World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's uneven bars explained

Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships[1] [2] were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added. Originally women participated at parallel bars competition (like in the men's program). Starting from 1950, at the 12th World Championships, it was replaced with uneven bars competition which has been held in every year since its inception.

Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three or more gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

Parallel bars

* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

Uneven bars

Bold number in brackets denotes record number of victories.

YearLocationGoldSilverBronze
1950 Basel Gertrude Kolar
Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Helena Rakoczy
1954 Rome Ágnes Keleti Galina Rudko Helena Rakoczy
1958 Moscow Larisa Latynina Eva Bosáková Polina Astakhova
1962 Prague Irina Pervushina Eva Bosáková Larisa Latynina
1966 Dortmund Natalia Kuchinskaya Keiko Ikeda Taniko Mitsukuri
1970 Ljubljana Karin Janz Ludmilla Tourischeva Zinaida Voronina
1974 Varna Annelore Zinke Olga Korbut Ludmilla Tourischeva
1978 Strasbourg Marcia Frederick Elena Mukhina Emilia Eberle
1979 Fort Worth Maxi Gnauck
Ma Yanhong
Emilia Eberle
1981 Moscow Maxi Gnauck Ma Yanhong Yelena Davydova
Julianne McNamara
1983 Budapest Maxi Gnauck Lavinia Agache
Ecaterina Szabó
1985 Montreal Gabriele Fähnrich Dagmar Kersten Hana Říčná
1987 Rotterdam Daniela Silivaș
Dörte Thümmler
Yelena Shushunova
1989 Stuttgart Fan Di
Daniela Silivaș
Olga Strazheva
1991 Indianapolis Kim Gwang-suk Tatiana Gutsu
Shannon Miller
1992 Paris Lavinia Miloșovici Betty Okino Mirela Pașca
1993 Birmingham Shannon Miller Dominique Dawes Andreea Cacovean
1994 Brisbane Luo Li Svetlana Khorkina Dina Kochetkova
1995 Sabae Svetlana Khorkina Mo Huilan
Lilia Podkopayeva
1996 San Juan Svetlana Khorkina
Elena Piskun
Isabelle Severino
1997 Lausanne Svetlana Khorkina Meng Fei Bi Wenjing
1999 Tianjin Svetlana Khorkina Huang Mandan Ling Jie
2001 Ghent Svetlana Khorkina (5) Renske Endel Katie Heenan
2002 Debrecen Courtney Kupets Oana Petrovschi Ludmila Ezhova
2003 Anaheim Chellsie Memmel
Hollie Vise
Beth Tweddle
2005 Melbourne Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Beth Tweddle
2006 Aarhus Beth Tweddle Nastia Liukin Vanessa Ferrari
2007 Stuttgart Ksenia Semyonova Nastia Liukin Yang Yilin
2009 London He Kexin Kōko Tsurumi Rebecca Bross
Ana Porgras
2010 Rotterdam Beth Tweddle Aliya Mustafina Rebecca Bross
2011 Tokyo Viktoria Komova Tatiana Nabieva Huang Qiushuang
2013 Antwerp Huang Huidan Kyla Ross Aliya Mustafina
2014 Nanning Yao Jinnan Huang Huidan Daria Spiridonova
2015 Glasgow Fan Yilin
Madison Kocian
Viktoria Komova
Daria Spiridonova
2017 Montreal Fan Yilin Elena Eremina Nina Derwael
2018 Doha Nina Derwael Simone Biles Elisabeth Seitz
2019 Stuttgart Nina Derwael Becky Downie Sunisa Lee
2021 Kitakyushu Wei Xiaoyuan Rebeca Andrade Luo Rui
2022 Liverpool Wei Xiaoyuan Shilese Jones Nina Derwael
2023 Antwerp Qiu Qiyuan Kaylia Nemour Shilese Jones

All-time medal count

Last updated after the 2023 World Championships.

Multiple medalists

RankGymnastNationYearsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 align=left 1994–2001 5 1 0 6
2 align=left 1979–1983 3 0 0 3
3 align=left 2017–2022 2 0 2 4
align=left 2003–2010 2 0 2 4
5 align=left 2015–2017 2 0 0 2
align=left 2011–2015 2 0 0 2
align=left 1987–1989 2 0 0 2
align=left 2021–2022 2 0 0 2
9 align=left 2005–2007 1 2 0 3
10 align=left 2013–2014 1 1 0 2
align=left 1979–1981 1 1 0 2
align=left 2003–2005 1 1 0 2
13 align=left 1958–1962 1 0 1 2
align=left 2014–2015 1 0 1 2
15 align=left 1958–1962 0 2 0 2
16 align=left 2022–2023 0 1 1 2
align=left 2010–2013 0 1 1 2
align=left 1970–1974 0 1 1 2
19 align=left 2009–2010 0 0 2 2
align=left 1978–1979 0 0 2 2
align=left 1950–1954 0 0 2 2

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships MONTREAL (CAN) . live.fig-gymnastics.com . Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique . 2018-09-06.
  2. Web site: 48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships DOHA (QAT) . www.fig-gymnastics.com . Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique . 2018-09-06.