1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Explained

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

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

Men
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Hiroshi Kajiyama
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Eizo Kenmotsu
Junichi Shimizu
Shinzo Shiraishi
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Nikolai Andrianov
Eduard Azarian
Alexander Dityatin
Gennady Krysin
Vladimir Markelov
Aleksandr Tkachyov
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Nikolai Andrianov Eizo Kenmotsu Alexander Dityatin
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Kurt Thomas Shigeru Kasamatsu Alexander Dityatin
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Zoltán Magyar Eberhard Gienger Stoyan Deltchev
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Nikolai Andrianov Alexander Dityatin Dănuț Grecu
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Junichi Shimizu Nikolai Andrianov Ralph Bärthel
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Eizo Kenmotsu Hiroshi Kajiyama
Nikolai Andrianov		none awarded
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Shigeru Kasamatsu Eberhard Gienger Stoyan Deltchev
Gennady Krysin
Women
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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
Steffi Kräker
Silvia Hindorff
Birgit Süß
Heike Kuhardt
Karola Sube
Ute Wittwer
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Elena Mukhina Nellie Kim Natalia Shaposhnikova
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Nellie Kim Nadia Comaneci Steffi Kräker
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Marcia Frederick Elena Mukhina Emilia Eberle
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Nadia Comăneci Elena Mukhina Emilia Eberle
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Nellie Kim
Elena Mukhina		none awarded Emilia Eberle
Kathy Johnson

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

Men

Team final

1st579.850
2nd578.950
3rd571.750
4th568.700
5th566.900
6th566.300
7th560.850

All-around

Rank Gymnast Total Prelims AA Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.700 9.900 9.850 9.750 9.850 58.900 58.300 117.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.600 9.750 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.750 58.450 58.050 116.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.600 9.750 9.700 9.800 9.750 9.800 58.400 57.975 116.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.650 9.750 9.650 9.800 9.700 9.800 58.350 57.850 116.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.550 9.700 9.600 9.800 9.700 9.800 57.950 57.950 115.900
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.800 9.750 9.500 9.800 9.650 9.750 58.250 57.475 115.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.750 8.900 9.700 9.700 9.750 9.800 57.600 58.025 115.625
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.750 9.550 9.400 9.600 9.750 9.500 57.550 57.675 115.225
scope=row style="text-align:center" 99.600 9.800 9.550 9.700 9.650 9.400 57.700 57.500 115.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" 109.400 9.800 9.300 9.800 9.700 9.750 57.750 57.425 115.175
scope=row style="text-align:center" 119.750 8.700 9.700 9.800 9.750 9.550 57.250 57.825 115.075
scope=row style="text-align:center" 129.550 9.850 9.300 9.750 9.700 9.650 57.800 57.250 115.050
scope=row style="text-align:center" 139.600 9.700 9.500 9.750 9.500 9.700 57.750 57.025 114.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 149.600 9.500 9.550 9.700 9.550 9.650 57.550 56.900 114.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 159.650 9.500 9.550 9.750 9.400 9.700 57.550 56.650 114.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" 169.500 9.650 9.650 9.200 8.950 9.600 56.550 57.400 113.950
scope=row style="text-align:center" 179.700 8.700 9.600 9.750 9.200 9.550 57.500 56.425 113.925
scope=row style="text-align:center" 179.400 9.500 9.500 9.650 9.600 9.600 57.250 56.675 113.925
scope=row style="text-align:center" 199.600 9.600 9.500 9.850 9.500 9.550 57.600 56.250 113.850
scope=row style="text-align:center" 209.800 9.700 9.400 9.750 9.450 9.300 57.400 56.400 113.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 219.300 9.550 9.550 9.600 9.350 9.800 57.150 56.325 113.475
scope=row style="text-align:center" 229.550 9.700 9.550 9.300 9.500 9.650 57.250 56.075 113.325
scope=row style="text-align:center" 239.350 9.550 9.400 9.700 9.350 9.550 57.250 56.075 113.325
scope=row style="text-align:center" 249.150 9.600 9.700 9.200 9.400 9.500 56.550 56.350 112.900
scope=row style="text-align:center" 259.600 9.400 9.500 9.700 9.300 9.500 57.000 55.775 112.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 269.650 9.300 9.300 9.700 9.450 9.500 56.900 55.855 112.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 279.650 9.000 8.850 9.700 9.500 9.450 56.150 56.500 112.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 289.450 9.300 9.300 9.750 9.000 9.500 56.300 55.825 112.125
scope=row style="text-align:center" 299.600 9.400 8.950 9.800 9.500 9.650 56.900 55.100 112.000
scope=row style="text-align:center" 309.200 9.650 9.000 9.600 9.500 9.350 56.300 55.150 111.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 319.450 9.450 9.250 9.650 9.700 9.600 56.100 55.025 111.125
scope=row style="text-align:center" 329.300 9.100 9.150 9.500 9.500 9.400 55.950 55.050 111.000
scope=row style="text-align:center" 339.400 9.500 9.350 9.200 9.000 9.400 55.850 55.100 110.950
scope=row style="text-align:center" 349.400 9.150 8.550 9.600 8.700 9.500 54.900 55.700 110.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 359.300 9.400 8.750 9.100 9.000 9.650 55.200 57.350 110.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 369.300 9.250 8.800 9.600 8.900 9.300 55.200 55.325 110.525

