The 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships was the 48th edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from October 25 – November 3, 2018, at the Aspire Academy Dome in Doha, Qatar.
It was the first time that the competition was held in the Middle East.
Simone Biles became the first American to medal on every event at a single World Championships and the first woman to do so in 31 years. The last person to complete this feat was Russian Yelena Shushunova in 1987.
Competition schedule
DateSessionsTimeSubdivisionsThursday, October 25Opening ceremonyMen’s QualificationsSubdivision 1 MAGSubdivision 2 MAGSubdivision 3 MAGFriday, October 26Men’s QualificationsSubdivision 4 MAGSubdivision 5 MAGSubdivision 6 MAGSaturday, October 27Women’s QualificationsSubdivision 1 WAGSubdivision 2 WAGSubdivision 3 WAGSunday, October 28Women’s QualificationsSubdivision 4 WAGSubdivision 5 WAGSubdivision 6 WAGMonday, October 29Men's Team Finals -Tuesday, October 30Women's Team Finals -Wednesday, October 31Men’s Individual All-Around Final-Thursday, November 1Women’s Individual All-Around Final-Friday, November 2Men’s and Women’s Apparatus FinalsMAG: Floor, pommel horse, ringsWAG: Vault, uneven barsSaturday, November 3Men’s and Women’s Apparatus FinalsMAG: Vault, parallel bars, horizontal barWAG: Beam, floorClosing ceremony
Medal summary Medalists Event Gold Silver BronzeMen Deng Shudi Lin Chaopan Sun Wei Xiao Ruoteng Zou Jingyuan Lan Xingyu David Belyavskiy Artur Dalaloyan Nikolai Kuksenkov Dmitrii Lankin Nikita Nagornyy Vladislav Poliashov Kazuma Kaya Kenzō Shirai Yūsuke Tanaka Wataru Tanigawa Kōhei Uchimura Kakeru Tanigawa Artur Dalaloyan Xiao Ruoteng Nikita Nagornyy Artur Dalaloyan Kenzō Shirai Carlos Yulo Xiao Ruoteng Max Whitlock Lee Chih-kai Eleftherios Petrounias Arthur Zanetti Marco Lodadio Ri Se-gwang Artur Dalaloyan Kenzō Shirai Zou Jingyuan Oleg Verniaiev Artur Dalaloyan Epke Zonderland Kōhei Uchimura Sam MikulakWomen Simone Biles Kara Eaker Morgan Hurd Grace McCallum Riley McCusker Ragan Smith Lilia Akhaimova Irina Alexeeva Angelina Melnikova Aliya Mustafina Angelina Simakova Daria Spiridonova Chen Yile Liu Jinru Liu Tingting Luo Huan Zhang Jin Du Siyu Simone Biles Mai Murakami Morgan Hurd Simone Biles Shallon Olsen Alexa Moreno Nina Derwael Simone Biles Elisabeth Seitz Liu Tingting Ana Padurariu Simone Biles Simone Biles Morgan Hurd Mai Murakami
Medal standings Overall
Men
Women
Men's results Team The top 3 teams from the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Joe Fraser December 6, 1998 Oldest Epke Zonderland April 16, 1986
Rank Team Total 40.798 (7) 41.898 (1) 42.873 (3) 44.432 (2) 46.133 (1) 40.500 (7) 256.634 Deng Shudi 14.166 14.466 14.800 Lin Chaopan 13.966 14.566 15.133 13.700 Sun Wei 13.066 14.341 14.900 14.200 Xiao Ruoteng 12.666 14.166 14.066 14.966 12.600 Zou Jingyuan 14.666 16.200 43.199 (1) 40.465 (5) 43.691 (1) 44.565 (1) 43.266 (2) 41.399 (5) 256.585 David Belyavskiy 14.066 14.700 13.700 Artur Dalaloyan 14.666 14.533 15.066 13.800 13.966 Nikolai Kuksenkov 13.266 Dmitrii Lankin 13.933 14.600 14.466 Nikita Nagornyy 14.600 13.133 14.558 15.033 14.766 13.733 42.099 (4) 41.733 (2) 42.549 (4) 44.132 (3) 40.632 (7) 42.599 (1) 253.744 Kazuma Kaya 14.300 14.000 14.166 14.366 Kenzō Shirai 14.933 14.966 13.966 Yūsuke Tanaka 11.566 14.233 Wataru Tanigawa 12.866 13.600 14.183 14.800 14.566 Kōhei Uchimura 14.133 14.200 14.500 14.400 4 42.966 (2) 40.632 (3) 41.465 (6) 43.732 (5) 41.699 (4) 41.500 (3) 251.994 Sam Mikulak 14.333 13.033 14.266 