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 medalsOrganizer: FIG1 Artistic gymnastics Artistic Gymnastics World Championships1903 Except when the Summer Olympics are held 2 Rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships1963 Except when the Summer Olympics are held 3 Trampoline gymnastics Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships1964 Except when the Summer Olympics are held 4 Acrobatic gymnastics Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships1974 5 Aerobic gymnastics Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships1995 6 Parkour Parkour World Championships2022 Organizer: IFAGG7 Aesthetic group gymnastics World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships2000
FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
YearEditionHost cityCountryEvents(male/female)First in the Medal Table1903 1 Antwerp 6 / 0 1905 2 Bordeaux 5 / 0 1907 3 Prague 5 / 0 1909 4 Luxembourg 5 / 0 1911 5 Turin 6 / 0 1913 6 Paris 6 / 0 1922 7 Ljubljana 6 / 0 1926 8 Lyon 6 / 0 1930 9 Luxembourg 7 / 0 1934 10 Budapest 8 / 2 1938 11 Prague 8 / 6 1950 12 Basel 8 / 6 1954 13 Rome 8 / 6 1958 14 Moscow 8 / 6 1962 15 Prague 8 / 6 1966 16 Dortmund 8 / 6 1970 17 Ljubljana 8 / 6 1974 18 Varna 8 / 6 1978 19 Strasbourg 8 / 6 1979 20 Fort Worth 8 / 6 1981 21 Moscow 8 / 6 1983 22 Budapest 8 / 6 1985 23 Montreal 8 / 6 1987 24 Rotterdam 8 / 6 1989 25 Stuttgart 8 / 6 1991 26 Indianapolis 8 / 6 1992 27 Paris 6 / 4 1993 28 Birmingham 7 / 5 1994 29 Brisbane 7 / 5 1994 30 Dortmund 1 / 1 1995 31 Sabae 8 / 6 1996 32 San Juan 6 / 4 1997 33 Lausanne 8 / 6 1999 34 Tianjin 8 / 6 2001 35 Ghent 8 / 6 2002 36 Debrecen 6 / 4 2003 37 Anaheim 8 / 6 2005 38 Melbourne 7 / 5 2006 39 Aarhus 8 / 6 2007 40 Stuttgart 8 / 6 2009 41 London 7 / 5 2010 42 Rotterdam 8 / 6 2011 43 Tokyo 8 / 6 2013 44 Antwerp 7 / 5 2014 45 Nanning 8 / 6 2015 46 Glasgow 8 / 6 2017 47 Montreal 7 / 5 2018 48 Doha 8 / 6 2019 49 Stuttgart 8 / 6 2021 50 Kitakyushu 7 / 5 2022 51 Liverpool 8 / 6 2023 52 Antwerp 8 / 6 2025 53 Jakarta 7 / 5 2026 54 Rotterdam 8 / 6 Future event2027 55 Chengdu 8 / 6 Future event
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
YearEditionHost cityCountryEvents(female)First in the Medal Table1963 1 Budapest 3 1965 2 Prague 3 1967 3 Copenhagen 5 1969 4 Varna 6 1971 5 Havana 6 1973 6 Rotterdam 6 1975 7 Madrid 6 1977 8 Basel 6 1979 9 London 6 1981 10 Munich 6 1983 11 Strasbourg 6 1985 12 Valladolid 6 1987 13 Varna 8 1989 14 Sarajevo 9 1991 15 Athens 9 1992 16 Brussels 8 1993 17 Alicante 7 1994 18 Paris 8 1995 19 Vienna 9 1996 20 Budapest 7 1997 21 Berlin 6 1998 22 Sevilla 3 1999 23 Osaka 9 2001 24 Madrid 6 2002 25 New Orleans 3 2003 26 Budapest 9 2005 27 Baku 9 2007 28 Patras 9 2009 29 Mie 9 2010 30 Moscow 9 2011 31 Montpellier 9 2013 32 Kyiv 8 2014 33 İzmir 9 2015 34 Stuttgart 9 2017 35 Pesaro 8 2018 36 Sofia 9 2019 37 Baku 9 2021 38 Kitakyushu 9 Russian Gymnastics Federation2022 39 Sofia 9 2023 40 Valencia 9 2025 41 Rio de Janeiro 9 2026 42 Frankfurt 9 2027 43 Baku 9 Future event
Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships
