The 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Stuttgart, Germany from October 4–13, 2019. The championships took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, and was the third time the city of Stuttgart hosted the event following the 1989 and 2007 editions, and the fifth time Germany hosted it.
As of October 2, 92 federations registered gymnasts for the event with a total of 288 men and 259 women.
Sam Mikulak of the United States and Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos of France won the Longines Prize for Elegance. Both mark a first for their respective countries: de Jesus dos Santos is the first gymnast from France to win this prize, and Mikulak is the first male gymnast from the United States to win one.
Competition schedule Listed in local time (UTC+2).
MG – Mixed Group. Date Session Time Subdivisions Thursday, October 3Opening ceremonyFriday, October 4Women's Qualification 9:00 AMWAG: Subdivision 1 11:00 AMWAG: Subdivision 2 1:30 PMWAG: Subdivision 3 3:30 PMWAG: Subdivision 4 6:00 PMWAG: Subdivision 5 8:00 PMWAG: Subdivision 6Saturday, October 5 9:00 AMWAG: Subdivision 7 11:00 AMWAG: Subdivision 8 1:30 PMWAG: Subdivision 9 3:30 PMWAG: Subdivision 10 6:00 PMWAG: Subdivision 11 8:00 PMWAG: Subdivision 12Sunday, October 6Men's Qualification 10:00 AMMAG: Subdivision 1 1:00 PMMAG: Subdivision 2 4:30 PMMAG: Subdivision 3 7:30 PMMAG: Subdivision 4Monday, October 7 10:00 AMMAG: Subdivision 5 1:00 PMMAG: Subdivision 6 4:30 PMMAG: Subdivision 7 7:30 PMMAG: Subdivision 8 Tuesday, October 8Women's Team Final 2:30–5:05 PMTop 8 from qualification Wednesday, October 9Men's Team Final 1:45–5:00 PM Thursday, October 10Women's Individual All-Around Final 4:00–6:45 PMTop 24 from qualification Friday, October 11Men's Individual All-Around Final 4:00–7:25 PMSaturday, October 12Apparatus Finals4:00–7:50 PMMAG: Floor, Pommel horse, RingsWAG: Vault, Uneven barsSunday, October 131:00–4:50 PMMAG: Vault, Parallel bars, Horizontal barWAG: Balance beam, FloorClosing ceremony
Medal summary Medalists Event Gold Silver BronzeMen Nikita Nagornyy Artur Dalaloyan Oleg Verniaiev Carlos Yulo Artem Dolgopyat Xiao Ruoteng Max Whitlock Lee Chih-kai Rhys McClenaghan İbrahim Çolak Marco Lodadio Samir Aït Saïd Nikita Nagornyy Artur Dalaloyan Igor Radivilov Joe Fraser Ahmet Önder Kazuma Kaya Arthur Mariano Tin Srbić Artur DalaloyanWomen Simone Biles Tang Xijing Angelina Melnikova Simone Biles Jade Carey Ellie Downie Nina Derwael Becky Downie Sunisa Lee Simone Biles Liu Tingting Li Shijia Simone Biles Sunisa Lee Angelina Melnikova
Medal standings Overall
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Women
Men's results Team Russia won their first team gold since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The team event also marks the first time for Chinese Taipei to make the team final and as a result they qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Rank Team Total 43.833 (1) 41.832 (4) 43.732 (1) 44.432 (1) 44.399 (2) 43.498 (1) 261.726 Denis Ablyazin 14.533 David Belyavskiy 14.000 15.133 Artur Dalaloyan 14.633 14.666 14.966 13.966 14.366 Nikita Nagornyy 14.900 14.166 14.533 15.066 15.300 14.466 Ivan Stretovich 14.300 13.666 14.400 14.666 43.333 (2) 43.783 (1) 43.366 (3) 43.999 (2) 45.141 (1) 41.107 (5) 260.729 Deng Shudi 14.100 14.533 14.866 13.841 Lin Chaopan 14.200 14.658 14.500 Sun Wei 14.200 14.333 14.800 12.766 Xiao Ruoteng 15.033 14.900 14.333 14.100 Zou Jingyuan 14.683 14.500 16.383 41.965 (5) 43.399 (2) 43.432 (2) 43.874 (4) 43.332 (4) 42.157 (3) 258.159 Daiki Hashimoto 13.533 14.466 14.900 14.066 Yuya Kamoto 14.766 14.133 13.866 Kazuma Kaya 14.366 14.400 14.366 14.141 14.883 14.225 Kakeru Tanigawa 14.066 14.533 14.366 Wataru Tanigawa 14.300 14.833 4 43.332 (3) 40.799 (6) 41.966 (5) 42.700 (5) 43.566 (3) 42.215 (2) 254.578 Trevor Howard 13.900 Sam Mikulak 14.666 