Gymnastics World Championships Explained

Gymnastics World Championships refers to a number of different world championships for each of the disciplines in competitive gymnastics. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) organizes World Championships for six disciplines: acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, parkour, rhythmic gymnastics, as well as trampoline and tumbling. The International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG) organizes World Championships for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.

List of championships

Number	Discipline	Competition	First held	Current frequency	Most gold medals
Organizer : FIG
1	Artistic gymnastics	Artistic Gymnastics World Championships	1903	Except when the Summer Olympics are held
2	Rhythmic gymnastics	Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships	1963	Except when the Summer Olympics are held
3	Trampoline gymnastics	Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships	1964	Except when the Summer Olympics are held
4	Acrobatic gymnastics	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	1974
5	Aerobic gymnastics	Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships	1995
6	Parkour	Parkour World Championships	2022
Organizer : IFAGG
7	Aesthetic group gymnastics	World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	2000

FIG

Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

See main article: World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

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1903				6 / 0
1905				5 / 0
1907				5 / 0
1909				5 / 0
1911				6 / 0
1913				6 / 0
1922				6 / 0
1926				6 / 0
1930				7 / 0
1934				8 / 2
1938				8 / 6
1950				8 / 6
1954				8 / 6
1958				8 / 6
1962				8 / 6
1966				8 / 6
1970				8 / 6
1974				8 / 6
1978				8 / 6
1979				8 / 6
1981				8 / 6
1983				8 / 6
1985				8 / 6
1987				8 / 6
1989				8 / 6
1991				8 / 6
1992				6 / 4
1993				7 / 5
1994				7 / 5
1994				1 / 1
1995				8 / 6
1996				6 / 4
1997				8 / 6
1999				8 / 6
2001				8 / 6
2002				6 / 4
2003				8 / 6
2005				7 / 5
2006				8 / 6
2007				8 / 6
2009				7 / 5
2010				8 / 6
2011				8 / 6
2013				7 / 5
2014				8 / 6
2015				8 / 6
2017				7 / 5
2018				8 / 6
2019				8 / 6
2021				7 / 5
2022				8 / 6
2023				8 / 6
2025				7 / 5	Future event
2026				8 / 6	Future event^[1]
2027				8 / 6	Future event

Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

See main article: Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.

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1963				3
1965				3
1967				5
1969				6
1971				6
1973				6
1975				6
1977				6
1979				6
1981				6
1983				6
1985				6
1987				8
1989				9
1991				9
1992				8
1993				7
1994				8
1995				9
1996				7
1997				6
1998				3
1999				9
2001				6
2002				3
2003				9
2005				9
2007				9
2009				9
2010				9
2011				9
2013				8
2014				9
2015				9
2017				8
2018				9
2019				9
2021				9	Russian Gymnastics Federation
2022				9
2023				9
2025				9	Future event
2026				9	Future event
2027				9	Future event

Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships

See main article: Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.

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1964				1 / 1 / 0
1965				2 / 2 / 1
1966				3 / 3 / 0
1967				2 / 2 / 0
1968				2 / 2 / 0
1970				2 / 2 / 0
1972				2 / 2 / 0
1974				2 / 2 / 0
1976				4 / 4 / 0
1978				4 / 4 / 0
1980				4 / 4 / 0
1982				7 / 7 / 0
1984				7 / 7 / 0
1986				7 / 7 / 0
1988				7 / 7 / 0
1990				7 / 7 / 0
1992				7 / 7 / 0
1994	18			7 / 7 / 0
1996				7 / 7 / 0
1998				7 / 7 / 0
1999				7 / 7 / 0
2001				7 / 7 / 0
2003	23			7 / 7 / 0
2005				7 / 7 / 0
2007				7 / 7 / 0
2009				7 / 7 / 0
2010				4 / 4 / 0
2011				7 / 7 / 0
2013				7 / 7 / 0
2014				4 / 4 / 0
2015				7 / 7 / 0
2017				7 / 7 / 0
2018				4 / 4 / 1
2019				7 / 7 / 1
2021				7 / 7 / 1	Russian Gymnastics Federation
2022				7 / 7 / 1
2023				7 / 7 / 1
2025				7 / 7 / 1	Future event
2026		colspan="2"	7 / 7 / 1	Future event
2027				7 / 7 / 1	Future event

Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships

See main article: Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

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1974				9 / 9 / 3
1976				12 / 12 / 3
1978				9 / 9 / 3
1980				9 / 9 / 3
1982				9 / 9 / 3
1984				9 / 9 / 3
1986				9 / 9 / 3
1988				9 / 9 / 3
1990				9 / 9 / 3
1992				9 / 9 / 3
1994				9 / 9 / 3
1995				9 / 9 / 3
1996				9 / 9 / 3
1997				9 / 9 / 3
1998				9 / 9 / 3
1999				6 / 6 / 3
2000				6 / 6 / 3
2002	18			2 / 2 / 1
2004				2 / 2 / 1
2006	20	Coimbra		2 / 2 / 1
2008	21	Glasgow		2 / 2 / 1
2010	22	Wrocław		2 / 2 / 1
2012	23	Lake Buena Vista		2 / 2 / 1
2014	24	Levallois-Perret		2 / 2 / 1
2016	25	Putian		2 / 2 / 2
2018				2 / 2 / 2
2021		Geneva		2 / 2 / 2	Russian Gymnastics Federation
2022		Baku		6 / 6 / 4
2024		Guimarães		6 / 6 / 4

Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships

See main article: Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships.

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1995				1 / 1 / 2
1996				1 / 1 / 2
1997				1 / 1 / 2
1998				1 / 1 / 2
1999				1 / 1 / 2
2000				1 / 1 / 2
2002				1 / 1 / 3
2004				1 / 1 / 3
2006				1 / 1 / 3
2008				1 / 1 / 3
2010		Rodez		1 / 1 / 4
2012		Sofia		1 / 1 / 6
2014		Cancun		1 / 1 / 6
2016		Incheon		1 / 1 / 6
2018		Guimarães		1 / 1 / 6
2021		Baku		1 / 1 / 6	Russian Gymnastics Federation
2022		Guimarães		1 / 1 / 6
2024		Pesaro		1 / 1 / 6

Parkour World Championships

See main article: Parkour World Championships.

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2022				2 / 2
2024				2 / 2

IFAGG

World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships

See main article: World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships.

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2000				1
2001				1
2002				1
2003				1
2004				1
2005				1
2006				1
2007				1
2008				1
2009				1
2010				1
2011				1
2012				1
2013				1
2014				1
2015				1
2016				1
2017				1
2018				1
2019				1
2021				1
2022				1
2023				1	IFAGG
2024				1
2025				1
2026				1
2027				1

All-time medal table (FIG disciplines)