YearEditionHost cityCountryEvents(male/female/mixed)First in the Medal Table1964 1 London 1 / 1 / 0 1965 2 London 2 / 2 / 1 1966 3 Lafayette 3 / 3 / 0 1967 4 London 2 / 2 / 0 1968 5 Amersfoort 2 / 2 / 0 1970 6 Bern 2 / 2 / 0 1972 7 Stuttgart 2 / 2 / 0 1974 8 Johannesburg 2 / 2 / 0 1976 9 Tulsa 4 / 4 / 0 1978 10 Newcastle 4 / 4 / 0 1980 11 Brig 4 / 4 / 0 1982 12 Bozeman 7 / 7 / 0 1984 13 Osaka 7 / 7 / 0 1986 14 Paris 7 / 7 / 0 1988 15 Birmingham 7 / 7 / 0 1990 16 Essen 7 / 7 / 0 1992 17 Auckland 7 / 7 / 0 1994 18 Porto 7 / 7 / 0 1996 19 Vancouver 7 / 7 / 0 1998 20 Sydney 7 / 7 / 0 1999 21 Sun City 7 / 7 / 0 2001 22 Odense 7 / 7 / 0 2003 23 Hannover 7 / 7 / 0 2005 24 Eindhoven 7 / 7 / 0 2007 25 Quebec 7 / 7 / 0 2009 26 Saint Petersburg 7 / 7 / 0 2010 27 Metz 4 / 4 / 0 2011 28 Birmingham 7 / 7 / 0 2013 29 Sofia 7 / 7 / 0 2014 30 Daytona Beach 4 / 4 / 0 2015 31 Odense 7 / 7 / 0 2017 32 Sofia 7 / 7 / 0 2018 33 Saint Petersburg 4 / 4 / 1 2019 34 Tokyo 7 / 7 / 1 2021 35 Baku 7 / 7 / 1 Russian Gymnastics Federation2022 36 Sofia 7 / 7 / 1 2023 37 Birmingham 7 / 7 / 1 2025 38 Pamplona 7 / 7 / 2 2026 39 Nanjing 7 / 7 / 2 Future event2027 40 Sofia 7 / 7 / 2 Future event
Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
YearEditionHost cityCountryEvents(male/female/mixed)First in the Medal Table1974 1 Moscow 9 / 9 / 3 1976 2 Saarbrücken 12 / 12 / 3 1978 3 Sofia 9 / 9 / 3 1980 4 Poznań 9 / 9 / 3 1982 5 London 9 / 9 / 3 1984 6 Sofia 9 / 9 / 3 1986 7 Rennes 9 / 9 / 3 1988 8 Antwerp 9 / 9 / 3 1990 9 Augsburg 9 / 9 / 3 1992 10 Rennes 9 / 9 / 3 1994 11 Beijing 9 / 9 / 3 1995 12 Wrocław 9 / 9 / 3 1996 13 Riesa 9 / 9 / 3 1997 14 Manchester 9 / 9 / 3 1998 15 Minsk 9 / 9 / 3 1999 16 Ghent 6 / 6 / 3 2000 17 Wrocław 6 / 6 / 3 2002 18 Riesa 2 / 2 / 1 2004 19 Lievin 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 26 Antwerp 2 / 2 / 2 2021 27 Geneva 2 / 2 / 2 Russian Gymnastics Federation2022 28 Baku 6 / 6 / 4 2024 29 Guimarães 6 / 6 / 4 2026 30 Pesaro 6 / 6 / 4
Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships
YearEditionHost cityCountryEvents(male/female/mixed)First in the Medal Table1995 1 Paris 1 / 1 / 2 1996 2 The Hague 1 / 1 / 2 1997 3 Perth 1 / 1 / 2 1998 4 Catania 1 / 1 / 2 1999 5 Hanover 1 / 1 / 2 2000 6 Riesa 1 / 1 / 2 2002 7 Klaipėda 1 / 1 / 3 2004 8 Sofia 1 / 1 / 3 2006 9 Nanjing 1 / 1 / 3 2008 10 Ulm 1 / 1 / 3 2010 11 Rodez 1 / 1 / 4 2012 12 Sofia 1 / 1 / 6 2014 13 Cancún 1 / 1 / 6 2016 14 Incheon 1 / 1 / 6 2018 15 Guimarães 1 / 1 / 6 2021 16 Baku 1 / 1 / 6 Russian Gymnastics Federation2022 17 Guimarães 1 / 1 / 6 2024 18 Pesaro 1 / 1 / 6 2026 19 Pamplona 1 / 1 / 6
Parkour World Championships
YearEditionHost cityCountryEvents(male/female)First in the Medal Table2022 1 Tokyo 2 / 2 2024 2 Kitakyushu 2 / 2
IFAGG World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships
YearEditionHost cityCountryEvents(female)First in the Medal Table2000 1 Helsinki 1 2001 2 Tallinn 1 2002 3 Prague 1 2003 4 Graz 1 2004 5 Sofia 1 2005 6 Copenhagen 1 2006 7 Tampere 1 2007 8 Salou 1 2008 9 Toronto 1 2009 10 Moscow 1 2010 11 Varna 1 2011 12 Tartu 1 2012 13 Cartagena 1 2013 14 Lahti 1 2014 15 Moscow 1 2015 16 Tórshavn 1 2016 17 Brno 1 2017 18 Helsinki 1 2018 19 Budapest 1 2019 20 Cartagena 1 2021 21 Helsinki 1 2022 22 Graz 1 2023 23 Astana 1 IFAGG2024 24 Tartu 1 2025 25 Burgas 1 2026 26 Kyoto 1 2027 27 Paris 1