Floor exercise

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.750 19.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.725 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.700 9.700 19.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.500 9.850 19.350
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.500 9.700 19.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.450 9.72519.175
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.100 9.750 18.850
scope=row style="text-align:center" 88.900 9.725 18.625

Pommel horse

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.900 19.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.700 9.725 19.425
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.700 9.700 19.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.700 9.650 19.350
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.700 9.650 19.350
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.650 9.67519.325
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.650 9.650 19.300
scope=row style="text-align:center" 88.950 9.800 18.750

Rings

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.800 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.775 19.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.750 19.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.800 9.725 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.800 9.700 19.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.700 9.77519.475
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.650 9.675 19.325
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.550 9.725 19.275

Vault

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.750 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.825 9.750 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.825 9.725 19.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.800 9.675 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.700 9.700 19.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.675 9.70019.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.525 9.675 19.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.425 9.725 19.150

Parallel bars

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.700 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.750 9.825 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.775 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.750 9.700 19.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.850 9.525 19.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.700 9.575 19.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.700 9.575 19.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.700 9.525 19.225

Horizontal bar

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.775 19.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.750 19.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.700 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.700 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.800 9.700 19.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.800 9.65019.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.650 9.575 19.225
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.300 9.775 19.075

Women

Team final

RankTeamTotal
CO CO COCO
97.25096.90096.700 97.350388.250
Elena Mukhina 9.6509.7009.7509.9009.7009.8009.8009.95078.250
9.7009.8009.7009.7509.8009.9009.9009.40077.950
Nellie Kim9.6509.9009.5509.7009.6509.7509.7509.90077.850
Maria Filatova 9.7009.8009.7009.8009.9009.3509.8009.50077.550
9.6509.7009.5009.5509.4009.5009.5009.80076.600
9.5509.6009.6009.1009.4009.3009.6509.70075.900
95.90096.15096.55095.300383.900
Nadia Comăneci9.7509.8009.7509.7009.7509.9009.7009.60077.950
Emilia Eberle9.5009.8009.9009.7509.7009.8509.7009.70077.900
Teodora Ungureanu9.6009.6009.6509.5009.5009.6009.4009.40076.250
Marilena Neacșu9.5009.4509.4509.4009.6009.8009.4509.30075.950
Marilena Vlădărău9.3509.5509.6508.9509.6009.2509.5009.50075.350
Anca Grigoraș9.5009.4009.5509.4009.4009.4009.3009.30075.250

All-around

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" align=left 9.900 9.900 9.850 9.950 39.600 39.125 78.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" align=left 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.950 39.650 38.925 78.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" align=left 9.850 9.850 9.400 9.800 38.900 38.975 77.875
scope=row style="text-align:center" 4align=left 9.900 9.250 9.800 9.800 38.750 38.975 77.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 5align=left 9.700 9.750 9.250 9.650 38.350 38.950 77.300
scope=row style="text-align:center" 6align=left 9.700 9.550 9.800 9.700 38.750 38.275 77.025
scope=row style="text-align:center" 7align=left 9.800 9.800 9.550 9.550 38.700 38.250 76.950
scope=row style="text-align:center" 8align=left 9.800 9.600 9.250 9.900 38.550 38.275 76.825
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9align=left 9.850 9.800 9.050 9.800 38.500 38.150 76.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 10align=left 9.700 9.650 9.700 9.500 38.550 38.050 76.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 11align=left 9.650 9.200 9.700 9.550 38.100 38.300 76.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 12align=left 9.400 9.650 9.650 9.500 38.020 38.175 76.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 13align=left 9.550 9.750 9.650 9.450 38.400 37.925 76.325
scope=row style="text-align:center" 14align=left 9.500 9.600 9.550 9.650 38.300 37.974 76.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 15align=left 9.550 9.800 8.900 9.500 37.900 38.325 76.225
scope=row style="text-align:center" 16align=left 9.750 9.600 9.400 9.650 38.400 37.600 76.000
scope=row style="text-align:center" 17align=left 9.550 9.650 9.500 9.500 38.200 37.475 75.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 18align=left 9.500 9.600 9.450 9.350 37.900 37.700 75.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 19align=left 9.350 9.650 9.500 9.300 37.800 37.775 75.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 20align=left 9.700 9.900 9.000 9.700 38.300 37.200 75.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 21align=left 9.550 9.650 9.450 9.350 38.000 37.375 75.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 22align=left 9.600 9.250 9.350 9.600 37.800 37.475 75.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 23align=left 9.400 9.650 8.900 9.550 37.500 37.625 75.125
scope=row style="text-align:center" 24align=left 9.450 9.650 9.350 9.500 37.950 37.100 75.050
scope=row style="text-align:center" 24align=left 9.450 9.650 9.300 9.500 37.900 37.150 75.050
scope=row style="text-align:center" 26align=left 9.550 9.650 9.450 9.250 37.900 36.975 74.875
scope=row style="text-align:center" 27align=left 9.450 9.500 9.550 9.450 37.950 36.800 74.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 28align=left 9.600 9.650 8.950 9.350 37.550 37.175 74.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 29align=left 9.600 9.400 9.350 9.500 37.850 36.550 74.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 30align=left 9.500 9.650 8.900 9.400 37.450 36.725 74.175
scope=row style="text-align:center" 31align=left 9.300 9.400 9.300 9.300 37.300 36.750 74.050
scope=row style="text-align:center" 32align=left 9.400 9.700 8.400 9.450 36.950 37.050 74.000
scope=row style="text-align:center" 33align=left 9.300 9.350 9.450 9.050 37.150 36.800 73.950
scope=row style="text-align:center" 34align=left 9.450 9.450 8.900 9.400 37.200 36.625 73.825
scope=row style="text-align:center" 35align=left 9.350 9.500 8.750 9.300 36.900 36.850 73.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 36align=left 9.350 9.500 8.200 9.400 36.450 36.575 73.025

Vault

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.775 19.625
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.825 9.775 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.750 19.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.850 9.675 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.800 9.650 19.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.650 9.750 19.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.500 9.700 19.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.450 9.625 19.075

Uneven bars

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.950 9.850 19.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.825 19.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.825 19.625
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.850 9.750 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.850 9.725 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.800 9.70019.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.700 9.600 19.300
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.200 9.625 18.825

Balance beam

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.825 19.625
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.750 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.775 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.700 9.700 19.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.700 9.600 19.300
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.600 9.62519.225
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.250 9.650 18.900
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.000 9.850 18.850

Floor exercise

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.950 9.825 19.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.875 19.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.675 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.825 9.700 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.700 9.775 19.475
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.750 9.70019.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.700 9.675 19.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.600 9.650 19.250

Notes and References

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

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