		Acrobatic			Aerobic			Artistic			Parkour			Rhythmic			Trampoline			Combined
Rk.	Nation																						Total
1	align=left	(1954–1991) (1992) RGF (2021)	valign=top	105 146 0 5	valign=top	53 51 0 0	valign=top	25 10 0 1	valign=top	9 0 0 2	valign=top	6 0 0 2	valign=top	12 0 0 2	valign=top	36 111 5 1	valign=top	43 86 3 1	valign=top	36 59 5 2	valign=top	0 0 0 0	valign=top	0 0 0 0	valign=top	0 0 0 0	valign=top	113 50 0 7	valign=top	57 43 0 4	valign=top	35 27 0 2	valign=top	76 25 0 5	valign=top	42 13 0 1	valign=top	43 9 0 3	696	405	271	1,372
2	align=left		81	68	74	14	13	11	92	60	48	1	1	0	1	3	2	57	34	10	246	179	145	570
3	align=left		5	11	26	0	0	0	66	55	47	0	1	1	0	0	0	76	74	57	147	141	131	419
4	align=left		57	80	79	3	6	2	5	6	13	0	0	0	70	61	54	1	2	2	136	155	150	441
5	align=left		0	0	0	8	3	0	55	59	72	0	2	0	2	5	6	12	10	12	77	79	90	246
6	align=left		0	0	0	18	22	21	48	45	42	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	66	67	64	197
7	align=left		24	35	45	1	3	2	7	13	19	1	0	0	25	28	40	7	12	12	65	91	118	274
8	align=left	(1950–1990)	6 0	2 0	23 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	9 17	16 13	17 29	0 0	0 0	0 0	11 0	9 1	1 3	21 0	33 0	36 0	64	74	109	247
9	align=left		3	5	3	5	15	11	25	30	27	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	29	32	55	79	76	210
10	align=left	(1964–1965) (1965) (1982)	15 0 0 0	19 0 0 0	31 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	10 0 0 0	12 0 0 0	12 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	28 0 0 0	39 2 0 1	38 3 1 0	53	73	85	211
11	align=left		0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 10 34	0 8 29	0 10 20	0 0 0	0 0 0	2 0 0	0 0 4	0 0 5	0 0 8	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	48	42	40	130
12	align=left		3	11	23	0	0	0	14	7	11	0	0	0	10	28	41	11	21	20	38	67	95	200
13	align=left		0	0	0	4	5	9	15	12	29	0	2	1	16	24	14	0	0	0	35	43	53	131
14	align=left		0	1	0	13	3	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	7	12	22	2	5	4	25	25	30	80
15	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	22	20	20	62
		Acrobatic			Aerobic			Artistic			Parkour			Rhythmic			Trampoline			Combined
Rk.	Nation																						Total
16	align=left		15	48	69	0	0	0	5	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	21	55	90	166
17	align=left		0	1	0	1	2	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	17	21	19	24	27	70
18	align=left		0	0	0	9	4	5	8	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	19	14	15	48
19	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	27	35	17	34	41	92
20	align=left		5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14	14	17	20	15	52
21	align=left	(1909–1913) (1922–1938) (1950–1992)	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 1	0 0 0 5	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 13 4	0 1 10 1	0 1 6 2	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	17	13	14	44
22	align=left		0	0	0	11	6	7	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	8	12	37
23	align=left		0	1	6	5	9	7	11	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	25	23	64
24	align=left		14	10	5	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	16	17	15	48
25	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	2	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	11	4	4	19
26	align=left		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	1	10	5	3	18
27	align=left		0	2	3	0	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	9	7	10	26
28	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	8	2	7	17
29	align=left		4	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	2	1	0	7	6	16	29
30	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	6	10	8	24
31	align=left		1	12	7	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	9	8	0	0	0	4	23	18	45
32	align=left		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	3	9	17	29
33	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	2	9
34	align=left		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	5	10
35	align=left		0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	5
		Acrobatic			Aerobic			Artistic			Parkour			Rhythmic			Trampoline			Combined
Rk.	Nation																						Total
36	align=left		1	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	14
37	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	10
38	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	6
39	align=left		0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	6
40	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
41	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5
42	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	7
43	align=left		0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5
44	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5
45	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3
46	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	3	5	8
47	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5
48	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
50	align=left		0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4
51	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2
	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
53	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
54	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
55	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	align=left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
–	align=left	Unattached athlete^(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Notes

(1) At the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Valery Belenky earned a bronze medal competing as an unattached (UNA) athlete. Later, official documents from the International Gymnastics Federation credit his medal as a medal for Germany.

See also

• Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
• Gymnastics at the Youth Olympic Games
• Gymnastics at the World Games
• Junior World Gymnastics Championships
• Major achievements in gymnastics by nation

External links

• Sports Acrobatics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rotterdam will host the 2026 Artistic Word Championships and Lisbon the 2027 World Gymnaestrada. 2022-10-23. 2022-10-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20221023113044/https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3515525. live.

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