1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Explained

1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Location: Fort Worth, USA
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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.[1]

These were the first World Championships in artistic gymnastics to be held outside of Europe,[2] 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.[3]

Results

Men
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Alexander Dityatin
Aleksandr Tkachyov
Vladimir Markelov
Nikolai Andrianov
Bogdan Makuts
Artur Akopyan
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Nobuyuki Kajitani
Toshiomi Nishikii
Koji Gushiken
Eizo Kenmotsu
Kurt Thomas
Bart Conner
Jim Hartung
Larry Gerard
Tim LaFleur
Peter Vidmar
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Alexander Dityatin Kurt Thomas Aleksandr Tkachyov
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Roland Brückner
Kurt Thomas		none awarded Aleksandr Tkachyov
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Zoltán Magyar Kurt Thomas Koji Gushiken
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Alexander Dityatin Danuţ Grecu Aleksandr Tkachyov
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Alexander Dityatin Nikolai Andrianov Ralph Bärthel
Bart Conner
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Bart Conner Aleksandr Tkachyov
Kurt Thomas		none awarded
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Kurt Thomas Aleksandr Tkachyov Alexander Dityatin
Women
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Nadia Comăneci
Rodica Dunca
Emilia Eberle
Melita Ruhn
Dumitriţa Turner
Marilena Vladarau
Maria Filatova
Nellie Kim
Elena Naimushina
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Natalia Tereschenko
Stella Zakharova
Maxi Gnauck
Regina Grabolle
Silvia Hindorff
Steffi Kräker
Katharina Rensch
Karola Sube
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Nellie Kim Maxi Gnauck Melita Ruhn
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Dumitriţa Turner Stella Zakharova Nellie Kim
Steffi Kräker
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Ma Yanhong
Maxi Gnauck		none awarded Emilia Eberle
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Věra Černá Nellie Kim Regina Grabolle
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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.[4]

RankTeam FloorPommel
horse		RingsVaultParallel
bars		Horizontal
bar		Total
COCOCOCOCOCO
98.20097.15097.65098.65097.60098.250587.500
Alexander Dityatin9.8009.8509.7509.7509.9009.9009.9009.9009.7509.8509.8009.950118.100
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.8509.9009.7009.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.7509.8509.8009.900117.650
Vladimir Markelov9.7509.7509.6509.7509.7009.8009.8009.8509.7009.8009.8009.800117.150
Nikolai Andrianov9.8509.9009.7509.7509.7009.6509.9509.8509.7009.8509.1009.750116.800
Bogdan Makuts9.7509.7509.5509.6009.6009.6009.9009.8509.5009.8509.7509.850116.550
Artur Akopyan9.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.7009.6009.8509.3009.7009.8509.700116.100
97.70096.90096.60097.40097.15097.950583.700
Hiroshi Kajiyama9.7509.8009.6509.6009.6009.8009.5509.9009.7009.8009.8509.600116.600
Eizo Kenmotsu9.6009.8509.6509.7009.5009.6009.7509.7509.5509.7009.8509.900116.400
Koji Gushiken9.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.8009.6509.8009.7009.8009.0009.700116.350
Toshiomi Nishikii9.7009.7009.6009.5009.5509.7509.6509.7009.5009.8009.8009.750116.000
Nobuyuki Kajitani9.4009.8509.6009.6009.6009.6009.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.800115.900
Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7509.9009.7009.8008.7009.6009.6009.9009.8009.4509.7509.800115.750
97.85096.30096.35097.40096.30096.950581.150
Kurt Thomas9.9009.9009.8009.8509.6509.8009.7009.8009.8009.8009.8509.900117.750
Bart Conner9.8509.8509.7009.7009.6509.6009.9009.8509.7509.9009.9009.300116.950
Jim Hartung9.8009.7009.6009.7009.6009.8009.8009.8009.5509.3009.8009.750116.200
Larry Gerard9.5509.8009.3509.5509.1009.6509.6009.7509.4009.5509.6509.600114.550
Tim LaFleur9.4509.8009.5009.6009.5509.6009.4509.6009.2509.6009.5509.400114.300
Peter Vidmar9.7009.5009.3509.5509.4509.2509.6009.6009.4009.5509.0509.550113.550
497.85096.45096.40097.75096.05096.500581.000
Roland Brückner9.6509.9009.8509.7009.6009.7009.6009.9009.6509.7009.8009.700117.000
Michael Nikolay9.6509.7509.8509.9009.6009.6009.6009.8509.6509.8009.8009.800116.850
Lutz Mack9.7509.7509.3009.5509.8009.7509.7609.7509.5509.5509.6009.300115.400
Andreas Bronst9.5009.7509.6009.7009.3509.4009.6009.6009.5009.7509.4009.600114.750
Lutz Hoffmann9.8009.4009.6009.6509.4509.5009.7009.7509.4009.1509.7009.600114.700
Ralf Bärthel9.8009.8008.6509.5009.6009.7009.8009.8509.4009.5009.5009.450114.550
598.30095.40096.85096.30095.25096.850578.950
Huang Yubin9.8509.8009.6009.6509.7509.7509.5009.8009.6509.6009.8009.650116.400
Cai Huanzong9.7009.8509.7009.3009.5009.7009.6009.5509.6509.4509.6009.750115.950
Li Yuejiu9.8509.9009.4509.5509.3509.5009.7009.7509.6009.5009.6009.800115.550
Tong Fei9.9009.7009.6009.0509.7009.6009.4509.7009.5009.0509.7009.900114.850
Peng Yaping9.6509.8509.4009.5509.7009.7009.3009.6509.5509.4009.6509.400114.800
Xiong Songliang9.9009.4008.9509.6009.7009.7509.6009.4009.4009.3509.6009.200113.850

All-around

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.850 9.900 9.850 9.800 9.900 59.200 59.050 118.250
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.900 9.800 9.900 9.800 9.850 59.100 58.875 117.975
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.550 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.900 58.650 58.825117.475
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.800 9.700 9.800 9.850 9.700 9.850 58.700 58.575 117.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.700 9.750 9.650 9.850 9.800 9.800 58.550 58.475 117.025
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.800 9.800 9.800 9.900 9.600 9.600 58.500 58.500 117.000
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.750 9.800 9.750 9.800 9.700 9.800 58.600 58.175 116.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.650 9.200 9.800 9.850 9.750 9.900 58.150 58.375 116.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 99.750 9.750 9.700 9.900 9.450 9.800 58.350 58.100 116.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 99.550 9.650 9.700 9.800 9.700 9.750 58.150 58.300 116.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 119.550 9.800 9.600 9.800 9.750 9.700 58.200 58.200 116.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 129.800 9.800 9.650 9.900 9.800 9.700 58.650 57.650 116.300
scope=row style="text-align:center" 139.900 9.650 9.450 9.800 9.700 9.900 58.400 57.775 116.175
scope=row style="text-align:center" 149.700 9.150 9.800 9.750 9.400 9.800 57.600 58.425 116.025
scope=row style="text-align:center" 159.550 9.700 9.700 9.700 9.600 9.650 57.900 58.000 115.900
scope=row style="text-align:center" 169.750 9.550 9.750 9.750 9.600 9.800 58.200 57.475 115.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 179.300 9.750 9.800 9.700 9.600 9.700 57.850 57.800 115.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 189.550 9.950 9.400 9.700 9.600 9.600 57.800 57.700 115.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 199.500 9.500 9.700 9.700 9.700 9.600 57.700 57.675 115.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 209.750 9.200 9.750 9.800 9.500 9.450 57.450 57.700 115.150
scope=row style="text-align:center" 219.600 9.600 9.650 9.600 9.750 9.550 57.750 57.025 114.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 229.650 9.700 9.500 9.750 9.600 9.450 57.650 57.100 114.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 239.250 9.650 9.800 9.750 9.450 9.550 57.450 57.200 114.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 249.450 9.450 9.450 9.700 9.600 9.650 57.300 57.200 114.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 259.700 9.100 9.600 9.850 9.400 9.550 57.200 57.100 114.300
scope=row style="text-align:center" 269.300 9.350 9.550 9.700 9.500 9.600 57.000 57.275 114.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 279.550 9.500 9.500 9.750 9.650 9.550 57.500 56.675 114.175
scope=row style="text-align:center" 289.500 9.100 9.700 9.800 9.550 9.700 57.350 56.800 114.150
scope=row style="text-align:center" 299.300 9.700 9.300 9.700 9.300 9.650 56.950 57.075 114.025
scope=row style="text-align:center" 309.700 9.200 9.450 9.800 9.450 9.450 57.050 56.600 113.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 319.300 9.300 9.400 9.750 9.500 9.450 56.700 56.225 112.925
scope=row style="text-align:center" 319.350 8.800 9.450 9.800 9.350 9.600 56.350 56.575 112.925
scope=row style="text-align:center" 339.300 9.650 9.500 9.650 8.850 9.400 56.350 56.500 112.850
scope=row style="text-align:center" 349.200 9.400 9.300 9.450 9.450 9.450 56.250 56.300 112.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 359.350 9.300 9.500 9.650 8.300 9.700 55.800 56.225 112.025
scope=row style="text-align:center" 360.000 0.000 2.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.000 56.750 58.750

