1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union competed, winning 20 medals overall (more than three times the amount of any other country). Other major changes at this championships included: 1) it was the first world championships at which a Code of Points was used; and 2) it was the last world championships that would be held "in open air" (outdoors).[1]

1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
LocationItaly Rome, Italy

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
  Soviet Union
Albert Azaryan
Viktor Chukarin
Sergei Dzhayani
Yevgeny Korolkov
Valentin Muratov
Hrant Shahinyan
Boris Shakhlin
Ivan Vostrikov		  Japan
Akitomo Kaneko
Akira Kono
Masami Kubota
Tetsumi Nabeya
Takashi Ono
Yoshiyuki Oshima
Masao Takemoto		  Switzerland
Hans Bründler
Oswald Bühler
Hans Eugster
Jack Günthard
Hans Schwartzentruber
Josef Stalder
Melchior Thalmann
Jean Tschabold
Individual all-around
 Soviet Union Viktor Chukarin
Soviet Union Valentin Muratov		 none awarded Soviet Union Hrant Shahinyan
Floor
 Japan Masao Takemoto
Soviet Union Valentin Muratov		 none awarded Sweden Karl William Thoresson
Pommel horse
 Soviet Union Hrant Shahinyan Switzerland Josef Stalder Soviet Union Viktor Chukarin
Rings
 Soviet Union Albert Azaryan Soviet Union Yevgeny Korolkov Soviet Union Valentin Muratov
Vault
 Czechoslovakia Leo Sotorník West Germany Helmut Bantz Soviet Union Sergei Dzhayani
Parallel bars
 Soviet Union Viktor Chukarin Switzerland Josef Stalder West Germany Helmut Bantz
Japan Masao Takemoto
Switzerland Hans Eugster
Horizontal bar
 Soviet Union Valentin Muratov West Germany Helmut Bantz
Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin		 none awarded
Women
Team all-around
  Soviet Union
Nina Bocharova
Pelageya Danilova
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Larisa Diriy
Tamara Manina
Sofia Muratova
Galina Rud'ko
Galina Sarabidze		 Hungary Hungary
Eva Banati
Ilona Bánhegyi Milanovits
Irén Daruházi-Karcsics
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Ágnes Keleti
Alice Kertész
Olga Lemhényi-Tass
Edit Perényi-Weckinger		  Czechoslovakia
Eva Bosáková
Miroslava Brdičková
Alena Chadimová
Věra Drazdíková
Zdeňka Lišková
Anna Marejková
Alena Reichová
Věra Vančurová
Individual all-around
 Soviet Union Galina Rud'ko Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Poland Helena Rakoczy
Vault
 Sweden Ann-Sofi Pettersson
Soviet Union Tamara Manina		 none awarded Sweden Evy Berggren
Uneven bars
 Hungary Ágnes Keleti Soviet Union Galina Rud'ko Poland Helena Rakoczy
Balance beam
 Japan Keiko Tanaka Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Hungary Ágnes Keleti
Floor
 Soviet Union Tamara Manina Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Soviet Union Maria Gorokhovskaya

Men's results

Team competition
RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union344.500345.400689.900
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan333.600339.650673.250
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland333.650337.900671.550
4  Germany334.400335.850670.250
5  Czechoslovakia328.350333.050661.400
6  Finland328.150331.700659.850
7  Hungary322.600327.400650.000
8  Italy314.300323.150637.450
9  Bulgaria312.500313.050625.550
10  France313.450310.200623.650
11  Poland303.800311.700615.500
12  Yugoslavia297.250305.900603.150
13  Austria293.300297.500590.800
14  Egypt280.800275.900566.700
15  Luxembourg274.350287.050561.400
16  Denmark273.000287.500560.500

Individual all-around
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Valentin Muratov (URS)115.450
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Viktor Chukarin (URS)115.450
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)114.600
4  Boris Shakhlin (URS)114.050
4  Albert Azaryan (URS)114.050
6  Ivan Vostrikov (URS)113.650
7  Yevgeny Korolkov (URS)113.500
8  Helmut Bantz (FRG)113.400
9  Josef Stalder (SUI)113.350
10  Takashi Ono (JPN)112.850
11  Akira Kono (JPN)112.500
12  Jack Günthard (SUI)112.300

