World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's horizontal bar

The men's horizontal bar competition was an inaugural event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. It 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 gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1903 Antwerp Joseph Martinez Jules Lecoutre Pierre Payssé Charles van Hulle 1905 Bordeaux Marcel Lalu Joseph Martinez Lucien Démanet Pierre Payssé 1907 Prague Georges Charmoille František Erben Jules Rolland 1909 Luxembourg Joseph Martinez Josef Čada František Erben K. Fuchs 1911 Turin Josef Čada Marco Torrès Guido Romano Svatopluk Svoboda 1913 Paris Josef Čada Marco Torrès A. Demol Osvaldo Palazzi Josef Sykora1915–1917 Not held due to World War I 1922 Ljubljana Miroslav Klinger Leon Štukelj Peter Šumi 1926 Lyon Leon Štukelj Josip Primožič Ladislav Vácha 1930 Luxembourg István Pelle Miklós Péter Leon Štukelj 1934 Budapest Ernst Winter Georges Miez Heinz Sandrock 1938 Prague Michael Reusch Alois Hudec Walter Beck 1942 Not held due to World War II 1950 Basel Paavo Aaltonen Veikko Huhtanen Walter Lehmann Josef Stalder 1954 Rome Valentin Muratov Helmut Bantz Boris Shakhlin 1958 Moscow Boris Shakhlin Albert Azaryan Masao Takemoto Yuri Titov 1962 Prague Takashi Ono Yukio Endō Pavel Stolbov 1966 Dortmund Akinori Nakayama Yukio Endō Takashi Mitsukuri 1970 Ljubljana Eizō Kenmotsu Akinori Nakayama Takuji Hayata Klaus Köste 1974 Varna Eberhard Gienger Wolfgang Thüne Eizō Kenmotsu Andrzej Szajna 1978 Strasbourg Shigeru Kasamatsu Eberhard Gienger Stoyan Deltchev Gennady Krysin 1979 Fort Worth Kurt Thomas Aleksandr Tkachyov Alexander Dityatin 1981 Moscow Aleksandr Tkachyov Artur Akopyan Eberhard Gienger 1983 Budapest Dmitry Bilozerchev Alexander Pogorelov Philippe Vatuone 1985 Montreal Tong Fei Sylvio Kroll Mitsuaki Watanabe 1987 Rotterdam Dmitry Bilozerchev Curtis Hibbert Holger Behrendt Zsolt Borkai 1989 Stuttgart Li Chunyang Vladimir Artemov Yukio Iketani 1991 Indianapolis Ralf Büchner Li Chunyang Vitaly Scherbo 1992 Paris Hrihoriy Misyutin Li Jing Ihor Korobchynskyi 1993 Birmingham Sergey Kharkov Marius Gherman Zoltán Supola 1994 Brisbane Vitaly Scherbo Zoltán Supola Ivan Ivankov 1995 Sabae Andreas Wecker Yoshiaki Hatakeda Krasimir Dunev Zhang Jinjing 1996 San Juan Jesús Carballo Krasimir Dunev Vitaly Scherbo 1997 Lausanne Jani Tanskanen Jesús Carballo Oleksandr Beresch 1999 Tianjin Jesús Carballo Alexander Jeltkov Yang Wei 2001 Ghent Vlasios Maras Oleksandr Beresch Philippe Rizzo 2002 Debrecen Vlasios Maras Ivan Ivankov Aljaž Pegan 2003 Anaheim Takehiro Kashima Igor Cassina Alexei Nemov 2005 Melbourne Aljaž Pegan Yann Cucherat Valeriy Honcharov 2006 Aarhus Philippe Rizzo Aljaž Pegan Vlasios Maras 2007 Stuttgart Fabian Hambüchen Aljaž Pegan Hisashi Mizutori 2009 London Zou Kai Epke Zonderland Igor Cassina 2010 Rotterdam Zhang Chenglong Epke Zonderland Fabian Hambüchen 2011 Tokyo Zou Kai Zhang Chenglong Kōhei Uchimura 2013 Antwerp Epke Zonderland Fabian Hambüchen Kōhei Uchimura 2014 Nanning Epke Zonderland Kōhei Uchimura Marijo Možnik 2015 Glasgow Kōhei Uchimura Danell Leyva Manrique Larduet 2017 Montreal Tin Srbić Epke Zonderland Bart Deurloo 2018 Doha Epke Zonderland (3) Kōhei Uchimura Sam Mikulak 2019 Stuttgart Arthur Mariano Tin Srbić Artur Dalaloyan 2021 Kitakyushu Hu Xuwei Daiki Hashimoto Brody Malone 2022 Liverpool Brody Malone Daiki Hashimoto Arthur Mariano 2023 Antwerp Daiki Hashimoto Tin Srbić Su Weide 2025 Jakarta Brody Malone Daiki Hashimoto Joe Fraser

All-time medal count Last updated after the 2025 World Championships.

Notes Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from Bohemia as medals for Czechoslovakia. Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from Austria-Hungary as medals for Yugoslavia. Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from former Soviet Union at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France, as medals for CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).

Multiple medalists Rank Gymnast Nation YearsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 2009–2018 3 3 0 6 2 1909–1913 2 1 0 3 1996–1999 2 1 0 3 1903–1909 2 1 0 3 5 2021–2025 2 0 1 3 2001–2006 2 0 1 3 1922–1930 2 0 1 3 8 1983–1987 2 0 0 2 Li Chunyang 1989–1991 2 0 0 2 Zou Kai 2009–2011 2 0 0 2 11 2021–2025 1 3 0 4 2002–2007 1 3 0 4 13 2011–2018 1 2 2 5 14 1974–1981 1 2 0 3 2017–2023 1 2 0 3 16 2007–2013 1 1 1 3 17 1907–1909 1 1 0 2 1966–1970 1 1 0 2 2001–2006 1 1 0 2 1954–1958 1 1 0 2 1979–1981 1 1 0 2 1911–1913 1 1 0 2 Zhang Chenglong 2010–2011 1 1 0 2 24 1991–1996 1 0 2 3 25 1970–1974 1 0 1 2 2019–2022 1 0 1 2 27 1962–1966 0 2 0 2 28 1997–2001 0 1 1 2 2003–2009 0 1 1 2 1995–1996 0 1 1 2 1994–2002 0 1 1 2 1903–1905 0 1 1 2 1993–1994 0 1 1 2

References

FIG Results: 1903 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1905 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1907 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1909 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1911 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1913 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1922 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1926 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Individuals Competition) FIG Results: 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team Competition) FIG Results: 1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2006 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships FIG Results: 2007 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Results: 2009 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships FIG Results: 2014 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships