Fred Richard		Men's all-around
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's all-around
Bronze	Shilese Jones		Women's all-around
Silver	Simone Biles		Women's vault
Silver	Khoi Young		Men's pommel horse
Bronze	Shilese Jones		Women's uneven bars
Silver	Khoi Young		Men's vault
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's balance beam
Gold	Simone Biles		Women's floor exercise

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Medal tables edit

By gender edit


Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Women	56	43	31	130
Men	10	12	16	38

By event edit


Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Women's individual all-around	14	8	5	27
Women's floor exercise	10	7	7	24
Women's balance beam	9	7	7	23
Women's team	9	4	2	15
Women's uneven bars	7	9	6	22
Women's vault	7	8	4	19
Men's parallel bars	3	2	1	6
Men's floor exercise	3	1	2	6
Men's horizontal bar	2	1	2	5
Men's pommel horse	1	2	1	4
Men's individual all-around	1	1	2	4
Men's team	0	2	4	6
Men's vault	0	2	3	5
Men's rings	0	1	1	2

Junior World medalists edit

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Bronze	Sydney Barros, Skye Blakely, Kayla DiCello, Konnor McClain	2019 Győr	Girls' team
Gold	Kayla DiCello		Girls' vault
Bronze	Kayla DiCello		Girls' balance beam
Silver	Jayla Hang, Hezly Rivera, Izzy Stassi, Kieryn Finnell	2023 Antalya	Girls' team
Silver	Hezly Rivera	2023 Antalya	Girls' floor exercise

References edit

^ "1958 World Gymnastics Championships" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 11, 2022.
^ "1962 World Gymnastics Championships" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 11, 2022.
^ "Cathy Rigby". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022.
^ "Kurt Thomas, world champion who helped elevate U.S. gymnastics, dies at 64". Washington Post. June 7, 2020.
^ "U.S. Medalists at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022.

[1] "1958 World Gymnastics Championships" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 11, 2022.

[2] "1962 World Gymnastics Championships" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 11, 2022.

[3] "Cathy Rigby". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022.

[4] "Kurt Thomas, world champion who helped elevate U.S. gymnastics, dies at 64". Washington Post. June 7, 2020.

[5] "U.S. Medalists at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022.

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