13.966 14.233 14.200 15.200 14.666 Akash Modi 13.900 14.200 14.266 14.016 Yul Moldauer 14.400 12.933 13.833 14.300 14.100 Shane Wiskus 14.266 13.533 5 41.866 (6) 41.233 (5) 41.999 (4) 43.899 (3) 42.966 (5) 39.648 (8) 251.611 Dominick Cunningham 14.466 13.700 14.400 Joe Fraser 13.800 14.333 14.833 12.666 James Hall 14.200 13.300 13.966 14.666 14.200 13.916 Giarnni Regini-Moran 13.200 14.833 13.933 Max Whitlock 14.133 13.066 6 41.432 (7) 42.900 (3) 41.365 (6) 41.165 (8) 40.266 (8) 41.533 (4) 248.243 Hsu Ping-chien 13.400 13.666 13.033 Lee Chih-kai 14.133 15.000 13.366 14.366 13.733 13.166 Shiao Yu-jan 13.166 14.500 Tang Chia-hung 14.133 13.866 13.133 13.533 14.916 Yu Chao-wei 14.133 13.000 7 42.666 (4) 39.841 (7) 40.699 (8) 41.666 (7) 42.233 (6) 39.933 (6) 247.038 Christian Baumann 12.233 13.633 13.900 Pablo Brägger 14.100 13.100 13.833 13.000 Benjamin Gischard 14.300 13.800 13.200 14.266 Oliver Hegi 13.808 14.300 14.600 Eddy Yusof 14.266 13.866 14.500 12.333 8 41.265 (8) 39.633 (8) 41.265 (7) 42.299 (6) 42.232 (7) 39.899 (7) 246.593 Vladyslav Hryko 13.633 11.800 12.966 13.666 13.800 13.466 Petro Pakhniuk 14.466 13.633 Igor Radivilov 13.666 14.566 14.733 Oleg Verniaiev 14.500 Yevgen Yudenkov 13.966 13.333 13.733 13.900 13.966 12.800
Individual all-around Kim Han-sol of South Korea withdrew and was replaced by first alternate Loris Frasca of France. Cuba's Manrique Larduet also withdrew and was replaced by second alternate Robert Tvorogal of Lithuania.
2018 World champion Artur Dalaloyan and bronze medalist Nikita Nagornyy, both of Russia, returned to the podium for the second consecutive year, winning silver and gold, respectively. Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist, won his first World medal in the all-around. Defending silver medalist Xiao Ruoteng of China narrowly missed the all-around podium for the first time this quad, finishing behind Verniaiev by less than three tenths. Rank Gymnast Total Nikita Nagornyy 15.041 14.566 14.633 15.066 15.300 14.166 88.772 Artur Dalaloyan 15.200 14.000 14.433 14.066 15.233 14.233 87.165 Oleg Verniaiev 14.166 14.866 14.000 14.800 15.475 13.666 86.973 4 Xiao Ruoteng 15.025 15.000 13.933 14.800 15.266 12.666 86.690 5 Sun Wei 14.033 14.991 13.966 14.600 14.933 14.000 86.523 6 Kazuma Kaya 14.300 14.566 14.300 14.000 15.000 13.733 85.899 7 Sam Mikulak 14.400 13.000 14.000 14.266 15.325 14.700 85.691 8 Joe Fraser 14.166 13.800 13.966 14.266 14.900 14.000 85.098 9 Petro Pakhniuk 14.033 14.233 13.433 14.566 14.900 13.766 84.931 10 Carlos Yulo 14.633 12.816 13.666 14.600 14.833 13.500 84.048 11 Tang Chia-hung 14.200 13.100 13.600 14.283 13.933 14.700 83.816 12 Lee Chih-kai 14.300 15.000 13.166 14.366 13.866 13.100 83.798 13 Caio Souza 13.833 13.033 13.933 14.366 14.700 13.900 83.765 14 James Hall 14.200 14.066 13.633 14.633 14.200 12.800 83.532 15 Pablo Brägger 14.225 13.200 13.400 12.900 14.666 14.433 82.824 16 Yul Moldauer 13.666 13.133 13.733 14.366 14.666 12.766 82.330 17 Ludovico Edalli 13.533 13.800 13.366 13.866 13.600 13.733 81.898 18 Loris Frasca 14.066 13.566 12.933 14.833 13.433 13.033 81.864 19 Andreas Toba 13.500 12.566 13.600 14.366 13.908 13.700 81.640 20 Lee Jung-hyo 13.666 14.000 13.566 14.200 14.000 11.991 81.423 21 Milad Karimi 14.300 11.833 13.133 13.366 14.100 13.400 80.132 22 Néstor Abad 12.200 12.666 13.700 14.233 13.766 13.533 80.098 23 Oliver Hegi 12.266 14.233 12.766 12.966 14.066 12.333 78.630 24 Robert Tvorogal 13.233 11.633 13.166 13.700 13.833 11.700 77.265
Floor Carlos Yulo, the youngest competitor in the final, improved on his bronze-medal finish from the 2018 World Championships to win the Philippines' first-ever World title in artistic gymnastics. No Japanese gymnast made the podium for the first time since the 2009 World Championships; the team's highest finisher in qualifications, Daiki Hashimoto, was the third reserve.
