Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 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.

The women's floor exercise competition 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 1938 Prague * Matylda Pálfyová * unknown unknown 1950 Basel Helena Rakoczy Tereza Kočiš Stefania Reindl 1954 Rome Tamara Manina Eva Bosáková Maria Gorokhovskaya 1958 Moscow Eva Bosáková Larisa Latynina Keiko Tanaka 1962 Prague Larisa Latynina Irina Pervushina Věra Čáslavská 1966 Dortmund Natalia Kuchinskaya Věra Čáslavská Zinaida Druzhinina 1970 Ljubljana Ludmilla Tourischeva Olga Karasyova Zinaida Voronina 1974 Varna Ludmilla Tourischeva Olga Korbut Elvira Saadi Rusudan Sikharulidze 1978 Strasbourg Nellie Kim Elena Mukhina Emilia Eberle Kathy Johnson 1979 Fort Worth Emilia Eberle Nellie Kim Melita Ruhn 1981 Moscow Natalia Ilienko Yelena Davydova Zoja Grantcharova 1983 Budapest Ecaterina Szabó Olga Mostepanova Boriana Stoyanova 1985 Montreal Oksana Omelianchik Yelena Shushunova Ulrike Klotz 1987 Rotterdam Yelena Shushunova Daniela Silivaș Aurelia Dobre 1989 Stuttgart Svetlana Boginskaya Daniela Silivaș Cristina Bontaș 1991 Indianapolis Cristina Bontaș Oksana Chusovitina Kim Zmeskal 1992 Paris Kim Zmeskal Henrietta Ónodi Tatiana Lysenko Maria Neculiță 1993 Birmingham Shannon Miller Gina Gogean Natalia Bobrova 1994 Brisbane Dina Kochetkova Lavinia Miloșovici Gina Gogean 1995 Sabae Gina Gogean Ji Liya Ludivine Furnon 1996 San Juan Gina Gogean Kui Yuanyuan Lavinia Miloșovici Liubov Sheremeta 1997 Lausanne Gina Gogean Svetlana Khorkina Yelena Produnova 1999 Tianjin Andreea Răducan Simona Amânar Svetlana Khorkina 2001 Ghent Andreea Răducan Daniele Hypólito Svetlana Khorkina 2002 Debrecen Elena Gómez Verona van de Leur Samantha Sheehan 2003 Anaheim Daiane dos Santos Cătălina Ponor Elena Gómez 2005 Melbourne Alicia Sacramone Nastia Liukin Suzanne Harmes 2006 Aarhus Cheng Fei Jana Bieger Vanessa Ferrari 2007 Stuttgart Shawn Johnson Alicia Sacramone Cassy Vericel 2009 London Beth Tweddle Lauren Mitchell Sui Lu 2010 Rotterdam Lauren Mitchell Diana Chelaru Aliya Mustafina 2011 Tokyo Ksenia Afanasyeva Sui Lu Aly Raisman 2013 Antwerp Simone Biles Vanessa Ferrari Larisa Iordache 2014 Nanning Simone Biles Larisa Iordache Aliya Mustafina 2015 Glasgow Simone Biles Ksenia Afanasyeva Maggie Nichols 2017 Montreal Mai Murakami Jade Carey Claudia Fragapane 2018 Doha Simone Biles Morgan Hurd Mai Murakami 2019 Stuttgart Simone Biles Sunisa Lee Angelina Melnikova 2021 Kitakyushu Mai Murakami Angelina Melnikova Leanne Wong 2022 Liverpool Jessica Gadirova Jordan Chiles Rebeca Andrade Jade Carey 2023 Antwerp Simone Biles (6) Rebeca Andrade Flávia Saraiva 2025 Jakarta Aiko Sugihara Ruby Evans Abigail Martin

* 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.

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

Notes 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). At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under name and flag of the RGF (Russian Gymnastics Federation).

Multiple medalists Rank Gymnast Nation YearsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 2013–2023 6 0 0 6 2 1993–1997 3 1 1 5 3 2017–2021 2 0 1 3 4 1999–2001 2 0 0 2 1987–1989 2 0 0 2 1970–1974 2 0 0 2 7 2011–2015 1 1 0 2 1954–1958 1 1 0 2 1978–1979 1 1 0 2 1958–1962 1 1 0 2 2005–2007 1 1 0 2 1985–1987 1 1 0 2 13 1989–1991 1 0 1 2 1978–1979 1 0 1 2 2002–2003 1 0 1 2 1991–1992 1 0 1 2 17 1997–2001 0 1 2 3 18 2022–2023 0 1 1 2 2017–2022 0 1 1 2 1962–1966 0 1 1 2 2006–2013 0 1 1 2 2013–2014 0 1 1 2 Russian Gymnastics Federation 2019–2021 0 1 1 2 1994–1996 0 1 1 2 2010–2014 0 1 1 2 Sui Lu 2009–2011 0 1 1 2 27 1966–1970 0 0 2 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