1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Host City Strasbourg
Country FRA
Held 23 – 29 October 1978
Competitors 43
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men Medal 3 2
Floor Exercise Men Medal 3 3
Vault Men Medal 3 3
Parallel Bars Men Medal 3 2
Horizontal Bar Men Medal 4 4
Rings Men Medal 3 2
Pommelled Horse Men Medal 3 3
Team All-Around Men Medal 18 3
Individual All-Around Women Medal 3 1
Floor Exercise Women Medal 4 3
Vault Women Medal 3 3
Uneven Bars Women Medal 3 3
Balance Beam Women Medal 3 2
Team All-Around Women Medal 18 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 7 7 4 18
2 Japan JPN 4 3 0 7
3 United States USA 2 0 1 3
4 Romania ROU 1 2 4 7
5 Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
6 Germany GER 0 2 0 2
7 East Germany GDR 0 0 4 4
8 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 2 2

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Nikolay Andrianov URS Eizo Kenmotsu JPN Aleksandr Dityatin URS
Floor Exercise, Men Kurt Thomas USA Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN Aleksandr Dityatin URS
Vault, Men Junichi Shimizu JPN Nikolay Andrianov URS Ralph Bärthel GDR
Parallel Bars, Men Eizo Kenmotsu JPN Nikolay Andrianov
Hiroshi Kajiyama
URS
JPN
Horizontal Bar, Men Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN Eberhard Gienger GER Stoyan Delchev
Gennady Krysin
BUL
URS
Rings, Men Nikolay Andrianov URS Aleksandr Dityatin URS Dan Grecu ROU
Pommelled Horse, Men Zoltán Magyar HUN Eberhard Gienger GER Stoyan Delchev BUL
Team All-Around, Men Japan JPN Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR
Individual All-Around, Women Yelena Mukhina URS Nelli Kim URS Nataliya Shaposhnikova URS
Floor Exercise, Women Nelli Kim
Yelena Mukhina
URS
URS
Kathy Johnson
Emilia Eberle
USA
ROU
Vault, Women Nelli Kim URS Nadia Comăneci ROU Steffi Kräker GDR
Uneven Bars, Women Marcia Frederick USA Yelena Mukhina URS Emilia Eberle ROU
Balance Beam, Women Nadia Comăneci ROU Yelena Mukhina URS Emilia Eberle ROU
Team All-Around, Women Soviet Union URS Romania ROU East Germany GDR