1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Host City Fort Worth
Country USA
Held 3 – 9 December 1979
Competitors 42
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 4 3
Parallel Bars Men Medal 3 2
Horizontal Bar Men Medal 3 2
Rings Men Medal 3 2
Pommelled Horse Men Medal 3 3
Team All-Around Men Medal 18 3
Individual All-Around Women Medal 3 3
Floor Exercise Women Medal 3 2
Vault Women Medal 4 3
Uneven Bars Women Medal 3 3
Balance Beam Women Medal 3 3
Team All-Around Women Medal 18 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 7 5 17
2 United States USA 3 3 2 8
3 Romania ROU 3 1 3 7
4 East Germany GDR 2 1 4 7
5 China CHN 1 0 0 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
= Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
8 Japan JPN 0 1 1 2

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Men Aleksandr Dityatin URS Kurt Thomas USA Aleksandr Tkachov URS
Floor Exercise, Men Kurt Thomas
Roland Brückner
USA
GDR
Aleksandr Tkachov URS
Vault, Men Aleksandr Dityatin URS Nikolay Andrianov URS Bart Conner
Ralph Bärthel
USA
GDR
Parallel Bars, Men Bart Conner USA Kurt Thomas
Aleksandr Tkachov
USA
URS
Horizontal Bar, Men Kurt Thomas USA Aleksandr Tkachov URS Aleksandr Dityatin URS
Rings, Men Aleksandr Dityatin URS Dan Grecu ROU Aleksandr Tkachov URS
Pommelled Horse, Men Zoltán Magyar HUN Kurt Thomas USA Koji Gushiken JPN
Team All-Around, Men Soviet Union URS Japan JPN United States USA
Individual All-Around, Women Nelli Kim URS Maxi Gnauck GDR Melita Ruhn ROU
Floor Exercise, Women Emilia Eberle ROU Nelli Kim URS Melita Ruhn ROU
Vault, Women Dumitrița Turner ROU Stella Zakharova URS Steffi Kräker
Nelli Kim
GDR
URS
Uneven Bars, Women Ma Yanhong
Maxi Gnauck
CHN
GDR
Emilia Eberle ROU
Balance Beam, Women Věra Černá TCH Nelli Kim URS Regina Grabolle GDR
Team All-Around, Women Romania ROU Soviet Union URS East Germany GDR