Rank Gymnast Total Carlos Yulo 6.500 8.800 15.300 Artem Dolgopyat 6.400 8.800 15.200 Xiao Ruoteng 6.200 8.733 14.933 4 Artur Dalaloyan 6.200 8.600 14.800 5 Lin Chaopan 6.200 8.500 14.700 6 Nikita Nagornyy 6.200 8.266 0.300 14.166 7 Kim Han-sol 6.300 7.533 13.833 8 Dominick Cunningham 6.100 7.566 0.100 13.566
Pommel horse Max Whitlock of Great Britain won his third pommel horse title. Rhys McClenaghan of Ireland became his country's first world medalist by earning the bronze. Rank Gymnast Total Max Whitlock 7.000 8.500 15.500 Lee Chih-kai 6.500 8.933 15.433 Rhys McClenaghan 6.400 9.000 15.400 4 Zou Jingyuan 6.300 8.700 15.000 5 Kazuma Kaya 6.600 8.266 14.866 6 Cyril Tommasone 6.300 8.533 14.833 7 Shiao Yu-jan 6.000 8.733 14.733 8 David Belyavskiy 6.400 7.166 13.566 9 Daiki Hashimoto 5.900 7.433 13.333
Rings Turkey's İbrahim Çolak won the country's first-ever World title in artistic gymnastics. For the first time in the 2016–2020 Olympic cycle, not a single still rings Olympic medalist managed to finish on the podium. The current Olympic champion, silver medalist, and bronze medalist finished fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively, the same order as their 2016 Olympic finish.
Rank Gymnast Total İbrahim Çolak 6.200 8.733 14.933 Marco Lodadio 6.300 8.600 14.900 Samir Aït Saïd 6.200 8.600 14.800 4 Eleftherios Petrounias 6.300 8.433 14.733 5 Arthur Zanetti 6.200 8.525 14.725 6 Denis Ablyazin 6.300 8.366 14.666 7 Artur Tovmasyan 6.100 8.100 14.200 8 Nick Klessing 6.100 8.066 14.166
Vault
Position Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total D Score E Score Pen. Score 1 D Score E Score Pen. Score 2 Nikita Nagornyy 5.600 9.333 14.933 5.600 9.400 15.000 14.966 Artur Dalaloyan 5.600 9.333 14.933 5.600 9.333 14.933 14.933 Igor Radivilov 5.600 9.233 14.833 5.600 9.066 14.666 14.749 4 Marian Drăgulescu 5.600 9.366 14.966 5.400 8.883 14.283 14.624 5 Dominick Cunningham 5.200 9.366 14.566 5.400 9.166 14.566 14.566 6 Lê Thanh Tùng 5.600 9.066 14.666 5.200 9.200 14.400 14.533 7 Shek Wai Hung 6.000 7.933 13.933 6.000 9.000 15.000 14.466 8 Yang Hak-seon 6.000 8.033 0.300 13.733 5.600 9.300 14.900 14.316
Parallel bars Two-time and reigning World Champion Zou Jingyuan of China failed to qualify to the final to try and win a third title in a row. Despite this, he earned the highest score of the competition in the team final with a 16.383. Joe Fraser of Great Britain became the first British athlete to win the gold on the parallel bars.
Rank Gymnast Total Joe Fraser 6.600 8.400 15.000 Ahmet Önder 6.200 8.783 14.983 Kazuma Kaya 6.300 8.666 14.966 4 Xiao Ruoteng 6.400 8.566 14.966 5 Ferhat Arıcan 6.500 8.400 14.900 6 Sun Wei 6.200 8.266 14.466 7 Petro Pakhniuk 6.500 7.700 14.200 8 Lukas Dauser 6.300 7.533 13.833
Horizontal bar Brazil's Arthur Mariano became the first Brazilian athlete to win the gold medal on the high bar.
Rank Gymnast Total Arthur Mariano 6.300 8.600 14.900 Tin Srbić 6.200 8.466 14.666 Artur Dalaloyan 6.100 8.433 14.533 4 Daiki Hashimoto 6.200 8.033 14.233 5 Sam Mikulak 6.300 7.766 14.066 6 Lin Chaopan 6.200 7.833 14.033 7 Tyson Bull 6.000 7.200 13.200 8 Tang Chia-hung 5.800 6.966 12.766
Women's results Team After qualifying in eighth place, Italy won the team bronze medal, their first team medal at a World Championships since 1950. Meanwhile, the United States extended their streak to five consecutive World Championship team gold medals, tying the record set by Romania (1994–2001). The USA's team gold medal is also the 21st World Championship medal for Simone Biles, giving her the record for the most World Championship medals won by a female gymnast. The previous record, 20 medals, was first set by Svetlana Khorkina in 2001 and tied by Biles at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.