All-time medal table (FIG disciplines)
Acrobatic Aerobic Artistic Parkour Rhythmic Trampoline CombinedRk.NationTotal 1 (1954–1991) (1992) RGF (2021) AIN2 (2025) 105 146 0 5 0 53 51 0 0 0 25 10 0 1 0 9 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 2 0 36 111 5 1 2 43 86 3 1 1 36 59 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 50 0 7 0 57 43 0 4 0 35 27 0 2 0 76 25 0 5 1 42 13 0 1 4 43 9 0 3 1 699 410 273 1,382 2 816874141311956151110233613412254180151585 3 51126000685649011010797658152145134431 4 5780793625613000706555122136159151446 5 000830576173020366131314818593259 6 (1950–1990) 6 02 023 00 00 00 09 1716 1317 290 00 00 016 09 12 321 033 036 06974110253 7 24354513271320100262842712126691121278 8 000182221484542000011000666864198 9 35351511253027001002233032568076212 10 (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 11 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 14 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 42 2 0 1 40 3 1 0 547889221 11 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 AIN1 (2025) 3 0 11 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 7 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 28 0 41 0 11 3 21 1 20 0 416895204 13 000459151229021172416000364355134 14 01013323320107122435526253384 15 00000019161610000024522202163 16 1548690005290000001512215590166 17 01012224400000017182120252772 18 00094589800002021219161550 19 00000008600000017273617354294 20 56100000000000012141517201653 Acrobatic Aerobic Artistic Parkour Rhythmic Trampoline CombinedRk.NationTotal 21 (1909–1913) (1922–1938) (1950–1992) 00 0 000 0 10 0 0 500 0 00 0 0 000 0 000 13 401 10 101 6 200 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 017131444 22 00011676240000010001781237 23 0165971115800000200016252364 24 1410500024600000003616171750 25 000000732100312000114419 26 000102000000000951105318 27 023000833000124000971026 28 437110001000018311861731 29 00000231220100031282717 30 000000583002000123610824 31 11270001230002980004231845 32 0100000000000003817391729 33 0000003400000020003429 34 0001102200000000003306 35 00010201121000000232510 36 0000003230000000003238 37 15600010100000000025714 38 00000125200000000025310 39 0011011110000000002136 40 0000002010000000002013 Acrobatic Aerobic Artistic Parkour Rhythmic Trampoline CombinedRk.NationTotal 41 0000001310000000001315 42 0000001230000000011247 43 0000001220000000001225 44 0000001200000000001203 45 0001120010000000001135 46 0000001040000000001045 47 00000000000000004704711 48 0000000230000000000235 49 0000000210000000000213 0000000210000000000213 51 0130000000000000000134 52 0000000000000000110112 0000000110000000000112 54 0000020000000000000022 55 0000010000000000000011 0000000000000000010011 0000010000000000000011 0000000010000000000011 0000000000000000010011 – Unattached athlete(1)0000000010000000000011 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
References
External links Sports Acrobatics