14.366 14.833 14.500 Akash Modi 13.833 12.866 13.600 Yul Moldauer 14.600 13.566 13.366 14.633 14.000 Colin Van Wicklen 14.033 14.733 13.400 Alec Yoder 14.033 5 42.599 (3) 40.499 (4) 41.766 (5) 43.900 (4) 40.799 (6) 39.065 (8) 248.628 Brinn Bevan 14.033 13.800 14.800 12.866 11.966 Dominick Cunningham 14.166 14.700 Joe Fraser 13.300 13.866 13.700 13.466 James Hall 11.966 14.100 14.400 14.233 13.633 Max Whitlock 14.400 15.233 6 41.299 (6) 37.132 (7) 41.065 (7) 41.399 (8) 42.266 (3) 41.133 (6) 244.294 Christian Baumann 12.300 13.633 14.333 13.500 Pablo Brägger 14.066 12.433 14.000 13.433 Benjamin Gischard 13.933 13.066 13.366 14.433 Oliver Hegi 11.766 13.933 14.200 Eddy Yusof 13.300 14.066 14.533 7 41.932 (5) 35.899 (8) 42.899 (2) 42.057 (7) 39.674 (8) 41.533 (2) 243.994 Francisco Barretto Júnior 13.666 13.408 13.800 Lucas Bitencourt 12.633 13.666 13.333 Arthur Mariano 14.166 9.600 14.233 14.200 Caio Souza 13.900 14.200 14.191 12.933 13.533 Arthur Zanetti 13.866 15.033 13.633 8 38.432 (8) 38.066 (6) 38.898 (8) 42.466 (6) 41.299 (5) 41.499 (4) 240.660 Bart Deurloo 13.700 12.400 13.666 14.166 14.000 Bram Louwije 13.033 13.800 Frank Rijken 10.666 12.966 13.733 13.166 Casimir Schmidt 14.066 12.633 12.266 14.500 13.633 Epke Zonderland 13.933 14.333
Individual all-around Defending champion Xiao Ruoteng of China lost the title on a tiebreaker to Russia's Artur Dalaloyan. The tie-breaking procedure in this situation is dropping of the lowest-scoring apparatus from the combined score, and whoever's total score on the remaining five apparatuses is higher after that will rank ahead (74.198 versus 73.465). Dalaloyan became the first Russian man to win the all-around title since Nikolai Kryukov in 1999; they were at that time the only two Russian men to have won the title in the post-Soviet era. Last year's silver medalist, China's Lin Chaopan, failed to reach the final after finishing behind teammates Xiao and Sun Wei in qualifying. Reigning bronze medalist Kenzō Shirai of Japan finished in seventh place after some weaker and lower-scoring apparatuses, namely pommel horse.
Canada's René Cournoyer withdrew prior to the competition and was replaced by first reserve Artur Davtyan of Armenia.
Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Carlos Yulo February 16, 2000 Oldest Marcel Nguyen September 8, 1987
Rank Gymnast Total Artur Dalaloyan 14.800 13.400 14.533 15.133 15.566 14.166 87.598 Xiao Ruoteng 14.133 14.700 14.333 14.866 15.333 14.233 87.598 Nikita Nagornyy 14.733 13.566 14.500 14.766 14.866 13.900 86.331 4 Sun Wei 13.633 14.766 13.900 14.533 14.800 14.266 85.898 5 Sam Mikulak 14.400 14.300 14.166 14.600 15.441 12.366 85.273 6 Kazuma Kaya 13.800 14.100 14.000 14.366 14.766 13.733 84.765 7 Kenzō Shirai 14.900 12.533 13.666 15.166 14.266 14.000 84.531 8 James Hall 14.100 13.666 14.066 14.366 14.500 13.600 84.298 9 Artur Davtyan 13.700 13.800 14.341 14.733 13.766 12.800 83.140 10 Marios Georgiou 13.533 13.300 13.600 13.766 14.400 13.433 82.032 11 Néstor Abad 13.800 13.166 13.433 13.833 14.000 13.733 81.965 12 Yul Moldauer 14.333 12.200 13.466 14.400 14.500 13.033 81.932 13 Caio Souza 13.566 11.700 13.933 14.616 14.383 13.600 81.798 14 Oleg Verniaiev 12.966 12.400 14.066 14.966 15.666 11.500 81.564 15 Ahmet Önder 13.966 11.666 13.866 14.233 14.666 13.166 81.563 16 Oliver Hegi 13.366 11.916 12.400 14.000 14.666 14.133 80.481 17 Park Min-soo 12.166 13.633 13.766 13.816 13.200 13.533 80.114 18 Brinn Bevan 14.366 11.633 13.666 13.533 14.600 11.766 79.564 19 Ferhat Arıcan 13.166 11.525 13.000 13.966 14.600 12.900 79.157 20 Marcel Nguyen 14.000 11.533 14.066 12.833 14.100 12.600 79.132 21 Pablo Brägger 14.133 11.933 13.200 14.200 12.000 13.566 79.032 22 Andrei Muntean 12.333 9.833 14.125 14.433 14.650 13.000 78.374 23 Carlos Yulo 14.666 12.600 12.000 13.100 14.166 10.933 77.464 24 Lukas Dauser 13.566 12.033 12.166 13.666 12.433 12.866 76.730