Floor exercise

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.900 19.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.900 19.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.875 19.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.850 9.875 19.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.850 9.850 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.850 9.875 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.700 9.825 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.350 9.825 19.175

Pommel horse

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.950 9.875 19.825
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.825 19.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.800 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.800 9.750 19.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.800 9.725 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.700 9.750 19.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.000 9.750 18.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 88.800 9.875 18.675

Rings

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.900 19.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.800 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.775 19.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.850 9.800 19.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.800 9.825 19.625
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.800 9.750 19.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.750 9.775 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.500 9.775 19.175

Vault

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.825 9.900 19.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.900 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.875 19.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.825 19.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.750 9.850 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.775 9.750 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.700 9.750 19.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.575 9.800 19.375

Parallel bars

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.825 19.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.800 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.800 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.850 9.750 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.800 9.800 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.700 9.750 19.450
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.750 9.675 19.425
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.600 9.725 19.325

Horizontal bar

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.875 19.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.850 19.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.875 19.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.700 9.850 19.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.700 9.800 19.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.700 9.800 19.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.700 9.775 19.475
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.150 9.800 18.950

Women

Team final

RankTeamTotal
COCOCOCO
97.65097.20096.80097.900389.550
9.8009.9009.7509.8009.5509.8009.7509.90078.250
9.6009.7509.6509.6009.5009.7509.7009.80077.350
9.6009.7509.8509.8509.6508.9509.8509.85077.350
Dumitrița Turner9.8009.9009.5509.7009.4009.7009.5509.70077.300
Marilena Vlădărău9.5509.7009.4509.5009.4509.5509.7009.85076.750
9.8500.0009.9500.0009.9009.9509.8000.00049.450
97.77595.95097.30097.900388.925
Nellie Kim9.7509.9009.8509.8009.8009.7509.9009.75078.500
9.6509.8009.8009.8009.8009.7509.7509.95078.300
9.7009.8009.8009.1009.9009.5009.8009.80077.400
9.8009.8509.7009.0009.7009.7509.6009.85077.250
9.6509.7009.6009.5509.6509.7009.6509.80077.250
9.7259.8009.5509.0009.4009.3509.5509.80076.175
97.25097.65096.65096.525388.075
9.7509.8009.9509.9009.7009.6509.7009.90078.350
9.7509.9009.9009.8009.7009.6009.4009.65077.700
9.6009.6009.8509.6009.8009.7509.4509.80077.450
9.6509.8009.6509.5009.6009.6009.5759.70077.075
9.5509.5509.7009.4509.6509.6009.4009.65076.550
9.6009.8009.8509.6009.4009.0509.7009.20076.200
495.45097.30095.35096.500384.600
9.4509.8009.8509.8009.5009.7009.6509.55077.300
9.3509.8509.8009.5509.4009.6509.7509.70077.050
9.3509.7009.7009.5009.2509.8009.6009.70076.600
9.2009.5509.9509.9009.2009.5009.5509.60076.450
9.3509.5009.8509.2509.5009.4509.6009.65076.150
9.4509.6009.6509.4009.3509.7009.7008.95075.800
596.05095.10097.05094.100382.300
Věra Černá9.7509.5009.7509.1509.9009.9009.6509.70077.300
Eva Marečková9.7009.6009.7009.6009.7509.7509.7009.20077.000
Radka Zemanová9.7009.5509.4009.5509.7009.7509.4009.00076.050
Katarína 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