Floor exercise
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.6509.60019.250
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6509.60019.250
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  William Thoresson (SWE)9.4509.75019.200
4  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5509.60019.150
4  Masami Kubota (JPN)9.6009.55019.150
6  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.5509.50019.050

Pommel horse
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.6009.70019.300
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.6009.65019.250
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5009.70019.200
4  Boris Shakhlin (URS)9.4509.70019.150
5  Ivan Vostrikov (URS)9.4009.50018.900
6  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.3509.50018.850

Rings
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Albert Azaryan (URS)9.7509.95019.750
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yevgeny Korolkov (URS)9.8009.75019.550
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.8009.70019.500
4  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.8009.65019.450
5  Hrant Shahinyan (URS)9.6009.80019.400
6  Sergei Dzhayani (URS)9.6509.65019.300

Vault
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Leo Sotorník (TCH)9.4509.80019.250
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.4009.80019.200
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sergei Dzhayani (URS)9.5509.55019.100
4  Albert Azaryan (URS)9.3009.60018.900
4  Takashi Ono (JPN)9.4509.45018.900
6  Adalbert Dickhut (FRG)9.2009.65018.850

Parallel bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.8509.75019.600
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.7509.80019.550
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6009.80019.400
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hans Eugster (SUI)9.6509.75019.400
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.6009.80019.400
6  Jack Günthard (SUI)9.7009.65019.350

Horizontal bar
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Valentin Muratov (URS)9.8009.90019.700
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Helmut Bantz (FRG)9.7509.65019.400
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Boris Shakhlin (URS)9.7009.70019.400
4  Josef Stalder (SUI)9.6009.70019.300
5  Masao Takemoto (JPN)9.6009.65019.250
5  Viktor Chukarin (URS)9.5509.70019.250

Women's results

Team competition
RankTeamTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union524.310
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary518.280
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia511.750
4  Romania498.570
5  Italy495.770
6  Poland495.660
7  Bulgaria494.030
8  Sweden491.210
9  France490.360
10  Germany486.560
11  Yugoslavia485.440
12  Austria453.790
13  Belgium430.710
14  Saar407.240
15  Luxembourg378.560

Individual all-around
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Galina Rud'ko (URS)75.680
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eva Bosáková (TCH)75.110
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)74.370
4  Edit Perényi (HUN)74.310
5  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU)74.240
6  Nina Bocharova (URS)74.210
7  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)74.140
8  Keiko Tanaka (JPN)73.740
9  Alena Chadimová (TCH)73.600
10  Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (HUN)73.470
11  Alice Kertész (HUN)73.440
12  Galina Sarabidze (URS)73.420

Vault
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE)9.4009.56018.960
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Tamara Manina (URS)9.6609.30018.960
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Evy Berggren (SWE)9.4309.50018.930
4  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)9.6009.26018.860
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.4309.36018.790
6  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU)9.2609.36018.620

Uneven bars
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.7309.73019.460
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.6009.73019.330
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Helena Rakoczy (POL)9.5009.70019.200
4  Nina Bocharova (URS)9.4009.73019.130
4  Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.5309.60019.130
6  Pelageya Danilova (URS)9.4609.66019.110

Balance beam
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Keiko Tanaka (JPN)9.2609.63018.890
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.3009.46018.760
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.1609.56018.720
4  Edit Perényi (HUN)9.2609.40018.660
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.2009.40018.600
5  Nina Bocharova (URS)9.0009.56018.560

Floor exercise
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptionalTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Tamara Manina (URS)9.6609.73019.390
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eva Bosáková (TCH)9.4009.76019.160
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS)9.6609.46019.120
4  Ágnes Keleti (HUN)9.5009.60019.100
5  Galina Rud'ko (URS)9.3609.60018.960
5  Larisa Latynina (URS)9.4609.50018.960

Medals
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)123520
2 Japan (JPN)2114
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1315
4 Hungary (HUN)1113
5 Sweden (SWE)1023
6 Switzerland (SUI)0224
7 West Germany (FRG)0213
8 Poland (POL)0022
Totals (8 entries)17121544

References
  1. Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 86–87.
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