Floor Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Carlos Yulo February 16, 2000 Oldest Sam Mikulak October 13, 1992
Rank Gymnast Total Artur Dalaloyan 6.200 8.700 14.900 Kenzō Shirai 6.800 8.066 14.866 Carlos Yulo 6.200 8.400 14.600 4 Yul Moldauer 5.800 8.766 14.566 5 Artem Dolgopyat 6.400 8.166 14.566 6 Nikita Nagornyy 6.400 8.100 14.500 7 Sam Mikulak 5.700 8.533 14.233 8 Kazuma Kaya 5.800 8.300 14.100 9 Ahmet Önder 6.000 7.833 13.833
Pommel horse Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Nariman Kurbanov December 6, 1997 Oldest Cyril Tommasone July 4, 1987
Rank Gymnast Total Xiao Ruoteng 6.600 8.566 15.166 Max Whitlock 6.800 8.366 15.166 Lee Chih-kai 6.300 8.666 14.966 4 Sam Mikulak 5.800 8.533 14.333 5 Nariman Kurbanov 6.200 7.200 13.400 6 Nikita Nagornyy 5.900 6.633 12.533 7 David Belyavskiy 4.800 7.033 11.833 8 Cyril Tommasone 5.800 5.700 11.500
Rings Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Nikita Nagornyy February 12, 1997 Oldest Vahagn Davtyan August 19, 1988 Rank Gymnast Total Eleftherios Petrounias 6.300 9.066 15.366 Arthur Zanetti 6.200 8.900 15.100 Marco Lodadio 6.300 8.600 14.900 4 Artur Tovmasyan 6.100 8.666 14.766 5 Nikita Nagornyy 6.000 8.733 14.733 6 Vahagn Davtyan 6.100 8.633 14.733 7 Nikita Simonov 6.000 8.266 14.266 8 Igor Radivilov 6.300 7.833 14.133
Vault Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Nikita Nagornyy February 12, 1997 Oldest Ri Se-gwang January 21, 1985
Position Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total D Score E Score Pen. Score 1 D Score E Score Pen. Score 2 Ri Se-gwang 6.000 8.933 14.933 6.000 8.933 14.933 14.933 Artur Dalaloyan 5.600 9.266 14.866 5.600 9.300 14.900 14.883 Kenzō Shirai 5.600 9.150 14.750 5.200 9.400 14.600 14.675 4 Dominick Cunningham 5.400 9.133 14.533 5.600 9.200 14.800 14.666 5 Nikita Nagornyy 5.600 9.200 14.800 5.600 8.900 14.500 14.650 6 Shek Wai Hung 5.600 9.133 14.733 5.600 8.700 0.300 14.000 14.366 7 Artur Davtyan 5.600 8.833 14.433 5.600 8.133 0.300 13.433 13.933 8 Caio Souza 5.600 9.033 14.633 5.600 7.833 0.300 13.133 13.883
Parallel bars Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Zou Jingyuan January 3, 1998 Oldest David Belyavskiy February 23, 1992 Rank Gymnast Total Zou Jingyuan 7.000 9.433 16.433 Oleg Verniaiev 6.700 8.891 15.591 Artur Dalaloyan 6.400 8.966 15.366 4 Sam Mikulak 6.400 8.833 15.233 5 Lin Chaopan 6.400 8.800 15.200 6 Jossimar Calvo 6.500 8.533 15.033 7 David Belyavskiy 6.400 8.233 14.633 8 Lukas Dauser 6.000 7.733 13.733
Horizontal bar Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Tang Chia-hung September 23, 1996 Oldest Epke Zonderland April 16, 1986 Rank Gymnast Total Epke Zonderland 6.800 8.300 15.100 Kōhei Uchimura 6.400 8.400 14.800 Sam Mikulak 6.100 8.433 14.533 4 Tin Srbić 6.400 8.100 14.500 5 Tang Chia-hung 6.100 8.166 14.266 6 Deng Shudi 6.400 7.666 14.066 7 Xiao Ruoteng 6.100 7.800 13.900 8 Artur Dalaloyan 5.200 7.466 12.666
Women's results Team The top 3 teams from the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships qualify to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Kara Eaker November 7, 2002 Oldest Kim Bui January 20, 1989