All-around

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" align=left 9.850 9.850 9.850 9.850 39.400 39.250 78.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" align=left 9.700 9.900 9.700 9.900 39.200 39.175 78.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" align=left 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.800 39.200 39.125 78.325
scope=row style="text-align:center" 4align=left 9.800 9.400 9.800 9.800 38.800 39.150 77.950
scope=row style="text-align:center" 5align=left 9.500 9.750 9.900 9.900 39.050 38.675 77.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 6align=left 9.600 9.800 9.700 9.850 38.950 38.650 77.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 7align=left 9.800 9.750 9.650 9.350 38.550 38.850 77.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 8align=left 9.700 9.900 9.200 9.900 38.700 38.675 77.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9align=left 9.500 9.550 9.800 9.700 38.550 38.725 77.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 10align=left 9.650 9.600 9.750 9.700 38.700 38.500 77.200
scope=row style="text-align:center" 11align=left 9.650 9.600 9.700 9.300 38.250 38.650 76.900
scope=row style="text-align:center" 12align=left 9.750 9.600 9.650 9.650 38.650 38.175 76.825
scope=row style="text-align:center" 13align=left 9.700 9.600 9.350 9.450 38.100 38.625 76.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 14align=left 9.550 9.600 9.650 9.700 38.500 38.025 76.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 15align=left 9.650 9.200 9.200 9.700 37.750 38.525 76.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 15align=left 9.750 9.550 9.500 9.550 38.350 37.925 76.275
scope=row style="text-align:center" 17align=left 9.700 9.350 9.550 9.650 38.250 37.825 76.075
scope=row style="text-align:center" 18align=left 9.550 9.500 9.400 9.600 38.050 37.975 76.025
scope=row style="text-align:center" 19align=left 9.600 9.000 9.450 9.700 37.750 38.225 75.975
scope=row style="text-align:center" 20align=left 9.600 9.500 9.000 9.700 37.800 38.075 75.875
scope=row style="text-align:center" 20align=left 9.500 9.700 9.000 9.600 37.800 38.075 75.875
scope=row style="text-align:center" 22align=left 9.600 9.450 8.950 9.600 37.600 38.175 75.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 23align=left 9.850 8.700 9.600 9.700 37.850 37.900 75.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 24align=left 8.950 9.200 9.500 9.600 37.250 38.300 75.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 24align=left 9.350 9.600 9.350 9.600 37.900 37.650 75.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 26align=left 9.450 9.450 9.500 9.250 37.650 37.850 75.500
scope=row style="text-align:center" 27align=left 9.500 9.450 9.450 9.500 37.900 37.500 75.400
scope=row style="text-align:center" 28align=left 9.600 9.500 9.100 9.600 37.800 37.525 75.325
scope=row style="text-align:center" 29align=left 9.450 9.500 9.400 9.400 37.750 37.475 75.225
scope=row style="text-align:center" 30align=left 9.350 9.450 8.950 9.400 37.150 37.675 74.825
scope=row style="text-align:center" 31align=left 9.550 9.150 9.450 9.400 37.550 37.250 74.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 31align=left 9.400 9.450 9.000 9.550 37.400 37.400 74.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 33align=left 9.500 8.700 9.550 9.550 37.300 37.450 74.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 34align=left 9.350 9.450 8.900 9.600 37.300 37.225 74.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 35align=left 9.500 9.000 8.900 9.600 37.000 37.425 74.425
scope=row style="text-align:center" 36align=left 9.550 8.550 9.300 9.200 36.600 37.250 73.850

Vault

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.925 9.850 19.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.875 9.825 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.825 19.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.825 19.675
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.825 9.813 19.638
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.800 9.775 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.625 9.850 19.475
scope=row style="text-align:center" 88.800 9.675 18.475

Uneven bars

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.925 19.825
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.925 19.825
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.850 19.750
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.850 9.850 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.800 9.825 19.625
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.800 9.800 19.600
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.300 9.800 19.100
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.250 9.825 19.075

Balance beam

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.900 19.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.850 9.775 19.625
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.800 9.775 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.800 9.750 19.550
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.750 9.775 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.700 9.675 19.375
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.650 9.675 19.325
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.300 9.675 18.975

Floor exercise

Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.950 9.850 19.800
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.950 9.825 19.775
scope=row style="text-align:center" 9.900 9.825 19.725
scope=row style="text-align:center" 49.900 9.800 19.700
scope=row style="text-align:center" 59.800 9.850 19.650
scope=row style="text-align:center" 69.900 9.675 19.575
scope=row style="text-align:center" 79.800 9.725 19.525
scope=row style="text-align:center" 89.750 9.725 19.475

Notes and References

  1. January 1978 . Within International Federations . Olympic Review . 123 . 68 . 2006-04-11 .
  2. News: World Gymnastics Spur Hopes of U. S. . 4 May 2020 . The New York Times . 3 December 1979.
  3. News: Taiwan's appeal fails and China get vote . 4 May 2020 . The Times . 23 October 1978.
  4. News: Russians Capture Gymnastics . 4 May 2020 . The New York Times . 6 December 1979.

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