United States at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships explained

Games:	World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Noc:	USA
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Gold:	66
Silver:	55
Bronze:	47

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

Medal	width=250	Name	Year	Event
			Women's balance beam
			Men's floor exercise
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's floor exercise
			Men's team
			Men's all-around
			Men's floor exercise
			Men's pommel horse
			Men's vault
			Men's parallel bar
	Kurt Thomas		Men's parallel bar
			Men's horizontal bar
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's vault
			Women's team
			Women's all-around
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
			Women's all-around
			Women's uneven bars
	Dominique Dawes		Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
			Women's team
			Women's all-around
			Men's rings
			Women's balance beam
			Women's team
			Women's balance beam
		1996 San Juan	Women's balance beam
			Men's team
	Mohini Bhardwaj, Katie Heenan, Ashley Miles, Tasha Schwikert, Rachel Tidd, Tabitha Yim		Women's team
			Women's uneven bars
			Men's parallel bars
			Men's floor exercise
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
			Men's team
			Women's team
			Men's all-around
			Women's all-around
			Men's floor exercise
			Women's uneven bars
	Hollie Vise		Women's uneven bars
			Women's all-around
	Nastia Liukin		Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
	Chellsie Memmel		Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
	Chellsie Memmel		Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
	Nastia Liukin		Women's floor exercise
			Women's team
			Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Men's pommel horse
			Women's floor exercise
			Women's team
			Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
	Alicia Sacramone		Women's floor exercise
			Women's all-around
	Rebecca Bross		Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's team
			Men's all-around
			Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Men's team
			Women's team
			Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Women's balance beam
			Men's parallel bars
			Women's floor exercise
			Women's all-around
	Kyla Ross		Women's all-around
			Men's floor exercise
			Women's vault
	Simone Biles		Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Men's rings
			Men's vault
			Women's balance beam
	Simone Biles		Women's balance beam
			Men's parallel bars
			Women's floor exercise
	Jacob Dalton, Danell Leyva, Sam Mikulak, Alexander Naddour, John Orozco, Donnell Whittenburg, Paul Ruggeri		Men's team
	Alyssa Baumann, Simone Biles, Madison Kocian, Ashton Locklear, Kyla Ross, MyKayla Skinner, Madison Desch		Women's team
			Women's all-around
	Kyla Ross		Women's all-around
			Women's vault
	MyKayla Skinner		Women's vault
			Men's vault
			Women's balance beam
			Men's parallel bars
			Women's floor exercise
	Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Brenna Dowell, Madison Kocian, Maggie Nichols, Aly Raisman, MyKayla Skinner		Women's team
			Women's all-around
	Gabby Douglas		Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Men's vault
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
	Maggie Nichols		Women's floor exercise
			Men's horizontal bar
			Women's all-around
			Men's floor exercise
			Women's vault
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
	Simone Biles, Kara Eaker, Morgan Hurd, Grace McCallum, Riley McCusker, Ragan Smith		Women's team
			Women's all-around
	Morgan Hurd		Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
	Morgan Hurd		Women's floor exercise
			Men's horizontal bar
	Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Kara Eaker, Sunisa Lee, Grace McCallum, MyKayla Skinner		Women's team
			Women's all-around
			Women's vault
	Jade Carey		Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise
	Sunisa Lee		Women's floor exercise
			Women's all-around
	Kayla DiCello		Women's all-around
			Men's pommel horse
			Women's floor exercise
			Men's horizontal bar
	Skye Blakely, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Shilese Jones, Leanne Wong, Lexi Zeiss		Women's team
			Women's all-around
			Women's vault
	Jordan Chiles		Women's vault
			Women's uneven bars
			Women's floor exercise
	Jade Carey		Women's floor exercise
			Men's horizontal bar
	Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Yul Moldauer, Fred Richard, Khoi Young, Colt Walker		Men's team
	Simone Biles, Skye Blakely, Shilese Jones, Joscelyn Roberson, Leanne Wong, Kayla DiCello		Women's team
			Men's all-around
			Women's all-around
	Shilese Jones		Women's all-around
			Women's vault
			Men's pommel horse
			Women's uneven bars
			Men's vault
			Women's balance beam
			Women's floor exercise

^[5]

Medal tables

By event

Junior World medalists

Medal	width=250	Name	Year	Event
	Sydney Barros, Skye Blakely, Kayla DiCello, Konnor McClain		Girls' team
			Girls' vault
			Girls' balance beam
	Jayla Hang, Hezly Rivera, Izzy Stassi, Kieryn Finnell		Girls' team
			Girls' floor exercise

Notes and References

Web site: 1958 World Gymnastics Championships. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1958.pdf . February 11, 2022 . live. USA Gymnastics.
Web site: 1962 World Gymnastics Championships. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_1962.pdf . February 11, 2022 . live. USA Gymnastics.
Web site: Cathy Rigby. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.ighof.com/inductees/1998_Cathy_Rigby.php . February 11, 2022 . live. International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Web site: Kurt Thomas, world champion who helped elevate U.S. gymnastics, dies at 64. Washington Post. June 7, 2020.
Web site: U.S. Medalists at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/worlds_medalists_artistic.html . February 11, 2022 . live. USA Gymnastics.