1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Host City Praha
Country TCH
Held 30 June – 1 July 1938
Competitors 50
Countries 5

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men Medal 3 2
Floor Exercise Men Medal 3 3
Vault Men Medal 3 1
Parallel Bars Men Medal 3 3
Horizontal Bar Men Medal 3 1
Rings Men Medal 3 2
Pommelled Horse Men Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Men Medal 24 3
Individual All-Around Women Medal 3 1
Team All-Around Women Medal 24 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Czechoslovakia TCH 6 4 2 12
2 Switzerland SUI 4 5 4 13
3 Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 2 3
4 Germany GER 0 0 1 1
= Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Jan Gajdoš TCH Jan Sládek TCH Eugen Mack SUI
Floor Exercise, Men Jan Gajdoš TCH Eugen Mack SUI Kurt Krötzsch GER
Vault, Men Eugen Mack SUI Walter Beck SUI Hans Nägelin SUI
Parallel Bars, Men Michael Reusch SUI Alois Hudec TCH Jože Primožič YUG
Horizontal Bar, Men Michael Reusch SUI Georges Miez SUI Walter Beck SUI
Rings, Men Alois Hudec TCH Michael Reusch SUI Vratislav Petráček TCH
Pommelled Horse, Men Michael Reusch SUI Vratislav Petráček TCH Leo Schürmann SUI
Team All-Around, Men Czechoslovakia TCH Switzerland SUI Yugoslavia YUG
Individual All-Around, Women Vlasta Děkanová TCH Zdeňka Veřmiřovská TCH Matylda Pálfyová TCH
Team All-Around, Women Czechoslovakia TCH Yugoslavia YUG Poland POL