1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome
, the capital of Italy
, on June 28 - July 1, 1954.
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, the capital of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, on June 28 - July 1, 1954.
Medals
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
12 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 |  Japan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Hungary |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Sweden |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Switzerland |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  West Germany |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Poland |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
All-around
| 1st | Soviet Union Victor Chukarin (URS) |
115.450 |
| 1st | Soviet Union Valentin Muratov Valentin Muratov Valentin Ivanovich Muratov was a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.... (URS) |
115.450 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Grant Shaginyan Grant Shaginyan Grant Shaginyan also known as Hrant Shahinyan was a Soviet gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:... (URS) |
114.600 |
Floor exercise
| 1st | Japan Masao Takemoto Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals.His first of seven Olympic medals he achieved in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won the silver medal at the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of gold medalist Viktor Chukarin... (JPN) |
19.250 |
| 1st | Soviet Union Valentin Muratov Valentin Muratov Valentin Ivanovich Muratov was a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.... (URS) |
19.250 |
| 3rd | Sweden Karl William Thoresson (SWE) |
19.200 |
Pommel horse
| 1st | Soviet Union Grant Shaginyan Grant Shaginyan Grant Shaginyan also known as Hrant Shahinyan was a Soviet gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:... (URS) |
19.300 |
| 2nd | Switzerland Josef Stalder Josef Stalder Josef Stalder is a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in horizontal bar, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in parallel bars. He received four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in... (SUI) |
19.250 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Victor Chukarin (URS) |
19.200 |
Rings
| 1st | Soviet Union Albert Azarian (URS) |
19.750 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Yevgeny Korolkov (URS) |
19.550 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Valentin Muratov Valentin Muratov Valentin Ivanovich Muratov was a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.... (URS) |
19.500 |
Vault
| 1st | Czechoslovakia Leo Sotornik (TCH) |
19.250 |
| 2nd | West Germany Helmuth Bantz (FRG) |
19.200 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Sergei Dzhayani (URS) |
19.100 |
Parallel bars
| 1st | Soviet Union Victor Chukarin (URS) |
19.600 |
| 2nd | Switzerland Josef Stalder Josef Stalder Josef Stalder is a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in horizontal bar, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in parallel bars. He received four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in... (SUI) |
19.550 |
| 3rd | West Germany Helmuth Bantz (FRG) |
19.400 |
| 3rd | Japan Masao Takemoto Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals.His first of seven Olympic medals he achieved in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won the silver medal at the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of gold medalist Viktor Chukarin... (JPN) |
19.400 |
| 3rd | Switzerland Hans Eugster Hans Eugster Hans Eugster is a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he received a gold medal in parallel bars, a silver medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in rings.-References:... (SUI) |
19.400 |
Horizontal bar
| 1st | Soviet Union Valentin Muratov Valentin Muratov Valentin Ivanovich Muratov was a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.... (URS) |
19.700 |
| 2nd | West Germany Helmuth Bantz (FRG) |
19.400 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin Boris Shakhlin Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics... (URS) |
19.400 |
Team final
| 1st | Soviet Union |
689.900 |
| 2nd | Japan |
673.250 |
| 3rd | Switzerland |
671.550 |
All-around
| 1st | Soviet Union Galina Rud'ko (URS) |
75.680 |
| 2nd | Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Eva Bosáková Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová was a Czech gymnast whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships... (TCH) |
75.110 |
| 3rd | Poland Helena Rakoczy Helena Rakoczy Helena Rakoczy , also Rákóczy or Rákóczi was a world champion Polish gymnast. She was born in Kraków, Poland.... (POL) |
74.370 |
Vault
| 1st | Sweden Anna Petersen (SWE) |
18.960 |
| 1st | Soviet Union Tamara Manina Tamara Manina Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad.... (URS) |
18.960 |
| 3rd | Sweden Evy Bergren (SWE) |
18.930 |
Uneven bars
| 1st | Hungary Ágnes Keleti Ágnes Keleti Ágnes Keleti is a retired Hungarian artistic gymnast. The winner of 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, she is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-Career:Keleti is Jewish, and... (HUN) |
19.460 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Galina Rud'ko (URS) |
19.330 |
| 3rd | Poland Helena Rakoczy Helena Rakoczy Helena Rakoczy , also Rákóczy or Rákóczi was a world champion Polish gymnast. She was born in Kraków, Poland.... (POL) |
19.200 |
Balance beam
| 1st | Japan Keiko Tanaka (JPN) |
18.890 |
| 2nd | Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Eva Bosáková Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová was a Czech gymnast whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships... (TCH) |
18.760 |
| 3rd | Hungary Ágnes Keleti Ágnes Keleti Ágnes Keleti is a retired Hungarian artistic gymnast. The winner of 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, she is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-Career:Keleti is Jewish, and... (HUN) |
18.720 |
Floor exercise
| 1st | Soviet Union Tamara Manina Tamara Manina Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad.... (URS) |
19.390 |
| 2nd | Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Eva Bosáková Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová was a Czech gymnast whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships... (TCH) |
19.160 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya was a Ukrainian gymnast. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, she won seven medals, the most medals won by any woman in a single Olympics.... (URS) |
19.120 |
Team final
| 1st | Soviet Union |
Nina Bocharova Nina Bocharova Nina Antonovna Bocharova is a former Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, who won five medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics.... |
524.310 |
| Pelageya Danilova | |||
| Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya was a Ukrainian gymnast. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, she won seven medals, the most medals won by any woman in a single Olympics.... |
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| Larisa Latynina | |||
| Tamara Manina Tamara Manina Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad.... |
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| Sofia Muratova Sofia Muratova Sofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow, and won eight Olympic medals.-Early life:... |
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| Galina Rud'ko | |||
| Galina Sarabidze | |||
| 2nd | Hungary |
Eva Banati | 518.280 |
| Ilona Banhegyine Milanovits | |||
| Iren Daruhazine Karpati-Karcsics | |||
| Erzsebet Gulyasne Köteles | |||
| Aliz Kertesz | |||
| Olga Lemhenyine Tass | |||
| Edit Perenyine Vasarhelyi-Weckinger | |||
| Ágnes Keleti Ágnes Keleti Ágnes Keleti is a retired Hungarian artistic gymnast. The winner of 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, she is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-Career:Keleti is Jewish, and... |
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| 3rd | Czechoslovakia |
Eva Bosáková Eva Bosáková Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová was a Czech gymnast whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships... |
511.750 |
| Miroslava Brdičková | |||
| Alena Chadimová | |||
| Věra Drazdíková | |||
| Zdena Lizkova | |||
| Anna Marejková | |||
| Alena Reichová | |||
| Věra Vančurová |